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SUMMARY:Exhibition of works | A TUK - Nyibol Deng
DESCRIPTION:Image: Nyibol Deng \nExhibition of Works \nPrior to the BMI Maker Market & Book Sale Nyibol will have an exhibition of works on display in the Library. You will be able to get a preview of the product she will have for purchase on market-day. You will be able to purchase these works and all commission earned via these sales will go towards supporting the on-going maintenance of Our Heritage Collection. \nThis display will be open during normal Library operating hours. \n\nView all our market stallholders\n \nA TUK | Nyibol Deng  \nOf Ethiopian and South Sudanese background\, in 2003 Nyibol Deng completed the perilous journey from her home country of South Sudan to make a new life in Australia.Carrying the barest of necessities\, Nyibol brought with her a resilient sense of family and tradition. She dreamed of being in a community free of conflict – and of translating all of the flavours of her Nuer heritage for her new neighbours.The ambition of sharing cultures sustained Nyibol through the rigours of learning a new language\, establishing roots in unfamiliar places and climates\, attending school\, navigating the novel byways of Australian life\, and starting a family of her own.\nIn 2019 Nyibol launched A TUK – a name drawn from a Nuer term meaning ‘Begin’. \nToday\, Nyibol holds firm to the values of autonomy and self-determination\, and her commitments to environmental sustainability and giving back to her community. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nArts and cultural activities \nIf you would like to provide feedback on BMI activities you have experienced or have suggestions on what you would like us to consider then we would like to hear from you. Please complete the feedback form.\n\nArts & culture feedback form\n\n\nSubscribe BMI Newsletter\n \n\nThis workshop is a BMI Community Art Project – Ballarat’s Oldest Cultural Institution
URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/exhibition-atuk-nyibol-deng/
LOCATION:Soldiers Hill CBD | Pop-up\, 512 Macarthur Street\, Soldiers Hill\, Victoria\, 3350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Exhibition,The Collection
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SUMMARY:Choose Happiness | A Public Talk\, Buddhist Monk\, Gen Kelsang Dornying
DESCRIPTION:It’s not uncommon to feel we are wandering aimlessly through life. Searching for\, but never truly finding\, the contentment and happiness we seek. What have you daydreamed about and wished for in your life? For some it’s a large house\, well paid job or fast car. For others it’s reputation\, good looks\, power\, excitement or adventure. Many seek meaning and happiness in relationships. All these things can make us superficially happy for a short while\, but they can never give us the pure and everlasting happiness that all of us\, in our heart of hearts\, long for. Happiness is a state of mind\, so it’s cause must also be within the mind. The real cause of\nhappiness is inner peace. \nJoin Buddhist monk Gen Kelsang Dornying for a one-night-only public talk on true happiness. Gen Dornying will explain the art of meditation\, and how to enjoy great quality of life – whatever happens! \nKadampa Meditation Centre Australia | Ballarat Branch\n0455205589 | info@kadampa.org.au\nKMC Australia is a not-for-profit organisation\nABN 86 114 195 550 \nThe teacher of this public talk is Gen Kelsang Dornying\, the Resident Teacher of Kadampa Meditation Centre Australia and Kadampa Meditation Centre Melbourne. \nGen Dornying has been teaching Kadampa Buddhism for 20 years and teaches with a warmth and humilty that is naturally inspiring. \n \nCost: $25 for non-members | $10 for members. \nBookings: meditateinmelbourne.org/pages/special-events \nFollow Kadampa
URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/choose-happiness-a-public-talk-buddhist-monk-gen-kelsang-dornying/
LOCATION:The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230208T173000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230208T190000
DTSTAMP:20260409T021753
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SUMMARY:Twilight Talks 2023 | Season 1
DESCRIPTION:8 February – The Red Planet & Ballarat’s Lady Astronomer | Graeme Hood & Dr Anne Beggs-Sunter\nBar open from 5.00pm | Talk starts at 5.30pm \nGraeme Hood is an amateur Astronomer who first turned to the skies as a young boy in 1957 to observe the Sputnik spacecraft. He has maintained a lifelong interest in the planetary area of Astronomy simply because he wanted to get answers to some of the questions of space in his own lifetime”. Hence his interest in the planetary missions. \nThis talk will explore the basic questions of the possibility of human life existing\, either in the past\, present or future on the planet Mars and its suitability for future human endeavours. There are 3 missions on Mars today and we will see some incredible data\, visuals and sounds from this planet. \nGraeme Hood\nDr Anne Beggs-Sunter \nHistorian\, Federation University on the life and times of Ballarat’s lady astronomer Effie Baker \nDr Anne Beggs-Sunter\nTickets/bookings.\nFree | We are pleased to advise that this series is being supported by Community Bank Buninyong \n\nDownload Poster\n\n\nMore information on the Series\n \nBookings are essential.\n\nBook Now\n \nProudly supported by\nCommunity Bank Buninyong\n\n \n\nSubscribe Newsletter\n\n\nBecome a BMI Member\n\n\nJan\n25\n \n\n\n11:00 am – 3:00 pm  \n\nDried floral arrangement with Fay Marshall | NOW FULLY BOOKED \n\n\n\nJan\n31\n \n\n\n2:00 pm – 3:00 pm \n\n  \n\n \n\nDay Tour of the Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute \n\n\n\nFeb\n1\n \n\n\n7:30 pm – 9:00 pm  \n\nChoose Happiness | A Public Talk\, Buddhist Monk\, Gen Kelsang Dornying \n\n\n\nFeb\n2\n \n\n\n10:00 am – 1:00 pm \n\n  \n\n \n\nBook-making Workshop with Maggie Dannatt \n\n\n\nFeb\n7\n \n\n\n2:00 pm – 3:00 pm \n\n  \n\n \n\nDay Tour of the Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute \n\n\n\nView Calendar
URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/twilight-talks-2022-season-1/
LOCATION:BMI – Humffray Room\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:BMI Produced Event,Culture,Twilight Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230209T193000
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SUMMARY:Ballarat Film Society - La Strada
DESCRIPTION:Italy\, 1954\, b/w\, 94 min.  Directed by Federico Fellini\nFellini Classic Neo-Realism \n​Starring Giulietta Masina\, Anthony Quinn and Richard Basehart\, and produced by Dino De Laurentiis and Carlo Ponti\, La Strada was Fellini’s 4th film and ensured his international reputation. Told in a fabulist style with a focus on love and jealousies\, it is set in a circus featuring the brutish strongman Zampano (Quinn) and the plucky Gelsomina (Masina): brutish and innocent characters\, both with intense emotions and desires. Throughout his film-making career\, Fellini was fascinated by the tensions between a character’s theatrical façade and messy interior life. The film was controversial; however it has become one of the most influential films ever made. Confront Fellini’s 1950s sensibility\, the tragedy of circus life and the enthralling music of Nino Rata. La Strada won the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film in 1957.
URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/bfs-lastrada/
LOCATION:BMI – Minerva Space\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350
CATEGORIES:Ballarat Film Society,Externally Produced Event,Film
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230215T173000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230215T190000
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SUMMARY:Twilight Talks 2023 | Season 1 | More tickets released
DESCRIPTION:A regional Commonwealth Games & creating great teams | Steve Moneghetti AM & Gerard FitzGerald\nBar open in the Humffray Room from 5.00pm | Talk starts in the Minerva Room at 5.30pm \nSteve Moneghetti AM \nSteve Moneghetti AM\nGerard FitzGerald \nGerard FitzGerald\nTickets/bookings.\nFree | We are pleased to advise that this series is being supported by Community Bank Buninyong \n\nDownload poster\n\n\nMore information on the Series\n \nBookings are essential.\n\nBook Now\n \nProudly supported by\nCommunity Bank Buninyong\n\n \n\nSubscribe Newsletter\n\n\nBecome a BMI Member\n\n\nFeb\n15\n \n\n\n5:30 pm – 7:00 pm  \n\nTwilight Talks 2023 | Season 1 | More tickets released \n\n\n\nFeb\n15\n \n\n\n7:30 pm – 9:00 pm \n \n \n\nKadampa Meditation \n\n\n\nFeb\n21\n \n\n\n2:00 pm – 3:00 pm \n \n \n\nDay Tour of the Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute \n\n\n\nFeb\n22\n \n\n\n5:30 pm – 7:00 pm \n \n \n\nTwilight Talks 2023 | Season 1 \n\n\n\nFeb\n22\n \n\n\n7:30 pm – 9:00 pm \n \n \n\nKadampa Meditation \n\n\n\nView Calendar
URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/twilight-talks-2022-season-1-2023-02-15/
LOCATION:BMI – Minerva Space\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350
CATEGORIES:BMI Produced Event,Culture,Twilight Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230222T173000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230222T190000
DTSTAMP:20260409T021753
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SUMMARY:Twilight Talks 2023 | Season 1 | Now moved to Minerva Space Level 3
DESCRIPTION:History; The Ballarat Club & Trades Hall | Dr Phil Roberts OAM & Jenny Beacham\nBar open from 5.00pm | Talk starts at 5.30pm \nDr Phil Roberts OAM\nEducated in Melbourne\, during 1967-2002 was a secondary humanities teacher and Principal. In 1971 he taught in London and in 1984 Denver. Author of 21 books\, his Avenue of Memories\, won Victoria’s 2019 Premiers History Award. Currently\, he is BMI Patron. \nThe Ballaarat Club\, founded in 1872\, was an exclusive gentlemen’s club – membership was mainly lawyers\, bankers\, graziers and military personnel. Later\, the Club broadened its clientele to men of many occupations and interests and in 1997 women were first admitted. The Club’s history has many parallels with Ballarat’s history. \nThe Balllaarat Club 150th Year Anniversary Commemorative Book can be ordered here. \n\nOrder book\n \nDr Phil Roberts OAM\n\nJenny Beacham \nLocal history researcher\, with a look at one of Ballarat’s most storied institutions\, Trades Hall. \nThe History of Ballarat Trades and Labour\nCouncil 1854-2000 \nA unique product of the goldfields\, Ballarat Trades Hall participated in gaining the Eight Hour Day for Ballarat stonemasons in 1856\, building that substantial Trades Hall\, witnessing the emergence of their own James Scullin as Prime Minister and still remains -a battered but grand old tree. \nJenny Beacham – Born in the Mallee in 1938\, I gained a teaching studentship to Melbourne University in 1956. Now looking back\, aged 84\, some of the standouts are becoming the first elected female Secretary of the Victorian ALP\, being Lady Mayoress of the City of Melbourne\, working in South Africa inside the ANC in the 1994 election\, meeting Nelson Mandela\, and running the campaign of the first indigenous woman Carol Martin\, to be elected to any parliament in Australia. And then more recently there is the PhD and 3 great grandchildren. \nJenny Beacham\n\nImage used of Trades Hall in Social Media Post \nThis image is from Our Collection of Max Harris Images (MH124) \nLaying Foundation Stone Trades Hall\, Ballarat\, 1887 | MH124\nTickets/bookings.\nFree | We are pleased to advise that this series is being supported by Community Bank Buninyong \n\nDownload Poster\n\n\nMore information on the series\n \nBookings are essential.\n\nBook Now\n \nProudly supported by\nCommunity Bank Buninyong\n\n \n\nSubscribe Newsletter\n\n\nBecome a BMI member\n\n\nFeb\n21\n \n\n\n2:00 pm – 3:00 pm  \n\nDay Tour of the Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute \n\n\n\nFeb\n22\n \n\n\n5:30 pm – 7:00 pm  \n\nTwilight Talks 2023 | Season 1 \n\n\n\nFeb\n22\n \n\n\n7:30 pm – 9:00 pm  \n\nKadampa Meditation \n\n\n\nFeb\n27\n \n\n\n2:00 pm – 4:00 pm  \n\nThe Reading Room \n\n\n\nFeb\n28\n \n\n\n2:00 pm – 3:00 pm  \n\nDay Tour of the Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute \n\n\n\nView Calendar
URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/twilight-talks-2022-season-1-2023-02-22-2/
LOCATION:BMI – Minerva Space\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350
CATEGORIES:BMI Produced Event,Culture,Twilight Talks
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DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230224T203000
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SUMMARY:Class Clowns | Ballarat Heat
DESCRIPTION:Class Clowns aims to inspire\, engage and elevate teens aged 14-18 who are hoping to flex their funny bone and get into comedy.\nAll you need is 3-5 minutes of original comedy material of any genre. Stand-up\, sketch\, narrative\, solo\, group\, musical\, physical – all are welcomed. \nHeats are held around the country and comprise a 2-hour workshop where students rehearse and refine their act with the help of a professional comedian\, followed by an opportunity to perform for a live audience! \nThe funniest entrants go on to compete in state finals\, with the winners invited to participate in the National Grand Final during the Melbourne International Comedy Festival! \nThe winner will earn themselves a sweet $1\,500 cash prize and a workshop package for their school. \nIf you’re a funny teen\, or the teacher\, parent or guardian of one\, visit the Class Clowns website to register and to learn more. \nAbout Melbourne International Comedy Festival’s Class Clowns program \nClass Clowns has a celebrated history. For over 25 years\, the program has helped hundreds of young people develop their comedy potential. Past Class Clowns participants including Joel Creasey\, Annie Louey\, Rhys Nicholson\, Aaron Chen and William McKenna have all gone on to have a career in showbiz. \nIn addition to workshop and performance opportunities\, all registered Class Clowns participants are provided with access to expert advice through an exclusive series of videos from some of Australia’s funniest folk filled with tips and tricks to help get budding performers started on their comedy journey. \n— Watch Erin Almeida\, last year’s Ballarat Heat winner\, and WINNER of the National Grand Final\, below —
URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/classclowns2023/
LOCATION:BMI – Minerva Space\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350
CATEGORIES:Comedy,Externally Produced Event
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230301T173000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230301T190000
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CREATED:20221104T022223Z
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SUMMARY:Twilight Talks 2023 | Season 1
