Now that school is back, the Paradise Books Review Crew is back at work reviewing books for young readers. The Review Crew is a monthly free program run by Devon at Paradise Bookshop for local kids aged 10–15 years old. They meet after school on the last Monday of every month to read and review new books and help curate the Young Adult and Junior Fiction shelves.
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Daylesford-based artist Vanessa Craven will showcase her wide-ranging creative talents in a new...
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The Daylesford community is warmly invited to Hope 25 Hymn Fest, an uplifting afternoon of music...
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Good news for cinema goers. The the physical fit out for the cinema has now been completed, the seats installed, the screen in place and the café is ready to go. The hard working cinema society is awaiting delivery of projection equipment and is hoping to announce an opening date soon!
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The next in the 2025 Christ Church Concert series features the hauntingly beautiful music of John Dowland, one of the English Renaissance’s most expressive composers. O Sweet Woods, a concert inspired by Dowland’s deeply emotional works, promises a captivating afternoon of song and lute, performed by some of Australia’s finest early music artists.
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The great wines of the world, in historical terms, were often sweet. Sweet wines can be made by a number of methods but the most famous are undoubtedly sourced from botrytis affected grapes first used in wine making in Hungary – by accident.
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Hospitality is returning to Hepburn with the opening of Hepburn Café on the site of the old Harry’s Cafe and with the imminent reopening of the Savoia Hotel.
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“Six Peaks Speak: Unsettling Legacies in Southern Dja Dja Wurrung Country” is an interdisciplinary and intercultural story across time, cultures, contested histories and unsettled relationships, uniquely traversing First Nations and unsettler, history, geology, ecology, anthropology and reserve management. Author Barry Golding will discuss his book at Yandoit Cultural on April 26.
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Morgan Williams pays tribute to his father, Trevor, who died last week. Trevor and his wife, Stef, opened the Mingus Gallery, now Radius Art Space, in Hepburn Springs ten years ago.
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Calling all Creatives! Words in Winter is back for 2025 and we want your work! This beloved community festival celebrates the power of words and art and we’re inviting our region’s talented makers to contribute.
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On March 22, in Glenlyon, Victoria, artists, community and audiences gathered for Radical Fields, a one-day contemporary art festival held entirely in a paddock. Moving art outside the gallery and into the natural landscape is both a bold and humble gesture—embracing the elements, the mess, and the magic of the land itself.
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Once the heat of summer is gone, there is plenty to do in the garden. Now is the time to feed your plants, top up mulch, lightly prune autumn flowering plants and fill in the gaps in your garden or even start a new project.
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