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Bill Gray set to rock festival

By ALANA MITCHELSON Country rocker Bill Gray has just released his first CD of original material and has a suitcase of hundreds of songs he’s...

Family takes Backseat to festival

By ALANA MITCHELSON Up-and-coming Geelong family band Backseat Drive will tackle its biggest challenge yet when the group plays its first festival next weekend. The band...

On Traill of print

The work of one of Australia’s greatest printmakers has gone on display at Geelong Gallery. The National Gallery of Australia exhibition features the works of...

The magical nanny pops in to Geelong

By ALANA MITCHELSON The curious world of Mary Poppins will come to life next month in a local musical theatre production starring Geelong’s Kate Hanley...

Friends join forces for exhibition

By ALANA MITCHELSON Local watercolour artists and close friends Priscilla Fenton and Judy Cohn are showcasing their wildlife and landscape works in the pair’s first...

Geelong gang to add glam glitter

By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN With a line-up of Barry Glitter, Marsha Brady, Stevie Knievel, Bobby Dazzler and Mickey Blitz, it can be only one band:...

Felicia’s sweet music for festival

By ALANA MITCHELSON Blues performer Sweet Felicia is broadening her horizons, taking on a Bachelor of Arts as a mature aged student while simultaneously pursuing...

Mt Duneed’s Streeton for exhibition

The works of a Mount Duneed-born painter who became one of Australia’s greatest artists will be Geelong Gallery’s major exhibition for 2016. The gallery announced...

Diverse troupe’s poetry in motion

By ALANA MITCHELSON A group of Geelong actors, secondary students and poetry enthusiasts will recite a selection of CJ Dennis poems to mark a centenary...

The MikMaks’ fun farm

BY ALANA MITCHELSON Children’s band The MikMaks have new farm-inspired songs to perform in Geelong next week with special friends Drums the Panda and Bruce...

Models of avant garde playing on

By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN It was the kind of avant-garde bravery that has long since been lost to the music industry but the Models’ memory...

Brand new supergroup of mates

By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN It’s the play list Adam Brand and his mates would have selected if they were taking a weekend road trip to...

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Emily visits Geelong West for Good Friday

Geelong West Fire Brigade were paid a special visit by one of this year’s Faces of the Good Friday Appeal. Lara’s Emily Cooke...