Mrs Jessie Fisher cuts her cakes.
Mrs Jessie Fisher cuts her cakes. Dungog’s newest centenarian Mrs Jessie Fisher. Member of the Fisher family. Partygoers at the 100th birthday celebration. AROUND 60 family and friends of Mrs Jessie Fisher gathered to celebrate her 100th birthday on Saturday. It was a joyous occasion with Dungog’s Uniting Church Hall filled with smiling faces and […]
Sandra Harrison and Jasmine Van Aalst in GACCI’s recent production of The Dining Room. Photo: Jools Samerski.
Sandra Harrison and Jasmine Van Aalst in GACCI’s recent production of The Dining Room. Photo: Jools Samerski. John Galagher. Photo: supplied. GLOUCESTER Productions, the performance wing of the Gloucester Arts and Cultural Council (GACCI), is embarking on a new theatrical venture – a showcase of solo performances. The project will see actors […]
Tea cosies abound at Dungog Tea Party.
Tea cosies abound at Dungog Tea Party. The James Theatre advertising the Dungog Tea Party. DUNGOG’S much-loved Tea Party is steeping in excitement, with a full program of events, competitions, and workshops set to take over town this September. A highlight of the festivities is the ever-popular Tea Cosy and Trivet Competition, with entries closing […]
Arts Society committee member Lynne McNairn performing with Martyn Robinson.
Even Poppy the dog told a story or two at Gig in the Gog Arts Society committee member Lynne McNairn performing with Martyn Robinson. MUSICIANS, singers, storytellers and audience members attended the last Gig in the Gog at Dungog Arts Society’s 266 Dowling Street premises on Sunday afternoon. Gig in the Gog is a twice-monthly, […]
Craig Lyons, aka ‘Captain Bluetongue’, with some of the workshop participants.
WITH dits and dahs, eeyores and train whistles, and honks and hilarity, the Dungog Arts Society gallery resounded to the sounds of a Blues Harmonica workshop on Saturday 19 July. Both gallery rooms were packed, with nearly 40 participants attending. Each participant was gifted a Blues harmonica. A few had some experience with the instrument, […]
Min Boorer and Georgina U’Brien enjoying the sunshine.
Min Boorer and Georgina U’Brien enjoying the sunshine. Dungog Rodeo committee members, workers and other locals chat before the presentation. Jack Caldwell, John Pryde, Nick Helyer, Brian Rheinberger, Glenn Keller and Barry McDonald. DUNGOG Rodeo Committee has handed out $21,000 to representatives of local service and sporting organisations during a presentation barbecue at the Dungog […]
The exhibition will feature over 160 indoor and outdoor works.
ONE of Australia’s most compelling regional art exhibitions, Sculpture on the Farm, returns to Dungog from 29 to 31 August for its fifth edition since launching in 2018. For three days, Dungog will be transformed into a dynamic, open-air gallery celebrating form, material, and imagination. The exhibition will feature over 160 indoor and outdoor works […]
THIS week brings another major wave of nostalgia for those who grew up in the 1990s, with the remake of I Know What You Did Last Summer coming to screens everywhere. Five friends bound by a terrible secret from their past are stalked by a shadowy killer who constantly mocks them with the film’s title. […]
Elizabeth Maxwell. Photo: supplied. Spotty Quilt by Elizabeth Maxwell. Photo: supplied. THE Gloucester Gallery will host an exhibition titled “Collage In Cloth” featuring the quilts of Elizabeth Maxwell from July 16 to August 10. The exhibition is curated by her close friend and fellow artist Kylie Goldthorpe. Before retiring to Barrington, Elizabeth Maxwell worked as […]
THIS is the week this particular cinephile has been awaiting, with the all new Superman flying into theatres. While films based on comics owned by Warner Bros. have been a mixed bag (to be generous), the involvement of James Gunn (Guardians of the Galaxy) as writer, director and creative head for films under the “DC […]
