Articles tagged ‘Culture’.

Michelle Heaven and Over the Moon
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Just in case you missed it at this year’s performance: Bearskin, choreography Michelle Heaven and dancers, music “good news for people who...
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I’m not dead yet
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I’m Not Dead Yet is an ‘unplugged’ road movie which follows country music legend Chad Morgan and his wife Joanie as they travel and perform thro...
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A window into the past and a new ­look café
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RedBeard Historic Bakery in Trentham has reopened following a major renovation and business restructure. Castlemaine resident John Reid opened the bak...
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Newstead PS release CD
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Music and art are booming at Newstead Primary School (NPS), with a new Roland digital piano recently purchased from generous parent donations, and a n...
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First Mount Alexander Arts Forum
Council will host the first Mount Alexander Arts Forum at the Newstead Community Centre on Thursday 1st December from 10am until 4pm. It is free and a...
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Small steps
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By Peter Dewar* Conservation of the world’s wilderness areas is integral to everything Sanctuary Retreats do – and their lodges and camps ...
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RedBeard takes home top tourism award
RedBeard Historic Bakery in Trentham has won an RACV 2011 Victorian Tourism Award: the Minister’s Encouragement Award. RedBeard co-owner Alan Reid p...
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Real Estate 4 Ran$om
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A home-grown, low-budget documentary, Real Estate 4 Ran$om is being shown in Castlemaine at the Senior Citizen’s Room Mechanics Lane, Thursday 17 No...
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Party today!
The $2.5 million improvements of the Castlemaine Botanical Gardens is complete and you are invited to enjoy the improvements. A Garden Party will be h...
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Design Sunday: touch screens – “pictures under glass”
Bret Victor and the future of interaction design
By Tim Preston The link below will take you to Bret Victor’s brief rant on interaction design (the design of how we physically work with technol...
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The big pour
Today the finishing touches are being applied to the Chewton Pool in preparation for THE BIG POUR. The pool will reopen on Saturday 3 December. The n...
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New ways of seeing – connecting with forests across the hemispheres
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As the International Year of Forests draws to a close, Alison Pouliot reflects on the importance of connecting with forests across the globe. It takes...
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Lucky Stiff
This zany murder mystery is about an unassuming English shoe salesman forced to take the corpse of his recently-murdered Atlantic City croupier uncle ...
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Growing tomatoes – and a killer bug spray
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By Christian Monahan, The Produce Garden  It’s mid-spring (apparently) and if you have a protected spot in the garden from our obligatory late ...
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Sunday meditation: The brewery of eggshells
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By T Crofton Croker Mrs Sullivan fancied that her youngest child had been exchanged by “fairies theft”, and certainly appearances warrante...
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Man vs Wil
The host of The Gruen Transfer comes to Castlemaine for ONE NIGHT ONLY! WINNER – People’s Choice Award 2010 & 2011 Melbourne International Com...
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Footscray Steiner stream to be axed?
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By Andrew McKenna Parents at Footscray City Primary School (FCPS) were shocked when in late October – and without consultation – the Educa...
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Punctum announces three call outs
The Coriolis Effect is a unique 14-month program of experimentation and exploration of civic engagement, audience activation and live arts practice ...
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Friday music: The Maldon mixdown
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By Michelle Slater According to Neil Murray, a headlining artist at this year’s event, the Maldon Folk Festival plays an important part in suppo...
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Sustainable cypress
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By Andrew McKenna I was in a dilemma. I needed some timber to build a retaining wall in the back yard. I considered the possibilities: old redgum slee...
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Is there a horse race on today, or something?
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As there’s a horse race somewhere in the world today, or something, CI brings you a review of the Byzantine Encyclopaedia of Horse Medicine, an...
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Story is everything, everything is story
By Josephine Emery Episode 6 The other day I gave a hitcher a lift from Castlemaine to Maldon. He was stumbling along the road carrying a metal detect...
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Sunday design: usethings commended at Bendigo Sustainability Awards
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The Bendigo Sustainability Group held the 2011 Inaugural Bendigo Sustainability Awards on Friday night, and Castlemaine’s usethings received Hig...
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Local history grants open
The Local History Grants Program provides grants of up to $12,000 to community organisations to support the cost of any project that preserves, record...
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Pictures from Castlemaine Show parade
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Pictures of the parade for the Castlemaine show taken by Craig from the Castlemaine Camera Club...
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Boxhead
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If you have ever wondered about or wanted to understand the emotional tidal wave happening in a teenager’s heart, this is the exhibition you mus...
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Kids and TV – no screen time for under 2s
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A new policy statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) says there are better ways to help children learn at this critical age. See the r...
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Meet Jan ‘Yarn’ Wositzky at Stoneman’s
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Meet Jan ‘Yarn’ Wositzky, the author of Me & Phar Lap, The remarkable life of Tommy Woodcock, at Stoneman’s Bookroom, on Saturda...
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The Weather and Your Health at the Phee
Bethany Simon’s theatre production, The Weather and Your Health will be performed at the Phee Broadway Theatre in Castlemaine on Friday 4 November...
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