Do the time warp
When Castlemaine's Leslie Thornton was a schoolboy he lived next door to the school - but was always late.
In class the young Leslie would...
New festival collapses
An arts and wellness festival awarded $450,000 in state government funding has been cancelled.
Eyebrows were raised when the government announced the significant funding allocation...
Dames, drinks … and drawing
It's amazing what goes on in little country halls.
Just ask the folk out Guildford way where the local music hall has turned its hand...
Local finalist
Castlemaine artist Mark Dober has been announced as a finalist in the prestigious Black Swan Prize for Portraiture in Western Australia, the third richest...
Indie rock wins battle
Indie rock group Dr. Frisco brought the wow-factor to win Macedon Ranges' Battle of the Bands heat on Saturday.
The Braemar College schoolmates will take...
Chicken art hatches enterprise
There's something about chicken art.
People seem to go just a bit clucking mad about it.
"It's just egg-cellent really," said artist Linda Newton, almost deadpan,...
On the write track
Preparing for this month's Bendigo Writers Festival, Barkers Creek-based festival founder Rosemary Sorensen has cause to celebrate.
After working on some of the nation's leading...
Curiosities of old Castlemaine
There's the crib board crafted from the timber of a wrecked paddle steamer, the officious rubber stamp and elaborate holder once used to mark...
An extraordinary festival of ideas
The 2018 Bendigo Writers Festival is set to kick off on Thursday August 9 and run over three days, featuring some spectacular talent from...
IMPORTANT EVENT UPDATE
Academy Award nominated filmmaker Feras Fayyad will not attend the 2018 Castlemaine Documentary Film Festival screening of his film Last Men in Aleppo due...
Letters from the inside
Insights into life on the inside is at the heart of a unique live production being staged at the Old Castlemaine Gaol this Friday.
Letters...
Fiesta de Salsa!
Castlemaine may be a long way from Colombia but for local salsa dance instructor Camila Serrano that's no reason to leave the rhythms of...