DESCRIPTION:Making a difference to Ballarat’s homeless – Ballarat Future Shapers & Michael Poulton. \nBar open from 5.00pm | Talk starts at 5.30pm \nBallarat Future Shapers \nWestern Region leadership project and how they dreamed big to help the homeless and deliver the Sleepbus to Ballarat. \n \nMichael Poulton \nMichael is the current CEO of the Committee for Ballarat\, a role he has held since July 2019. The Committee has approx. 140 members across all industry sectors in Ballarat and the Western Region. Key to Michael’s work is advocacy across the three layers of Government and more broadly\, to enhance the social\, economic and environmental prosperity of the region\, on behalf of the community and Committee’s members. \nCommittee for Ballarat’s Purpose is to Inspire Diverse Thought Leadership and Unlock Potential. Their Vision is for a Thriving and Vibrant Regional Community\, known for its Liveability\, Sustainability and Inclusion. Michael will elaborate on Committee’s work\, specifically in relation to renewable energy\, the design of a more liveable Ballarat\, less reliant on cars and leadership development. \nMichael Poulton\nTickets/bookings.\nFree | We are pleased to advise that this series is being supported by Community Bank Buninyong \n\nDownload Poster\n\n\nMore information on the Series\n \nBookings are essential.\n\nBook Now\n \nProudly supported by\nCommunity Bank Buninyong\n\n \n\nSubscribe Newsletter\n\n\nBecome a BMI Member\n\n\nFeb\n21\n \n\n\n2:00 pm – 3:00 pm \n \n \n\nDay Tour of the Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute \n\n\n\nFeb\n22\n \n\n\n5:30 pm – 7:00 pm \n \n \n\nTwilight Talks 2023 | Season 1 \n\n\n\nFeb\n22\n \n\n\n7:30 pm – 9:00 pm \n \n \n\nKadampa Meditation \n\n\n\nFeb\n27\n \n\n\n2:00 pm – 4:00 pm  \n\nThe Reading Room \n\n\n\nFeb\n28\n \n\n\n2:00 pm – 3:00 pm \n \n \n\nDay Tour of the Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute \n\n\n\nView Calendar
URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/twilight-talks-2022-season-1-2023-03-01/
LOCATION:BMI – Humffray Room\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:BMI Produced Event,Culture,Twilight Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230304T100000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230304T120000
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CREATED:20230213T032835Z
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SUMMARY:Embrace the Begonia Festival Workshop | Location now changed
DESCRIPTION:Format \nA workshop in creating crepe paper begonia flowers with Marianne & Alison Thomson (aka Madam Lovage Florist & Sunshine Plants  popups CBD Ballarat) This workshop is to support families in decorating their homes for the Begonia Festival (March 11-13)\, our objective is to make posies and bunting together to take home. \n\n\nAttendance \nTo attend this session the cost is $10 (pay on the day). \nEnquiries/Bookings: Contact Alison on 0409 537 972 \n\nFeb\n22\n \n\n\n5:30 pm – 7:00 pm \n \n \n\nTwilight Talks 2023 | Season 1 \n\n\n\nFeb\n22\n \n\n\n7:30 pm – 9:00 pm \n \n \n\nKadampa Meditation \n\n\n\nFeb\n24\n \n\n\n7:00 pm – 8:30 pm  \n\nClass Clowns | Ballarat Heat \n\n\n\nFeb\n27\n \n\n\n2:00 pm – 4:00 pm \n \n \n\nThe Reading Room \n\n\n\nView Calendar
URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/embrace-the-begonia-festival/
LOCATION:Soldiers Hill CBD | Pop-up\, 512 Macarthur Street\, Soldiers Hill\, Victoria\, 3350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Art programs,BMI Produced Event
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230308T173000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230308T190000
DTSTAMP:20260409T021753
CREATED:20221104T022223Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230125T022201Z
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SUMMARY:Twilight Talks 2023 | Season 1
DESCRIPTION:Your data and how to protect it – George Fong  & Dr Omaru Maruatona \nBar open from 5.00pm | Talk starts at 5.30pm \nGeorge Fong \nFounder of Lateral Plains George Fong is the founder and Nerd Herder of Lateral Plains\, one of the oldest IT companies in the region. He is Chair of the Committee for Ballarat\, past member of Federation University Council\, past Chair of Internet Australia and past Chair Central Highlands Regional Partnership. \nJaywalking in Cyberspace: \nData theft\, privacy breaches and scams and why we are to blame. Its not uncommon for someone who has suffered a crime or an injustice\, to seek out someone else on which to put the responsibility to stop or mitigate the same. In the case of cybersecurity and privacy in the digital environment\,he truth lies between a proactive organisational and government environment and an equally proactive acceptance of personal responsibility and conduct. \nGeorge Fong\nDr Omaru Maruatona \nDr. Omaru Maruatona is a Ballarat resident and the CEO of Aiculus\, a technology company that specialises in cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence. Omaru has previously worked at PwC Australia in cybersecurity architecture and strategy; and before that as a Security Engineer at Computershare; and as an Artificial Intelligence researcher with Federation University prior to that. In addition to leading the Aiculus team\, Omaru is a mentor for an Australian business accelerator\, a member of the Singaporean central bank digital currency (CBDC) working group\, an advisor for a British venture capital company and a board director for the Buninyong community bank. Omaru is also a 2022 Federation Uni distinguished alumnus. \nKey trends and developments on the evolution of AI from an obscure theoretical concept to a powerful\, fast growing and controversial technology. \nDr. Omaru Maruatona\nTickets/bookings.\nFree | We are pleased to advise that this series is being supported by Community Bank Buninyong \n\nDownload poster\n\n\nMore information on the Series\n \nBookings are essential.\n\nBook Now\n \nProudly supported by\nCommunity Bank Buninyong\n\n \n\nSubscribe Newsletter\n\n\nBecome a BMI Member\n\n\nJan\n25\n \n\n\n11:00 am – 3:00 pm  \n\nDried floral arrangement with Fay Marshall | NOW FULLY BOOKED \n\n\n\nJan\n31\n \n\n\n2:00 pm – 3:00 pm \n\n \n\n \n\nDay Tour of the Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute \n\n\n\nFeb\n1\n \n\n\n7:30 pm – 9:00 pm  \n\nChoose Happiness | A Public Talk\, Buddhist Monk\, Gen Kelsang Dornying \n\n\n\nFeb\n2\n \n\n\n10:00 am – 1:00 pm \n\n \n\n \n\nBook-making Workshop with Maggie Dannatt \n\n\n\nFeb\n7\n \n\n\n2:00 pm – 3:00 pm \n\n \n\n \n\nDay Tour of the Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute \n\n\n\nView Calendar
URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/twilight-talks-2022-season-1-2023-03-08/
LOCATION:BMI – Humffray Room\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:BMI Produced Event,Culture,Twilight Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230309T193000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230309T210000
DTSTAMP:20260409T021753
CREATED:20230202T023239Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230912T011436Z
UID:33926-1678390200-1678395600@ballaratmi.org.au
SUMMARY:Ballarat Film Society - Brooklyn
DESCRIPTION:Ireland/UK/Canada\, 2015\, 112 min. Directed by John Crowley\nNostalgic Irish Émigré Romance\n​\nReceiving a standing ovation at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival and faithfully adapted from the novel by Colm Toibin\, Brooklyn tells the story of Eilis (Saoirse Ronan)\, a young woman from Enniscorthy\, County Wexford who finds herself in the new world of New York. Although big city excitement\, Italian charm and delicious food stir her love of life\, weddings and funerals call her back to Ireland where another phase of her life begins. Set in the 1950s\, Brooklyn harks back in style to the “women’s pictures” of the mid-20th century that were the backbone of popular cinema\, when stars like Bette Davis\, Joan Crawford and Barbara Stanwyck ruled the screen. It is largely a film about being torn between time\, place and identity: in America Eilis is a woman with a future\, yet in both worlds\, she is filled with longing and a sense of displacement. Also starring the fabulous Julie Walters\, Jim Broadbent\, Domhnall Gleeson and Fiona Glascott you will be won over by its low-key charm. \nThis film is presented in association with the Ballarat Irish Association.
URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/bfs-brooklyn/
LOCATION:BMI – Minerva Space\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350
CATEGORIES:Ballarat Film Society,Externally Produced Event,Film
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230328T140000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230328T150000
DTSTAMP:20260409T021753
CREATED:20230327T231124Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230328T222715Z
UID:36550-1680012000-1680015600@ballaratmi.org.au
SUMMARY:Day Tour of the Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute
DESCRIPTION:Image: Courtesy Paul Lambeth \nThe Tour (by day) \nA colourful history of the Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute and it’s people. \nTuesday’s at 2pm \nBy appointment only\, (to organise a volunteer guide we require 24hrs notice). Please complete the on-line booking form. \nCost (incl. gst)\n$10 per person \nFind out about our Night Tours \n\nMore Tour Information\n\n\nEnq/Book a Day Tour\n\n\nSubscribe Newsletter\n\n\nBecome a BMI Member\n \n \n\nNews | Don’t miss these fine young scholars at the BMI this June | Melba Opera Trust\n\nSunday 4 June 2023 | 2pm The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute… \n\n \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week | 27 March 2023\n\nThe Woman Woman Knew  too Little by Olivia Wearne Rosemary’s… \n\n \n\nBook Launch | Look Back on Languor | Dr Frank Hurley OAM\n\nLook Back on Languor: A memoir of a hurkle-durkle Australian… \n\n \n\nBMI Maker & Community Market | Calling for stallholders\n\nGo to our events page to register your interest. Calling… \n\n\nLoad More
URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/tours-of-ballarat-mechanics-institute-heritage/
LOCATION:Library Ground Floor\, Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:BMI Produced Event,Culture,Tours
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230330T123000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230330T133000
DTSTAMP:20260409T021753
CREATED:20230329T221639Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230329T221641Z
UID:36847-1680179400-1680183000@ballaratmi.org.au
SUMMARY:The Reading Room | Now rescheduled to 2 May
DESCRIPTION:The Reading Room \nThis volunteer run reading and discussion group meets monthly\, the last Monday of the month\, in the Heritage Reading Room (subject to availability) . \nMembers will select books to be discussed which will include fiction\, non-fiction\, poetry and short stories. \nIf you would like to be a part of this group (free to BMI members) please complete the Expression of Interest. We welcome your feedback through this form as we progress this member lead initiative. \n\nRegister to participate\n \n \n\nNews | Don’t miss these fine young scholars at the BMI this June | Melba Opera Trust\n\nSunday 4 June 2023 | 2pm The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute… \n\n \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week | 27 March 2023\n\nThe Woman Woman Knew  too Little by Olivia Wearne Rosemary’s… \n\n \n\nBook Launch | Look Back on Languor | Dr Frank Hurley OAM\n\nLook Back on Languor: A memoir of a hurkle-durkle Australian… \n\n \n\nBMI Maker & Community Market | Calling for stallholders\n\nGo to our events page to register your interest. Calling… \n\n\nLoad More
URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/the-reading-room-book-discussion-3/
LOCATION:Heritage Reading Room\, Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Art programs,BMI Produced Event,Library
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230331T100000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230331T120000
DTSTAMP:20260409T021753
CREATED:20230320T035701Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230320T041733Z
UID:35539-1680256800-1680264000@ballaratmi.org.au
SUMMARY:Feeling Out Loud: Writing Poetry
DESCRIPTION:A relaxed session of writing poetry as personal catharsis. Let your feelings flow onto the page with a series of writing prompts and the gift of time to write\, with the option to share your poetic works out loud in a safe\, facilitated space. \nConfirmation \nThis FREE event is being run by Ballarat Libraries \n\n \n\nGet Tickets\n \n\n \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week | 20 March 2023\n\nA Routine Infidelity by Elizabeth Coleman Rosemary’s Book of the… \n20/03/2023 \n\n\n \n\nMeet the Author\, Bill ‘Swampy’ Marsh | 3 April 2023\n\nBe sure to register for our next Library Event go… \n20/03/2023 \n\n\n \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week | 14 March 2023\n\nThe Welsh Linnet by A. J. Lyndon Rosemary’s Book of… \n14/03/2023 \n\n\n \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week | 6 March 2023\n\nRiver Sing Me Home by Eleanor Shearer Rosemary’s Book of… \n06/03/2023 \n\n\nLoad More
URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/feeling-out-loud-writing-poetry/
LOCATION:Heritage Reading Room\, Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Art programs,Externally Produced Event,Library
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230403T190000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230403T200000
DTSTAMP:20260409T021753
CREATED:20230217T030838Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230329T211548Z
UID:34508-1680548400-1680552000@ballaratmi.org.au
SUMMARY:Meet the Author | Bill "Swampy" Marsh
DESCRIPTION:About Bill Swampy Marsh: \nThe Australian Outback can be harsh\, but it’s the kind of place where you either learn to laugh off your troubles or fold under the pressure. \nBill ‘Swampy’ Marsh has a deep affection and respect for people living in the Australian Bush\, and he’s spent more than twenty years travelling to every corner of our wide brown land\, talking to people from all walks of life\, collecting their memories and stories. \nGreat Australian Outback Yarns captures the funniest tales from Swampy’s many books. The colourful characters in these pages are full of generosity\, humour and a larrikin Aussie spirit. These true stories of life in remote and regional Australia from Australia’s master storyteller will leave you grinning from ear to ear. \n Tickets are $10 per person \n\nMore about the author\n \n\nBookings are essential \n\nBook Here\n\n\nDownload Flyer\n\n\nWhy Not become a member\n\n\n  \nThis event is a BMI Community Cultural Project – Ballarat’s Oldest Cultural Institution \n\n \n\nOur Library | New Releases & Recommendations April 2023\n\nCGo to the Library webpage to view all New Releases… \n\n\n \n\nMeet the Author\, enjoy the Show | Bill ‘Swampy’ Marsh | 3 April 2023\n\nFeedback from recent Shows: Shaun Keenan – Griffith – Very… \n\n\n \n\nNews | Don’t miss these fine young scholars at the BMI this June | Melba Opera Trust\n\nSunday 4 June 2023 | 2pm The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute… \n\n\n \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week | 27 March 2023\n\nThe Woman Woman Knew  too Little by Olivia Wearne Rosemary’s… \n\n\nLoad More
URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/meet-the-author-bill-swampy-marsh/
LOCATION:Heritage Reading Room\, Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Art programs,BMI Produced Event,Culture,Library
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230328T140000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230328T150000
DTSTAMP:20260409T021753
CREATED:20230327T231124Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230328T222715Z
UID:36550-1680012000-1680015600@ballaratmi.org.au
SUMMARY:Day Tour of the Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute
DESCRIPTION:Image: Courtesy Paul Lambeth \nThe Tour (by day) \nA colourful history of the Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute and it’s people. \nTuesday’s at 2pm \nBy appointment only\, (to organise a volunteer guide we require 24hrs notice). Please complete the on-line booking form. \nCost (incl. gst)\n$10 per person \nFind out about our Night Tours \n\nMore Tour Information\n\n\nEnq/Book a Day Tour\n\n\nSubscribe Newsletter\n\n\nBecome a BMI Member\n \n \n\nNews | Don’t miss these fine young scholars at the BMI this June | Melba Opera Trust\n\nSunday 4 June 2023 | 2pm The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute… \n\n \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week | 27 March 2023\n\nThe Woman Woman Knew  too Little by Olivia Wearne Rosemary’s… \n\n \n\nBook Launch | Look Back on Languor | Dr Frank Hurley OAM\n\nLook Back on Languor: A memoir of a hurkle-durkle Australian… \n\n \n\nBMI Maker & Community Market | Calling for stallholders\n\nGo to our events page to register your interest. Calling… \n\n\nLoad More
URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/tours-of-ballarat-mechanics-institute-heritage/
LOCATION:Library Ground Floor\, Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:BMI Produced Event,Culture,Tours
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230328T140000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230328T150000
DTSTAMP:20260409T021753
CREATED:20230327T231124Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230328T222715Z
UID:36550-1680012000-1680015600@ballaratmi.org.au
SUMMARY:Day Tour of the Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute
DESCRIPTION:Image: Courtesy Paul Lambeth \nThe Tour (by day) \nA colourful history of the Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute and it’s people. \nTuesday’s at 2pm \nBy appointment only\, (to organise a volunteer guide we require 24hrs notice). Please complete the on-line booking form. \nCost (incl. gst)\n$10 per person \nFind out about our Night Tours \n\nMore Tour Information\n\n\nEnq/Book a Day Tour\n\n\nSubscribe Newsletter\n\n\nBecome a BMI Member\n \n \n\nNews | Don’t miss these fine young scholars at the BMI this June | Melba Opera Trust\n\nSunday 4 June 2023 | 2pm The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute… \n\n \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week | 27 March 2023\n\nThe Woman Woman Knew  too Little by Olivia Wearne Rosemary’s… \n\n \n\nBook Launch | Look Back on Languor | Dr Frank Hurley OAM\n\nLook Back on Languor: A memoir of a hurkle-durkle Australian… \n\n \n\nBMI Maker & Community Market | Calling for stallholders\n\nGo to our events page to register your interest. Calling… \n\n\nLoad More
URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/tours-of-ballarat-mechanics-institute-heritage/
LOCATION:Library Ground Floor\, Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:BMI Produced Event,Culture,Tours
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230413T193000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230413T210000
DTSTAMP:20260409T021753
CREATED:20230202T024047Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230202T024640Z
UID:33946-1681414200-1681419600@ballaratmi.org.au
SUMMARY:Ballarat Film Society - Both Sides of the Blade
DESCRIPTION:France\, 2021\, 116 min.  Directed by Claire Denis\nScorching Love Triangle Drama \nCelebrated veteran film director\, Claire Denis developed and shot this film during different stages of Covid-19 lockdowns in France (as is reflected in some of the outdoor scenes). Juliette Binoche and Vincent Lindon play an apparently happy couple whose relationship is unsettled when Francois\, Sara’s ex-lover and Jean’s former friend\, suddenly reappears in their lives. The title Both Sides of the Blade comes from a song used in the film\, while the French title\, Avec amour et encharnement\, translates as Love and Fury – but it is also being distributed in English-language cinemas as Fire. The film bubbles with sexual tension and romantic ambivalence whilst simmering in the background are post-colonialist tensions and the continual sting of global economics\, themes that Denis continually interrogates in her work. This contemporary drama won the 2022 Berlin International Film Festival’s Silver Bear for Best Director and has been voted into Sight and Sound’s top 50 films for 2022.  A steamy complex film\, dancing around the danger of old flames.
URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/bfs-bothsidesoftheblade/
LOCATION:BMI – Minerva Space\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350
CATEGORIES:Externally Produced Event,Film
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230414T170000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230414T183000
DTSTAMP:20260409T021753
CREATED:20230315T023507Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230317T002330Z
UID:35114-1681491600-1681497000@ballaratmi.org.au
SUMMARY:Book Launch | Look Back on Languor: The memoir of a hurkle-durkle Australian male
DESCRIPTION:Dr Frank Hurley OAM is well-known and highly respected in the Ballarat community\, nowhere more so than in BMI circles has written a memoir titled Look Back on Languor: The memoir of a hurkle-durkle Australian male. The book will be launched at the BMI\, in the Humffray Room\, at 5.00 – 6.30 p.m. on Friday 14 April by The Hon. Steve Bracks\, AC. \n \nFrank reckons that the old Scots phrase “hurkle durkle”\,  meaning “to lie in bed\, or lounge\, long after it is time to get up”  sums him up well. \nFrank served on the BMI Committee for over 30 years till retiring in 2013. He was then BMI Patron for a further five years. He served numerous terms as President and as Secretary. He played a leading role in the restoration and revitalisation of the BMI in the ten or so years from 2000. \nIn other spheres\, Frank was deeply involved\, as a senior academic for 25 years\, in the evolution of the University of Ballarat (now Federation University) and in the establishment of the University’s Arts Academy city campus in the complex of former government buildings on Camp/Lydiard Streets. \nFrank lived some of his boyhood years in Howitt St\, Wendouree. He attended St. Columba’s Primary School and St Patrick’s College before moving to Melbourne in 1952. With his wife Helen and their four daughters\, he returned for a “second coming in Ballarat”\, as his memoir terms it\, in 1974. Over the 40 years since\, he has been a prominent participant in social\, political\, cultural and educational affairs as a media commentator\, writer\, speaker and member of a wide range of committees and organisations. \nWith insight\, candour and wit\, in this memoir Frank recounts and reflects on his experiences\, his beliefs\, values and the changing times of his life. \n \nThe book will be available for sale at the launch and after at the BMI library\, with 10% of all sales going to the BMI. \nThe launch event will follow the pattern of BMI talks. Light refreshments will be available and the bar will be open for purchase of drinks. Registration is not essential but it would be helpful if intention to attend was registered below or contact: \n\n Rosemary in the BMI library\n\nT:  53313042  | E: library@ballaratmi.org.au  or to \n\nFrank\n\nT: 0400677855 | E: fandhurley@bigpond.com \n\nRegister Here\n \n\n \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week | 14 March 2023\n\nThe Welsh Linnet by A. J. Lyndon Rosemary’s Book of… \n\n\n \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week | 6 March 2023\n\nRiver Sing Me Home by Eleanor Shearer Rosemary’s Book of… \n\n\n \n\nNewsletter – March 2023\n\nIn this issue learn about: Library New Releases & Recommended… \n\n\n \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week | 27 February 2023\n\nCrows Nest by Nikki Mottram Rosemary’s Book of the Week… \n\n\nLoad More
URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/look-back-on-languor-frank-hurley/
LOCATION:BMI – Humffray Room\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Art programs,Culture,Library
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230415T090000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230416T140000
DTSTAMP:20260409T021753
CREATED:20230310T045900Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230317T002615Z
UID:35050-1681549200-1681653600@ballaratmi.org.au
SUMMARY:BMI Autumn Book Sale
