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Understanding dyslexia through art

FOR artist Rachel Green, life became easier after a dyslexia diagnosis.

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Luke Watson: drawing a career

WHEN children draw, few people think they are training for a future career as an artist. But years as “the drawing kid” in his class set Luke Watson up for a successful career as an illustrator.

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Treason in the Vines

ESSENTIAL Theatre’s performance of Macbeth at Wild Dog Winery in February was something of a homecoming for director Sophie Lampel.

Music
Animators adapt

THE ANIMATORS celebrated the launch of the band’s latest EP, Adaptations, with Mercury White and Lobes of Julia in Warragul late in January.

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Ziggy and the Coffees from Mars

DAN McPherson loves his coffee. He also loves David Bowie.

Music
Covering changes: Lua Lua

MUSIC // MANY in Baw Baw are familiar with Mercury White. The band, largely made up of musicians from the region, won an Australian band competition in 2013 and placed fourth in an international competition in Germany the following year.

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From Africa to Yarragon

YARRAGON’S Town & Country Gallery is playing host to an exhibition by two artists this month.

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Gippsland in six colours

LOIS Brown does not see a need to leave Gippsland to paint – just hours from her Drouin home is the snow Mount Baw Baw, the sea around Wilsons Promontory and the captivating mists of Dargo.

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No Holden back for Trafalgar museum

TRAFALGAR’S Holden Museum celebrated its first birthday on the weekend. The unmissable white and red building on Waterloo Road has been a popular stop for tourists and the volunteer group behind it has much more to come. Spokesperson Peter McCabe […]

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Summers are getting hotter; deal with it

CLIMATE // A STUDY of bushfire responses over the last century has concluded Victorians must change their behaviour, and even where they live, to survive increasingly hot summers.

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Naked food: how you can reduce household waste to one handful

LOCAL LIVING // AUSTRALIANS are used to buying packaged produce. We buy bottled water, nuts come in the same wrapping as crisps, and even apples now come plastic wrapped.