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MARENA JANSE VAN RENSBURG The local Hindu community came together at the Broadwater Parklands on the Gold Coast yesterday for the coast’s first Ganesh Chaturthi celebration. The Gold Coast Hindu Cultural Association (GCHCA) hosted the … [Read more...]
SIYAN CHEN One Arts Gold Coast is hosting an International Women’s Arts and Crafts exhibition this month that celebrates cultures from around the world through the art and craft of both emerging and professional artists. The … [Read more...]
MONICA ADAIR The streets of Main Beach will come alive this weekend as Gold Coast's first ever flower festival hits Tedder Avenue. In addition to beautiful floral arrangements, the Main Beach Spring Flower Festival will boast a range … [Read more...]
by Anna Dreyer With a starring role in this year’s welcoming ceremony as the whimsical centrepiece of the official festival program and posters, the Trojan Sea Unicorn is arguably the most identifiable star of this year’s Woodford Folk … [Read more...]
by Jade McGarry “Half the world menstruates, so we may as well talk about it.” So says Fiona McKeague, member of the ‘Menstru-Revolutionaries,’ a team of women working to innovate the menstrual process and eradicate the internalised shame … [Read more...]
by Jade McGarry 'Campbell the Swaggy' graces the stage at the Poets Breakfast Photo cred: Dylan Crawford Making an audience feel emotionally vulnerable by a group of strangers at 8AM in the morning is a tough gig, but the folk at the Poets … [Read more...]
JADE MCGARRY Saba Abrahams, founder of Mu'ooz, prepares the morning's Eritrean coffee More than 20-thousand refugees come to Australia every year, leaving many women, men and children experiencing unemployment, trauma and social … [Read more...]
BILLY WALKER A collective of Northern Rivers artists have launched an open art festival to save a 100-year-old town hall -- one of the few remaining galleries in the region. Local artists Marika Bryant and Soren Carlbergg formed the Art 4 Art’s … [Read more...]
REBEKAH ROENNFELDT The LGBTIQA+ community and their supporters had a lot to celebrate at the 27th Brisbane Pride March and Fair Day on September 22. It was the first time the event, which is the biggest LGBTIQA+ event in Queensland, has been … [Read more...]
ISABELLA NEAL Art can be a lonely business -- hours spent alone crafting jewellery, sculptures, clothing, paintings and other passion projects, often without connection to an audience or a community of like-minded individuals. Little wonder so … [Read more...]
