Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute

Sparkling Wine Tasting Workshop with Dr Amie Brûlée
2021-11-19 17:30 - 19:00 (Australia/Melbourne) | BMI – Humffray Room, 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, 3350, Australia
Discover the secrets of sparkling wine with a tasting workshop at the Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute with Amie Brûlée, Doctor of Wine.

We’ll take you and your taste buds through a range of sparkling wines – including Champagne, Cava, Prosecco, and Australian sparkling – explaining the difference between the styles. You’ll learn about the history, production methods, varieties, food and wine pairing, and most importantly, tasting.
The perfect way to start the weekend!

About Amie
Amie Brûlée, otherwise known as Dr Amie Sexton, has a PhD in wine, is an experienced and engaging teacher, and has a quite a passion for fermented beverages. Over the years she has lived and worked in wine in Bordeaux (France), taught wine history and tasting at The University of Melbourne, and shared her love of wine in many workshops, presentations and performances.

Notes:

You must be over 18 years old to attend this event.
You must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to attend this event, and evidence will need to be provided before entry will be allowed into the venue.

The Reading Room | A book reading & discussion group
2021-10-26 14:30 - 16:00 | Soldiers Hill CBD | Pop-up, 512 Macarthur Street, Soldiers Hill, Victoria, 3350, Australia
The Reading Room (2.30pm – 4pm)
This volunteer run reading and discussion group meets monthly. It is anticipated that members will read the selected book prior to attendance.If you would like to be a part of this group (free to BMI members) please complete the Expression of Interest. We welcome you feedback through this form as we progress this great new initiative. The November reading will be Past the Shallows by Favel Parrett.
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Let me sing you gentle songs | Lind Olsson
Past the Shallows | Favel Parrett
This workshop is a BMI Community Art Project – Ballarat’s Oldest Cultural Institution

Champagne Tasting Workshop @ BMI
2021-10-22 17:30 - 19:00 | The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute, 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, 3350, Australia
Celebrate International Champagne Day with a tasting workshop at the Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute with Amie Brûlée, Doctor of Wine.

We’ll taste two champagnes side by side – a well-known big brand and hand-crafted grower Champagne. Amie will guide you through the tasting, explaining the similarities and differences, and what makes Champagne taste so good! As well as tasting, you’ll learn about the history of Champagne (including scandals and heists) and the process of making bubbles (answering questions like: what is that mysterious secondary fermentation thing? and why is it white when it’s made from red grapes?).
The perfect way to start the weekend!

About Amie
Amie Brûlée, otherwise known as Dr Amie Sexton, has a PhD in wine, is an experienced and engaging teacher, and has a quite a passion for fermented beverages. Over the years she has lived and worked in wine in Bordeaux (France), taught wine history and tasting at The University of Melbourne, and shared her love of wine in many workshops, presentations and performances.

Tin Art Workshop | Melinda Muscat
2021-10-20 10:00 - 13:00 | Soldiers Hill CBD | Pop-up, 512 Macarthur Street, Soldiers Hill, Victoria, 3350, Australia
Image: Melinda Muscat | Burst of Sunshine, 2020 | Tin Art (full image below)
A Tin Art Workshop | Melinda Muscat (10am – 1pm)
In this workshop you will get to make your very own piece of ready to hang tin art. Melinda has a range of designs and templates you can use or you can create your own simple design. You have four colours of thin aluminium shim to choose from. You will be guided through how to cut out your design and how to etch them and make different marks. We will then glue the different layers together, including a thread from which to hang them.

Melinda Muscat | Be My Valentine 2, 2020 | Tin Art

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Attendant purchase & confirmation
To attend this session the cost is $33 per person, discounts apply to BMI members and Concession

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Image: Melinda Muscat | Burst of Sunshine (detail), 2020 | Tin Art
This workshop is a BMI Community Art Project – Ballarat’s Oldest Cultural Institution

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Tin Art Workshop | Melinda Muscat
2021-10-09 10:00 - 13:00 | Soldiers Hill CBD | Pop-up, 512 Macarthur Street, Soldiers Hill, Victoria, 3350, Australia
Image: Melinda Muscat | Burst of Sunshine, 2020 | Tin Art (full image below)
A Tin Art Workshop | Melinda Muscat
In this workshop you will get to make your very own piece of ready to hang tin art. Melinda has a range of designs and templates you can use or you can create your own simple design. You have four colours of thin aluminium shim to choose from. You will be guided through how to cut out your design and how to etch them and make different marks. We will then glue the different layers together, including a thread from which to hang them.

