BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute - ECPv6.15.19//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Australia/Melbourne BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 TZNAME:AEST DTSTART:20230401T160000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 TZNAME:AEDT DTSTART:20230930T160000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 TZNAME:AEST DTSTART:20240406T160000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 TZNAME:AEDT DTSTART:20241005T160000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 TZNAME:AEST DTSTART:20250405T160000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 TZNAME:AEDT DTSTART:20251004T160000 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241120T190000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241120T203000 DTSTAMP:20260409T020457 CREATED:20240815T032033Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240815T032134Z UID:58393-1732129200-1732134600@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Kadampa Meditation Series | Daily Rituals for Inner Peace DESCRIPTION:November 13\n@\n7:00 pm\n–\n8:30 pm \nFree – $15 \nLending Library \nThese classes offer simple\, practical methods to improve the quality of our life and develop inner peace\nthrough meditation and Buddhist teachings. \nThe in-person setting fosters a supportive community and\noffers real-time interaction with the teacher for personalized guidance.\nClasses include guided meditations and teachings to help us solve our\ndaily problems and find the lasting happiness we seek. \nBeginners welcome\, no bookings required. \nFree for Kadampa members | $15 for non-members \nKadampa Meditation Centre Australia (Ballarat Branch)\ninfo@meditateinmelbourne.org | 0455205589\nmeditateinballarat.org\nABN 86 114 195 550\nKMC Australia is a not-for-profit organisation \nThe Teacher\nChristielli Portela has been teaching modern Kadampa Buddhism for a decade. As an experienced and well-loved teacher\, she inspires people to use Buddhist meditation to improve their lives through her sincere example and clear teachings. \n \nBMI news\n\n \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week\n\nThe Girl with the Violin Shelley Davidow. In 1989 and… \n\n\n \n\nIn Conversation with Margaret Hickey with Gabriel Bergmoser\n\nWhat a fantastic night we had with great Australian author… \n\n\n \n\nDark Matter | Elisabetta Barberio\n\n10 – 18 August | As BMI associated events are… \n\n\n \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week\n\nThe Creeper Margaret Hickey. No one does suspense better. –… \n\n\nLoad More\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. URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/kadampa-meditation-series-20-november-24/ LOCATION:Lending Library\, Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, Victoria\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:kadampa ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Daily-Rituals-for-Inner-Peace-Class.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241120T173000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241120T183000 DTSTAMP:20260409T020457 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/square-promo-brian-omalley.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241116T150000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241116T160000 DTSTAMP:20260409T020457 CREATED:20241002T020132Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250321T211624Z UID:59146-1731769200-1731772800@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Stella Day Out Ballarat: Travel Writing | Adriane Howell and Favel Parrett in conversation with Fiona Sweet. DESCRIPTION:November 16\n @\n3:00 pm\n –\n4:00 pm \n\nFree \nMinerva Space \n \n Get Tickets\n \n \nStella Day Out is a free one-day literary festival that celebrates and promotes the outstanding contributions of women and non-binary writers to Australian literature.\nWe are proud to be hosting a series of events at the BMI. \n3pm – 4pm | Travel Writing\nAdriane Howell & Favel Parret in conversation with Fiona Sweet.\nDo you need to be somewhere to write about it? Join Adriane Howell and Favel Parrett as they discuss their travels to Greece and Antarctica to write their books. Moderated by Fiona Sweet. \nAdriane Howell is a Melbourne-based writer. Her debut novel\, Hydra\, was shortlisted for the 2023 Stella Prize; the 2023 Readings New Australian Fiction Prize and the 2024 South Australian Literary Awards\, National Awards for Fiction. \n\n Adriane Howell\n\n Hydra | Adriane Howell\nFavel Parrett‘s career was launched with her acclaimed debut Past the Shallows. It was shortlisted in the Miles Franklin Award and won the Dobbie Literary Award. There ws still Love\, Favel’s third novel\, was shortlisted for the Stella Prize and won Book of the Year – The Indie Book Awards 2020.  She lives in Victoria and is passionate about surfing and dingoes. \n\n Favel Parrett\n\n There was still Love | Favel Parrett\nFiona Sweet is the Creative Director and CEO of Stella. She is the past Artistic Director and CEO of the Ballarat International Foto Biennale and the inaugural Director of the National Centre for Photography. Fiona is an influential and in-demand public speaker\, industry judge\, photographic portfolio reviewer and assessor in Australia and internationally. She was the director and founder of Sweet Creative and is recognised for her inspiring and intelligent delivery of uniquely crafted festivals and arts events. She is also a former Board Director of the Australian Graphic Design Association\, the Melbourne Fringe\, and co-founded Melbourne’s Acland Street Projection Festival. Fiona currently sits on the LCI University Photographic Advisory Committee\, and the Advisory Committee for the Discipline of Photography at RMIT and is a past recent board member of the Melbourne Jewish Book Week. She was the recipient of an Ian Potter Travel Grant in 2018 for her research on international art festival best practice. \n\n Fiona Sweet\n \n \n \n \nFollow Stella\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nEnquiries:  Any event specific enquires should be direct to library@ballaratmi.org.au \nCost Free \n \n Get Tickets\n \n\n \n \n\nStella Day Out Ballarat: Writing about the Future | Kate Mildenhall in conversation with Van Badham\n\nSTELLA DAY OUT: Writing about the Future | Kate Mildenhall… \n\n \n Why Not become a member\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 \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/stella-day-out-2/ LOCATION:BMI – Minerva Space\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350 CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Important Dates,Library,Stella Day Out ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/stella-square-travel2.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241116T130000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241116T140000 DTSTAMP:20260409T020457 CREATED:20240801T232909Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250321T211637Z UID:57891-1731762000-1731765600@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Stella Day Out Ballarat: Writing about the Future | Kate Mildenhall in conversation with Van Badham DESCRIPTION:November 16\n @\n1:00 pm\n –\n2:00 pm \n\nFree \nMinerva Space \n \n Get tickets\n \n \nStella Day Out is a free one-day literary festival that celebrates and promotes the outstanding contributions of women and non-binary writers to Australian literature.\nWe are proud to be hosting a series of events at the BMI. \n1pm – 2pm | Writing about the Future\nKate Mildenhall\, author of The Hummingbird Effect in conversation with Van Badham.