A PARTNERSHIP between Community Bank Buninyong and the Ballaarat Mechanics\u2019 Institute is aiming to make the centre the city\u2019s main hub of cultural events.<\/p>\n
Over the next three years, the bank is set to provide $10,500 to the BMI to fund their Twilight Talks series.<\/p>\n
Organiser and historian Phil Roberts said he\u2019s grateful for the support which will not only help deliver the program, but to let more people know about the interesting and diverse speakers booked.<\/p>\n
\u201cHaving the extra funds means we can do more advertising, have a bigger audience, and offer free entry to the first series of talks each year to get them running,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe want to make the Mechanics\u2019 Institute Ballarat\u2019s centre for cultural talks and activities like that, so it\u2019s fantastic to have the support of the Community Bank Buninyong.<\/p>\n
\u201cWord of mouth to others is also very important for these talks, and we work hard to make sure they’re interesting.\u201d<\/p>\n
A big program is already planned for the first Twilight Talks series of 2024, with five sessions lined up on Wednesday evenings from 5.30pm to 6.30pm, starting 28 February.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe aim to have two speakers to give two different points of view,\u201d Mr Roberts said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe first talk is on writing a memoir with Dr Frank Hurley and pastor Bill Sutcliffe, looking at how they’ve both gone about it, and the variation between the two approaches.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are a lot of people who wouldn’t mind writing a memoir and we expect the talk from those two will be popular.\u201d<\/p>\n
On Wednesday 6 March, Ballarat doctors and nurses of World War One is the focus, with Dr Jean Douglas and Garry Snowden as guest speakers, before talks on the Ballaarat Mechanics\u2019 Institute\u2019s evolution by Rex Bridges and Neil Leckie on Wednesday 13 March.<\/p>\n
Although speakers for the Wednesday 20 March Twilight Talk are yet to be booked, the topic of discussion will be women in sport and a changing world, and presenters are expected to represent women\u2019s cricket and football.<\/p>\n
The fifth and final talk of the series is locked in with Dr Annie Thomas on the topic of Ballarat Punch Magazine, supported by academics Professor Keir Reeves and Professor Richard Scully.<\/p>\n
Visit bit.ly\/41Lk7GR for more information on the program, or to book tickets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A PARTNERSHIP between Community Bank Buninyong and the Ballaarat Mechanics\u2019 Institute is aiming to make the centre the city\u2019s main hub of cultural events. Over the next three years, the bank is set to provide $10,500 to the BMI to fund their Twilight Talks series. Organiser and historian Phil Roberts said he\u2019s grateful for the […]<\/p>\n