BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute - ECPv6.16.4.1//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:20250405T160000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 TZNAME:AEDT DTSTART:20251004T160000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 TZNAME:AEST DTSTART:20260404T160000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 TZNAME:AEDT DTSTART:20261003T160000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 TZNAME:AEST DTSTART:20270403T160000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 TZNAME:AEDT DTSTART:20271002T160000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+1100 TZOFFSETTO:+1000 TZNAME:AEST DTSTART:20280401T160000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 TZNAME:AEDT DTSTART:20280930T160000 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260519T190000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260519T200000 DTSTAMP:20260331T035527Z CREATED:20260310T001332Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260331T035527Z UID:71137-1779217200-1779220800@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Minerva's Secrets | Night Tour DESCRIPTION:An isolated\, empty ski resort in the off-season. A woman who doesn’t want to be found. A man who may not be who he appears to be. A game of cat and mouse – with deadly consequences. On the run from a controlling husband and his underworld associates in Melbourne\, Charlotte has adopted a new identity and found a job as an off-season caretaker in a tiny\, deserted alpine resort. Some dangerous people are looking for Charlotte and so she’s lying low\, tending to the lodges\, happy to be alone\, but jumping every time a floor creaks or the wind whistles through the empty buildings. She’s trying to convince herself she’s okay\, that she got away. But then strange things start happening around the resort. And Charlotte starts to realise that every escape route is being sealed off\, one by one. From Gabriel Bergmoser\, the master of propulsive\, page-turning storytelling\, The Caretaker will have readers second-guessing themselves at every turn. What’s real and what isn’t? Who’s dangerous and who isn’t? And who will survive? A menacing\, nail-biting\, nerve-racking psychological thriller. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Caretaker | Gabriel Bergmoser\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About the Author Gabriel Bergmoser is a Melbourne based author and playwright. After starting out in the youth theatre scene with his early plays Windmills\, Life Without Me and Hometown\, Gabriel completed his Masters of Screenwriting at the Victorian College of the Arts. He co-founded the independent production company Bitten By Productions\, entering the Melbourne theatre scene with the one-act comedy Reunion and the futuristic Babylon Trilogy of noir thrillers. Gabriel’s 2015 Beatles comedy We Can Work It Out opened to sell out shows and rave reviews – it has also been performed in Queensland and returned to Melbourne stages for the 2018 Fringe Festival.  \n \n \n \n \n \n Follow Gabriel \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gabriel will be In-Conversation with: Local ABC Journalist – Lexie Jeuniewic Lexie is a reporter for ABC Ballarat\, covering radio\, digital\, and television. She previously worked as a senior reporter for 9News Sunshine Coast and as a video journalist for 9News Border North-East. You can follow Lexi on Twitter @LexieGJeuniewic. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Lexie Jeuniewic\n \n \n \n Follow Lexie \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Download flyer/poster\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Enquiries:  Any event specific enquires should be direct to library@ballaratmi.org.au \n \n \n \n \n \n $10 per person plus booking fee & gst \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Book Now\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Collins Booksellers\, Ballart on Lydiard will be handling book sales for the event. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Why Not become a member\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event is a BMI Community Cultural Project – Ballarat’s Oldest Cultural Institution \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BMI news \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week | For All The Dead Girls by Sherryl Clark\n For All The Dead Girls Sherryl Clark Don’t miss Sherryl... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BMI Collection Events\n Events staged in conjunction with our Heritage Collection will be... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week | Where Truth Ends by Mark Smith\n Where Truth Ends Mark Smith Don’t miss Mark who will... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n From the Curator | Arresting the Ephemeral\n The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute is custodian of the most intact... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Load More URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/minervas-secrets-night-tour-19-may-26/ LOCATION:The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Australian Heritage Festival,Important Dates,Night Tours,Tours 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:20260519T193000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260519T203000 DTSTAMP:20260418T054257Z CREATED:20260414T044444Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260418T054257Z UID:72157-1779219000-1779222600@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Lantern Vaults | Special Preview DESCRIPTION:An isolated\, empty ski resort in the off-season. A woman who doesn’t want to be found. A man who may not be who he appears to be. A game of cat and mouse – with deadly consequences. On the run from a controlling husband and his underworld associates in Melbourne\, Charlotte has adopted a new identity and found a job as an off-season caretaker in a tiny\, deserted alpine resort. Some dangerous people are looking for Charlotte and so she’s lying low\, tending to the lodges\, happy to be alone\, but jumping every time a floor creaks or the wind whistles through the empty buildings. She’s trying to convince herself she’s okay\, that she got away. But then strange things start happening around the resort. And Charlotte starts to realise that every escape route is being sealed off\, one by one. From Gabriel Bergmoser\, the master of propulsive\, page-turning storytelling\, The Caretaker will have readers second-guessing themselves at every turn. What’s real and what isn’t? Who’s dangerous and who isn’t? And who will survive? A menacing\, nail-biting\, nerve-racking psychological thriller. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Caretaker | Gabriel Bergmoser\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About the Author Gabriel Bergmoser is a Melbourne based author and playwright. After starting out in the youth theatre scene with his early plays Windmills\, Life Without Me and Hometown\, Gabriel completed his Masters of Screenwriting at the Victorian College of the Arts. He co-founded the independent production company Bitten By Productions\, entering the Melbourne theatre scene with the one-act comedy Reunion and the futuristic Babylon Trilogy of noir thrillers. Gabriel’s 2015 Beatles comedy We Can Work It Out opened to sell out shows and rave reviews – it has also been performed in Queensland and returned to Melbourne stages for the 2018 Fringe Festival.  \n \n \n \n \n \n Follow Gabriel \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gabriel will be In-Conversation with: Local ABC Journalist – Lexie Jeuniewic Lexie is a reporter for ABC Ballarat\, covering radio\, digital\, and television. She previously worked as a senior reporter for 9News Sunshine Coast and as a video journalist for 9News Border North-East. You can follow Lexi on Twitter @LexieGJeuniewic. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Lexie Jeuniewic\n \n \n \n Follow Lexie \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Download flyer/poster\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Enquiries:  Any event specific enquires should be direct to library@ballaratmi.org.au \n \n \n \n \n \n $10 per person plus booking fee & gst \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Book Now\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Collins Booksellers\, Ballart on Lydiard will be handling book sales for the event. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Why Not become a member\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event is a BMI Community Cultural Project – Ballarat’s Oldest Cultural Institution \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BMI news \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week | For All The Dead Girls by Sherryl Clark\n For All The Dead Girls Sherryl Clark Don’t miss Sherryl... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BMI Collection Events\n Events staged in conjunction with our Heritage Collection will be... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week | Where Truth Ends by Mark Smith\n Where Truth Ends Mark Smith Don’t miss Mark who will... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n From the Curator | Arresting the Ephemeral\n The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute is custodian of the most intact... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Load More URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/lantern-vaults-preview/ LOCATION:The Basement\, Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, Victoria\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Art programs,Ballarat Heritage Festival,Important Dates ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/sq-promo-events-lantern-vaults.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260519T210000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260519T220000 DTSTAMP:20260331T044437Z CREATED:20260310T002124Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260331T044437Z UID:71139-1779224400-1779228000@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Minerva's Secrets | Night Tour DESCRIPTION:An isolated\, empty ski resort in the off-season. A woman who doesn’t want to be found. A man who may not be who he appears to be. A game of cat and mouse – with deadly consequences. On the run from a controlling husband and his underworld associates in Melbourne\, Charlotte has adopted a new identity and found a job as an off-season caretaker in a tiny\, deserted alpine resort. Some dangerous people are looking for Charlotte and so she’s lying low\, tending to the lodges\, happy to be alone\, but jumping every time a floor creaks or the wind whistles through the empty buildings. She’s trying to convince herself she’s okay\, that she got away. But then strange things start happening around the resort. And Charlotte starts to realise that every escape route is being sealed off\, one by one. From Gabriel Bergmoser\, the master of propulsive\, page-turning storytelling\, The Caretaker will have readers second-guessing themselves at every turn. What’s real and what isn’t? Who’s dangerous and who isn’t? And who will survive? A menacing\, nail-biting\, nerve-racking psychological thriller. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Caretaker | Gabriel Bergmoser\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About the Author Gabriel Bergmoser is a Melbourne based author and playwright. After starting out in the youth theatre scene with his early plays Windmills\, Life Without Me and Hometown\, Gabriel completed his Masters of Screenwriting at the Victorian College of the Arts. He co-founded the independent production company Bitten By Productions\, entering the Melbourne theatre scene with the one-act comedy Reunion and the futuristic Babylon Trilogy of noir thrillers. Gabriel’s 2015 Beatles comedy We Can Work It Out opened to sell out shows and rave reviews – it has also been performed in Queensland and returned to Melbourne stages for the 2018 Fringe Festival.  \n \n \n \n \n \n Follow Gabriel \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gabriel will be In-Conversation with: Local ABC Journalist – Lexie Jeuniewic Lexie is a reporter for ABC Ballarat\, covering radio\, digital\, and television. She previously worked as a senior reporter for 9News Sunshine Coast and as a video journalist for 9News Border North-East. You can follow Lexi on Twitter @LexieGJeuniewic. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Lexie Jeuniewic\n \n \n \n Follow Lexie \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Download flyer/poster\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Enquiries:  Any event specific enquires should be direct to library@ballaratmi.org.au \n \n \n \n \n \n $10 per person plus booking fee & gst \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Book Now\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Collins Booksellers\, Ballart on Lydiard will be handling book sales for the event. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Why Not become a member\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event is a BMI Community Cultural Project – Ballarat’s Oldest Cultural Institution \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BMI news \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week | For All The Dead Girls by Sherryl Clark\n For All The Dead Girls Sherryl Clark Don’t miss Sherryl... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BMI Collection Events\n Events staged in conjunction with our Heritage Collection will be... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week | Where Truth Ends by Mark Smith\n Where Truth Ends Mark Smith Don’t miss Mark who will... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n From the Curator | Arresting the Ephemeral\n The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute is custodian of the most intact... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Load More URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/minervas-secrets-night-tour-18-may-26-2/ LOCATION:The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Australian Heritage Festival,Important Dates,Night Tours,Tours 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:20260520T190000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260520T200000 DTSTAMP:20260509T053401Z CREATED:20260509T053122Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260509T053401Z UID:72861-1779303600-1779307200@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Kadampa Meditation Series | From Anxiety to Action: Tools to Reclaim Your Life DESCRIPTION:An isolated\, empty ski resort in the off-season. A woman who doesn’t want to be found. A man who may not be who he appears to be. A game of cat and mouse – with deadly consequences. On the run from a controlling husband and his underworld associates in Melbourne\, Charlotte has adopted a new identity and found a job as an off-season caretaker in a tiny\, deserted alpine resort. Some dangerous people are looking for Charlotte and so she’s lying low\, tending to the lodges\, happy to be alone\, but jumping every time a floor creaks or the wind whistles through the empty buildings. She’s trying to convince herself she’s okay\, that she got away. But then strange things start happening around the resort. And Charlotte starts to realise that every escape route is being sealed off\, one by one. From Gabriel Bergmoser\, the master of propulsive\, page-turning storytelling\, The Caretaker will have readers second-guessing themselves at every turn. What’s real and what isn’t? Who’s dangerous and who isn’t? And who will survive? A menacing\, nail-biting\, nerve-racking psychological thriller. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Caretaker | Gabriel Bergmoser\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About the Author Gabriel Bergmoser is a Melbourne based author and playwright. After starting out in the youth theatre scene with his early plays Windmills\, Life Without Me and Hometown\, Gabriel completed his Masters of Screenwriting at the Victorian College of the Arts. He co-founded the independent production company Bitten By Productions\, entering the Melbourne theatre scene with the one-act comedy Reunion and the futuristic Babylon Trilogy of noir thrillers. Gabriel’s 2015 Beatles comedy We Can Work It Out opened to sell out shows and rave reviews – it has also been performed in Queensland and returned to Melbourne stages for the 2018 Fringe Festival.  \n \n \n \n \n \n Follow Gabriel \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gabriel will be In-Conversation with: Local ABC Journalist – Lexie Jeuniewic Lexie is a reporter for ABC Ballarat\, covering radio\, digital\, and television. She previously worked as a senior reporter for 9News Sunshine Coast and as a video journalist for 9News Border North-East. You can follow Lexi on Twitter @LexieGJeuniewic. