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A Night of Bollywood
A singer dances within, a dancer sings within. Parvyn Singh is both, and exudes a seemingly effortless grace and purity in her movement and voice.
A colourful and exotic end of year treat. A celebration of Indian culture both traditional and contemporary.
This show offers traditional Indian music featuring tabla, sitar and vocals as well as beautiful classical Indian dance contrasted by vibrant, energetic Bollywood dance routines.
Like a Rhinestone Cowboy
Multi award winning performer, Darren Coggan, returns to his country roots 'Like A Rhinestone Cowboy', delivering the vocal authenticity and guitar prowess of the great Glen Campbell. In a personal reflection, Darren respectfully honours the indelible voice behind the golden hits of the 60’s and 70’s including Gentle On My Mind, Wichita Lineman, By The Time I Get To Phoenix, Try A Little Kindness, Galveston, True Grit, Southern Nights, Rhinestone Cowboy and many more.
“Glen Campbell has always been an inspiration to me, from a very early age, he was the reason I wanted to be a country singer, in fact my parents have cassette tapes of me singing Rhinestone Cowboy at the age of about 4. I had the honour of touring with Glen on his Australian tour in 1997, opening up his show each night as a fresh faced, twenty-four-year-old from Wagga Wagga. Glen went out of his way to make me feel welcome, watching my performance from the wings each night and encouraging me to take the road less travelled and be myself.” Reflected Darren.
During a career that spanned six decades, Campbell sold over 45 million records. His guitar touched the landmark recordings of his time. That’s his rhythm line on Sinatra’s ‘Strangers in the Night’, he played bubble-gum riffs for the Monkees; his guitar rings out on the ‘Viva Las Vegas’ soundtrack album by Presley and, alongside his voice, his guitar playing grooved on the Beach Boys’ landmark album ‘Pet Sounds’.
He was a rare breed in the music business, a hybrid stylist at home in both country and pop music, a chart-topping singer and hit television host, a prime mover in the creation of the country crossover phenomenon that made the careers of Kenny Rogers and many other artists possible.
At the age of 81, following his long and courageous battle with Alzheimer's disease, Glen Campbell took his final bow, but the legacy he leaves behind is expansive, songs that the whole world sang along with, now, remarkably re-created live, by Darren Coggan.
Marina Prior & David Hobson 'The Two of Us' - Encore Show
After selling out their 2018 show well in advance, Soprano and Tenor powerhouse legends of Musical Theatre & Opera, Marina Prior & David Hobson, announce their 2019 ENCORE SHOW at the Albury Entertainment Centre. Such is their vast repertoire and careers’, there will be new songs and stories, so best you come along.
‘The 2 Of Us’, ‘Up Close & Personal ‘ is accompanied by renowned pianist David Cameron, in a two-hour intimate performance. Marina and David will perform their classics from productions such as The Phantom of The Opera, Les Miserables, West Side Story, Guys and Dolls, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and La Boheme, to name but a few - as well as favourites from their award-winning albums.
“It’s great that we have the opportunity to take the show to the people in areas around the country that we may not have otherwise been able to get to with some of the bigger productions we perform in.’ - Marina.
‘With the Up Close & Personal show, its like you’re in our living room and we’re in yours, singing both yours and our favourite songs with a few funny career stories thrown in.' - David.
David Hobson is one of Australia’s best-known operatic tenors, musical theatre performers and recording artists. He has sung many roles for Opera Australia, performed lead roles in musical theatre, sung for the Queen, featured at the AFL Grand Final, Carols by Candlelight, Spicks and Specks, Dancing with the Stars, It Takes Two and has been a presenter on Foxtel’s Arts Channel, Studio.
Marina Prior is regarded as Australia’s leading lady of musical theatre. She is best known for her lead role in The Phantom of the Opera. She has also performed with international stars including Richard Harris and Jose Carreras. Well known for her Carols by Candlelight performance each year, she was recently seen on the ABC TV series The Divorce. In 2006, Marina was honoured with an induction into Australia’s 100 Entertainers of the Century.
Hear the classics, their recorded favourites and a hint of humour thrown in! Definitely a show not to be missed!
Click here to view a brilliant new promo video of Marina & David 'The 2 Of Us' 2019 Tour.
John Coghlan's Quo & Ted Mulry Gang
This will take you back to the heady days of Countdown when denim was interlaced with satin.
Featuring more than an hour of songs from the classic era of “Status Quo”, who had a string of chart-topping albums, and an almost endless stream of hits which included “Pictures of Matchstick Men”, “In My Chair”, “Paper Plane”, “Caroline”, “Down Down”, “Rain", “Wild Side Of Life”, “Rockin' All over the World”, and many more, performed by John Coghlan’s Quo.
Add to this, a full set of songs from the Ted Mulry Gang (TMG), a band heavily influenced by Status Quo, performing all their greatest hits “Jump In My Car”, “Dark Town Strutters Ball”, “Crazy”, “Jamaica Rum”, “My Little Girl”, “Heart Of Stone”, and many others from the mid 1970s when they dominated the Australian Radio Charts.
The Robertson Brothers 60's Variety Show
Relive the good old days the The Robertson Brothers 60s Variety Show featuring direct from Jersey Boys, Simon Brook McLachlan. An amazing interactive live Variety TV style show, featuring hits from The Bee Gees, Frankie Valli, and The Four Seasons, The Everly Brothers and The Hollies.
Take a trip down memory lane with hit after hit that will have you singing, dancing, laughing and crying! With half a million record sales, 22 MO and ACE Awards, along with two ARIA and Golden Guitar nominations, The Robertson Brothers are unquestionably Australia's leading vocal duo.
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2018 NSW Seniors Christmas Concerts
Come along and attend the free NSW Seniors Christmas Concerts which will be touring Albury on Wednesday 28 November.
Sing your way into Christmas with the multi-talented Damien Leith, who has recorded platinum-selling albums and been nominated for multiple awards including ARIAs, Golden Guitar and MTV Australia video music awards. He will be joined on stage by Charlotte Rhiane and Nicholas Gentile, graduates of the NSW Schools Spectacular.
The NSW Seniors Christmas Concerts are presented by the Department of Family and Community Services.
TRIAGE! A Nursing Cabaret
Ever used an IV pole as a stand-in microphone while belting out Beyoncé in the ICU?
Welcome to the curious world of Triage! A Nursing Cabaret, A show that explores the sometimes cruel, occasionally pleasant, always stressful world of in your face hospital medicine, as seen through the eyes of Zuleika Khan - Greenroom & Broadway World Award winner, Division 1 Registered Nurse and Soul Diva! It will leave you with your heart rate elevated, pupils fully dilated and an insatiable urge to laugh incontinently! Don't miss out on your tickets!