\nKate Mildenhall is an author\, writing teacher and podcaster. Her debut novel Skylarking was longlisted for Debut Fiction in The Indie Book Awards 2017 and the 2017 Voss Literary Award. Her second novel\, The Mother Fault was longlisted for the 2021 ABIA General Fiction Book of the Year and shortlisted for the 2021 Aurealis Science Fiction Novel of the Year. Her latest novel is The Hummingbird Effect (2023)\, shortlisted for the ABIA Literary Fiction Book of the Year and longlisted for the Stella Prize and the Indie Book Awards Fiction\, 2024. \nFor the past six years Kate has co-hosted The First Time podcast. She is currently undertaking a PhD in creative process at RMIT University and working on her fourth novel. In October she will release her first picture book To Stir with Love\, illustrated by Jess Racklyeft. Kate lives on Wurundjeri lands in Hurstbridge with her partner and two children. \n\n Kate Mildenhall | Photo Gemma Carr\n\n The Hummingbird Effect | Kate Mildnehall\nVan Badham is an internationally award-winning writer\, theatremaker and occasional broadcaster. She is a featured columnist for The Guardian and has also written for The New York Times\, Bloomberg\, The Telegraph (UK) and The Age. She was a Walkley finalist for her non-fiction book debut\, 2021’s best-selling QAnon And On: A Short and Shocking History of Internet Conspiracy Cults and she was the first Australian to win Britain’s Harold Hobson prize for theatre criticism. As a commentator she’s appeared numerous times for the ABC’s Q And A and The Drum shows\, for The Project on Ten\, on Politics HQ for Sky and the Today Show on Channel 9\, and regularly for ABC radio\, while as a writer of radio drama she’s been broadcast both by the ABC and BBC. Presently\, she co-hosts the award winning news/politics podcast The Week on Wednesday\, which has had more than a million downloads as of August\, 2023. Van is currently writing a second non-fiction book for Hardie Grant as well as being under commission for new work at Melbourne Theatre Company and developing episodic television with Jungle Entertainment in Sydney. Her new musical The Questions co-created with composer Richard Wise premieres this year at STCSA. \n\n Van Badham\n \n \n \n \nFollow Stella\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nEnquiries:  Any event specific enquires should be direct to library@ballaratmi.org.au \nCost Free \n \n Get tickets\n \n\n \n \n\nStella Day Out Ballarat: Travel Writing | Adriane Howell and Favel Parrett in conversation with Fiona Sweet.\n\nSTELLA DAY OUT: Travel Writing | Adriane Howell and Favel… \n\n \n Why Not become a member\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 \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/stella-day-out-1/ LOCATION:BMI – Minerva Space\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350 CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Important Dates,Library,Stella Day Out ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/stella-square-mildenhall.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241116T100000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241116T160000 DTSTAMP:20260409T020457 CREATED:20240822T060115Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250321T211634Z UID:58493-1731751200-1731772800@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Open Garden & Devonshire Tea - BMI Fundraiser | Errard Hall DESCRIPTION:November 16\n@\n2:00 pm\n–\n4:00 pm \n$25 \nplus bkg. fee \nErrard Hall\, 5 Errard Street North\, Ballarat Central \n\nGet Tickets\n \nTake part in this important BMI fundraiser\n \nOpen Garden and Devonshire Tea at Errard Hall – BMI Fundriaser\n \nErrard Hall was built in 1902. Built in the grand Victorian style\, it has big features\, with a garden to match. \nThe garden was designed by Janene Byrne in 2014. ‘I was asked by my clients to help them create a beautiful garden that would complement their grand period home\, situated in the heart of Ballarat’. \nTickets includes Devonshire Tea. \nBookings can also be made by a visit to the BMI Library. \n\nGet Tickets\n \nThe Garden\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nBMI news\n\n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week\n\nHow James Became King: The True Story of James ‘King’… \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/open-garden-fundraiser/ LOCATION:Errard Hall\, Errard Street North\, Ballarat Central\, City of Ballarat\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Fundraiser,Important Dates,Members,Urban Agriculture Month ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/square-promo-v2.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241114T193000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241114T210000 DTSTAMP:20260409T020457 CREATED:20240130T011936Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250321T211643Z UID:50641-1731612600-1731618000@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Ballarat Film Society | EO DESCRIPTION:November 14\n@\n7:30 pm\n–\n9:00 pm \nCinematic  Donkey Odyssey\nDescribed by critics as a ‘sensuous reimagining of Robert Bresson’s Au hazard Balthazar’ (1966)\, EO is the name of a donkey sprung free from a circus and separated from Kasandra (Sandra Drzymalska)\, a young woman who dotes on him\, only to wander around Poland witnessing degrees of difficulty as well as moments of kindness and grace. \nWandering through woods at night\, EO’s long journey across Europe takes him through ugly industrialisation\, including football pitches and a fur farm. Walking at a steady pace the filmmaker is determined to keep EO a mysterious animal who travels constantly\, then stops for us to see what happens. \nThis is a film that concerns itself with seeing an animal as an animal\, yet along the way we witness confronting human world situations and are never unclear about the cinematic expressions of indifference and greed. Reviewed Sight and Sound\, March 2023. High Gloss. \nPoland\, 2022\, 86 min. Dir: 86-year-old Jerzy Skolimowski. \nEO played by six donkey actors featuring cameos by Isabel Huppert and a robotic dog. \n \nBallarat Film Society \n  \nMembership \n12 months – Feb-December: $60\n6 months – Feb-June or July-Dec: $30 \nTo join or renew your membership\, please e-mail or phone Angus McLachlan (5374 2474)\, or come with cash on the night. \nMembership can be paid by bank transfer or with cash. \nFor film enquiries\, phone Sue Nunn: 5341 2266 or visit the  Ballarat Film Society website \nAll films are subject to availability. If there is no next film shown below it means the BFS is working on next season’s programme. \nNext film\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\n14 \n \n\nFeatured \n7:30 pm\n– \n9:00 pm \n\nBallarat Film Society | EO \n\n\n\n \nDec\n12 \n \n\nFeatured \n7:30 pm\n– \n9:00 pm \n\nBallarat Film Society | Smiley \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\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\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/bfs-eo/ LOCATION:The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Ballarat Film Society,Externally Produced Event,Film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/eo-e1706577696477.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241113T190000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241113T203000 DTSTAMP:20260409T020457 CREATED:20240815T031557Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250325T015154Z UID:58387-1731524400-1731529800@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Kadampa Meditation Series | Daily Rituals for Inner Peace DESCRIPTION:November 13\n @\n7:00 pm\n –\n8:30 pm \n\nFree – $15 \nLending Library \n  \nThese classes offer simple\, practical methods to improve the quality of our life and develop inner peacethrough meditation and Buddhist teachings. \nThe in-person setting fosters a supportive community andoffers real-time interaction with the teacher for personalized guidance.Classes include guided meditations and teachings to help us solve ourdaily problems and find the lasting happiness we seek. \nBeginners welcome\, no bookings required. \nFree for Kadampa members | $15 for non-members \nKadampa Meditation Centre Australia (Ballarat Branch)info@meditateinmelbourne.org | 0455205589meditateinballarat.orgABN 86 114 195 550KMC Australia is a not-for-profit organisation \nThe Teacher\nChristielli Portela has been teaching modern Kadampa Buddhism for a decade. As an experienced and well-loved teacher\, she inspires people to use Buddhist meditation to improve their lives through her sincere example and clear teachings. \n \nBMI news\n\n \n \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week\n\nThe Girl with the Violin Shelley Davidow. In 1989 and… \n\n\n \n \n\nIn Conversation with Margaret Hickey with Gabriel Bergmoser\n\nWhat a fantastic night we had with great Australian author… \n\n\n \n \n\nDark Matter | Elisabetta Barberio\n\n10 – 18 August | As BMI associated events are… \n\n\n \n \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week\n\nThe Creeper Margaret Hickey. No one does suspense better. –… \n\n \n Load More\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. URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/kadampa-meditation-series-13-november-24/ LOCATION:Lending Library\, Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, Victoria\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:kadampa ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Daily-Rituals-for-Inner-Peace-Class.