Last year our movie club met in the day. This semester we are going to try early evenings.

Our first date will be on Tuesday 16 July. We will meet at Westgarth Cinema (to take advantage of cheap Tuesday tickets) and then go somewhere local to chat about it afterwards - maybe Kelvins?

If you are interested let us know here and we will add you to the WhatsApp group.

We generally find out the exact details of the movie times and what is showing the previous week - so it is a little bit rushed … Note that you are welcome to put your two bobs in if you have a preference for something you want to see.

We hope you can come along!

The Clean Bin Project Film is screening here at ACC on Wednesday 26 June.

Find our more and book tickets at humantix here. There’ll be food and drink - it should be a fun night!

Thanks Village Greening for organising this event.

Village Greening, a volunteer group dedicated to enhancing sustainability in Fairfield Village, is launching a Plastic-Free July campaign and we would love for you to help. 

Join Alphington Arts … it’s sort of like a book club, with meetings twice a term … but instead of reading books (and talking) we’ll get together and make art (and chat) …

Starting in second semester the cost is $40 to join, and we’ll run 4 sessions on Thursday evenings from 7.30pm. Dates to be confirmed - but we’re aiming for the first and last week of each term.

At these sessions we will ask someone in the group to share an easy skill as a taster for everyone to have a go - like block printing, still life, basket weaving etc. - obviously the skills shared will depend on the people who come along - but don’t be put off thinking you have to offer something straight away, we have this years sessions lined up so you wont be under pressure!

If you are interested in joining in email us here. We will add you to the Whats App group for ongoing communication.

Note there may be some additional material costs associated with particular activities - depending on what we are doing. But we’ll try to keep these minimal.

And … please do let us know if you have a skill you could share yourself. It could be anything … painting, drawing, floristry, felting, weaving, card making, printing, paper folding …. we’re very keen to build a community of artists and create casual and friendly opportunities for creative peer learning and sharing into the future.

Hi all

We’re closed today, Monday, for the long weekend. We will see you tomorrow!

Last week we had some exciting things happening, including a birthday celebration at Community Lunch on Friday.

We also had a delivery of compost on Friday …. FOGO (from our green bins).

And I went to a really interesting meeting with the Minister for Planning, Sonya Kilkenny on Wednesday talking about placemaking and the character of our suburbs in the context of the new planning guidelines that are out for comment. The meeting was organised by our local MP Kat Theophanous and it was super - not just to hear from the Minister, but also to talk to and listen to other local stakeholders about key issues for our community such as public housing, river and catchment health, public transport infrastructure and pressures, and urban development controls (particularly for large developments such as Yarra Bend).

Thanks for organising it Kat.

I am not sure what I was laughing at here …