Arts

Mount Alexander Shire Council's cultural development officer Vicki Anderson experiences Sonic Labyrinth, the first At Home residency program this year, with creators Aviva Endean and Justin Marshal.

Theatre residency program unveiled

Mount Alexander Shire Council has announced the full line-up of the 2019 At Home residency program which boasts 11 residencies at the Phee Broadway...

Equinox evokes

Local audiences will be invited to take a plunge into the unknown this March when the Castlemaine State Festival, Australia's largest regional arts festival,...

Call for artists

Once again the main streets of the historic township of Maldon will be turned into a virtual art gallery for the biennial Maldon Art...

Passions ignited

Former Mail editor Jeff Jones caught the latest CTC production Blood Wedding last weekend and shared the follow review for our readers. Earlier in the...

A comedy to die for

It's taken just six months for newcomer on the local live theatre scene, Moonlight Theatre Company, to stage its first production. The new Castlemaine-based company...
Member for Bendigo West Maree Edwards with Castlemaine State Festival chair Julie Millowick, chair of the goods shed committee Bill Forrest, Mount Alexander Shire Council Mayor Bronwen Machin and festival director Glyn Roberts at the state government funding announcement last week.

Festival secures funding for creative hub

The Castlemaine Goods Shed is now set to be transformed into a new creative industries hub thanks to $500,000 in funding from the Victorian...

Spring sculpture at Lot 19

The creative talent of sculptural artists from across the state and beyond are in the spotlight as Lot 19's keenly anticipated annual Spring Sculpture...
Chewton artist Jessie Boylan is pictured hard at work in her studio.

Local artist features

The work of Chewton artist and La Trobe Photography lecturer Jessie Boylan is now on show at Bendigo Art Gallery as part of  the...

Olé!

Accomplished Flamenco dancer  Jessica MacCallum-Cruz is bringing a splash of Spain to Castlemaine in more ways than one with a special role in Castlemaine Theatre Company's...

Bliss Bombs target Taradale

Housework may never be the same again after the Bliss Bombs deliver their racy show at Taradale Hall this weekend - starting tonight.  Drawn...
The commemorative sculpture of General Sir John Monash at Billmans Foundry before it left for the Australian War Memorial.

Castlemaine work on display

A bronze commemorative sculpture of General Sir John Monash made right here in Castlemaine now stands at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra. The figure...

The Change Makers

A Castlemaine creative arts enterprise has secured a $100,000 state grant to deliver an arts project aimed at driving positive social change while involving...

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