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Tin hall works way to wood

DINGEE is pulling out all stops to make the woodwork exhibition in its memorial hall for Loddon Valley Arts Trail a roaring success. “We’re looking forward to welcoming Bendigo Woodturners and all the artists who are coming to show their work in...

By Loddon Herald

Exploring art of restoration

OLD fading photographs, blotched with time. That hand-sewn toy, falling apart but impossible to throw away. The Bible handed down through generations, its spine broken, the names written in spidery ink on the front page fading almost beyond...

By Loddon Herald

Festival spirit will live

FOUR like-minds have banded together to continue Wedderburn’s annual Christmas and Arts Festival. MIchelle Hargreaves, Alex Holt, Vicki Bainbridge and Fiona Turnbull hanve banded together to stage the 2025 festival. They will be a sub-committee of...

By Loddon Herald

Emma’s nailing artistic creations

EMMA Gartside is literally in-vesting in her passion making chain mail. The Inglewood artists will be among creatives displaying their work at an arts trail weekend exhibition at the town hall. Emma has taken to crafting vests, necklaces and...

By Loddon Herald

Trail launches program big with ambition

LODDON Valley Arts Trail is making a statement this year. The October 3-5 program not only clusters events around Boort, Wedderburn, Inglewood and Bridgewater but also takes in new venues in places like Logan, Calivil and Mysia. “It’s...

By Loddon Herald

Encore! Organ gold to return

THE historic Fincham organ at Inglewood’s St Augustine’s Anglican Church has attracted a legion of fans demanding an encore performance. The church was packed by more than 180 music lovers for the Keys of Gold festival recital last month, the...

By Loddon Herald

Hundreds soak up grand sounds of historic organ

INGLEWOOD football beanies, scarves and jackets dotted the pews of St Augustine’s Anglican Church on Saturday when the historic Fincham organ was hear in its full glory for the first time. Organist Thomas Heywood and soprano Merlyn Quaife...

By Loddon Herald

Alt-rockers book in rural tour

MELBOURNE alt-rock favourites One More Weekend are heading to the Loddon next month. The group’s two-day northern Victoria tour will see a meet and greet visits in Pyramid Hill and at East Loddon P12 College. One More Week aims to bring its...

By Loddon Herald

Bendigo Bank pulls plug on all agencies

BENDIGO Bank will close its agency network in October and pull out of Wedderburn and Boort. This afternoon’s announcement ended weeks of speculation on a decision expected from the bank’s head office that sees all remaining 26 agencies clolsing...

By Loddon Herald

Rehearsals start on match-making

BOORT-BASED theatre group BBAC is back and ready to raise the curtain again in 2025 with rehearsals already underway for their next one-act comedy, Love or Nearest Offer by Hugh O’Brien. Rehearsals started last week for the 40-minute crowd-pleaser...

By Loddon Herald

Main street murals a salute to history

MARILYN Cumming’s latest murals are sharing the story of Inglewood’s history of early settlers, the gold rush and the eucalyptus distilling industry. She unveiled the murals on the facade of Inglewood IGA with Carol Canfield, a descendant of the...

By Loddon Herald

Arts trail talent wants brush with local faces

BOORT will brush with the quirky with a fun competition as part of this year’s Loddon Valley Arts Trail. Local artist Anna Beamish is behind the Boortrait competition and hopes district residents will step forward as artists’ study subjects...

By Loddon Herald

On the trail of brushed, beautiful

EVERYTHING stitched and patched, knitted and woven, dyed, trimmed, brushed and beautiful. That’s the tag line for Loddon Valley Arts Trail’s latest pop-up exhibition in the countdown releasing the official program for October’s showcase. The...

By Loddon Herald

Cacti spikes connections

YEAR seven students have filled the hallways of Boort District Health with colourful and lively cactus art. The Boort District School had the official opening of it latest art exhibition on Monday with parents, hospital staff and residents gathering...

By Loddon Herald

Mechanics of veteran pop-up art

A VISIT to the Wedderburn Mechanics’ Institute has sparked a plan to bring an art installation to Wedderburn for the Loddon Valley Arts Trail in October. Head of arts programs at Melbourne’s Australian National Veterans’ Arts Museum Tanj...

By Loddon Herald

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