VENUES KEY:
ACC – Ashburton Community Centre, 160 High St, Ashburton.
AL – Ashburton Library, 154 High St, Ashburton.
BFM – Boroondara Farmers’ Market, 484 Auburn Rd, Hawthorn.
BHCAC – Box Hill Community Arts Centre, 470 Station St, Box Hill.
BYH – Boroondara Youth Hub L1, 360 Burwood Road Hawthorn.
BTH– Box Hill Town Hall, 1022 Whitehorse Rd, Box Hill
BHAC – Box Hill Community Arts Centre, 470 Station St, Box Hill.
CFFM – Camberwell Fresh Food Market, 519-525 Riversdale Rd Camberwell.
CFS – Camberwell Film Society, Camberwell Community Centre, 33-35 Fairholm Grove, Camberwell.
CL – Camberwell Library, 340 Camberwell Rd.
CMS – Camberwell Music Society, Camberwell Uniting Church, 314 Camberwell Rd.
CT&T – Car park adjacent to Station St and Riversdale Rd, Camberwell (behind Burke Rd shopping strip).
HAC – Hawthorn Arts Centre, 360 Burwood Rd. Ph. 9278 4770.
HTSH – Holy Trinity Surrey Hills, Cnr Union Road and Montrose Street.
MTB – Melbourne Tramways Band, cnr Riversdale & Warrigal Rds, (stop 59). Free weather permitting; limited parking.
NM – Nunawading Market – Craft & Produce, Whitehorse Civic Centre, 397 Whitehorse Rd, Nunawading.
PT – Peridot Theatre, Clayton Community Centre, 9 Cooke St. tickets@peridot.com.au or 0429 115 334.
R – The Round (Located behind the Whitehorse Civic Centre (see WC)
SHOP – Strathdon House & Orchard Precinct 449-465 Springvale Rd, Forest Hill
SHNC Surrey Hills Neighbourhood Centre 157 Union Rd
THG – Town Hall Gallery, 360 Burwood Road Hawthorn.
WFM – Whitehorse Farmers’ Market, Whitehorse Civic Centre, 397 Whitehorse Rd, Nunawading.
WC – Whitehorse Centre, Rear 379 Whitehorse Rd, Nunawading
WFS – Whitehorse Film Society, Whitehorse Centre, 379 Whitehorse Rd, Nunawading.
REGULAR EVENTS (MARKETS)
Fourth Sun each month 9am–2pm Arts Nunawading Market Shop local at the Make it, Bake it, Grow it, Nunawading Market. Free entry/ample free parking. [WC]
1st, 3rd & 5th Sat 8am–12.30pm Boroondara Farmers’ Market Patterson Reserve, Auburn Rd, Hawthorn East. No 5th week market in December. Cost $2.
