Colour up your life
By Kath Gannaway
If you could do with a bit more colour in your life (and fun!) you may want to consider gathering family and...
Once upon a mountain
By Kath Gannaway
Once in every two years, the mountaintop community of Moora Moora near Healesville throws open the gates to welcome all to a...
Healesville alive with the sound of music
It’s that time of year again in the Valley, when the Yarra Valley Musicians Collective and the Healesville Music Festival Committee bid a warm...
Oh, listen to the music
By Kath Gannaway
Healesville Musical Festival is almost here ... with more than 30 performances on the bill set to provide non-stop music over the...
Cabaret of the stars
The Celestial Cabaret on Saturday, 28 October is being hailed as a highlight event of Yarra Valley culture and community.
Staged at the astounding Projekt...
Wander through the bush
By Kath Gannaway
FOR lovers of local history, and lovers of the bush, Wanderslore Sanctuary at Launching Place has plenty to offer.
On Sunday, 22 October,...
A stirring Russian piece
By Kath Gannaway
Shostakovich’s string quartet No 8 in C minor Op 110, is the hero piece of the next Five on Fridays concert series...
Eye of the beholder
By Derek Schlennstedt
What makes something precious? When does something become precious for not so obvious reasons?
These are the questions that Healesville artist Ali...
See ’em, like ’em, buy ’em
By Kath Gannaway
Members of the Mount Evelyn and Yarra Valley Art Society will present their annual art show at Warratina Lavender Farm from Saturday,...
Artists’ time to shine
By Kath Gannaway
Following the success of the Maroondah Highway stage of Yarra Valley Open Studios in September, it’s time for the Melba Highway artists...
Radio listens up for cash
By Effie Caloutas
Yarra Valley FM is holding a fund-raising trivia night on Saturday 14 October from 7pm at Mt Evelyn RSL.
There will be silent...
Wacky show is just the ticket
By Kath Gannaway
At a loose end as to the best way to finish the school holidays with a bang?
Circus artist and quirkologist Jens...