Local Newspapers from Melbourne, Victorisa, Australia
Saturday, September 19, 2026
Observer
Easy Rider bluesAndy Baylor and his Cajun Combo plus special guests will be taking an easy ride through all the rocking roots music that has made Melbourne one of the greatest music cities in the world , says Andy.An inspirational force on the scene since the mid 1970s, Andy \has led bands on fiddle, guitar…
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Observer
Heidelberg Theatre Company’s production The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is sold out and it’s easy to see why.Playing until May 10 in Rosanna, this superbly staged and acted interpretation treats audiences to a memorable theatre experience.Adapted into a stage play by Simon Stephens from Mark Haddon’s 2003 mystery novel, The Curious…
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Observer
In Winnipeg, a child dressed as Groucho Marx shows up to class and is immediately placed in a cupboard.Another child confesses that a turkey stole his spectacles.The exasperated teacher (Mani Soleymanlou) orders the class into the cupboard.Outside, a long trail of children queues patiently in the snow for a turn on a single swing.Later, two…
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Observer
Monolith is a powerful new dance work by Joel Bray Dance that echoes and honours generations of protest and rebellion, presented from June 3-15 at Arts House, North Melbourne Town Hall as part of the Rising Festival.Together, five fierce Brown present themselves as obstacle and resistance to colonising power. They evoke a monolith – the…
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Observer
It is every aspiring musician’s dream to play with a professional symphony orchestra.While not every keen music student will reach those heights, some passionate community musicians have the chance to play with the acclaimed Melbourne Symphony Orchestra for just one day.On Saturday May 10 at 7.30 pm in Hamer Hall, selected community musicians will have…
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Observer
Opera Australia and Jones Theatrical Group present Hadestown, opening in Melbourne on Thursday (May 8) at Her Majesty’s Theatre.Seen by three million, streamed by over 350 million around the world, singer- songwriter Anaïs Mitchell’s acclaimed West End and Broadway musical phenomenon Hadestown, won eight Tony Awards when it opened on Broadway in 2019.Christine Anu (pictured)…
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What's On
More than 500 international experts and people with diabetes will gather at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre from August18-21next year for the International Diabetes Federation Western Pacific Region Congres.The congress, supported through the State Government’s Business Events Fund, is expected to fill 7500 room nights, support jobs in the business events sector and will…
Read More about MELBOURNE: Diabetes Congress to be held here
Education
There has been a major transformation of the Collingwood TAFE campus.Gayle Tierney, Minister for Skills and TAFE, last week officially opened Melbourne Polytechnic’s revitalised Collingwood campus, which will be the first all-electric TAFE campus in Victoria.Students and teachers at the environmentally conscious site will benefit from new Auslan training spaces, computer and digital design labs,…
Read More about YARRA: All-electric TAFE at Collingwood
Health
Melissa Horne, Minister for Health Infrastructure (pictured), was joined by Pakenham MLA Emma Vulin to see the works underway, including the poured concrete slabs and footings at the new Pakenham Community Hospital is being built at 5 Drake Place.It will be operated by Monash Health and will include two levels of clinical spaces for services…
Read More about CARDINIA: State Minister visits Pakenham Hospital site
Police News
A man has had his car impounded after being caught drink driving in East Geelong.Officers were patrolling when the observed a silver Toyota sedan travelling at high speed along Ryrie St about 2am Thursday (May 1).They intercepted the car on Portarlington Rd, Moolap, a short time later and spoke to the 26-year-old driver.He underwent a…
Read More about GREATER GEELONG: Driver blows .119