Every Sun 6:30am–12.30pm Camberwell Trash & Treasure About 370 stalls; second-hand goods, antiques, bric-a-brac, collectibles, hardware, preloved, vintage/retro clothes & shoes, books, music. [CT&T]
Every Sun 10am–3pm Hawthorn Makers Market Curated designer market selling a wide range of individually designed and handcrafted items. [HAC]
Third Sat each month 9am–1pm Treasures and Tastes at Trinity Hand-crafted items, baked treats & plants. Sausage sizzle & Treasures cafe. Fun kids’ craft table, free activities, plus chance to win a $30 voucher at each market. w: treasurestastestrinity.com.au [HTSH]
Second Sun each month 9am–1pm Whitehorse Farmers’ Market Organised/managed by Whitehorse Rotary & Rotaract Clubs, features stalls selling fresh seasonal produce in front of the Civic Centre building. [WC]
REGULAR EVENTS (OTHER)
Third Tues each month 2–4pm Family history group. Learn about the resources available for family history research & how to use them. Share family history stories/help each other with ideas for what to do next. [CL]
Every 1st Mon 4–5pm STEAM Club for kids – Ashburton. Fun session of science, technology, engineering, arts & maths. Each month we will explore different topics by getting hands-on. Age: primary school. Please book tickets for each child attending. [AL]
Every 2nd Sat Feb–Dec 10am–2pm healthAbility/Whitehorse Repair Cafe. Instead of feeding landfill, bring your broken items to be fixed whilst sharing a cup of tea/coffee. Gold coin donation. Strathdon House Orchard Precinct, 449-465 Springvale Rd, Forest Hill
Tues Mornings 10:30am–12pm Burwood Walking Football. Low-impact, modified version of soccer where players walk instead of run. Ideal for seniors, injury recoverees. Synthetic Pitch, Sixth Avenue, Burwood. Contact Mick at m.trim@wf4hvic.onmicrosoft.com
MAY
From 22 May Times: https://www.peridot.com.au/season-two Peridot Theatre:The Cottage. Sylvia and Beau enjoy their annual tryst in an English country cottage, blissfully happy in their moment of togetherness… until their spouses arrive. Clayton Community Centre Theatrette, 9-15 Cooke St. Tix: 0429 115 334 or email tickets@peridot.com.au
Wed 27 May 12–1pm Town Hall Gallery Collection Tour. Join Town Hall Gallery curator for a discussion about the importance of public art collections, and a rare tour of the Town Hall Gallery Collection storerooms. Free, but booking req. Ph. 9278 4770 e: arts@boroondara.vic.gov.au [THG]
JUNE
Sat 6 Jun 2pm A Beautiful Mind. USA/Spain 2001. Mathematical genius John Nash finds himself on a harrowing journey of self-discovery. e: secretarywhfs@gmail.com [WFS]
Sat, 6 Jun 9:45am–12pm Clothes Swap & Slow Fashion Talk. Refresh your wardrobe without buying new at our clothes swap. Book: https://events.humanitix.com/clothes-swap-and-slow-fashion/tickets [R]
Fri 12 Jun 7:30pm/ Sat 13 Jun 1:30pm Sea Wolves Howl. A metaphorical plunge into the joys and challenges of cold-water swimming culture. Cost Full $57 Conc. $54. Book: https://tickets.theround.com.au [R]
Sat 13 Jun 1–3:30pm Art clinic: Paper conservation masterclass. Learn how to make a starch paste, an archival adhesive commonly used for paper repair, framing and bookbinding. Cost $45. Ph. 9278 4770. e: arts@boroondara.vic.gov.au [HAC]
Wed 17 Jun–Sat 25 Jul Overcoming Adversity by Geoff Dossetor. A community exhibition exploring artistic expression when confronted by a life-altering injury. Free. Ph. 9278 4770. e: arts@boroondara.vic.gov.au [THG]
Wed 17 Jun 7:30pm I’m Still Here. Brazil/France 2024. A devastating true story portrays human tenacity in the face of injustice. Ph. 9347 6969. [CFS]
Sat 20 Jun 2pm Radical. USA/Mex. 2023. A teacher in a Mexican border town tries a radical new method to unlock his students’ curiosity & potential. e: secretarywhfs@gmail.com [WFS]
Wed 24 Jun 7:30pm Water Mirror. Fusion of Taiko percussion, dance, acrobatics and cutting-edge projection and lighting design. Tickets Full $55 Conc. Book: https://tickets.theround.com.au $52.
