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Sunshine, good friends, chilled wine. Summer has arrived at the vineyard and Harkness Edwards Vineyard is celebrating with a lineup of hands-on classes designed to show off the season’s attributes—colorful flowers and sun-loving succulent plants, fresh-made jam to pair with coffee for those porch-sitting mornings and painting a posey with inspiration cued up by the vineyards’ beautiful…

On the second floor of the Bluegrass Heritage Museum in the Williams-Holloway Room, a battered 161-year-old heirloom sheltered within a glass case connects two families who were on opposing sides of the Civil War. James H. Holloway was a colonel in the Union Army who fought with Ulysses S. Grant. Molly Williams, who lived with…

Think Pink! With National Barbie Day celebrated on March 9 and “Barbie” the movie vying for eight Oscars during the Academy Awards presentation on March 10, the iconic fashionista and arbiter of all things pink is clearly the toast of the town this month. Here’s how to embrace your Barbiecore and still be Kenough in…

Winchester Wanderings February blog Celebrate Black History Month Moments In celebration of Black History Month, the Winchester Black History and Heritage Committee will be posting Black History Moments on its website throughout the month of February. Here are two moments: Between the Lines Book Club Read the book, The Untold History from Slave Ship to…

January blog Get your sweat on at Winchester’s College Park Health and Wellness Center College Park Health and Wellness Center is inviting you to stress less and salsa more. Or spin, Zumba, take it to the swimming pool or crank it up to an Olympic-caliber workout. The facility, managed by the Winchester-Clark County Parks and…

December blog Skip the partridge and the pear tree for Winchester’s 12 days of Christmas experiences Has anyone ever really wrapped up and given away a partridge in a pear tree? Who would want it? And who would shell out $319.18 for one—the cost of this item, according to PNC Bank’s annually updated price index…

November blog Eight things to do in Winchester in November Among hallowed Thanksgiving traditions are taking a nap, sharing gratitude and planning (and enjoying) the must-eats of the Thanksgiving spread. How about adding a few other traditions to the list throughout the month? Like creating a masterpiece to include on your Thanksgiving tablescape, taking a…

Follow the trials and tribulations of aspiring writer Jo March and her sisters, Meg, Amy and Beth, when the Leeds Center for the Arts brings Little Women: The Broadway Musical to Winchester on May 5-7 and 12-14. Based on Louisa May Alcott’s beloved coming-of-age story published in the late 1860s, the musical answers all the burning questions (pun intended)…

A day to salute steak. A day to seize for cheese. (Actually, many days.) There is a National Beer Day and a National Superhero Day. Have you embraced an antique lately? Not to worry; there is a national day earmarked just for that. Read on to see how you can bring a local vibe to…

In March of 2022, we presented some fun and quirky facts about Winchester—truly an original among Kentucky towns with its early Daniel Boone ties, elevated downtown sidewalk, hemp history, geology quirks and Ale-8-One—the only soft drink invented in Kentucky still in existence. Here are more strange and unusual things to see, do and know about in…

Forty-five years ago, in 1978, a group of local artists got together and formed the Winchester Art Guild. Through the decades, the Guild has attracted a diverse and dynamic group of artists working in all mediums: painting, woodworking and fine furniture making, textile art, needle arts, photography, soap and candle making, stained glass, jewelry, pottery…

Many photographers, professional and hobbyists alike, put their cameras into hibernation when winter arrives, but it can be an exciting time for seeing a different side of familiar and favorite landscapes and creating dramatic images. Especially in Winchester.