If only every visit to the Emergency Room could be so entertaining - Theatre press 2017
Fearlessly Energetic ***** - Glam Adelaide 2017
A Magician on the Piano **** - Out in Perth 2017
Multi-talented--- each musical number is a treat! **** - In Daily 2017
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Banff Mountain Film Festival 2019
The Banff Mountain Film Festival is the world's most prestigious mountain film festival now in it's 42nd year. After premiering in the mountain town of Banff in Canada, a selection of the best short films about adventure tour the globe.
The 2019 tour promises 3 hours of captivating footage, shot in some of the most wild and remote corners of the world. Sure to set your pulse racing, this carefully curated program showcases a selection of films packed full of mesmerising cinematography, thought-provoking storylines and adrenaline-inducing action sequences.
Experience incredible highs and agonising lows through the lenses of some of the most accomplished climbers, paddlers, skiers, snowboarders, mountaineers, mountain bikers, explorers and adventure filmmakers alive today!
Fish Passage 2018
Fish Passage 2018
Hosts
Public Forum with Zeb Hogan
A presentation evening followed by audience Q&A.
Fully registered delegates to Fish Passage 2018 will be offered a complimentary ticket via the registration system.
The Organising Committee for Fish Passage 2018 is pleased to announce an evening public lecture on Wednesday 12th December 2018 from 7:30 - 9:00 pm at the Albury Entertainment Centre Theatre to be presented by Dr. Zeb Hogan, fish biologist and National Geographic Explorer and presenter of the Nat Geo Wild show Monster Fish.
The iconic Murray Cod, which can grow up to 1.8 m long and weigh over 100 kg, showcased in Series 3 of Monster Fish, where Zeb investigated ways to keep these legendary fish alive. Zeb’s expeditions have taken him to all corners of the globe to learn about, and advocate for, large migratory fish species. Zeb will take the audience on a journey around the world, sharing experiences and knowledge about the world’s biggest freshwater fish, the challenges they face and the various ways people are trying to save them.
For more information visit the Fish Passage Conference website: https://fishpassage.umass.edu/
The Celtic Tenors
THE CELTIC TENORS
Touring Australia 2019
When you put together three brilliant Tenor voices with natural Irish charm, singing spine-tingling Classical, Folk, Irish, Gaelic, and Pop favourites in stacked three-part harmonies, then mix them up with quick witted banter, you have THE CELTIC TENORS.
The charismatic, globe-trotting trio are the most successful classical crossover artists ever to have come out of Ireland.
They sing songs they love and they most certainly don't take themselves too seriously. It's all about the music, the harmonies and the fun.
Three unique solo voices, but when called upon - one tenor sound!
The Celtic Tenors will perform The Irish Songbook on their Australian tour with such classic's as Finnegan's Wake, In The Gloaming, Song For Ireland, Danny Boy, The Dutchman, Caledonia, You Raise Me Up and many more favourites.
With a polished international reputation and just over a million album sales world-wide, The Celtic Tenors offer something truly unique. The skill, range and ability of world-class tenors combined with the personality and fun of genuine Irish performers.
No babes in arms or children under 2 permitted.
Le Beat Dance Academy presents Under The Big Top
Le Beat Dance Academy students present their end of year production 'Under The Big Top'.
Please note: Children under 2 years are free on a knee.
Celtic Illusion
The much anticipated family event of 2019, Celtic Illusion is the biggest dance and magical illusion sensation that has been taking Australian and New Zealand audiences by storm.
The show for ALL ages cleverly fuses awe-inspiring contemporary Irish Dance with mind-blowing magic and grand illusions, and has now returned to Western Australian stages after a sell-out season in 2014.
With incredible new choreography, spellbinding magic, heart-racing music and a sensory experience like no other, audiences will be kept on the edge of their seats and left wanting more.
Showcasing a stellar cast of champion and internationally-acclaimed dancers, including performers from both Riverdance and Lord of the Dance, Celtic Illusion offers some of the fastest taps in the world as the dancers; thunderous rhythm fills the stage in perfect unison. The show is led by Australia's very own Anthony Street, the first Australian to perform leading roles in Michael Flatley's widely-acclaimed Lord of the Dance, including the very role that Michael Flatley originally performed himself.
Since its premiere in 2011 the show has performed to sell-out audiences across Australia and New Zealand, with audiences blown away by the combination of scintillating dance and illusion.
Now it is your chance to witness the magic that is Celtic Illusion.
DMB Dance and Performing Arts Centre 2018 Annual Junior and Senior Productions
DMB students come together to proudly present their 2018 Annual Productions.
The Junior students will be presenting 'Come Alive' at 12.00pm and the Senior students 'Rhapsody' at 6.30pm.
Children under 2 years are free on the knee.
Tickets on sale Tuesday 20 November, 9.00 am.
Land & Title
The collection of the Murray Art Museum Albury (MAMA) consists of over 2000 objects and works of art. It is a collection of diversity and strength, and like any sustained collection, it wears its history proudly. The careful examination of any such collection is an act of cultural archaeology that variously reveals through-lines of focus, moments of great achievement or generosity, curiosities, spasms of eccentricity, maligned histories, and reasons for deserved civic, personal or institutional pride. The MAMA collection is no different in this regard.
This spectrum of inquiry and endeavour is no easy thing to map. As such, the current hang of the MAMA art collection, under the banner of Land and Title, does not attempt a comprehensive survey. Rather, it seeks moments of connection between art works that bridge divides of time, style, medium and origin.
Land & Title is an exclusively Australian exhibition, and takes its title from Albury’s Land and Title Building, which was renovated to form part of the MAMA redevelopment, and now contains the Joss Family Galleries that house the exhibition.
Artworks that relate directly to artist’s experience of the local area are included, with Russell Drysdale’s Convoy on a road near Albury, and Mary Jane Griggs Arboreta series, featuring prominently. These sit within an exchange between artworks that consider the complex history of Australia more broadly. Gordon Bennett’s print works Poem and Penetration explicitly address the violent colonisation of this land by British forces, Yorta Yorta artist Uncle Phil Murray’s collection of spears signposts Aboriginal resilience whilst celebrating traditional practices of object making, whilst Gloria Petyarre’s Leaves provides a modest, yet beautiful example of the artist’s defining painterly motif, elongated daubs of paint that suggest the dynamism of nature and speak to practices of bush medicine. Also included are works by Tom Roberts, Fred Williams and Ian Fairweather, three male artists who, although separated in time and celebrated in their own unique ways, present markers of colonial histories of Australia that inform an understanding of the ongoing centrality of land to Australian cultural sensibilities.
These works of art provide a frame upon which ideas that relate more closely to subjective inspection, material exploration and the nature of narrative and storytelling can be supported. Artists in this section of Land and Title include Bea Maddock, Aida Tomescu and Mike Parr, three artists who have greatly informed recent histories of Australian printmaking, photographers Olive Cotton, Tracey Moffatt, Bill Henson and Justine Varga, as well as Asher Bilu and Gunter Christmann, John Coburn and Jimmy Njiminjuma.
