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SUMMARY:Twilight Talks 2024\, Season 2\, Session 2 | Not the Last Picture Show: The Lost City of Melbourne
DESCRIPTION:This special edition of our regular Twilight Talks series will feature speakers discussing the history of cinema in Ballarat\, complimenting our free exhibition. Just a year after the Lumière brothers invented the cinematograph in 1895\, the first screenings were held at the Mechanics’ Institute\, meaning many had their first ever experience of ‘moving pictures’ in our beautiful Minerva Theatre.  \nSince then\, thousands of movies have been screened in the theatre through its many iterations\, including at the Vegas 70 theatre which is being reactivated for this year’s Heritage Week. Come along from 5.30pm to grab a drink and wander through the exhibition in the Williamson Foyer\, the former candy bar of the cinema\, before the talk. \n\n  \nThe BMI’s Twilight Talks series has been a forum for sharing fascinating history and radical futures since 2001\, check out our website for upcoming talks. \nNot the Last Picture Show: The Lost City of Melbourne\nGus Berger’s film The Lost City of Melbourne documents some of the many grand theatres\, cinemas and buildings across ‘Marvellous Melbourne’ which were obliterated at the whim of shifting – and short-lived – tastes.  \nDrawing on archival footage and photographs from the National Film and Sound Archive and the State Library of Victoria\, as well as interviews with historians and experts\, the film traverses lost pockets of the city which were sacrificed to the altar of the ‘modern’ from the 1950’s to 1970’s. \nThe Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute is delighted to be screening the documentary The Lost City of Melbourne with a live conversation with director and producer Gus Berger. Berger is also owner-operator of the Thornbury Picture House\, and the pop-up Blow-Up Cinemas. \nThe film will be screened in the beautifully restored Minerva Theatre\, which debuted the invention of the cinematograph for Ballarat audiences in 1896 and functioned as a cinema for much of the 20th century. \nAll funds raised from the screening will support the work we do to keep our grand 1860’s building open to the public\, and to continue our purpose to serve the community of Ballarat as intended from our inception 165 years ago. We continue to operate as an independently-run\, not-for-profit organisation\, one of the last remaining of 1\,200 mechanics’ institutes across the state. \nSpeaker: Gus Berger | Filmmaker\nGus Berger is the director & producer of this film and a Melbourne based filmmaker \nWhen both of his businesses were forced to close as part of the Victorian lockdowns – Gus started to formulate a film on his city that was in a whole world of pain. Empty streets and shuttered shops. Closed schools & full hospitals. He started to look at what Melbourne was like during its boom years and was not only amazed at the pioneering and enterprising people that shaped the city at the end of the 19th century but was also shocked by the size & beauty of some of its buildings – buildings that are sadly no longer with us. \nHe wondered what happened to the glorious cinemas that were on every street corner and why the grand hotels that hosted Mark Twain & Agatha Christie were no longer standing. What happened in Melbourne in the mid 1950s that brought them all down? \nSo began a project of trawling through online photographs at the State Library of Victoria\, watching old film within the NFSA archives\, reading books on Melbourne history and conducting interviews with experts on Melbourne in his cinema foyer between lockdowns. \nAs Melbourne slowly emerged from its multiple lockdowns and Gus’ cinema was allowed to re-open\, a feature documentary called The Lost City of Melbourne was born. \nGus Berger with Sonia Kilkenny\, Planning Minister.\nMore about Gus \n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nStarting at 6pm (bar open at 5.30pm)\, close 8pm. \nCost: $15 general admission | $10 BMI members \n\nBookings\n\n\n2024 Twilight Talks\n \nThanks to the support of Community Bank Buninyong \n\n  \nFollow Community Bank Buninyong socials: \n\n\n\n\n\n \nThis event is part of the Australian Heritage Festival \n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n \nMore Twilight Talks\nLoading view. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nToday\n\n\nNow\nNow\n\n–\n\n2024-05-08\nMay 8\n \n\n\nSelect date. \n \n\n\n\n\n\nApr\n24\n\n\n6:00 pm \n–\n\n7:00 pm  \n\nTwilight Talks 2024\, Season 2\, Session 1 | At Play in the Fields of the past: Roleplaying\, gaming and local heritage \n$8 – $12 \n\n\n\n\n\nMay\n1\n\n\n6:00 pm \n–\n\n8:00 pm  \n\nTwilight Talks 2024\, Season 2\, Session 2 | Not the Last Picture Show: The Lost City of Melbourne \n$10 – $15 \n\n\n\n\n\nMay\n8\n\n\n6:00 pm \n–\n\n7:00 pm  \n\nTwilight Talks 2024\, Season 2\, Session 3 | Not the Last Picture Show: Moving Pictures at the BMI \n$8 – $12 \n\n\n\n\nPrevious Events\n\n\nToday \n\nNext Events \n\n\n\n\nSubscribe to calendar  \n\n\nGoogle Calendar \n\niCalendar \n\nOutlook 365 \n\nOutlook Live \n\nExport .ics file \n\nExport Outlook .ics file \n\n  \n\nBMI news\n\n \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week | 15 April 2024\n\nHas Anyone Seen Charoltte Salter?  Nicci French. 1990When beautiful and… \n\n\n \n\nSave the date | Australian Heritage Festival | The Lost City of Melbourne\n\nAs part of our events for the Australian Heritage Festival\,… \n\n\n \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week | 8 April 2024\n\nWake the Dust  Rita McInnes. Jane Harper (The Dry) meets… \n\n\n \n\nFrom the Curator | MacRobertson’s Steam Confectionery Works\n\nDid you enjoy an Old Gold\, Freddo Frog or Cherry… \n\n\nLoad More
URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/twilight-talks-lost-city-of-melbourne/
LOCATION:BMI – Minerva Space\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350
CATEGORIES:Australian Heritage Festival,Fundraiser,Twilight Talks,Twilight Talks Heritage Festivals
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SUMMARY:Twilight Talks 2024\, Season 2\, Session 3 | Not the Last Picture Show: Moving Pictures at the BMI
DESCRIPTION:This special edition of our regular Twilight Talks series will feature speakers discussing the history of cinema in Ballarat\, complimenting our free exhibition. Just a year after the Lumière brothers invented the cinematograph in 1895\, the first screenings were held at the Mechanics’ Institute\, meaning many had their first ever experience of ‘moving pictures’ in our beautiful Minerva Theatre.  \nSince then\, thousands of movies have been screened in the theatre through its many iterations\, including at the Vegas 70 theatre which is being reactivated for this year’s Heritage Week. Come along from 5.30pm to grab a drink and wander through the exhibition in the Williamson Foyer\, the former candy bar of the cinema\, before the talk. \n\n  \nThe BMI’s Twilight Talks series has been a forum for sharing fascinating history and radical futures since 2001\, check out our website for upcoming talks. \nNot the Last Picture Show: Moving Pictures at the BMI\nIn 1896\, Ballarat audiences first witnessed the marvel of ‘moving pictures’ at the BMI’s Mechanics’ Hall\, just a year after the Lumière Brothers’ invention of the cinematographe. By 1919\, the hall had been converted to a cinema\, known as the Britannia\, then the Odeon\, the Vegas 70\, and finally\, The Sturt.  \nIn 2004\, the final cinema lease on the Minerva ended\, leaving the ghostly theatre time-worn and scarred from its many uses and iterations. In the 2010’s\, committee member Dr. Frank Hurley OAM spearheaded the securing of funding to restore the Minerva to how it looked as a 19th century Mechanics’ Hall\, with practical modern additions. \nToday\, the Minerva is a stunning event space\, which fulfills its initial purpose as a community hall\, playing host to events including concerts\, dances\, theatre\, comedy\, exhibitions\, banquets\, markets and more. The Minerva Space is also used for screenings\, making the theatre one of the oldest cinemas still showing films in the world. \nThis Twilight Talk will feature BMI Curator Ellen Becker traversing the history of the Minerva as a cinema\, Dr Frank Hurley OAM discussing the incredible work of restoring a disused cinema to a glorious 19th century Mechanics’ Hall\, and our Venues and Events Manager Sam McColl will explore how the Minerva is used today and touch on the challenges of putting on modern events in a heritage listed 1860’s Mechanics’ Hall. \n\nMore of our Image Collection\n \nSpeakers: Frank Hurley\, Ellen Becker\, BMI Heritage Curator & Sam McColl BMI Venue Manager\nFrank Hurley OAM \nFrank served on the BMI Committee for over 30 years till retiring in 2013. He was then BMI Patron for a further five years. He served numerous terms as President and as Secretary. He played a leading role in the restoration and revitalisation of the BMI in the ten or so years from 2000. \nIn other spheres\, Frank was deeply involved\, as a senior academic for 25 years\, in the evolution of the University of Ballarat (now Federation University) and in the establishment of the University’s Arts Academy city campus in the complex of former government buildings on Camp/Lydiard Streets. \nFrank Hurley OAM\nSam McColl  \nSam is Venue and Events Manager at the Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute.  \nCurrently in his 6th year at the BMI\, Sam has worked at the organisation through immense change – COVID-19\, a brand invigoration\, changes in board and executive management\, and now a cost-of-living crisis that seems to be hitting the arts and culture sector quite hard. \nOutside the BMI\, Sam also works for a local Member of Parliament\, and in his ‘spare time’ volunteers with St John Ambulance Victoria. \nSam McColl\, Venue & Events Manager\nEllen Becker \nEllen Becker is the Heritage Collections Curator at the BMI\, and also works as an Education Officer at Sovereign Hill Museums Association. Ellen has previously worked in various roles in collections including at the Australian Film Institute Research Collection\, the Arts Centre Melbourne\, and the National Trust of Australia (Victoria). \nStarting at 6pm (bar open at 5.30pm)\, close 7pm. \nCost: $12 general admission | $8 BMI members \n\nBookings\n \nAudience seated in the Vegas 70 Cinema in the 1960’s | Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute archives.\n\n \n\nRex’s Snippits | Moving Pictures at the Institute\n\nThe Large Hall/Auditorium The large hall or auditorium of the… \n\nFind out more about the BMI building  Renovations\, via Rex’s Snippits. \n\nRenovations\n\n\n2024 Twilight Talks\n \nThanks to the support of Community Bank Buninyong \n\n  \nFollow Community Bank Buninyong socials: \n\n\n\n\n\n \nThe BMI’s Twilight Talks series has been a forum for sharing fascinating history and radical futures since 2001\, check out our website for upcoming talks. \nThis event is part of the Australian Heritage Festival \n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n \nMore Twilight Talks\nLoading view. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nToday\n \nNow\nNow \n– \n2024-05-08\nMay 8 \n\n\nSelect date. \n \n\n\n\n \nApr\n24 \n6:00 pm\n– \n7:00 pm  \n\nTwilight Talks 2024\, Season 2\, Session 1 | At Play in the Fields of the past: Roleplaying\, gaming and local heritage \n$8 – $12 \n\n\n\n \nMay\n1 \n6:00 pm\n– \n8:00 pm  \n\nTwilight Talks 2024\, Season 2\, Session 2 | Not the Last Picture Show: The Lost City of Melbourne \n$10 – $15 \n\n\n\n \nMay\n8 \n6:00 pm\n– \n7:00 pm  \n\nTwilight Talks 2024\, Season 2\, Session 3 | Not the Last Picture Show: Moving Pictures at the BMI \n$8 – $12 \n\n\n\n\nPrevious Events\n\n\nToday \n\nNext Events \n\n\n\n\nSubscribe to calendar  \n\n\nGoogle Calendar \n\niCalendar \n\nOutlook 365 \n\nOutlook Live \n\nExport .ics file \n\nExport Outlook .ics file \n\n  \n:root {\n				/* Customizer-added Global Event styles */\n				–tec-color-link-primary: #a38c2a;\n–tec-color-link-accent: #a38c2a;\n–tec-color-link-accent-hover: rgba(163\,140\,42\, 0.8);\n–tec-color-accent-primary: #a38c2a;\n–tec-color-accent-primary-hover: rgba(163\,140\,42\,0.8);\n–tec-color-accent-primary-multiday: rgba(163\,140\,42\,0.24);\n–tec-color-accent-primary-multiday-hover: rgba(163\,140\,42\,0.34);\n–tec-color-accent-primary-active: rgba(163\,140\,42\,0.9);\n–tec-color-accent-primary-background: rgba(163\,140\,42\,0.07);\n–tec-color-background-secondary-datepicker: rgba(163\,140\,42\,0.5);\n–tec-color-accent-primary-background-datepicker: #a38c2a;\n–tec-color-button-primary: #a38c2a;\n–tec-color-button-primary-hover: rgba(163\,140\,42\,0.8);\n–tec-color-button-primary-active: rgba(163\,140\,42\,0.9);\n–tec-color-button-primary-background: rgba(163\,140\,42\,0.07);\n–tec-color-day-marker-current-month: #a38c2a;\n–tec-color-day-marker-current-month-hover: rgba(163\,140\,42\,0.8);\n–tec-color-day-marker-current-month-active: rgba(163\,140\,42\,0.9);\n–tec-color-background-primary-multiday: rgba(163\,140\,42\, 0.24);\n–tec-color-background-primary-multiday-hover: rgba(163\,140\,42\, 0.34);\n–tec-color-background-primary-multiday-active: rgba(163\,140\,42\, 0.34);\n–tec-color-background-secondary-multiday: rgba(163\,140\,42\, 0.24);\n–tec-color-background-secondary-multiday-hover: rgba(163\,140\,42\, 0.34);\n			}:root {\n				/* Customizer-added Events Bar styles */\n				–tec-color-background-events-bar-submit-button: #a38c2a;\n–tec-color-background-events-bar-submit-button-hover: rgba(163\,140\,42\, 0.8);\n–tec-color-background-events-bar-submit-button-active: rgba(163\,140\,42\, 0.9);\n			} \nBMI news\n\n \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week | 22 April 2024\n\nSanctuary Garry Disher. Grace is a master thief\, specialising in… \n\n\n \n\nDr David Waldron | Australian Heritage Festival | At Play in the Fields of the Past\n\nOver the past few years\, David has been experimenting with… \n\n\n \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week | 15 April 2024\n\nHas Anyone Seen Charoltte Salter?  Nicci French. 1990When beautiful and… \n\n\n \n\nSave the date | Australian Heritage Festival | The Lost City of Melbourne\n\nAs part of our events for the Australian Heritage Festival\,… \n\n\nLoad More
URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/twilight-talks-not-the-last-picture-show-3/
LOCATION:BMI – Humffray Room\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Australian Heritage Festival,Fundraiser,Twilight Talks,Twilight Talks Heritage Festivals
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DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240515T190000
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SUMMARY:Twilight Talks 2024\, Season 2\, Session 4 | THIS EVENT HAS NOW BEEN CANCELLED
