FRIDAY
1pm-3pm: Swan Hill Floral Art Group workshop event. Working with different types of foliage, learning how to manipulate them, making them the focal point of your arrangement.
You can make an arrangement and bring it along or just create something on the day.
Bring a suitable container that will complement your design. If you have any interesting leaves, pieces of fern, succulent or soft palm leaves, bring them along too.
Cost is $10 per person. All welcome.
Evening: Commercial Hotel live music featuring Scoogs.
6pm: Live music at One28 Doors featuring That Guy.
8pm: Swan Hill Club live music featuring Don’t Ask.
SATURDAY
8am: Lake Boga Foreshore parkrun. Join us for a walk, jog or run along the beautiful 5km course. Bring the whole family, walk and talk with friends, or challenge yourself. It’s the best way to kick off the weekend. For more details: www.parkrun.com.au/lakebogaforeshore
8.30am: Swan Hill Kart Club come and try day. The club races on the last Sunday of the month. Gates open at 8am, practice from 8.30am to 10.30am, entry and scrutineering from 9.30am to 10.30am, racing from 11am. For more details, visit www.swanhillkartclub.com.au or swanhillkartclub@gmail.com.
9am-noon: Kerang Community Market is on the fourth Saturday of the month. Fresh produce, plants, crafts, bric-a-brac, jams, sauces and preserves.
12.30pm: Swan Hill Lions Club charity day – 4 BBB Stableford (men’s and ladies competitions/no mixed), 12.30pm assembly/shotgun start. Cost is $25 per person includes a barbecue lunch. Info at www.murraydownsgolf.com.au
6pm: Mystic Park Hotel live music featuring Elise Drake.
4pm-8pm: Swan Hill Town Hall Twilight Arts Market. Makers and creators showcasing their amazing handmade products. Art, food and music Entry is free but head to the website swanhilltownhall.com to register.
MARCH 1
1pm-3pm: Swan Hill Crafty Critters. All ages, all art styles, all welcome. Join us at the Swan Hill Club as we spark up our creativity. Drawing, painting, card making, knitting, crochet, scrapbooking, digital art, diamond art, creative writing and so much more.
FEBRUARY 19-MARCH 5
Tennis Australia’s Pro Tour is a players best introduction to the world of professional tennis.
Details at www.tennis.com.au/tournaments/pro-tournaments/australian-pro-tour
ALL WEEKEND
Lake Boga Lions Club presents The Spirit of Rural Communities art and photography exhibition.
Opening at 7.30pm Friday at Lake Boga Flying Boat Museum. Running Saturday and Sunday.
ALL MONTH
February 4-April 23
Tuesday-Friday (10am-5pm), Saturday and Sunday (10am-4pm) at Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery are two exhibitions.
Five years in the making and an odyssey in its creation, Tales from The Greek is Marco Luccio’s artistic response to author John Hughes’ eight narrative adaptations of Greek myths and tragedies.
Featuring large canvasses, found objects, drypoints, etchings, charcoal drawings, collagraphs, ink, mixed media, pencil and monotypes.
In Our Mallee, Our Home, local artist Paula Starrs observes the Mallee with a refreshing openness and an immediacy akin to an impressionistic style.
Using broad gestural brush strokes, her painting is testament to her understanding and knowledge of the country she lives and works in, capturing hidden gems, quiet local shops, back roads, railway stations and more.
