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  • The Yarrowee: Uncovering the secrets of the Ballarat River | Sesson 4

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    BMI - Humffray Room 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, Australia

    Summary: 04/05/2022 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm BMI – Humffray Room The Yarrowee: Uncovering the secrets of the Ballarat River BMI Twilight Talks are back! The series is hosted by Prue Bentley. Prue Bentley Session 4 Liquid gold down under, and the "sludgy" history of Yarrowee Creek A Sludgy History of Yarrowee Creek Ballarat’s mining heyday was not kind to Yarrowee Creek. Between 1851 and 1914…

  • The Yarrowee: Uncovering the secrets of the Ballarat River | Session 5

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    BMI - Humffray Room 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, Australia

    Summary: 11/05/2022 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm BMI – Humffray Room The Yarrowee: Uncovering the secrets of the Ballarat River Session 5 From eel traps to bluestone, our changing use of the Yarrowee BMI Twilight Talks are back! The series is hosted by Prue Bentley. Prue Bentley The bluestone channel The bluestone channel, which winds its way through the city of Ballarat is a remarkable example…

  • Ballarat Film Society – Lamb

    BMI - Minerva Space 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC

    Summary: 12/05/2022 @ 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm BMI – Minerva Space An unhappy couple living on a remote Icelandic farm are reinvigorated by a miraculous discovery in their sheep shed. Filling the void with a bizarre animal-human hybrid lamb, a passionate attachment begins after naming the new lamb Ada after their lost daughter. Troubles and family strain ensues resulting in extreme drama and weirdness. Cinematographer Eli…

  • The Many Roles of Nellie Melba Exhibition

    Soldiers Hill CBD | Pop-up 512 Macarthur Street, Soldiers Hill, Victoria, Australia

    Summary: 17/05/2022 @ 11:00 am - 04/07/2022 @ 11:00 am Soldiers Hill CBD | Pop-up In a celebration of the Ballarat Heritage Festival, Our Collections volunteers have created a small exhibition of images of roles Nellie performed during her stella career (all taken from our heritage collection of books). They have also collected news items about Nellie's performances here in Ballarat (from our collection of Heritage Newspapers. The exhibition will…

  • The Many Roles of Nellie Melba Exhibition Copy

    Soldiers Hill CBD | Pop-up 512 Macarthur Street, Soldiers Hill, Victoria, Australia

    Summary: 17/05/2022 @ 11:00 am - 04/07/2022 @ 11:00 am Soldiers Hill CBD | Pop-up In a celebration of the Ballarat Heritage Festival, Our Collections volunteers have created a small exhibition of images of roles Nellie performed during her stella career (all taken from our heritage collection of books). They have also collected news items about Nellie's performances here in Ballarat (from our collection of Heritage Newspapers. The exhibition will…

  • The Reading Room | 31 May

    Soldiers Hill CBD | Pop-up 512 Macarthur Street, Soldiers Hill, Victoria, Australia

    Summary: 31/05/2022 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Soldiers Hill CBD | Pop-up The Reading Room (2pm in the Library for a start @ 10.30am - 12noon) This volunteer run reading and discussion group meets monthly. It is anticipated that members will read the selected book prior to attendance.If you would like to be a part of this group (free to BMI members) please complete the Expression of…

  • water colour still-life painting of seville oranges in orange green and white or light background

    Painting with Geoff Roderick | 8 June 22 | Now fully booked

    Soldiers Hill CBD | Pop-up 512 Macarthur Street, Soldiers Hill, Victoria, Australia

    Summary: 08/06/2022 @ 10:30 am - 1:00 pm $33.00 Soldiers Hill CBD | Pop-up Image: Seville Oranges (detail) | Geoff Roderick A workshop in painting basics. In these sessions Geoff will be using water based artists quality Gouache (poster paint). Geoff sites five reasons for choosing this medium to teach. It is opaque, (unlike watercolour which is transparent) this means freedom of expression as it's easy to cover any marks…

    $33.00

  • Wendy McCarthy: Don’t Be Too Polite, Girls

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    The Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, Australia

    Summary: 08/06/2022 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm $10 The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute Wendy McCarthy has been a trailblazer in the feminist movement in Australia for over 50 years. At this in-conversation event, she’ll discuss her tireless spirit for activism and change, as recounted in her new book Don’t Be Too Polite Girls. McCarthy’s inspiring memoir is filled with cautionary tales and insider stories about her experiences as…

    $10

  • Ballarat Film Society – Herself

    BMI - Minerva Space 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC

    Summary: 09/06/2022 @ 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm BMI – Minerva Space Stars: Clare Dunne, Harriet Walter, Conleth Hill and Ian Lloyd Anderson. Sandra, (Clare Dunne), is a young mum struggling to provide her two daughters with a warm, safe and happy home in which to grow up. With very little income and no savings, Sandra perservers to build a house from scratch in Dublin: an ambitious dream whilst trying to escape the…

  • LaNCE TV – Live in Concert with Motor City Sounds

    BMI - Minerva Space 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC

    Summary: 10/06/2022 @ 9:00 pm $40 – $50 BMI – Minerva Space We are excited to bring you a much anticipated live event. Join us in the beautiful Minerva Space at the Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute, for a night of pure entertainment and cheesy disco classics with Ballarat's most notorious television duo Lance DeBoyle and Gabriella Labucci. This event will be broadcast live to community television station C31…

    $40 – $50
  • water colour still-life painting of seville oranges in orange green and white or light background

    Painting with Geoff Roderick | 15 June 22 | Now fully booked

    Soldiers Hill CBD | Pop-up 512 Macarthur Street, Soldiers Hill, Victoria, Australia

    Summary: 15/06/2022 @ 10:30 am - 1:00 pm $33.00 Soldiers Hill CBD | Pop-up Image: Seville Oranges (detail) | Geoff Roderick A workshop in painting basics. In these sessions Geoff will be using water based artists quality Gouache (poster paint). Geoff sites five reasons for choosing this medium to teach. It is opaque, (unlike watercolour which is transparent) this means freedom of expression as it's easy to cover any marks…

    $33.00

  • Toying With The Classics – Ballarat Symphony Orchestra

    BMI - Minerva Space 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC

    Summary: 19/06/2022 @ 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm $10 – $30 BMI – Minerva Space The Ballarat Symphony presents classical music with a twist. A Toy Symphony with real toys. Beethoven letting the cat out of the bag. Mozart outdoing P.D.Q. Bach. And Haydn being more surprising than the Surprise Symphony. Music by famous composers…with something funny happening! Conductor: Hugh McKelvey Program: - Beethoven: Symphony No.1 - Leopold Mozart: Toy Symphony…

    $10 – $30