McEldowney Madness in Winchester!

Downtown vis­i­tors on Saturday had an oppor­tu­ni­ty to see a pranc­ing baby camel, view an art exhib­it, lis­ten to live music, take part in a scav­enger hunt, and tour Winchester’s Beaux Arts mas­ter­work, the McEldowney Building. The 120-year-old, five-sto­ry struc­ture, which three young cousins are restor­ing, is home to an eclec­tic mix of busi­ness­es, rang­ing from a fan­ta­sy book­store to a... 
Cody McCord’s baby camel Roofus were a popular attraction at the petting zoo in front of the McEldowney.

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McClure Center is dedicated

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Reel Classics: ‘Festival’

Today’s Reel Classic looks at a doc­u­men­tary film released in 1967 that focused on the Newport Folk Festival dur­ing the years 1963 through 1966.  Murray Lerner was writer, direc­tor and pro­duc­er of the film.  Festival cap­tures on film not only the musi­cians per­form­ing at these con­certs, but also the essence of the grow­ing coun­ter­cul­ture move­ment with­in our soci­ety.  At that time, folk music was an essen­tial voice for protest and speak­ing out against the per­ceived injustices... 

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The protest Saturday in Winchester was peaceful. There were “zero issues,” Police Chief Travis Thompson said.

Spirit of 1776

Across America, on Saturday, eight mil­lion peo­ple took part in a peace­ful rev­o­lu­tion against President Donald Trump and his poli­cies, includ­ing infla­tion­ary tar­iffs, unde­clared wars, author­i­tar­i­an acts, and appar­ent efforts to dis­en­fran­chise vot­ers. It was the largest demon­stra­tion in the coun­try in more than half a cen­tu­ry. The Winchester ral­ly was one of 3,300 in 50 states. 
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