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Kadampa Meditation Series | Meditations on the Mind: How to Create Mental Space

Lending Library Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, Victoria, Australia

November 19 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Free – $12 Lending Library, ground floor These classes offer simple, practical methods to improve the quality of our life and develop inner peace through meditation and Buddhist teachings. The in-person setting fosters a supportive community and offers real-time interaction with the teacher for personalized guidance. Classes […]

Free – $12

Kadampa Meditation Series | Meditations on the Mind: How to Create Mental Space

Lending Library Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, Victoria, Australia

November 19 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Free – $12 Lending Library, ground floor These classes offer simple, practical methods to improve the quality of our life and develop inner peace through meditation and Buddhist teachings. The in-person setting fosters a supportive community and offers real-time interaction with the teacher for personalized guidance. Classes […]

Free – $12
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Ballarat Film Society | ​Little Richard: I am Everything

The Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute 117-119 Sturt Street, Ballarat Central, VIC, Australia

December 11 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm Musical Doco ‘The south is the home of all things queer,’ says scholar Zandria Robinson as we witness the exhilarating jam-packed story of Little Richard’s complex life and musical career, ending only in 2020. Born in 1932 as Richard Wayne Penniman, by 1955 Little Richard was declared […]

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Australian Heritage Festival

Minerva's Secrets

25 April – Tour 1 at 7.30pm – fully booked
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Monday 23 December – Sunday 5 January

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  Performance – 18 May.

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Wed 3, 17 & 24 September, 5.30pm. 

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16 to 25 May 

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Dame Nellie Melba Birthday Celebration

  Performance – 18 May.

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Australian Heritage Festival

Natasha Lester in conversation

1 May at 6pm. 

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Australian Heritage Festival

Natasha Lester in conversation

1 May at 6pm. 

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Rozzi Bazzani. Stella Day Out: Katia Ariel & Samah Sabawi, Rachael Johns

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Ballarat Heritage Festival BMI Day Tours

Two tours  on 20 &  21 May 

 

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with Nicole Alexander

28 May at 6pm. 

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with Gail Holmes

 Wed 4 June at 6pm. 

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Ballart Seniors Festival 

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Thu 4 September at 6pm. 

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The Little Brass Band BMI Fundraiser

Sun 10 August at 2pm. 

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