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Lexie Jeuniewic\n \n \n \n Follow Lexie \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Download flyer/poster\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Enquiries:  Any event specific enquires should be direct to library@ballaratmi.org.au \n \n \n \n \n \n $10 per person plus booking fee & gst \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Book Now\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Collins Booksellers\, Ballart on Lydiard will be handling book sales for the event. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Why Not become a member\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event is a BMI Community Cultural Project – Ballarat’s Oldest Cultural Institution \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BMI news \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week | For All The Dead Girls by Sherryl Clark\n For All The Dead Girls Sherryl Clark Don’t miss Sherryl... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BMI Collection Events\n Events staged in conjunction with our Heritage Collection will be... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week | Where Truth Ends by Mark Smith\n Where Truth Ends Mark Smith Don’t miss Mark who will... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n From the Curator | Arresting the Ephemeral\n The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute is custodian of the most intact... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Load More URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/kadampa-meditation-series-from-anxiety-to-action-tools-to-reclaim-your-life/ LOCATION:Lending Library\, Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, Victoria\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:kadampa ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/4-From_Anxiety_to_Action_Square.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Kadampa Meditation":MAILTO:info@kadampa.org.au END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260521T100000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260524T160000 DTSTAMP:20260522T063609Z CREATED:20260418T053218Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260522T063609Z UID:72320-1779357600-1779638400@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Lantern Vaults DESCRIPTION:An isolated\, empty ski resort in the off-season. A woman who doesn’t want to be found. A man who may not be who he appears to be. A game of cat and mouse – with deadly consequences. On the run from a controlling husband and his underworld associates in Melbourne\, Charlotte has adopted a new identity and found a job as an off-season caretaker in a tiny\, deserted alpine resort. Some dangerous people are looking for Charlotte and so she’s lying low\, tending to the lodges\, happy to be alone\, but jumping every time a floor creaks or the wind whistles through the empty buildings. She’s trying to convince herself she’s okay\, that she got away. But then strange things start happening around the resort. And Charlotte starts to realise that every escape route is being sealed off\, one by one. From Gabriel Bergmoser\, the master of propulsive\, page-turning storytelling\, The Caretaker will have readers second-guessing themselves at every turn. What’s real and what isn’t? Who’s dangerous and who isn’t? And who will survive? A menacing\, nail-biting\, nerve-racking psychological thriller. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Caretaker | Gabriel Bergmoser\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About the Author Gabriel Bergmoser is a Melbourne based author and playwright. After starting out in the youth theatre scene with his early plays Windmills\, Life Without Me and Hometown\, Gabriel completed his Masters of Screenwriting at the Victorian College of the Arts. He co-founded the independent production company Bitten By Productions\, entering the Melbourne theatre scene with the one-act comedy Reunion and the futuristic Babylon Trilogy of noir thrillers. Gabriel’s 2015 Beatles comedy We Can Work It Out opened to sell out shows and rave reviews – it has also been performed in Queensland and returned to Melbourne stages for the 2018 Fringe Festival.  \n \n \n \n \n \n Follow Gabriel \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gabriel will be In-Conversation with: Local ABC Journalist – Lexie Jeuniewic Lexie is a reporter for ABC Ballarat\, covering radio\, digital\, and television. She previously worked as a senior reporter for 9News Sunshine Coast and as a video journalist for 9News Border North-East. You can follow Lexi on Twitter @LexieGJeuniewic. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Lexie Jeuniewic\n \n \n \n Follow Lexie \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Download flyer/poster\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Enquiries:  Any event specific enquires should be direct to library@ballaratmi.org.au \n \n \n \n \n \n $10 per person plus booking fee & gst \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Book Now\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Collins Booksellers\, Ballart on Lydiard will be handling book sales for the event. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Why Not become a member\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event is a BMI Community Cultural Project – Ballarat’s Oldest Cultural Institution \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BMI news \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week | For All The Dead Girls by Sherryl Clark\n For All The Dead Girls Sherryl Clark Don’t miss Sherryl... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BMI Collection Events\n Events staged in conjunction with our Heritage Collection will be... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week | Where Truth Ends by Mark Smith\n Where Truth Ends Mark Smith Don’t miss Mark who will... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n From the Curator | Arresting the Ephemeral\n The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute is custodian of the most intact... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Load More URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/lantern-vaults/ LOCATION:BMI – Multiple Spaces\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Art programs,Ballarat Heritage Festival,Important Dates,Tours ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/sq-promo-events-lantern-vaults.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260522T190000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260522T203000 DTSTAMP:20260514T045854Z CREATED:20260318T041021Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260514T045854Z UID:71379-1779476400-1779481800@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Panic from the Sky: A Call of Cthulhu Adventure DESCRIPTION:An isolated\, empty ski resort in the off-season. A woman who doesn’t want to be found. A man who may not be who he appears to be. A game of cat and mouse – with deadly consequences. On the run from a controlling husband and his underworld associates in Melbourne\, Charlotte has adopted a new identity and found a job as an off-season caretaker in a tiny\, deserted alpine resort. Some dangerous people are looking for Charlotte and so she’s lying low\, tending to the lodges\, happy to be alone\, but jumping every time a floor creaks or the wind whistles through the empty buildings. She’s trying to convince herself she’s okay\, that she got away. But then strange things start happening around the resort. And Charlotte starts to realise that every escape route is being sealed off\, one by one. From Gabriel Bergmoser\, the master of propulsive\, page-turning storytelling\, The Caretaker will have readers second-guessing themselves at every turn. What’s real and what isn’t? Who’s dangerous and who isn’t? And who will survive? A menacing\, nail-biting\, nerve-racking psychological thriller. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Caretaker | Gabriel Bergmoser\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About the Author Gabriel Bergmoser is a Melbourne based author and playwright. After starting out in the youth theatre scene with his early plays Windmills\, Life Without Me and Hometown\, Gabriel completed his Masters of Screenwriting at the Victorian College of the Arts. He co-founded the independent production company Bitten By Productions\, entering the Melbourne theatre scene with the one-act comedy Reunion and the futuristic Babylon Trilogy of noir thrillers. Gabriel’s 2015 Beatles comedy We Can Work It Out opened to sell out shows and rave reviews – it has also been performed in Queensland and returned to Melbourne stages for the 2018 Fringe Festival.  \n \n \n \n \n \n Follow Gabriel \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gabriel will be In-Conversation with: Local ABC Journalist – Lexie Jeuniewic Lexie is a reporter for ABC Ballarat\, covering radio\, digital\, and television. She previously worked as a senior reporter for 9News Sunshine Coast and as a video journalist for 9News Border North-East. You can follow Lexi on Twitter @LexieGJeuniewic. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Lexie Jeuniewic\n \n \n \n Follow Lexie \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Download flyer/poster\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Enquiries:  Any event specific enquires should be direct to library@ballaratmi.org.au \n \n \n \n \n \n $10 per person plus booking fee & gst \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Book Now\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Collins Booksellers\, Ballart on Lydiard will be handling book sales for the event. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Why Not become a member\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event is a BMI Community Cultural Project – Ballarat’s Oldest Cultural Institution \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BMI news \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week | For All The Dead Girls by Sherryl Clark\n For All The Dead Girls Sherryl Clark Don’t miss Sherryl... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BMI Collection Events\n Events staged in conjunction with our Heritage Collection will be... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week | Where Truth Ends by Mark Smith\n Where Truth Ends Mark Smith Don’t miss Mark who will... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n From the Curator | Arresting the Ephemeral\n The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute is custodian of the most intact... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Load More URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/panic-in-the-sky/ LOCATION:BMI – Humffray Room\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Ballarat Heritage Festival,Theatre Production ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/sq-promo-events-tales-final.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260523T113000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260524T121500 DTSTAMP:20260521T053103Z CREATED:20260421T025952Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260521T053103Z UID:72387-1779535800-1779624900@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Ballarat Heritage Festival - Tours of the Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute DESCRIPTION:An isolated\, empty ski resort in the off-season. A woman who doesn’t want to be found. A man who may not be who he appears to be. A game of cat and mouse – with deadly consequences. On the run from a controlling husband and his underworld associates in Melbourne\, Charlotte has adopted a new identity and found a job as an off-season caretaker in a tiny\, deserted alpine resort. Some dangerous people are looking for Charlotte and so she’s lying low\, tending to the lodges\, happy to be alone\, but jumping every time a floor creaks or the wind whistles through the empty buildings. She’s trying to convince herself she’s okay\, that she got away. But then strange things start happening around the resort. And Charlotte starts to realise that every escape route is being sealed off\, one by one. From Gabriel Bergmoser\, the master of propulsive\, page-turning storytelling\, The Caretaker will have readers second-guessing themselves at every turn. What’s real and what isn’t? Who’s dangerous and who isn’t? And who will survive? A menacing\, nail-biting\, nerve-racking psychological thriller. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Caretaker | Gabriel Bergmoser\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About the Author Gabriel Bergmoser is a Melbourne based author and playwright. After starting out in the youth theatre scene with his early plays Windmills\, Life Without Me and Hometown\, Gabriel completed his Masters of Screenwriting at the Victorian College of the Arts. He co-founded the independent production company Bitten By Productions\, entering the Melbourne theatre scene with the one-act comedy Reunion and the futuristic Babylon Trilogy of noir thrillers. Gabriel’s 2015 Beatles comedy We Can Work It Out opened to sell out shows and rave reviews – it has also been performed in Queensland and returned to Melbourne stages for the 2018 Fringe Festival.  \n \n \n \n \n \n Follow Gabriel \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gabriel will be In-Conversation with: Local ABC Journalist – Lexie Jeuniewic Lexie is a reporter for ABC Ballarat\, covering radio\, digital\, and television. She previously worked as a senior reporter for 9News Sunshine Coast and as a video journalist for 9News Border North-East. You can follow Lexi on Twitter @LexieGJeuniewic. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Lexie Jeuniewic\n \n \n \n Follow Lexie \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Download flyer/poster\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Enquiries:  Any event specific enquires should be direct to library@ballaratmi.org.au \n \n \n \n \n \n $10 per person plus booking fee & gst \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Book Now\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Collins Booksellers\, Ballart on Lydiard will be handling book sales for the event. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Why Not become a member\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event is a BMI Community Cultural Project – Ballarat’s Oldest Cultural Institution \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BMI news \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week | For All The Dead Girls by Sherryl Clark\n For All The Dead Girls Sherryl Clark Don’t miss Sherryl... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BMI Collection Events\n Events staged in conjunction with our Heritage Collection will be... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week | Where Truth Ends by Mark Smith\n Where Truth Ends Mark Smith Don’t miss Mark who will... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n From the Curator | Arresting the Ephemeral\n The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute is custodian of the most intact... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Load More URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/ballarat-heritage-festival-tours/ LOCATION:Meet in the Foyer\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, Australia CATEGORIES:Ballarat Heritage Festival,Important Dates,Tours ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/sq-promo-day-tours.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260527T183000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260527T200000 DTSTAMP:20260331T035212Z CREATED:20260313T002934Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260331T035212Z UID:71249-1779906600-1779912000@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:In Conversation with Amanda Hampson DESCRIPTION:An isolated\, empty ski resort in the off-season. A woman who doesn’t want to be found. A man who may not be who he appears to be. A game of cat and mouse – with deadly consequences. On the run from a controlling husband and his underworld associates in Melbourne\, Charlotte has adopted a new identity and found a job as an off-season caretaker in a tiny\, deserted alpine resort. Some dangerous people are looking for Charlotte and so she’s lying low\, tending to the lodges\, happy to be alone\, but jumping every time a floor creaks or the wind whistles through the empty buildings. She’s trying to convince herself she’s okay\, that she got away. But then strange things start happening around the resort. And Charlotte starts to realise that every escape route is being sealed off\, one by one. From Gabriel Bergmoser\, the master of propulsive\, page-turning storytelling\, The Caretaker will have readers second-guessing themselves at every turn. What’s real and what isn’t? Who’s dangerous and who isn’t? And who will survive? A menacing\, nail-biting\, nerve-racking psychological thriller. