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Fly on the wall

Artist Giovanna Inserra unzipped her striking 21-metre-long public artwork, now gracing a laneway wall off Douglas Street in Noble Park. Greater Dandenong Council commissioned...

Worlds of foods, music and art unite

Foods, fashion parades, music, dance and a Dandy’s Got Talent show highlight the second annual Unity in Diversity Festival. Set at the Southern Migrant &...

Papercrafts ‘scrap’ up donations

An upcoming papercrafts show presented gift bags to its charity partner and homelessness agency Wayss in Dandenong on 30 September. The donations were collected from...

Stages of grief after suicide

A play on suicide may not be ‘taboo’ but it certainly challenges and discomforts people, says writer Rebecca Lister. “But on one level that’s the...

Beauty with no stereotypes

Beauty in all of its diversity should be celebrated, says trailblazing Springvale pageant model Hung Pham. Mr Pham is director of the second annual Miss...

Young DJs mix with the pros

Music speaks all languages. And hip-hop certainly speaks to young people led through an inspiring workshop program On Track at Dandenong High School. In four days...

Lanterns light up Springvale

Lanterns, lions and dancers brought colour and movement to the Springvale Children’s Lantern Festival on 22 September. The free family event at Springvale shopping centre...

Film’s ‘short cut’ from Dandy to Cannes

A locally-shot film that won one of the world’s most prestigious awards leads an international list at this year’s Short Cuts Film Festival. All These...

Pictures with invisible meanings

Only a dark light can reveal what lies hidden on the surface of Zakiria Tahirian’s work. The Dandenong artist has riddled invisible ink and UV...

Full flavoured festival

An enthralling mix of Lion dances and sumptuous South Asian street food celebrated a Full Moon Festival at Dandenong Market on Sunday 15 September. More...

Holidays on the wild side

City of Casey’s teen school holiday program offers animal experiences and plenty of other activities on the wild side. Starting 23 September, the low cost...

Show fun for low budgets

The Doveton Show experience still offers families a low-cost but high-fun alternative to the Royal Melbourne Show these Spring school holidays. For the past 15...

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Quartet named in AFL Academy

A pair of Gippslanders and pair of Dandenong Stingrays have been selected across the 2025 AFL and AFLW National Academies. Potential 2025 top selection Willem...