Majelen at Pearces Creek
SINGER, songwriter and guitarist Majelen is a vibrant force in Australian acoustic music and will stop in the Northern Rivers on her Long Way...
Teacher retention rates on the rise
TEACHER resignations in NSW have fallen for the first time in 13 years and have dropped to their lowest rate since 2021. Resignations in 2024...
Clean Up the Tweed
CLEAN Up Australia Day is loess than 10 days away (Sunday, March 2), and Tweed Shire Council is inviting the community to join in...
Autumn at Tweed Regional Gallery
TWEED Regional Gallery has launched its autumn program, opening three new exhibitions for 2025. The exhibits will showcase works by Gadigal/Sydney-based artist Minghua Xiang and...
Tweed artist’s tapestries of time
A LINDISFARNE Anglican Grammar School student has had her Higher School Certificate artwork selected for ARTEXPRESS 2025, the Art Gallery of NSW's annual showcase of...
Human Design workshop with Emma Dunwoody
LEADING human design expert Emma Dunwoody presents an exclusive evening on her first Australian book tour at Byron Theatre on March 20. Written by the...
More parking for Tweed Hospital
MINISTER for Regional Health Ryan Park has announced a significant boost to parking facilities at the Tweed Valley Hospital. Motorists will have an additional 130...
$60k for two projects connecting seniors
THE NSW Government has delivered two grants of $30,000 each to Northern Rivers organisations to create a more inclusive community and reduce isolation and...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...