Thursday, 30th July Ethical investing: ‘Has doing good, done better?’ ‘Which ethical investments are right for me?’ Come and find out. Australian Ethical Investments and Ethical Investment Advisers host a seminar and light supper, in the Deck Room, Tranquil Park Resort at 6.15pm. Entry is free of charge. RSVP to Karen on 07) 3876 2377 [...]
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Mick Hart Oz tour to rock Maleny ARIA nominated artist Mick Hart continues his huge “What Lies Beneath” tour with a show at the Maleny Community Centre on Friday 24 July. Praised across the globe by critics and fans including Ben Harper and Jeff Buckley’s manager Dave Lory, Mick has supported music giants Bob Dylan, Sting, Coldplay, [...]
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4th July The Class (France) documentary/drama 130 mins M Winner Palme d’Or , Cannes Film Festival 2009 Based on an autobiographical novel by teacher Francois Begaudeau, this is the story of Marin, a teacher in an ethnically diverse, inner-city Paris high school. Although a drama, the film has the energy of a documentary. Through a series of extraordinarily [...]
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An Unreal World Born in Melbourne in 1971, Adam moved with his parents to Saunders Beach, a little north of Townsville, when he was fifteen. “Our family home was a stone’s throw from the water’s edge and surrounded by natural beauty. Our nearest neighbour was just a dot on the horizon. It suited my temperament but [...]
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Telling it on the mountain Mapleton choir members are busy rehearsing for the Autumn Concert in May. Director, Ailsa Morehen has welcomed some new faces to the choir, giving her the scope to introduce a wider repertoire. “Tell It On The Mountain” will have two performances in the Mapleton Hall, on Friday May 22 at 7.30 pm [...]
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Julie Hutchings Montville Art Gallery’s feature artist for the month of April is Julie Hutchings. Grafton has been Julie’s home since her birth in 1959. Her ambition on leaving school was to become a jockey but she wasn’t small enough. Instead, she married John Hutchings, a top jockey in the Northern Rivers district until he retired in [...]
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Two dynamic and talented ladies – Tracey Sims and Susanne Barrett have pooled their artistic skills to present an exhibition of original paintings entitled ‘Embellishment’, (beautifully adorned and decorated). The exhibition is now running at Holden’s Gallery - corner Coral and Myrtle Streets, Maleny until April 26. Working predominantly with acrylics combined with other media, Susanne [...]
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The next exhibition by potential icon Rex Backhaus-Smith is called An Artist’s Journey which, according to the 74 year-old Rex, is a review of his past 50 years as an artist. The exhibition of about 35 works starts off this month at the Graydon Gallery in Brisbane, then moves to Surat, Rex’s birthplace, the Stockman’s [...]
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Glass artist Marc Kalifa is well-known around Maleny, not only for his wonderful blown glass, but also for his involvement in the local co-operatives and in the Woodford Folk festival. Many people, however, will not be aware of his sculptural ability. During April some of Marc’s beautiful sculptural pieces will be featured at ‘Art on Cairncross’…on [...]
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Artist Kevin Oxley will put up for auction a portrait of Sunshine Coast Council mayor Bob Abbot to help victims of the Victorian bushfires. Kevin’s striking portrait of the Coast’s charismatic mayor will be put up for silent auction, with the profits going to the Red Cross appeal. This very generous act to help support bushfire victims [...]
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