DESCRIPTION:May 15\n@\n6:00 pm\n–\n7:00 pm \n$8 – $12 \nTHIS EVENT HAS NOW BEEN CANCELLED \nThis special edition of our regular Twilight Talks series will feature speakers discussing the history of cinema in Ballarat\, complimenting our free exhibition. Just a year after the Lumière brothers invented the cinematograph in 1895\, the first screenings were held at the Mechanics’ Institute\, meaning many had their first ever experience of ‘moving pictures’ in our beautiful Minerva Theatre.  \nSince then\, thousands of movies have been screened in the theatre through its many iterations\, including at the Vegas 70 theatre which is being reactivated for this year’s Heritage Week. Come along from 5.30pm to grab a drink and wander through the exhibition in the Williamson Foyer\, the former candy bar of the cinema\, before the talk. \n\n  \nThe BMI’s Twilight Talks series has been a forum for sharing fascinating history and radical futures since 2001\, check out our website for upcoming talks. \nNot the Last Picture Show: City of Chaos and Hope\nEver wonder how Minerva got her groove back? Buildings are made of our imagination\, the life that goes on inside provides the colour\, life and culture that is legacy for this beautiful city. And it is people who bring buildings to life. Join filmmaker Erin M McCuskey as she shares some of those stories through film\, particularly the buildings that housed cinemas. She will take us on a journey into the cinemas of Ballarat and the people who made it happen. \nThis session will include screenings in the beautiful Minerva Space of footage from the Jack Anderson archive and the film City of Chaos and Hope (2014) which tells the tales of three iconic Ballarat buildings from the inside. The Ballarat Town Hall\, the Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute\, and the Ballarat Railway Station. The small stories add up to big stories\, social history gives us an understanding of who we are as people\, set in three of Ballarat’s finest buildings. \nSpeaker: Erin McCuskey | Film Artist\nErin McCuskey \nMcCuskey’s art is cinema\, multilayered film using archival\, found and captured moving image. She uses screen language of the half-dark\, overlay and blur to reflect her long-sightedness (hyperopia). Working at the intersection of cinema and art\, she explores themes of feminisms\, memory and death. Known for her use of muses\, she explores the idea that joy is resistance and that expressing culture through dance is a way to protect our hard won freedoms. \nMcCuskey’s love of the moving image grew from lounge-room screenings of family films created by her father. The youngest girl of a large Irish immigrant family\, she studies the once prohibited Gaeilge (Irish language) and Irish mythology to understand concepts of home and belonging. \n“Film artist Erin M McCuskey’s work is indeed one of Australia’s great ‘unknown pleasures’… fusing analogue film (created and archival)\, music\, dance\, literature\, theatre and a visual artist’s perspective into digital cinematic works that are firstly sensual and delightful\, and secondly resonantly poetic and deep.” (Bill Mousoulis – Unknown Pleasures). \nErin McCuskey | Film Artist\nMore about Erin \n\n\n\n \nYum Studio \n\n\n\n\n \nEvent starting at 6pm (bar open at 5.30pm)\, close 7pm. \nCost: $12 general admission | $8 BMI members \n\nBookings\n\n\n2024 Twilight Talks\n \nThanks to the support of Community Bank Buninyong \n\n  \nFollow Community Bank Buninyong socials: \n\n\n\n\n\n \nThis event is part of the Australian Heritage Festival \n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n \nMore Twilight Talks\nLoading view. \n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\nToday\n \nNow\nNow \n– \n2024-05-17\nMay 17\n \n\nSelect date. \n \n\n\n\n \nMay\n15 \n6:00 pm\n– \n7:00 pm  \n\nTwilight Talks 2024\, Season 2\, Session 4 | THIS EVENT HAS NOW BEEN CANCELLED \n$8 – $12 \n\n\n\n \nMay\n17 \nMay 17 @ 10:30 am – May 30 @ 4:00 pm \n\nExhibition | Not the Last Picture Show | Ballarat Heritage Festival \nFree \n\n\n\n \nMay\n17 \nMay 17 @ 10:30 am – May 30 @ 4:00 pm \n\nExhibition | Not the Last Picture Show: From the Archives | Ballarat Heritage Festival \nFree – $5 \n\n\n\nPrevious Events\n\nToday \n\nNext Events \n\n\n\nSubscribe to calendar  \n\n\nGoogle Calendar \n\niCalendar \n\nOutlook 365 \n\nOutlook Live \n\nExport .ics file \n\nExport Outlook .ics file \n\nBMI news\n \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week | 13 May 2024\n\nMaking Up Amanda Rozzi Bazzani. A Cold Case Ballarat\, 1988. … \n\n \n\nLine up announced for: Melbourne International Comedy Roadshow – Ballarat\n\nAustralia’s biggest and best comedy spectacular is setting off again… \n\n \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week | 6 May 2024\n\nDaddy’s Girl Josephine Cox. When heartbroken Sarah Quinn is left… \n\n \n\nIntroducing Malcolm Roberts | Board Member\, Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute\n\nIntroducing Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute Board Member\, Malcolm Roberts. Malcolm Roberts is… \n\n\nLoad More
URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/twilight-talks-australian-heritage-festival/
LOCATION:BMI – Minerva Space\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350
CATEGORIES:Australian Heritage Festival,Fundraiser,Twilight Talks,Twilight Talks Heritage Festivals
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DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240530T160000
DTSTAMP:20260406T232125
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SUMMARY:Exhibition | Not the Last Picture Show
DESCRIPTION:May 17\n@\n10:30 am\n–\nMay 30\n@\n4:00 pm \nFree \nMH 94 Coliseum Grenville Street\, Ballarat\nJust a year after the Lumière brothers invented the cinematograph in 1895\, the first screenings of this new technology of ‘moving pictures’ were held at the Mechanics’ Institute. \nBy the 1970’s\, cinema’s death was being heralded after the devastating impact of television and the attraction of the drive-in\, making the BMI’s Vegas 70 for a brief time Ballarat’s only indoor cinema. \nOur latest photographic exhibition Not the Last Picture Show traces the history of cinemas in Ballarat\, from the spectacular nitrate film-fuelled conflagration of the 4\,000 seat Coliseum Picture Palace\, now a supermarket car park\, to the Skyline Drive-in\, now a housing estate with a ‘Bogart Avenue’. \nThe exhibition will be held in the Williamson Foyer space\, which formerly hosted the candy bar of the cinema\, with an additional exhibition in our beautiful Heritage Reading Room. \nEntry by $5 donation to the Heritage Reading Room (BMI members free). \nThis event is part of the Ballarat Heritage Festival \n\n\n\n\n\n \n \nThis event takes place on Wadawurrung Country. Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute acknowledges the Wadawurrung People of the Kulin Nation as the first inhabitants and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we work\, learn and create. Always Was\, Always Will Be\, Aboriginal Land. \nBMI news\n \n\nWhite Night | Deborah Klein: ‘Decorated Women’\n\nThe White Night excitement is certainly building. Deborah Klein whose… \n\n \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week | 13 May 2024\n\nMaking Up Amanda Rozzi Bazzani. A Cold Case Ballarat\, 1988. … \n\n \n\nLine up announced for: Melbourne International Comedy Roadshow – Ballarat\n\nAustralia’s biggest and best comedy spectacular is setting off again… \n\n \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week | 6 May 2024\n\nDaddy’s Girl Josephine Cox. When heartbroken Sarah Quinn is left… \n\n\nLoad More
URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/exhibition-not-the-last-picture-show/
LOCATION:Hugh Williamson Foyer\, Level 1
CATEGORIES:About us,Art programs,Ballarat Heritage Festival,Culture,Exhibition,Festival,Fundraiser,Twilight Talks,Twilight Talks Heritage Festivals
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SUMMARY:Exhibition | Not the Last Picture Show: From the Archives
DESCRIPTION:May 17\n@\n10:30 am\n–\nMay 30\n@\n4:00 pm \nFree – $5 \nThis event is part of the Ballarat Heritage Festival \n\n\n\n\n\n \n \nThis event takes place on Wadawurrung Country. Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute acknowledges the Wadawurrung People of the Kulin Nation as the first inhabitants and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we work\, learn and create. Always Was\, Always Will Be\, Aboriginal Land. \nBMI news\n \n\nWhite Night | Deborah Klein: ‘Decorated Women’\n\nThe White Night excitement is certainly building. Deborah Klein whose… \n\n \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week | 13 May 2024\n\nMaking Up Amanda Rozzi Bazzani. A Cold Case Ballarat\, 1988. … \n\n \n\nLine up announced for: Melbourne International Comedy Roadshow – Ballarat\n\nAustralia’s biggest and best comedy spectacular is setting off again… \n\n \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week | 6 May 2024\n\nDaddy’s Girl Josephine Cox. When heartbroken Sarah Quinn is left… \n\n\nLoad More
URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/exhibition-not-the-last-picture-show-archives/
LOCATION:Heritage Reading Room\, Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:About us,Art programs,Ballarat Heritage Festival,Culture,Exhibition,Fundraiser,Twilight Talks,Twilight Talks Heritage Festivals
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SUMMARY:Twilight Talks 2024\, Season 2\, Session 5 | Stories of the Silver Screen in the Golden City
DESCRIPTION:May 22\n@\n6:00 pm\n–\n7:00 pm \n$8 – $12 \nThis special edition of our regular Twilight Talks series will feature speakers discussing the history of cinema in Ballarat\, complimenting our free exhibition. Just a year after the Lumière brothers invented the cinematograph in 1895\, the first screenings were held at the Mechanics’ Institute\, meaning many had their first ever experience of ‘moving pictures’ in our beautiful Minerva Theatre.  \nSince then\, thousands of movies have been screened in the theatre through its many iterations\, including at the Vegas 70 theatre which is being reactivated for this year’s Heritage Week. Come along from 5.30pm to grab a drink and wander through the exhibition in the Williamson Foyer\, the former candy bar of the cinema\, before the talk. \n\n  \nNot the Last Picture Show: Stories of the Silver Screen in the Golden City.\nThe Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute’s Minerva Space has borne witness to the journey of cinema\, from hosting the Ballarat debut of the cinematograph in 1896\, to the arrival of the ‘talkies’ in 1930\, to the dramatic dip in audiences in the late 1950’s after the arrival of television and popularity of the drive-in\, to the waning of the drive-in and the rise of the multiplex – leading to the demise of the single screen cinema. \nTwo figures have played a key role in the latter part of this journey and the cinema industry in Ballarat. John Bourke started working in cinema as a ‘car hop’ at the Village Northern Drive-In\, formerly Hoyts’ Skyline. He worked as an Assistant Projectionist at the drive-in while completing his studies\, landing a role as Manager – Projectionist at the newly refurbished Regent Cinema in 1977\, ultimately holding the position for 28 years. Jack Anderson was responsible for the Regent revival and also reviving the hall at the Mechanics’ into the Vegas 70. \nChris Jones started working with John in ‘94  as an usher at The Regent\, the same year the Mechanics’ Hall had once again been resurrected as a cinema\, this time called ‘The Sturt’. Chris worked at the Sturt and Regent\, ultimately working in senior positions for Village and Hoyts Joint Venture companies\, and as the National Operations Manager for Reading Cinemas before co-founding Twilight Cinemas (2008) and Showbiz Cinemas (2013). Chris opened the third Showbiz cinema location in Ballarat in 2017 at the brand-new Delacombe Town Centre catering to the burgeoning growth area that has exploded in the southwestern part of Ballarat. \nBetween the two they have a wealth of knowledge and stories to share and reflect on\, from dramatically unfurling a reel of film down the stairs of the Mechanics’\, to the wild characters sneaking into the drive-ins in the boots of cars\, and the Hollywood stars who graced the town. \nSpeakers: John Burke & Chris Jones\nJohn Bourke\nChris Jones\nJohn Bourke \nJohn commenced in the Cinema industry in 1974 as a ‘Car Hop’ at the Village Northern Drive-In (formerly the Hoyts Skyline Drive-In) whilst completing Year 11 as a mature age student at St Patrick’s College Ballarat. \nTechnically though\, John and his siblings were working in the industry when they 6 years old carrying display boards around the local football ovals advertising what was screening at the Village Southern Drive-In and Vegas 70 Cinema Ballarat. \nAfter completing his studies\, John landed a role as a full-time Assistant Projectionist at the Drive-In. Over the next two years\, John continued to work full-time while studying at RMIT to become a fully-qualified Cinema Projectionist. \nIn February of 1977\, John took on the position of Manager – Projectionist at the newly refurbished classic cinema\, The Regent\, Ballarat. John held the position for 28 years. After a brief absence\, John’s passion for cinema lured him back to The Regent in the role of Sales Manager. John continued for another nine or so years\, retiring from the cinema industry following heart surgery. \nDuring his career\, John experienced the evolution of cinema and drive-in from the latter half of the 20th century and into the 21st. John is now the Manager of Patient Services and Switchboard at Grampians Health Ballarat. John continues to be involved in cinema through his lifelong friendship with Chris Jones and Showbiz Cinemas\, and his membership of the Cinema Pioneers Association. \nChris Jones \nChris is the Director of Showbiz Group & Showbiz Cinemas\, and is a Board Member at Independent Cinemas Australia. \nChris commenced in the cinema industry in 1994 as an usher at the historic Regent Cinemas in Lydiard Street whilst attending the University of Ballarat. After completing his studies\, he then worked at various cinemas located in Melbourne and Adelaide and has worked in senior positions for Village and Hoyts Joint Venture companies as well as the National Operations Manager for Reading Cinemas before co-founding Twilight Cinemas (2008) and Showbiz Cinemas (2013). Chris holds a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) majoring in finance and marketing and holds a Bachelor of Arts & Social Sciences (Film\, Media and Psychology). \nChris opened the third Showbiz cinema location in Ballarat in 2017 at the brand-new Delacombe Town Centre catering to the burgeoning growth area that has exploded in the southwestern part of Ballarat. \nShowbiz Ballarat is a modern state of the art\, 6-screen multiplex. All cinemas feature luxury leather seating\, Dolby 7.1 surround sound and Digital Laser Projection on all screens. The cinema holds a full liquor license and is open 7-days a week. The cinema is also the ideal location to provide full digital conferencing\, seminars and other non-cinema events including live sporting telecasts. The facility is an accessible venue with a front ramp and dedicated accessible seating bays in all cinemas\, limited Open Caption and Audio Description sessions. \nChris is passionate about delivering a cinema experience that is engaging\, genuine and respectful. \nShowbiz’s Drive-in Cinema in 2020 | Image Provided by Chris Jones.\nThe BMI’s Twilight Talks series has been a forum for sharing fascinating history and radical futures since 2001\, check out our website for upcoming talks. \nStarting at 6pm (bar open at 5.30pm)\, close 7pm. \nCost: $12 general admission | $8 BMI members \n\nBook here\n\n\n2024 Twilight Talks\n \nThanks to the support of Community Bank Buninyong \n\n  \nFollow Community Bank Buninyong socials: \n\n\n\n\n\n \nThis event is part of the Ballarat Heritage Festival \n\n\n\n\n\n  \nMore Twilight Talks\nLoading view. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nToday\n \nNow\nNow \n– \n2024-05-22\nMay 22 \n\n\nSelect date. \n \n\n\n\n \nMay\n17 \nMay 17 @ 10:30 am – May 30 @ 4:00 pm \n\nExhibition | Not the Last Picture Show \nFree \n\n\n\n \nMay\n17 \nMay 17 @ 10:30 am – May 30 @ 4:00 pm \n\nExhibition | Not the Last Picture Show: From the Archives \nFree – $5 \n\n\n\n \nMay\n22 \n6:00 pm\n– \n7:00 pm  \n\nTwilight Talks 2024\, Season 2\, Session 5 | Stories of the Silver Screen in the Golden City \n$8 – $12 \n\n\n\n\nPrevious Events\n\n\nToday \n\nNext Events \n\n\n\n\nSubscribe to calendar  \n\n\nGoogle Calendar \n\niCalendar \n\nOutlook 365 \n\nOutlook Live \n\nExport .ics file \n\nExport Outlook .ics file \n\n \nThis event takes place on Wadawurrung Country. Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute acknowledges the Wadawurrung People of the Kulin Nation as the first inhabitants and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we work\, learn and create. Always Was\, Always Will Be\, Aboriginal Land. \nBMI news\n\n \n\nWhite Night | Deborah Klein: ‘Decorated Women’\n\nThe White Night excitement is certainly building. Deborah Klein whose… \n\n\n \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week | 13 May 2024\n\nMaking Up Amanda Rozzi Bazzani. A Cold Case Ballarat\, 1988. … \n\n\n \n\nLine up announced for: Melbourne International Comedy Roadshow – Ballarat\n\nAustralia’s biggest and best comedy spectacular is setting off again… \n\n\n \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week | 6 May 2024\n\nDaddy’s Girl Josephine Cox. When heartbroken Sarah Quinn is left… \n\n\nLoad More\n\n \nThis enent takes place on Wadawurrung Country. Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute acknowledges the Wadawurrung People of the Kulin Nation as the first inhabitants and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we work\, learn and create. Always Was\, Always Will Be\, Aboriginal Land.
URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/twilight-talks-not-the-last-picture-show/
LOCATION:BMI – Humffray Room\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:About us,Ballarat Heritage Festival,Fundraiser,Twilight Talks,Twilight Talks Heritage Festivals
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DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240526T163000
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SUMMARY:BMI165th Birthday Devonshire Tea Party
DESCRIPTION:May 26\n@\n3:00 pm\n–\n4:30 pm \n$15 \nAs the Institute is 165 years old this year\, we will take the opportunity to celebrate during the festival\, by including a heritage-style Devonshire Tea as an afternoon Birthday Party\, the first of many celebratory events for 2024.  \nThis will be on offered as a ticketed event\, and will be held in our beautiful Heritage Humffray Room\, paying homage to one of the early community builders here in our city. \nTalk Subject: Claire Adams & Mooramong\nClaire Adams \nBorn in Canada in 1898\, Claire Adams was a silent movie star and a role model for ‘the new woman’ of the 1920s. She was an innovator\, world traveler\, conservationist and philanthropist. \nIn London\, on April Fools day 1932\, she married Scobie Mackinnon of Mooramong\, near Skipton. Together they renovated the house in Hollywood Art Deco style\, with no expense spared. This illustrated talk\, tells her story and includes images from the National Trust collection\, showing her delight in entertaining\, on and off screen. \nClaire Adams\nSpeaker: Susan Pilbeam\nSusan Pilbeam has been working on the Mooramong Collection since 2016. She studied Museums and Cultural Heritage and researched and lectured in the Visual and Performing Arts. She has worked in Arts administration\, been a community artist and theatre director. She is the Artistic Director of The Bard in Buninyong. \nMooramong\n\n \nCost: $15 \n\nBook here\n \nThis event is part of the Ballarat Heritage Festival \n\n\n\n\n\n \n \nThis event takes place on Wadawurrung Country. Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute acknowledges the Wadawurrung People of the Kulin Nation as the first inhabitants and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we work\, learn and create. Always Was\, Always Will Be\, Aboriginal Land. \nBMI news\n\n \n\nWhite Night | Deborah Klein: ‘Decorated Women’\n\nThe White Night excitement is certainly building. Deborah Klein whose… \n\n\n \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week | 13 May 2024\n\nMaking Up Amanda Rozzi Bazzani. A Cold Case Ballarat\, 1988. … \n\n\n \n\nLine up announced for: Melbourne International Comedy Roadshow – Ballarat\n\nAustralia’s biggest and best comedy spectacular is setting off again… \n\n\n \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week | 6 May 2024\n\nDaddy’s Girl Josephine Cox. When heartbroken Sarah Quinn is left… \n\n\nLoad More
URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/bmi165-birthday-devonshire-tea/
LOCATION:BMI – Humffray Room\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:About us,Ballarat Heritage Festival,BMI Produced Event,Fundraiser
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240529T180000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240529T190000
DTSTAMP:20260406T232125
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SUMMARY:Twilight Talks 2024\, Season 2\, Session 6: History of Hoyts
DESCRIPTION:May 29\n@\n6:00 pm\n–\n7:00 pm \n$8 – $12 \nThis special edition of our regular Twilight Talks series will feature speakers discussing the history of cinema in Ballarat\, complimenting our free exhibition. Just a year after the Lumière brothers invented the cinematograph in 1895\, the first screenings were held at the Mechanics’ Institute\, meaning many had their first ever experience of ‘moving pictures’ in our beautiful Minerva Theatre.  \nSince then\, thousands of movies have been screened in the theatre through its many iterations\, including at the Vegas 70 theatre which is being reactivated for this year’s Heritage Week. Come along from 5.30pm to grab a drink and wander through the exhibition in the Williamson Foyer\, the former candy bar of the cinema\, before the talk. \n\n  \nThe BMI’s Twilight Talks series has been a forum for sharing fascinating history and radical futures since 2001\, check out our website for upcoming talks. \nNot the Last Picture Show: History of Hoyts\, Ballarat\nHoyts is synonymous with cinema in Australia. As Australia’s oldest and largest cinema\, it has entertained generations of audiences from the silent era through to the present age. \nAt the start of the 20th century\, Melbourne dentist and cornet player Arthur Russell bought a share in a small touring American circus that visited Melbourne\, called Hoyts Circus. Russell toured with the circus as a magician\, but it did not prove to be a financial success. In 1908\, he started presenting moving pictures at St George’s Hall in Bourke Street\, accompanying the silent films with his small family band: his wife on piano\, son on drums\, and Russell on cornet. On 18 September 1909 he opened Hoyts Picture Palace\, and formed a company called Hoyts Pictures Pty Ltd. The old hall was rebuilt and renamed “Hoyts De Luxe”. By the end of World War I\, Hoyts had expanded into the suburbs of Melbourne and into Sydney. The shows included vaudeville acts\, as was common practice in those days. \nWhile countless stories have been shown on Hoyts’ screens\, the story of the Hoyts along with its unique connection with Australian audiences has largely been overlooked. \nA project is underway that aims to gain an insight into the unique history Hoyts by conducting oral history interviews with Hoyts cinema patrons as well as those who worked there. \nWe hope that you will participate in this exciting project by sharing your stories\, experiences\, and memories with us through the ‘Share a Story’ page. \nSpeaker: Dr Stephen Gaunson\nStephen Gaunson is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Media and Communication at RMIT University. He researches cinema histories including the experience of going to the cinema as a social act.  \nDr Gaunson’s books include The Ned Kelly Films and American–Australian Cinema: Transnational Connections. \nSteve researches on national and international cinema industries. Over the past few years\, a significant focus of his research has been investigating the social act of going to the cinema. Having built national standing as a leading authority during this time\, in 2022 he secured a grant to research the history of Hoyts Cinemas in Australia\, which will deliver a series of impactful outcomes including a book\, under contract. \nSteve is Higher Degree Research Director\, DSC\, which is one of three academic colleges at RMIT consisting of eight schools and 750 HDR candidates across a broad range of disciplines and with presence in Vietnam\, Barcelona\, Singapore and China. He leads HDR College activity as it relates to industry partnered projects\, internships and international recruitment strategies. \nDr Stephen Gaunson\nMore about Research History of Hoyts Cinemas in Australia \n  \nIn the School of Media & Communication\, Steve teaches undergraduate cinema courses on adaptation\, documentary\, national cinema & film history. \nHe can be regularly heard on ABC Melbourne and Radio National as an expert commentator on the national film industry. \nStarting at 6pm (bar open at 5.30pm)\, close 7pm. \nCost: $12 general admission | $8 BMI members \n\nBook here\n\n\n2024 Twilight Talks\n \nThanks to the support of Community Bank Buninyong \n\n  \nFollow Community Bank Buninyong socials: \n\n\n\n\n\n \nThis event is part of the Ballarat Heritage Festival \n\n\n\n\n\n \n \nThis event takes place on Wadawurrung Country. Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute acknowledges the Wadawurrung People of the Kulin Nation as the first inhabitants and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we work\, learn and create. Always Was\, Always Will Be\, Aboriginal Land. \nBMI news\n \n\nWhite Night | Deborah Klein: ‘Decorated Women’\n\nThe White Night excitement is certainly building. Deborah Klein whose… \n\n \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week | 13 May 2024\n\nMaking Up Amanda Rozzi Bazzani. A Cold Case Ballarat\, 1988. … \n\n \n\nLine up announced for: Melbourne International Comedy Roadshow – Ballarat\n\nAustralia’s biggest and best comedy spectacular is setting off again… \n\n \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week | 6 May 2024\n\nDaddy’s Girl Josephine Cox. When heartbroken Sarah Quinn is left… \n\n\nLoad More
URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/twilight-talks-not-the-last-picture-show-copy/
LOCATION:BMI – Humffray Room\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:About us,Ballarat Heritage Festival,Fundraiser,Twilight Talks,Twilight Talks Heritage Festivals
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240601T100000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240602T140000
DTSTAMP:20260406T232125
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SUMMARY:Winter Book Sale | Stockpile your reading pleasure
DESCRIPTION:June 1\n@\n10:00 am\n–\nJune 2\n@\n2:00 pm \nFree \nBooks priced from $1 – more for collectable items.\n \nImage\, artist impression only | Photo by | helloiamtugce \nDon’t miss our book sale this weekend. \nAdmission and parking are free. There are hundreds of books – some of which are in gently used condition and some in mint condition – and many start at a dollar or two. And it’s not just books – there are CDs\, DVDs and more! \nWe will have some children’s books for your kids and grand kids. Plus\, all proceeds are help to support our Library programs. \n\nmembership\n\n\nLibrary\n\n \nThis event takes place on Wadawurrung Country. Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute acknowledges the Wadawurrung People of the Kulin Nation as the first inhabitants and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we work\, learn and create. Always Was\, Always Will Be\, Aboriginal Land. \nBMI news\n\n \n\nDebut Novel an Original Tale | Ballarat Times: Edwina Williams 17 May\n\nAUTHOR Paula Gleeson will release her debut novel in two… \n\n\n \n\nRex’s Snippits | The BMI The Early Days\n\nThis is a open file of the minutes of the… \n\n\n \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week | 20 May 2024\n\nRed Gifts in the Garden of Stones Pam Swanborough. A… \n\n\n \n\nWhite Night | Deborah Klein: ‘Decorated Women’\n\nThe White Night excitement is certainly building. Deborah Klein whose… \n\n\nLoad More
URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/winter-book-sale/
LOCATION:The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Ballarat Winter Festival,BMI Produced Event,Culture,Fundraiser
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240617T100000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240726T150000
DTSTAMP:20260406T232125
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SUMMARY:Human Designs | Zlatko Balazic & John McKee (aka Jack Morph): Featuring the art of Melinda Muscat
DESCRIPTION:Now Open during Library operating hours\n\nJune 17\n–\nJuly 26 \nOn until 26 July \nDuring regular Library operating hours (see page footer) \nFree \nHugh Williamson Foyer\, 1st floor \nAny Donations to the BMI will be greatly received and will go to future Art Projects. \nAn Immersive Experience – Soft Launch\nA Fortunare Series Of Events \nThe Wizard | Melinda Muscat\nHuman Designs: Zlatko Balazic & John McKee (aka Jack Morph).\nBoth Zlatko & John have come from very different backgrounds. This has made for a highly fertile and vibrant mix of life experiences upon which to synthesis innovative design ideas\, producing truly original artwork. As such\, this creative process has involved the inimitable blending of various art mediums and new technologies. The organic\, ‘morphic’ quality of our work has become our binding signature style. Presently our main goal is to engage our audience through direct\, tactile light and sound displays\, or what we like to refer to as ‘LightStations’. We can’t wait to see it. \n  \nMelinda Muscat \nMelinda is a Surrealist at heart\, drawing inspiration from Hieronymus Bosch\, who’s work she saw at age seven. The magical world of The Garden of Earthly Delights transformed her vision of how amazing life can be when the imagination is free. And since then she’s made it her focus to create wonderlands of her own. \nA true believer in colour she has a passion to make the world around her as colourful as possible. “Why should the world be grey or beige? Why should we conform to everyone else’s style or fashion??? Be yourself\, be brave\, have fun\, let your imagination run wild\, who knows what you can create until you let yourself be free\, be you!” \nAt artschool Melinda started doing wall size charcoal drawings as part of her journey into creating her own wonderlands. She’s had installation style exhibitions at Backspace Gallery. \nNow in conjunction with BMI\, together with Zlatko Balazic and Human Designs\, Melinda has been able to truly experience and share in true sensory overload style an immersive experience of her artwork larger than life. \nTransforming from one image to another\, together with Zlatko’s ingenious meeting of minds style interactive creations\, viewers are made welcome to play\, hear\, see a world transformed by their interaction with the artworks. \nCome be a part of our magical wonderland experience at BMI. \nAnd afterwards come experience another of Melinda’s wonderlands – The Ballarat Imaginarium\, which showcases not just her own work but that of over one hundred local Ballarat artists\, writers\, musicians and makers\, just at the front of BMI. \n\n \n\n\n\n \nThis projection wIll be trialled in the Hugh Williamson Foyer with a view to a more extensive future installation. \n2015 Bronzina | Melinda Muscat\nAloha | Melinda Muscat\nInstallation Design Concept\nBaroque Wonderland | Melinda Muscat\nThis installation is proudly supported by our Corporate Partner\n\n  \nWe would also like to thank.\n\n  \nAssisting with the install\nTony Matkov  | IMDTech \nUse of fabrication facilities\nWalleed Askari  | Steel It Engineering \nwalaskari@steelitengineering.com.auMobile +61 407 301 592\n\n \n \nThis event takes place on Wadawurrung Country. Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute acknowledges the Wadawurrung People of the Kulin Nation as the first inhabitants and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we work\, learn and create. Always Was\, Always Will Be\, Aboriginal Land. \nBMI news\n \n\nFAQT – Festival of Australian Queer Theatre\n\n22 – 25 August | As BMI associated events are… \n\n \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week\n\nEdenhope Louise Le Nay. ‘A moving story about one woman’s… \n\n \n\nNational Science Week\n\n10 – 18 August | As BMI associated events are… \n\n \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week\n\nThe Homestead in the Eucalypts Léonie Kelsall. Sometimes finding the… \n\n\nLoad More
URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/human-designs-melinda-muscat/
LOCATION:Hugh Williamson Foyer\, Level 1
CATEGORIES:Art programs,Ballarat Winter Festival,BMI Produced Event,Exhibition,Festival,Projection
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240908T143000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20240908T160000
DTSTAMP:20260406T232125
CREATED:20240325T021720Z
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SUMMARY:Teeny Tiny Stevies - Twice the Love Tour\, Ballarat
