Arts & Entertainment
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Ska and Reggae Festival puts Newport on the map
Next month’s inaugural Newport Ska and Reggae Festival is putting Melbourne’s west on the international music map. Festival director and ska vocalist Steven Montgomery said…
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Star treatment for Olympic Doughnuts legend
Budding filmmakers Ian Tran and Rachel Morssink are bringing a Footscray icon to the big screen. Jam-packed with insights into a colourful history, Olympic Nick:…
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Photographic project focuses on Williamstown
Photographer Harrison Moss is about to launch a project and book featuring images of the people and places that make Williamstown unique. The 22-year-old RMIT…
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Footscray performer highlights country’s divisions
A Footscray performance artist will take to the stage this month to share tales of falling in and out of love with Australia. Ileini Kabalan…
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Brittania rules at Williamstown Prom night
Prommers will be wearing Union Jack insignia and making plenty of noise at the Last Night of the Proms in Williamstown next month. Based on…
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Outsiders are coming to Fringe
Fresh from a sell-out season at the Castlemaine Fringe Festival, Hobo Playhouse is bringing its award-winning production of Outsiders to Footscray. Young slam poet Sam…
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Art show attracts wide range of entries
Artists from around Australia have submitted works for this weekend’s Hobsons Bay Art Show, which opens with a gala preview in Williamstown on Friday. More…
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Lady Midnight swings again
Six-piece swing band Lady Midnight will perform its third gig as part of the Live at Newport series, supporting Newport Folk Festival regulars and cult-urban…
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Local authors team up for double book launch
Two homegrown western suburbs authors have taken the plunge, publishing debut novels together. Fiction writers Jo Vraca and Belinda Missen joined forces to unleash their…
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Gig guide
Gigs around Maribyrnong and Hobsons Bay Littlefoot Saturday, September 19 Mark Ferrie, Andrew Pendlebury and Adi Sappir bring a diverse range of musical…
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Footscray artist to send portraits around the world
A Footscray photographer is capturing slices of local life to share across the globe. Ashlee Laing is setting up his ArtsBox shipping container outside Footscray…
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Spotswood journeyman’s brush with death in Iran
Iran was the favourite country of Spotswood’s Jeremy Scott, but also the place where he had his most terrifying encounter. Mr Scott, 42, has cycled…
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Williamstown country music duo scores top-10 hit
It’s been a good week for Williamstown country music duo The Long and Short of It. Patsy Toop and David Baird have climbed the country…
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Footscray forum on ageing creatively
“Dealing with the fears and not the failings” of ageing is at the heart of an upcoming day of workshops, panels and performances at the…
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Big West Festival back this November
The western suburbs’ contemporary arts festival is back. The 10th biennial Big West Festival will be taking over venues, cultural sites and suburban streets from…
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