Entertainment
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Doing it for the vets
By Kath Gannaway One of the region’s best-loved bands, Yarra River Band, will be at the Alpine Retreat Hotel in Warburton for a Vietnam Veterans…
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Questions that matter
By Kath Gannaway Q: What local service organisation is behind the life-saving Milking Cow and Goat Project for Africa? A: Healeville Rotary. Q: What entertaining…
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Night of the women
By Kath Gannaway A gig at the ‘Termi’, theTerminus Hotel in Healesville is something hundreds of local and visiting rock, blues and country bands have…
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Tessa’s art goes solo
By Kath Gannaway Coldstream artist Tessa Hubble has won the opportunity for a solo exhibition at Yering Station Art Gallery. Tessa was awarded the prize…
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Looking into the landscape
Two films by award-winning Warburton director Peter Charles Downey will screen at Yarra Valley ECOSS documentary film night in Wesburn on Sunday 30 July at…
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Talk spiced with multi-culture
By Kath Gannaway Megan Wallens is another Upper Yarra woman with an interesting story to tell. She came to Warburton having had a varied career…
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Hills ride for literacy across seas
By Kath Gannaway If giving Cambodian children the chance to improve literacy and numeracy skills was as easy as riding a bike, everybody would do…
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Choir’s masses of music
By Kath Gannaway The 2017 Massed People’s Choir and Orchestra is waiting for calls from those who want to celebrate with music and song. The…
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Open for talent
By Kath Gannaway An open mic competition in Healesville aims to discover new talent and provide opportunities for regular performance before a live audience. Two…
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Wombat is a classic
By Derek Schlennstedt It’s a timeless classic about a mischievous wombat that causes all sorts of havoc for a couple of humans after she discovers…
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Exhibition looks to future
By Kendra Spencer Artwork produced by 81-year-old Daphne Mitchell is the latest exhibition at Warburton’s Water Wheel Gallery. The exhibition is Daphne’s first in her…
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Women step up to the palette
By Kath Gannaway Only five per cent of artists hanging in permanent galleries worldwide are women. That’s a statistic that was too challenging to ignore,…