Melinda Muscat | Be My Valentine 2, 2020 | Tin Art

About Melinda >

Attendant purchase & confirmation
To attend this session the cost is $33 per person, discounts apply to BMI members and seniors.

Book now >

Other payment options
If you do not wish to pay on-line please contact the Library on (03) 5331 3042 or email to reserve your place.

I would like to be kept informed of additional workshops with Melinda
Please indicate your preferred day of the week and workshop start time.

Community Art Project
If you have an idea for a Community Art Project then we would like to hear from you.

Application >

Image: Melinda Muscat | Burst of Sunshine (detail), 2020 | Tin Art

This workshop is a BMI Community Art Project – Ballarat’s Oldest Cultural Institution

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Exhibition of Works | Melinda Muscat
2021-10-02 10:00 - 2021-11-19 16:00 | Soldiers Hill CBD | Pop-up, 512 Macarthur Street, Soldiers Hill, Victoria, 3350, Australia
Image: Be My Valentine 2, 2020 | Melinda Muscat
Exhibition of Works
Prior to and during Melinda’s Tin Art sessions a small exhibition of her works will be on display. Commission earned for works offered for sale during the exhibition will support BMI arts and cultural activities.
This display will only be open during normal Library operating hours (i.e. Monday to Friday 10am – 4pm | Saturday 9.30am to 12noon).
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Ballarat International Foto Biennale | Number One | Gudinski
2021-09-15 10:00 - 2022-01-09 17:00 | The Ballarat Imaginarium, 119A Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, 3350, Australia
Image: Image: Brian Purnell, Michael Gudinski, Courtesy of Mushroom Creative House
Number One | Gudinski
(currently open Thursday to Sunday | updated 13/10/21)
This element of the Ballarat International Foto Biennale will be held in the Basement of the Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute.
We are thrilled to be a part of this wonderful event.
About this installation
In celebration of Michael Gudinski’s legacy, the Ballarat International Foto Biennale in partnership with Mushroom Group presents an exhibition of music photography. Through an Open Call, music photographers were given the opportunity to submit photographs featuring artists under the Mushroom Group and Frontier Touring banner. Number One | Gudinski is an ode to Michael Gudinski, whose passion for music was legendary. This exhibition celebrates his advocacy for the arts and lasting impact.
Often referred to by those in the know as the Godfather of Aussie music, Michael Gudinski is widely recognised as the most powerful and influential figure in the Australian music industry. As Chairman of Mushroom Group – the largest independent music and entertainment company in Australia and New Zealand, home to Frontier Touring, Chugg Entertainment, eight record labels and over two dozen other specialist divisions – Gudinski’s clout was undeniable. The exhibition features photographs of Elton John, Paul McCartney, Vance Joy, Courtney Barnett, Troye Sivan and many more.
About the Foto Beinnale
The Ballarat International Foto Biennale was founded in 2005 and attracts significant international and Australian photographers as one of Australia’s pre-eminent photographic festivals. It is a not-for-profit event that immerses the historic town of Ballarat in photographic art.
Now in its 16th year, the Ballarat International Foto Biennale has enriched the cultural landscape of regional Victoria, becoming the most significant, prestigious photographic arts festival in Australia. Held every two years we showcase work from domestic and international artists that is new, previously unseen in Australia or contextualised afresh; and in our Open Program we foster the development of emerging artists. Alongside there are public programs and education programs comprising talks, workshops and prizes which round out a rich and diverse cultural event that attracts more than 30,000 people, delivering significant economic and cultural impact.
The Ballarat International Foto Biennale is guided by the principle that it not only serves the community but also plays a vital role in cultivating it.
The Ballarat International Foto Biennale has attracted more than 200,000 visitors to Ballarat and was honoured in 2018 at the Federation Business School and Commerce Ballarat Business Excellence Awards as the winner of the Visit Ballarat Events and Attractions Business Award. Its Founding Director, Jeff Moorfoot OAM received an Order of Australia Medal for services to photography.
We are Australia’s leading photographic festival. We’ve done this by consistently finding new ways to engage audiences with photography, responding to our audience’s needs, their changing vision of art and culture, and the role it plays in shaping Ballarat. We recognise and support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island people as the First Australians. Through photography, we see our world reflected back in unexpected ways through the eyes of others: artists, community and new perspectives.

