Articles tagged ‘Culture’.

New Hiut Jeans are getting a Welsh town back to work
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Warning: this is one of those feel-good stories–and a very good one at that. The town of Cardigan, in Wales, was the centre of jean-making for y...
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Let’s get Sassy – cooking with Buñuel
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Great Grandma Sassy ‘Saskatchewan’ O’Higgins came to Australia from County Monaghan via Canada and Chicago. She migrated after falling i...
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Showcasing local sustainable houses
The EconoSpace is the brainchild of Irish architect and central Victoria resident, Peter Cowman. The passive solar ‘EconoSpace’ is an abbreviation of the words ‘economical space’. It is a small eco-building which can be constructed without a building permit in the average backyard.
Mount Alexander Sustainability Group (MASG) and Council are proud to be jointly hosting a sustainable house tour in Castlemaine on Saturday 25 Februar...
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Puppet festival for Maldon
 The inaugural Tarrengower Puppetfest will be held in Maldon over the Labor Day weekend, 10– 12 March 2012. The three-day festival will include per...
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Bank to launch new grants round
Members of Castlemaine Maldon Railway Preservation Society, 2010 grant recipients
The Maldon & District Community Bank® Branch will launch its grants program for 2012 in Maldon on February 27, offering an opportunity for your ...
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Awards to recognise heritage projects
From a Council press release: Mount Alexander Shire Council and the National Trust are proud to present the Mount Alexander Heritage Awards 2012. The ...
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Competition results: an outbreak of lerve
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The Western … aah. Jan Wositzky confirmed the stories, with his History of Sex in Castlemaine. Not that many of the longer term residents needed...
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Launching new works with Punctum’s art blast
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Leonie Kelsall is a visual artist from Bendigo specialiwing in painting and drawing.  Over the past six months she has been a participating artist in...
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Portrait of a Stranger at Phee Broadway Theatre Foyer
An exhibition of portrait photos by photographers in Central Victoria opened recently at the Castlemaine Library. The photos were taken as a part of A...
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A way forward for CWA and Council
Council press release: Mount Alexander Shire’s Mayor and senior officers met with representatives of the Castlemaine CWA this week to resolve a way ...
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Raising money for Cambodia – Clarkefield Music Festival
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The First Annual Clarkefield Music Festival will bring some of Australia’s finest musicians together on Sunday 18 March for a common cause as they ...
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Valentines Day CI competition – an outbreak of lerve
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It’s Valentines Day on Tuesday and CI is offering a great new competition! It’s called: An outbreak of lerve. (All right, it’s a bit...
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Still time to view the proposed aquatic centre plans
Council has recently concluded hosting five community information sessions about the proposed indoor aquatic and leisure centre. The information sessi...
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Blow-ins and locals all contribute to building communities
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Regarding Two side of the same coin: Yes, very timely piece given the oil has floated firmly to the surface in recent weeks thanks to both pokies and ...
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Two sides of the same coin
Dear CI, Over the last few months as the community debate over the MHS pokies proposal has intensified it is increasingly clear that there is a wideni...
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Castlemaine Independent readership hits 2,000 a day
The Finish of the Two Thousand Guineass at Newmarket
That’s right. You’re in a large company. Over the past few weeks our readership has been rising rapidly, and the last couple of days we...
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Evidence required
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I think newcomers would be fast tracked into qualifying as a local if they could prove they have had a sexual experience on the Western. (We will requ...
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The history of sex in Castlemaine
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By Jan ‘Yarn’ Wositzky I write about the pool/Western Reserve issue, but not to take a pro or anti position, or for that matter, any position at a...
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Friday music on Wednesday – OK Go’s latest clip
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Had to put this up early because it’s so much fun, OK Go do it again!...
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Design Sunday: Crowdfunding, trends in product design.
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By Tim Preston Three new trends in product design show how the process of creating new products is shifting. As the previous CAD revolution (Computer ...
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Sunday meditation: Another View of “On The Road”
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Lionel Rolfe In his latest book, Gerald Nicosia has unlocked the dynamic of Jack Kerouac and Neal Cassady, and not a moment too soon. Nicosia, the aut...
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Greed has driven the world crazy
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Greed has driven the world crazy. And I think I’m lucky that I have a place over here that I can call home. Nina Simone...
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Weekend read: Why men ‘exhibit warrior tendencies’
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A new study has looked into how our psychology concerning war and conflict may have been shaped by our evolutionary past. Following a review of curren...
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Promote your event on CI
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You can promote your own event for FREE on Castlemaine Independent. Simply go to the Classifieds, upload the details of your event or gig, and it will...
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Two!
At the last CI staff meeting
It’s CI’s birthday! Two. How would you live without us? Let us know! Congratulate us. Conditions of congratulating us: 1. No hate bloggers...
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