Arts

  • Challenging social systems – Artists highlight lack of monuments to women

    Challenging social systems – Artists highlight lack of monuments to women

    Probing gender inequity in civic commemoration, Sydney based art duo Make or Break (Connie Anthes and Rebecca Gallo) asked female-identifying…

  • There’s no place like Kyneton

    There’s no place like Kyneton

    The fictional land of Oz took new shape in a unique modern-day retelling for Kyneton Secondary College’s latest stage production,…

  • Memory whisperer writes again

    Memory whisperer writes again

    Castlemaine’s Dr Lynne Kelly is one busy woman as she prepares for the official launch of her new book –…

  • Collectable curiosities – Castlemaine Vintage Bazaar celebrates birthday

    Collectable curiosities – Castlemaine Vintage Bazaar celebrates birthday

    Happy Birthday to me! Happy Birthday to me! Happy Birthday Castlemaine Vintage Bazaar – and now we are three! “The…

  • To Lonely, With Love

    To Lonely, With Love

    Melbourne’s La Mama Theatre returns to Taradale’s Ash Tree Studio this month with an emotion-packed play based on the real-life…

  • For writers and thinkers

    For writers and thinkers

    Whether you’ve got a book and you want to self-publish, or you’ve lost the plot… or perhaps you’re interested in…

  • Tempo builds for jazz fest

    Tempo builds for jazz fest

    A month after their release, ticket sales to this year’s Castlemaine Jazz Festival are building tempo with organisers now encouraging…

  • Meet the museum makers

    Meet the museum makers

    If you’ve ever marvelled at the preserved real-life bodies of dinosaurs, whales or famed racehorses displayed in museums, you may…

  • Fireworks and tango

    Fireworks and tango

    The online ticket window is now open for the Woodend Winter Arts Festival, with some concerts already selling fast –…

  • This ole house …

    This ole house …

    For many restoring a dilapidated house solo on a budget of practically nothing could be a headache. But for Castlemaine’s…

  • Fun of the fair

    Fun of the fair

    Thousands travelled to the historic township of Maldon for the 142nd Maldon Easter Fair last weekend. The five days of…

  • New choir launched

    New choir launched

    The Mechanics Institute in Kyneton was buzzing last Wednesday night with the sound of a group of enthusiastic voices. The…