DESCRIPTION:Book Sale\n\nWe will be hosting a book sale in the Library on both Saturday & Sunday from 9am-2pm each day.\nThe books on sale have been donated to the BMI by members and the Ballarat community to assist in raising funds for Ballarat’s Oldest Cultural Institution.\nPrices range from $1 to $10 | Some rare books will also be on sale\, these will be priced individually. \n\nMaker Market\n\nWe will also be hosting a Maker Market on the Sunday: More > \n\nBallarat Imaginarium\n\nThe Ballarat Imaginarium will also be open on Saturday\, pop in to say hello to Melinda Muscat: More > \n\nBMI Vintage & Collectables Shop\n\nOur Vintage fundraising shop will be open. \n\nTickety Boo Antiques & Collectables\n\nMake sure you checkout Malcolm’s quality collectables.\nYour Books\nIf you are wanting to clear out your book shelves we would be very happy to take delivery of your books prior to the Sale during normal Library Hours. The funds raised will support the grand old beauty\, The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute. For more contact: \n\nLibrary | T: 5331 3042 | E: library@ballaratmi.org.au\n\n\n \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week | 14 March 2023\n\nThe Welsh Linnet by A. J. Lyndon Rosemary’s Book of… \n\n\n \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week | 6 March 2023\n\nRiver Sing Me Home by Eleanor Shearer Rosemary’s Book of… \n\n\n \n\nNewsletter – March 2023\n\nIn this issue learn about: Library New Releases & Recommended… \n\n\n \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week | 27 February 2023\n\nCrows Nest by Nikki Mottram Rosemary’s Book of the Week… \n\n\nLoad More
URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/bmi-autumn-book-sale/
LOCATION:Library Ground Floor\, Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:BMI Produced Event,Culture,Fundraiser,Library,Market
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230416T090000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230416T140000
DTSTAMP:20260409T021753
CREATED:20230309T005139Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230317T002839Z
UID:34979-1681635600-1681653600@ballaratmi.org.au
SUMMARY:BMI Autumn Maker Market
DESCRIPTION:Come along and experience our Maker Market & Book Sale before winter sets in: \n\nCalling for stallholders | Expression of interest >\nFree entry\n\nView our  stallholders from previous events. \n\nStallholders\n \nBook Sale \nWe will be hosting a book sale in the Library. These books have been donated to the BMI by members and the Ballarat community to assist in raising funds for Ballarat’s Oldest Cultural Institution. \nPrices range from $1 to $10 | Some rare books will also be on sale\, these will be priced individually. \n \nVintage & Collectables \nThe Ballarat Mechanics’ Institute’ Vintage shop will be open on Market day. This member lead initiative raises funds to support the BMI Library\, Heritage Collection and Arts & Cultural Activities\, pop in to say hello to Donna. \n\nTickety Boo \nAntiques and Collectables – Malcolm will also be opening his shop on Maket Day. \n\n\n \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week | 14 March 2023\n\nThe Welsh Linnet by A. J. Lyndon Rosemary’s Book of… \n\n\n \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week | 6 March 2023\n\nRiver Sing Me Home by Eleanor Shearer Rosemary’s Book of… \n\n\n \n\nNewsletter – March 2023\n\nIn this issue learn about: Library New Releases & Recommended… \n\n\n \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week | 27 February 2023\n\nCrows Nest by Nikki Mottram Rosemary’s Book of the Week… \n\n\nLoad More
URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/bmi-autumn-maker-market/
LOCATION:BMI – Minerva Space\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350
CATEGORIES:BMI Produced Event,Market
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230328T140000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230328T150000
DTSTAMP:20260409T021753
CREATED:20230327T231124Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230328T222715Z
UID:36550-1680012000-1680015600@ballaratmi.org.au
SUMMARY:Day Tour of the Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute
DESCRIPTION:Image: Courtesy Paul Lambeth \nThe Tour (by day) \nA colourful history of the Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute and it’s people. \nTuesday’s at 2pm \nBy appointment only\, (to organise a volunteer guide we require 24hrs notice). Please complete the on-line booking form. \nCost (incl. gst)\n$10 per person \nFind out about our Night Tours \n\nMore Tour Information\n\n\nEnq/Book a Day Tour\n\n\nSubscribe Newsletter\n\n\nBecome a BMI Member\n \n \n\nNews | Don’t miss these fine young scholars at the BMI this June | Melba Opera Trust\n\nSunday 4 June 2023 | 2pm The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute… \n\n \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week | 27 March 2023\n\nThe Woman Woman Knew  too Little by Olivia Wearne Rosemary’s… \n\n \n\nBook Launch | Look Back on Languor | Dr Frank Hurley OAM\n\nLook Back on Languor: A memoir of a hurkle-durkle Australian… \n\n \n\nBMI Maker & Community Market | Calling for stallholders\n\nGo to our events page to register your interest. Calling… \n\n\nLoad More
URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/tours-of-ballarat-mechanics-institute-heritage/
LOCATION:Library Ground Floor\, Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:BMI Produced Event,Culture,Tours
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230328T140000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230328T150000
DTSTAMP:20260409T021753
CREATED:20230327T231124Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230328T222715Z
UID:36550-1680012000-1680015600@ballaratmi.org.au
SUMMARY:Day Tour of the Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute
DESCRIPTION:Image: Courtesy Paul Lambeth \nThe Tour (by day) \nA colourful history of the Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute and it’s people. \nTuesday’s at 2pm \nBy appointment only\, (to organise a volunteer guide we require 24hrs notice). Please complete the on-line booking form. \nCost (incl. gst)\n$10 per person \nFind out about our Night Tours \n\nMore Tour Information\n\n\nEnq/Book a Day Tour\n\n\nSubscribe Newsletter\n\n\nBecome a BMI Member\n \n \n\nNews | Don’t miss these fine young scholars at the BMI this June | Melba Opera Trust\n\nSunday 4 June 2023 | 2pm The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute… \n\n \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week | 27 March 2023\n\nThe Woman Woman Knew  too Little by Olivia Wearne Rosemary’s… \n\n \n\nBook Launch | Look Back on Languor | Dr Frank Hurley OAM\n\nLook Back on Languor: A memoir of a hurkle-durkle Australian… \n\n \n\nBMI Maker & Community Market | Calling for stallholders\n\nGo to our events page to register your interest. Calling… \n\n\nLoad More
URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/tours-of-ballarat-mechanics-institute-heritage/
LOCATION:Library Ground Floor\, Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:BMI Produced Event,Culture,Tours
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230428T190000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230428T200000
DTSTAMP:20260409T021753
CREATED:20230310T034250Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230327T215854Z
UID:35019-1682708400-1682712000@ballaratmi.org.au
SUMMARY:Meet the Author |  Olivia Wearne & Elizabeth Coleman
