Tag: Opinion
Balkan brass music performance at Burrinja theatre
Burrinja theatre
Opa Bato! – Like at the Lyre
Opa Bato! Is the only Trubacki Orkestar in Australia performing authentic contemporary Balkan brass music from the...
Evelyn before the First World War
Online copies of the Lilydale Express allow us to imagine life in Mt Evelyn pre-First World War, just over 120 years ago.
1913 was...
CARTOON: Tarred and Feathered
The recent data has revealed the State Government spent $37 million on road resurfacing works in the 2023-24 financial year, which is a huge...
Alien: not enough new ideas
Alien: Romulus
Starring Cailee Spaeny, David Jonsson and Archie Renaux
Rated MA15+
3.75/5
Directed by Fede Alvarez, Alien: Romulus is an enthralling, superbly-made sci-fi horror film that sadly...
An exquisite gothic mystery
The Silence Factory, by British author Bridget Collins, has a setting very much like Victorian Britain.
The story begins with the writings of Sophia...
Local theatre gets rave review
The 1812 Theatre
The Sweet Delilah Swim Club
Set in North Carolina where five women come together each year to catch up. Moan, enjoy each other’s...
Connect to the land
The Desert Knows Her Name, by Upwey author Lia Hills, was recently launched at Belgrave Library.
An interview with the award-winning poet and novelist...
Not a bore, but not thrilling either
Borderlands
Starring Cate Blanchett, Ariana Greenblatt and Jamie Lee Curtis
Rated M
3/5
Despite persistent rumours of the “video game movie curse”, there are now many good movies...
Benefits of strength training
If we want to get serious about the idea of ‘aging well’, we need to talk about lifting weights and the immense benefits of...
Poetry is enjoyable
Do you suffer from metrophobia, a condition that sadly inflicts many people?
This is an unusual phobia that encompasses an irrational aversion and fear of...
Sharing a home with adult children
Due to the current increasing cost of living and the housing crisis in Victoria, more adult children are moving back in with their parents...
Tiny but mighty
Runt, the multi-award-winning children's book by Craig Silvey, is set in the fictional country town of Upson Downs.
It tells the story of 11-year-old...
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CARTOON: US Election
As former US President Donald Trump won the 2024 US presidential election, the President-elect is scheduled to move back to the White House in...
