About: soniacaeiroalvarez
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- Sonia Caeiro Alvarez is a journalist with the Times News Group, covering Tweed Shire community news and arts and culture across the Northern Rivers.
February 17, 2025
Byron Climate Conversations artist selected
BYRON Shire Council has selected local Indigenous artist Karla Dickens for its $5000 Climate Conversations commission. The creative initiative invites Northern Rivers artists to collaborate...
February 17, 2025
Discover duende with Paco Lara
ACCLAIMED flamenco virtuoso Paco Lara returns to the region with his guitar and dance concert, Duende, at Brunswick Heads on March 22. Duende is a...
February 17, 2025
Region welcomes 39 new medical interns
THIRTY-nine medical interns have joined the Northern New South Wales Local Health District (NNSWLHD), taking positions in two public hospitals. The Lismore Base and Tweed...
February 17, 2025
Celebrating seniors in the Tweed
TWEED seniors will celebrate their community and contributions to local life at the upcoming annual Tweed Seniors Festival from March 3 to March 16. As...
February 16, 2025
Green energy project grants open
NORTHERN Rivers community groups can apply for up to $15,000 from Essential Energy for environmentally sustainable initiatives. Funding is aimed at community-based projects that support...
February 16, 2025
Celtic folk for St Patrick’s Day
AUSTRALIAN Folk Band of the Year 2024 Austral will join an all-star lineup from the Melbourne Celtic Festival to celebrate St Patrick's Day in...
February 16, 2025
APRA regional sessions come to Lismore
MUSIC rights management organisation APRA AMCOS is bringing its one-day Regional Sessions workshops to Lismore on Tuesday, February 18. One of five NSW regional events,...
February 16, 2025
Business beyond disaster in Tweed
THE Reconstruction Authority (RA) is inviting Tweed businesses to participate in a free online learning program to strengthen business resilience. An information session will present...
February 15, 2025
Sam Buckingham’s quiet revolution
Byron-based singer/songwriter Sam Buckingham is touring her new EP Quiet Revolution nationally and will play The Citadel in Murwillumbah on March 22. The acoustic collection...
February 15, 2025
Community to shape reconciliation plan
LISMORE City Council is hosting a community consultation session on February 19 to help shape its Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP). In its community consultation phase,...
February 15, 2025
Reform needed for regional youth psychologist services
A LOCAL psychologist has expressed concern at the lack of qualified psychologists in the region after headspace opened a new facility in Ballina. Director of...
February 14, 2025
Washed Away – a movie and a movement
IN the lead up to the third anniversary of the devastating 2022 Northern Rivers floods, Byron Theatre will host the feature documentary Washed Away...
February 14, 2025
Liquidelic love at the Drill Hall
Liquidelic brings its latest performance, seamlessly fusing analogue liquid-light projection art, contemporary jazz dance, and original hybrid live music, to the Drill Hall Theatre...
February 14, 2025
NORPA’s bold new vision
NORTHERN Rivers Performing Arts (NORPA) has launched a campaign to raise $600,000 for a permanent home and to create a centre of artistic and...
February 13, 2025
Free workforce training on sexual violence
WOMEN Up North Housing Inc. (WUNH) is running free sexual violence workforce training over the next few months across the Northern Rivers region. In partnership...
February 13, 2025
Fijian flood delegation visits Tweed
A FIJIAN delegation of government officials has visited the Tweed to learn firsthand how the region tackles flood risks. Part of a knowledge exchange tour...
February 13, 2025
Ballina schools sort it out
BALLINA Shire Council is inviting local schools to become Waste Wise in 2025 by joining the Let's Get it Sorted Schools Challenge. Almost half of...
February 12, 2025
Mullum community conversations
THE Mullumbimby and District Neighbourhood Centre (MDNC) has launched its 2025 community conversations with the series Mullum Together. Exploring what matters to residents and how...
February 12, 2025
Infrastructure grants open
APPLICATIONS for the NSW Government's Community Building Partnership Program are now open, with the Lismore electorate's funding allocation boosted from $300,000 to $450,000 in...
February 11, 2025
Poets Out Loud returns with rhythm and rhyme
MURWILLUMBAH'S Poets Out Loud is returning to M|Arts to kick off 2025. Hosted by prize-winning poet Sarah Temporal, the much-loved and well-attended poetry night returns...
February 11, 2025
Splendour fans sour
THE Splendour in the Grass festival has announced it will not return in 2025, and fans on social media were quick to display their...
February 10, 2025
Murwillumbah Theatre’s Plonk
THE Murwillumbah Theatre Company's (MTC) latest production, Plonk!, comes to the Civic Centre for a two-week season beginning March 7. The comedy murder mystery written...
February 10, 2025
Defibrillators boost safety at Northern NSW sports clubs
EIGHT local sporting organisations have received $500,000 to provide potentially life-saving defibrillators in their facilities. Local recipients include the Cawongla District Tennis and Recreation Club...
February 9, 2025
Minister visits Kingscliff TAFE
THE Minister for Skills, TAFE and Tertiary Education, Steve Whan, visited the region this week to deliver an update on the $33 million construction...