DESCRIPTION:The Woman Who Knew Too Little by Olivia Wearne \nA Routine Infidelity by Elizabeth Coleman\nTHE similarities keep coming for two local authors who discovered they recently published their latest works a couple of days apart from each other. \nNow Elizabeth Coleman and Olivia Wearne have become fast friends following the release of their second novels. \nBoth crime fiction books\, Coleman’s is titled A Routine Infidelity and Wearne’s The Woman Who Knew Too Little. \n“I got an email from my agent saying there was another author in Ballarat whose story was very similar to mine and asked if I wanted to meet her\,” Coleman said. \n“We met for coffee and she said ‘my second book’s coming out’ and I said my second book’s coming out! \n“Her book has a female detective. My book has a female detective. It was uncanny\, so we thought we would join forces and get ourselves out there through these remarkable coincidences.” \nBoth screenwriters by trade\, Wearne moved to Ballarat and started writing professionally 15 years ago while Coleman has been crafting words for 30 years and relocated to the region in the last half-decade. \nColeman said the pair’s shared screenwriting influences is a prominent factor in both their styles. \n“Another similarity we share is that our screen experiences have really helped us with story structure\,” she said. \n“Both our stories kind of move along quickly because we’ve had to work to commercial breaks and things like that.” \nColeman said it’s important for Australian creatives to support each other. \n“It’s such a small industry here\, anything creative\,” she said.” We’re competing with enormous overseas giants. \n“It’s very important we all support each other and lift each other up.” \nSource: Ballarat Times : 8 March 2023 by Tim Bottams. \nhttps://timesnewsgroup.com.au/ballarat/print-editions/full-digital-edition-3-march-2/ \n\n\nMore about the author\n \n1948. An unidentified dead man is found on Somerton Beach\, Adelaide. Officer Kitty Wheeler yearns to work the case – but the city’s women police are typically assigned to more domestic matters. A wryly funny\, sharply observed novel about one of Australia’s great mysteries\, and the life choices available to mid-century women. \nDecember\, 1948. Officer Kitty Wheeler is a member of the Women Police\, responsible for ‘upholding the moral virtue’ of Adelaide’s at times unruly and amorous citizens. Patrolling Somerton beach one night\, Kitty and her partner spot a man leaning against the sea wall\, apparently drunk. It’s late\, they’re tired\, and they leave him to sleep it off … \nThe man is dead\, his identity unknown\, and Kitty has missed a career-making opportunity. In the following months\, the case of the Somerton Man grips first Adelaide\, then Australia\, as bizarre clues point towards international espionage\, Eastern mysticism or salacious scandal. Kitty\, preoccupied with the case\, joins the investigation wherever she can\, although the men are firmly in charge. Meanwhile\, she must decide whether she wants husband and family\, or a career – in 1940s Australia\, she can’t have both. Her boyfriend Peter wants to pop the question\, but Kitty is keener on solving the case … \nOlivia Wearne has threaded Kitty’s story into the real-life 1940s mystery of the Somerton Man. This intriguing\, sharply observed and wholly engaging novel explores the life and crimes of a city and its people\, few of whom are without their secrets. \nAbout the Author \nOlivia Wearne began her writing career as a screenwriter and has several film credits to her name. After receiving a Masters in creative writing she went on to write The Grand Tour\, which was published in 2020. Born and raised in Melbourne\, Olivia now resides in Ballarat\, Victoria\, with her filmmaker husband and two sons. \n\n\nMore about the author\n \nA delightfully sharp and clever murder mystery\, perfect for fans of Richard Osman’s The Thursday Murder Club. \nSynopsis: \nPrivate investigator Edwina ‘Ted’ Bristol deals in the cheating husbands and missing chihuahuas of Melbourne\, but yearns for the heart-stopping excitement of real crime. When \nWhen Ted discovers her sister Bob has fallen prey to an internet catfishing scam\, she sets out with her beloved miniature schnauzer and shrewd sidekick\, Miss Marple\, to catch the swindler. Meanwhile\, when conducting routine surveillance on a couple suspected of having an affair\, she uncovers a plot to embezzle millions. \nAs Bob’s case takes a series of bizarre twists and turns and the embezzlement escalates into murder\, Ted finds her own life in peril. Will she crack her first criminal case before it’s too late? \nPraise for A Routine Infidelity: \nClever plotting\, memorable characters – a delight! \nKerry Greenwood\nAuthor of the Phryne Fisher Murder Mysteries \nWith Miss Marple as your sidekick how can you lose? I loved every minute with PI Ted\, her friends\, family\, associates… A Routine Infidelity makes the beginning of an excellent series! \nRWR McDonald\, author of The Nancys \nHigh drama\, snappy dialogue and sensational plot twists… This is your regular\, first-class page turner. \nThe Age and Sydney Morning Herald \nA Routine Infidelity is the first in a new series that is perfect for fans of classic crime dramas. \nReadings \nElizabeth Coleman Biography: \nElizabeth Coleman is a successful screenwriter who has written for many beloved Australian dramas\, including every season of Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries and Ms Fisher’s Modern Murder Mysteries. She is also the author of the hit play Secret Bridesmaids’ Business and co-creator of the popular ABC drama Bed of Roses. \nCost $10 per person includes gst & light refreshments \n\nBook Here\n\n\n  \nCollins Booksellers\, Ballart on Lydiard\nwill be handling book sales on the night. \n\nDownload Flyer\n\n\nWhy Not become a member\n\n\n  \nThis event is a BMI Community Cultural Project – Ballarat’s Oldest Cultural Institution \n \n\nNews | Don’t miss these fine young scholars at the BMI this June | Melba Opera Trust\n\nSunday 4 June 2023 | 2pm The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute… \n\n \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week | 27 March 2023\n\nThe Woman Woman Knew  too Little by Olivia Wearne Rosemary’s… \n\n \n\nBook Launch | Look Back on Languor | Dr Frank Hurley OAM\n\nLook Back on Languor: A memoir of a hurkle-durkle Australian… \n\n \n\nBMI Maker & Community Market | Calling for stallholders\n\nGo to our events page to register your interest. Calling… \n\n\nLoad More
URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/meet-the-author-elizabeth-coleman-olivia-wearne/
LOCATION:Heritage Reading Room\, Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Art programs,Culture,Library
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DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230430T220000
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UID:34698-1682883000-1682892000@ballaratmi.org.au
SUMMARY:Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow | Ballarat
DESCRIPTION:Grab a mate\, grab a date… grab a ticket to the Roadshow!\nAustralia’s biggest and best comedy festival is hitting the road for a huge 25th year! Featuring the best and brightest of the 2023 Melbourne International Comedy Festival\, we’re bringing the funny to you! \nGet ready for a stellar line-up with Roadshow favourites alongside the most talked-about breakthrough stars of the moment\, together in one jam-packed show that’s sure to leave the whole nation laughing. \nSo\, get some mates together\, book your tickets and head out for a much-needed comedy fix when the Roadshow comes to Ballarat. \nNOTES:\n– Doors and bar open 6.45pm for a 7.30pm start\n– Seating for this event is not reserved. This event will sell out\, and there will be no empty seats.\n– Show running time is approximately 2 hrs 15 mins including 20 min interval\n– Performances often contain coarse language\, sexual references and material that can offend. It is recommended for people aged 15 years or older\n– Smoke Machine/Hazer may be used during this performance
URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/micfroadshow2023/
LOCATION:BMI – Minerva Space\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350
CATEGORIES:Comedy,Externally Produced Event
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DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230501T143000
DTSTAMP:20260409T021753
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UID:36692-1682937000-1682951400@ballaratmi.org.au
SUMMARY:Digitisation Workshop | AMaGa | Geraldine Brault