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Leah Senior with Chimpanzee
2021-07-10 19:00 - 22:30 | BMI – Humffray Room, 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, 3350, Australia
Artwork: Jackson Dahlenberg
Leah Senior with Champanzee.
BMI is thrilled to host two groups with a very unique modern take on folk music in the Humffray Room.
Leah Senior creates captivating folk music through ethereal vocals, thoughtful lyricism and blissful harmonies.
This will be her first appearance to Ballarat since the release of The Passing Scene ( Flightless Records) a stand out album of 2020.
Joining her for the performance will be long term collaborators Andi Senior and Jesse Williams.
Also making their first ever Ballarat appearance in their hometown will be Chimpanzee led by Bananagun drummer Jimi Gregg and joined by other members of Cool Sounds and Crepes.
Chimpanzee brings to life Jimi’s thoughtful poetry, alongside elements of jazz and folk combined in a uniquely rhythmic way.
Pre-booking is available through Trybooking or else $20 on the door if not sold out. (trybooking.com/BSHHV)

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Exhibition of Works | Geoff Roderick
2021-07-07 10:00 - 2021-07-28 16:00 | Soldiers Hill CBD | Pop-up, 512 Macarthur Street, Soldiers Hill, Victoria, 3350, Australia
Image: View of Clunes towards lookout (detail), 2021 | Geoff Roderick
Exhibition of Works
During Geoff’s Painting Basics sessions a small exhibition of his works will be on display. Commission earned for works offered for sale during the exhibition will support BMI arts and cultural activities.

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The River Moorabool | Ballarat
2021-06-26 19:00 - 21:00 | The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute, 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, 3350, Australia
This film explains why this unique river, travelling from the Wombat Forests near Ballarat to the Barwon River at Geelong, is in trouble.

“The River Moorabool” promotes alternative urban water supplies that would increase its flow and resilience in a changing climate.
About 90% of the Moorabool’s natural flow is taken for human use. Dams in the upper catchment trap water for Geelong and Ballarat. More is trapped in farm dams, so never makes the river.
A lower stretch of the river near Geelong is concreted, but this is badly broken, so water soaks into the cement quarry for which the river’s course was twice shifted back in the 1900s.
Further downstream, the river was turned into a concrete channel. The Moorabool’s flow often does not make it to the Barwon River.
In 2007-8, the river stopped flowing because water behind the Bungal Dam was diverted to Ballarat rather than being allowed down the river.
The environmental flow is a small fraction of that extracted for human use.

The Moorabool’s health is suffering because of:

The increasing water use by Ballarat and Geelong

Intensive farming activities

The spread of weeds along the river and its tributaries

The film discusses new sources of water for cities – such as recycling, storm water reuse, desalination – and rationalization of farm dams.

“The river needs a more resilient and environmentally secure future with greater flows and improved catchment management, including more riparian revegetation.”

The film presents interviews with a Wadawurrung man, farmers, scientists, landcare proponents, and river campaigners that explain the river’s history, characteristics, problems and possible solutions. The diversity of scenery along the river is a strong feature of the film.

The film was made by “People for A Living Moorabool” and “Sheoaks Films”.
People for A Living Moorabool (PALM) formed during April 2008 in response to the dire condition of the Moorabool River.
The PALM Charter reads:
“Our group unites those who want to keep the full length of the Moorabool River alive. This one idea of a ‘living Moorabool’ is our guiding principle. It means that our commitment to be a voice for the river will override any support for the rights of particular water users. We have a single focus – the right of this magnificent, but highly stressed river, to an effective environmental flow. We are motivated by the politics of unity not division.”
PALM and the Geelong Landcare Network support each other in advocating for the Moorabool River and catchment management.

This event is being supported by the Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute.

Murder Mystery | The Peculiar Demise of William Bailey
2021-05-08 18:00 - 19:30 | BMI – Humffray Room, 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, 3350, Australia
A host and four suspects will guide party guests through a murder mystery based on Ballarat’s shady past while a 3 course meal is served.
The Peculiar Demise of William Bailey
Located in the elegant Humffray Room at the historic Ballaarat Mechanics Institute, party guests can dress up in 1870’s costume or modern-day cocktail attire.
The story follows William Bailey, a paranoid and vain trickster from the Ballarat Goldrush era, who has just tricked the Learmonth family into selling a profitable gold mine to him…
Will you be able to catch a murderer?

There are two seperate murder mystery party investigations occurring.
Saturday May 8th – Dinner
Sunday May 23rd – Luncheon
Our sumptuous 3-course meal will include:
Starter:
Rabbit terrine with cornichons and croutons (GF, DF on request)
Mains:
Bacon wrapped quail with stuffed potato, greens and jus (GF, DF)
Dessert:
Fruit jelly trifle (GF, DF)
Vegetarian Option:
Sweet potato and rosemary soup
Vegetable galette with accompaniments
Other options including vegan will also be available, please indicate in the notes if required.
A free glass of wine is included with your ticket, and the BMI Bar will be operating.