JULY
Wed 1 Jul 7:30pm Primal. Featuring Australia’s most exciting circus & cabaret artists, showcasing spectacular acrobatics, breathtaking cabaret and song & scintillating dance. Cost: Full $60 Conc. $57 Book: https://tickets.theround.com.au/ [R]
Wed 1 Jul–Sat 15 Aug Nourish by Joanne ‘budgie’ Jemmeson. Highlighting the beauty of everyday objects, compositions are centred on fruit and vegetables, arranged with household objects and patterned materials. Free. Ph. 9278 4770. e: townhallgallery@boroondara.vic.gov.au [THG]
Wed 1 Jul 12–1pm Town Hall Gallery Collection Tour. Join Town Hall Gallery curator for a discussion about the importance of public art collections, and a rare tour of the Town Hall Gallery Collection storerooms. Free, but booking req. Ph. 9278 4770 e: arts@boroondara.vic.gov.au [THG]
Sat 4 Jul 2pm Cabrini. USA 2024. After witnessing disease and poverty in New York slums, Italian immigrant Francesca Cabrini embarks on a daring journey to persuade the hostile mayor to provide housing and healthcare for hundreds of orphaned children. e: secretarywhfs@gmail.com [WFS]
Wed 15 Jul 7:30pm Living. UK/ Japan/Sweden/Belgium/Finland 2022. Overwhelmed at work and lonely at home, a council bureaucrat’s life takes a heartbreaking turn when a medical diagnosis tells him his time is short. CHRISTMAS IN JULY PARTY TONIGHT! Ph. 9347 6969. [CFS]
Sat 18 Jul 2pmThe Golden Spurtle. UK/Aust. 2025. In a Scottish Highland village, competitors gather for the World Porridge Championships, celebrating tradition and community through the art of perfect porridge-making. e: secretarywhfs@gmail.com [WFS]
Thu 23 Jul 7:30pm Don Giovanni. It is the last day of Don Giovanni’s life, but he doesn’t know that. Tickets Full $88 Conc. $85. Book: https://tickets.theround.com.au/ [R]
Sat 25 Jul 8pm Arterial. Four performers connect with each other physically and spiritually in a display of breathtaking acrobatics with striking visual techniques and a score by avant-garde sound designer Danni Esposito. Tickets Full $48 Conc. $45. Book: https://tickets.theround.com.au/ [R]
AUGUST
Sat 1 Aug 2pm Touch. Iceland/UK 2024. A romantic and thrilling story follows one man’s emotional journey to find his first love who disappeared 50 years ago. e: secretarywhfs@gmail.com [WFS]
Wed 5 Aug–Sat 19 Sep Illuminated Stillness by Lucy Watts. Watts explores the emotional resonance of familiar settings and simple moments in linocut and acrylic, experimenting with textures and processes to capture depth, mood and atmosphere. Free. Ph. 9278 4770. e: townhallgallery@boroondara.vic.gov.au [THG]
Wed 12 Aug–Sat 17 Oct Quiet Corners: The art of AME Bale. This exhibition presents more than 80 of her finest paintings and works on paper from public and private collections. Free. *Curator-led tour Sat 15 Aug 1–2pm Ph. 9278 4770. e: townhallgallery@boroondara.vic.gov.au [THG]
Fri 14–Sun 23 Aug Admissions. Sherri Rosen-Mason is head of the admissions department at a New England prep school. But when their only son sets his sights on an Ivy League university, personal ambition collides with progressive values, with convulsive results. Tix $30 Sudents $20 Groups x 10: $27. Ph. 0429 115 334. e: tickets@peridot.com.au [PT]
Sat 15 Aug 2pm Goodbye Julia. Sud/Ger 2023. A married former singer from the north seeks redemption for causing the death of a southern man by hiring his oblivious wife as her maid. e: secretarywhfs@gmail.com [WFS]
Wed 19 Aug–Sat 3 Oct NAIDOC 2026 by Moondani Toombadool Centre. Celebrating creativity, culture and connection, ‘NAIDOC 2026’ is a community exhibition by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists from Swinburne University of Technology. Free. Ph. 9278 4770 [THG]
Wed 19 Aug 7:30pm The Teacher Who Promised the Sea. Spain 2023. Based on the true story of Antoni Benaiges, a Catalan teacher who brought progressive teaching methods from France to a rural village. Ph. 9347 6969. [CFS]