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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…

Abracadabra, and fall is here—and Winchester greets the month with a little hocus pocus for foodies. Celebrate fall foods with four different culinary classes, two food heritage festivals and one trail winding through Beer Cheese Country—open year-round but particularly scenic during leaf peeping season. Cooking Classes at Harkness Edwards Vineyards Hocus Pocus Charcuterie Class, 12-1:30…

The 44th Annual Daniel Boone Pioneer Festival takes place in downtown Winchester on Labor Day Weekend, September 2 and 3, kicking off on Friday, Sept. 1, with an evening street dance—also downtown. If you’ve attended past festivals, you already know how much fun the festival is with live music, handmade arts and crafts, a huge…

Built originally as a single-screen movie house in 1925, the Leeds Center for the Arts is today a restored and timeless treasure sharing the arts with the community through musical and drama performances, live music and occasional films and comedy. The upcoming 2023/2024 season promises to be as exciting and entertaining as ever. It opens…

How to family fun in Winchester That family that plays together . . . well, you know the rest. Winchester has lots of ways for families to play, stay and spend the day together. Here are nine of them: Paint together Rainy day fun is hands-on fun at Created By You, Winchester’s professional ceramic studio.…

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)…