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241111T193000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241111T204500 DTSTAMP:20260409T020457 CREATED:20240923T022643Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250321T211627Z UID:58911-1731353400-1731357900@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Jack Rutter | Live at the BMI DESCRIPTION:November 11\n @\n7:30 pm\n –\n8:45 pm \n\n$33 – $66 \n \n Get Tickets\n \nYorkshire Folk Singer.\n\n Jack Rutter\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nYorkshire folk singer Jack Rutter has established himself as one of the standout voices of the folk\, roots and acoustic music scene in recent years. \nA hugely engaging stage presence\, his soaring vocal\, powerhouse guitar and bouzouki playing and masterful arrangements of traditional songs and contemporary covers have enthralled audiences from the largest festival main stages to the most intimate folk clubs. \nThis year sees the release of his critically acclaimed third album This Is Something Constant\, a compelling and spellbinding showcase of gripping story ballads and upbeat festival-stage firecrackers\, perfectly pitched and delivered with soaring\, crystal clear vocals that breathe new life into ancient tales. \nDon’t miss Jack’s inaugral tour of Australia! \n‘Jack Rutter is one of the most enthralling folk singers\, guitarists & musicians on the British folk scene today – with This Is Something Constant\, the final release in a trilogy\, he has hit the highest watermark to date.’ – Folk Radio UK \n‘Singular and compelling; one of the finest singers in folk today.’  – Songlines \nGet tickets $33-$66 plus bkg fee. \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/jack-rutter/ LOCATION:The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Live Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/square-promo-jack-rutter.webp ORGANIZER;CN="Concerts Australia":MAILTO:michael@concertsaustralia.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241111T180000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241111T200000 DTSTAMP:20260409T020457 CREATED:20240723T042221Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250321T211640Z UID:57552-1731348000-1731355200@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:In Conversation with Tea Cooper DESCRIPTION:November 11\n @\n6:00 pm\n –\n8:00 pm \n\n$10 \nHumffray Room \n \n Get Tickets\n \nThe Golden Thread\nTea Cooper.\n \nIntricate threads from the past and the present bind together a yellow silk dress\, lost gold and a missing grandmother in a twisty historical mystery from the bestselling author of:\nThe Talented Mrs Greenway.\nMaitland\, 1889 \nWhen nineteen-year-old Constance Montague wakes one Wednesday she expects the day to unfold like any other. Breakfast with her grandmother Nell and her mother Faith\, a meeting in Maitland with the ladies of the Benevolent Society\, perhaps a gentle stroll along the banks of the Hunter River. But this Wednesday is different. Nell has vanished. \nConcerned\, Connie determines to track Nell down and follows a lead to Old Government House in Parramatta\, now a guest house. There\, to her astonishment she finds her grandmother holding court. \nWhen Nell introduces her as her companion to a varied cast of colourful guests\, including a frail but observant old lady\, a travelling salesmen\, a bearded lothario\, a clever articled clerk\, a lively seamstress and an enigmatic housekeeper who is connected with Nell’s past\, Connie begins to realise that her grandmother is not who she seems. Nell is looking for something and following a thread stitched long ago\, a thread that leads from some missing gold\, to a damask dress and the attic of Government House. As the story unravels so do the secrets of the past\, secrets that surface into the present to threaten not just Nell\, but Connie too. \n\n The Golden Thread | Tea Cooper\n\n \n\n Tea Cooper | Author\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nTea Cooper is an award-winning Australian author of historical fiction. \nIn a past life she was a teacher\, a journalist and a farmer. These days she haunts museums and indulges her passion for storytelling. She is the internationally bestselling author of several novels\, including The Talented Mrs Greenway\, The Butterfly Collector\, The Naturalist’s Daughter\, the USA Today-bestselling The Woman in the Green Dress\, The Girl in the Painting and The Cartographer’s Secret\, winner of the prestigious Daphne du Maurier Award.  \nEnquiries:  Any event specific enquires should be direct to library@ballaratmi.org.au \n$10 per person plus booking fee & gst includes light refreshment. All proceeds go to the Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute to support the staging of our author events. \nBook on-line or contact Rosemary at the Libary via email library@ballaratmi.org.au or phone (03) 5331 3042 \n \n Get tickets\n \n \n \nCollins Booksellers\, Ballart on Lydiard will be handling book sales for the event. \n \n Why Not become a member\n \n \n \nWe thank Ballarat Libries for thier support of this event. \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 \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/tea-cooper/ LOCATION:BMI – Humffray Room\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Fundraiser,Library ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/tea-cooper-promo-squre-final.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241110T140000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241110T160000 DTSTAMP:20260409T020457 CREATED:20240917T235139Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250321T211325Z UID:58801-1731247200-1731254400@ballaratmi.org.au 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/jackson-square-promo.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241106T190000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241106T203000 DTSTAMP:20260409T020457 CREATED:20240815T031409Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250325T012354Z UID:58384-1730919600-1730925000@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Kadampa Meditation Series | 3 Ways to Improve Your Life DESCRIPTION:November 6\n@\n7:00 pm\n–\n8:30 pm \nFree – $15 \nLending Library \nThese classes offer simple\, practical methods to improve the quality of our life and develop inner peace\nthrough meditation and Buddhist teachings. \nThe in-person setting fosters a supportive community and\noffers real-time interaction with the teacher for personalized guidance.\nClasses include guided meditations and teachings to help us solve our\ndaily problems and find the lasting happiness we seek. \nBeginners welcome\, no bookings required. \nFree for Kadampa members | $15 for non-members \nKadampa Meditation Centre Australia (Ballarat Branch)\ninfo@meditateinmelbourne.org | 0455205589\nmeditateinballarat.org\nABN 86 114 195 550\nKMC Australia is a not-for-profit organisation \nThe Teacher\nChristielli Portela has been teaching modern Kadampa Buddhism for a decade. As an experienced and well-loved teacher\, she inspires people to use Buddhist meditation to improve their lives through her sincere example and clear teachings. \n \nBMI news\n\n \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week\n\nThe Girl with the Violin Shelley Davidow. In 1989 and… \n\n\n \n\nIn Conversation with Margaret Hickey with Gabriel Bergmoser\n\nWhat a fantastic night we had with great Australian author… \n\n\n \n\nDark Matter | Elisabetta Barberio\n\n10 – 18 August | As BMI associated events are… \n\n\n \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week\n\nThe Creeper Margaret Hickey. No one does suspense better. –… \n\n\nLoad More\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. URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/kadampa-meditation-series-6-november-24/ LOCATION:Lending Library\, Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, Victoria\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:kadampa ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Three-Ways-to-Improve-1080p-square-promo.