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Balkan brass music performance at Burrinja theatre

Burrinja theatre Opa Bato! – Like at the Lyre Opa Bato! Is the only Trubacki Orkestar in Australia performing authentic contemporary Balkan brass music from the...

Gambling

Human fascination with gambling shows no signs of abating, transcending generations, borders, and backgrounds. It influences all forms of culture and media, from literature...

Homelessness Week

Perhaps it was the media focus on the Olympics that has allowed Homelessness Week to slip by, mostly unnoticed. The Victorian Homelessness Network (NHN)...

Not a bore, but not thrilling either

Borderlands Starring Cate Blanchett, Ariana Greenblatt and Jamie Lee Curtis Rated M 3/5 Despite persistent rumours of the “video game movie curse”, there are now many good movies...

Connect to the land

The Desert Knows Her Name, by Upwey author Lia Hills, was recently launched at Belgrave Library. An interview with the award-winning poet and novelist...

CARTOON: Pothole Highway

The community is suffering from the recurring issue of bad quality road conditions and has raised questions about the Victorian Government’s road maintenance policy.

Trap will ensnare your attention

Trap Starring Josh Hartnett, Ariel Donoghue and Alison Pill M 4.5/5 Written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan, Trap is a taut psychological thriller about keeping up appearances. Cooper...

Tiny but mighty

Runt, the multi-award-winning children's book by Craig Silvey, is set in the fictional country town of Upson Downs. It tells the story of 11-year-old...

Sharing a home with adult children

Due to the current increasing cost of living and the housing crisis in Victoria, more adult children are moving back in with their parents...

Poetry is enjoyable

Do you suffer from metrophobia, a condition that sadly inflicts many people? This is an unusual phobia that encompasses an irrational aversion and fear of...

A coincidence leads to reconnection

Dear editor, Earlier this year my two daughters and granddaughter were visiting the Dandenongs on a nostalgic trip to see where their family lived...

Same flaw as Asteroid City

Deadpool and Wolverine Starring Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman Rated MA15+ 3.5/5 In Deadpool and Wolverine, the mutant mercenary Wade Wilson (Ryan Reynolds), aka Deadpool, must team up...

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Black Hill Candling planned burn at 2.2km E of Belgrave

Forest Fire Management Victoria (FFMVic) and Country Fire Authority (CFA) advise that the Selby - Black Hill Candling planned burn, located at 2.2km E...