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Benny debuts EP

By Derek Schlennstedt Winner of the “Best Aboriginal Act of the Year” at 2016’s The Age Music Victoria Awards, Yorta Yorta singer/songwriter, Benny Walker is...

Activities for the holidays

By Kath Gannaway Yarra Ranges’ young people will have some great opportunities to have fun and hang out with friends at the Yarra Ranges Council’s...

Open to the people

A passionate Montrose plant collector is opening up their native garden, Warooka, on the weekend of 23 and 24 September. Adjoining the Dandenong Ranges National...

If it’s tulips, it must be spring

By Peter Douglas You know spring has truly sprung when the Tesselaar Tulip Festival is in full bloom and bursting with a kaleidoscope of colour. Although...

Festival produces the goods

It’s time again to learn how to stay healthy while helping your community. The Healthy Harvest Festival will be held on Saturday 9 September, from...

Riot of laughs

Yarra Ranges actresses Tuilyn and Rhiannon - both young mothers of primary school age children - understand the joys and challenges of parenthood. The...

Street art gains cred

By Wendy Williamson A forthcoming exhibition at Ferntree Gully will move art off the street and onto the walls of The Hut Gallery. Ferntree Gully Arts...

The hills are alive …

By Kath Gannaway Hills artists will come together for a charity concert in Tecoma on Sunday, 27 August. The artists who will perform sacred, classical, Irish...

Burrinja is the best

By Derek Schlennstedt Burrinja Cultural Centre was awarded the Best Small Museum at the 2017 Victorian Museum Awards on Wednesday 26 July. The Archival Survival Award...

It’s love – with a twist

By Derek Schlennstedt Love songs are generally expected to be all dramatic and emotional, but Sunshine Coast Roots gurus, Bearfoot have taken a different approach...

Healing the Earth

By Derek Schlennstedt From Warburton’s Peter Downey, the director of Surviving Earth and Animal Mundi, comes Esteem, a documentary about the relationship between our inner...

Spectacular show

By Peter Douglas Performing in front of up to 10,000 people would be daunting for even the most seasoned professional. But for students Charlie Mustoe (The...

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A dark fairytale for teens

A review of Deep is the Fen by Lili Wilkinson Deep is the Fen, by Australian author Lili Wilkinson, shares the same setting as her...

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