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241106T173000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241106T183000 DTSTAMP:20260409T020457 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/jerremy-square-promo.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241102T190000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241102T200000 DTSTAMP:20260409T020457 CREATED:20240805T030018Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250324T051054Z UID:58054-1730574000-1730577600@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Luke Heggie | Grogan | Ballarat DESCRIPTION:November 2\n@\n7:00 pm\n–\n8:00 pm \n$30.75 \nMinerva Space \nGrogan\nThese are the tribulations of someone just trying to stay alive until he’s dead\, while attempting to remain a man of the people. The people aren’t really honouring their end of the bargain. Besides nothing\, the crushing majority of people don’t know anything. In fact\, most of them are heading in the right direction for a smack. \nLuke Heggie recently discovered that a slip of the tongue is now more commonly known as “his true colours” and that salted caramel was not just a fad. He’d like for these things to be rectified\, but stopping short of standing in a major intersection waving around a plank with nails sticking out of it\, there is nothing that can be done. This show is not recommended for anyone who was brought up to believe nothing is their fault. Most things are your fault. No lowbreeds please. \n‘Utterly extraordinary… A knock-out.’ ★★★★★The Age \n★★★★ 1/2 The Advertiser \n \nAbout Luke\nComic favourite Luke Heggie is known for his dry deadpan style and the ability to deliver a brand new killer comedy show year after year. He gigs relentlessly 6 or 7 nights a week and tours the biggest comedy and arts festivals in Australia and New Zealand to sell out crowds and rave reviews. Luke also has a fan base in UK by taking his harsh but fair shows about idiots to crowds at London’s Soho Theatre.   \nStarting out as RAW Comedy winner and going up from there Luke’s accolades include a two-time ARIA Award nominee for Best Comedy Release\, the coveted ‘comic’s choice’ Piece of Wood Award at the 2017 Melbourne International Comedy Festival\, the 2015 Sydney Comedy Festival’s Director’s Choice Award\, and was nominated for Best Newcomer at the 2012 Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Most recently\, Heggie was nominated for Most Outstanding Show at 2021 Melbourne International Comedy Festival and won Best Show at 2021 Sydney Comedy Festival with the critically acclaimed show LOWBREED. \nLuke Heggie’s television appearances include performing live on the prestigious Melbourne International Comedy Festival’s Opening Night Allstars Supershow\, Melbourne International Comedy Festival’s Oxfam Gala\, Just for Laughs Stand-Up Series filmed live at the Sydney Opera House for the Comedy Channel\, you would have also seen him on The Project\, ABC’s Question Everything\, ABC’s Comedy Next Gen and Comedy Up Late. \nIn 2020 Luke started a chart-topping podcast with fellow comedian Nick Cody called Mid-Flight Brawl\, cataloguing the best all time air rage incidents\, generally resulting from any old tiprat being allowed to fly now. \nOver the years Luke Heggie has released multiple hour long stand up specials including his 2018’s TIP RAT (Network 10\, TENPLAY & YouTube)\, 2019’s HAVE THAT (Network 10\, TENPLAY & YouTube) and most recently 2022’s I ALREADY TOLD YOU (Paramount +). You can also check out Luke in print with his first book entitled If you must know\, featuring the transcripts of 3 of his most revered shows complete with illustrations by Emilie Protiere. \nThrough 2022 & 2023 Luke Heggie has written and produced multiple segments for ABC’s The Weekly with Charlie Pickering. Turning fan favourite stand up comedy into bite sized semi-educational comedic skits. Luke has tackled many different hot topics including\, the cost of healthcare\, modern masculinity and the short term rental crisis\, among many other things. \nFollow Luke\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nEnquiries:  Any event specific enquires should be direct to venue@ballaratmi.org.au \nPrice: All tickets $30 \nDoors Open: 7pm \n\nGet Tickets\n \nBMI News\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\n \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week\n\nThe Valley Chris Hammer. The sins of the father |… \n\n\n \n\nMinerva’s Secrets\, Night Tours | Are on again\, don’t miss out.\n\nMinerva’s Secrets Night Tours are back this month and in… \n\n\nLoad More URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/luke-heggie-grogan/ LOCATION:BMI – Minerva Space\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350 CATEGORIES:Comedy ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/heggie-square-promo.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241101T200000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241101T220000 DTSTAMP:20260409T020457 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/square-from-poster.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241030T190000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241030T203000 DTSTAMP:20260409T020457 CREATED:20240815T031312Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250325T012357Z UID:58383-1730314800-1730320200@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Kadampa Meditation Series | 3 Ways to Improve Your Life DESCRIPTION:October 30\n @\n7:00 pm\n –\n8:30 pm \n\nFree – $15 \nLending Library \n  \nThese classes offer simple\, practical methods to improve the quality of our life and develop inner peacethrough meditation and Buddhist teachings. \nThe in-person setting fosters a supportive community andoffers real-time interaction with the teacher for personalized guidance.Classes include guided meditations and teachings to help us solve ourdaily problems and find the lasting happiness we seek. \nBeginners welcome\, no bookings required. \nFree for Kadampa members | $15 for non-members \nKadampa Meditation Centre Australia (Ballarat Branch)info@meditateinmelbourne.org | 0455205589meditateinballarat.orgABN 86 114 195 550KMC Australia is a not-for-profit organisation \nThe Teacher\nChristielli Portela has been teaching modern Kadampa Buddhism for a decade. As an experienced and well-loved teacher\, she inspires people to use Buddhist meditation to improve their lives through her sincere example and clear teachings. \n \nBMI news\n\n \n \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week\n\nThe Girl with the Violin Shelley Davidow. In 1989 and… \n\n\n \n \n\nIn Conversation with Margaret Hickey with Gabriel Bergmoser\n\nWhat a fantastic night we had with great Australian author… \n\n\n \n \n\nDark Matter | Elisabetta Barberio\n\n10 – 18 August | As BMI associated events are… \n\n\n \n \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week\n\nThe Creeper Margaret Hickey. No one does suspense better. –… \n\n \n Load More\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. URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/kadampa-meditation-series-30-october-24/ LOCATION:Lending Library\, Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, Victoria\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:kadampa ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Three-Ways-to-Improve-1080p-square-promo.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241030T180000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241030T200000 DTSTAMP:20260409T020457 CREATED:20240723T055539Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250325T023001Z UID:57574-1730311200-1730318400@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:In Conversation with Benjamin Stevenson DESCRIPTION:October 30\n@\n6:00 pm\n–\n8:00 pm \n$10 \nHumffray Room \nEveryone This Christmas Has A Secret\nBenjamin Stevenson.