Ensemble Offspring at the 2024 Craven Creek Music Festival. Photo: supplied.
PROMINENT percussion group, Ensemble Offspring, who wowed the audiences at the 2024 Craven Creek Music Festival, are returning to Gloucester for one concert only in November. “At the 2024 Craven Creek concert the ensemble premiered ‘Craven Creek Chants’ featuring the music of Ross Edwards along with a reading by Guy Noble of the great Les […]
Rachel and Michael. Photo: supplied. Sculpture meets photography. Photo: supplied. ART lovers are in for a treat with the opening of an exhibition in the Gloucester Gallery, displaying a combination of photographic art and metalwork sculptures. The photo works are by Rachel Saunders and the metalwork is the creation of Michael Kolbe. The exhibition is […]
‘A Grey Day’ by Don Whitten. ‘The Parrot’ by Suzanne Cross. ‘Connections’ 1-3 by Helen Whan. Pamela Cosgrove’s three striking acrylic paintings. APPROXIMATELY fifty patrons and guests gathered at Gloucester Gallery of Art on Friday 10 October for the opening of the 2025 Annual Members Exhibition. Treasurer Jean Buettel welcomed all guests, offering a brief […]
GLOUCESTER Rugby Union Club will be hosting a charity day for the Cauliflower Club on 1 November, featuring former Wallabies and local players. The Cauliflower Club is a rugby charity dedicated to helping individuals with disabilities and sports-related injuries regain access to life experiences. Their regional charity days are considered a crucial part of their […]
The gallery being prepared for its opening
GLOUCESTER’S already healthy art scene is about to receive a major boost with the imminent opening of a new state of the art gallery and workshop. The venue at 57 Church Street, to be known as Midtown Gallery, will be opened at 2.30pm on Saturday 25 October. The first exhibition at the gallery will feature […]
CALLS of “wow!”, “ooh!” and “ahh!” echoed through the Gloucester Seventh-Day Adventist Hall on Sunday, 28 September, as 92-year-old Marie Laurie captivated the audience at Ladies’ Time Out with her remarkable lacework and heartfelt storytelling. Marie grew up on the Maslen farm on Jacks Road, Gloucester. Her dreams of becoming a nurse led her down […]
THE Gloucester Uniting Church raised $1,500 for the Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service through a charity auction last month. The auction was organised by the church’s lady parishioners, with their husbands’ support. “Our church is very committed to supporting the Gloucester community,” said auctioneer Bob Tebbet, noting the vital nature of the helicopter service. “Whilst auction […]
OCTOBER is Mental Health Awareness Month and Barrington’s Adrian Rovere is on a mission to lift the burden of mental health for young men. Known locally as “the Sheriff”, Adrian is taking on the “Lift the Load Challenge”, an annual fundraising campaign run by the Top Blokes Foundation – a youth mental health charity founded […]
The 2023 CWA Breakfast team.
AFTER a year off, CWA Gloucester Evening Branch is once again inviting the local community to start their week with kindness, as well as a delicious cooked breakfast, when the club hosts its annual fundraiser for local cancer support organisations. The event will be held on Monday 20 October from 7:30am to 10:30am at the […]
Alison Gorman jotting down the children’s ideas The children hard at work creating their stories ANYONE wanting to find another word for “went” might head for Google or Chat GPT where they might find 20 to 30 synonyms , but few people are likely to think of asking a group of Gloucester primary school students. […]