DESCRIPTION:September 8\n@\n2:30 pm\n–\n4:00 pm \n$32 \nThe ultimate live gig experience for young families.\n \nThe old feel young\, the young feel like grown-ups\, and everyone just meets somewhere in the middle for a rocking good time! \nPlaying all the Teeny Tiny Stevies favourites along with some sparkly new ones from their most recent offering\, The Green Album\, Byll\, Beth and their band create a snug atmosphere with much delight! Even the most serious adults will find themselves singing\, laughing and potentially even moving their bodies in a way that resembles… dancing. \nGet ready to make some core memories together. \nNote: Babies in arms/parent’s lap (aged 12 months and under) are admitted free with a full paying adult ticket. \nGet tickets \n\nTickets\n\n \nThis event takes place on Wadawurrung Country. Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute acknowledges the Wadawurrung People of the Kulin Nation as the first inhabitants and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we work\, learn and create. Always Was\, Always Will Be\, Aboriginal Land. \nBMI news\n \n\nWhite Night | Deborah Klein: ‘Decorated Women’\n\nThe White Night excitement is certainly building. Deborah Klein whose… \n\n \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week | 13 May 2024\n\nMaking Up Amanda Rozzi Bazzani. A Cold Case Ballarat\, 1988. … \n\n \n\nLine up announced for: Melbourne International Comedy Roadshow – Ballarat\n\nAustralia’s biggest and best comedy spectacular is setting off again… \n\n \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week | 6 May 2024\n\nDaddy’s Girl Josephine Cox. When heartbroken Sarah Quinn is left… \n\n\nLoad More
URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/teeny-tiny-stevies/
LOCATION:The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:BMI Produced Event,Comedy,Live Music
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241005T190000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241005T201500
DTSTAMP:20260406T232125
CREATED:20240908T234149Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250324T063643Z
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SUMMARY:Calum Graham: Phoenix Rising
DESCRIPTION:October 5\n@\n7:00 pm\n–\n8:15 pm \n$47 \nOne of the world’s top 30 guitarists under 30.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nNamed one of the World’s Top 30 Guitarists under 30 and hailed as a “virtuoso of the fingerstyle guitar” by Acoustic Guitar Magazine\, Calum Graham is a captivating force in the acoustic music scene. \nBorn in Fort St. John\, British Columbia\, and now based in Victoria\, Canada\, Calum’s meteoric rise began when he won the Canadian Fingerstyle Guitar Competition at just 17. Since then\, he has toured the world\, including performances at the Vancouver and London Olympics\, and released 10 critically acclaimed albums. \nHis live repertoire is a tapestry woven from the Acoustic Guitar\, interweaving original compositions with traces of folk\, world\, soul\, blues\, and jazz\, all anchored in his virtuosic mastery of fingerstyle technique inspired by Michael Hedges\, Don Ross\, Andy McKee\, and Antoine Dufour. \nJoin in for an evening with Calum Graham\, where innovative compositions meet breathtaking skill. Experience the magic of one of the world’s finest young guitarists as he takes you on a musical journey that will linger long after the final note. Don’t miss Calum’s inaugral Australian tour! \nOnline bookings only. \nGet tickets $47 plus bkg fee. \n\nTickets\n\n \nThis event takes place on Wadawurrung Country. Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute acknowledges the Wadawurrung People of the Kulin Nation as the first inhabitants and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we work\, learn and create. Always Was\, Always Will Be\, Aboriginal Land. \nBMI news\n \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week\n\nBack Roads: The Great Aussie Road Trip Heather Ewart. A… \n\n \n\nBallarat Begonia Festival\n\nBALLARAT BEGONIA FESTIVAL | 8 – 10 March 2025. Related… \n\n \n\nAustralian Heritage Festival: Unearthed\n\nAUSTRALIAN HERITAGE FESTIVAL: Unearthed. 18 April to 18 May 2025…. \n\n \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week\n\n17 Years Later: Who really killed the Primrose family J.P…. \n\n\nLoad More
URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/calum-graham-phoenix-rising/
LOCATION:The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:BMI Produced Event,Live Music
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241009T173000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241009T183000
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CREATED:20240703T001031Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250321T211933Z
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SUMMARY:Twilight Talks 2024\, Season 3 | Discovering the lost men of Fromelles & Ballarat Connections
DESCRIPTION:October 9\n@\n5:30 pm\n–\n6:30 pm \nBar open at 5pm \n$8 – $12 \nHumffray Room \nSubject: Discovering the lost men of Fromelles and Ballarat Connections\nLambis Englezos is a Greek-born\, retired Art Teacher from Melbourne\, with a “magnificent obsession” to find\, recover\, and honour Australia’s missing diggers from the Battle of Fromelles – an obsession that grew from meeting many returned diggers as a child growing up in Melbourne. \nWhile visiting the cemetery at Fromelles in 2000\, Lambis noticed a large discrepancy between the numbers of AIF soldiers killed and those in marked graves. But where were the missing dead buried? \nOn studying the battle\, Lambis and a small group of supporters came to the realisation that after the slaughter of allied solders under the incompetent command of Lieutenant-General Richard Haking\, a proposed amnesty to collect the dead and wounded was refused by the British. The lack of amnesty led to the tragedy of many unreclaimed wounded dying horrific deaths over days in no-man’s-land. \nA theory was developed that dead Australian diggers had been reclaimed from the battle field by the victorious Germans in July 1916 and buried elsewhere. \nThe team was now fired with the enthusiasm to solve this mystery. Efforts at getting official recognition of the issue of misplaced diggers and gaining information were constantly thwarted. But the team persisted. Using contemporary photographs and records they hypothesised that the bodies would be buried in mass graves close to the German light railway in the Fromelles area. They finally gained evidence from a time series of aerial photographs that soon after the battle the Germans had in fact dug eight pits close to the light railway adjacent to Pheasant Wood a short distance away from the front line. Aerial photographs showed that these pits were soon filled in. \nWith the likely spot located and the logic deemed plausible\, the team finally persuaded the powers to carry out non-intrusive surveys with ground penetrating radar and imaging. This found the amount of material buried in the ground was too great to ignore. An archaeological dig was ordered. \nIn this session we will also be exploring Ballarat’s connections to discovering The last men of Fromelles \n\nFitting from 1908 Pattern Web Infantry Equipment.\nSpeakers: Lambis Englezos AM & Garry Snowden OAM\nLambis Englezos is a Greek-born\, retired Art Teacher from Melbourne\, with a “magnificent obsession” to find\, recover\, and honour Australia’s missing diggers from the Battle of Fromelles – an obsession that grew from meeting many returned diggers as a child growing up in Melbourne. \nWhile visiting the cemetery at Fromelles in 2000\, Lambis noticed a large discrepancy between the numbers of AIF soldiers killed and those in marked graves. But where were the missing dead buried? \nLambis Englezos AM\nGarry Snowden is president of Ballarat’s Arch of Victory/Avenue of Honour Committee and has extensively researched the men and women commemorated in the Avenue. He has visited Gallipoli 18 times and has made 9 visits to Fromelles as part of Western Front tours. It was his friendship with Lambis Englezos that led to the creation of Ballarat’s Garden of the Grieving Mother. \nGarry Snowden OAM\nTickets and Bookings \nTickets $8 BMI members and Seniors Festival attendees & $12 general admittance. \n\nBookings\n\n\n\n  \nThis event is proudly supported by Community Bank Buninyong\nCommunity Bank Buninyong & District not only gives you access to award-winning financial products and services\, we’re also committed to returning profits to our local communities. \n\n  \nMore Twilight Talks\nLoading view. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nToday\n \nUpcoming\nUpcoming \n\n\nSelect date. \n \n\n\n\n \nOct\n9 \n \n\nFeatured \n5:30 pm\n– \n6:30 pm  \n\nTwilight Talks 2024\, Season 3 | Discovering the lost men of Fromelles & Ballarat Connections \n$8 – $12 \n\n\n\n \nOct\n16 \n \n\nFeatured \n5:30 pm\n– \n6:30 pm  \n\nTwilight Talks 2024\, Season 3 | Lights Everlasting: Australia’s commemorative stained glass\, Boer War to Vietnam \n$8 – $12 \n\n\n\n \nOct\n23 \n \n\nFeatured \n5:30 pm\n– \n6:30 pm  \n\nTwilight Talks 2024\, Season 3 | Life So Full of Promise: vivid\, compelling stories about Australia’s lost generation. \n$8 – $12 \n\n\n\n \nNov\n6 \n \n\nFeatured \n5:30 pm\n– \n6:30 pm  \n\nTwilight Talks 2024\, Season 4 | Uncovering the Past: The archaeology of a Goldrush city – identifying\, protecting and managing Ballarat’s buried relics and ruins. \n$8 – $12 \n\n\n\n \nNov\n13 \n \n\nFeatured \n5:30 pm\n– \n6:30 pm  \n\nTwilight Talks 2024\, Season 4 | Uncovering the Past: Ballarat’s Heritage Gaps Review Program \n$8 – $12 \n\n\n\n \nNov\n20 \n \n\nFeatured \n5:30 pm\n– \n6:30 pm  \n\nTwilight Talks 2024\, Season 4 | Uncovering the Past: How James became King \n$8 – $12 \n\n\n\n \nNov\n27 \n \n\nFeatured \n5:30 pm\n– \n6:30 pm  \n\nTwilight Talks 2024\, Season 4 | Uncovering the Past: Johnny Alloo… of Ballarat Notoriety \n$8 – $12 \n\n\n\n\nPrevious Events\n\n\nToday \n\nNext Events \n\n\n\n\nSubscribe to calendar  \n\n\nGoogle Calendar \n\niCalendar \n\nOutlook 365 \n\nOutlook Live \n\nExport .ics file \n\nExport Outlook .ics file \n\nBMI News\n\n \n\nBMI AGM 2024 – Monday 21st October\, 4pm\n\nThe Institute’s 2024 Annual General Meeting will be held on… \n\n\n \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week\n\nThe Fallen Woman Fiona McIntosh. She has everything to hide…… \n\n\n \n\nOur Library | New Releases & Recommendations October 2024\n\nGo to the Library webpage to view all New Releases…. \n\n\n \n\nBMI Monthly Calendar 2025\n\nDue to popular demand our calendar is back again for… \n\n\nLoad More\n \nFollow Daniel
URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/twilight-talks-lights-fromelles-ballarat-connections/
LOCATION:BMI – Humffray Room\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Festival,Fundraiser,Members,Talk,Twilight Talks,Victorian Seniors Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241016T173000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241016T183000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20250321T211936Z
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SUMMARY:Twilight Talks 2024\, Season 3 | Lights Everlasting: Australia's commemorative stained glass\, Boer War to Vietnam
DESCRIPTION:October 16\n@\n5:30 pm\n–\n6:30 pm \nBar open at 5pm \n$8 – $12 \nHumffray Room \nSubject: Australia’s commerative stained glass from the Boer War to Vietnam\nAlmost hidden within religious buildings\, hospitals\, school chapels and civic buildings\, stained-glass windows tell of Australians at war. \nBronwyn Hughes focuses on commemorative stained glass—an overlooked art form—describing its rich artistic and architectural heritage and the artists and firms who created it. Memorial stained glass serves to depict and illuminate the men and women who fought and died for their faith and their country. It has a tragic beauty. \nFollowing Bronwyn’s talks will be the screening of a documentary Let the Light Shine\, which recently had it’s ‘World Premiere’ at the David Williamson Theatre\, Prahran. \nThis session will be a wonderful reflection\, prior to Remembrance Day in November. \n \nSpeaker: Dr Bronwyn Hughes OAM\nBronwyn Hughes is a glass artist\, teacher\, lecturer\, and art historian\, specialising in stained glass and is a consultant to heritage architects and organisations. Her research interests are in stained glass history and conservation\, nineteenth century art and architecture and twentieth century sculpture. Since completing her PhD on Anglo-Australian stained-glass artist\, William Montgomery\, she has been compiling and editing the first encyclopaedia of Australia’s stained glass makers and researching stained glass war memorials. She was awarded an OAM in 2019 for services to fine arts. \n\n\n\n  \nTickets and Bookings \nTickets $8 BMI members and Seniors Festival attendees & $12 general admittance. \n\nBookings\n \nMore Twilight Talks\nLoading view. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nToday\n \nUpcoming\nUpcoming \n\n\nSelect date. \n \n\n\n\n \nOct\n9 \n \n\nFeatured \n5:30 pm\n– \n6:30 pm  \n\nTwilight Talks 2024\, Season 3 | Discovering the lost men of Fromelles & Ballarat Connections \n$8 – $12 \n\n\n\n \nOct\n16 \n \n\nFeatured \n5:30 pm\n– \n6:30 pm  \n\nTwilight Talks 2024\, Season 3 | Lights Everlasting: Australia’s commemorative stained glass\, Boer War to Vietnam \n$8 – $12 \n\n\n\n \nOct\n23 \n \n\nFeatured \n5:30 pm\n– \n6:30 pm  \n\nTwilight Talks 2024\, Season 3 | Life So Full of Promise: vivid\, compelling stories about Australia’s lost generation. \n$8 – $12 \n\n\n\n \nNov\n6 \n \n\nFeatured \n5:30 pm\n– \n6:30 pm  \n\nTwilight Talks 2024\, Season 4 | Uncovering the Past: The archaeology of a Goldrush city – identifying\, protecting and managing Ballarat’s buried relics and ruins. \n$8 – $12 \n\n\n\n \nNov\n13 \n \n\nFeatured \n5:30 pm\n– \n6:30 pm  \n\nTwilight Talks 2024\, Season 4 | Uncovering the Past: Ballarat’s Heritage Gaps Review Program \n$8 – $12 \n\n\n\n \nNov\n20 \n \n\nFeatured \n5:30 pm\n– \n6:30 pm  \n\nTwilight Talks 2024\, Season 4 | Uncovering the Past: How James became King \n$8 – $12 \n\n\n\n \nNov\n27 \n \n\nFeatured \n5:30 pm\n– \n6:30 pm  \n\nTwilight Talks 2024\, Season 4 | Uncovering the Past: Johnny Alloo… of Ballarat Notoriety \n$8 – $12 \n\n\n\n\nPrevious Events\n\n\nToday \n\nNext Events \n\n\n\n\nSubscribe to calendar  \n\n\nGoogle Calendar \n\niCalendar \n\nOutlook 365 \n\nOutlook Live \n\nExport .ics file \n\nExport Outlook .ics file \n\nBMI News\n\n \n\nBMI AGM 2024 – Monday 21st October\, 4pm\n\nThe Institute’s 2024 Annual General Meeting will be held on… \n\n\n \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week\n\nThe Fallen Woman Fiona McIntosh. She has everything to hide…… \n\n\n \n\nOur Library | New Releases & Recommendations October 2024\n\nGo to the Library webpage to view all New Releases…. \n\n\n \n\nBMI Monthly Calendar 2025\n\nDue to popular demand our calendar is back again for… \n\n\nLoad More
URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/twilight-talks-lights-everlasting/
LOCATION:BMI – Humffray Room\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Festival,Fundraiser,Members,Talk,Twilight Talks,Victorian Seniors Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241023T173000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241023T183000
DTSTAMP:20260406T232125
CREATED:20240703T005239Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250321T211930Z
UID:56852-1729704600-1729708200@ballaratmi.org.au
SUMMARY:Twilight Talks 2024\, Season 3 | Life So Full of Promise: vivid\, compelling stories about Australia's lost generation.