\n \nStrap yourself in for Christmas hijinks\, done the way only Benjamin Stevenson can.’\nHayley Scrivenor\nAn ingenious and hilarious meta-murder mystery. – Sunday Times\nWhen a Christmas show takes a dark turn after a magician’s guillotine trick goes awry\, who should be in the front row? After solving the cases of his murderous family and an ill-fated train trip filled with crime writers\, Ernest Cunningham finds himself slipping back into the shoes of detective to unravel not one but two tricksy crimes. \nWith a suspect covered in blood and no memory of how it got there\, a victim impossibly decapitated by a piece of paper\, and a cast of characters who are all masters of illusion\, this is not panning out to be the Merry Christmas Ernest had hoped for. \nSomeone’s head must roll but as Ernest becomes embroiled in the case\, he finds\, in an ingenious sleight of hand\, this is not a matter of who wanted the victim dead\, but who got there first… \nEverybody Loves a Christmas Spin-Off and this perfectly giftable novella is the star atop the tree. Following the success of Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone and Everyone On This Train Is A Suspect\, and their joyful interpretation of The Golden Age Mystery\, Benjamin has again turned the genre on its head with this standalone Christmas special. Where we would normally find footprints in the snow and blood on the holly\, our detective is instead placed in the Blue Mountains during a scorching December with many a Yuletide clue\, from the presents to the advent calendar. \nIn classic Stevenson style we have suspense and devious puzzles\, fun and humour\, all tied together with a neat bow. When he isn’t writing mysteries\, he’s an award-winning comedian who has sold out live shows from the Melbourne International Comedy Festival all the way to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. \nEveryone This Christmas Has A Secret | Benjamin Stevenson\n\nBenjamin Stevenson | Photo: Monica Pronk\n\n\n\n\n\n \nEnquiries:  Any event specific enquires should be direct to library@ballaratmi.org.au \n$10 per person plus booking fee & gst includes light refreshment. All proceeds go to the Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute to support the staging of our author events. \n\nBook on-line or contact Rosemary at the Libary via email library@ballaratmi.org.au or phone (03) 5331 3042 \n\nBookings\n\n\n \nCollins Booksellers\, Ballart on Lydiard\nwill be handling book sales for the event. \n\nWhy Not become a member\n\n\n \nWe thank Ballarat Libries for thier support of this event. \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\nRosemary’s Book of the Week\n\nThe Girl with the Violin Shelley Davidow. In 1989 and… \n\n\n \n\nIn Conversation with Margaret Hickey with Gabriel Bergmoser\n\nWhat a fantastic night we had with great Australian author… \n\n\n \n\nDark Matter | Elisabetta Barberio\n\n10 – 18 August | As BMI associated events are… \n\n\n \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week\n\nThe Creeper Margaret Hickey. No one does suspense better. –… \n\n\nLoad More URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/benjamin-stevenson/ LOCATION:BMI – Humffray Room\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Comedy,Fundraiser,Library,Victorian Seniors Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/benjamin-stevenson-promo-squre-1.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241027T140000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241027T160000 DTSTAMP:20260409T020457 CREATED:20240627T234912Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250321T221158Z UID:56044-1730037600-1730044800@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Fashion Parade Fundraiser | Vintage & Collectables DESCRIPTION:October 27\n@\n2:00 pm\n–\n4:00 pm \n$60 \nplus bkg. fee \nMinerva Space \nTake part in this important BMI fundraiser\n \nThe BMI vintage & Pre-loved Shop are showcasing their wares\nMake time for a lovely get together.\nA glass of champagne on entry with music accompaniment\nand a beautiful high tea with: \nFashion Parade\n6 x Models will be displaying outfits from the shop. \nWe will be hosting a Silen Auction of value items in the shop. \nWe are raising money for the refurbishment of the Lantern Light ceiling in the Heritage Reading Room.. \nTickets $60 per person (plus gst & booking fee) (tables of 10) will be available from \nthe Library ( 5331 3042) or book now. \n\nBook now\n\n\nLast year’s review | Get involved\n \n\nHigh Tea | Photo: Malcolm Roberts \n\n\nHigh Tea | Photo: Malcolm Roberts\nBMI news\n\n \n\nMinerva’s Secrets\, Night Tours | Are on again\, don’t miss out.\n\nMinerva’s Secrets Night Tours are back this month and in… \n\n\n \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week\n\nSubject – Life So Full of Promise: vivid\, compelling stories… \n\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\nLoad More URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/fashion-parade-fundraiser-vintage/ LOCATION:BMI – Minerva Space\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350 CATEGORIES:Fundraiser,Important Dates,Members,Vintage & Collectables ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/promotional-square-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241026T160000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241026T173000 DTSTAMP:20260409T020457 CREATED:20240925T023950Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250321T222206Z UID:59022-1729958400-1729963800@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:In conversation with John Safran | Now moved to The George Hotel DESCRIPTION:October 26\n@\n4:00 pm\n–\n5:30 pm \nFree \nHumffray Room \nSquat\nJohn Safran.\n \nAn unmissable opportunity to hear John Safran recount his time squatting in a celebrity’s abandoned mansion. \nEnquiries:  Any event specific enquires should be direct to Collins Booksellers on Lydiard \nFree. \n\nBookings\n\n\n \nCollins Booksellers\, Ballart on Lydiard \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\nBMI Monthly Calendar 2025\n\nDue to popular demand our calendar is back again for… \n\n \n\nNewsletter – October 2024\n\nIn this issue: Message from the Chair | The Wheeler… \n\n \n\nCollins Booksellers on Lydiard | October literary events\n\nMeet the Author | Lynette Longaretti Wednesday 2 October\, 11am… \n\n \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week\n\nAnd the world came tumbling out. RA Mitchell. Stories Does… \n\n\nLoad More URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/john-safran/ LOCATION:The George Hotel\, 27 Lydiard Street North\, Ballarat Central\, Victoria\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Library,Victorian Seniors Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/JOHN-SAFRAN.webp ORGANIZER;CN="Collins Booksellers on Lydiard":MAILTO:ballaratlydiard@collinsbooks.com.au END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241025T213000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241025T223000 DTSTAMP:20260409T020457 CREATED:20241006T223714Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250321T221153Z UID:59338-1729891800-1729895400@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Minerva's Secrets | Night Tour 2 DESCRIPTION:October 25\n @\n9:30 pm\n –\n10:30 pm \n\n$28.69 \nExplore tales of the weird and supernatural – the Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute at night. Looking for a unique way to explore Ballarat’s rich history and culture? Look no further than the Ballaarat Mechanics Institute’s Night Tours! \nThis beautiful heritage building dates back to the 1860s and boasts a fascinating history that is just waiting to be explored. During these tours\, you’ll have the opportunity to immerse yourself in the history of the Ballaarat Mechanics Institute\, exploring the library’s impressive collection of rare books and manuscripts\, and learn about the building’s original purpose as a hub for scientific and technological education. And make sure to check out the basement\, which is steeped in mystery and intrigue – you never know what secrets you might uncover! \n\n Katrina Hill & Tim Harris | Photo: Jess Schroeter\nWhether you’re a local looking to discover more about your