The works of the nineteen artists presented in Land and Title collectively offer a story of the complexity, difference and strength of recent Australian art practice, and the relationship between the art and the environment in which it was made.
Mechelle Bounpraseuth: Westside Story
Peek inside the cupboards of suburban Australia in Westside Story. Sydney artist Mechelle Bounpraseuth creates unique still life scenes in ceramics, as she reminisces on her own childhood growing up as a first generation Australian in the south west of Sydney.
One might imagine opening a cupboard in the artists' family home, finding condiments like soy sauce, fish sauce, her dad’s empty Nescafe jars filled with MSG, garlic and oil, along with ‘typical’ Australian condiments like Heinz tomato sauce, Vegemite and Gravox. The cupboards represent part of the artists story, growing up in public housing with Laotian refugee and migrant parents.
Bounspraseuth uses these iconic objects and scenes to highlight the cultural connections that are shared in the mundane and banal details of everyday Australian life.
Bounspraseuth completed her Bachelor of Fine Arts at the National Art School, and is currently undertaking a Masters of Fine Arts. Although primarily working with ceramics, her practice also includes drawing, photography, artist books and zines. She has exhibited at the National Gallery of Australia, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, Craft Victoria and Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney.
Spring Thursdays
Bringing live music and art happenings to you each and every Thursday evening this Spring at MAMA. We're open until 7pm every Thursday, refresh this page for the latest updates on the weekly program.
Thursday 1 November
Join us for an evening with singer songwriter Jaide Brussen as she performs live within The Visitors installation. Spring Bar will be upstairs until the museum closes at 7.00pm.
Thursday 8 November
We're celebrating International Games Week with an assortment of multi-player games available for visitors to drop in and play.
International Games Week is an initiative run by volunteers from around the world to reconnect communities through their libraries around the educational, recreational, and social value of all types of games.
The Spring Bar will be open in ANZ Zauner Foyer from 5.30pm.
Thursday 15 November
Join artist James Nguyen and curator Abigail Moncreiff as they share the findings from interviews, conversations and visual documentation exploring cultural and environmental issues of the Murray River. The MAMA Foyer installation, Sentient, is the result of a 12-month residency and artistic exploration of the Murray River within the Albury Wodonga region.
Thursday 22 November
Are you a mature age person interested in pursuing further education? Join this session hosted by La Trobe University and enjoy a stimulating conversation about returning to study, while enjoying the museum by night.
The event is optional, and evening visitors to the museum are welcome to enjoy the offerings at the bar and enjoy our current exhibitions until museum close at 7.00pm.
Thursday 29 November
Enjoy an evening of live music within the gallery as we welcome musician Lauren Eddy to Spring Thursdays. Chrismont from King Valley will be hosting a wine tasting, while we enjoy the first week of Sidney Nolan: Ned Kelly series and the final week of Sentient.
Thursday 6 December
Join local artist Meg Sprouster as we celebrate the opening night of her solo exhibition in Brindley Family Galleries, in the first of our Summer Thursday evenings.
Thursday 13 December
Meet the architect Raffaello Rosselli at Twilight Markets, where he will be onsite at the construction of Summer Place, an experimental structure that will live in QEII over the Summer. The project will be constructed over the course of the week, ready for the official opening on Saturday 15 December. Summer Place is a collaboration between MAMA and AlburyCity, and will continue until 28 February.
Architect will be onsite at Twilight Markets to discuss Summer Place, a new experimental architecture project will open in QEI Square on Saturday 15 December. Summer Place is a collaboration between MAMA and AlburyCity, a temporary structure that will remain in QEII over summer until 28 February.
Thursday 20 December
On our final Summer Thursday for the year, we shine a spotlight on the talented local makers and artists in MAMA Store.
Heidi Axelsen and Hugo Moline: The Visitors
Murray Art Museum Albury presents The Visitors (An exercise in Plant Agency), an artistic exploration of human being’s relationship with plants. Multidisciplinary artists Heidi Axelsen and Hugo Moline invite us to reconsider how we interact with the plant world - instead of using plants for our own gain; they propose practical ways in which we can prioritise the needs of plants above our own.
Instead of just doing things to plants could we do things for them, or even with them? Could we become agents for plants? Real estate agents? Travel agents? Secret agents?
The installation presents a kind of mobile training camp containing various devices and props to assist in the practice of ‘plant agency’, together with a video projection of the artists using these plant-empowering devices and acting as plant agents.
The artists will undertake a residency at the Albury Botanic Gardens as part of this exhibition and lead workshops with high school students to produce a Plant Agency Manual that will help the rest of us experiment with these techniques outside the Museum.
Heidi Axelsen and Hugo Moline
The Visitors ( An exercise in Plant Agency), 2017
Cypress & gum trees, biodegradable plastic, soil, plant seeds, steel, leather, construction scrim, video.
Installation view, Blue Mountains City Art Gallery
Photo: silversalt photography
Image courtesy the artists
About the Artists
Multidisciplinary artists Heidi Axelsen and Hugo Moline work across architecture, installation, social process and situated public art. Through an interest in modes of mobility, occupation and ownership, their work engages with specific places and asks if the social, political and ecological relationships could be re-framed or re-arranged. They make objects, shelters, vehicles, tools and devices not as end products in themselves but as ‘props’ to catalyse the formation of new relationships within a particular place or process.
Nghadi Ngurang: My Home
Nghadi Ngurang: My Home is an exhibition of work created by students from Brocklesby Public School, Gerogery Public School, Jindera Public School, Table Top Public School, Tumbarumba Public School, Yerong Creek Public School and Wewak Street School who participated in the Nghadi Ngurang arts & language education program. Nghadi Ngurang is a successful partnership between MAMA, the Art Gallery of NSW and the NSW Department of Education's Arts Unit.
The exhibition forms part of the broader Nghadi Ngurang program that builds on the education resource Home produced by the Art Gallery of NSW.
Students have been encouraged to learn about nationally recognised Wiradjuri artists, as well as given opportunities to engage locally with arts, language & culture.
Some of the works in the exhibition are the result of a workshop with local artist Brendon Kennedy. Students created eel traps, weaving, and drawings inspired by the artists.
Nghadi Ngurang students also explored the works of Lorraine Connelly-Northey, Jonathan Jones and Tommy McRae, by exploring through the MAMA collection and the Home education resource. Students enjoyed a virtual tour of The Art Gallery of NSW and participated in a virtual workshop with Jonathan Jones. Wiradjuri language lessons were also held as part of the program, led by Ruth Davys and Dr Pettina Love.
Nghadi Ngurang will continue to be offered to interested schools in the Wiradjuri language area next year, hosted by MAMA in partnership with The Art Gallery of NSW and the NSW Department of Education's Arts Unit.