DESCRIPTION:Digitisation workshop\nCapturing high-quality images of your catalogue records serve as a digital preservation copy of our collections while also allowing for increased public access and decreased physical handling. \nThis workshop will provide you with an opportunity to work one-on-one to learn the basics of museum photography such as camera settings and operations\, lighting\, and image composition for 2D and 3D items. \nYou will also have the opportunity to use a scanner – negatives and transparencies can be digitised – to learn about digitisation standards. \nPlease note that participants are required to bring a maximum of two collection items. \nYou are also invited to bring a camera – ideally one that will continue to be used for their organisation’s digitisation. \nCost | AMaGA member/Student $20.00 | Non-member – volunteer organisation $20.00 | Non-member – paid staff organisation $30.00 \n\nBookings\n\n\n  \n\n \n\nBMI Maker & Community Market | This weekend\n\nOur Community & Maker Market & Book Sale is on… \n\n\n \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week | 10 April 2023\n\nRavens Hollow by Judith Rook Rosemary’s Book of the Week… \n\n\n \n\nTwilight Talks | ‘The Ballarat Songbird’ Evelyn Scotney\n\nAmong Ballarat’s finest: Evelyn Scotney – ‘The Ballarat Songbird’\, Born… \n\n\n \n\nMeet the Author\, Olivia Wearne\n\nBe sure to register for our next Library Event go… \n\n\nLoad More
URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/digitisation-workshop-amaga-geraldine-brault-session-1/
LOCATION:The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Art programs,Culture,Exhibition
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230502T103000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230502T113000
DTSTAMP:20260409T021753
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UID:36544-1683023400-1683027000@ballaratmi.org.au
SUMMARY:The Reading Room
DESCRIPTION:The Reading Room \nThis volunteer run reading and discussion group meets monthly\, the last Monday of the month\, in the Heritage Reading Room (subject to availability) . \nMembers will select books to be discussed which will include fiction\, non-fiction\, poetry and short stories. \nIf you would like to be a part of this group (free to BMI members) please complete the Expression of Interest. We welcome your feedback through this form as we progress this member lead initiative. \n\nRegister to participate\n \n \n\nNews | Don’t miss these fine young scholars at the BMI this June | Melba Opera Trust\n\nSunday 4 June 2023 | 2pm The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute… \n\n \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week | 27 March 2023\n\nThe Woman Woman Knew  too Little by Olivia Wearne Rosemary’s… \n\n \n\nBook Launch | Look Back on Languor | Dr Frank Hurley OAM\n\nLook Back on Languor: A memoir of a hurkle-durkle Australian… \n\n \n\nBMI Maker & Community Market | Calling for stallholders\n\nGo to our events page to register your interest. Calling… \n\n\nLoad More
URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/the-reading-room-book-discussion-2/
LOCATION:Heritage Reading Room\, Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Art programs,BMI Produced Event,Library
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230328T140000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230328T150000
DTSTAMP:20260409T021753
CREATED:20230327T231124Z
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UID:36550-1680012000-1680015600@ballaratmi.org.au
SUMMARY:Day Tour of the Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute
DESCRIPTION:Image: Courtesy Paul Lambeth \nThe Tour (by day) \nA colourful history of the Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute and it’s people. \nTuesday’s at 2pm \nBy appointment only\, (to organise a volunteer guide we require 24hrs notice). Please complete the on-line booking form. \nCost (incl. gst)\n$10 per person \nFind out about our Night Tours \n\nMore Tour Information\n\n\nEnq/Book a Day Tour\n\n\nSubscribe Newsletter\n\n\nBecome a BMI Member\n \n \n\nNews | Don’t miss these fine young scholars at the BMI this June | Melba Opera Trust\n\nSunday 4 June 2023 | 2pm The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute… \n\n \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week | 27 March 2023\n\nThe Woman Woman Knew  too Little by Olivia Wearne Rosemary’s… \n\n \n\nBook Launch | Look Back on Languor | Dr Frank Hurley OAM\n\nLook Back on Languor: A memoir of a hurkle-durkle Australian… \n\n \n\nBMI Maker & Community Market | Calling for stallholders\n\nGo to our events page to register your interest. Calling… \n\n\nLoad More
URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/tours-of-ballarat-mechanics-institute-heritage/
LOCATION:Library Ground Floor\, Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:BMI Produced Event,Culture,Tours
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230503T173000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230503T190000
DTSTAMP:20260409T021753
CREATED:20230321T055028Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230425T230806Z
UID:35753-1683135000-1683140400@ballaratmi.org.au
SUMMARY:Twilight Talks 2023 | Season 2\, Session 1
DESCRIPTION:Twilight Talks is back on again. We have a great line-up of talks: \nMusic and Entertainment History\nAilsa DuBois \nAilsa chose Ballarat as her home over 18 years ago. She holds two Masters degrees: Journalism (UTS) and Writing & Literature (Deakin)\, among other qualifications. She is Vice-President of the community-based ‘Ballarat Arts Alive’. \nSteve Rattle\, published a biography on Melbourne pianist Len Luscombe and his company Anglo-American\, manufacturers of Broadway piano rolls. \nEvelyn Scotney – The Ballarat Songbird\, Born in Ascot Street\, Ballarat in 1887\, soprano Evelyn Scotney studied with Melba’s teacher Mathilde Marchesi and composer Paolo Tosti. On Christmas eve 1920 she sang with Italian tenor Enrico Caruso in his final New York Metropolitan Opera performance. So why is she now sadly forgotten? Join Steve Rattle as he affectionately remembers this great Ballarat lady. \nCost & Bookings | $8 per person BMI members | $12 per person regular. \nInformation on the full series  \n\nFull Series\n \nBook places \n\nBook Places\n \n\n \n\nMeet Peter Dowling | Twilight Talks 7 May\n\nMeet Peter Dowling | Session 2 Twilight Talks | Military… \n\n\n \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week | 24 April 2023\n\nLook Back on Languor: The memoir of a ‘hurkle-durkle Australian… \n\n\n \n\nMeet Ailsa DuBois | Twilight Talks 3 May\n\nAilsa chose Ballarat as her home over 18 years ago…. \n\n\n \n\nMelba Opera Trust Artists announced for 4 June\n\nWe’re thrilled to announce the talented artists who will be… \n\n\nLoad More
URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/twilight-talks-season-2-ballarat-heritage-festival-3-may-2023-2/
LOCATION:BMI – Humffray Room\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Ballarat Heritage Festival,Culture,The Collection,Twilight Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230328T140000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20230328T150000
DTSTAMP:20260409T021753
CREATED:20230327T231124Z
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UID:36550-1680012000-1680015600@ballaratmi.org.au
SUMMARY:Day Tour of the Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute
DESCRIPTION:Image: Courtesy Paul Lambeth \nThe Tour (by day) \nA colourful history of the Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute and it’s people. \nTuesday’s at 2pm \nBy appointment only\, (to organise a volunteer guide we require 24hrs notice). Please complete the on-line booking form. \nCost (incl. gst)\n$10 per person \nFind out about our Night Tours \n\nMore Tour Information\n\n\nEnq/Book a Day Tour\n\n\nSubscribe Newsletter\n\n\nBecome a BMI Member\n \n \n\nNews | Don’t miss these fine young scholars at the BMI this June | Melba Opera Trust\n\nSunday 4 June 2023 | 2pm The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute… \n\n \n\nRosemary’s Book of the Week | 27 March 2023\n\nThe Woman Woman Knew  too Little by Olivia Wearne Rosemary’s… \n\n \n\nBook Launch | Look Back on Languor | Dr Frank Hurley OAM\n\nLook Back on Languor: A memoir of a hurkle-durkle Australian… \n\n \n\nBMI Maker & Community Market | Calling for stallholders\n\nGo to our events page to register your interest. Calling… \n\n\nLoad More
URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/tours-of-ballarat-mechanics-institute-heritage/
LOCATION:Library Ground Floor\, Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia
CATEGORIES:BMI Produced Event,Culture,Tours
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