city’s history\, or a visitor seeking a unique and memorable experience\, the Ballaarat Mechanics Institute’s Night Tours are not to be missed. \nLed by expert guides who are passionate about the building’s history\, these tours will leave you with a newfound appreciation for the rich cultural heritage of Ballarat. Book your tickets today and get ready to step back in time! \nThe tours have a small capacity\, and therefore\, numbers are limited. \nGroup bookings are available – please contact our Tours Coordinator – Katrina Hill \nNote | Accessibility \nMost of this tour is wheelchair accessible\, however the tour does include entry into the BMI Basement\, which is not wheelchair accessible. The tour does involve stairs\, however a lift is available throughout (except to the basement). This tour is not Auslan interpreted\, and the guide does not use any amplification system. Tour groups will enter dimly lit areas of the building under supervision of the guide. \nBMI Accessibility information can be found at https://ballaratmi.org.au/accessibility  \nCost / Bookings:  $28.69 includes gst & booking fee \n \n Book Tours\n \n Loading view. \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 Oct\n 25 \n 7:30 pm\n – \n 8:30 pm \n\n \n Minerva’s Secrets | Night Tour 1 \n\n $28.69\n\n\n \n \n \n Oct\n 25 \n 9:30 pm\n – \n 10:30 pm \n\n \n Minerva’s Secrets | Night Tour 2 \n\n $28.69\n\n\n \n \n \n Nov\n 23 \n 7:30 pm\n – \n 8:30 pm \n\n \n Minerva’s Secrets | Night Tour 3 \n\n $28.69\n\n\n \n \n \n Nov\n 23 \n 9:30 pm\n – \n 10:30 pm \n\n \n Minerva’s Secrets | Night Tour 4 \n\n $28.69\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\nThe research material for your tour has been drawn from – Under Minerva’s Gaze: 150 years at the Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute (edited by Jill Blee and Phil Roberts). \nThis reference material is available for purchase at the Library or can be purchased via our Shop. \n \n Under Minerva’s Gaze\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\nSubject – Life So Full of Promise: vivid\, compelling stories… \n\n\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 \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week\n\nThe Fallen Woman Fiona McIntosh. She has everything to hide…… \n\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 Load More URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/minervas-secrets-night-tours-oct-25-2/ LOCATION:The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Fundraiser,Night Tours,Tours,Victorian Seniors Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/received_265285705882698-e1708919200874.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241025T193000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241025T203000 DTSTAMP:20260409T020457 CREATED:20241006T222136Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250321T221156Z UID:59326-1729884600-1729888200@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Minerva's Secrets | Night Tour 1 DESCRIPTION:October 25\n@\n7:30 pm\n–\n8:30 pm \n$28.69 \nExplore tales of the weird and supernatural – the Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute at night. Looking for a unique way to explore Ballarat’s rich history and culture? Look no further than the Ballaarat Mechanics Institute’s Night Tours! \nThis beautiful heritage building dates back to the 1860s and boasts a fascinating history that is just waiting to be explored. During these tours\, you’ll have the opportunity to immerse yourself in the history of the Ballaarat Mechanics Institute\, exploring the library’s impressive collection of rare books and manuscripts\, and learn about the building’s original purpose as a hub for scientific and technological education. And make sure to check out the basement\, which is steeped in mystery and intrigue – you never know what secrets you might uncover! \nKatrina Hill & Tim Harris | Photo: Jess Schroeter\nWhether you’re a local looking to discover more about your city’s history\, or a visitor seeking a unique and memorable experience\, the Ballaarat Mechanics Institute’s Night Tours are not to be missed. \nLed by expert guides who are passionate about the building’s history\, these tours will leave you with a newfound appreciation for the rich cultural heritage of Ballarat. Book your tickets today and get ready to step back in time! \nThe tours have a small capacity\, and therefore\, numbers are limited. \nGroup bookings are available – please contact our Tours Coordinator – Katrina Hill \nNote | Accessibility \nMost of this tour is wheelchair accessible\, however the tour does include entry into the BMI Basement\, which is not wheelchair accessible. The tour does involve stairs\, however a lift is available throughout (except to the basement). This tour is not Auslan interpreted\, and the guide does not use any amplification system. Tour groups will enter dimly lit areas of the building under supervision of the guide. \nBMI Accessibility information can be found at https://ballaratmi.org.au/accessibility \nCost / Bookings:  $28.69 includes gst & booking fee \n\nBook Tours\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 \nOct\n25 \n7:30 pm\n– \n8:30 pm \n\nMinerva’s Secrets | Night Tour 1 \n$28.69 \n\n\n\n \nOct\n25 \n9:30 pm\n– \n10:30 pm \n\nMinerva’s Secrets | Night Tour 2 \n$28.69 \n\n\n\n \nNov\n23 \n7:30 pm\n– \n8:30 pm \n\nMinerva’s Secrets | Night Tour 3 \n$28.69 \n\n\n\n \nNov\n23 \n9:30 pm\n– \n10:30 pm \n\nMinerva’s Secrets | Night Tour 4 \n$28.69 \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\nThe research material for your tour has been drawn from – Under Minerva’s Gaze: 150 years at the Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute (edited by Jill Blee and Phil Roberts). \nThis reference material is available for purchase at the Library or can be purchased via our Shop. \n\nUnder Minerva’s Gaze\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\nRosemary’s Book of the Week\n\nSubject – Life So Full of Promise: vivid\, compelling stories… \n\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\nLoad More URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/minervas-secrets-night-tours-oct-25/ LOCATION:The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Fundraiser,Night Tours,Tours,Victorian Seniors Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/received_908662326866361-e1708918930337.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241023T190000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241023T203000 DTSTAMP:20260409T020457 CREATED:20240815T030646Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250325T012400Z UID:58375-1729710000-1729715400@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Kadampa Meditation Series | 3 Ways to Improve Your Life DESCRIPTION:October 23\n@\n7:00 pm\n–\n8:30 pm \nFree – $15 \nLending Library \nThese classes offer simple\, practical methods to improve the quality of our life and develop inner peace\nthrough meditation and Buddhist teachings. \nThe in-person setting fosters a supportive community and\noffers real-time interaction with the teacher for personalized guidance.\nClasses include guided meditations and teachings to help us solve our\ndaily problems and find the lasting happiness we seek. \nBeginners welcome\, no bookings required. \nFree for Kadampa members | $15 for non-members \nKadampa Meditation Centre Australia (Ballarat Branch)\ninfo@meditateinmelbourne.org | 0455205589\nmeditateinballarat.org\nABN 86 114 195 550\nKMC Australia is a not-for-profit organisation \nThe Teacher\nChristielli Portela has been teaching modern Kadampa Buddhism for a decade. As an experienced and well-loved teacher\, she inspires people to use Buddhist meditation to improve their lives through her sincere example and clear teachings. \n \nBMI news\n\n \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week\n\nThe Girl with the Violin Shelley Davidow. In 1989 and… \n\n\n \n\nIn Conversation with Margaret Hickey with Gabriel Bergmoser\n\nWhat a fantastic night we had with great Australian author… \n\n\n \n\nDark Matter | Elisabetta Barberio\n\n10 – 18 August | As BMI associated events are… \n\n\n \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week\n\nThe Creeper Margaret Hickey. No one does suspense better. –… \n\n\nLoad More\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. URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/kadampa-meditation-series-23-october-24/ LOCATION:Lending Library\, Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, Victoria\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:kadampa ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Three-Ways-to-Improve-1080p-square-promo.