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Wednesday, April 30, 2025

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Big ant makes big impression

IT was Broken Hill’s answer to the Dog on the Tucker box display and sat at the Stephens Creek pub before heading into the Silver City. In December 1980, Women’s Weekly featured a story on artist Pro Hart and his steel bull ant. As the story went to...

26 Apr 2025
Arts & Entertainment

Survival Kits for Literary Heroines is the write stuff

ARTIST Cathy Farry will be exhibiting her new work, Survival Kits for Literary Heroines, from May at the Broken Hill City Art Gallery. Farry said she was inspired after a conversation with a work colleague post-COVID.“We’d talk about making...

26 Apr 2025
Arts & Entertainment

Circles of Beauty to brighten centre

THE Civic Centre will see its windows transformed into a luminous gallery for the upcoming Outback Sufi Conference next month. Striking geometric designs by Tasmanian artist Hanifa Leoni Macfarlane will take over the facade of the Civic Centre, with...

25 Apr 2025
Arts & Entertainment

What’s on this week

Games club 6.30pm, PCYC, 58 Gympsum Street Discover a variety of table top games at the Broken Hill Game Club. Meet new friends, learn new games, and have a blast. All welcome. Life drawing 6pm, Broken Hill City Art Gallery Immerse yourself in the...

24 Apr 2025
Arts & Entertainment

Culture on show at sufi events

BROKEN Hill will host a three-day Sufi Conference and concert this May, to be hosted by the local Sufi community. The conference, which will take place between May 9 and 11, will bring together Sufis from around the world. The last Sufi Conference to...

21 Apr 2025
Arts & Entertainment

Making photographs from minerals

ARTIST Graeme Armstrong spent months grinding down rocks to use as pigment for his photographs, even converting a treadmill to do the job for him. After receiving the 2024 Open Cut Commission Grant, which is offered by the Broken Hill Art Gallery and...

19 Apr 2025
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New queer event this September

PLANS have been announced for a brand new, weekend-long celebration of queer culture, as part of an event hosted by The Tipsy Camel brewery on Buck Street, this September. Owner of the Tipsy Camel, and drag performer, Brendan Barlow, said the event...

19 Apr 2025
Arts & Entertainment

Fifty years of art on show

ARTIST Stephen Turner has been painting for more than fifty years, and showcases his passion for locally made art in his gallery and art supply store, the Willyama Visual Arts Centre on Bromide Street. Turner said his love for art developed from...

18 Apr 2025
Community

What’s on this school holidays

IN celebration of the Easter weekend and school holidays, the Albert Kersten Mining and Minerals Museum is hosting a scavenger hunt for kids. Museum marketing assistant Megan Gilbert said it will help teach kids about minerals.“They’ll be given...

17 Apr 2025
Arts & Entertainment

Pulse more than just keeping the beat alive

CADET journalist at the Broken Hill Times and student at Broken Hill High School, Max Burrows, travelled to Sydney to perform for thousands at large-scale performing arts event, Pulse Alive, last month. They wrote about the experience of facing...

13 Apr 2025
Arts & Entertainment

Rock band Kingswood to play Broken Hill Pub

MELBOURNE rockers Kingswood will be visiting Broken Hill as part of their Midnight Mavericks Tour starting this month. The rock band, with an added country twang, have shared their first taste of new music for 2025 - a cover of the Tom Petty classic...

13 Apr 2025
Arts & Entertainment

Business program to support artists

LOCAL arts organisation West Darling Arts has launched a free 12 week business development program for artists across the Far West region, which will commence at the start of May. The program is aimed at assisting artists in developing their creative...

13 Apr 2025
Arts & Entertainment

A darn good textile exhibition

SLAG Heap Projects will launch their first exhibition for the year next week, showcasing the work of local Barkandji artist Krystle Evans. Evans, who grew up on the Sapphire Coast but spent time in her ancestral country of Wilcannia as...

12 Apr 2025
Arts & Entertainment

Screaming Jets at full throttle

LOCALS had a screaming good time with The Screaming Jets on Friday. The band, which originated in Newcastle more than 36 years ago, treated locals to a great performance at the Civic Centre. Frontman Dave Gleeson said they were missing Scott Kingman...

11 Apr 2025
Arts & Entertainment

Outback Art Prize opens

THE Broken Hill City Art Gallery has called for entries to the Pro Hart Outback Art Prize’s 2025 competition and exhibition. The prize showcases work in any media which reflects the spirit and diversity of the Australian outback, with a total prize...

05 Apr 2025
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Blow Back Ins return for panel discussion

THE Blow Back Ins, a collective of renowned Australian artists currently exhibiting a series made in the region at the Broken Hill City Art Gallery, will be hosting an artist panel this Saturday evening. The event will feature exhibiting artists Paul...

04 Apr 2025
Arts & Entertainment

Mural works get OK

THE Pro Hart Mural at the airport terminal is set to undergo restoration and remedial works. Broken Hill City Council voted to proceed with the removal of the glass panels to undertake the works. Municipal officers will also look at an alternate...

04 Apr 2025