Peter Pan musical set for centre stage at Bacchus Marsh
Here’s to never growing up … not anytime soon.
The boy who never grew old, Peter Pan, will be centre stage at Bacchus Marsh theatre...
Crime writer visits Altona Meadows library
Footscray crime writer JM Green was a western suburbs librarian for years before she was shortlisted for a Premier’s award for best unpublished manuscript.
Now...
West’s own ‘Game of Thrones’ to begin shooting
A casting call to arms has gone out for fantasy film Order of the Wolf.
Newport actor Tim Ferris, who has appeared in films and...
Hero war photographer uncovered at Lit Fest
Yarraville author Jeff Maynard has made four trips to the US in pursuit of information about Australia’s official World War I photographer, Sir Hubert...
Brazilian storyteller to visit Williamstown
Brazilian storyteller Cadu Cinelli will visit Williamstown’s Loom Room next month.
In 1998, Mr Cinelli co-founded Os Tapetes Contadores de Historias, or The Carpet Storytellers,...
Blues with a street vibe in Williamstown
An eight-hour blues benefit gig to help the homeless will be held in Williamstown on Saturday, with all proceeds going to the Anonymous X charity.
Greg...
Catching the Yellow Wave
An epic of 19th century Australian literature is hitting the stage with a helping hand from Footscray playwright Jane Miller.
Miller has distilled Kenneth Mackay’s...
Tanna puts Vanuatu on world cinema map
A West Footscray filmmaker has created history with the first-ever feature film made in Vanuatu.
Bentley Dean’s Tanna was filmed entirely on location on the...
Check in to Hotel Obscura
Audiences are being warned to expect the unexpected when they check into Hotel Obscura this week as part of the Festival of Live Art...
Women wept for Great War’s impact
A new exhibition opening in Footscray tonight lifts the veil on the terrible impact war has on the women it leaves to pick up...
How to survive and live with climate change
A Footscray writer is helping prepare people for life in a world of climate change.
Former environment editor of The Conversation, Jane Rawson (pictured), has...
Jam-packed day at St Jerome’s Laneway Festival
Thousands of music fans turned out in Footscray on Saturday to enjoy a jam-packed St Jerome’s Laneway Festival.
Nestled along the banks of the Maribyrnong...
Standing on the outside looking in at Brooklyn
Brooklyn primary school children will show another side of their suburb when they reveal their Outside In project on Friday.
Brooklyn is one of Australia’s...
Exhibition explores sexuality and disability
Internationally-acclaimed photographer Belinda Mason explores sexuality and disability in her exhibition at Newport.
The Outing Disability installation is part of an exhibition developed by Family...
Jumping from Footscray into the online word
Witness a dystopian future where climate change has ravaged the world in an interactive street theatre performance in Footscray this Saturday.
Western Edge Youth Arts...
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Exum, Giddey, Vasiljevic in Boomers squad
Three western suburbs natives, Josh Giddey, Dante Exum and DJ Vasiljevic are still in the mix for the Australian Boomers team for the Olympics.
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