DESCRIPTION:October 23\n@\n5:30 pm\n–\n6:30 pm \nBar open at 5pm \n$8 – $12 \nHumffray Room \nSubject – Life So Full of Promise: vivid\, compelling stories about Australia’s lost generation.\nAward-winning historian\, biographer and storyteller Ross McMullin returns to the BMI for a talk about his latest book. His multi-biographies about Australia’s lost generation of World War I have been widely acclaimed. Life So Full of Promise won the 2024 Age Book of the Year Award and was shortlisted for the Nib Literary Award. It follows Farewell Dear People\, which won The Prime Minister’s Prize for Australian History and the National Cultural Award. \nIn Life So Full of Promise Ross has again combined prodigious research and narrative flair in a collection of interwoven family stories about forgotten Australians who had radiant potential. The rich cast of characters includes a popular doctor\, a brilliant cricketer\, and a potential prime minister\, with a fervent\nlove story in the mix. \nDon’t miss this one. You’ll be enlightened\, entertained and moved as Ross brings these extraordinary yet unknown Australians back to life. \nBarry Jones reviewed Life So Full of Promise in The Age: “His scholarship is impeccable\, he writes like an angel … and his narrative gift is Blaineyesque”. \nLife So Full of Promise: Further Biographies of Australia’s Lost Generation | Ross McMullin\nSpeaker: Ross McMullin\nRoss McMullin is an award-winning historian\, a renowned storyteller and an\nentertaining speaker.\nHe has written two books about Ballarat’s own Pompey Elliott. His biography\nPompey Elliott won multiple awards. Ross also wrote the biographical plaques\nsurrounding Ballarat’s statue of Pompey in Sturt Street. \nHis biography of a remarkable Ballarat-born artist and writer\, Will Dyson:\nAustralia’s Radical Genius\, was highly commended by the judges of the National\nBiography Award. Ross’s political histories include the commissioned ALP\ncentenary history The Light on the Hill together with So Monstrous a Travesty:\nChris Watson and The World’s First National Labour Government. \n\nRoss McMullin\n \nRoss McMullin | Charlton ‘Pompey’ Elliott unveiling\n\n\n  \nTickets and Bookings \nTickets $8 BMI members and Seniors Festival attendees & $12 general admittance. \n\nBookings\n \nMore Twilight Talks\nLoading view. \n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\nToday\n \nUpcoming\nUpcoming\n \n\nSelect date. \n \n\n\n\n \nOct\n9 \n  \nFeatured \n5:30 pm\n– \n6:30 pm  \n\nTwilight Talks 2024\, Season 3 | Discovering the lost men of Fromelles & Ballarat Connections \n$8 – $12 \n\n\n\n \nOct\n16 \n  \nFeatured \n5:30 pm\n– \n6:30 pm  \n\nTwilight Talks 2024\, Season 3 | Lights Everlasting: Australia’s commemorative stained glass\, Boer War to Vietnam \n$8 – $12 \n\n\n\n \nOct\n23 \n  \nFeatured \n5:30 pm\n– \n6:30 pm  \n\nTwilight Talks 2024\, Season 3 | Life So Full of Promise: vivid\, compelling stories about Australia’s lost generation. \n$8 – $12 \n\n\n\n \nNov\n6 \n  \nFeatured \n5:30 pm\n– \n6:30 pm  \n\nTwilight Talks 2024\, Season 4 | Uncovering the Past: The archaeology of a Goldrush city – identifying\, protecting and managing Ballarat’s buried relics and ruins. \n$8 – $12 \n\n\n\n \nNov\n13 \n  \nFeatured \n5:30 pm\n– \n6:30 pm  \n\nTwilight Talks 2024\, Season 4 | Uncovering the Past: Ballarat’s Heritage Gaps Review Program \n$8 – $12 \n\n\n\n \nNov\n20 \n  \nFeatured \n5:30 pm\n– \n6:30 pm  \n\nTwilight Talks 2024\, Season 4 | Uncovering the Past: How James became King \n$8 – $12 \n\n\n\n \nNov\n27 \n  \nFeatured \n5:30 pm\n– \n6:30 pm  \n\nTwilight Talks 2024\, Season 4 | Uncovering the Past: Johnny Alloo… of Ballarat Notoriety \n$8 – $12 \n\n\n\nPrevious Events\n\nToday \n\nNext Events \n\n\n\nSubscribe to calendar  \n\n\nGoogle Calendar \n\niCalendar \n\nOutlook 365 \n\nOutlook Live \n\nExport .ics file \n\nExport Outlook .ics file \n\nBMI News\n \n\nBMI AGM 2024 – Monday 21st October\, 4pm\n\nThe Institute’s 2024 Annual General Meeting will be held on… \n\n \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week\n\nThe Fallen Woman Fiona McIntosh. She has everything to hide…… \n\n \n\nOur Library | New Releases & Recommendations October 2024\n\nGo to the Library webpage to view all New Releases…. \n\n \n\nBMI Monthly Calendar 2025\n\nDue to popular demand our calendar is back again for… \n\n\nLoad More
URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/twilight-talks-life-so-full-of-promise/
LOCATION:BMI – Humffray Room\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Festival,Fundraiser,Members,Talk,Twilight Talks,Victorian Seniors Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241101T200000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241101T220000
DTSTAMP:20260406T232125
CREATED:20240424T033006Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250325T022254Z
UID:54249-1730491200-1730498400@ballaratmi.org.au
SUMMARY:Daniel Champagne | Ballarat
DESCRIPTION:November 1\n@\n8:00 pm\n–\n10:00 pm \n$32 \nThe finest guitar player of this generation.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nThe young virtuoso recently described as “the finest guitar player of this generation” has been selling out shows all over the globe and will be bringing his dynamite live show back home audiences this Spring! \nGrowing up in the Bega Valley on the Far South Coast of New South Wales\, Australia the story goes that the young singer-songwriter and one of a kind guitar virtuoso first picked up his instrument of choice as a 5-year-old following in the footsteps of a musical father. He began writing songs at 12\, training classically throughout his teens and performing wherever he could\, honing his craft and developing the dynamic live show that he is renowned for today. At 18 he finished school\, turned professional and hit the road without looking back. \nThe following 15 years have seen him independently release 7 studio albums\, tour relentlessly around the globe\, play some of the biggest festivals under the sun and share stages with the likes of Tommy Emmanuel\, INXS\, John Butler\, Lucinda Williams\, Ani DiFranco\, Judy Collins and Rodrigo y Gabriela. \nHe has been described as “the finest guitar player of this generation”\, “a leading light in acoustic music” and “a performer that must be seen to be believed” and through October and November he will be touring back home in Australia where it all began! \n“Daniel Champagne exudes a natural ease on stage\, as he sings poignant lyrics and beautifully crafted melodies that invariably whisk the heart up with grand romanticism. Coupled with an exhilarating guitar talent that transcends mere acoustic playing to replicate a whole band\, Champagne is just magical.”\n– themusic.com.au \nTIMES:\nDoors – 7.30pm\nPerformance – 8pm \nGet tickets $32 plus bkg fee. \n\nTickets\n\n \nThis event takes place on Wadawurrung Country. Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute acknowledges the Wadawurrung People of the Kulin Nation as the first inhabitants and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we work\, learn and create. Always Was\, Always Will Be\, Aboriginal Land. \nBMI news\n \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week\n\nBack Roads: The Great Aussie Road Trip Heather Ewart. A… \n\n \n\nBallarat Begonia Festival\n\nBALLARAT BEGONIA FESTIVAL | 8 – 10 March 2025. Related… \n\n \n\nAustralian Heritage Festival: Unearthed\n\nAUSTRALIAN HERITAGE FESTIVAL: Unearthed. 18 April to 18 May 2025…. \n\n \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week\n\n17 Years Later: Who really killed the Primrose family J.P…. \n\n\nLoad More
URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/daniel-champagne-ballart/
LOCATION:BMI – Humffray Room\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:BMI Produced Event,Live Music
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241106T173000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241106T183000
DTSTAMP:20260406T232125
CREATED:20240924T015619Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250321T211928Z
UID:58950-1730914200-1730917800@ballaratmi.org.au
SUMMARY:Twilight Talks 2024\, Season 4 | Uncovering the Past: The archaeology of a Goldrush city -  identifying\, protecting and managing Ballarat’s buried relics and ruins.
DESCRIPTION:November 6\n@\n5:30 pm\n–\n6:30 pm \nBar open at 5pm \n$8 – $12 \nHumffray Room \nThe archaeology of a Goldrush city – identifying\, protecting and managing Ballarat’s buried relics and ruins.\nSpeaker: Jeremy Smith.\nHeritage Victoria recently received funding from the Heritage Council Victoria to prepare an Archaeology Management Plan for parts of the City of Ballarat. \nThe plan has reviewed historical records and utilised innovative new mapping technologies to identify places where historical archaeological sites are likely to survive beneath the modern city. \nThis talk will present the results of the study and explain why Ballarat’s 19th century archaeology is likely to survive in remarkable condition beneath parts of the modern city. \nJeremy Smith\nJeremy Smith is Heritage Victoria’s Principal Archaeologist\, and is an Honorary Research Fellow in Classics & Archaeology at the University of Melbourne. \nHe has written a number of publications about Victoria’s urban archaeology and was a key contributor to the award-winning book Ned Kelly Under the Microscope. (CSIRO Publishing\, 2014). \nJeremy Smith\nThis event is proudly supported by Community Bank Buninyong\nCommunity Bank Buninyong & District not only gives you access to award-winning financial products and services\, we’re also committed to returning profits to our local communities. \n\n  \nTickets and Bookings \nTickets $8 BMI members & $12 general admittance | Season Pass is also available. \n\nBookings\n\n \nMore Twilight Talks\nLoading view. \n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\nToday\n \nUpcoming\nUpcoming\n \n\nSelect date. \n \n\n\n\n \nOct\n9 \n  \nFeatured \n5:30 pm\n– \n6:30 pm  \n\nTwilight Talks 2024\, Season 3 | Discovering the lost men of Fromelles & Ballarat Connections \n$8 – $12 \n\n\n\n \nOct\n16 \n  \nFeatured \n5:30 pm\n– \n6:30 pm  \n\nTwilight Talks 2024\, Season 3 | Lights Everlasting: Australia’s commemorative stained glass\, Boer War to Vietnam \n$8 – $12 \n\n\n\n \nOct\n23 \n  \nFeatured \n5:30 pm\n– \n6:30 pm  \n\nTwilight Talks 2024\, Season 3 | Life So Full of Promise: vivid\, compelling stories about Australia’s lost generation. \n$8 – $12 \n\n\n\n \nNov\n6 \n  \nFeatured \n5:30 pm\n– \n6:30 pm  \n\nTwilight Talks 2024\, Season 4 | Uncovering the Past: The archaeology of a Goldrush city – identifying\, protecting and managing Ballarat’s buried relics and ruins. \n$8 – $12 \n\n\n\n \nNov\n13 \n  \nFeatured \n5:30 pm\n– \n6:30 pm  \n\nTwilight Talks 2024\, Season 4 | Uncovering the Past: Ballarat’s Heritage Gaps Review Program \n$8 – $12 \n\n\n\n \nNov\n20 \n  \nFeatured \n5:30 pm\n– \n6:30 pm  \n\nTwilight Talks 2024\, Season 4 | Uncovering the Past: How James became King \n$8 – $12 \n\n\n\n \nNov\n27 \n  \nFeatured \n5:30 pm\n– \n6:30 pm  \n\nTwilight Talks 2024\, Season 4 | Uncovering the Past: Johnny Alloo… of Ballarat Notoriety \n$8 – $12 \n\n\n\nPrevious Events\n\nToday \n\nNext Events \n\n\n\nSubscribe to calendar  \n\n\nGoogle Calendar \n\niCalendar \n\nOutlook 365 \n\nOutlook Live \n\nExport .ics file \n\nExport Outlook .ics file \n\nBMI News\n \n\nBMI AGM 2024 – Monday 21st October\, 4pm\n\nThe Institute’s 2024 Annual General Meeting will be held on… \n\n \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week\n\nThe Fallen Woman Fiona McIntosh. She has everything to hide…… \n\n \n\nOur Library | New Releases & Recommendations October 2024\n\nGo to the Library webpage to view all New Releases…. \n\n \n\nBMI Monthly Calendar 2025\n\nDue to popular demand our calendar is back again for… \n\n\nLoad More
URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/twilight-talks-uncovering-the-past-archaeology/
LOCATION:BMI – Humffray Room\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Festival,Fundraiser,Members,Talk,Twilight Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241110T140000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241110T160000
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CREATED:20240917T235139Z
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SUMMARY:Jackson Dahlenburg: Album Launch: With Love | Debut Solo Piano Album
DESCRIPTION:November 10\n	  @\n2:00 pm\n	  –\n4:00 pm \n\n$15.00 – $20.00 \nHumffray Room \n					\n									Get Tickets\n					 \nAlbum Launch: With Love.\n\n										Jackson Dahlenburg | Photo: Issy Austin\n			\n						\n			\n						 \nBallarat born pianist returning home to launch his debut instrumental solo piano album With Love. Combining jazz teachings with classical\, ambient\, and contemporary music\, Jackson plays piano as a tool to express deep contemplation and meditations on his life. \nComing from a background of learning jazz piano as a child and playing in original pop and contemporary groups for the last 15 years the outcome of this album is a unique juxtaposition of a foundation in jazz met with melodic sensibilities of pop music and strong inspirations of ambient classical music. \nCome join Jackson for an intimate Sunday afternoon performance on the grand piano\, with a special guest announced soon… \nGuest Artist\nJoining Jackson is the acclaimed\, award-winning Iranian-Australian musician Gelareh Pour.  \nKnown for her mastery of the Persian Kamancheh and Qeychak\, and her distinctive voice\, Gelareh draws on her deep roots in Persian classical music and poetry while blending diverse influences and musical exploration to create her unique sound of Neo-Persian Experimentalism. \n\n										Gelareh Pour\nGet tickets $15 plus bkg fee. | $20 at the Door. \n					\n									Get Tickets\n					\n																										 \nThis event takes place on Wadawurrung Country. Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute acknowledges the Wadawurrung People of the Kulin Nation as the first inhabitants and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we work\, learn and create. Always Was\, Always Will Be\, Aboriginal Land. \nBMI news\n\n            \n                 \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week\n\nHow James Became King: The True Story of James ‘King’… \n\n\n            \n                 \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week\n\nIn the Margins Gail Holmes. We are the spaces between… \n\n\n            \n                 \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week\n\nBurn it all Down TG Reid. If you play with… \n\n\n            \n                 \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week\n\nThe Valley Chris Hammer. The sins of the father |… \n\n                \n                    Load More
URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/jackson-dahlenburg/
LOCATION:BMI – Humffray Room\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:BMI Produced Event,Live Music
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241120T173000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241120T183000
DTSTAMP:20260406T232125
CREATED:20240924T024501Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250321T211058Z
UID:58970-1732123800-1732127400@ballaratmi.org.au
SUMMARY:Twilight Talks 2024\, Season 4 | Uncovering the Past: How James became King