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Caretaker | Gabriel Bergmoser\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About the Author Gabriel Bergmoser is a Melbourne based author and playwright. After starting out in the youth theatre scene with his early plays Windmills\, Life Without Me and Hometown\, Gabriel completed his Masters of Screenwriting at the Victorian College of the Arts. He co-founded the independent production company Bitten By Productions\, entering the Melbourne theatre scene with the one-act comedy Reunion and the futuristic Babylon Trilogy of noir thrillers. Gabriel’s 2015 Beatles comedy We Can Work It Out opened to sell out shows and rave reviews – it has also been performed in Queensland and returned to Melbourne stages for the 2018 Fringe Festival.  \n \n \n \n \n \n Follow Gabriel \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gabriel will be In-Conversation with: Local ABC Journalist – Lexie Jeuniewic Lexie is a reporter for ABC Ballarat\, covering radio\, digital\, and television. She previously worked as a senior reporter for 9News Sunshine Coast and as a video journalist for 9News Border North-East. You can follow Lexi on Twitter @LexieGJeuniewic. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Lexie Jeuniewic\n \n \n \n Follow Lexie \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Download flyer/poster\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Enquiries:  Any event specific enquires should be direct to library@ballaratmi.org.au \n \n \n \n \n \n $10 per person plus booking fee & gst \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Book Now\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Collins Booksellers\, Ballart on Lydiard will be handling book sales for the event. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Why Not become a member\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event is a BMI Community Cultural Project – Ballarat’s Oldest Cultural Institution \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BMI news \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week | For All The Dead Girls by Sherryl Clark\n For All The Dead Girls Sherryl Clark Don’t miss Sherryl... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BMI Collection Events\n Events staged in conjunction with our Heritage Collection will be... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week | Where Truth Ends by Mark Smith\n Where Truth Ends Mark Smith Don’t miss Mark who will... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n From the Curator | Arresting the Ephemeral\n The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute is custodian of the most intact... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Load More URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/amanda-hampson/ LOCATION:BMI – Humffray Room\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Library ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/sp-promo-talks-amanda-hampson.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260527T190000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260527T200000 DTSTAMP:20260509T054009Z CREATED:20260509T053422Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260509T054009Z UID:72867-1779908400-1779912000@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Kadampa Meditation Series | From Aniety to Action: Tools to Reclaim Your Life DESCRIPTION:An isolated\, empty ski resort in the off-season. A woman who doesn’t want to be found. A man who may not be who he appears to be. A game of cat and mouse – with deadly consequences. On the run from a controlling husband and his underworld associates in Melbourne\, Charlotte has adopted a new identity and found a job as an off-season caretaker in a tiny\, deserted alpine resort. Some dangerous people are looking for Charlotte and so she’s lying low\, tending to the lodges\, happy to be alone\, but jumping every time a floor creaks or the wind whistles through the empty buildings. She’s trying to convince herself she’s okay\, that she got away. But then strange things start happening around the resort. And Charlotte starts to realise that every escape route is being sealed off\, one by one. From Gabriel Bergmoser\, the master of propulsive\, page-turning storytelling\, The Caretaker will have readers second-guessing themselves at every turn. What’s real and what isn’t? Who’s dangerous and who isn’t? And who will survive? A menacing\, nail-biting\, nerve-racking psychological thriller. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Caretaker | Gabriel Bergmoser\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About the Author Gabriel Bergmoser is a Melbourne based author and playwright. After starting out in the youth theatre scene with his early plays Windmills\, Life Without Me and Hometown\, Gabriel completed his Masters of Screenwriting at the Victorian College of the Arts. He co-founded the independent production company Bitten By Productions\, entering the Melbourne theatre scene with the one-act comedy Reunion and the futuristic Babylon Trilogy of noir thrillers. Gabriel’s 2015 Beatles comedy We Can Work It Out opened to sell out shows and rave reviews – it has also been performed in Queensland and returned to Melbourne stages for the 2018 Fringe Festival.  \n \n \n \n \n \n Follow Gabriel \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gabriel will be In-Conversation with: Local ABC Journalist – Lexie Jeuniewic Lexie is a reporter for ABC Ballarat\, covering radio\, digital\, and television. She previously worked as a senior reporter for 9News Sunshine Coast and as a video journalist for 9News Border North-East. You can follow Lexi on Twitter @LexieGJeuniewic. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Lexie Jeuniewic\n \n \n \n Follow Lexie \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Download flyer/poster\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Enquiries:  Any event specific enquires should be direct to library@ballaratmi.org.au \n \n \n \n \n \n $10 per person plus booking fee & gst \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Book Now\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Collins Booksellers\, Ballart on Lydiard will be handling book sales for the event. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Why Not become a member\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event is a BMI Community Cultural Project – Ballarat’s Oldest Cultural Institution \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BMI news \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week | For All The Dead Girls by Sherryl Clark\n For All The Dead Girls Sherryl Clark Don’t miss Sherryl... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BMI Collection Events\n Events staged in conjunction with our Heritage Collection will be... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week | Where Truth Ends by Mark Smith\n Where Truth Ends Mark Smith Don’t miss Mark who will... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n From the Curator | Arresting the Ephemeral\n The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute is custodian of the most intact... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Load More URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/kadampa-meditation-series-from-aniety-to-action-tools-to-reclaim-your-life-27-may/ LOCATION:Lending Library\, Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, Victoria\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:kadampa ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/4-From_Anxiety_to_Action_Square.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Kadampa Meditation":MAILTO:info@kadampa.org.au END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260530T100000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260530T110000 DTSTAMP:20260528T034920Z CREATED:20260528T041002Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260528T034920Z UID:73311-1780135200-1780138800@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Lantern Vaults DESCRIPTION:An isolated\, empty ski resort in the off-season. A woman who doesn’t want to be found. A man who may not be who he appears to be. A game of cat and mouse – with deadly consequences. On the run from a controlling husband and his underworld associates in Melbourne\, Charlotte has adopted a new identity and found a job as an off-season caretaker in a tiny\, deserted alpine resort. Some dangerous people are looking for Charlotte and so she’s lying low\, tending to the lodges\, happy to be alone\, but jumping every time a floor creaks or the wind whistles through the empty buildings. She’s trying to convince herself she’s okay\, that she got away. But then strange things start happening around the resort. And Charlotte starts to realise that every escape route is being sealed off\, one by one. From Gabriel Bergmoser\, the master of propulsive\, page-turning storytelling\, The Caretaker will have readers second-guessing themselves at every turn. What’s real and what isn’t? Who’s dangerous and who isn’t? And who will survive? A menacing\, nail-biting\, nerve-racking psychological thriller. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Caretaker | Gabriel Bergmoser\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About the Author Gabriel Bergmoser is a Melbourne based author and playwright. After starting out in the youth theatre scene with his early plays Windmills\, Life Without Me and Hometown\, Gabriel completed his Masters of Screenwriting at the Victorian College of the Arts. He co-founded the independent production company Bitten By Productions\, entering the Melbourne theatre scene with the one-act comedy Reunion and the futuristic Babylon Trilogy of noir thrillers. Gabriel’s 2015 Beatles comedy We Can Work It Out opened to sell out shows and rave reviews – it has also been performed in Queensland and returned to Melbourne stages for the 2018 Fringe Festival.  \n \n \n \n \n \n Follow Gabriel \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gabriel will be In-Conversation with: Local ABC Journalist – Lexie Jeuniewic Lexie is a reporter for ABC Ballarat\, covering radio\, digital\, and television. She previously worked as a senior reporter for 9News Sunshine Coast and as a video journalist for 9News Border North-East. You can follow Lexi on Twitter @LexieGJeuniewic. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Lexie Jeuniewic\n \n \n \n Follow Lexie \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Download flyer/poster\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Enquiries:  Any event specific enquires should be direct to library@ballaratmi.org.au \n \n \n \n \n \n $10 per person plus booking fee & gst \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Book Now\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Collins Booksellers\, Ballart on Lydiard will be handling book sales for the event. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Why Not become a member\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event is a BMI Community Cultural Project – Ballarat’s Oldest Cultural Institution \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BMI news \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week | For All The Dead Girls by Sherryl Clark\n For All The Dead Girls Sherryl Clark Don’t miss Sherryl... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BMI Collection Events\n Events staged in conjunction with our Heritage Collection will be... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week | Where Truth Ends by Mark Smith\n Where Truth Ends Mark Smith Don’t miss Mark who will... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n From the Curator | Arresting the Ephemeral\n The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute is custodian of the most intact... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Load More URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/lantern-vaults-reprised/ LOCATION:BMI – Multiple Spaces\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Art programs,Ballarat Heritage Festival,Important Dates,Tours ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/sq-promo-events-lantern-vaults.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260603T190000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260603T200000 DTSTAMP:20260509T053950Z CREATED:20260509T053525Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260509T053950Z UID:72869-1780513200-1780516800@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Kadampa Meditation Series | From Aniety to Action: Tools to Reclaim Your Life DESCRIPTION:An isolated\, empty ski resort in the off-season. A woman who doesn’t want to be found. A man who may not be who he appears to be. A game of cat and mouse – with deadly consequences. On the run from a controlling husband and his underworld associates in Melbourne\, Charlotte has adopted a new identity and found a job as an off-season caretaker in a tiny\, deserted alpine resort. Some dangerous people are looking for Charlotte and so she’s lying low\, tending to the lodges\, happy to be alone\, but jumping every time a floor creaks or the wind whistles through the empty buildings. She’s trying to convince herself she’s okay\, that she got away. But then strange things start happening around the resort. And Charlotte starts to realise that every escape route is being sealed off\, one by one. From Gabriel Bergmoser\, the master of propulsive\, page-turning storytelling\, The Caretaker will have readers second-guessing themselves at every turn. What’s real and what isn’t? Who’s dangerous and who isn’t? And who will survive? A menacing\, nail-biting\, nerve-racking psychological thriller. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Caretaker | Gabriel Bergmoser\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About the Author Gabriel Bergmoser is a Melbourne based author and playwright. After starting out in the youth theatre scene with his early plays Windmills\, Life Without Me and Hometown\, Gabriel completed his Masters of Screenwriting at the Victorian College of the Arts. He co-founded the independent production company Bitten By Productions\, entering the Melbourne theatre scene with the one-act comedy Reunion and the futuristic Babylon Trilogy of noir thrillers. Gabriel’s 2015 Beatles comedy We Can Work It Out opened to sell out shows and rave reviews – it has also been performed in Queensland and returned to Melbourne stages for the 2018 Fringe Festival.  \n \n \n \n \n \n Follow Gabriel \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gabriel will be In-Conversation with: Local ABC Journalist – Lexie Jeuniewic Lexie is a reporter for ABC Ballarat\, covering radio\, digital\, and television. She previously worked as a senior reporter for 9News Sunshine Coast and as a video journalist for 9News Border North-East. You can follow Lexi on Twitter @LexieGJeuniewic. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Lexie Jeuniewic\n \n \n \n Follow Lexie \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Download flyer/poster\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Enquiries:  Any event specific enquires should be direct to library@ballaratmi.org.au \n \n \n \n \n \n $10 per person plus booking fee & gst \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Book Now\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Collins Booksellers\, Ballart on Lydiard will be handling book sales for the event. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Why Not become a member\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event is a BMI Community Cultural Project – Ballarat’s Oldest Cultural Institution \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BMI news \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week | For All The Dead Girls by Sherryl Clark\n For All The Dead Girls Sherryl Clark Don’t miss Sherryl... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BMI Collection Events\n Events staged in conjunction with our Heritage Collection will be... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week | Where Truth Ends by Mark Smith\n Where Truth Ends Mark Smith Don’t miss Mark who will... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n From the Curator | Arresting the Ephemeral\n The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute is custodian of the most intact... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Load More URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/kadampa-meditation-series-from-aniety-to-action-tools-to-reclaim-your-life-3-june/ LOCATION:Lending Library\, Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, Victoria\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:kadampa ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/4-From_Anxiety_to_Action_Square.