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241023T173000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241023T183000 DTSTAMP:20260409T020457 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/square-promo-life-so-full-of-promise.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241021T130000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241021T150000 DTSTAMP:20260409T020457 CREATED:20240806T032513Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250325T031057Z UID:58083-1729515600-1729522800@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:In Conversation with Chris Hammer DESCRIPTION:October 21\n@\n1:00 pm\n–\n3:00 pm \n$10 \nHumffray Room \nThe Valley\nChris Hammer.\n \nThe sins of the father | The love of a daughter | The secrets that divide them.\nThe international bestselling author of:\nScrublands & The Seven\nThe latest stunning thriller from the bestselling author of Scrublands and The Seven. \nNell Buchanan and Ivan Lucic are back – and Nell is thrown into her most emotionally fraught investigation yet. \nA controversial entrepreneur is murdered in a remote mountain valley\, but this is no ordinary case. Ivan and Nell are soon contending with cowboy lawyers\, conmen\, bullion thieves and grave robbers. \nBut it’s when Nell discovers the victim is a close blood relative that the past begins to take on a looming significance. \nWhat did take place in The Valley all those years ago? What was Nell’s mother doing there\, and what was her connection to troubled young police officer Simmons Burnside? And why do the police hierarchy insist Ivan and Nell stay with the case despite an obvious conflict of interest? \nThe Valley features a page-turning plot\, intriguing characters and an evocative sense of place—where nothing is ever quite what it seems. Chris Hammer\, the acclaimed author of the international bestsellers Scrublands\, Treasure & Dirt\, The Tilt and The Seven\, presents another immersive and emotionally rewarding thriller. \nThe Valley | Chris Hammer\n\nAuthor Chris Hammer 10th April 2024. Photograph by Mike Bowers.\nAbout the author\nChris Hammer is a leading Australian crime fiction novelist\, author of the internationally bestselling Martin Scarsden series: Scrublands\, Silver and Trust. \nChris’s current award-winning series features homicide detectives Nell Buchanan and Ivan Lucic: Treasure & Dirt/ Opal Country; The Tilt/Dead Man’s Creek; The Seven/Cover The Bones; and now The Valley/The Broken River.\n \nScrublands was an instant bestseller upon publication in 2018\, topping the Australian fiction charts. It was shortlisted for major writing awards in Australia\, the UK and the United States. In the UK it was named the Sunday Times Crime Novel of the Year 2019 and won the prestigious UK Crime Writers’ Association John Creasey New Blood Dagger Award. \nScrublands\, Silver and Trust all feature troubled journalist Martin Scarsden and his partner Mandalay Blonde\, while the next four novels follow homicide detectives Ivan Lucic and Nell Buchanan. \nChris’s books are well known for their atmospheric Australian settings\, a range of colourful characters\, intricate plots\, descriptive language and emotional depth. \nBefore turning to fiction\, Chris was a journalist for more than thirty years. He reported from more than 30 countries on six continents for SBS TV. In Canberra\, roles included chief political correspondent for The Bulletin\, senior writer for The Age and Online Political Editor for The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald. \nChris has written two non-fiction books The River (2010) – winner of the ACT Book of the Year – and The Coast (2012)\, published by Melbourne University Press. \nHe has a bachelor’s degree in Journalism from Charles Sturt University and a master’s degree in International Relations from the Australian National University. He lives in Canberra\, Australia. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nEnquiries:  Any event specific enquires should be direct to library@ballaratmi.org.au \n$10 per person plus booking fee & gst includes light refreshment. All proceeds go to the Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute to support the staging of our author events. \n\nBook on-line or contact Rosemary at the Libary via email library@ballaratmi.org.au or phone (03) 5331 3042 \n\nBookings\n\n\n \nCollins Booksellers\, Ballart on Lydiard\nwill be handling book sales for the event. \n\nWhy Not become a member\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\nRosemary’s Book of the Week\n\nThe Creeper Margaret Hickey. No one does suspense better. –… \n\n \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week\n\nStorm Child Michael Robotham. No one does suspense better. –… \n\n \n\nOur Library | New Releases & Recommendations August 2024\n\nGo to the Library webpage to view all New Releases…. \n\n \n\nThe Stella Prize | Stella Day Out\n\nSTELLA DAY OUT BALLARAT | 16 – November | As… \n\n\nLoad More URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/chris-hammer/ LOCATION:BMI – Humffray Room\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Fundraiser,Library,Victorian Seniors Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/chris-hammer-square-promo.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241016T190000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241016T203000 DTSTAMP:20260409T020457 CREATED:20240815T030430Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240815T030536Z UID:58373-1729105200-1729110600@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Kadampa Meditation Series | Living Meaningfully\, Dying Joyfully DESCRIPTION:September 25\n@\n7:00 pm\n–\n8:30 pm \nFree – $15 \nLending Library \nThese classes offer simple\, practical methods to improve the quality of our life and develop inner peace\nthrough meditation and Buddhist teachings. \nThe in-person setting fosters a supportive community and\noffers real-time interaction with the teacher for personalized guidance.\nClasses include guided meditations and teachings to help us solve our\ndaily problems and find the lasting happiness we seek. \nBeginners welcome\, no bookings required. \nFree for Kadampa members | $15 for non-members \nKadampa Meditation Centre Australia (Ballarat Branch)\ninfo@meditateinmelbourne.org | 0455205589\nmeditateinballarat.org\nABN 86 114 195 550\nKMC Australia is a not-for-profit organisation \nThe Teacher\nChristielli Portela has been teaching modern Kadampa Buddhism for a decade. As an experienced and well-loved teacher\, she inspires people to use Buddhist meditation to improve their lives through her sincere example and clear teachings. \n \nBMI news\n \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week\n\nThe Girl with the Violin Shelley Davidow. In 1989 and… \n\n \n\nIn Conversation with Margaret Hickey with Gabriel Bergmoser\n\nWhat a fantastic night we had with great Australian author… \n\n \n\nDark Matter | Elisabetta Barberio\n\n10 – 18 August | As BMI associated events are… \n\n \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week\n\nThe Creeper Margaret Hickey. No one does suspense better. –… \n\n\nLoad More\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. URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/kadampa-meditation-series-16-october/ LOCATION:Lending Library\, Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, Victoria\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:kadampa ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/lmd-square.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241016T173000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241016T183000 DTSTAMP:20260409T020457 CREATED:20240702T082713Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250321T211936Z UID:56817-1729099800-1729103400@ballaratmi.org.au 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/square-promo-lights-everlasting.