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...

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...

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...

North Shore seniors can keep moving with dance In a report published in Sports Medicine in January 2024, dance was found to be ‘equivalent or superior to other physical activity interventions to improve psychological wellbeing and cognitive capacity’. According to the report,...

Twenty five years of market freshness Since 1999, local and regional food producers have been getting up well before dawn to bring Northside Produce Market the freshest food from places such as Orange, the Riverina, Central Tablelands and Southern Highlands. Twenty-five years...

Learn how to be an active bystander How often have you asked, ‘Why doesn’t someone do something?’ That someone is you. Motivating Action Through Empowerment (MATE) is an education and intervention program teaching us to be leaders when we are faced with...

Northern Beaches Creative Leisure and Learning has united the community for 100 years Conceived 100 years ago as a space for children’s after-school activities, Northern Beaches Creative Leisure and Learning (CLL) has evolved over the years, adapting to the changing needs...

Gaypalani Wanambi’s artwork, Dawurr is the Professional Artist winner of the 2024 Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize (RAWAP), winning $35,000 in Australia’s highest value professional artist prize for women. The Emerging Artist Prize was won by Sydney-based artist Chris Gleisner for...

Whether you are an emerging or established artist, you might be interested in exhibiting your work at the Rotary Club of the Upper Northern Beaches (RCUNB) Art Show 2024, which will be held from July 19 to 21 at the...

Willoughby City Council is running ‘The Life of Trees’ photo competition for local high school students aged 12 to 18 years old until 6 June. Students from Chatswood High School, Willoughby Girls High School, St Pius X College, Mercy Catholic College,...