DESCRIPTION:November 20\n@\n5:30 pm\n–\n6:30 pm \nBar open at 5pm \n$8 – $12 \nHumffray Room \n\nGet tickets\n \nHow James became King: The true story of James ‘King’ O’Malley\nSpeaker: Author\, Brian O’Malley\nBrian O’Malley is a retired Australian Federal public servant with experience in law enforcement functions and wide range of work and travel experience.  \nHas has won the ACT Marjorie Graber-McInnes short story competition and was short listed in Shoalhaven national short story competition. \nHe has been an amateur genealogist for 40 years\, has lived in United Kingdom for 8 years\, and two years in Canada on secondment to Canadian Government. \nBrian has uncovered the dark secret taken to the grave by a founding father of Australia’s 1901 Federal Parliament\, ‘King’ O’Malley. \nA 100 year old scrapbook of family memorabilia. \nIn the book is an errant photograph of a high-profile namesake of the author – a politician and member of the first Australian Federal Parliament. This arouses curiosity about a possible family connection. \nDuring the 1890s this parliamentarian obfuscates his past\, claiming Canadian birth to enable him to stand for Australian parliament\, elaborating a fantastical story of his nativity and early years in North America to enable him to be elected. \nReconstructing the purported family tree of the main actor reveals a family in New Haven\, which was the centre of a sensational murder in 1881 and the subsequent trial in 1882 . The trial was a national and internationally identified miscarriage of justice\, bankrolled by an uncle of the accused. Witnesses and the judiciary allegedly have their mouths ‘covered with greenbacks’.  The author locates a photograph of the accused  –  James Malley – and it bears a striking resemblance to the Australian Politician ‘King’ O’Malley – and the journey begins… \nBrian O’Malley\, Author\nSubject: How James became King\n‘King’ O’Malley is known to history as a ‘larrikin’ and maverick politician\, member of the first Australian Federal Parliament and Federal Minister\, whose political career spanned two decades. \nArriving from America in the late 1880s he quickly drew attention through his public shenanigans; his theatrical storytelling\, fashionable accoutrements\, and ‘larger than life’ Yankee persona. However\, his past remained shrouded in mystery. Yet\, on the other side of the Pacific another mystery remained unresolved. \nFollowing the notorious 1882 New Haven\, Connecticut\, trial and acquittal of James Malley\, main suspect in the death of Jennie Cramer\, Malley disappears from official records in the north east United States\, and the saga begins. This is the story of how James became ‘King’. \nHow James Became King: The True Story of James ‘King’ O’Malley | Brian O’Malley\nThis event is proudly supported by Community Bank Buninyong\nCommunity Bank Buninyong & District not only gives you access to award-winning financial products and services\, we’re also committed to returning profits to our local communities. \n\n  \nTickets and Bookings \nTickets $8 BMI members & $12 general admittance | Season Pass is also available. \n\nGet tickets\n\n \nMore Twilight Talks\nLoading view. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nToday\n \nUpcoming\nUpcoming \n\n\nSelect date. \n \n\n\n\n \nNov\n13 \n \n\nFeatured \n5:30 pm\n– \n6:30 pm  \n\nTwilight Talks 2024\, Season 4 | Uncovering the Past: Ballarat’s Heritage Gaps Review Program \n$8 – $12 \n\n\n\n \nNov\n20 \n \n\nFeatured \n5:30 pm\n– \n6:30 pm  \n\nTwilight Talks 2024\, Season 4 | Uncovering the Past: How James became King \n$8 – $12 \n\n\n\n \nNov\n27 \n \n\nFeatured \n5:30 pm\n– \n6:30 pm  \n\nTwilight Talks 2024\, Season 4 | Uncovering the Past: Johnny Alloo… of Ballarat Notoriety \n$8 – $12 \n\n\n\n\nPrevious Events\n\n\nToday \n\nNext Events \n\n\n\n\nSubscribe to calendar  \n\n\nGoogle Calendar \n\niCalendar \n\nOutlook 365 \n\nOutlook Live \n\nExport .ics file \n\nExport Outlook .ics file \n\nBMI News\n\n \n\nTwilight Talks 2024 | Season 3 & 4 | 9 – 23 October & 6 – 27 November\n\nAs events are confirmed they will be listed HERE. \n\n\n \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week\n\nHow James Became King: The True Story of James ‘King’… \n\n\n \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week\n\nIn the Margins Gail Holmes. We are the spaces between… \n\n\n \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week\n\nBurn it all Down TG Reid. If you play with… \n\n\nLoad More
URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/twilight-talks-uncovering-the-past-3/
LOCATION:BMI – Humffray Room\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Festival,Fundraiser,Important Dates,Library,Members,Talk,Twilight Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241122T200000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241122T220000
DTSTAMP:20260406T232125
CREATED:20240910T030313Z
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SUMMARY:Get Rhythm: The Johnny Cash & June Carter Show | THIS EVENT HAS NOW BEEN CANCELLED
DESCRIPTION:November 22\n@\n8:00 pm\n–\n10:00 pm \n$55 \n\nGet Tickets\n \nAustralia’s most authentic Johnny Cash & June Carter Show\,\nwith full live band.\nGet Rhythm\nWill take you on a Musical Journey\n\n\n\n\n\nGet Rhythm: The Johnny Cash & June Carter Show delivers a respectful Cash experience that will leave you uplifted and energised. Lead by real life married couple Mark and Joanne Caligiuri\, who were recently featured on Channel 9’s Today Show for their uncanny resemblance and vocals to Johnny Cash & June Carter. Get Rhythm is one of the most authentic and sincere Johnny Cash and June Carter shows in Australia. Their show is full of energy and excitement and focuses mainly on the earlier career of Johnny Cash and June Carter with a few later hits such as HurtStep back in time and listen to the songs you know and love such as Folsom Prison Blues\, Jackson\, Riders In The Sky\, A Boy Named Sue\, Walk the Line\, Ring of Fire and famous duets Jackson and Long Legged Guitar Pickin’ Man. A show not to be missed!http://bmi-dev.sdhosting.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/johnny_cash_-_30sec-Original-16_1.mp4 \nGet tickets $55 plus bkg fee. \n\nGet Tickets\n\n \nThis event takes place on Wadawurrung Country. Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute acknowledges the Wadawurrung People of the Kulin Nation as the first inhabitants and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we work\, learn and create. Always Was\, Always Will Be\, Aboriginal Land. \nBMI news\n \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week\n\nHow James Became King: The True Story of James ‘King’… \n\n \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week\n\nIn the Margins Gail Holmes. We are the spaces between… \n\n \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week\n\nBurn it all Down TG Reid. If you play with… \n\n \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week\n\nThe Valley Chris Hammer. The sins of the father |… \n\n\nLoad More
URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/johnny-cash-june-carter-show/
LOCATION:The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:BMI Produced Event,Live Music
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241127T173000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241127T183000
DTSTAMP:20260406T232125
CREATED:20240924T031552Z
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UID:58976-1732728600-1732732200@ballaratmi.org.au
SUMMARY:Twilight Talks 2024\, Season 4 | Uncovering the Past: Johnny Alloo... of Ballarat Notoriety
DESCRIPTION:November 27\n@\n5:30 pm\n–\n6:30 pm \nBar open at 5pm \n$8 – $12 \nHumffray Room \n\nGet Tickets\n \nJohnny Alloo… of Ballarat notoriety\nSpeaker: Author\, John Smyth\nArticle: by Edwina Williams\, Ballarat Times – Friday 24 May 2024  \nWhen you hear ‘Johnny Alloo\,’ you might be like many people in Ballarat who associate the name with a local cafe. But it stems far beyond recent years to the mid-nineteenth century. \nJohnny Alloo was the Anglicised name Chinese orphan\, Chin Thun Lok took on when he came to Australia in about 1844\, from a Hong Kong mission school\, to work during a labour shortage. \nHaving learnt to cook for the western palate on a sea captain’s property in New South Wales\, he made the move to Ballarat in 1852 when he heard gold had been discovered\, and set up a restaurant there. \nSociologist-turned-historian John Smyth has written a book about this man called Johnny Alloo of Ballarat notoriety\, published by the local Xin Jin Shan Chinese Library. \n“He set up a cook shop\, a bit of a tent\, right near the entrance of Eureka Stockade\,” Smyth said. “He served English food. \n“But the miners lost the Eureka lead… picked up and went over to gravel pits just near where St Pauls Church is\, Bakery Hill.” \nAlloo moved his restaurant to the east side of Main Road\, between Bridge and Humffray Street\, and this business was captured in two illustrations by artist\, Samuel Thomas Gill. \n“Gill probably agreed to draw the establishment for food and lodging\, so that is immortalised\,” Smyth said. “He was an important recorder of history. \n“If anything is known about Alloo – there are no pictures or photographs of him – it’s those two lithographs on the inside and outside of the restaurant.” \nSmyth said Alloo was only in Ballarat for a few years\, but his time cooking on the goldfields was just the beginning of a fascinating life story. \nAuthor John Smyth | Photo: Edwina Williams\, Ballarat Times\nWhile working as an interpreter for Protector of the Chinese in Ballarat\, William Henry Foster in 1855\, he wasn’t paid for four-and-a-half months. While away from the restaurant\, his staff got fined for selling alcohol to police officers and received a big fine\, eventually leading to his insolvency. In 1856\, he sold the shop to his business partner\, and moved to Melbourne. \n“He’s naturalised\, he’s Christian\, and he speaks English\,” Smyth said. “He sets himself up in Little Bourke Street roughly where China Town is.” With gambling all around him\, Alloo became an undercover informant to Victoria Police\, particularly the chief of detectives\, and he went on to be appointed the first Chinese detective in Victoria Police in 1858. \nHe moved to New Zealand a decade later during the Otago Gold Rush and became the first Chinese police constable there too. \n“It’s a fascinating story\, but it’s a bit of a babushka doll story\,” Smyth said. “You’ve got a local bit encased in colonial governance. “He was one of the very first Chinese to come to Australia\, and he never hunted for gold.” \nSmyth was asked by the local Chinese library to write the story after they discovered he was transcribing the rates books of the more-than 100 pubs that have been based on Main Road in its history. He said it’s been a “an exercise in love.” “I had passion\, and the Chinese library had passion\,” he said. \n“We’ve got an amazing individual here in our history who is largely unknown\, and this is the first piece of work that’s been done on him.” \nSubject: Johnny Alloo… of Ballarat notoriety\nA remarkable story of and enterprising and savvy Chinese who arrived before the discovery of gold\, who converted challenges into opportunities\, amid chaos and mayhem\, colonial authorities who willfully kept issues off the books\, and a sindow in to a slice of Australian history that still reverberates today. \n \nThis event is proudly supported by Community Bank Buninyong\nCommunity Bank Buninyong & District not only gives you access to award-winning financial products and services\, we’re also committed to returning profits to our local communities. \n\n  \nTickets and Bookings \nTickets $8 BMI members & $12 general admittance | Season Pass is also available. \n\nGet Tickets\n \nMore Twilight Talks\n\nLoading view. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nToday\n \nUpcoming\nUpcoming \n\n\nSelect date. \n \n\n\n\n \nNov\n13 \n \n\nFeatured \n5:30 pm\n– \n6:30 pm  \n\nTwilight Talks 2024\, Season 4 | Uncovering the Past: Ballarat’s Heritage Gaps Review Program \n$8 – $12 \n\n\n\n \nNov\n20 \n \n\nFeatured \n5:30 pm\n– \n6:30 pm  \n\nTwilight Talks 2024\, Season 4 | Uncovering the Past: How James became King \n$8 – $12 \n\n\n\n \nNov\n27 \n \n\nFeatured \n5:30 pm\n– \n6:30 pm  \n\nTwilight Talks 2024\, Season 4 | Uncovering the Past: Johnny Alloo… of Ballarat Notoriety \n$8 – $12 \n\n\n\n\nPrevious Events\n\n\nToday \n\nNext Events \n\n\n\n\nSubscribe to calendar  \n\n\nGoogle Calendar \n\niCalendar \n\nOutlook 365 \n\nOutlook Live \n\nExport .ics file \n\nExport Outlook .ics file \n\nBMI News\n\n \n\nTwilight Talks 2024 | Season 3 & 4 | 9 – 23 October & 6 – 27 November\n\nAs events are confirmed they will be listed HERE. \n\n\n \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week\n\nHow James Became King: The True Story of James ‘King’… \n\n\n \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week\n\nIn the Margins Gail Holmes. We are the spaces between… \n\n\n \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week\n\nBurn it all Down TG Reid. If you play with… \n\n\nLoad More
URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/twilight-talks-uncovering-the-past-4/
LOCATION:BMI – Humffray Room\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Festival,Fundraiser,Important Dates,Library,Members,Talk,Twilight Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241130T100000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241201T140000
DTSTAMP:20260406T232125
CREATED:20240827T045027Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250325T012154Z
UID:58515-1732960800-1733061600@ballaratmi.org.au
SUMMARY:Summer Book Sale | Stockpile for the holidays
DESCRIPTION:November 30\n@\n10:00 am\n–\nDecember 1\n@\n2:00 pm \nFree \nLending Library \nBooks priced from $1 – more for collectable items.\n \nImage\, artist impression only | Photo by | helloiamtugce \nDon’t miss our book sale this weekend. \nAdmission and parking are free (one hour on Saturday\, all day Sunday). There are hundreds of books – some of which are in gently used condition and some in mint condition – and many start at a dollar or two. And it’s not just books – there are CDs\, DVDs\, framed prints from our image collection and more! \nWe will have some children’s books for your kids and grand kids. Plus\, all proceeds are help to support our Library programs. \n\nmembership\n\n\nLibrary\n\n \nThis event takes place on Wadawurrung Country. Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute acknowledges the Wadawurrung People of the Kulin Nation as the first inhabitants and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we work\, learn and create. Always Was\, Always Will Be\, Aboriginal Land. \nBMI news\n \n\nOur Library | New Releases & Recommendations September 2024\n\nGo to the Library webpage to view all New Releases…. \n\n \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week\n\nHeadland Ged Gillmore. A thrilling mystery debut – not to… \n\n \n\nNewsletter – September 2024\n\nIn this issue: Message from the Chair | Royal South… \n\n \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week\n\nThe Ghost of Briar Rose Anna Romer. A heart-wrenching enemies… \n\n\nLoad More
URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/summer-book-sale-2024/
LOCATION:The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:BMI Produced Event,Culture,Fundraiser,Library,Members
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241211T190000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241211T211500
DTSTAMP:20260406T232125
CREATED:20241111T035654Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250321T192738Z
UID:59851-1733943600-1733951700@ballaratmi.org.au
SUMMARY:Medieval to Metal Rockumentary Film Series: 'Don't Look Back' 1967
DESCRIPTION:Curated by BMI Heritage Curator – Ellen Becker \nDecember 11\n@\n7:00 pm\n–\n11:00 pm \nBar open at 6pm \n$15 – $35 \nMinerva Theatre \n\nGet tickets\n \nDon’t Look Back\nDirector: D.A. Pennebaker\, 1967 (1hr 36m)\nBob Dylan\nTo celebrate the Art Gallery of Ballarat’s Medieval to Metal exhibition\, the Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute is screening three iconic rock films in our historic Minerva Theatre. \nClear your palette of the recent serving of slick music documentaries with quintessential films of the ‘direct cinema’ genre. \nD.A. Pennebaker documents Bob Dylan’s 1965 tour of England\, which opens with Dylan flipping cards with the lyrics to Subterranean Homesick Blues\, considered one of the first ‘music videos’. \nPennebaker’s camera follows him from airport to hall\, from hotel room to public house\, from conversation to concert. Joan Baez and Donovan\, among others\, are on hand. It’s the period when Dylan is shifting from acoustic to electric\, a transition that not all fans\, including Baez\, applaud. \nTickets and Bookings \nTickets $10 BMI members & Ballarat Film Society members ($30 Season Pass). Plus booking fee. \n$15 general admittance ($35 Season Pass). Plus booking fee. \n\nGet tickets\n \nArt Gallery of Ballarat – Exhibition\nMedieval to Metal\nFor those who rock\, we salute you! Medieval to Metal: The Art & Evolution of the Guitar tours to Ballarat\, Victoria this October. Exclusive to the Art Gallery of Ballarat\, the exhibition features 40 iconic guitars on loan from the National Guitar Museum (USA) alongside an awe-inspiring assemblage of photographs\, paintings\, drawings\, illustrative designs\, and objects. \n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n \nMore films\nLoading view. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nToday\n \nUpcoming\nUpcoming\n \n\nSelect date. \n \n\n\n\n \nNov\n14 \nFeatured \n7:30 pm\n– \n9:00 pm  \n\nBallarat Film Society | EO \n\n\n\n \nDec\n11 \nFeatured \n7:00 pm\n– \n11:00 pm  \n\nMedieval to Metal Rocumentary Film Series: ‘Don’t Look Back’ 1967 \n$15 – $35 \n\n\n\n \nDec\n12 \nFeatured \n7:30 pm\n– \n9:00 pm  \n\nBallarat Film Society | Smiley \n\n\n\n \nJan\n15 \nFeatured \n7:00 pm\n– \n11:00 pm  \n\nMedieval to Metal Rocumentary Film Series: ‘This is Spinal Tap’ 1984 \n$15 – $35 \n\n\n\n \nJan\n22 \nFeatured \n7:00 pm\n– \n11:00 pm  \n\nMedieval to Metal Rocumentary Film Series: ‘Gimme Shelter’ 1970 \n$15 – $35 \n\n\n\nPrevious Events\n\nToday \n\nNext Events\n\n\n\nSubscribe to calendar  \n\n\nGoogle Calendar \n\niCalendar \n\nOutlook 365 \n\nOutlook Live \n\nExport .ics file \n\nExport Outlook .ics file \n\nBMI News\n \n\nUrban Agriculture Month | Annually in November 2024\n\nURBAN AGRICULTURE MONTH\, The month of November | BMI events… \n\n \n\nNewsletter – November 2024\n\nIn this issue: Message from the Chair | Author Talks… \n\n \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week\n\nSwift River Essie Chambers. An incredible blend of intimate and… \n\n \n\nOur Library | New Releases & Recommendations November 2024\n\nGo to the Library webpage to view all New Releases…. \n\n\nLoad More
URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/dont-look-back-1967/
LOCATION:BMI – Minerva Space\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350
CATEGORIES:Art Gallery of Ballarat,BMI Produced Event,Film,Important Dates
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250115T190000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250115T204500
