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Pink & Blue breakfast

Mosaic Restaurant, Altona is hosting a Pink and Blue Ribbon Breakfast for breast and prostate cancer on October 14. It’s $49 for a full buffet breakfast from 9am-noon. Bookings required

■ 9398 4488

 

Film festival

Tilde, Melbourne’s trans and gender diverse community film festival, presents its largest program ever, screening up to 30 films on October 26-29, tickets $10-$25.

■ footscrayarts.com

 

Auction for action

Sports event management students at Victoria University are holding an Auction for Action night in support of Musical Moments Trust’s work with children with cancer. From 6.30pm this Friday night at the Riverview Function Centre, Footscray Rowing Club. Tickets $30 or $50 for two.

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Join in the Friday night fundraiser.
Join in the Friday night fundraiser.

 

Life inside

Theatre group wit incorporated is staging the Victorian premiere of Outside In by Hilary Beaton, a play in which seven women navigate life inside prison. From October 19-November 4 at the Bluestone Church Arts Space, 8a Hyde Street, Footscray, tickets $15-25.

■ www.witinc.com.au

 

Annual concert

Hobsons Bay City Band holds its annual concert featuring music of Glenn Miller, Stevie Wonder and Gershwin at Williamstown Town Hall on October 29 at 3pm. Tickets $15/10 at the door.

■ 0409 969 230 or

muzzassmith@gmail.com

 

Burst your bubble

Journalists Sarah McVeigh and Paul Farrell will examine news consumption in the free talk Game Changers: Bursting the Bubble – Escaping Your Own Newsfeed from 6-7.30pm, November 8 at VU at MetroWest, 138 Nicholson Street, Footscray.

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