Leisure
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Taste from the barrel
For one weekend each year, many winemakers of the Bendigo region offer a wine tasting experience that takes you well beyond what is usually expected. This weekend (July 8 and 9) visit one or more of these local wineries where winemakers will provide you with wines to taste directly from the barrel. These individual tastings…
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Talented artist to be celebrated
The exquisite tapestry and beautiful ink sketches of late local artist Keitha Taft are set to be featured at Castlemaine’s Phee Broadway Theatre foyer next week as part of the shire’s annual 2023-2024 exhibition program. Keitha’s proud husband Tom Taft is thrilled to be able to have the opportunity to share her incredible works with…
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MANet launches landscape prize
Maldon Artist Network has partnered with EDGE Galleries to present the 2023 Maldon Landscape Prize for painting, drawing and mixed media. The generous prize of $10,000 is sponsored by the HMR Foundation based in Italy. The prize encourages artists to personally interpret landscape. The theme, ‘Essence of Place’, invites artists to bring their skills: everything…
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Mulled wine and marshmallows
The Maldon in Winter Festival is on again with a jam-packed calendar of events from June 23 to July 9. The 14-day event kicks off on Friday with the opening of the unique Kangaroo Art Installation opening on Main Street at 5pm before celebrating the Winter Solstice with a bonfire, pagan rituals, mulled wine and…
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Thought-provoking and humorous theatre
There’s something for everyone in not-for-profit Cathouse Players’ June production of Deception. Their pop-up auditorium at the Kyneton Masonic Centre, 7 Yaldwyn Street West, is cosy and warm, and the lavish interval refreshments from their hospitality team are legendary. A carefully curated program of four One-Act Plays – Over She Goes (a World Premiere), Disturbed,…
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LOCALS returns to C-DOC
Castlemaine Documentary Festival opens this Friday. For opening night LOCALS returns and attendees will once again enjoy a wonderful selection of creative short-form storytelling from locals of Castlemaine and surrounds. In 2022 Castlemainians of all ages and experience produced an impressive slate of short documentaries to play on the festival’s opening night. The Theatre Royal…
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Paper Kites album lands September
Australian band The Paper Kites is soon to launch their sixth studio album, At The Roadhouse, which has a Campbells Creek connection. Last winter, The Paper Kites arrived in Campbells Creek to enquire about the old Digger’s Store. “It used to be a gold mining supply store back in the days of the Victorian gold…
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Extended Reality showcase in Castlemaine
Castlemaine Documentary Festival is this year partnering with Monash University’s research laboratory SensiLab to present a first-of-its-kind Extended Reality (XR) showcase in Castlemaine. XR refers to a collection of technologies that use computer generated environments. These can be Augmented Reality – AR – that augment the real-world with digital elements. AR usually uses a phone’scamera…
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Plenty of fun for the family
It’s less than two weeks until the Woodend Winter Arts Festival takes over the streets and performance spaces of Woodend. In addition to a bumper program of world-class music and thought-provoking discussion, the festival features plenty of family friendly events. From a lively performance of Peter and the Wolf, to free festival fireworks and a…
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A long career in the arts
Like the title of her art exhibition, Go with the Flow, Woodend’s Dani Legge has adapted over the different seasons of her life. At 70, this will be Dani’s first painting exhibition but it comes at the end of a long career in the arts. Dani started her artistic career in ceramics before settling on…
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An immersive audio experience
Kyneton-based theatre company Threshold is preparing to launch a new audio theatre experience: The Flying Canoe. The immersive experience features traditional songs and dancing that was recorded at the Kiribati Cultural Day held at Kyneton’s Social Foundry last year. It invites families to transform their lounge rooms into a world of myths and wonder. Set…
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Vintage wheels go for a spin
Jade Jungwirth National Motoring Heritage Day is on the horizon with the Castlemaine Historic Vehicle Club preparing to join in the fun on Sunday, May 21. Celebrating its 17th year, the event is marked by historic motoring clubs across Australia and gives owners of all types of vintage and classic vehicles an opportunity to take…