What’s On

Berwick Artist's Society president Helen Anderson with one of her paintings. Photo: Stewart Chambers 286324_02

Berwick Artist’s Society exhibition

Berwick Artist Society will have an exhibition from Monday 4 July to Friday 29 July at the Cranbourne library. A range of artworks will be on display for purchase and demonstrators will be painting each day.

Berwick District Woodworker’s Club Expo

Visit the workshops and clubrooms located on the grounds of the Old Cheese Factory. Woodworking demonstrations including wood turning, band sawing, scroll sawing, Dremel Toy making, routing, pyrography and wood carving. Various items produced by members will be on display and a selection of items will be for sale. Tea and coffee will be available and a kids corner will keep the young ones entertained.

Friday 8 July: 5pm to 8pm

Saturday 9 to Sunday 10 July: 9am to 5pm

The Old Cheese Factory, 34 Homestead Road, Berwick Berwick Farmers Market

The Farmers Market at The Old Cheese Factory is held every second Saturday of the month. Come by for fresh, wholesome, and nutritious food and produce direct from the grower. There is farm fresh and organic seasonal fruit, vegetables, herbs and spices, breads, honey, olives, cheese, jams, condiments, and preserves, as well as a variety of animal products, such as eggs and free range lamb. Bring your own bags and trolleys. Run by the Berwick District Wood Workers Club to raise funds for the local community, with all proceeds going to their community programs.

Saturday 9 July, 8am to 12.30pm. Located at the old cheese factory, on 34 Homestead Road, Berwick.

Rockin’ Retro

Rockabilly, Retro and Rock ‘n’ Roll, are Rockin’ into the Pine Grove Hotel for an afternoon of ’50s and ’60s retro fashion, live music, dancing, delicious food and more. This event highlights and celebrates the ’50s and ’60s era and will relive the fun and the best of the era’s fashion, cars and music. All profits made from this fundraiser event will be used to hold a celebration for the Centennial of the Sacred Heart Church in Gembrook on 13 November.

Sunday 10 July 1pm to 4pm at Pine Grove Hotel Upper Beaconsfield. Tickets at rockin_retro.eventbrite.com.au

Indian Bazaar Market

Monthly Indian Bazaar Market showcasing beautiful gifts and homewares at Casey Central Shopping Centre.

Saturday 9 July 9am to 5pm at 400 Narre Warren – Cranbourne Rd, Narre Warren South.

Circus Royale – Narre Warren

From 23 June to 17 July, the famous circus show can be experienced at Westfield Fountain Gate Shopping Centre. With acrobats and high wire walkers, and a heart-stopping performance of motorbike stunt riders in the Globe of Death, at high speeds of up to 80km and hour, this 90 minute performance will surely keep you entertained and on the edge of your seat.

Tickets cost between $5 and $50, book now at

trybooking.com/events/915993/sessions

Trivia Night with Timbarra over 50s Social Club

Saturday 30 July 7pm start -9.30pm approx.

Timbarra Community Hall

Limited number of seats

Phone David 0433 566 456 for seats

Maximum six to a table

Bakhtar online health information session

Bakhtar Community Organisation is delivering a health and wellbeing information session with Dr. Mohamed Mohideen (Head of Priority Communities Engagement & VMC Commissioner) in Dari and English languages.

Topics covered will include Covid-19, vaccinations, precautions during EID, how to access health information, and more.

The program will be shown LIVE on Bakhtar’s Facebook page and YouTube Channel on Thursday 7 July at 6pm. It will also be aired on Sunday 10 July at 12:30pm from Channel 31.

Winter Plant Sale

The Growing Friends group of the Cranbourne Friends of the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria Inc. is holding a winter plant sale, with

A wide range of Australian plants in tubes and larger pots for sale. A great opportunity to purchase plants and look around the Australian Garden.

Plant sale dates: Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 July

Times: 10am – 4pm on both days

Location: Royal Botanic Garden Victoria – Cranbourne (Cnr Ballarto Road and Botanic Drive, Cranbourne)

Narre Warren Senior Citizens Centre

If you are over 55, live in Casey and looking for something to do, come and join us. We are a friendly club.

Our club day is on Wednesdays from 9.30am to 3pm. On the second and fourth Wednesdays, we have live entertainment.

There are also weekly activities on other days of the week which include the garden group club, indoor carpet bowls, sing-along, line dancing, table tennis and friendly cards and darts games.

We are located at 192-196 Centre Road near the Narre Warren Station.

Phone us on 9704 0015 or 0426 736 467 or email narwarsen@bigpond.com for more information.

Painting for pleasure

Painting for pleasure and special free workshops are back after the problems of Covid.

On Fridays from 1-2pm, there are free art workshops for adults who want to start or re-start their art in oils.

The workshops are sponsored by the City Of Casey Arts Development Fund and tutored by award-winning artist Deborah Polman.

On Tuesdays and Wednesdays between 10am and 2pm are painting for pleasure workshops for any medium; they’re aimed at taking your art to the next level to shows and sales.

On Sundays between 10am and 2pm we are starting a specialised workshop for artists to learn how to refine their art with new techniques.

Tuesday nights 7pm to 10pm we have a special workshop suggested by the Pride Foundation to introduce and teach guys how to paint guys.

Our workshops are special and we only have five artists at a time so we can give individual attention to artists.

The workshops are held in our new studio at 2 Merrowland Avenue, Cranbourne North.

Contact: Calvin Bell, Provenance administrator, 0402 210 253 or provenanceartists@gmail.com

Cranbourne U3A

Make the most of your retirement! Tutors available to teach art using various mediums. A variety of crafts including knitting, sewing, card making, and calligraphy.

Chess, line dancing and table tennis and cycling groups welcome you. Want to learn the ukelele, guitar, or just singalong for fun? We can help.

We also have an Italian class running. If you would like to tutor a bridge or mahjong class, let us know. We are in the Cranbourne Library building – Casey Radio entrance.

Expand your social life and get active for a healthy third age. For more information, visit u3acranbourne.org.au or call Helen on 0423 623 337.