Sidney Nolan: Ned Kelly Series
Sidney Nolan’s Ned Kelly series depicts the story of Australia’s most infamous outlaw in a sequence of 26 paintings.
Nolan’s starkly simplified silhouette and vibrant colour strokes brought this early colonial mythology to life, with Nolan’s depiction quickly forming part of Australia’s shared iconography.
The series is a masterclass on Australian history and the development of a new figuration and landscape depiction in Australian art.
Sidney Nolan
Ned Kelly, 1946
from the Ned Kelly series 1946 - 1947
enamel paint on composition board
90.80 x 121.50 cm
Gift of Sunday Reed 1977
Sidney Nolan
The Trial, 1947
from the Ned Kelly series 1946 - 1947
enamel paint on composition board
90.70 x 121.20 cm
Gift of Sunday Reed 1977
Ned Kelly series is on tour from the National Gallery of Australia.
Sentient
Sentient invites us to experience the fluidity of the river as we move between a series of suspended paintings on fabric and video works.
The videos draw from conversations and interviews with local communities around the life of the Murray River within the border city of Albury Wodonga, interwoven with short performances by the artist. Together with the artist's paintings, the works propose accounts of origins, migration and the complexities of river usage over time.
Artist James Nguyen and curator Abigail Moncrieff have developed Sentient over a year-long residency, with intermittent stays at MAMA's House, at the Albury Botanic Gardens.
James Nguyen and Abigail Moncrieff acknowledge and thank:
- Artist and Wiradjuri woman, Lorraine Connelly-Northey
- Sam Kirby, CEO, Albury & District Local Land Council,
- Ken Murray and Clark Collins Alistair McBurnie & Kate Martin, NSW Department of Primary Industries, Albury
- Miha Skok, Landscape Architect, AlburyCity Council
- Bruce Pennay, Albury & District Historical Society
- Bernadette Zanet at Bonegilla Migrant Reception and Training Centre
- Kane and Ray from Elk's Hunting & Fishing store and local fishing groups
- Byron Gray from Willowbank Produce
- Principal Saunders and students of Bethanga Primary School
and to the numerous others that have participated and contributed to the project.
James Nguyen is a Sydney-based artist. His work frequently involves collaboration and interaction with others, most often his family members, in the production of video and performance. Drawing from his personal experience, he has focused on personal connections in the context of broader conversations on realities of migrants, refugees and diasporic communities in Australia. His investigation into the forms and innovations of contemporary documentary has focused on how they might allow him to develop work that addresses social and political concerns.
Abigail Moncrieff is a Sydney-based curator with experience working on context-specific works and commissioned projects with contemporary artists, working both independently and with national institutions including Museum of Contemporary Art, Australia, Biennale of Sydney and Experimenta Media Arts. Currently an MFA Candidate (Research) in Curatorial Studies at the University of New South Wales Art & Design, her area of specialised research is curating socially engaged art in rural and regional Australian communities.
This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body, together with a grant from Create NSW, and agency of the New South Wales Government and supported by the Visual Arts and Crafts Strategy, an initiative of the Australian State and Territory Governments. The program is administered by the National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA).
Exhibition Opening: Sidney Nolan
Join us for the opening of Sidney Nolan's Australian masterpieces, the Ned Kelly series, a National Gallery of Australia exhibition.
Our special guest for the occasion is the Head of Australian Art from the NGA, Dr Deborah Hart. Dr Hart will be sharing her expertise and insight into the series and its place in Australian art history, over the course of the evening.
Curators Floortalk
with Dr Deborah Hart
4.30pm - 5.30pm
Exhibition Opening
5.30pm - 7.30pm
Official proceedings at 6.00pm
Free entry, nibbles provided. Drinks available for purchase at the bar.
Curator's Floortalk: Ned Kelly series
Learn more about Sidney Nolan's Ned Kelly series with Dr Deborah Hart, Head of Australian Art from the National Gallery of Australia.
Dr Hart will share her expertise and insight into these significant Australian works, Australian modernism, and the life and legacy of Sidney Nolan.
This floortalk will be immediately followed by the official exhibition opening, from 5.30pm.
Take a Guided Tour of the MAMA Collection
Take a free one-hour guided tour of the MAMA Collection with one of our knowledgeable guides.
Groups of five or more, bookings essential. Please call (02) 6043 5800 to arrange a suitable time.
Mini MAMA's Messy Mornings
Want to develop your little one's artistic eye from a young age? Join this relaxed morning program with our professional arts educators!
Enjoy age-appropriate tours of current exhibitions, hand-on art workshops, and an opportunity to interact with other art-loving families. Children will also enjoy art-based play, stories, and songs.
Running weekly on Wednesdays during NSW school terms, this workshop is suitable for pre-schoolers (aged 2-5 years) accompanied by an adult.
Maximum of 10 children per session
Tech Talks
Drop in with your tech issues and our friendly staff with assist you.
Tech Talks
Drop in with your tech issues and our friendly staff with assist you.
Creative Colouring for Adults
Relax and chat with new friends and old as you enjoy the much loved pastime of colouring in.
Creative Colouring for Adults
Relax and chat with new friends and old as you enjoy the much loved pastime of colouring in.
Preschool Storytime
For ages: For children aged 3 - 5 years
It's never too early to start enjoying books and stories. Bring your little ones along to share songs, rhymes and all the fun of a great story.
Preschool Storytime
For ages: For children aged 3 - 5 years
It's never too early to start enjoying books and stories. Bring your little ones along to share songs, rhymes and all the fun of a great story.
Tiny Tots Storytime
For ages: For the under 3 year olds
It's never too early to start enjoying books and stories. Bring your little ones along to share songs, rhymes and all the fun of a great story.
Toddler Time
For ages: For children aged 1 - 3 years
It's never too early to start enjoying books and stories. Bring your little ones along to share songs, rhymes and all the fun of a great story.
Preschool Storytime
For ages: For children aged 3 - 5 years
It's never too early to start enjoying books and stories. Bring your little ones along to share songs, rhymes and all the fun of a great story.
Baby Bounce
For ages: For littlies aged 0 - 12 months
It's never too early to start enjoying books and stories. Bring your little ones along to share songs, rhymes and all the fun of a great story.
Baby Bounce
For ages: For littlies aged 0 - 12 months
It's never too early to start enjoying books and stories. Bring your little ones along to share songs, rhymes and all the fun of a great story.
Homework Help: Multicultural Program
Are you from the CALD community and needing some help with schoolwork? Bring your reader, maths homework, projects you’re working on or anything that you need help with for school. Each session has qualified volunteers to help CALD students with homework and assignments.
Weekly during NSW School Terms.
Bookings for all programs: 0429 117 949 or email awce@vrb.org.au
Albury Wodonga Cultural Exchange
AWCE initiates and supports activities and events in our libraries that have mutual benefit for new community members from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, their cultural groups and for the wider Albury Wodonga community.
Friends of the LibraryMuseum Book Sale
Browse through our selection of pre-loved books and find a treasure.
