Facing past and present

THE life stories of migrants who call Frankston home will be aired on community television C31 next month. The four-part Faces of Frankston TV series, produced by Mornington filmmakers Whitewater Doc...

The Nutcracker comes to FAC

Following their sell-out 2015 performances of Swan Lake, the Imperial Russian Ballet Company return to perform the ageless tale of bravery and dreams that is The Nutcracker. The Nutcracker is famous ...

Celebs here for poker night

MORNINGTON’S is set to light up with a big list of stars set to attend Mornington Racing Club on Saturday 3 September in aid for the National Breast Cancer Foundation. Brendan Fevola, Archie Thompson...

Meet The (Bootleg) Beatles

THERE can never be a reunion of The Beatles but the closest modern fans of the most influential band of the 1960s and beyond can see the next best thing in Frankston early next month. The Bootleg Bea...

Beleura ‘romp’ traces a theatrical past

A “SPARKLING musical mash-up” will be performed this week to celebrate a century of Tallis family ownership of the now state-owned Beleura house and gardens, Mornington. The musical 1916! will be per...

2016 National Works on Paper prize winner announced

Twenty-six-year-old Torres Strait Islander Daniel O’Shane won the Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery’s National Works on Paper Prize of $15,000 sponsored by Beleura House & Garden.  National W...

HEART OF FICTION

By Andrea Louise Thomas Melbourne-based author Toni Jordan has penned four critically acclaimed novels. Originally from Brisbane, she studied physiology at the University of Queensland. She worked in...

Pupils inspired by scarecrows

HOW to make a scarecrow? That was one class especially enjoyable for grade 5 pupils at Eastbourne Primary School. Red Hill artist Michael Leeworthy was at the Rosebud West school as part of the Morni...

X MINUS take out battle of the bands

Local Frankston band and teen sensations X MINUS took out the prestigious Frankston Freeza Fresh Start Battle of the Bands held at the Frankston Mechanics Hall on Saturday the 30th of July. All membe...

Get ready for THE BOOTLEG BEATLES

Direct from London, THE BOOTLEG BEATLES, the world’s first and finest homage to the Fab Four will be performing at the Frankston Arts Centre on Sunday September 4. Now in their 36th year, THE BOOTLEG...