Category Archives: Entertainment

Ross Wilson and the Peaceniks to rock The Grand

March 4, 2019
FROM Daddy Cool to Mondo Rock and as a solo artist with no less than 26 ARIA Top 40 hits to his credit as a singer, songwriter and producer, Ross Wilson is one of Australia’s most awarded, respected ...

Classical collector at shop centre

March 4, 2019
Murray Mandel has taken his talents to the road in a bid to raise money for Lifeline. The 65-year-old classical guitarist is two years into a three-year journey on behalf of the national 24-hour cris...

Art springs from dreaming of water

February 26, 2019
By Jay McCarthy-Rivero After 48 solo art exhibitions across the world, Dutch born Mornington artist, Phillippe de Kraan, is facing his toughest assignment as an artist – exhibiting at the New Y...

Crowds at Hastings for festival weekend

February 26, 2019
AN estimated crows of 4000 people was in Hastings for the 50th Western Port Festival on the weekend to watch the parade, enjoy music, and participate in free activities. Organisers were “very happy w...

Soprano off to market

February 26, 2019
SOMERVILLE soprano Harmony Lee, right, will perform at the 21st anniversary Opera in the Market in Melbourne’s Queen Victoria Market on 4 March. The 19-year-old singer, who graduated from secondary s...

‘Moving feast’ of shared stories

February 25, 2019
PERFORMERS from three generations will put on a multimedia retrospective of stories shared by women living on the Mornington Peninsula next month.  When The Birds Come In, curated and crafted by...

Art eviction in plein air

February 4, 2019
Artists, especially when spotted at their easels in the open air, can be seen as adding a bit of interest to the landscape. But that feeling is not universal, Bittern artist Peter Woods has found out...

Nashville Live Australian Tour 2019

February 4, 2019
FOR the very first time in Australia, and direct from Music City, U.S.A, the hit musical production Nashville Live delivers the energy, glamour and magic of a night out in the home of country music d...

The Mission Songs Project

February 4, 2019
MISSION Songs Project is an initiative to revive contemporary Australian Indigenous songs from 1900 to 1999, focusing on the Christian missions, state run settlements and native camps where Aborigina...