All funds raised help the Friends of the Libraries and Museum purchase new items for the collection.
Unearthed: What lay beneath QEII
QEII Square has always been a busy part of Albury’s centre. Public buildings, businesses and offices have been built, used, demolished and replaced over and over again, and they always leave traces in the earth. This exhibition showcases some of the significant and interesting material from recent excavations in the QEII cultural precinct.
Join us for the exhibition launch and refreshments on Saturday 18 August at 2.00pm. RSVP 6023 8333.
Featuring special guest speaker, Sarah Myers, director of ArchLink, and lead cultural Heritage adviser for the MAMA archaeology excavation.
Image credit: Raised time ball in front of the Albury Telegraph Station, c.1862–1868, AlburyCity Collection, ARM 15.843
Billet Doux: Art Prize and Exhibition
Proudly presented by Murray Arts, Billet Doux is the region’s only open-entry small works art prize and exhibition.
With the opportunity to showcase their work though a “Sweet Note” measuring no more than 8x10”, Billet Doux attracts artists across the entire Murray Arts footprint and at every stage of their career.
Immerse yourself in the awe-inspiring diversity of our region’s dynamic artistic community. Choose your favourite and vote in the People’s Choice award. #BilletDoux2018
Join us for the launch of this exhibition on Saturday 20 October, 2.00pm
Refreshments provided
RSVP: 02 6023 8333
Billet-Doux is an initiative to showcase the diversity within the Murray Arts footprint with support from AlburyCity and the LibraryMuseum
Selfie: Amateur and Candid Photography from the AlburyCity Collection
What was your first camera? How do you capture your memories now? Lavington Library’s new exhibition is a unique and personal look at lifestyle through the 20th century with a focus on the relationship between an everyday person and their camera.
The Museum & Social History Collection holds a large number of home, social and street photography and homemade films as well as a selection of cameras, including Box Brownies and Polaroids. Selfie showcases a wide selection of home and street photography that capture the memories of the region.
Join us for the launch of the exhibition on Thursday 18 October, 6.00pm
Refreshments provided
RSVP: 02 6043 5645
Armistice: Albury's Armistice Celebration
At 7.30pm on Monday 11 November 1918, Alderman H.G. Davies appeared on the balcony of the Town Hall clutching a telegram addressed to the Daily News and shouted to the people on Dean Street that the Armistice had been signed and the war was over!
This exhibition examines life in Albury at the time of the Armistice. It looks at the immediate impact of war, peace and a soldier’s return home. Albury, like the rest of Australia, was no longer at war. World War One had significant impact on Albury and this display looks at the way the people celebrated, welcomed the returned soldiers and commemorated those that were lost.
Join us for the launch of the exhibition on Friday 9 November, 11.00am
Refreshments provided
AlburyCity Council Foyer
RSVP: 02 6023 8333
Don't miss the talk Assessing the Impact of World War One on Albury and District on Thursday 25 October
Happy Birthday Play School! Celebrating 50 Years
Come inside and find all your favourite Play School characters in an exhibition that brings our childhood stories alive. Happy Birthday Play School: Celebrating 50 Years honours Australia’s longest-running children’s television program and its special place in people’s hearts. Featuring Big Ted, Little Ted, Humpty and Jemima – plus the Rocket Clock and all the windows – this exhibition is a wonderful chance to consider the changing nature and experience of Australian childhood.
A travelling exhibition from the National Museum of Australia developed in collaboration with the ABC
© Australian Broadcasting Corporation 2018
We are running three special Sensory Sessions for Young People on Wednesday 5 and 19 December and 16 January where the exhibition will be open early for children and young people with additional needs to enjoy the exhibition in a calm, quiet and safe environment.
Don't miss Teo Joins Big Ted and Friends on 1 December at the LibraryMuseum and our Play School Up Late event on Friday 7 December for adults.
Teo joins Big Ted and Friends!
Bring along your family, your friends and your favourite teddy bear to the LibraryMuseum and enjoy some summer fun with Big Ted and friends as we celebrate the launch of the Happy Birthday Playschool: Celebrating 50 Years exhibition with Play School presenter Teo Gebert.
Bookings essential - 02 6023 8333 or learningoutreach@alburycity.nsw.gov.au
© Australian Broadcasting Corporation 2016
Kidsmake: Play School is coming
Bookings: 8 plus
Play School is coming,
We all love Play School, and this summer the Happy Birthday Play School exhibition is coming to the LibraryMuseum. Help create decorations to celebrate the arrival of Big Ted and friends!
KIDSMAKE: A weekly after-school maker space where children can enjoy a variety of activities including art, craft and technology.
Bookings: 02 6023 8333 or learningoutreach@alburycity.nsw.gov.au
QEII Twilight Market
Meet the makers and innovators at this popular boutique market - a special Christmas edition. Attracting around 100 stalls, shoppers can expect unique and quality goods ranging from hand-made designs to local produce. In addition, visitors can taste a selection of street-foods, craft beers and local wines amid live music from our Carols line-up and featured band, Danny Phegan and Longreach.
Play School Up Late (18+)
Bookings: 18+ only
Take a step back to those childhood days in front of the telly with Big Ted, Humpty and friends as we stay up ‘late’ to celebrate all things Play School. Bring your friends and workmates along for some nostalgic fun - there will be quizzes, prizes and even a karaoke singalong. A great idea for pre-dinner fun before a Christmas party with a difference!
Free entry. Enjoy complimentary canapes. Drinks at bar prices.
Bookings essential 02 6023 8333 or learningoutreach@alburycity.nsw.gov.au
HAPPY BIRTHDAY PLAY SCHOOL: CELEBRATING 50 YEARS
Saturday 1 December - Sunday 20 January
A travelling exhibition from the National Museum of Australia developed in collaboration with the ABC.
©Australian Broadcasting Company, 2016
Play School Exhibition: Sensory Sessions for Young People
Bookings: Children and young people
Opening before hours, we invite children and young people with additional needs to come and enjoy this exhibition in a calm, safe and quiet environment. You are welcome to wander through Happy Birthday Play School at your leisure or book a guided tour.
Bookings Essential 02 6023 8333 or learningoutreach@alburycity.nsw.gov.au
Play School Exhibition: Sensory Sessions for Young People
Bookings: Children and young people
Opening before hours, we invite children and young people with additional needs to come and enjoy this exhibition in a calm, safe and quiet environment. You are welcome to wander through Happy Birthday Play School at your leisure or book a guided tour.
Bookings Essential 02 6023 8333 or learningoutreach@alburycity.nsw.gov.au
Play School Exhibition: Sensory Sessions for Young People
Bookings: Children and young people
Opening before hours, we invite children and young people with additional needs to come and enjoy this exhibition in a calm, safe and quiet environment. You are welcome to wander through Happy Birthday Play School at your leisure or book a guided tour.