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241013T143000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241013T161500 DTSTAMP:20260409T020457 CREATED:20240731T050302Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250325T030800Z UID:57865-1728829800-1728836100@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Classical & French Duo-Recital | Susan Pierotti & Brian Chapman DESCRIPTION:October 13\n@\n2:30 pm\n–\n4:15 pm \n$15 – $35 \nHumffray Room \n \nPianist Brian Chapman will be joined by violinist Susan Pierotti.\nThe Program\nMozart: Violin Sonata in A\, K.305 \nBeethoven: “Grief\, Denial & Rage” A unique perspective on the ‘Moonlight’ Sonata \nInterval – Refreshments included \nMassenet: Meditation from Thaïs \nFranck: Violin Sonata in A \nThe Musicians\nPianist Brian Chapman \nBrian is well known to audiences in Ballarat through his eight appearances at the Organs of the Ballarat Goldfields Festival over the years 2003-2024 as soloist and as chamber musician. He has made over 100 studio recordings and broadcasts for the ABC and has performed nationally and internationally\, including in the United States\, Mexico\, Germany and China. He has also organised major musical events at Monash University\, including the 1983 Brahms Sesquicentennial Chamber Music Festival and the 1997 Schubert-Brahms Festival. \nViolinist Susan Pierotti \nSusan has enjoyed career experience spanning symphony orchestras\, opera\, ballet\, chamber music\, teaching\, theatre\, film\, recordings\, live broadcasts\, radio\, televisi on\, reviewing and adjudicating. She has been closely involved in commissioning\, performing and recording contemporary music for over two decades\, and has worked with the Elision Ensemble since its inception in 1986\, touring with them worldwide. Susan has worked extensively with several Australian orchestras and was 1st Violin Section Leader with Orchestra Victoria for 17 years. She was appointed concertmaster of Zelman Memorial Symphony Orchestra in December 2016. \nBookings & Refreshment \nComplimentary light refreshments will be served at Interval. Although advance booking is recommended\, cash and EFTPOS ticket sales will be available at the door. \nTickets \nAdult/Senior $35 | Concession $30 | Student $15 \nBookings can be made via the Bookings link or the QR code. \n\nBookings\n \nBookings open 9 August. \n \nBMI News\n \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week\n\nThe Creeper Margaret Hickey. No one does suspense better. –… \n\n \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week\n\nStorm Child Michael Robotham. No one does suspense better. –… \n\n \n\nOur Library | New Releases & Recommendations August 2024\n\nGo to the Library webpage to view all New Releases…. \n\n \n\nThe Stella Prize | Stella Day Out\n\nSTELLA DAY OUT BALLARAT | 16 – November | As… \n\n\nLoad More URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/duo-recital/ LOCATION:BMI – Humffray Room\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Classical Music,Live Music,Victorian Seniors Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/duo-recital-promo-square.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241010T193000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241010T210000 DTSTAMP:20260409T020457 CREATED:20240130T010440Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250325T143028Z UID:50632-1728588600-1728594000@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Ballarat Film Society | L’Ombra di Caravaggio (Caravaggio’s Shadow) DESCRIPTION:October 10\n@\n7:30 pm\n–\n9:00 pm \nLavish Italian Artist Drama\nThe famous 17th century Italian artist Caravaggio is well known for his intense realism and use of strong contrasts of light and dark. Living in Milan\, Naples\, Malta and Sicily he was a rebellious man with an eye for beauty\, the streets and high drama\, and was hugely influential on succeeding generations of painters all over Europe. \nYears ago\, BFS screened Derek Jarman’s biopic Caravaggio (1986) on 16mm\, so in this anniversary year it is fitting to screen the latest interpretation of the artist’s colourful life. In this film\, the Catholic Church plays a central role in shaping the new artistic landscape\, recruiting ‘The Shadow’ to interview patrons and associates of the artist\, to establish if he is worthy of a pardon for causing the death of another young man. \nExpect to see the visceral\, extreme\, beautiful\, disturbing\, genial\, sacred and the blasphemous. Italian cinema at its richest. Palace Films. \nItaly\, 2022\, 128 min. Dir. Michele Placido. Stars Riccardo Scamarcio\, Isabelle Huppert and Michelangelo Merisi. \n \nBallarat Film Society \n  \nMembership \n12 months – Feb-December: $60\n6 months – Feb-June or July-Dec: $30 \nTo join or renew your membership\, please e-mail or phone Angus McLachlan (5374 2474)\, or come with cash on the night. \nMembership can be paid by bank transfer or with cash. \nFor film enquiries\, phone Sue Nunn: 5341 2266 or visit the  Ballarat Film Society website \nAll films are subject to availability. If there is no next film shown below it means the BFS is working on next season’s programme. \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/bfs-caravaggios-shadow/ LOCATION:The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Ballarat Film Society,Externally Produced Event,Film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/CaravaggioA_s_Shadow-945307708-large-e1706576973473.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241009T190000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241009T203000 DTSTAMP:20260409T020457 CREATED:20240815T030113Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240815T030400Z UID:58369-1728500400-1728505800@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Kadampa Meditation Series | Living Meaningfully\, Dying Joyfully DESCRIPTION:September 25\n@\n7:00 pm\n–\n8:30 pm \nFree – $15 \nLending Library \nThese classes offer simple\, practical methods to improve the quality of our life and develop inner peace\nthrough meditation and Buddhist teachings. \nThe in-person setting fosters a supportive community and\noffers real-time interaction with the teacher for personalized guidance.\nClasses include guided meditations and teachings to help us solve our\ndaily problems and find the lasting happiness we seek. \nBeginners welcome\, no bookings required. \nFree for Kadampa members | $15 for non-members \nKadampa Meditation Centre Australia (Ballarat Branch)\ninfo@meditateinmelbourne.org | 0455205589\nmeditateinballarat.org\nABN 86 114 195 550\nKMC Australia is a not-for-profit organisation \nThe Teacher\nChristielli Portela has been teaching modern Kadampa Buddhism for a decade. As an experienced and well-loved teacher\, she inspires people to use Buddhist meditation to improve their lives through her sincere example and clear teachings. \n \nBMI news\n \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week\n\nThe Girl with the Violin Shelley Davidow. In 1989 and… \n\n \n\nIn Conversation with Margaret Hickey with Gabriel Bergmoser\n\nWhat a fantastic night we had with great Australian author… \n\n \n\nDark Matter | Elisabetta Barberio\n\n10 – 18 August | As BMI associated events are… \n\n \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week\n\nThe Creeper Margaret Hickey. No one does suspense better. –… \n\n\nLoad More\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. URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/kadampa-meditation-series-9-october-24/ LOCATION:Lending Library\, Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, Victoria\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:kadampa ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/lmd-square.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241009T173000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20241009T183000 DTSTAMP:20260409T020457 CREATED:20240703T001031Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250321T211933Z UID:56840-1728495000-1728498600@ballaratmi.org.au 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. 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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. 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