Twilight Talks 2023 | Season 1

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

8 February – The Red Planet & Ballarat’s Lady Astronomer | Graeme Hood & Dr Anne Beggs-Sunter Bar open from 5.00pm | Talk starts at 5.30pm Graeme Hood is an amateur Astronomer who first turned to the skies as a young boy in 1957 to observe the Sputnik spacecraft. He has maintained a lifelong interest […]

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Twilight Talks 2023 | Season 1 | More tickets released

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

A regional Commonwealth Games & creating great teams | Steve Moneghetti AM & Gerard FitzGerald Bar open in the Humffray Room from 5.00pm | Talk starts in the Minerva Room at 5.30pm Steve Moneghetti AM Steve Moneghetti AM Gerard FitzGerald Gerard FitzGerald Tickets/bookings. Free | We are pleased to advise that this series is being […]

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Event Series Twilight Talks 2023 | Season 1

Twilight Talks 2023 | Season 1 | Now moved to Minerva Space Level 3

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

History; The Ballarat Club & Trades Hall | Dr Phil Roberts OAM & Jenny Beacham Bar open from 5.00pm | Talk starts at 5.30pm Dr Phil Roberts OAM Educated in Melbourne, during 1967-2002 was a secondary humanities teacher and Principal. In 1971 he taught in London and in 1984 Denver. Author of 21 books, his […]

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Twilight Talks 2023 | Season 1

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

Making a difference to Ballarat’s homeless - Ballarat Future Shapers & Michael Poulton. Bar open from 5.00pm | Talk starts at 5.30pm Ballarat Future Shapers Western Region leadership project and how they dreamed big to help the homeless and deliver the Sleepbus to Ballarat. Michael Poulton Michael is the current CEO of the Committee for Ballarat, a role […]

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Twilight Talks 2023 | Season 1

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

Your data and how to protect it - George Fong  & Dr Omaru Maruatona Bar open from 5.00pm | Talk starts at 5.30pm George Fong Founder of Lateral Plains George Fong is the founder and Nerd Herder of Lateral Plains, one of the oldest IT companies in the region. He is Chair of the Committee […]

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Twilight Talks 2024 | Season 1

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

Wednesdays, Starting at 5.30pm (bar open at 5pm) | The full program, is coming soon...

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Twilight Talks 2024, Season 2, Session 1 | Not the Last Picture Show | Australian Heritage Festival

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

Special Edition Twilight Talks This special edition of our regular Twilight Talks series will feature speakers and film based presentations highlighting the history of cinema and performance spaces in Ballarat and Melbourne titled, Not the Last Picture Show. The full program is still being finalised. The final session will be presented as part of the […]

$8 – $12

Twilight Talks 2024, Season 2, Session 2 | Lost City of Melbourne | Australian Heritage Festival

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

Special Edition Twilight Talks This special edition of our regular Twilight Talks series will feature speakers and film based presentations highlighting the history of cinema and performance spaces in Ballarat and Melbourne titled, Not the Last Picture Show. The full program is still being finalised. The final session will be presented as part of the […]

$8 – $12

Twilight Talks 2024, Season 2, Session 3 | Not the Last Picture Show | Australian Heritage Festival

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

Special Edition Twilight Talks This special edition of our regular Twilight Talks series will feature speakers and film based presentations highlighting the history of cinema and performance spaces in Ballarat and Melbourne titled, Not the Last Picture Show. The full program is still being finalised. The final session will be presented as part of the […]

$8 – $12

Twilight Talks 2024, Season 2, Session 4 | Not the Last Picture Show | Australian Heritage Festival

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

Special Edition Twilight Talks This special edition of our regular Twilight Talks series will feature speakers and film based presentations highlighting the history of cinema and performance spaces in Ballarat and Melbourne titled, Not the Last Picture Show. The full program is still being finalised. The final session will be presented as part of the […]

$8 – $12

Exhibition | Not the Last Picture Show | Ballarat Heritage Festival

Hugh Williamson Foyer, Level 1

Just a year after the Lumière brothers invented the cinematograph in 1895, the first screenings of this new technology of 'moving pictures' were held at the Mechanics' Institute. By the 1970's, cinema's death was being heralded after the devastating impact of television and the attraction of the drive-in, making the BMI's Vegas 70 for a […]

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BMI Fundraiser

Featuring:
The Hideaways,
The Harmonies &
Surf Shadows. 

2 course dinner & lots
of dancing