Bookings Essential 02 6023 8333 or learningoutreach@alburycity.nsw.gov.au
The Year 12 Art Show
The Year 12 Art Show is a rare occasion where three key arts organisations (the LibraryMuseum, MAMA and Arts Space Wodonga) from the Albury Wodonga region come together for a single project to celebrate the Border’s graduating Visual Arts students who are encouraged to reflect on the efforts of their final year as VCE and HSC students. This stunning exhibition celebrates the creativity, innovation and unique perspectives of these young people. Come along, view the artwork and reflect on the important role this art plays in the development of their individual identities.
The Exhibition will open at Arts Space Wodonga on Friday 14 December from 4.30pm - 7.00pm.
Phone: 02 6022 9600
Year 12 Art Show Reception, LibraryMuseum, MAMA and Retro Lane Café
Saturday 15 December, 12.30pm - 2.30pm
Santa Story Time
Santa has a very busy schedule during December but, lucky for us, he has agreed to drop into our Christmas storytimes. Come and enjoy a very special story read by Santa, sing Christmas songs and make Christmas themed crafts.
Santa Story Time
Santa has a very busy schedule during December but, lucky for us, he has agreed to drop into our Christmas storytimes. Come and enjoy a very special story read by Santa, sing Christmas songs and make Christmas themed crafts.
Summer Reading Club
Bookings: School age children
It’s summer time at last! So let’s get curious and join the Summer Reading Club and read, read, read - just for fun - all summer long. Pop in to your library from 1 December for lots of great books to read and join up online at http://www.summerreadingclub.org.au/ for lots of extra activities and prizes.
The theme this year is Curious Creatures so get curious and explore the world of creatures real and imagined. From microscopic to megafauna, real and imagined, come in to read and stay a while to complete one of our drop in Curious Creatures activities
Lavington Library are hosting an online Summer Reading Club on 6, 13 and 20 December and 10 and 24 January from 5.00pm - 6.00pm. Come in and use our computers to enter your books online.
To book you must:
* Be registered for Summer Reading Club.
* Have your own library card (as Junior Internet member)
* Have parental permission to enter Summer Reading Club online competitions.
Limited spaces. Book in for the day/s you are able to come. Participation ticket for prize draw available.
Don't miss our Summer Reading Club Finale Party on Tuesday 5 February from 4.00pm-5.00pm at Lavington Library.
Bookings essential: 02 6043 5645
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Summer Reading Club Storytime
Bookings: School age children
We are holding a special Storytime to celebrate the Summer Reading Club. Listen to some Curious Creatures stories and make your own Curious Creatures craft.
Join up for Summer Reading Club if you haven’t already done so.
Participation tickets available for prize draw.
Retro Pool Comp: February
Bookings: 12-25
In case you haven’t heard, the Retro has a pool table now! Tied in with our Tune Out program, the Retro Pool comp is your chance to show off your cue skills! Sign up is on the day, just rock up and enter the comp. Limited spots so first in, first on.
Retro Pool Comp: January
Bookings: 12-25
In case you haven’t heard, the Retro has a pool table now! Tied in with our Tune Out program, the Retro Pool comp is your chance to show off your cue skills! Sign up is on the day, just rock up and enter the comp. Limited spots so first in, first on.
Tune Out!: December
Bookings: 12-25
An afternoon of chilling out, lawn games, pool, PlayStation and live music! Who knows, you might even find a pop-up art workshop running. Come down and check out the space, kick back and chill out at the Retro!
Tune Out! January
Bookings: 12-25
An afternoon of chilling out, lawn games, pool, PlayStation and live music! Who knows, you might even find a pop-up art workshop running. Come down and check out the space, kick back and chill out at the Retro!
Tune Out! February
Bookings: 12-25
An afternoon of chilling out, lawn games, pool, PlayStation and live music! Who knows, you might even find a pop-up art workshop running. Come down and check out the space, kick back and chill out at the Retro!
Live @ The Retro Launch
Bookings: 12-25
Are you Into Live Music? Formerly known as the “Retro Friday Night Gig”, Retro has rebranded its most popular night of the month! Retro hosts regular gigs throughout the year in a range of genres. We proudly support local artists and provide a safe place to enjoy live music free of charge. All events are drug and alcohol free, with great food for sale at the cafe.
Interested in getting on the bill? Contact us retrolane@alburycity.nsw.gov.au
Virtual Reality Session
Bookings: 12-25
Explore the new worlds of VR, where you can sculpt a megalith, create wild street art and visit strange places, even virtually work in an office… Drop into the Retro Lane Cafe and write your name on the white board for some virtual fun.
For more info: #thisistheretro on Facebook or email retrolane@alburycity.nsw.gov.au
Open Mic Night: December
Bookings: 12-25
Due to popular demand, Retro now hosts its Open Mic once a month! Do you play music, write poetry or have a performance you’re keen to share? Book a spot to be part of our Open Mic acoustic night.
All performers score a little something for their time and a lot of applause! This is a great opportunity for artists wanting to gain some stage time in a supportive environment.
Open Mic Night: January
Bookings: 12-25
Due to popular demand, Retro now hosts its Open Mic once a month! Do you play music, write poetry or have a performance you’re keen to share? Book a spot to be part of our Open Mic acoustic night.
All performers score a little something for their time and a lot of applause! This is a great opportunity for artists wanting to gain some stage time in a supportive environment.
Open Mic Night: February
Bookings: 12-25
Due to popular demand, Retro now hosts its Open Mic once a month! Do you play music, write poetry or have a performance you’re keen to share? Book a spot to be part of our Open Mic acoustic night.
All performers score a little something for their time and a lot of applause! This is a great opportunity for artists wanting to gain some stage time in a supportive environment.
A Night In @ The Retro
Bookings: 15-25
Kick back on the bean bags, enjoy some popcorn and catch a double feature @ The Retro!
The Dressmaker
Revenge is back in fashion!
Explore the dusty 1950s town of Dungatar in this exquisite display of costumes from the iconic Australian film, The Dressmaker based on the novel by Rosalie Ham.
The exhibition will showcase the beautiful collection of haute couture costumes by award-winning costume designer Marion Boyce. The Dressmaker exhibition reveals how the costumes were made and developed and allows you to discover the immense level of detail and artisanship that went into these magnificent costumes.
Costumes courtesy of Film Art Media. This exhibition is supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW.
Exhibition designer, Marion Boyce and producer, Sue Maslin from Film Art Media will be In Conversation at the Library Museum on Friday 1 February from 6.00pm - 8.00pm
Bookings essential. FREE ENTRY. Canapés and complimentary drink on arrival. Drinks at bar prices
Image credit: Sarah Snook as Gertrude in The Dressmaker (2015, director Jocelyn Moorhouse)
The Way of the Reformer: Gough Whitlam in his Century
Gough Whitlam shaped the Australian nation, but before that, the Australian nation shaped him. This exhibition, which marks the centenary of Gough Whitlam's birth, tells the story of the man behind the legacy – the bright Canberra schoolboy obsessed with Greek myths, the RAAF navigator braving hazardous skies at the height of the Pacific war, and the young father starting a family on the urban fringe.
