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  • A young adult novel about hope

    A young adult novel about hope

    Earlier this year, the multi-award-winning musical Dear Evan Hansen was played at Art Centre Melbourne, featuring an all-new production design and direction delivered by Sydney…

  • Catch talent on local stage

    Catch talent on local stage

    Lilydale Athenaeum Theatre Haunted: Aspiring playwright Nigel Burke is neurotic, agoraphobic and hasn’t written a word for three months, to the chagrin of his if…

  • Local entertainment

    Local entertainment

    The 1812 Theatre The Thrill of Love A divorcee with a young chid to care for, Ruth works in the land of nightclubs where there’s…

  • CARTOON: No cold water

    CARTOON: No cold water

    It is hard to get cold water at this time of the year.

  • Festival of books in Clunes

    Festival of books in Clunes

    A book town, according to the International Organisation of Book Towns, is “a small rural town or village in which secondhand and antiquarian bookshops are…

  • Soderbergh’s spy success

    Soderbergh’s spy success

    Black Bag Starring Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender M 4/5 Black Bag is a taut, brilliantly-written espionage thriller from director Stephen Soderbergh. George (Michael Fassbender),…

  • Living Gluten Free

    Living Gluten Free

    No bread, pasta, vegemite or pizza, ever again – or at least, not in quite the way I remember it. Don’t even get me started…

  • Today’s plight and what we can do about it

    Today’s plight and what we can do about it

    Even without the disturbing images of the killing fields of overseas wars, local news can be equally unsettling. From extreme weather events to images of…

  • Mt Evelyn’s Flame Trees

    Mt Evelyn’s Flame Trees

    The Illawarra Flame Tree or Currajong (Brachychiton acerifolius), on the west side of Wray Crescent, is an icon of Mt Evelyn. Believed to be over…

  • Let’s think about this prior to putting the CCTV network back in effect

    Let’s think about this prior to putting the CCTV network back in effect

    As part of the Capturing the Yarra Ranges campaign, I want to share my story with the local community as a foreigner who grew up…

  • Music, Comedy shows coming

    Music, Comedy shows coming

    Burrinja Theatre Ross Wilson and The Peaceniks Ross Wilson is hitting the road with his all-star band The Peaceniks to celebrate “50 Year of Hits”…

  • An alternative history of the moon landing

    An alternative history of the moon landing

    History tells us that, mere days before Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin landed on the Moon on July 20, 1969, a document titled “In…

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