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Celebrating First Nations music
The Macedon Ranges Truth and Reconciliation Group is presenting an evening celebrating First Nations music in Kyneton on Saturday, featuring artists Canisha and Pirritu. Canisha is a First Nations artist with a captivating exploration of emotion in her music. Her debut EP, Don’t Be Scared, released in 2024 via Bad Apples Music, showcases her confident…
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Town fights for store
Newham residents are rallying to secure a future for Newham General Store after its recent indefinite closure. Business owners announced its closure in a public statement after they were “unable to extend the lease past the current term”. “On this basis we have made the hard decision to wind up the business operating the store,…
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Kyneton twilight market fundraiser this Friday
Get revved up for Kyneton High School’s Twilight Market and Show n Shine fundraiser this Friday. The event will be held at the school grounds on October 11 from 5pm to 8pm. It will have a variety of food vendors/stalls, general stalls, live music, entertainment, sausage sizzle, silent auction, and, of course, vehicles for the…
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New bid for Mad Max series
You’ve heard of Mad Max the film franchise… now a Kyneton-based duo seeks to create Mad Max the TV mini series. Brett Gooding and Karen Skinner have launched a crowdfunding campaign to help make it a reality. The pair has a vision for a Main Force Patrol series set in a regional town sometime between…
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Bohemian Brunswick Street
A new book celebrating the evolution of the arts phenomenon that was Brunswick Street is set to be launched in Castlemaine this Saturday. Bohemian Brunswick Street – Inviting, Thrilling & Far-reaching!!! is the third edition of the original book on the organic arts movement that evolved out of Brunswick Street and has a connection to…
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Has democracy left the building?
Australia is governed by a representative democracy implemented via three tiers – federal, state and local levels. Words in Winter Central Goldfields Inc has invited experts and the local community to consider and discuss global and Australian democratic trends and current issues that have tested democracy and the Fourth Estate – the role of the…
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Meet your local candidates
Castlemaine-based community group Really Local is putting on a series of local face-to-face meet the candidates events this month for the contested Mount Alexander Shire Council wards of Coliban, Calder, and Campbells Creek. Candidates for these contested wards are as follows: Calder – Tony Cordy, Ken Price and Kerrie Allen; Campbells Creek – Bill Maltby…
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CAM celebrates painting prize
Castlemaine Art Museum’s prestigious Len Fox Painting Award was celebrated on Friday evening. The Len Fox Painting Award is a biennial acquisitive painting prize and is awarded to a living Australian artist to commemorate the life and work of Emanuel Phillips Fox (1865–1915), the uncle of Len Fox, partner of benefactor Mona Fox. The award…
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Amess Road decision imminent
A decision is imminent on controversial plans that could change the face of Riddells Creek forever. Victorian Planning Minister Sonya Kilkenny will this month determine the fate of the Draft Macedon Ranges Planning Scheme Amendment C161macr at Amess Road. The amendment would allow a housing development that is anticipated to urbanise and double the size…
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Felix wins again
Fresh off his Logie Awards win in July, young Macedon Ranges acting talent Felix Cameron continues to build momentum. His portrayal of courageous teenager Eli Bell in Boy Swallows Universe has now earned him the Best Actor in a Leading Role – Australia at the 2024 Asian Academy Creative Awards. The win positions him as…
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New live music circuit: Beat’n Tracks
Regional live music venues Shedshaker Taproom in Castlemaine, Odessa at Leavers Hotel in Creswick, and Shiraz Republic in Cornella, have joined forces to create a new live music touring circuit, presenting a series of live music shows across all three venues. Called Beat’n Tracks, the concept launches across the weekend of October 18-20 with the…
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The power of collaboration
Tina Helm is using her Mount Alexander Shire Council scholarship to take part in LEAD Loddon Murray, to put her new skills to the test with the development of a Meet the Candidates project in the lead up to council elections. Tina has gathered together 13 independent community groups to be involved in the Meet…