A touring exhibition of The Whitlam Institute within Western Sydney University
Image: Pilot Officer Edward Gough Whitlam on 4 March 1943. Whitlam Prime Ministerial Collection 16008.jpg
Voyages Botanical
Voyages Botanical is artist Christine Johnson’s tribute to the untamed treasures of Australia’s vast native flower garden. It is indeed a voyage: through rare and wonderful landscapes, but also through our botanical heritage and history.
Voyages Botanical was inspired by Johnson’s time as a Creative Fellow at the State Library of Victoria. Her research, which drew on the Library’s collection of rare books of botanical illustration, took her back to the pioneering work of early botanical artists including Sydney Parkinson, Pierre-Joseph Redouté and Ferdinand Bauer. This was the beginning of Johnson’s own creative journey that at once honours our past, present and future.
Image: Solar-plate engraving, 56 x 47cm, Christine Johnson, Chorizema illicifolia
Enjoy Storytime for Grandparents and Carers
Celebrate Senior's Festival and share the enjoyment of stories and a love of reading with the special little people in your lives. Come along and join in with storytelling, rhymes and craft activities. (Auslan interpreted)
Enjoy Storytime for Grandparents and Carers
Celebrate Senior's Festival and share the enjoyment of stories and a love of reading with the special little people in your lives. Come along and join in with storytelling, rhymes and craft activities..
Art Deco in Albury: Photography by Dirk HR Spenneman
Art Deco in Albury, an exhibition that explores Art Deco style in regional Australia, using Albury as the epitome of how Australians interpreted, loved, collected and lived the Art Deco from 1920s to the end of the 1930s.
The Art Deco Movement broke with tradition, exchanging elaborate decoration and detailing, for linear symmetry, strong lines and streamlined forms. The clean, sparse lines of Art Deco architecture were meant to invoke a sense of progress; of looking to the future.
Art Deco is about fun and frivolity, colour, design and essentially style. Art Deco is opulence, a time of ocean liners and streamlined Chrysler’s, Bakelite, cigarette cases and class. This was Albury’s golden time where we said goodbye to the Victorian “country town” attitude and became a modern city.
Image: Onwards and Upwards by Dirk HR Spenneman, 2011
Metallic Print, War Memorial, Monument Hill, Albury
Faces and Places of Albury
The Kalianna Photography Group has once again been out and about taking photos of people and places. This exhibition is held in conjunction with National Disability Day 2018.
Exhibition Opening: Wednesday 5 December, 11.00am
Meet the photographers over light refreshments as they share their photography experiences.
Play School holiday programs: There's a Bear in there...
Bookings: Bookings essential 02 6023 8333 learningoutreach@alburycity.nsw.gov.au
Bookings: 8+
...Is it Big Ted? Play School is here so come inside and we’ll make some wonderful bear puppets to create your own stories to tell in the Play School Puppet Theatre.
While you're in the LibraryMuseum, don't miss our Play School exhibition! A travelling exhibition from the National Museum of Australia developed in collaboration with the ABC © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 2018
Play School holiday programs..And a chair as well...
Bookings: Bookings essential 02 6023 8333 learningoutreach@alburycity.nsw.gov.au
And in the chairs will be some of our amazing local musicians to play some of your favourite Play School songs in this special interactive concert.
Don't miss our exhibition Happy Birthday Play School showing until 20 January 2019.
A travelling exhibition from the National Museum of Australia developed in collaboration with the ABC © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 2018
Play School holiday programs..And people with games..
Bookings: Bookings essential 02 6023 8333 learningoutreach@alburycity.nsw.gov.au
Hey, it’s Play School’s Birthday so let’s have a games party! Bring your hats and join us in QEII Square for fun old fashioned games – hula hoop masters, egg and spoon race, pin the tail on the donkey and all the old favourites! Back by popular demand.
Don't miss our Happy Birthday Play School exhibition, on display until 20 January.
A travelling exhibition from the National Museum of Australia developed in collaboration with the ABC © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 2018
Play School holiday programs..And stories to tell..
Bookings: Bookings essential 02 6023 8333 learningoutreach@alburycity.nsw.gov.au
And the stories will be in the music of Play School as our clever local musicians again treat us to some of the great songs and stories from 50 years of Play School.
Don't miss our Happy Birthday Play School exhibition showing until 20 January.
A travelling exhibition from the National Museum of Australia developed in collaboration with the ABC © Australian Broadcasting Corporation 2018
Carols by Candlelight
Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way....
The iconic Carols by Candlelight is one of Albury’s most loved and much anticipated community events. It’s anything but a Silent Night, as families and friends come together to celebrate the festive season.
Bring your best caroling voice and sing the night away.
Pre-entertainment to commence from 6.00pm - Albury City band
Live Broadcast from 7pm - catch all the magic of this year’s Carols by Candlelight live on 1494 2AY, stream via www.2ay.com.au or download the free 2AY app at the Apple Store.
- Candles ($2.00ea) and free song books to be available at Dean and Swift St entrance points
- A selection of street food available for sale, or bring along a picnic
- Meet Pat water bottle and drink station available so remember to bring your reusable drink bottles!
- Carols by Candlelight is a smoke-free event
Limited reserved seating is available for persons with special needs. To book a seat, please contact the Events Team on 02 6023 8761 or email rgriese@alburycity.nsw.gov.au
“Bring your best carolling voice and sing the night away”
Book Launch: Fly through your ABC
Bookings: 02 6023 8333 or librarymuseum@alburycity.nsw.gov.au
Join local bird-lover and author, Christine Cameron, for the launch of a wonderful book to delight and inspire young children to recognise and care about Australia’s native birds while learning the alphabet.
Australia is very fortunate to have a large variety of beautiful birds. This book will help young children to admire, recognise and care about Australia’s native birds while learning their ABC. They will learn about their habitats, their food and their nesting habits. The book also meets all of the learning outcomes of the Early Years Learning Framework.
About the author & Illustrator
Christine Cameron
At a very young age, Christine Cameron joined the Gould League of Bird Lovers. Being married to a biologist who loves birds, has meant that she is more aware of the beauty of Australian birds. From her experience as a preschool teacher, she knows that children are very interested in birds that visit their homes and educational centres. She hopes that young children will learn about the alphabet, and continue to have an on going enjoyment and interest in all Australian birds in their lives.
Fiona Sinclair
As an illustrator, Fiona Sinclair works with a range of imagery, but her greatest love is working with type and birds. She is a design teacher and the Education Officer and Resource coordinator for Visual Communication Victoria, preparing resources for busy design teachers to use in the secondary school classroom. Her illustrations aim to highlight the special beauty of Australian birds.
