November 2, 2024
Hall hosts intimate gig series
EVERY few Fridays, Ballarat Trades Hall's one-hundred-and-sixty-capacity expanse is being condensed into a small clubroom-style setting as part of a series offering. Having launched in...
November 1, 2024
Bowls club cup event to raise funds
ON the eve of the Melbourne Cup, the Ballarat Bowling Club are inviting everyone to help raise funds for the venue with a Calcutta...
November 1, 2024
New resources for independent living hub
A TEN-thousand-dollar donation from Central Highlands Water will allow BADAC to purchase comfortable seating, lift chairs and a barbeque at the Elders Independent Living...
October 31, 2024
Chisholm Street series to showcase young stars
TWO emerging pianists celebrated at the Royal South Street Society Eisteddfod are next on the bill as part of an intimate concert series in...
October 31, 2024
Colourful cars help children with cancer
MORE than fifty themed vehicles stopped into Ballarat last week as part of an annual drive from Canberra to Geelong to benefit those experiencing...
October 30, 2024
Young golfers take a swing for the district
THE region's budding young golfers took to the green at Heathcote Golf Club over the weekend to compete in the Victorian Junior Country Regions. Eleven...
October 30, 2024
Dancer awarded top accolade
A BALLARAT-based dancer was awarded the highest honours in her chosen field of calisthenics earlier this week. After two years of exams, Kaitlyn Brown received...
October 29, 2024
Exhibition to offer creative insight
A LOCAL artist with more than four decades of experience is giving people an inside look into her creative process as part of the...
October 29, 2024
Music advocate receives national nod
AFTER decades teaching and performing music, Newlyn North's Judy Turner was honoured during this week's Australian Folk Music Awards with the Contribution to Folk...
October 26, 2024
Queer show a safe space to create
THE region's transgender and gender-diverse creatives will soon be celebrated with an exhibition at TBH Studio. Launching at the beginning of next month, We Are...
October 26, 2024
Art show a student catchup
THE next exhibition at Kank Wolverang Records will double as a reunion for many who were part of Ballarat's tertiary art scene at the...
October 25, 2024
Food org future forged with celebration
ORGANISERS, and volunteers gathered with community at Barkly Square over the weekend to celebrate a decade of battling food insecurity. After a week-long birthday program,...
October 24, 2024
Children and babies’ market readies relaunch
FOLLOWING months of dormancy, a regular market aimed at providing for the region's young people is returning under new management. The original Ballarat Baby and...
October 24, 2024
Carnival to bring family fun
WITH the Ballarat Show cancelled this year due to organisers being caught between venue changes, the Victorian Showmen's Guild are filling its absence with...
October 22, 2024
Artist fights against age expectations
A REGIONAL-based creative will mark her return to commercial gallery exhibiting this weekend as part of the Art Gallery of Ballarat's Backspace. After more than...
October 22, 2024
Graduate celebrated for love of learning
MORE than four hundred Federation University Australia students celebrated their graduation last week including university medallist Kara Sewart. Ms Sewart was recognised for embracing the...
October 21, 2024
Composer scores music award
A BALLARAT-based film composer has received a Singapore Music Award as part of the twenty-seventh annual COMPASS Music Awards. Singapore-born Chee Wei Tay took home...
October 21, 2024
Printmaker wins People’s Choice
A LOCAL linocut has won the public vote in this year's Sunshine Coast National Art Prize. Printmaker, Amanda Western, was one of 40 finalists whose...
October 21, 2024
Events to showcase diverse ages
A BROAD spectrum of age groups will soon be celebrated through the Ballarat Neighbourhood Centre. Later this month, the community group will put on two...
October 20, 2024
Floral artist flowers first solo show
BOTANICAL artist Catherine Freemantle hopes to evoke profound memories for attendees of her new exhibition on show at the Old Butchers Shop Gallery. "The aim...
October 20, 2024
Artists’ invite to explore imagination
The relationship between artistic practice, therapeutic expression, and intuitive creation will soon be at play between two textile artists as part of an upcoming...
October 19, 2024
Call to submit small plays
MEMBERS of Creswick Theatre Company are looking to take people's shortform plays from stage to screen as part of an inaugural festival next year. As...
October 18, 2024
Music store founder closes Crossroads chapter
A PILLAR of Ballarat's music scene and the man behind the region's premier instrument store has retired after more than three decades. Seeing out his...
October 18, 2024
Last call for creative collab
THE final week is here for entries to be submitted for an inaugural art prize aimed at fostering collaboration between creatives. The first-ever Infuse Art...
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