Red Mill Revue!
2021-05-15 20:00 - 22:00 | The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute, 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, 3350, Australia
Old Fashioned Entertainment for Modern Audiences

Red Mill Revue! is a Celebration of the human form in all its variations. Our Multi-disciplinary performers combine Burlesque, Dance, Vaudeville, Tease, Comedy, Cabaret and Music into a high energy Variety show that’s fun for everyone. You get a whole seat, but you’ll only need the front – that’s where you’ll be glued. Regardless of your persuasion, orientation or occupation, if entertainment is your inclination – then Red Mill is your destination!
All of our performers have been working in the arts for years, with some performing for nearly 30. They come from a range of backgrounds including training in Ballet, Musical Theatre, Classical Music, Circus, SFX makeup, Hairdressing and many more. They have been creating Burlesque shows together for years, thrilling audiences in Melbourne, Ballarat, Daylesford, Camperdown, Werribee & Warracknabeal.

2021 Victorian Pinup Pageant
2021-05-22 12:00 - 14:00 | BMI – Minerva Space, 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, 3350
Welcome to the Victorian Pinup Pageant which is the first in a series of Pinup Pageants around Australia leading to the first Australian Pinup Pageant.
A performance based presentation celebrating all aspects of vintage & retro nostalgia.
Categories: Rockabilly, Psychobilly, Glamourbilly, Geekabilly & a Coupleobillys.
Who will win “The Victorian Pinup Pageant” 2021?

The Witching Hour & A Night of Spiritualism | Ballarat Heritage Festival
2021-05-21 19:00 - 22:00 | BMI – Minerva Space, 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, 3350
Lecture and Magic Performance for men and women whose interests lie in history and superstition.

Two historical shows with a short interval.

The Witching Hour
Have you found anything usual while renovating your house?
Join Historian Dr David Waldron and Historian/Magician Dr Jo Clyne as they present the findings in a part Victorian era style lecture, part magic show.

A Night Of Spiritualism
Ballarat séances and spiritualists were well known enough internationally to be discussed by no less than Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, avowed spiritualist and the creator of the detective Sherlock Holmes.
Join us in a magical exploration of Ballarat’s Spiritualist past featuring many of the sleight of hand tricks and illusions that were the staple of Victorian mediums.

Suffrajitsu & Playing the Ghost | Ballarat Heritage Festival
2021-05-14 19:00 - 22:00 | BMI – Multiple Spaces, 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, 3350, Australia
Participate in a suffragette rally and learn the art of suffrajitsu, then, explore Ballarat’s rich heritage of ghostly rituals and hoaxes.

Two historical shows with a short interval.
Suffrajitsu – See a suffragette rally and a Victorian Women’s self defence display of suffrajitsu, the noble art of self defence for women.
Playing the Ghost – Explore Ballarat’s rich heritage of ghostly rituals, beliefs and hoaxes.

Suffrajitsu
See a suffragette rally and a Victorian Women’s self defence display of suffrajitsu, the noble art of self defense for women.
In the late 19th century there was a craze for the Japanese martial art of Jiu Jitsu among women campaigning for suffrage, This was both for self defense from ruffians when door knocking, protesting and gaining signatures and also as part of a campaign for women’s safety at night. Led by Edith Garrud this movement argued that as women were exposed to violence and intimidation in their pursuit of suffrage they should campaign to break free of reliance on men for their protection.

Playing the Ghost
Come with us to explore Ballarat’s rich heritage of ghostly rituals, beliefs and hoaxes through the winding alleys of Camp and Lydiard st this Heritage weekend. Guisers who created spectres to scare away ill fortune and evil spirits, the wassailing rituals to protect against misfortune and the hoaxers who challenged the authority of the scientific anti-superstitious crusade by ‘playing the ghost’ in elaborate hoaxes. Also see the steps taken by 19th century police, clergy and vigilantes to stamp out what was known as the “ghost nuisance”.
Featuring Fauvel the Australian Mari Lwyd, a traditional spectral ‘Grey Mare’, come on a guided theatrical tour of activations and Victorian artworks through Camp and Lydiard street to revisit Ballarat’s subversive and spectral past.
But outside the obscure regions tenanted by this creed, there are distinct signs that ghosts, which we thought were laughed out of existence by the robust common sense of the eighteenth century, are creeping back into the world, revisiting again the glimpses of the moon, in these rather sickly times of the moribund nineteenth century.
– The Argus 1884

Journey to the Southern Cross | Ballarat Heritage Festival
2021-05-09 13:00 - 15:00 | The Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute, 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, 3350, Australia
A harrowing journey across a harsh land filled with bushrangers, wilderness, and unscrupulous characters.

