Sunshine Coast Hinterland Times

Matt’s Chainsaw Mayhem on Maple Street Maleny

MATTHEW GEORGE and his young son were taking an evening walk down Maple Street, Maleny. The town was going to sleep for the day and the street was defined by its shadows and ragged roof lines. It was then that Matt was struck by an inspiration for a project that is now bringing smiles up [...]

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DON POWELL … MALENY’S MASTER CARVER “I’ll never stop doing it unless I’m physically incapacitated”

by Leigh Robshaw AS A BOY OF 13, DON POWELL loved roaming around his father’s workshop, toying with tools and playing with pieces of wood. His father was the curator at the Marks-Hirschfeld Museum of Medical History in Brisbane and had an extensive workshop filled with every tool imaginable. One day, as he wandered around [...]

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LUKE FITZGERALD … Disabilities are no barrier to his artistic achievements

by Leigh Robshaw LUKE FITZGERALD is quickly emerging as one of Maleny’s most talented artists, with a fresh, whimsical style that can’t help but make you smile. He was recently selected as one of only four artists from Southeast Queensland to exhibit his work in the Heiser Gallery Emerging Artists Exhibition, held from April 16 [...]

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Playing God with the climate …

“… is the ultimate expression of humankind’s technological arrogance”, EARTH MASTERS – Playing God with the climate Clive Hamilton Allen & Unwin $25.00 THIS IS A SCARY BOOK. And it’s a book we should all read because it very seriously reveals a Dr Strangelove future for this planet. Clive Hamilton is professor of public ethics [...]

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Feature Artist Montville Art Gallery MAY 2013 – Todd Whissen

From Strength to Strength BORN IN BRISBANE in 1963, Todd’s parents are Eric and Ruth Whisson, both well known artists, as is his brother, Colley. Although he began painting seriously in the 1990s, it was not until 2003 that Todd gave up his job as a picture framer to become a full time professional artist. [...]

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Art on Cairncross – Nan Paterson & Marc Kalifa

Nan Paterson & Marc Kalifa CLEAR VISIONS ATRUE ARTIST KNOWS what they want to create; how to make a concept into a reality that we can all share. Such wonderful vision shown by two artists will be displayed at Art on Cairncross throughout May. Nan Paterson is approaching her 90th birthday and is proof that [...]

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Talk to the artists at work

Five members of the Blackall Range Visual Artists group are happy for you to chat with them as they paint in a working exhibition in Montville this month. The paintings by Toni Black, Kate Websdale, Barbara Willcocks, Robyn Wight and Chris Stidolph (pictured) are diverse in subject, mediums, styles and techniques. They promise visitors a [...]

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Sounds of Byron at the Palmy

They say that music has the power to soothe a savage beast, but there’s nothing tame about the ‘Sounds of Byron Bay’ tour, a mother (nature) lovin’ masterpiece showcase of three of the iconic bay’s finest bands: Pacha Mamma, JaFFer, and Andy Jans-Brown & Cozmic. Each band are as unique as the town they herald [...]

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Chris Staff at the Beerwah Hotel

Grafton-based singer and guitarist, Chris Staff was able to record his debut album, Different Road in Nashville, Tennessee last year, The self-taught guitarist has quickly made a name for himself in the music industry and has previously performed alongside some of the cream of the Australian country music crop, including Troy Cassar-Daley, the McClymonts, Col [...]

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Blues Men at the Upfront Club

Bluesmen, Doc Span and Tim Gaze perform at the Upfront Club for the first time this month!! They will take you on a musical journey that is straight from the heart of Blues culture. The show at Maleny’s Upfront Club will feature some song favorites from both singers and powerful acoustic guitar and Doc’s melodic [...]

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