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Sunbury College twins to take the stage at Hisense Arena

Sunbury College twins Natasha and Perri Sharran will take to the stage at the Victorian State Schools Spectacular next month. They are among 3000 students...

Mosh-heads will rock out at Macedon Ranges Battle of the Bands

Metal band This Is A Prison is looking to stir up the mosh pit when it hits this year’s Macedon Ranges Battle of the...

Reversal of fortunes for The Substation arts venue at Newport

The Substation arts venue at Newport has been awarded $300,000 over four years from the state government through Creative Victoria. It’s a reversal of fortunes...

Salesian College students ready to go Greased Lightning!

Salesian College students are making the final tweaks in preparation for their “systematic, hydromatic, ultramatic” school production of Grease, which hits the stage at the...

Art program provides hope, healing

The story of a Japanese girl with cancer who desperately wanted to make 1000 paper cranes has helped Sunbury’s Donna Page find ways to...

Macedon Ranges handmade fashion right from the art

Original handmade fashion, from knits to jewellery, will be on display at The Gallery Mount Macedon’s winter solstice Art to Wear parade and sale. Models...

7 things to do this weekend

From laughing out loud to classic cars and winter arts, here's seven things to do around the north west this weekend.   Cherry Laughter Club Where: Cherry...

Woodend poet to share arts festival stage

The release of an anthology of poems, birthed by the Macedon Ranges’ Chamber Poets movement, will share billing with internationally renowned musical performers and...

Pottery on show in Woodend

Ceramic art, crafted using different styles, will be on display this weekend as part of the Macedon Ranges Potters group’s annual exhibition. Fifteen members, who...

Group abuzz about new exhibition

Dynamic works created with molten beeswax will be on show as part of an exhibition in Mount Macedon this month. A small band of Woodend...

6 things to do this weekend

Williamstown Wine and Chocolate Festival Where: Seaworks, 82 Nelson Place, Williamstown When: 11am-6pm, Saturday April 3o The Williamstown Wine and Chocolate Festival is a celebration pairing the best...

Show pays tribute to Anzacs

Sunbury residents need to act quickly if they want to be there when a locally-written musical theatre production paying tribute to the Anzacs makes...

Bright idea brings legends to Bluestone Theatre

Some of the greatest plays of all time are bound for the stage of Kyneton’s renovated Bluestone Theatre, thanks to a new concept led...

Meet the authors at Dromkeen Literary Festival

Young book lovers can get the inside story from some of their favourite writers at the Dromkeen Literary Festival this Saturday. More than 14 authors,...

Helen Cottle donates work for Woodend art show

A snow landscape by Gisborne artist Helen Cottle (pictured) will be up for grabs as part of the 41st Woodend Lions Art Show. Cottle’s Cool...

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Tips for smooth Christmas food shopping

’Tis the season for gathering with loved ones around a table full of food, but the art of food-shopping during the silly season can...