Twilight Talks 2024 | Season 1
BMI - Humffray Room 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, AustraliaWednesdays, 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 | At Play in the Fields of the past: Roleplaying, gaming and local heritage
BMI - Humffray Room 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, AustraliaThis special edition of our regular Twilight Talks series will feature speakers discussing the history of cinema in Ballarat, complimenting our free exhibition. Just a year after the Lumière brothers invented the cinematograph in 1895, the first screenings were held at the Mechanics' Institute, meaning many had their first ever experience of 'moving pictures' in […]
$8 – $12
Twilight Talks 2024, Season 2, Session 2 | Not the Last Picture Show: The Lost City of Melbourne
BMI - Minerva Space 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VICThis special edition of our regular Twilight Talks series will feature speakers discussing the history of cinema in Ballarat, complimenting our free exhibition. Just a year after the Lumière brothers invented the cinematograph in 1895, the first screenings were held at the Mechanics' Institute, meaning many had their first ever experience of 'moving pictures' in […]
$10 – $15
Twilight Talks 2024, Season 2, Session 3 | Not the Last Picture Show: Moving Pictures at the BMI
BMI - Humffray Room 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, AustraliaThis special edition of our regular Twilight Talks series will feature speakers discussing the history of cinema in Ballarat, complimenting our free exhibition. Just a year after the Lumière brothers invented the cinematograph in 1895, the first screenings were held at the Mechanics' Institute, meaning many had their first ever experience of 'moving pictures' in […]
$8 – $12
Twilight Talks 2024, Season 2, Session 4 | THIS EVENT HAS NOW BEEN CANCELLED
BMI - Minerva Space 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VICMay 15 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm $8 – $12 THIS EVENT HAS NOW BEEN CANCELLED This special edition of our regular Twilight Talks series will feature speakers discussing the history of cinema in Ballarat, complimenting our free exhibition. Just a year after the Lumière brothers invented the cinematograph in 1895, the first screenings […]
$8 – $12
Exhibition | Not the Last Picture Show
Hugh Williamson Foyer, Level 1May 17 @ 10:30 am - May 30 @ 4:00 pm Free MH 94 Coliseum Grenville Street, Ballarat 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 […]
Free
Exhibition | Not the Last Picture Show: From the Archives
Heritage Reading Room 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, AustraliaMay 17 @ 10:30 am - May 30 @ 4:00 pm Free – $5 This Heritage Reading Room (the original Mining Exchange in Ballarat) houses a fascinating and authentic representation of a Mechanics’ Institute library from early last century, and visitors will be delighted at the opportunity to touch, feel and read some of more […]
Free – $5
Twilight Talks 2024, Season 2, Session 5 | Stories of the Silver Screen in the Golden City
BMI - Humffray Room 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, AustraliaMay 22 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm $8 – $12 This special edition of our regular Twilight Talks series will feature speakers discussing the history of cinema in Ballarat, complimenting our free exhibition. Just a year after the Lumière brothers invented the cinematograph in 1895, the first screenings were held at the Mechanics' Institute, […]
$8 – $12
Twilight Talks 2024, Season 2, Session 6 | History of Hoyts
BMI - Humffray Room 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, AustraliaMay 29 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm $8 – $12 This special edition of our regular Twilight Talks series will feature speakers discussing the history of cinema in Ballarat, complimenting our free exhibition. Just a year after the Lumière brothers invented the cinematograph in 1895, the first screenings were held at the Mechanics' Institute, […]
$8 – $12
