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Plays for next year

Lilydale Athenaeum Theatre The theatre has notified this publication of the 2025 season. Opening with Moon Over buffalo Season: February 13 – March 1. Haunted Season: April...

A green mark of quality

Wicked Starring Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande and Michelle Yeoh Rated PG 3.75/5 Directed by Jon Chu and based on the hit stage musical of the same name, Wicked...

Taste of summer

The season is back, which brings floods in one part and fires in the other.

A life led astray

Fang Si-Chi's First Love Paradise, written by Taiwanese author Lin Yi-Han and translated by Jenna Tang, is an intense and uncomfortable read. The story is...

New Mayor of Yarra Ranges Council

On Tuesday 19 November, I was honoured to be elected as Mayor, alongside returning Chirnside Park Ward Councillor Richard Higgins as my Deputy. This is...

From TikTok to cookbook

Social media has changed how we read, write and publish. Yet another example is Tiffy Chen, whose popular TikTok cooking and food sharing videos...

Woo returns to the well

The Killer Starring Nathalie Emmanuel, Omar Sy and Sam Worthington MA15+ 4/5 Directed by Hong Kong action legend John Woo (and a remake of Woo's 1989 film of...

CARTOON: US Election

As former US President Donald Trump won the 2024 US presidential election, the President-elect is scheduled to move back to the White House in...

Housing policy and landslip issue

I hope this finds you well for my final message before the Christmas and New Year break. This one concerns an issue close to...

Memories of a Scoutmaster

Ronald Victor Alfred Hester, born in Footscray in 1910, remembered Scout camps at Mt Evelyn. When he was about 11 (1921), Ron travelled with first...

Spring Racing Carnival

Racing is a dangerous and sometimes lethal pursuit, largely for the animal and the grossly underfed human sitting on its back. With the Spring Racing Carnival...

Melbourne Cup aftermath

Knight’s Choice has won the 2024 Melbourne Cup with Queensland-based Irish jockey Robbie Dolan.

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Bayswater to host statewide beer competition

It won’t be your typical Sunday in Bayswater on Sunday, 18 May, instead, the scent of hops and the clink of pint glasses will...