Join our rag tag team of travellers as they embark on a perilous journey from across the globe to make their fortune on the goldfields of 1850s Ballarat.
Our diverse group of travellers will face storms at sea and engage in a harrowing journey across a harsh land filled with bushrangers, wilderness and unscrupulous characters threatening both their lives and their wallets.

Rock Ballarat Burlesque Showcase
2021-05-01 18:00 - 23:30 | BMI – Minerva Space, 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, 3350
Rock Ballarat brings the best of Australia’s Burlesque Elite to the stage with the wonderful, witty, wine-loving Tash York as your MC for the evening.
Tash will lead you through a night of fabulous performances by the amazing collective of Kitty Obsidian, Dolores Daiquiri, Azcadelia Ferri Maya and Rosie Roulette.
You will be enchanted, teased and left begging on your knees as you witness a night you’ll never forget.
Burlesque Fantastique!
Doors open at 6pm – show starts at 6:30. 18+ Event
Frou Frou Striptease!
Doors open at 9pm – show starts at 9:30. 18+ Event

Keep the Circle Unbroken - Ballarat
2021-03-28 15:00 - 17:00 | BMI – Multiple Spaces, 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, 3350, Australia
Keep The Circle Unbroken features an incredible line-up of Australian musicians performing on a new album of the same name.

Keep The Circle Unbroken is a series of concerts to be presented across Victoria’s iconic regional towns this March featuring an incredible line-up of Australian musicians spanning two generations performing songs inspired by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band’s 1972 album Will the Circle be Unbroken.

The Ballarat leg of the tour will include:
Row Jerry Crow:

Paul Woseen (the Screaming Jets)
Jeff Consi (the Badloves)
Dion Hirini (Vika & Linda Bull)
Rob Hornbuckle (the Masters Apprentices)
John Kendall (Uncle Bill)
and Delsinki

Guest Artists:

Kylie Auldist
Kee’ahn
Dan Hall
Joyce Preacher
Local guest

Guest pickers:

Hamish Davidson (the Davidson Brothers)
Justin Brady (Things of Stone & Wood)

MICF Class Clowns | Ballarat Heat
2021-03-18 19:00 - 21:00 | BMI – Multiple Spaces, 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, 3350, Australia
The search is on for Australia’s funniest teens!

This event is your opportunity to be in the live audience at the Ballarat Heat of Class Clowns, and to see some up-and-coming comedians perfect their craft!

Melbourne International Comedy Festival’s one-of-a-kind national comedy competition for young people is now happening.
Class Clowns aims to inspire, engage and elevate teens aged 14-18 (Years 9–12). It’s free to enter, and all students need is a 3-5 minute original act in any style of comedy.
Heats around the country start with a 2-hour workshop, where students rehearse and refine their act with the help of a professional comedian, followed by an opportunity to perform for a live audience (YOU!).
Selected comedians go on to compete in state finals, with the winners invited to participate in the National Grand Final for a chance to win a cash prize of $1500, and a workshop package for their school.
For over two decades, Class Clowns has helped hundreds of funny, young peeps hone their comedy potential. Past participants like Joel Creasey, Annie Louey, Rhys Nicholson, Aaron Chen and William McKenna have gone on to have a career in showbiz, and the Melbourne International Comedy Festival is always on the look-out for the next generation of funny people.
If you’re the teacher, parent or guardian of a funny teen, head to classclowns.com.au to learn more and register.

This event is proudly supported by Power FM Ballarat 103.1

Big Women | Presented by LadderFrame Theatre
2021-03-13 19:00 - 22:30 | BMI – Multiple Spaces, 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, 3350, Australia
The newest local theatre company on the block, LadderFrame Theatre, is excited to show it’s well received original show – Big Women.

Under the guise of creative director Zara Wilson-Boyle and music director Chiara Angeli, the show has been constructed using influences of Physical Theatre and Verbatim Theatre; its script composed of real words spoken by real people.
Through a process of interviews, transcripts, workshops and interpretation of theatrical conventions, the cast and crew have created a dynamic theatrical piece that celebrates and uncovers the Big Stories of these Big Women.
Before the main performance Megan J Riedl will present her original spoken word poetry.

Doors open | 7pm
Pre-show entertainment | 7:15pm
Main event – Big Women | 8pm

Note: While the BMI is an all ages venue the show does contain adult themes. This event will use strobe effects and theatrical smoke.

This event is proudly supported by the Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute – Ballarat’s independent home of Arts and Culture.