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Kadampa Meditation":MAILTO:info@kadampa.org.au END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260606T173000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260606T213000 DTSTAMP:20260514T035755Z CREATED:20260511T011117Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260514T035755Z UID:72909-1780767000-1780781400@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Queer Blak+ Deadly with Steven Oliver DESCRIPTION:An isolated\, empty ski resort in the off-season. A woman who doesn’t want to be found. A man who may not be who he appears to be. A game of cat and mouse – with deadly consequences. On the run from a controlling husband and his underworld associates in Melbourne\, Charlotte has adopted a new identity and found a job as an off-season caretaker in a tiny\, deserted alpine resort. Some dangerous people are looking for Charlotte and so she’s lying low\, tending to the lodges\, happy to be alone\, but jumping every time a floor creaks or the wind whistles through the empty buildings. She’s trying to convince herself she’s okay\, that she got away. But then strange things start happening around the resort. And Charlotte starts to realise that every escape route is being sealed off\, one by one. From Gabriel Bergmoser\, the master of propulsive\, page-turning storytelling\, The Caretaker will have readers second-guessing themselves at every turn. What’s real and what isn’t? Who’s dangerous and who isn’t? And who will survive? A menacing\, nail-biting\, nerve-racking psychological thriller. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Caretaker | Gabriel Bergmoser\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About the Author Gabriel Bergmoser is a Melbourne based author and playwright. After starting out in the youth theatre scene with his early plays Windmills\, Life Without Me and Hometown\, Gabriel completed his Masters of Screenwriting at the Victorian College of the Arts. He co-founded the independent production company Bitten By Productions\, entering the Melbourne theatre scene with the one-act comedy Reunion and the futuristic Babylon Trilogy of noir thrillers. Gabriel’s 2015 Beatles comedy We Can Work It Out opened to sell out shows and rave reviews – it has also been performed in Queensland and returned to Melbourne stages for the 2018 Fringe Festival.  \n \n \n \n \n \n Follow Gabriel \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gabriel will be In-Conversation with: Local ABC Journalist – Lexie Jeuniewic Lexie is a reporter for ABC Ballarat\, covering radio\, digital\, and television. She previously worked as a senior reporter for 9News Sunshine Coast and as a video journalist for 9News Border North-East. You can follow Lexi on Twitter @LexieGJeuniewic. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Lexie Jeuniewic\n \n \n \n Follow Lexie \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Download flyer/poster\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Enquiries:  Any event specific enquires should be direct to library@ballaratmi.org.au \n \n \n \n \n \n $10 per person plus booking fee & gst \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Book Now\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Collins Booksellers\, Ballart on Lydiard will be handling book sales for the event. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Why Not become a member\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event is a BMI Community Cultural Project – Ballarat’s Oldest Cultural Institution \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BMI news \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week | For All The Dead Girls by Sherryl Clark\n For All The Dead Girls Sherryl Clark Don’t miss Sherryl... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BMI Collection Events\n Events staged in conjunction with our Heritage Collection will be... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week | Where Truth Ends by Mark Smith\n Where Truth Ends Mark Smith Don’t miss Mark who will... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n From the Curator | Arresting the Ephemeral\n The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute is custodian of the most intact... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Load More URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/queer-blak-deadly-with-steven-oliver/ LOCATION:BMI – Minerva Space\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350 CATEGORIES:Ballarat Pride,Burlesque,Comedy,Festival,Theatre Production ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/sq-promo-events-queer.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260607T120000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260607T150000 DTSTAMP:20260514T045643Z CREATED:20260514T020854Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260514T045643Z UID:72943-1780833600-1780844400@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Moco: 5 Senses of Drag Workshop DESCRIPTION:An isolated\, empty ski resort in the off-season. A woman who doesn’t want to be found. A man who may not be who he appears to be. A game of cat and mouse – with deadly consequences. On the run from a controlling husband and his underworld associates in Melbourne\, Charlotte has adopted a new identity and found a job as an off-season caretaker in a tiny\, deserted alpine resort. Some dangerous people are looking for Charlotte and so she’s lying low\, tending to the lodges\, happy to be alone\, but jumping every time a floor creaks or the wind whistles through the empty buildings. She’s trying to convince herself she’s okay\, that she got away. But then strange things start happening around the resort. And Charlotte starts to realise that every escape route is being sealed off\, one by one. From Gabriel Bergmoser\, the master of propulsive\, page-turning storytelling\, The Caretaker will have readers second-guessing themselves at every turn. What’s real and what isn’t? Who’s dangerous and who isn’t? And who will survive? A menacing\, nail-biting\, nerve-racking psychological thriller. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Caretaker | Gabriel Bergmoser\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About the Author Gabriel Bergmoser is a Melbourne based author and playwright. After starting out in the youth theatre scene with his early plays Windmills\, Life Without Me and Hometown\, Gabriel completed his Masters of Screenwriting at the Victorian College of the Arts. He co-founded the independent production company Bitten By Productions\, entering the Melbourne theatre scene with the one-act comedy Reunion and the futuristic Babylon Trilogy of noir thrillers. Gabriel’s 2015 Beatles comedy We Can Work It Out opened to sell out shows and rave reviews – it has also been performed in Queensland and returned to Melbourne stages for the 2018 Fringe Festival.  \n \n \n \n \n \n Follow Gabriel \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gabriel will be In-Conversation with: Local ABC Journalist – Lexie Jeuniewic Lexie is a reporter for ABC Ballarat\, covering radio\, digital\, and television. She previously worked as a senior reporter for 9News Sunshine Coast and as a video journalist for 9News Border North-East. You can follow Lexi on Twitter @LexieGJeuniewic. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Lexie Jeuniewic\n \n \n \n Follow Lexie \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Download flyer/poster\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Enquiries:  Any event specific enquires should be direct to library@ballaratmi.org.au \n \n \n \n \n \n $10 per person plus booking fee & gst \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Book Now\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Collins Booksellers\, Ballart on Lydiard will be handling book sales for the event. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Why Not become a member\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event is a BMI Community Cultural Project – Ballarat’s Oldest Cultural Institution \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BMI news \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week | For All The Dead Girls by Sherryl Clark\n For All The Dead Girls Sherryl Clark Don’t miss Sherryl... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BMI Collection Events\n Events staged in conjunction with our Heritage Collection will be... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week | Where Truth Ends by Mark Smith\n Where Truth Ends Mark Smith Don’t miss Mark who will... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n From the Curator | Arresting the Ephemeral\n The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute is custodian of the most intact... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Load More URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/moco-5-senses-of-drag-workshop/ LOCATION:BMI – Humffray Room\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Ballarat Pride,Theatre Production ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/sq-promo-events-moco.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260610T190000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260610T200000 DTSTAMP:20260605T012250Z CREATED:20260509T053553Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260605T012250Z UID:72871-1781118000-1781121600@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Kadampa Meditation Series | Focus: The Transformative Power of Concentration DESCRIPTION:An isolated\, empty ski resort in the off-season. A woman who doesn’t want to be found. A man who may not be who he appears to be. A game of cat and mouse – with deadly consequences. On the run from a controlling husband and his underworld associates in Melbourne\, Charlotte has adopted a new identity and found a job as an off-season caretaker in a tiny\, deserted alpine resort. Some dangerous people are looking for Charlotte and so she’s lying low\, tending to the lodges\, happy to be alone\, but jumping every time a floor creaks or the wind whistles through the empty buildings. She’s trying to convince herself she’s okay\, that she got away. But then strange things start happening around the resort. And Charlotte starts to realise that every escape route is being sealed off\, one by one. From Gabriel Bergmoser\, the master of propulsive\, page-turning storytelling\, The Caretaker will have readers second-guessing themselves at every turn. What’s real and what isn’t? Who’s dangerous and who isn’t? And who will survive? A menacing\, nail-biting\, nerve-racking psychological thriller. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Caretaker | Gabriel Bergmoser\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About the Author Gabriel Bergmoser is a Melbourne based author and playwright. After starting out in the youth theatre scene with his early plays Windmills\, Life Without Me and Hometown\, Gabriel completed his Masters of Screenwriting at the Victorian College of the Arts. He co-founded the independent production company Bitten By Productions\, entering the Melbourne theatre scene with the one-act comedy Reunion and the futuristic Babylon Trilogy of noir thrillers. Gabriel’s 2015 Beatles comedy We Can Work It Out opened to sell out shows and rave reviews – it has also been performed in Queensland and returned to Melbourne stages for the 2018 Fringe Festival.  \n \n \n \n \n \n Follow Gabriel \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gabriel will be In-Conversation with: Local ABC Journalist – Lexie Jeuniewic Lexie is a reporter for ABC Ballarat\, covering radio\, digital\, and television. She previously worked as a senior reporter for 9News Sunshine Coast and as a video journalist for 9News Border North-East. You can follow Lexi on Twitter @LexieGJeuniewic. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Lexie Jeuniewic\n \n \n \n Follow Lexie \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Download flyer/poster\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Enquiries:  Any event specific enquires should be direct to library@ballaratmi.org.au \n \n \n \n \n \n $10 per person plus booking fee & gst \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Book Now\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Collins Booksellers\, Ballart on Lydiard will be handling book sales for the event. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Why Not become a member\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event is a BMI Community Cultural Project – Ballarat’s Oldest Cultural Institution \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BMI news \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week | For All The Dead Girls by Sherryl Clark\n For All The Dead Girls Sherryl Clark Don’t miss Sherryl... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BMI Collection Events\n Events staged in conjunction with our Heritage Collection will be... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week | Where Truth Ends by Mark Smith\n Where Truth Ends Mark Smith Don’t miss Mark who will... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n From the Curator | Arresting the Ephemeral\n The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute is custodian of the most intact... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Load More URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/kadampa-meditation-series-from-aniety-to-action-tools-to-reclaim-your-life-10-june/ LOCATION:Lending Library\, Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, Victoria\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:kadampa ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/6-Focus_Concentration_BMI-Square.png ORGANIZER;CN="Kadampa Meditation":MAILTO:info@kadampa.org.au END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260611T193000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260611T210000 DTSTAMP:20260331T035120Z CREATED:20260129T043042Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260331T035120Z UID:70415-1781206200-1781211600@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Ballarat Film Society | Monster DESCRIPTION:An isolated\, empty ski resort in the off-season. A woman who doesn’t want to be found. A man who may not be who he appears to be. A game of cat and mouse – with deadly consequences. On the run from a controlling husband and his underworld associates in Melbourne\, Charlotte has adopted a new identity and found a job as an off-season caretaker in a tiny\, deserted alpine resort. Some dangerous people are looking for Charlotte and so she’s lying low\, tending to the lodges\, happy to be alone\, but jumping every time a floor creaks or the wind whistles through the empty buildings. She’s trying to convince herself she’s okay\, that she got away. But then strange things start happening around the resort. And Charlotte starts to realise that every escape route is being sealed off\, one by one. From Gabriel Bergmoser\, the master of propulsive\, page-turning storytelling\, The Caretaker will have readers second-guessing themselves at every turn. What’s real and what isn’t? Who’s dangerous and who isn’t? And who will survive? A menacing\, nail-biting\, nerve-racking psychological thriller. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Caretaker | Gabriel Bergmoser\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About the Author Gabriel Bergmoser is a Melbourne based author and playwright. After starting out in the youth theatre scene with his early plays Windmills\, Life Without Me and Hometown\, Gabriel completed his Masters of Screenwriting at the Victorian College of the Arts. He co-founded the independent production company Bitten By Productions\, entering the Melbourne theatre scene with the one-act comedy Reunion and the futuristic Babylon Trilogy of noir thrillers. Gabriel’s 2015 Beatles comedy We Can Work It Out opened to sell out shows and rave reviews – it has also been performed in Queensland and returned to Melbourne stages for the 2018 Fringe Festival.  \n \n \n \n \n \n Follow Gabriel \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gabriel will be In-Conversation with: Local ABC Journalist – Lexie Jeuniewic Lexie is a reporter for ABC Ballarat\, covering radio\, digital\, and television. She previously worked as a senior reporter for 9News Sunshine Coast and as a video journalist for 9News Border North-East. You can follow Lexi on Twitter @LexieGJeuniewic. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Lexie Jeuniewic\n \n \n \n Follow Lexie \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Download flyer/poster\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Enquiries:  Any event specific enquires should be direct to library@ballaratmi.org.au \n \n \n \n \n \n $10 per person plus booking fee & gst \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Book Now\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Collins Booksellers\, Ballart on Lydiard will be handling book sales for the event. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Why Not become a member\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event is a BMI Community Cultural Project – Ballarat’s Oldest Cultural Institution \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BMI news \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week | For All The Dead Girls by Sherryl Clark\n For All The Dead Girls Sherryl Clark Don’t miss Sherryl... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BMI Collection Events\n Events staged in conjunction with our Heritage Collection will be... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week | Where Truth Ends by Mark Smith\n Where Truth Ends Mark Smith Don’t miss Mark who will... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n From the Curator | Arresting the Ephemeral\n The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute is custodian of the most intact... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Load More URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/ballarat-film-society-monster/ LOCATION:BMI – Minerva Space\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350 CATEGORIES:Ballarat Film Society,Film ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/monster-sq-promo.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260612T190000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260612T200000 DTSTAMP:20260527T015517Z CREATED:20260310T005733Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260527T015517Z UID:71141-1781290800-1781294400@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Minerva's Secrets | Night Tour DESCRIPTION:An isolated\, empty ski resort in the off-season. A woman who doesn’t want to be found. A man who may not be who he appears to be. A game of cat and mouse – with deadly consequences. On the run from a controlling husband and his underworld associates in Melbourne\, Charlotte has adopted a new identity and found a job as an off-season caretaker in a tiny\, deserted alpine resort. Some dangerous people are looking for Charlotte and so she’s lying low\, tending to the lodges\, happy to be alone\, but jumping every time a floor creaks or the wind whistles through the empty buildings. She’s trying to convince herself she’s okay\, that she got away. But then strange things start happening around the resort. And Charlotte starts to realise that every escape route is being sealed off\, one by one. From Gabriel Bergmoser\, the master of propulsive\, page-turning storytelling\, The Caretaker will have readers second-guessing themselves at every turn. What’s real and what isn’t? Who’s dangerous and who isn’t? And who will survive? A menacing\, nail-biting\, nerve-racking psychological thriller. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Caretaker | Gabriel Bergmoser\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About the Author Gabriel Bergmoser is a Melbourne based author and playwright. After starting out in the youth theatre scene with his early plays Windmills\, Life Without Me and Hometown\, Gabriel completed his Masters of Screenwriting at the Victorian College of the Arts. He co-founded the independent production company Bitten By Productions\, entering the Melbourne theatre scene with the one-act comedy Reunion and the futuristic Babylon Trilogy of noir thrillers. Gabriel’s 2015 Beatles comedy We Can Work It Out opened to sell out shows and rave reviews – it has also been performed in Queensland and returned to Melbourne stages for the 2018 Fringe Festival.  \n \n \n \n \n \n Follow Gabriel \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gabriel will be In-Conversation with: Local ABC Journalist – Lexie Jeuniewic Lexie is a reporter for ABC Ballarat\, covering radio\, digital\, and television. She previously worked as a senior reporter for 9News Sunshine Coast and as a video journalist for 9News Border North-East. You can follow Lexi on Twitter @LexieGJeuniewic. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Lexie Jeuniewic\n \n \n \n Follow Lexie \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Download flyer/poster\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Enquiries:  Any event specific enquires should be direct to library@ballaratmi.org.au \n \n \n \n \n \n $10 per person plus booking fee & gst \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Book Now\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Collins Booksellers\, Ballart on Lydiard will be handling book sales for the event. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Why Not become a member\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event is a BMI Community Cultural Project – Ballarat’s Oldest Cultural Institution \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BMI news \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week | For All The Dead Girls by Sherryl Clark\n For All The Dead Girls Sherryl Clark Don’t miss Sherryl... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BMI Collection Events\n Events staged in conjunction with our Heritage Collection will be... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week | Where Truth Ends by Mark Smith\n Where Truth Ends Mark Smith Don’t miss Mark who will... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n From the Curator | Arresting the Ephemeral\n The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute is custodian of the most intact... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Load More URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/minervas-secrets-night-tour-12-jun-26/ LOCATION:The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Important Dates,Night Tours,Tours ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/sq-promo-minerva-secrets2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260612T210000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260612T220000 DTSTAMP:20260613T032649Z CREATED:20260310T010115Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260613T032649Z UID:71143-1781298000-1781301600@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Minerva's Secrets | Night Tour DESCRIPTION:An isolated\, empty ski resort in the off-season. A woman who doesn’t want to be found. A man who may not be who he appears to be. A game of cat and mouse – with deadly consequences. On the run from a controlling husband and his underworld associates in Melbourne\, Charlotte has adopted a new identity and found a job as an off-season caretaker in a tiny\, deserted alpine resort. Some dangerous people are looking for Charlotte and so she’s lying low\, tending to the lodges\, happy to be alone\, but jumping every time a floor creaks or the wind whistles through the empty buildings. She’s trying to convince herself she’s okay\, that she got away. But then strange things start happening around the resort. And Charlotte starts to realise that every escape route is being sealed off\, one by one. From Gabriel Bergmoser\, the master of propulsive\, page-turning storytelling\, The Caretaker will have readers second-guessing themselves at every turn. What’s real and what isn’t? Who’s dangerous and who isn’t? And who will survive? A menacing\, nail-biting\, nerve-racking psychological thriller. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Caretaker | Gabriel Bergmoser\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About the Author Gabriel Bergmoser is a Melbourne based author and playwright. After starting out in the youth theatre scene with his early plays Windmills\, Life Without Me and Hometown\, Gabriel completed his Masters of Screenwriting at the Victorian College of the Arts. He co-founded the independent production company Bitten By Productions\, entering the Melbourne theatre scene with the one-act comedy Reunion and the futuristic Babylon Trilogy of noir thrillers. Gabriel’s 2015 Beatles comedy We Can Work It Out opened to sell out shows and rave reviews – it has also been performed in Queensland and returned to Melbourne stages for the 2018 Fringe Festival.  \n \n \n \n \n \n Follow Gabriel \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gabriel will be In-Conversation with: Local ABC Journalist – Lexie Jeuniewic Lexie is a reporter for ABC Ballarat\, covering radio\, digital\, and television. She previously worked as a senior reporter for 9News Sunshine Coast and as a video journalist for 9News Border North-East. You can follow Lexi on Twitter @LexieGJeuniewic. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Lexie Jeuniewic\n \n \n \n Follow Lexie \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Download flyer/poster\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Enquiries:  Any event specific enquires should be direct to library@ballaratmi.org.au \n \n \n \n \n \n $10 per person plus booking fee & gst \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Book Now\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Collins Booksellers\, Ballart on Lydiard will be handling book sales for the event. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Why Not become a member\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event is a BMI Community Cultural Project – Ballarat’s Oldest Cultural Institution \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BMI news \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week | For All The Dead Girls by Sherryl Clark\n For All The Dead Girls Sherryl Clark Don’t miss Sherryl... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BMI Collection Events\n Events staged in conjunction with our Heritage Collection will be... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week | Where Truth Ends by Mark Smith\n Where Truth Ends Mark Smith Don’t miss Mark who will... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n From the Curator | Arresting the Ephemeral\n The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute is custodian of the most intact... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Load More URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/minervas-secrets-night-tour-12-jun-26-2/ LOCATION:The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Important Dates,Night Tours,Tours ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/sq-promo-minerva-secrets.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260617T180000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260617T193000 DTSTAMP:20260507T043433Z CREATED:20260506T023026Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260507T043433Z UID:72763-1781719200-1781724600@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:In Conversation with Anthea Hodgson DESCRIPTION:An isolated\, empty ski resort in the off-season. A woman who doesn’t want to be found. A man who may not be who he appears to be. A game of cat and mouse – with deadly consequences. On the run from a controlling husband and his underworld associates in Melbourne\, Charlotte has adopted a new identity and found a job as an off-season caretaker in a tiny\, deserted alpine resort. Some dangerous people are looking for Charlotte and so she’s lying low\, tending to the lodges\, happy to be alone\, but jumping every time a floor creaks or the wind whistles through the empty buildings. She’s trying to convince herself she’s okay\, that she got away. But then strange things start happening around the resort. And Charlotte starts to realise that every escape route is being sealed off\, one by one. From Gabriel Bergmoser\, the master of propulsive\, page-turning storytelling\, The Caretaker will have readers second-guessing themselves at every turn. What’s real and what isn’t? Who’s dangerous and who isn’t? And who will survive? A menacing\, nail-biting\, nerve-racking psychological thriller. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Caretaker | Gabriel Bergmoser\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About the Author Gabriel Bergmoser is a Melbourne based author and playwright. After starting out in the youth theatre scene with his early plays Windmills\, Life Without Me and Hometown\, Gabriel completed his Masters of Screenwriting at the Victorian College of the Arts. He co-founded the independent production company Bitten By Productions\, entering the Melbourne theatre scene with the one-act comedy Reunion and the futuristic Babylon Trilogy of noir thrillers. Gabriel’s 2015 Beatles comedy We Can Work It Out opened to sell out shows and rave reviews – it has also been performed in Queensland and returned to Melbourne stages for the 2018 Fringe Festival.  \n \n \n \n \n \n Follow Gabriel \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gabriel will be In-Conversation with: Local ABC Journalist – Lexie Jeuniewic Lexie is a reporter for ABC Ballarat\, covering radio\, digital\, and television. She previously worked as a senior reporter for 9News Sunshine Coast and as a video journalist for 9News Border North-East. You can follow Lexi on Twitter @LexieGJeuniewic. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Lexie Jeuniewic\n \n \n \n Follow Lexie \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Download flyer/poster\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Enquiries:  Any event specific enquires should be direct to library@ballaratmi.org.au \n \n \n \n \n \n $10 per person plus booking fee & gst \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Book Now\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Collins Booksellers\, Ballart on Lydiard will be handling book sales for the event. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Why Not become a member\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event is a BMI Community Cultural Project – Ballarat’s Oldest Cultural Institution \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BMI news \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week | For All The Dead Girls by Sherryl Clark\n For All The Dead Girls Sherryl Clark Don’t miss Sherryl... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BMI Collection Events\n Events staged in conjunction with our Heritage Collection will be... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week | Where Truth Ends by Mark Smith\n Where Truth Ends Mark Smith Don’t miss Mark who will... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n From the Curator | Arresting the Ephemeral\n The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute is custodian of the most intact... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Load More URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/in-conversation-with-anthea-hodgson/ LOCATION:BMI – Humffray Room\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Library ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/sp-promo-talks-anthea-hodgson.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260617T190000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260617T200000 DTSTAMP:20260605T012458Z CREATED:20260509T053624Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260605T012458Z UID:72873-1781722800-1781726400@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Kadampa Meditation Series | Focus: The Transformative Power of Concentration DESCRIPTION:An isolated\, empty ski resort in the off-season. A woman who doesn’t want to be found. A man who may not be who he appears to be. A game of cat and mouse – with deadly consequences. On the run from a controlling husband and his underworld associates in Melbourne\, Charlotte has adopted a new identity and found a job as an off-season caretaker in a tiny\, deserted alpine resort. Some dangerous people are looking for Charlotte and so she’s lying low\, tending to the lodges\, happy to be alone\, but jumping every time a floor creaks or the wind whistles through the empty buildings. She’s trying to convince herself she’s okay\, that she got away. But then strange things start happening around the resort. And Charlotte starts to realise that every escape route is being sealed off\, one by one. From Gabriel Bergmoser\, the master of propulsive\, page-turning storytelling\, The Caretaker will have readers second-guessing themselves at every turn. What’s real and what isn’t? Who’s dangerous and who isn’t? And who will survive? A menacing\, nail-biting\, nerve-racking psychological thriller. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Caretaker | Gabriel Bergmoser\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About the Author Gabriel Bergmoser is a Melbourne based author and playwright. After starting out in the youth theatre scene with his early plays Windmills\, Life Without Me and Hometown\, Gabriel completed his Masters of Screenwriting at the Victorian College of the Arts. He co-founded the independent production company Bitten By Productions\, entering the Melbourne theatre scene with the one-act comedy Reunion and the futuristic Babylon Trilogy of noir thrillers. Gabriel’s 2015 Beatles comedy We Can Work It Out opened to sell out shows and rave reviews – it has also been performed in Queensland and returned to Melbourne stages for the 2018 Fringe Festival.  \n \n \n \n \n \n Follow Gabriel \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gabriel will be In-Conversation with: Local ABC Journalist – Lexie Jeuniewic Lexie is a reporter for ABC Ballarat\, covering radio\, digital\, and television. She previously worked as a senior reporter for 9News Sunshine Coast and as a video journalist for 9News Border North-East. You can follow Lexi on Twitter @LexieGJeuniewic. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Lexie Jeuniewic\n \n \n \n Follow Lexie \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Download flyer/poster\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Enquiries:  Any event specific enquires should be direct to library@ballaratmi.org.au \n \n \n \n \n \n $10 per person plus booking fee & gst \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Book Now\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Collins Booksellers\, Ballart on Lydiard will be handling book sales for the event. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Why Not become a member\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event is a BMI Community Cultural Project – Ballarat’s Oldest Cultural Institution \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BMI news \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week | For All The Dead Girls by Sherryl Clark\n For All The Dead Girls Sherryl Clark Don’t miss Sherryl... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BMI Collection Events\n Events staged in conjunction with our Heritage Collection will be... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week | Where Truth Ends by Mark Smith\n Where Truth Ends Mark Smith Don’t miss Mark who will... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n From the Curator | Arresting the Ephemeral\n The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute is custodian of the most intact... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Load More URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/kadampa-meditation-series-from-aniety-to-action-tools-to-reclaim-your-life-17-june/ LOCATION:Lending Library\, Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, Victoria\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:kadampa ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/6-Focus_Concentration_BMI-Square.png ORGANIZER;CN="Kadampa Meditation":MAILTO:info@kadampa.org.au END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260621T143000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260621T180000 DTSTAMP:20260514T041434Z CREATED:20260514T032237Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260514T041434Z UID:72955-1782052200-1782064800@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Royal South Street Society | Pianoforte Schedule - Celebrating Chopin DESCRIPTION:An isolated\, empty ski resort in the off-season. A woman who doesn’t want to be found. A man who may not be who he appears to be. A game of cat and mouse – with deadly consequences. On the run from a controlling husband and his underworld associates in Melbourne\, Charlotte has adopted a new identity and found a job as an off-season caretaker in a tiny\, deserted alpine resort. Some dangerous people are looking for Charlotte and so she’s lying low\, tending to the lodges\, happy to be alone\, but jumping every time a floor creaks or the wind whistles through the empty buildings. She’s trying to convince herself she’s okay\, that she got away. But then strange things start happening around the resort. And Charlotte starts to realise that every escape route is being sealed off\, one by one. From Gabriel Bergmoser\, the master of propulsive\, page-turning storytelling\, The Caretaker will have readers second-guessing themselves at every turn. What’s real and what isn’t? Who’s dangerous and who isn’t? And who will survive? A menacing\, nail-biting\, nerve-racking psychological thriller. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Caretaker | Gabriel Bergmoser\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About the Author Gabriel Bergmoser is a Melbourne based author and playwright. After starting out in the youth theatre scene with his early plays Windmills\, Life Without Me and Hometown\, Gabriel completed his Masters of Screenwriting at the Victorian College of the Arts. He co-founded the independent production company Bitten By Productions\, entering the Melbourne theatre scene with the one-act comedy Reunion and the futuristic Babylon Trilogy of noir thrillers. Gabriel’s 2015 Beatles comedy We Can Work It Out opened to sell out shows and rave reviews – it has also been performed in Queensland and returned to Melbourne stages for the 2018 Fringe Festival.  \n \n \n \n \n \n Follow Gabriel \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gabriel will be In-Conversation with: Local ABC Journalist – Lexie Jeuniewic Lexie is a reporter for ABC Ballarat\, covering radio\, digital\, and television. She previously worked as a senior reporter for 9News Sunshine Coast and as a video journalist for 9News Border North-East. You can follow Lexi on Twitter @LexieGJeuniewic. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Lexie Jeuniewic\n \n \n \n Follow Lexie \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Download flyer/poster\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Enquiries:  Any event specific enquires should be direct to library@ballaratmi.org.au \n \n \n \n \n \n $10 per person plus booking fee & gst \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Book Now\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Collins Booksellers\, Ballart on Lydiard will be handling book sales for the event. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Why Not become a member\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event is a BMI Community Cultural Project – Ballarat’s Oldest Cultural Institution \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BMI news \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week | For All The Dead Girls by Sherryl Clark\n For All The Dead Girls Sherryl Clark Don’t miss Sherryl... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BMI Collection Events\n Events staged in conjunction with our Heritage Collection will be... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week | Where Truth Ends by Mark Smith\n Where Truth Ends Mark Smith Don’t miss Mark who will... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n From the Curator | Arresting the Ephemeral\n The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute is custodian of the most intact... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Load More URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/royal-south-street-society-pianoforte-schedule-celebrating-chopin-26/ LOCATION:The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Important Dates,Live Music,Royal South Street Society ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/sq-promo-events-chopin.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260623T180000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260623T193000 DTSTAMP:20260331T034824Z CREATED:20260313T005434Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260331T034824Z UID:71257-1782237600-1782243000@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:In Conversation with Mark Smith DESCRIPTION:An isolated\, empty ski resort in the off-season. A woman who doesn’t want to be found. A man who may not be who he appears to be. A game of cat and mouse – with deadly consequences. On the run from a controlling husband and his underworld associates in Melbourne\, Charlotte has adopted a new identity and found a job as an off-season caretaker in a tiny\, deserted alpine resort. Some dangerous people are looking for Charlotte and so she’s lying low\, tending to the lodges\, happy to be alone\, but jumping every time a floor creaks or the wind whistles through the empty buildings. She’s trying to convince herself she’s okay\, that she got away. But then strange things start happening around the resort. And Charlotte starts to realise that every escape route is being sealed off\, one by one. From Gabriel Bergmoser\, the master of propulsive\, page-turning storytelling\, The Caretaker will have readers second-guessing themselves at every turn. What’s real and what isn’t? Who’s dangerous and who isn’t? And who will survive? A menacing\, nail-biting\, nerve-racking psychological thriller. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Caretaker | Gabriel Bergmoser\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About the Author Gabriel Bergmoser is a Melbourne based author and playwright. After starting out in the youth theatre scene with his early plays Windmills\, Life Without Me and Hometown\, Gabriel completed his Masters of Screenwriting at the Victorian College of the Arts. He co-founded the independent production company Bitten By Productions\, entering the Melbourne theatre scene with the one-act comedy Reunion and the futuristic Babylon Trilogy of noir thrillers. Gabriel’s 2015 Beatles comedy We Can Work It Out opened to sell out shows and rave reviews – it has also been performed in Queensland and returned to Melbourne stages for the 2018 Fringe Festival.  \n \n \n \n \n \n Follow Gabriel \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gabriel will be In-Conversation with: Local ABC Journalist – Lexie Jeuniewic Lexie is a reporter for ABC Ballarat\, covering radio\, digital\, and television. She previously worked as a senior reporter for 9News Sunshine Coast and as a video journalist for 9News Border North-East. You can follow Lexi on Twitter @LexieGJeuniewic. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Lexie Jeuniewic\n \n \n \n Follow Lexie \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Download flyer/poster\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Enquiries:  Any event specific enquires should be direct to library@ballaratmi.org.au \n \n \n \n \n \n $10 per person plus booking fee & gst \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Book Now\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Collins Booksellers\, Ballart on Lydiard will be handling book sales for the event. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Why Not become a member\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event is a BMI Community Cultural Project – Ballarat’s Oldest Cultural Institution \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BMI news \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week | For All The Dead Girls by Sherryl Clark\n For All The Dead Girls Sherryl Clark Don’t miss Sherryl... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BMI Collection Events\n Events staged in conjunction with our Heritage Collection will be... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week | Where Truth Ends by Mark Smith\n Where Truth Ends Mark Smith Don’t miss Mark who will... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n From the Curator | Arresting the Ephemeral\n The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute is custodian of the most intact... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Load More URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/mark-smith-2/ LOCATION:BMI – Humffray Room\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Library ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/sp-promo-talks-mark-smith.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260624T190000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260624T200000 DTSTAMP:20260605T012745Z CREATED:20260509T053656Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260605T012745Z UID:72875-1782327600-1782331200@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Kadampa Meditation Series | Focus: The Transformative Power of Concentration DESCRIPTION:An isolated\, empty ski resort in the off-season. A woman who doesn’t want to be found. A man who may not be who he appears to be. A game of cat and mouse – with deadly consequences. On the run from a controlling husband and his underworld associates in Melbourne\, Charlotte has adopted a new identity and found a job as an off-season caretaker in a tiny\, deserted alpine resort. Some dangerous people are looking for Charlotte and so she’s lying low\, tending to the lodges\, happy to be alone\, but jumping every time a floor creaks or the wind whistles through the empty buildings. She’s trying to convince herself she’s okay\, that she got away. But then strange things start happening around the resort. And Charlotte starts to realise that every escape route is being sealed off\, one by one. From Gabriel Bergmoser\, the master of propulsive\, page-turning storytelling\, The Caretaker will have readers second-guessing themselves at every turn. What’s real and what isn’t? Who’s dangerous and who isn’t? And who will survive? A menacing\, nail-biting\, nerve-racking psychological thriller. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Caretaker | Gabriel Bergmoser\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About the Author Gabriel Bergmoser is a Melbourne based author and playwright. After starting out in the youth theatre scene with his early plays Windmills\, Life Without Me and Hometown\, Gabriel completed his Masters of Screenwriting at the Victorian College of the Arts. He co-founded the independent production company Bitten By Productions\, entering the Melbourne theatre scene with the one-act comedy Reunion and the futuristic Babylon Trilogy of noir thrillers. Gabriel’s 2015 Beatles comedy We Can Work It Out opened to sell out shows and rave reviews – it has also been performed in Queensland and returned to Melbourne stages for the 2018 Fringe Festival.  \n \n \n \n \n \n Follow Gabriel \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gabriel will be In-Conversation with: Local ABC Journalist – Lexie Jeuniewic Lexie is a reporter for ABC Ballarat\, covering radio\, digital\, and television. She previously worked as a senior reporter for 9News Sunshine Coast and as a video journalist for 9News Border North-East. You can follow Lexi on Twitter @LexieGJeuniewic. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Lexie Jeuniewic\n \n \n \n Follow Lexie \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Download flyer/poster\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Enquiries:  Any event specific enquires should be direct to library@ballaratmi.org.au \n \n \n \n \n \n $10 per person plus booking fee & gst \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Book Now\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Collins Booksellers\, Ballart on Lydiard will be handling book sales for the event. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Why Not become a member\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event is a BMI Community Cultural Project – Ballarat’s Oldest Cultural Institution \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BMI news \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week | For All The Dead Girls by Sherryl Clark\n For All The Dead Girls Sherryl Clark Don’t miss Sherryl... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BMI Collection Events\n Events staged in conjunction with our Heritage Collection will be... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week | Where Truth Ends by Mark Smith\n Where Truth Ends Mark Smith Don’t miss Mark who will... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n From the Curator | Arresting the Ephemeral\n The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute is custodian of the most intact... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Load More URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/kadampa-meditation-series-from-aniety-to-action-tools-to-reclaim-your-life-24-june/ LOCATION:Lending Library\, Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, Victoria\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:kadampa ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/6-Focus_Concentration_BMI-Square.png ORGANIZER;CN="Kadampa Meditation":MAILTO:info@kadampa.org.au END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260627T183000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260627T193000 DTSTAMP:20260514T034853Z CREATED:20260514T032920Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260514T034853Z UID:72959-1782585000-1782588600@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Royal South Street Society | Vocal Championship Challenge DESCRIPTION:An isolated\, empty ski resort in the off-season. A woman who doesn’t want to be found. A man who may not be who he appears to be. A game of cat and mouse – with deadly consequences. On the run from a controlling husband and his underworld associates in Melbourne\, Charlotte has adopted a new identity and found a job as an off-season caretaker in a tiny\, deserted alpine resort. Some dangerous people are looking for Charlotte and so she’s lying low\, tending to the lodges\, happy to be alone\, but jumping every time a floor creaks or the wind whistles through the empty buildings. She’s trying to convince herself she’s okay\, that she got away. But then strange things start happening around the resort. And Charlotte starts to realise that every escape route is being sealed off\, one by one. From Gabriel Bergmoser\, the master of propulsive\, page-turning storytelling\, The Caretaker will have readers second-guessing themselves at every turn. What’s real and what isn’t? Who’s dangerous and who isn’t? And who will survive? A menacing\, nail-biting\, nerve-racking psychological thriller. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Caretaker | Gabriel Bergmoser\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About the Author Gabriel Bergmoser is a Melbourne based author and playwright. After starting out in the youth theatre scene with his early plays Windmills\, Life Without Me and Hometown\, Gabriel completed his Masters of Screenwriting at the Victorian College of the Arts. He co-founded the independent production company Bitten By Productions\, entering the Melbourne theatre scene with the one-act comedy Reunion and the futuristic Babylon Trilogy of noir thrillers. Gabriel’s 2015 Beatles comedy We Can Work It Out opened to sell out shows and rave reviews – it has also been performed in Queensland and returned to Melbourne stages for the 2018 Fringe Festival.  \n \n \n \n \n \n Follow Gabriel \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gabriel will be In-Conversation with: Local ABC Journalist – Lexie Jeuniewic Lexie is a reporter for ABC Ballarat\, covering radio\, digital\, and television. She previously worked as a senior reporter for 9News Sunshine Coast and as a video journalist for 9News Border North-East. You can follow Lexi on Twitter @LexieGJeuniewic. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Lexie Jeuniewic\n \n \n \n Follow Lexie \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Download flyer/poster\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Enquiries:  Any event specific enquires should be direct to library@ballaratmi.org.au \n \n \n \n \n \n $10 per person plus booking fee & gst \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Book Now\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Collins Booksellers\, Ballart on Lydiard will be handling book sales for the event. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Why Not become a member\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event is a BMI Community Cultural Project – Ballarat’s Oldest Cultural Institution \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BMI news \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week | For All The Dead Girls by Sherryl Clark\n For All The Dead Girls Sherryl Clark Don’t miss Sherryl... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BMI Collection Events\n Events staged in conjunction with our Heritage Collection will be... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week | Where Truth Ends by Mark Smith\n Where Truth Ends Mark Smith Don’t miss Mark who will... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n From the Curator | Arresting the Ephemeral\n The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute is custodian of the most intact... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Load More URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/royal-south-street-society-vocal-championship-challenge/ LOCATION:The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Important Dates,Live Music,Royal South Street Society ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/sq-promos3.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260629T193000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260629T210000 DTSTAMP:20260514T040925Z CREATED:20260514T033415Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260514T040925Z UID:72963-1782761400-1782766800@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Royal South Street Society | The Herald Sun Aria Semi-Final DESCRIPTION:An isolated\, empty ski resort in the off-season. A woman who doesn’t want to be found. A man who may not be who he appears to be. A game of cat and mouse – with deadly consequences. On the run from a controlling husband and his underworld associates in Melbourne\, Charlotte has adopted a new identity and found a job as an off-season caretaker in a tiny\, deserted alpine resort. Some dangerous people are looking for Charlotte and so she’s lying low\, tending to the lodges\, happy to be alone\, but jumping every time a floor creaks or the wind whistles through the empty buildings. She’s trying to convince herself she’s okay\, that she got away. But then strange things start happening around the resort. And Charlotte starts to realise that every escape route is being sealed off\, one by one. From Gabriel Bergmoser\, the master of propulsive\, page-turning storytelling\, The Caretaker will have readers second-guessing themselves at every turn. What’s real and what isn’t? Who’s dangerous and who isn’t? And who will survive? A menacing\, nail-biting\, nerve-racking psychological thriller. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Caretaker | Gabriel Bergmoser\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About the Author Gabriel Bergmoser is a Melbourne based author and playwright. After starting out in the youth theatre scene with his early plays Windmills\, Life Without Me and Hometown\, Gabriel completed his Masters of Screenwriting at the Victorian College of the Arts. He co-founded the independent production company Bitten By Productions\, entering the Melbourne theatre scene with the one-act comedy Reunion and the futuristic Babylon Trilogy of noir thrillers. Gabriel’s 2015 Beatles comedy We Can Work It Out opened to sell out shows and rave reviews – it has also been performed in Queensland and returned to Melbourne stages for the 2018 Fringe Festival.  \n \n \n \n \n \n Follow Gabriel \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gabriel will be In-Conversation with: Local ABC Journalist – Lexie Jeuniewic Lexie is a reporter for ABC Ballarat\, covering radio\, digital\, and television. She previously worked as a senior reporter for 9News Sunshine Coast and as a video journalist for 9News Border North-East. You can follow Lexi on Twitter @LexieGJeuniewic. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Lexie Jeuniewic\n \n \n \n Follow Lexie \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Download flyer/poster\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Enquiries:  Any event specific enquires should be direct to library@ballaratmi.org.au \n \n \n \n \n \n $10 per person plus booking fee & gst \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Book Now\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Collins Booksellers\, Ballart on Lydiard will be handling book sales for the event. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Why Not become a member\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event is a BMI Community Cultural Project – Ballarat’s Oldest Cultural Institution \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BMI news \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week | For All The Dead Girls by Sherryl Clark\n For All The Dead Girls Sherryl Clark Don’t miss Sherryl... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BMI Collection Events\n Events staged in conjunction with our Heritage Collection will be... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week | Where Truth Ends by Mark Smith\n Where Truth Ends Mark Smith Don’t miss Mark who will... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n From the Curator | Arresting the Ephemeral\n The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute is custodian of the most intact... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Load More URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/royal-south-street-society-the-herald-sun-aria-semi-final/ LOCATION:The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Important Dates,Live Music,Royal South Street Society,Theatre Production ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/sq-promo-events-arias.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260630T140000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20270126T150000 DTSTAMP:20260623T010825Z CREATED:20250527T054132Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260623T010825Z UID:65238-1782828000-1800975600@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Day Tours of the Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute - Each Tuesday DESCRIPTION:An isolated\, empty ski resort in the off-season. A woman who doesn’t want to be found. A man who may not be who he appears to be. A game of cat and mouse – with deadly consequences. On the run from a controlling husband and his underworld associates in Melbourne\, Charlotte has adopted a new identity and found a job as an off-season caretaker in a tiny\, deserted alpine resort. Some dangerous people are looking for Charlotte and so she’s lying low\, tending to the lodges\, happy to be alone\, but jumping every time a floor creaks or the wind whistles through the empty buildings. She’s trying to convince herself she’s okay\, that she got away. But then strange things start happening around the resort. And Charlotte starts to realise that every escape route is being sealed off\, one by one. From Gabriel Bergmoser\, the master of propulsive\, page-turning storytelling\, The Caretaker will have readers second-guessing themselves at every turn. What’s real and what isn’t? Who’s dangerous and who isn’t? And who will survive? A menacing\, nail-biting\, nerve-racking psychological thriller. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Caretaker | Gabriel Bergmoser\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About the Author Gabriel Bergmoser is a Melbourne based author and playwright. After starting out in the youth theatre scene with his early plays Windmills\, Life Without Me and Hometown\, Gabriel completed his Masters of Screenwriting at the Victorian College of the Arts. He co-founded the independent production company Bitten By Productions\, entering the Melbourne theatre scene with the one-act comedy Reunion and the futuristic Babylon Trilogy of noir thrillers. Gabriel’s 2015 Beatles comedy We Can Work It Out opened to sell out shows and rave reviews – it has also been performed in Queensland and returned to Melbourne stages for the 2018 Fringe Festival.  \n \n \n \n \n \n Follow Gabriel \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gabriel will be In-Conversation with: Local ABC Journalist – Lexie Jeuniewic Lexie is a reporter for ABC Ballarat\, covering radio\, digital\, and television. She previously worked as a senior reporter for 9News Sunshine Coast and as a video journalist for 9News Border North-East. You can follow Lexi on Twitter @LexieGJeuniewic. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Lexie Jeuniewic\n \n \n \n Follow Lexie \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Download flyer/poster\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Enquiries:  Any event specific enquires should be direct to library@ballaratmi.org.au \n \n \n \n \n \n $10 per person plus booking fee & gst \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Book Now\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Collins Booksellers\, Ballart on Lydiard will be handling book sales for the event. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Why Not become a member\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event is a BMI Community Cultural Project – Ballarat’s Oldest Cultural Institution \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BMI news \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week | For All The Dead Girls by Sherryl Clark\n For All The Dead Girls Sherryl Clark Don’t miss Sherryl... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BMI Collection Events\n Events staged in conjunction with our Heritage Collection will be... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week | Where Truth Ends by Mark Smith\n Where Truth Ends Mark Smith Don’t miss Mark who will... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n From the Curator | Arresting the Ephemeral\n The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute is custodian of the most intact... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Load More URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/day-tours-ballarat-26/ LOCATION:Library Ground Floor\, Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Tours ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/building-tours-sq-promo.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260701T180000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260701T193000 DTSTAMP:20260508T010257Z CREATED:20260506T041811Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260508T010257Z UID:72778-1782928800-1782934200@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:In Conversation with Sherryl Clark DESCRIPTION:An isolated\, empty ski resort in the off-season. A woman who doesn’t want to be found. A man who may not be who he appears to be. A game of cat and mouse – with deadly consequences. On the run from a controlling husband and his underworld associates in Melbourne\, Charlotte has adopted a new identity and found a job as an off-season caretaker in a tiny\, deserted alpine resort. Some dangerous people are looking for Charlotte and so she’s lying low\, tending to the lodges\, happy to be alone\, but jumping every time a floor creaks or the wind whistles through the empty buildings. She’s trying to convince herself she’s okay\, that she got away. But then strange things start happening around the resort. And Charlotte starts to realise that every escape route is being sealed off\, one by one. From Gabriel Bergmoser\, the master of propulsive\, page-turning storytelling\, The Caretaker will have readers second-guessing themselves at every turn. What’s real and what isn’t? Who’s dangerous and who isn’t? And who will survive? A menacing\, nail-biting\, nerve-racking psychological thriller. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Caretaker | Gabriel Bergmoser\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About the Author Gabriel Bergmoser is a Melbourne based author and playwright. After starting out in the youth theatre scene with his early plays Windmills\, Life Without Me and Hometown\, Gabriel completed his Masters of Screenwriting at the Victorian College of the Arts. He co-founded the independent production company Bitten By Productions\, entering the Melbourne theatre scene with the one-act comedy Reunion and the futuristic Babylon Trilogy of noir thrillers. Gabriel’s 2015 Beatles comedy We Can Work It Out opened to sell out shows and rave reviews – it has also been performed in Queensland and returned to Melbourne stages for the 2018 Fringe Festival.  \n \n \n \n \n \n Follow Gabriel \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gabriel will be In-Conversation with: Local ABC Journalist – Lexie Jeuniewic Lexie is a reporter for ABC Ballarat\, covering radio\, digital\, and television. She previously worked as a senior reporter for 9News Sunshine Coast and as a video journalist for 9News Border North-East. You can follow Lexi on Twitter @LexieGJeuniewic. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Lexie Jeuniewic\n \n \n \n Follow Lexie \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Download flyer/poster\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Enquiries:  Any event specific enquires should be direct to library@ballaratmi.org.au \n \n \n \n \n \n $10 per person plus booking fee & gst \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Book Now\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Collins Booksellers\, Ballart on Lydiard will be handling book sales for the event. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Why Not become a member\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event is a BMI Community Cultural Project – Ballarat’s Oldest Cultural Institution \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BMI news \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week | For All The Dead Girls by Sherryl Clark\n For All The Dead Girls Sherryl Clark Don’t miss Sherryl... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BMI Collection Events\n Events staged in conjunction with our Heritage Collection will be... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week | Where Truth Ends by Mark Smith\n Where Truth Ends Mark Smith Don’t miss Mark who will... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n From the Curator | Arresting the Ephemeral\n The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute is custodian of the most intact... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Load More URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/in-conversation-with-sherryl-clark/ LOCATION:BMI – Humffray Room\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:Author Talk,Library ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/sp-promo-talks-sherryl-clark.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260701T190000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260701T200000 DTSTAMP:20260509T054226Z CREATED:20260509T054129Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260509T054226Z UID:72881-1782932400-1782936000@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Kadampa Meditation Series | A Full Heart: Gratitude and Contentment in Daily Life DESCRIPTION:An isolated\, empty ski resort in the off-season. A woman who doesn’t want to be found. A man who may not be who he appears to be. A game of cat and mouse – with deadly consequences. On the run from a controlling husband and his underworld associates in Melbourne\, Charlotte has adopted a new identity and found a job as an off-season caretaker in a tiny\, deserted alpine resort. Some dangerous people are looking for Charlotte and so she’s lying low\, tending to the lodges\, happy to be alone\, but jumping every time a floor creaks or the wind whistles through the empty buildings. She’s trying to convince herself she’s okay\, that she got away. But then strange things start happening around the resort. And Charlotte starts to realise that every escape route is being sealed off\, one by one. From Gabriel Bergmoser\, the master of propulsive\, page-turning storytelling\, The Caretaker will have readers second-guessing themselves at every turn. What’s real and what isn’t? Who’s dangerous and who isn’t? And who will survive? A menacing\, nail-biting\, nerve-racking psychological thriller. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Caretaker | Gabriel Bergmoser\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About the Author Gabriel Bergmoser is a Melbourne based author and playwright. After starting out in the youth theatre scene with his early plays Windmills\, Life Without Me and Hometown\, Gabriel completed his Masters of Screenwriting at the Victorian College of the Arts. He co-founded the independent production company Bitten By Productions\, entering the Melbourne theatre scene with the one-act comedy Reunion and the futuristic Babylon Trilogy of noir thrillers. Gabriel’s 2015 Beatles comedy We Can Work It Out opened to sell out shows and rave reviews – it has also been performed in Queensland and returned to Melbourne stages for the 2018 Fringe Festival.  \n \n \n \n \n \n Follow Gabriel \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gabriel will be In-Conversation with: Local ABC Journalist – Lexie Jeuniewic Lexie is a reporter for ABC Ballarat\, covering radio\, digital\, and television. She previously worked as a senior reporter for 9News Sunshine Coast and as a video journalist for 9News Border North-East. You can follow Lexi on Twitter @LexieGJeuniewic. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Lexie Jeuniewic\n \n \n \n Follow Lexie \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Download flyer/poster\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Enquiries:  Any event specific enquires should be direct to library@ballaratmi.org.au \n \n \n \n \n \n $10 per person plus booking fee & gst \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Book Now\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Collins Booksellers\, Ballart on Lydiard will be handling book sales for the event. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Why Not become a member\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event is a BMI Community Cultural Project – Ballarat’s Oldest Cultural Institution \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BMI news \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week | For All The Dead Girls by Sherryl Clark\n For All The Dead Girls Sherryl Clark Don’t miss Sherryl... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BMI Collection Events\n Events staged in conjunction with our Heritage Collection will be... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week | Where Truth Ends by Mark Smith\n Where Truth Ends Mark Smith Don’t miss Mark who will... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n From the Curator | Arresting the Ephemeral\n The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute is custodian of the most intact... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Load More URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/kadampa-meditation-series-a-full-heart-gratitude-and-contentment-in-daily-life/ LOCATION:Lending Library\, Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, Victoria\, 3350\, Australia CATEGORIES:kadampa ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/5-Gratitude_GP_Class_BMI-Square.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Kadampa Meditation":MAILTO:info@kadampa.org.au END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260703T200000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260703T211500 DTSTAMP:20260514T042336Z CREATED:20260505T235334Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260514T042336Z UID:72745-1783108800-1783113300@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Joscho Stephan Trio: Gypsy Jazz Virtuosos DESCRIPTION:An isolated\, empty ski resort in the off-season. A woman who doesn’t want to be found. A man who may not be who he appears to be. A game of cat and mouse – with deadly consequences. On the run from a controlling husband and his underworld associates in Melbourne\, Charlotte has adopted a new identity and found a job as an off-season caretaker in a tiny\, deserted alpine resort. Some dangerous people are looking for Charlotte and so she’s lying low\, tending to the lodges\, happy to be alone\, but jumping every time a floor creaks or the wind whistles through the empty buildings. She’s trying to convince herself she’s okay\, that she got away. But then strange things start happening around the resort. And Charlotte starts to realise that every escape route is being sealed off\, one by one. From Gabriel Bergmoser\, the master of propulsive\, page-turning storytelling\, The Caretaker will have readers second-guessing themselves at every turn. What’s real and what isn’t? Who’s dangerous and who isn’t? And who will survive? A menacing\, nail-biting\, nerve-racking psychological thriller. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Caretaker | Gabriel Bergmoser\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About the Author Gabriel Bergmoser is a Melbourne based author and playwright. After starting out in the youth theatre scene with his early plays Windmills\, Life Without Me and Hometown\, Gabriel completed his Masters of Screenwriting at the Victorian College of the Arts. He co-founded the independent production company Bitten By Productions\, entering the Melbourne theatre scene with the one-act comedy Reunion and the futuristic Babylon Trilogy of noir thrillers. Gabriel’s 2015 Beatles comedy We Can Work It Out opened to sell out shows and rave reviews – it has also been performed in Queensland and returned to Melbourne stages for the 2018 Fringe Festival.  \n \n \n \n \n \n Follow Gabriel \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gabriel will be In-Conversation with: Local ABC Journalist – Lexie Jeuniewic Lexie is a reporter for ABC Ballarat\, covering radio\, digital\, and television. She previously worked as a senior reporter for 9News Sunshine Coast and as a video journalist for 9News Border North-East. You can follow Lexi on Twitter @LexieGJeuniewic. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Lexie Jeuniewic\n \n \n \n Follow Lexie \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Download flyer/poster\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Enquiries:  Any event specific enquires should be direct to library@ballaratmi.org.au \n \n \n \n \n \n $10 per person plus booking fee & gst \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Book Now\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Collins Booksellers\, Ballart on Lydiard will be handling book sales for the event. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Why Not become a member\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event is a BMI Community Cultural Project – Ballarat’s Oldest Cultural Institution \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BMI news \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week | For All The Dead Girls by Sherryl Clark\n For All The Dead Girls Sherryl Clark Don’t miss Sherryl... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BMI Collection Events\n Events staged in conjunction with our Heritage Collection will be... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week | Where Truth Ends by Mark Smith\n Where Truth Ends Mark Smith Don’t miss Mark who will... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n From the Curator | Arresting the Ephemeral\n The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute is custodian of the most intact... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Load More URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/joscho-stephan-trio-gypsy-jazz-virtuosos/ LOCATION:BMI – Minerva Space\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350 CATEGORIES:Live Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/sq-promo-events-joscho-final.png ORGANIZER;CN="Concerts Australia":MAILTO:michael@concertsaustralia.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260704T100000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260704T110000 DTSTAMP:20260514T042623Z CREATED:20260413T230016Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260514T042623Z UID:72002-1783159200-1783162800@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Whistle and Trick DESCRIPTION:An isolated\, empty ski resort in the off-season. A woman who doesn’t want to be found. A man who may not be who he appears to be. A game of cat and mouse – with deadly consequences. On the run from a controlling husband and his underworld associates in Melbourne\, Charlotte has adopted a new identity and found a job as an off-season caretaker in a tiny\, deserted alpine resort. Some dangerous people are looking for Charlotte and so she’s lying low\, tending to the lodges\, happy to be alone\, but jumping every time a floor creaks or the wind whistles through the empty buildings. She’s trying to convince herself she’s okay\, that she got away. But then strange things start happening around the resort. And Charlotte starts to realise that every escape route is being sealed off\, one by one. From Gabriel Bergmoser\, the master of propulsive\, page-turning storytelling\, The Caretaker will have readers second-guessing themselves at every turn. What’s real and what isn’t? Who’s dangerous and who isn’t? And who will survive? A menacing\, nail-biting\, nerve-racking psychological thriller. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Caretaker | Gabriel Bergmoser\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About the Author Gabriel Bergmoser is a Melbourne based author and playwright. After starting out in the youth theatre scene with his early plays Windmills\, Life Without Me and Hometown\, Gabriel completed his Masters of Screenwriting at the Victorian College of the Arts. He co-founded the independent production company Bitten By Productions\, entering the Melbourne theatre scene with the one-act comedy Reunion and the futuristic Babylon Trilogy of noir thrillers. Gabriel’s 2015 Beatles comedy We Can Work It Out opened to sell out shows and rave reviews – it has also been performed in Queensland and returned to Melbourne stages for the 2018 Fringe Festival.  \n \n \n \n \n \n Follow Gabriel \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gabriel will be In-Conversation with: Local ABC Journalist – Lexie Jeuniewic Lexie is a reporter for ABC Ballarat\, covering radio\, digital\, and television. She previously worked as a senior reporter for 9News Sunshine Coast and as a video journalist for 9News Border North-East. You can follow Lexi on Twitter @LexieGJeuniewic. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Lexie Jeuniewic\n \n \n \n Follow Lexie \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Download flyer/poster\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Enquiries:  Any event specific enquires should be direct to library@ballaratmi.org.au \n \n \n \n \n \n $10 per person plus booking fee & gst \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Book Now\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Collins Booksellers\, Ballart on Lydiard will be handling book sales for the event. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Why Not become a member\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This event is a BMI Community Cultural Project – Ballarat’s Oldest Cultural Institution \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BMI news \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week | For All The Dead Girls by Sherryl Clark\n For All The Dead Girls Sherryl Clark Don’t miss Sherryl... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BMI Collection Events\n Events staged in conjunction with our Heritage Collection will be... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rosemary’s Book of the Week | Where Truth Ends by Mark Smith\n Where Truth Ends Mark Smith Don’t miss Mark who will... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n From the Curator | Arresting the Ephemeral\n The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute is custodian of the most intact... \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Load More URL:https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/whistle-and-trick/ LOCATION:BMI – Minerva Space\, 117-119 Sturt Street\, Ballarat Central\, VIC\, 3350 CATEGORIES:Comedy,Live Music,Theatre Production ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/sq-promo-events-whistle-and-trick.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260705T193000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20260705T210000 DTSTAMP:20260521T040050Z CREATED:20260521T034118Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260521T040050Z UID:73067-1783279800-1783285200@ballaratmi.org.au SUMMARY:Alexandr Misko: International Guitar Sensation Live at BMI DESCRIPTION:An isolated\, empty ski resort in the off-season. A woman who doesn’t want to be found. A man who may not be who he appears to be. A game of cat and mouse – with deadly consequences. On the run from a controlling husband and his underworld associates in Melbourne\, Charlotte has adopted a new identity and found a job as an off-season caretaker in a tiny\, deserted alpine resort. Some dangerous people are looking for Charlotte and so she’s lying low\, tending to the lodges\, happy to be alone\, but jumping every time a floor creaks or the wind whistles through the empty buildings. She’s trying to convince herself she’s okay\, that she got away. But then strange things start happening around the resort. And Charlotte starts to realise that every escape route is being sealed off\, one by one. From Gabriel Bergmoser\, the master of propulsive\, page-turning storytelling\, The Caretaker will have readers second-guessing themselves at every turn. What’s real and what isn’t? Who’s dangerous and who isn’t? And who will survive? A menacing\, nail-biting\, nerve-racking psychological thriller. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Caretaker | Gabriel Bergmoser\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n About the Author Gabriel Bergmoser is a Melbourne based author and playwright. After starting out in the youth theatre scene with his early plays Windmills\, Life Without Me and Hometown\, Gabriel completed his Masters of Screenwriting at the Victorian College of the Arts. He co-founded the independent production company Bitten By Productions\, entering the Melbourne theatre scene with the one-act comedy Reunion and the futuristic Babylon Trilogy of noir thrillers. Gabriel’s 2015 Beatles comedy We Can Work It Out opened to sell out shows and rave reviews – it has also been performed in Queensland and returned to Melbourne stages for the 2018 Fringe Festival.  \n \n \n \n \n \n Follow Gabriel \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Gabriel will be In-Conversation with: Local ABC Journalist – Lexie Jeuniewic Lexie is a reporter for ABC Ballarat\, covering radio\, digital\, and television. She previously worked as a senior reporter for 9News Sunshine Coast and as a video journalist for 9News Border North-East. 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