Arts & Culture

A remarkable collaboration with links to Danish royalty has sprung from the ashes of the 2019-2020 Black Summer bushfires, which is set to link small towns in the western foothills of the Snowy Mountains forever. It was in the Tumbarumba Goldfields Park and Creekscape on Friday, 10 December, where a unique crowd gathered in cool, damp conditions to witness the...

Stubbornness, tenacity and courage are words used to describe the temperament of one of Australia’s greatest warhorses, but they also absolutely characterise the endeavours of a small Hilltops community in honouring that horse. Years were spent laboriously campaigning, fundraising and beseeching individuals, organisations, businesses, philanthropists and politicians to chip in for the $790,000 project that, in coming weeks, will be...

It was gold that lured people to Muttama back in 1882, but a new venture will give the old village a glimmer that likely hasn't caught anyone's eye for 139 years. For the 131 locals - give or take - the conversion of a century-old church into a multi-purpose cultural tourism space is set to stamp Muttama's name indelibly on...

After more than 10 years of discussion and planning, artistic and creative minds in Narooma will soon have a facility they can call home with the creation of the new arts and community centre. Being a hub for creative arts, adult education and various events, the facility is something the town has been missing for too long. The discussion first...

Artist Henry Smith comes from Todd River in Alice Springs, which is less of a river and more of a dry and crusty gully that's home to aimlessly wandering ants rather than swimming fish. When he first arrived in Queanbeyan a year ago and walked along the city's tranquil and tree-lined waterway, the experience made such an impression on him...

There are people who talk of their grand aspirations to make the world a better place, and then there are those who quietly work on projects that become catalysts for significant change. Eurobodalla architect Stuart Whitelaw is the latter. Stuart's modesty hides the significance of his collaborative work that has resulted in a quiet food revolution, with the growth of...

History is everything in a village like Gundaroo. It explains its past and, if you're lucky, helps direct its future. For a small village on Canberra's outskirts, Gundaroo has an impressive history. You can still see much of it in its 19th-century slab houses, long narrow blocks so the night carts had easy access down the back, the fact there...

If you thought poetry was a dying art, think again because a university academic from Wagga Wagga has just picked up a $15,000 prize for his work. Dr Lachlan Brown, a senior lecturer in English at Charles Sturt University’s School of Social Work and Arts, was recently announced the winner of the 40th annual Newcastle Poetry Prize. His poem, Any Saturday, 2021:...

The first tickets for performances at the new $18.95 million Goulburn Performing Arts Centre will go on sale at 3 pm today (Tuesday, 23 November). After almost five years of planning and construction – compounded by the effects of COVID-19 – the performing arts centre is preparing for its official opening and season launch in March 2022. “We are right at the...

Wagga Wagga is the first stop on a national tour for the Australian War Memorial's (AWM) Ink in the Lines exhibition, which examines the tales told by military tattoos. The Director of the AWM, Matt Anderson, will be in the city at 11 am on Saturday 20 November to officially launch Ink in the Lines, which is the centrepiece of three...

It was the status symbol back in the early 1900s - the Waratah bedroom suite, carved in the arts and crafts design by Robert Prenzel and only available in the equally fancy department store of the day - Farmer and Co. Advertised for the princely sum of 350 pounds, the suite was made from the finest Tasmanian fiddleback blackwood. Such was...

Collaborating artist Patrick Russell describes Goulburn's Lieder Theatre artistic director Chrisjohn Hancock as a true Renaissance man. Reserved for the best artists, inventors and scientists, the title’s original holder was polymath Leonardo da Vinci. Chrisjohn is today’s version, a genius with deep compassion and commitment to community building, as evidenced by his life and work. “I have known him for...

It was a quiet Sunday night in front of the television for some of Cootamundra’s residents when – to their unexpected delight – a name from days past broadcast into their living rooms. Howse – huh? – that rings a bell. Yeah, she's Ken Smillie's daughter. He was the shire's district engineer for many years. She married Andrew Howse, the...

With winter releasing its icy grip on 2021, you might imagine the snow resorts would be falling quiet for a few months. Not so. The party is about to get started in Thredbo as three days of non-stop live music comes to town in January next year. The soulful tunes of blues will fill the air at Thredbo Village as...

The new $18.95 million Goulburn Performing Arts Centre (GPAC) is nearing completion, with its grand opening expected in early 2022. Built on the site of the old Goulburn Town Hall, the centre will be a state-of-the-art theatre able to seat 400 patrons. Beginning in late 2019, construction has been highly complex due to the narrow boundaries of the site and...

Eurobodalla will be home to two new sculptures made by renowned Blue Mountains-based sculptor Terrance Plowright OAM. Terrance Plowright has more than 35 years of experience in the industry and believes his works reveal the innate intelligence of all life and the profoundly powerful nature of existence. Director of Community, Arts and Recreation at Eurobodalla Shire Council, Kathy Arthur said...