Local artist profile: Peter Fidler
THIS week we chat with prolific multi-instrumentalist and dobro master Peter Fidler. What initially motivated you to become a musician? I bought a guitar with birthday...
Local artist profile: Melanie Nash
THIS week we chat with local fine/graphic artist and a home-based art teacher who focuses on personal growth, mindfulness, resiliency, positivity, connection, encouragement and...
Local artist profile: Alicia Huddy
THIS week we chat with an amazing local multi-disciplinary artist, Alicia Huddy, a unique talent who is on the up in a big way. What...
Local artist profile: Andre Sardone
THIS week we chat with major prize-winning local sculptor Andre Sardone, a unique artist who creates striking organic pieces, principally with steel. What initially motivated...
Local artist profile: Alanah Brand
THIS week we chat with local painter, secondary school art teacher and recent Archibald Prize for portraiture finalist Alanah Brand. What initially motivated you to...
The Franklin, that year, didn’t get a dam
ONE of the chief protagonists in the successful campaign to halt the damming of Tasmania’s Franklin River more than forty years ago is coming...
Local artist profile: Sarah Macumber
THIS week we chat with Bendigo artist Sarah Macumber - also known as Sarah the Painter, who runs after school and adult painting classes...
Budding moguls sought for start
ASPIRING entrepreneurs throughout Central Victoria are invited to apply for a free pre-accelerator program designed to help turn their commercial ideas into fully fledged...
Talk to provide futuristic peek
A DEEP dive into the use of creative and emerging technologies in education and industry is on the agenda for the next Tech Futures...
Local artist profile: Judy Hutchins
THIS week we complete our Heathcote visual artist series by chatting with semi abstract expressionist Judy Hutchins, who works across a number of mediums...
Other-worldly Irish production set for Theatre
IRISH dancing with a surreal twist is set to wow the audience at Ulumbarra Theatre on the first Saturday in June. Celtic Illusion Reimagined, the...
Local artist profile: Susie Marcroft
THIS week we chat with installation-based Heathcote sculptor Susie Marcroft, whose “frighteningly beautiful” works are renowned for inspiring polarising views. What initially motivated you to...
Local artist profile: Irene Majer
THIS week we chat with award winning Heathcote based contemporary/abstract visual artist Irene Majer. What initially motivated you to become a visual artist? I have been...
Understanding autism
A REMARKABLE Bendigo family will provide an insight into their shared autism experiences later this month during a seminar at The Bendigo Club. Daniel Giles...
Local artist profile: Jessie Bleakley
THIS week we chat with Jessie Bleakley, a multi-disciplinary artist heavily inspired by nature, who said creating is something she thinks about every moment...
Ageless autos revved up and ready
A ROLLICKING weekend of all things pre-World War Two motoring will descend on central Victoria later this month, with enthusiasts expected to travel from...
Local artist profile: Coach Frank
THIS week we chat with Coach Frank (a project by Paul Coppola), another rising local DJ and producer fresh off a barnstorming performance at...
Everyone, meet Sally!
SALLY is a big lovable forty-two-kilogram German Shepherd and such sweet girl. Full of love and fun, Sally has spent most of her life growing...
Local artist profile: Deus Sax
THIS week we chat with double-threat innovator DJ/saxophonist Deus Sax, another local who’ll be appearing on The Plot stage at this year’s Groovin’ the...
Local artist profile: Mason Flint
THIS week we chat with fast-emerging Bendigo DJ and producer Mason Flint. How did you initially get into DJing? I got into DJing simply by just...
Post-mortem on health history
RESIDENT history buffs are invited to join an expert panel of archivists at Bendigo Library to hear about the finer details of more than...
Local artist profile: Liming Liao
THIS week we chat with t Liming Liao, dancer and choreographer for the Bendigo Chinese Association’s triumphant Plum Blossom Dance Team. How did you become...
Easter themed kids book a flamin’ success
POPULAR Bendigo author Lauren Mitchell’s independently published debut children’s book has become hot property after selling out its first print run, with a fresh...
Showground’s Golden Moment
FOSSICKERS hellbent on discovering the next Welcome Stranger can unearth the latest whiz-bang gadgetry and heavy-duty apparatus at the Australian Gold Prospectors Expo. Set for...