DTSTAMP:20260406T232125
CREATED:20241113T003024Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250321T192558Z
UID:59922-1736967600-1736973900@ballaratmi.org.au
SUMMARY:Medieval to Metal Rockumentary Film Series: 'This is Spinal Tap' 1984
DESCRIPTION:Curated by BMI Heritage Curator – Ellen Becker \nJanuary 15\n@\n7:00 pm\n–\n11:00 pm \nBar open at 6pm \n$15 – $35 \nMinerva Theatre \n\nGet tickets\n \nThis is Spinal Tap\nDirector: Rob Reiner\, 1984 (1hr 22m)\nSpinal Tap\nTo celebrate the Art Gallery of Ballarat’s Medieval to Metal exhibition\, the Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute is screening three iconic rock films in our historic Minerva Theatre. \nClear your palette of the recent serving of slick music documentaries with quintessential films of the ‘direct cinema’ genre. \nCult mockumentary This is Spinal Tap (Rob Reiner\, 1984)\, which parodies its direct cinema predecessors in a film Dave Grohl dubbed “the only rock movie worth watching.” \nIn 1982\, the legendary English heavy metal band Spinal Tap attempt an American comeback tour accompanied by a fan who is also a film-maker. The resulting documentary\, interspersed with powerful performances of Tap’s pivotal music and profound lyrics\, candidly follows a rock group heading towards crisis\, culminating in the infamous affair of the eighteen-inch-high Stonehenge stage prop. \nTickets and Bookings \nTickets $10 BMI members & Ballarat Film Society members ($30 Season Pass). Plus booking fee. \n$15 general admittance ($35 Season Pass). Plus booking fee. \n\nGet tickets\n \nArt Gallery of Ballarat – Exhibition\nMedieval to Metal\nFor those who rock\, we salute you! Medieval to Metal: The Art & Evolution of the Guitar tours to Ballarat\, Victoria this October. Exclusive to the Art Gallery of Ballarat\, the exhibition features 40 iconic guitars on loan from the National Guitar Museum (USA) alongside an awe-inspiring assemblage of photographs\, paintings\, drawings\, illustrative designs\, and objects. \n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n \nMore films\nLoading view. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nToday\n \nUpcoming\nUpcoming\n \n\nSelect date. \n \n\n\n\n \nNov\n14 \nFeatured \n7:30 pm\n– \n9:00 pm  \n\nBallarat Film Society | EO \n\n\n\n \nDec\n11 \nFeatured \n7:00 pm\n– \n11:00 pm  \n\nMedieval to Metal Rocumentary Film Series: ‘Don’t Look Back’ 1967 \n$15 – $35 \n\n\n\n \nDec\n12 \nFeatured \n7:30 pm\n– \n9:00 pm  \n\nBallarat Film Society | Smiley \n\n\n\n \nJan\n15 \nFeatured \n7:00 pm\n– \n11:00 pm  \n\nMedieval to Metal Rocumentary Film Series: ‘This is Spinal Tap’ 1984 \n$15 – $35 \n\n\n\n \nJan\n22 \nFeatured \n7:00 pm\n– \n11:00 pm  \n\nMedieval to Metal Rocumentary Film Series: ‘Gimme Shelter’ 1970 \n$15 – $35 \n\n\n\nPrevious Events\n\nToday \n\nNext Events\n\n\n\nSubscribe to calendar  \n\n\nGoogle Calendar \n\niCalendar \n\nOutlook 365 \n\nOutlook Live \n\nExport .ics file \n\nExport Outlook .ics file \n\nBMI News\n \n\nUrban Agriculture Month | Annually in November 2024\n\nURBAN AGRICULTURE MONTH\, The month of November | BMI events… \n\n \n\nNewsletter – November 2024\n\nIn this issue: Message from the Chair | Author Talks… \n\n \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week\n\nSwift River Essie Chambers. An incredible blend of intimate and… \n\n \n\nOur Library | New Releases & Recommendations November 2024\n\nGo to the Library webpage to view all New Releases…. \n\n\nLoad More
URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/this-is-spinal-tap-1984/
LOCATION:BMI – Minerva Space\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350
CATEGORIES:Art Gallery of Ballarat,BMI Produced Event,Film,Important Dates
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250122T190000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250122T204000
DTSTAMP:20260406T232125
CREATED:20241113T005429Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250321T192735Z
UID:59934-1737572400-1737578400@ballaratmi.org.au
SUMMARY:'Gimme Shelter' 1970 | THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO TECH ISSUES
DESCRIPTION:Curated by BMI Heritage Curator – Ellen Becker \nJanuary 22\n@\n7:00 pm\n–\n11:00 pm \nBar open at 6pm \n$15 – $35 \nMinerva Theatre \n\nGet tickets\n \nGimme Shelter\nDirector: Albert Maysles\, David Maysles & Charlotte Zwerin (1hr 31m)\nThe Rolling Stones\nTo celebrate the Art Gallery of Ballarat’s Medieval to Metal exhibition\, the Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute is screening three iconic rock films in our historic Minerva Theatre. \nClear your palette of the recent serving of slick music documentaries with quintessential films of the ‘direct cinema’ genre. \nIn Gimme Shelter (1970)\, the Maysles brothers are ‘flies on the wall’ to the Rolling Stones’ 1969 American tour\, which culminates in murder at the Altamont Free Concert\, an event which marked the spiritual end of the 1960’s. \nOther bands performing included Jefferson Airplane\, The Flying Burrito Brothers\, Ike and Tina Turner\, Crosby Stills Nash and Young and Santana. \nTickets and Bookings \nTickets $10 BMI members & Ballarat Film Society members ($30 Season Pass). Plus booking fee. \n$15 general admittance ($35 Season Pass). Plus booking fee. \n\nGet tickets\n \nArt Gallery of Ballarat – Exhibition\nMedieval to Metal\nFor those who rock\, we salute you! Medieval to Metal: The Art & Evolution of the Guitar tours to Ballarat\, Victoria this October. Exclusive to the Art Gallery of Ballarat\, the exhibition features 40 iconic guitars on loan from the National Guitar Museum (USA) alongside an awe-inspiring assemblage of photographs\, paintings\, drawings\, illustrative designs\, and objects. \n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n \nMore films\nLoading view. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nToday\n \nUpcoming\nUpcoming\n \n\nSelect date. \n \n\n\n\n \nNov\n14 \nFeatured \n7:30 pm\n– \n9:00 pm  \n\nBallarat Film Society | EO \n\n\n\n \nDec\n11 \nFeatured \n7:00 pm\n– \n11:00 pm  \n\nMedieval to Metal Rocumentary Film Series: ‘Don’t Look Back’ 1967 \n$15 – $35 \n\n\n\n \nDec\n12 \nFeatured \n7:30 pm\n– \n9:00 pm  \n\nBallarat Film Society | Smiley \n\n\n\n \nJan\n15 \nFeatured \n7:00 pm\n– \n11:00 pm  \n\nMedieval to Metal Rocumentary Film Series: ‘This is Spinal Tap’ 1984 \n$15 – $35 \n\n\n\n \nJan\n22 \nFeatured \n7:00 pm\n– \n11:00 pm  \n\nMedieval to Metal Rocumentary Film Series: ‘Gimme Shelter’ 1970 \n$15 – $35 \n\n\n\nPrevious Events\n\nToday \n\nNext Events\n\n\n\nSubscribe to calendar  \n\n\nGoogle Calendar \n\niCalendar \n\nOutlook 365 \n\nOutlook Live \n\nExport .ics file \n\nExport Outlook .ics file \n\nBMI News\n \n\nUrban Agriculture Month | Annually in November 2024\n\nURBAN AGRICULTURE MONTH\, The month of November | BMI events… \n\n \n\nNewsletter – November 2024\n\nIn this issue: Message from the Chair | Author Talks… \n\n \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week\n\nSwift River Essie Chambers. An incredible blend of intimate and… \n\n \n\nOur Library | New Releases & Recommendations November 2024\n\nGo to the Library webpage to view all New Releases…. \n\n\nLoad More
URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/gimme-shelter-1970/
LOCATION:BMI – Minerva Space\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350
CATEGORIES:Art Gallery of Ballarat,BMI Produced Event,Film,Important Dates
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250226T173000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250226T183000
DTSTAMP:20260406T232125
CREATED:20250108T015354Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250325T113129Z
UID:60976-1740591000-1740594600@ballaratmi.org.au
SUMMARY:Twilight Talks 2025\, Season 1\, Special Event | Dancers on the Sea by Gabrielle Samson
DESCRIPTION:February 26\n	  @\n5:30 pm\n	  –\n6:30 pm \nBar open at 5pm \n\n$9 – $13 \nHumffray Room \n												\n									Get tickets\n					 \nDancers on the Sea: Stories from Atauro Island\, Timor-Leste\n1994-2002\nSpeaker: Gabrielle Samson\, Author\nGabrielle Samson \nGabrielle\, a writer of fiction and memoir\, has won national prizes for her short stories and has co-written a radio play produced by the ABC. She has lived and worked in education and community development in Australia\, Indonesia\, PNG\, Vanuatu and Timor Leste. Gabrielle now lives on a community nature refuge in southern Queensland where she writes\, reads\, gardens\, listens to music and attempts playing it. She teaches Indonesian language\, is a U3A tutor of a Warwick writing group and is a member of the Carindale Writers Group (Brisbane). \nGabrielle has a degree in Anthropology and English Literature and post graduate diplomas in Education and Special Needs Education. Gabrielle lived and worked on Atauro from 1996 – 2008 and beyond. \nHer memoir ‘Dancers On The Sea’ – Stories from Ataúro Island Timor Leste (1994 – 2002) – was published in October\, 2023. \n\n										Gabrielle Samson\n\n										Elizeo (Azyu) | Book Art\nDancers on the Sea \nThis story tells of a woman’s life on Atauro Island\, learning its history and culture as she worked with the community to improve living conditions through education. The memoir shares the stories of some of the people with whom she lived in a time of great change…During the period of East Timor’s occupation by an Indonesian military regime which was challenged by a fierce resistance movement\, Gabrielle – an Australian woman working at an Indonesian university – was asked by a Timorese village leader to help establish a kindergarten for his community.Supported by the university\, Gabrielle agreed to spend six months on the remote and poor island of Atauro\, to live in the community as the only Westerner in its harsh and often cruel conditions. \nIt doesn’t take long for Gabrielle to fall in love with the island\, its people and an Indonesian co-worker\, resulting in the following twelve years of her life being spent living on the island. \nDancers on the Sea is Gabrielle’s experience through six of those years as the little country of East Timor struggled for\, and achieved\, its independence and became Timor-Leste. \n“A moving and insightful book of reality and compassion…beautifully told and deeply shared…” Lisa\, Readalot Reviewer \n																										 \nReviews and comments about Dancers On The Sea \nChristine Perkins (ex AVI Timor)‘Oh Gabrielle\, I have just finished reading Dancers On The Sea\, thank you. Your writing is evocative and engaging. So many of my own memories of Atauro and the people there have resurfaced. I have laughed and often read with tears on my cheeks.. The telling of the love between you and Anton was beautiful and the honest way which you have described Timor-Leste and Timorese is powerful. I have read many books about Timor and they are mostly descriptive but your ability to be reflective and to also lead the reader to see\, hear\, and feel the environment is amazing. Thank you again\, Christine’ \nChristopher Dureau‘I’m reading it at the moment sitting in Broome. And loving it all. Congratulations’. \nLansell Taudevin (ex-AusAid Timor)‘Gabrielle was one who lived and worked with the people of Atauro. She spent over a decade there\, quietly and unassumingly going about her daily tasks without fanfare or accolades. She was a true advocate of empathetic humanity. She based her life and work on the most noble of human virtues: love for and understanding of\, the people with whom she worked. She worked out of love – for and from them.Her book reflects these qualities. They have nothing to do with ‘look at me\, look at me!’ Her contribution arises from a perspective that can only arise from love.These qualities underpin her writing. The book flows like dancers on the sea. The love story is intertwined with a real love story with her Anton. You can sense the character she has and be overwhelmed by her sincerity.Of all the books I have read about Timor Leste\, this is by far the most moving and genuine as it evolves from a deep understanding of the people amongst whom she lived and loved.When I lived in Timor\, I used to refer to her as the Angel Gabriel. I was right.’ \nJenny Toisuta (ex Satya Wacana University UKSW\, Salatiga)‘I received my copy of your book two days ago and couldn’t put it down – I finished it last night. It is truly beautiful. . . .beautiful descriptions of the sea\, of the moon and the sunrises and of the Atauro people of all ages working together and singing as they pulled the boats out of the water for repairs\,or the Bikeli fishermen singing as they passed\, catching the lobster with Pak Vasco. \nIt was very useful to have a brief introduction to the history of East Timor under the Portuguese and the divvying up of parts of the Archipelago between the Dutch and the Portuguese. The more nuanced picture you painted of East Timor under Indonesia will\, I hope\, lead to a greater understanding and appreciation of people like Anton and the Indonesian teachers and public servants who were really committed to making a difference.’ \nKlaas Vandersluis‘Just reading your book\, moving and beautiful\, lots of heart . . . it is a fully embodied love and adventure story!!! You bare who you are from page to page!’ \nSarah Moon‘Thank you for promoting the documentation of this corner of history!’ \nFelix Nahak (Satya Wacana University\, Java)‘Selamat Bu\, semoga bermanfaat khususnya buat masyarakat Atauro dan teman-teman yang pernah bersama Ibu dalam kurung waktu tersebut. God BLESS You. \n(Congratulations Ibu\, I hope this is useful for the Atauro community and the friends that were with you during that time. God Bless You)’ \nMane Bonito Feto Bonita‘You are their hero. People from Atauro Island want to say thank you.’ \nSieneke Martin (ex Oxfam and Caritas Timor)‘What a beautiful book ! Fantastic. I read it in one go and have now lent it to our friend\, Jose Simsa.’ \nBibi Ahmed (ex-community worker\, Timor)‘Gabrielle\,I want to write to you about how much I loved your book. But I feel like I don’t even have the words to start to describe the effect it had on me. Seriously. It’s too big. But I really want to tell you how much I loved it. It’s the most moving book I have ever read in my entire life. It’s affected me in a way that no other book has. Like a punch in the guts that I can’t let go of. It could be partly because I share your deep love\, and connection to the people of East Timor (also through a previous connection to Indonesia). So your words\, your stories\, your observations and experiences hit me deep in the core of my guts\, with a deep black umbilical cord connection. You put words to the complexities\, mysteries and paradoxes of the East Timorese /Indonesian relationship\, the challenges of navigating cross cultural relationships and experiences and the inexpressible beauty of indigenous connection to nature\, ancestors\, knowledge\, and truth that I too have witnessed. I have never been affected so strongly by a book before. It really did grab me deep inside and hold me like I was actually there with you\, as if I was actually living the experiences you described so beautifully.I had to put it away for a while sometimes\, just to stave off the despair of the thought of it finishing.’ \nChristine Stark (U3A Reviewer\, Warwick)‘Dancers on the Sea is a page-turner that’s strangely soothing at the same time. The switching of topics and the information and descriptions that are included\, kept me wanting to read more\, right to the end. This was due to my curiosity about what comes next\, rather than the dread that fast-paced books often have. \nThe book is loosely in chronological order\, allowing you to develop a sense of time and understanding of the changes and the people Gabrielle comes to know very well. Set within this over-arching story are rich and varied vignettes that provide vividly detailed snapshots of cultural and human-interest topics; revealing a fascinating and complex tapestry of lives on what first appears to be a tropical island with a small population living simple lifestyles.’ \nSally Walvin (Brisbane)‘I recently read ‘Dancers on the Sea’\, a memoir by Gabrielle Samson. The book is set in East Timor before that country became independent.  It explores the extraordinary years Gabrielle spent on the remote Atauro Island during the last years of the resistance against Indonesia. I didn’t have a great knowledge on the history or politics of the Indonesian military regime.  However through the storytelling I found a balance of history and was inspired by the island life stories and intrigued by the cultural rituals that were so sensitively captured by Gabrielle. I really enjoyed this captivating story and was delighted by the moving love story that was entwined throughout.’ A wonderful read. \n Elise Schuster (Australian Embassy\, Dili)‘I thoroughly enjoyed your book…any book written about Timor Leste is a treasure because of its rarity\, yours was so lush and poetic and human\, refreshing and enchanting\, but also illuminating for other malae for whom so many aspects of Timorese culture\, history and community remain mysteries. Thanks you for sharing your story and how it is entwined with the story of the hard-won restoration of Timorese independence. Dancers On The Sea should be essential reading for all Malae.’ \nThis event is proudly supported by Community Bank Buninyong\nCommunity Bank Buninyong & District not only gives you access to award-winning financial products and services\, we’re also committed to returning profits to our local communities. \n														\n															 \nTickets and Bookings \nTickets $9 BMI members & $13 general admittance\, plus bkg fee | These prices include gst. \n								\n									Get tickets\n					\n																																			 \nMore Talks\n		10 events found.	 \n\n\n\n\n	 \n	\n\n\n	 \n	\n\n\n\n	\n	Today\n	 \n					Upcoming\n					Upcoming				 \n	\n	\n		Select date.	\n	 \n\n\n	\n		\n	 \n			Feb\n			26		 \n	 \n	Featured \n\n	Featured \n			5:30 pm\n					 –  \n				6:30 pm			 \n\n	\n		Twilight Talks 2025\, Season 1\, Special Event | Dancers on the Sea by Gabrielle Samson	\n\n		$9 – $13\n\n\n	\n		\n	 \n			Mar\n			5		 \n	 \n	Featured \n\n	Featured \n			6:00 pm\n					 –  \n				7:00 pm			 \n\n	\n		A BMI Fundraising Public Talk | The world in 2025 and beyond with Professor Geoffrey Blainey AC	\n\n		$35 – $110\n\n\n	\n		\n	 \n			Mar\n			12		 \n	 \n	Featured \n\n	Featured \n			5:30 pm\n					 –  \n				6:30 pm			 \n\n	\n		Twilight Talks 2025\, Season 1 | Ballarat’s Changing Scene – Ballarat’s Growth: Infrastructure Pressures	\n\n		$9 – $13\n\n\n	\n		\n	 \n			Mar\n			19		 \n	 \n	Featured \n\n	Featured \n			5:30 pm\n					 –  \n				6:30 pm			 \n\n	\n		Twilight Talks 2025\, Season 1 | Ballarat’s Changing Scene – Change in Ballarat’s Car Industry	\n\n		$9 – $13\n\n\n	\n		\n	 \n			Mar\n			26		 \n	 \n	Featured \n\n	Featured \n			5:30 pm\n					 –  \n				6:30 pm			 \n\n	\n		Twilight Talks 2025\, Season 1 | Ballarat’s Changing Scene – Changes to the Canadian Corridor	\n\n		$9 – $13\n\n\n	\n		\n	 \n			Apr\n			2		 \n	 \n	Featured \n\n	Featured \n			5:30 pm\n					 –  \n				6:30 pm			 \n\n	\n		Twilight Talks 2025\, Season 2 | Connections to War from a Ballarat Perspective: Dr Hardy	\n\n		$9 – $13\n\n\n	\n		\n	 \n			Apr\n			9		 \n	 \n	Featured \n\n	Featured \n			5:30 pm\n					 –  \n				6:30 pm			 \n\n	\n		Twilight Talks 2025\, Season 2 | Connections to War from a Ballarat Perspective: War Grieving – Doctor’s Perspective	\n\n		$9 – $13\n\n\n	\n		\n	 \n			Apr\n			16		 \n	 \n	Featured \n\n	Featured \n			5:30 pm\n					 –  \n				6:30 pm			 \n\n	\n		Twilight Talks 2025\, Season 2 | Connections to War from a Ballarat Perspective: War Grieving – Chaplain’s Perspective	\n\n		$9 – $13\n\n\n	\n		\n	 \n			Apr\n			23		 \n	 \n	Featured \n\n	Featured \n			5:30 pm\n					 –  \n				6:30 pm			 \n\n	\n		Twilight Talks 2025\, Season 2 | Connections to War from a Ballarat Perspective: Feeling the Battlefield Spirits	\n\n		$9 – $13\n\n\n	\n		\n	 \n			Apr\n			30		 \n	 \n	Featured \n\n	Featured \n			5:30 pm\n					 –  \n				6:30 pm			 \n\n	\n		Twilight Talks 2025\, Season 2\, Special Event | The Life of Walter Withers	\n\n		$9 – $13\n\n\n\n\n	 \n			Previous Events\n	\n\n\n	\n		Today	\n\n\n	\n			Next Events		 \n	\n\n\n\n			\n				Subscribe to calendar			 \n\n\n	\n		Google Calendar	\n\n\n	\n		iCalendar	\n\n\n	\n		Outlook 365	\n\n\n	\n		Outlook Live	\n\n\n	\n		Export .ics file	\n\n\n	\n		Export Outlook .ics file	\n\n\nBMI News\n\n            \n                 \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week\n\nThe Mystery of Haverford House Rachel Burton. A Mystery that… \n\n\n            \n                 \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week\n\nDead Man’s Shoes Marion Todd. A Master of the Tartan… \n\n\n            \n                 \n\nBMI Live Events\n\nBMI LIVE | This is a new BMI program of… \n\n\n            \n                 \n\nBAROC* Poems: A Personal Cancer Journey by Mike Stephens\n\nThis book of Poems & Illustrations is available for purchase… \n\n                \n                    Load More
URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/twilight-talks-atauro-timor-leste/
LOCATION:BMI – Humffray Room\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Fundraiser,Important Dates,Members,Talk,Twilight Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250312T173000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250312T183000
DTSTAMP:20260406T232125
CREATED:20241107T052354Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250325T113149Z
UID:59773-1741800600-1741804200@ballaratmi.org.au
SUMMARY:Twilight Talks 2025\, Season 1 | Ballarat's Changing Scene - Ballarat's Growth: Infrastructure Pressures
DESCRIPTION:March 12\n@\n5:30 pm\n–\n6:30 pm \nBar open at 5pm \n$9.73 – $13.83 \nHumffray Room \n\nGet tickets\n \nBallarat’s Growth – Infrastructure Pressures\nPanel Discussion: Chair\, Paula Nicholson\, BMI President\nPaula Nicholson | Chair\, Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute\nPanel Members\nTerry Natt\, Strategic Planning Manager\, City of Ballarat \nTerry has been an urban planner in Ballarat\, Sydney\, Melbourne and London where he has worked on a large number of projects including strategic land use planning\, infrastructure planning\, developer contributions  and development assessment with an urban design and conservation area focus. \nTerry Natt | Strategic Planning Manager\, City of Ballarat\nSteven Healy\, Head of Sustainable Infrastructure\, Central Highlands Water \nSteven has a deep understanding of the water sector drawn from more than 25 years of leading asset\, operations\, and project delivery teams in the industry. \nFrom project management\, water supply and quality to climate adaptation\, Steven has provided water\, recycled water and wastewater network services leadership in 5 different Water Corporations in Victoria\, across Melbourne and regional areas. \nSteven has fulfilled a number of operational and planning roles\, including managing Headworks\, Water Treatment\, Planning\, Developer Services\, Infrastructure Delivery\, Rural Channels and Water Resources. \nSteven Healy | Head of Sustainable Infrastructure\, Central Highlands Water\nGayle Boschert\, Chair of the Board of Ballarat Cemeteries Board \nGayle is a distinguished leader in the Ballarat community\, known for her extensive contributions across various sectors. She has notably served as the Chair of the Trust Board for Ballarat Cemeteries\, where she has been instrumental in overseeing significant projects\, including the restoration of historic rotundas.\nBeyond her work with Ballarat Cemeteries\, Gayle has demonstrated a strong commitment to community services through her involvement with Child and Family Services (Cafs) Ballarat. During her nine-year tenure on the Board of Governance\, eight of which she served as Chair\, she led the organization through substantial strategic and governance transformations. \nGayle’s dedication to the arts is evident through her position on the board of the Ballarat International Foto Biennale. Her extensive experience with for-purpose boards has equipped her with strategic insight\, fostering the growth and health of local community organisations over the past two decades. \nThrough her various leadership roles\, Gayle Boschert has made significant contributions to the Ballarat community\, particularly in the sectors of community services\, arts\, and healthcare. \nGayle Boschert | Chair of the Ballarat Cemeteries Board\nThis event is proudly supported by Community Bank Buninyong\nCommunity Bank Buninyong & District not only gives you access to award-winning financial products and services\, we’re also committed to returning profits to our local communities. \n\n  \nTickets and Bookings \nTickets $9.73 BMI members & $13.83 general admittance\, includes gst & bkg fee. \n\nGet tickets\n\n \nMore Talks\n8 events found. \n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\nToday\n \nUpcoming\nUpcoming\n \n\nSelect date. \n \n\n\n\n \nMar\n12 \n  \nFeatured \n5:30 pm\n– \n6:30 pm  \n\nTwilight Talks 2025\, Season 1 | Ballarat’s Changing Scene – Ballarat’s Growth: Infrastructure Pressures \n$9.73 – $13.83 \n\n\n\n \nMar\n19 \n  \nFeatured \n5:30 pm\n– \n6:30 pm  \n\nTwilight Talks 2025\, Season 1 | Ballarat’s Changing Scene – Change in Ballarat’s Car Industry \n$9 – $13 \n\n\n\n \nMar\n26 \n  \nFeatured \n5:30 pm\n– \n6:30 pm  \n\nTwilight Talks 2025\, Season 1 | Ballarat’s Changing Scene – Changes to the Canadian Corridor \n$9 – $13 \n\n\n\n \nApr\n2 \n  \nFeatured \n5:30 pm\n– \n6:30 pm  \n\nTwilight Talks 2025\, Season 2 | Connections to War from a Ballarat Perspective: Dr Hardy \n$9 – $13 \n\n\n\n \nApr\n9 \n  \nFeatured \n5:30 pm\n– \n6:30 pm  \n\nTwilight Talks 2025\, Season 2 | Connections to War from a Ballarat Perspective: War Grieving – Doctor’s Perspective \n$9 – $13 \n\n\n\n \nApr\n16 \n  \nFeatured \n5:30 pm\n– \n6:30 pm  \n\nTwilight Talks 2025\, Season 2 | Connections to War from a Ballarat Perspective: Medals and Memorabilia \n$9 – $13 \n\n\n\n \nApr\n23 \n  \nFeatured \n5:30 pm\n– \n6:30 pm  \n\nTwilight Talks 2025\, Season 2 | Connections to War from a Ballarat Perspective: Feeling the Battlefield Spirits \n$9 – $13 \n\n\n\n \nApr\n30 \n  \nFeatured \n5:30 pm\n– \n6:30 pm  \n\nTwilight Talks 2025\, Season 2\, Special Event | The Life of Walter Withers \n$9 – $13 \n\n\n\nPrevious Events\n\nToday \n\nNext Events \n\n\n\nSubscribe to calendar  \n\n\nGoogle Calendar \n\niCalendar \n\nOutlook 365 \n\nOutlook Live \n\nExport .ics file \n\nExport Outlook .ics file \n\nBMI News\n \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week\n\nPeter Stevens: Much More Than Cars Dr Phil Roberts OAM…. \n\n \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week\n\nThe Florentine Quilt Chrissie Bellbrae. The Florentine Quilt is a… \n\n \n\nNewsletter – March 2025\n\nA Message from the Chair… \n\n \n\nA Message from the Chair | BMI Board of Directors | March 2025\n\nHello everyone. Autumn is here\, and as the leaves start… \n\n\nLoad More
URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/twilight-talks-ballarats-growth/
LOCATION:BMI – Humffray Room\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Fundraiser,Important Dates,Members,Talk,Twilight Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250319T173000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250319T183000
DTSTAMP:20260406T232125
CREATED:20241219T033900Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250325T113146Z
UID:60810-1742405400-1742409000@ballaratmi.org.au
SUMMARY:Twilight Talks 2025\, Season 1 | Ballarat's Changing Scene - Change in Ballarat's Car Industry
DESCRIPTION:March 19\n@\n5:30 pm\n–\n6:30 pm \nBar open at 5pm \n$9.73 – $13.83 \nHumffray Room \n\nGet tickets\n \nChanges in Ballarat’s Car Industry\nPanel Discussion: Chair\, Phil Roberts OAM\, Patron & Twilight Talks Coordinator.\nDr Phil Roberts OAM \nPhil Roberts is the co-ordinator of the BMI Twilight Talks and BMI Patron. He is a former secondary school history teacher and school principal and author of 23 books with a concentration on Ballarat. \nDr Phil Roberts OAM\nPanel Members\nPeter Stevens \nPeter has had a lifetime of involvement in Ballarat’s car industry. He was Ballarat’s Motor Apprentice of the Year four times in the 1950s and established his own business in 1977. He forged a very successful career in the motor trade and volunteered for many community causes. This February a book about his story\, Peter Stevens: Much More than Cars\, was published. \n\nJohn Emery \nJohn came to Ballarat in 1977 and started a business at 204 Creswick Road mostly selling new European cars. \nFor the new 27 years John and his wife Helen ran a successful business. John was a renowned Motor Sports commentator including at the Adelaide and Tasmanian Grand Prix Rallies.  \nJohn Emery\nGarry Harrowfield \nGarry joined the new vehicle industry in August of 1974 trading as Gardon Motors Ballarat on the north east corner of Mair and Doveton Streets. In October 1978 we moved to a new purpose built facility at 1041 Howitt St Wendouree. \nOver the 33 years in business we held\, at various times\, the franchises for Renault\, Peugeot…original franchises…. SAAB\, Volvo Daihatsu\, Subaru\, Jaguar\, Land Rover and Rover vehicles. \nThe business was sold in August 2007 to Mr Chris Alizzi of Ballarat Holden. \nGarry Harrowfield\nBarry Bedggood \nBarry started in the Ballarat motor industry in 1969 as a Motor Cycle Dealer. Then\, from August 1988\, he conducted a Used Vehicle Centre on the corner of Howitt and Dowling Streets until he became a New Car Dealer for Kia in 2009. \nHis business moved to a larger site in Learmonth Road in 2015. By 2025 he retails Kia\, Peugeot\, Chery\, Ssangyong\, LDV and Franklin Caravans. \nBarry Bedggood\nMuch More Than Cars | Phil Roberts\nThis event is proudly supported by Community Bank Buninyong\nCommunity Bank Buninyong & District not only gives you access to award-winning financial products and services\, we’re also committed to returning profits to our local communities. \n\n  \nTickets and Bookings \nTickets $9.73 BMI members & $13.83 general admittance\, includes gst & bkg fee. \n\nGet tickets\n\n \nMore Twilight Talks
URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/ballarats-car-industry/
LOCATION:BMI – Humffray Room\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Fundraiser,Important Dates,Members,Talk,Twilight Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250326T173000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250326T183000
DTSTAMP:20260406T232125
CREATED:20241219T034349Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250325T113143Z
UID:60812-1743010200-1743013800@ballaratmi.org.au
SUMMARY:Twilight Talks 2025\, Season 1 | Ballarat's Changing Scene - Changes to the Canadian Corridor
DESCRIPTION:March 26\n@\n5:30 pm\n–\n6:30 pm \nBar open at 5pm \n$9.73 – $13.83 \nHumffray Room \n\nGet tickets\n \nThe Changing Face of the Canadian Corridor\nThis talk will outline the impact of the goldrush and forestry on the corridor’s native vegetation and waterways. Featuring the long gone Bunny Railway\, mining water races\, mining infrastructure\, forestry and rifle ranges. And focussing on the changing face of the landscape and community values as a result of human activity up to and including the establishment of Woowookarung Regional Park. \nSpeaker: Jeff Rootes\nJeff Rootes \nJeff is one of the original convenors of the Friends of Canadian Corridor formed when the large Canadian Forest Blue Gum plantation was removed and the land handed back to the State Government for sale. This led to the establishment of the Woowookarung Regional Park in 2016 and its ongoing development. \n\n \nThis event is proudly supported by Community Bank Buninyong\nCommunity Bank Buninyong & District not only gives you access to award-winning financial products and services\, we’re also committed to returning profits to our local communities. \n\n  \nTickets and Bookings \nTickets $9.73 BMI members & $13.83 general admittance\, includes gst & bkg fee. \n\nGet tickets\n\n \nMore Twilight Talks
URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/canadian-corridor/
LOCATION:BMI – Humffray Room\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Fundraiser,Important Dates,Members,Talk,Twilight Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250402T173000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20250402T183000
DTSTAMP:20260406T232125
CREATED:20241219T035224Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250325T113140Z
UID:60820-1743615000-1743618600@ballaratmi.org.au
SUMMARY:Twilight Talks 2025\, Season 2 | Connections to War from a Ballarat Perspective: Dr Hardy
DESCRIPTION:April 2\n@\n5:30 pm\n–\n6:30 pm \nBar open at 5pm \n$9.73 – $13.83 \nHumffray Room \n\nGet tickets\n \nDr Hardy and the Men of St Paul’s Anglican Church WWI Participants\nSpeaker: Neil Leckie – Co-Cordinator Twilight Talks\nNeil Leckie is a BMI Member with many years of military service and an interest in The Great War in particular. \nNeil Leckie\nDr Hardy\nDr Charles Henry ‘William’ Hardy was a well-known and well-respected member of the Ballarat Community. He was a member of many Ballarat organisations\, including the Ballaarat Mechanics Institute\, where he was President twice.  \nApart from those involvements he was a family man and a member of the militia. After war broke out\, in 1915 Dr Hardy enlisted into the AIF and took the 6th Field Ambulance\, a part of the 2nd Australian Division\, to Egypt and Gallipoli. \nAnne Doggett\, in her recently published book on the Honour Board of St Paul’s Church on Bakery Hill Lives on Honour\, Ballarat East and the Great War gives details on nine of St Paul’s Church men who also served with the 6th Field Ambulance. Dr Hardy and the men of St Paul’s Church chronicles the life of Dr Hardy and those nine men. \nTwo of Dr Hardy’s family will attend the talk. \nDr Charles Henry ‘William’ Hardy\nLives of Honour: Ballarat East and the Great War | Anne Doggett\nThis event is proudly supported by Community Bank Buninyong\nCommunity Bank Buninyong & District not only gives you access to award-winning financial products and services\, we’re also committed to returning profits to our local communities. \n\n  \nTickets and Bookings \nTickets $9.73 BMI members & $13.83 general admittance\, includes gst & bkg fee. \n\nGet tickets\n\n \nMore Twilight Talks
URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/dr-hardy/
LOCATION:BMI – Humffray Room\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Fundraiser,Important Dates,Members,Talk,Twilight Talks
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