Copies of Book will be available to purchase on the evening.
Light refreshments provided.
Book Publishing Options Workshop
Have you got your book ready to publish, but not sure how to take get it from manuscript to print or you are exploring how to get a fair deal in the book publishing world? If so, then this session is for you.
Learn how to how to hold onto your rights and avoid the unscrupulous and the greedy.
Book publishing expert, Blaise van Hecke, from Busybird Publishing, demystifies the book publishing industry as she shares inside information on how the book industry works and guides you with honesty.
CHEERS! the hidden history of Albury's vineyards.
During the mid to late 1800s, Albury was one of the biggest producers of wine in Australia. Our streets, buildings and land around us are steeped in this history, but do we see it? This exhibition brings together decades of research to showcase this significant yet hidden part of Albury and Australian history.
Join us for a special launch of the exhibition on Friday 7 March with guest speaker, Ken Helm of Helm Wines.
Keep watching for more program details.
Concerts on the Big Screen
Bookings: 15-25
Retro has live concerts on the big screen in the café all day, bean bags out, coffee machine on! Come in and chill out at the Retro with some awesome live music. We may even feature the songs of 2018’s Friday Night Gigs!
School holiday programs: 3D Dinosaurs
Bookings: Bookings essential 6043-5645
Bookings: 5+
Using coloured card, make and decorate 3D dinosaurs, creating your own prehistoric curious creatures!
To tie in with the Summer Reading Club – participation ticket for prize draw available.
School holiday programs: Curious Creatures
Bookings: Bookings essential 6043 5645
Bookings: 5 plus
Make your own curious creatures and crazy monsters using felt and craft materials.
To tie in with the Summer Reading Club – participation ticket for prize draw available.
School holiday programs: Stained Glass Butterflies
Bookings: Bookings essential 6043 5645
Bookings: 5 plus
Using black card, pipe cleaners and colourful tissue paper create your very own stained glass butterflies to beautifully decorate a window or wall at home. Summer Reading Club participation ticket for prize draw.
School holiday programs: Quill a curious creature
Bookings: Bookings essential 6043 5645
Bookings: 7 plus
Have fun this summer and have a go at creating a unique and curious creature from rolling coloured strips of paper using a quilling wand.
Tickets for the Summer Reading Club prize draw are available
School Holiday Programs: Jewellery Making Workshop
Bookings: Bookings essential 6043 5645
Bookings: 8 years plus
Come along and make your own jewellery at The Cats Pyjamas Jewellery Workshops with Kurt Saggers. Engage in a beginner’s class of design and creation of many jewellery styles and techniques.
All tools and materials provided in a relaxed, fun, learning environment.
School Holiday Programs: Jewellery Making Workshop
Bookings: Bookings essential 6043 5645
Bookings: 8 years plus
Come along and make your own jewellery at The Cats Pyjamas Jewellery Workshops with Kurt Saggers. Engage in a beginner’s class of design and creation of many jewellery styles and techniques.
All tools and materials provided in a relaxed, fun, learning environment.
Waste Wise Open House
See easy tips for reducing, reusing and recycling as you wander through every room of this display house. From waste-wise cleaning tips and ways to avoid single-use plastics through to turning mandarin peels into fire-lighters, egg shells into snail repellents and discovering eco-friendly alternatives to plastic toothbrushes, razors and washing pegs.
Wanton, Wild and Unimagined
Wanton, Wild and Unimagined is a playful exhibition of sculptured recycled plastics that stirs the imagination and evokes environmental reflection. Townsville environmental artist Alison McDonald has spent hours manipulating the humble plastic bottle, and collecting thousands of lids to make a variety of unimagined and impossible creations inspired by plants, oceans and by John Wyndham’s book The Day of the Triffids.
McDonald reuses plastics in an attempt to raise questions about the relationship we have with plastic and its supposed sustainability. Wanton, Wild and Unimagined is a travelling exhibition organised by Umbrella Studio contemporary arts, toured by Museums and Galleries Queensland.
Clare Bear Food Wraps at Birallee
Bookings: Bookings Essential 02 6059 2590
Upcycle your pre-loved fabric to make reusable food wraps using Clare Bear's unique premium blend. Bring your own pre-cut 100% lightweight cotton fabric. Participants get to take home their own reusable food wraps (2 small, 2 medium, 1 large).
Gateway Island Discovery Tour
Join Parklands’ Rangers for a guided walk along the Murray River trail to discover the natural environment. Bring your water bottle and wear covered shoes. Meeting place confirmed on registration.
Wildflower Ride ‘n’ Talk
Bookings: Bookings Essential. Meet on the Rail Trail south side of the Thomas Mitchell Drive crossing. 0428 565 195 wodongalandcare@gmail.com
Explore the remnant and revegetated bush corridor of the High Country Rail Trail with native vegetation specialist Fleur Stelling. A one-hour return cycle followed by morning tea. BYO bicycle, helmet and water bottle and wear closed shoes.
Halve Waste: Answering Your Questions on Waste
Visit the Halve Waste stall at the Albury Upcycle and Reuse Shop. Get the answers on recycling and how to reduce your waste to landfill.
Bike, Chair & Garden Tool Repair Demonstrations
Learn how to fix a wobbly chair or stool, clean and sharpen garden tools and conduct basic bike maintenance. While you’re there check out the extensive range of goods at the tip shop, including racks of pre-loved bikes.
Carevan Kids Cooking & Caring Long Lunch
Join Carevan Kids Cooking and Caring Students for a community long lunch prepared and cooked by year 9 secondary students from across Albury Wodonga. Share in a meal and enjoy live music, good old-fashioned games for the kids and plenty of conversation.
Grays Island Grubbing
Join Parklands Rangers for a guided 'Walk and Weed' session, removing environmental weeds on Grays Island.
Be prepared to get wet as we will either lilo or paddle across to Grays Island and spend a few hours woody weeding (cut and poison).
All equipment supplied. Please bring your water bottle, and wear covered shoes and a hat.
Meet at Doctors Point, off Doctors Point Road, East Albury, for an 8.30 start.
Interpreting your Patch
Bookings: Bookings Essential 0428 565 195 wodongalandcare@gmail.com
Workshop leader Fleur Stelling will show you how to create signage and features for your patch to inspire visitors to appreciate and care for it. This session is ideal for friends or Landcare groups with morning tea provided.
Sustainable Gardening on a Shoestring
Bookings: Bookings Essential by Friday November 16 2018 hfoster@wmyc.vic.edu.au
Join Helena Forster, School Community Gardener, and students from Wodonga Middle Years College to find out how to build up fertile soils, use non-toxic weed control, recycle, manage fruit fly, use worms farms and much more.
What Was That?
A reflection on what we use, how we use it, how we can re-use it and the effects on our environment. Plus artworks on threatened animals native to our region.