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...
Mooney takes the lead
The 1812 Theatre has welcomed top comedian and media identity Lawrence Mooney as its Patron, in recognition of his strong ties to the company...
Rain bound for Earth
Hills-based artist Rain White is preparing to show off her talent to local audiences, with her solo exhibition ‘Earthbound’.
The exhibition focuses on White’s creative...
These Sparks are on fire
Hills-based musicians Liam, Dylan and Michael from Sparks are now set to further their idiosyncratic take on rock‘n’roll and beats in upcoming performances.
After forming...