Twilight Talks | Series 1/2021 | Session 2 (of 4 talks) | 22 April
BMI - Multiple Spaces 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat CentralBMI Twilight Talks are back! This series is entitled - Ballarat Unmasked: Getting to Know your City’. This second session will cover: Why heritage matters in Ballarat: Now and into the future. Wendy Jacobs, Architect and Heritage Consultant, takes us through heritage in Ballarat, its identification and management and some of the challenges of maintaining …
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Twilight Talks | Series 1/2021 | Session 3 (of 4 talks) | 29 April
BMI - Multiple Spaces 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat CentralBMI Twilight Talks are back! This series is entitled Ballarat Unmasked: Getting to Know your City. In this third session we discover: A creative city: Finding Ballarat's creative identity Tara Poole, Coordinator of Creative Cities Ballarat on the city’s long legacy of supporting and developing the creative arts and how finding and nurturing a distinct …
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Twilight Talks | Series 1/2021 | Session 4 (of 4 talks) | 6 May
BMI - Multiple Spaces 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat CentralBMI Twilight Talks are back! This series is entitled: Ballarat Unmasked: Getting to Know your City. This session: Ballarat business: Not just surviving, but thriving Sara Quon, CEO of Sovereign Hill, tells of how the pandemic forced her organisation to rethink their business model ad plan for a future in a very different economic world. …
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Murder Mystery | The Peculiar Demise of William Bailey
BMI - Humffray Room 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat CentralA 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 …
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Journey to the Southern Cross | Ballarat Heritage Festival
Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat CentralA 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 …
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Suffrajitsu & Playing the Ghost | Ballarat Heritage Festival
BMI - Multiple Spaces 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat CentralParticipate 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 …
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The Witching Hour & A Night of Spiritualism | Ballarat Heritage Festival
Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat CentralLecture and Magic Performance for men and women whose interests lie in history and superstition.Two historical shows with a short interval.The Witching HourHave 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. …
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Murder Mystery | The Peculiar Demise of William Bailey
BMI - Humffray Room 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat CentralA 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 …
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BMI Maker & Community Market | 12 June
BMI - Minerva Space 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat CentralCome along and experience our Maker and Community Market this winter, come in out of the cold. The best in local makers Live music Free entry Visit our Library (will be open until 12noon) Stallholders Deborah Klein Jenny Peers LilliPilli Beads | Faye Heiningen Melinda Muscat | Melinda Muscat …