

City’s new flagship arts festival unveiled
With a theme of illumination and a tantalising “We Are New” tagline, City of Newcastle has revealed the first details of its flagship...


Popular Foreign Film Night returns to the Riverlink
This Friday, the near booked out Foreign Film Nights program returns to The Riverlink with its first film ‘Talking About Trees’, from...


Join Newcastle Writers Festival for a special online event with Richard Flanagan!
Newcastle Writers Festival is delighted to present Richard Flanagan: The Living Sea of Waking Dreams in conversation with Jennifer Byrne....


Vibrancy in the City with The Big Picture Fest
Becky Kiil has spent the past four years walking around Newcastle staring at walls. But come the first weekend in October she won’t be...


$25,000 National Art Prize Launches in Lake Macquarie
A new $25,000 national acquisitive art prize has launched in the region with leading artists from across Australian expected to submit...


Learn New Tricks for Introducing Fur-Babies to Newborns
RSPCA NSW has launched a new online training course to help new and expecting parents to introduce their human and fur-babies. The...


THIS THAT Announces Two 2021 Events!
Get excited and ready to start the new year with a bang, as THIS THAT organisers have been plotting a mammoth return with a plan to put...


Take part in a City wide clean up
Lake Macquarie Sustainable Neighbourhoods Alliance will be hosting a City-Wide Clean-Up on Sunday 9 August as part of Lake Macquarie City...


Put Hope Estate in your 2021 Diary!
After announcing that a number of events were scheduled for Spring 2020, Hope Estate has revised its plans and announced that due to...


HMRI Live Streamed Event - Healthy Ageing
No matter how old you are, it's never too late or too early to take positive action to improve your health and wellbeing. What do you...


Lake Macquarie Art Society Exhibition
COVID-19 UPDATE* - Unfortunately our exhibition at Lake Macquarie Square Mount Hutton has had to be postponed due to the COVID virus. We...


Around the Chambers
In any given month, the ten council chambers that make up the greater Hunter region are busy with numerous projects to help make our...


Keep Your Iso-Sanity Close to Home These School Holidays!
For most, the Winter School Holidays this year will look a little different. While we are staying close to home, it might seem impossible...


Art Express Goes Virtual
There's no doubting that Covid-19 has turned a lot of annual events on their heads, but thanks to a new high-tech virtual reality...


Hamilton Street Art Project to be Completed
A project that includes a series of art installations depicting the Hamilton community and its business precinct will be restarted this...