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Community Calendar & Gig Guide – August 24, 2016

COMMUNITY CALENDAR   Get set As part of West Set 2016, a wide array of gigs, shows and special events is taking place across Maribyrnong’s pubs, bars,...

Community Calendar & Gig Guide – August 17, 2016

COMMUNITY CALENDAR   Grow an orchard Free ‘grow your own orchard’ workshops are on August 21 and September 18, 10am-1pm, at Hobsons Bay Yacht Club. ■ 0433 559...

Community Calendar & Gig Guide – August 10, 2016

COMMUNITY CALENDAR   St John’s history Footscray Historical Society will host a free talk by Stewart Granger, Footscray divisional manager of St John Ambulance, on the history...

Community Calendar & Gig Guide – August 3, 2016

COMMUNITY CALENDAR   Musical echo Hard working classic rock-punk band My Echo are launching new single Old and Grey, the first taste of debut album Brothers, with...

Community Calendar & Gig Guide – July 27, 2016

COMMUNITY CALENDAR   Karen exhibition The From Within We Grow exhibition, showcasing the cultural heritage of the local Karen community, will be launched at 2pm on July...

Community Calendar & Gig Guide – July 10, 2016

Volunteers for elderly The Multiple Sclerosis Community Visitors Scheme is seeking female volunteers to visit elderly female residents in an aged care facility in Newport. ■...

Community Calendar & Gig Guide – July 13, 2016

COMMUNITY CALENDAR   Dance Interrogations Undoing the stereotypes of dance and dismantling the paraphernalia of disability, performers Dianne Reid and Melinda Smith bring their work Dance Interrogations...

Community calendar and gig guide – July 6, 2016

Get hopping to ska Local favourites The Ska Vendors will perform at an afternoon of soul, reggae and ska in Williamstown on Sunday. Way Out West...

Community Calendar: Markets, cooking & singing – July 6, 2016

Circus fun day Kids of all ages can learn to hula-hoop, juggle and see the experts from Ruccis Circus School in action on July 9,...

Robogals & FIFA tournament – Community Calendar, June 29, 2016

COMMUNITY CALENDAR   Robogals Learn how to program Lego NXT robots with the Robogals from 10.30-11.30am and 11.30am-12.30pm on July 2 at Altona North library. Robogals is an...

Moscow circus, trivia & storytelling – Community Calendar, June 22, 2016

COMMUNITY CALENDAR   Moscow Circus The Great Moscow Circus is coming to Altona for 18 shows as part of its 50th anniversary tour. The high-energy production will...

Free films, holiday fun and a maker’s market – Community Calendar, June 15 2016

Free films The Heartlands 2016 Arts Project: Stories from Refugee Youth features young people from refugee backgrounds telling their stories about their unique settlement journeys...

What’s On: Maribyrnong & Hobsons Bay

Beauty series The biggest names in Australian beauty will come together for the inaugural Architects of Beauty event series at Highpoint from Friday until May...

What’s On: Maribyrnong/Hobsons Bay

Wine, cheese and book chat Sun Bookshop is proud to host a wine, cheese and chats evening with writer Toni Jordan as she discusses her...

7 things to do: Maribyrnong, Hobsons Bay

Footscray classes Footscray U3A is conducting classes in Photoshop, creative writing, history, art, cryptic xwords and basic computers at 10 Hyde Street, Footscray in the...

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