Ferntree Gully artist Kitty Rae looks ahead after making semi finals of songwriting competition
Ferntree Gully-based singer and songwriter Kitty Rae is fresh off making the semi-finals of the International Songwriting Competition, an annual contest providing aspiring and...
Creating your own worm garden
At Tecoma’s FLAME community garden on Thursday 20 April, families will be able to learn how to turn their waste into vermicompost
Upper Ferntree...
CURTAIN CALL What’s on in local theatres
This week, theatre correspondent Peter Kemp looks at three local shows:
Lilydale Athenaeum Theatre
Barefoot in the Park
Season: April 29 – May 6.
Paul Bratterm a conservative...
BOOK REVIEW: Fictions and Facts in harmony
This week, Christine Yunn-Yu Sun reviews Red Dwarfs Make The Best Homes, by local author and The Star Mail’s film reviewer Seth Lukas Hynes....
BOOK REVIEW: Fictions and Facts in harmony
This week, Christine Yunn-Yu Sun reviews Red Dwarfs Make The Best Homes, by local author and The Star Mail’s film reviewer Seth Lukas Hynes....
This week’s three wine facts
Here are three wine facts to complement your weekend.
8000 years old
The earliest known evidence of wine is dated back to 6000 BCE, located in...
The history of Monbulk Cricket Club
Greg Hardy, author of 125 Not Out: A History of the Monbulk Cricket Club 1897-2022, will be giving a free author’s talk at Belgrave...
Entries for Streeton Roberts McCubbin Awards now open
Entries for the Sherbrooke Art Society’s Streeton, Roberts, McCubbin Awards are now open until Friday 5 May, ahead of the exhibition running from Saturday...
New murder mystery set in the Dandenong Ranges
The hills will soon be the setting of the murder mystery novel Death in the Dandenongs by Australian author Brigid George, the 7th book...
‘Transcend’ exhibition featuring emerging artist
Quilting emerged as an art form for Belgrave local Natasja van Wyk during the state's lockdown period.
"I call it 'Rage Quilting', when...
Light installations proposed as tourism boost
Through the installation of two new immersive light experiences, the Yarra Ranges' peak tourism body is looking to draw more visitors to the Yarra...
Flowers brighten Silvan during Tesselaar festival
This year's KaBloom festival, which kicked off on Saturday 25 March, saw fields of bright flowers once again take over Silvan's Tesselaar farm.
Around three...
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EPA warns of careless burning off
As fire restrictions ease around the state, EPA Victoria is warning the community that what they toss into the flames while burning off this...
