Friday, 26th July
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JULY 31-AUGUST 11 An exhibition of landscape paintings by Elena Levkovskaya and Tetiana Koldunenko. Through the interplay of light and shadow, textural experience and meaningful storytelling, artists bring the quiet wisdom of trees to life. Art Space on The Concourse Free visitchatswood.com.au ...
Thursday, 25th July
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AUGUST 3 The Smash Hits Show include 1980s hits from artist such as Split Enz, Billy Idol, David Bowie, inxs, U2, Mondo Rock, Prince, Spandau Ballet, Cars, Cyndi Lauper and more. North Sydney Leagues Club $40 norths.com.au ...
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Strict rules surrounded bathing in the late 1800s From the day Manly was founded, bathing...
Saturday, 20th July
The Our Future, Your Duty concert and rally in St Leonards Park in North Sydney on 28 July from 2pm to 5pm will bring together climate activist Anjali Sharma, Independent MP Kylea Tink, and North Sydney Council to call for...
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Surf icon Bernard ‘Midget’ Farrelly immortalised on Black Rock A new outdoor sculpture has been finished in Palm Beach. Under the talented hands of Cromer stonemason Newton Bishop, the figure of surfing legend Bernard ‘Midget’ Farrelly, dubbed the ‘Godfather’ of Australian surfing,...
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Discover North Sydney’s Chinese-Australian history Tracing the history of Chinese people in Australia is sometimes referred to as ‘tracking the dragon’. Largely ignored beyond the story of gold mining, Chinese-Australian history has been more thoroughly researched in the past 30 years....
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The Corso took its name from a famous carnival in Rome It is well known that Manly’s Corso was named by Henry Gilbert Smith, when planning his residential and recreational town, after the Via del Corso in Rome. But the question...
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The Mini-Mos, Australia’s longest consecutively run community event, celebrated an outstanding year with over 2100 runners participating, including 15 elite athletes, showcasing the community’s enduring spirit and love for running. In the 10K races, Aynslee Minnaar emerged victorious in the women’s...
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Davidson High School will be hosting a special Season of Performing Arts with two days of wonderful entertainment Year 12 students Nathan Barlow and Courtney Drake are giggling with excitement. Since Year 7, they have spent over 100 hours studying and...
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Disney’s Camp Rock is coming to Chatswood Ingrid Bass, founder of the Umbrella School of Music, believes that everyone should have the opportunity to express themselves through music. She is now thrilled that Disney has approved a one-act production of Camp...
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This year’s Balmoral Burn has raised $1.5 million so far to continue the Humpty Dumpty Foundation’s important work of providing Australian hospitals and health services with much-needed, and often lifesaving, medical equipment and healthcare initiatives. The fundraising commenced on 24 May 2024...
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Illustrated cards were popular in the 1900s Cigarette cards were the forerunners of today’s trading cards, be they Pokémon or sports cards. Cigarette cards first emerged in America in 1875, after packet ‘stiffeners’ were recognised by tobacco companies for their marketing...