Entertainment
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Growing for Red Cross
A gardener’s passion for alpine and woodland plants has been artistically combined in a stunning Lilydale garden overlooking the Dandenongs – opening with Open Gardens…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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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…
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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 responsibility…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…