Winchester wanderings

Four years ago, June was officially designated “Great Outdoors Month.” Even further back, in the 1970s, June was named “National Camping Month.” It’s a busy month, June. Fortunately, Winchester has plenty of ways for you to get out and about and celebrate Mother Nature. Here are nine ways to rock the Great Outdoors in Winchester:

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…

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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. 

Legend holds that during the third century, a Greek bishop named St. Nicholas helped three poor daughters with their dowries by tossing bags filled with gold coins through a window into their home. As luck would have it, the bags landed in stockings the girls had hung by the chimney to dry. And thus began…

Make your list and check it twice for some fantastic, festive holiday events taking place in Winchester – everything from open house merriment to farmers market fun. “Put us on your list of holiday must-dos,” said Bailey Milheiser, manager of Beech Springs Farmers Market. “Our Christmas Market is a great way to meet all kinds…

NEWS PROVIDED BY HGPR Inc. October 12, 2022, 15:52 GMT Available at Select Kroger & Save-A-Lot Locations WINCHESTER, KY, UNITED STATE, October 12, 2022 — Kentucky’s favorite soda brand Ale-8-One is scaring up some fun this Halloween season with a limited run of free squirrel masks. Sue the Squirrel has been a part of the…

LOUISVILLE , KY, UNITED STATES, October 12, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ — Hall’s Beer Cheese, the original beer cheese and winner of the 2022 Beer Cheese Festival is now available at Total Wine in Lexington and Louisville. This announcement comes just in time for tailgate season across the Commonwealth. A snack-time staple for years at Kroger, Sam’s…

Crunch, crackle, cackle – these are the sounds of fall . . . biting into a freshly dipped caramel apple, kicking fallen leaves into the air, watching a spooky movie from the TV in your cabin getaway in the hills of central Kentucky.