Book Review: A User’s Guide to the Mind
BOOK REVIEW Psychiatrist Professor Ian Hickie and broadcaster James O’Loghlin have teamed up to produce A User’s Guide to the Mind, a practical and engaging look at how our brains…
Out & About
Prodigies Concerto Concert
Don’t miss an afternoon of virtuosic excellence in the Prodigies Concerto Concert at Central Coast Grammar School’s Performing Arts Centre on Sunday, September 21. The concerto as a vehicle for…
Conway and Zygier tour supports new album
Deborah Conway has never been one to shy away from provocation. Across four decades in the Australian music landscape, from Do-Re-Mi’s 80s heydays to her ARIA award winning solo career…
Laugh your worries away at The Art House
The Queen of cabaret musical comedy, Gillian Cosgriff, returns to The Art House with her new show Fresh New Worries on October 11. The show features cleverly improvised songs based…
Saturdays on the deck at Imagine If cafe
The Iris Foundation is bringing fresh energy to the Central Coast this Spring with the launch of Saturdays on the Deck – a new series of community events hosted through…
Great double folk bill
The Troubadour Folk Club will present two top acts on one night at the Everglades Country Club, Woy Woy, on August 23. Mal Webb and Kylie Morrigan from Victoria will…
Knitted goods for Syria
Women from Gosford Wyoming Uniting Church, together with family and friends, have held their seventh and final handover of knitted items for the humanitarian outreach known as AKWAK – Aussies…
Genius of Roy Orbison comes alive
Roy Orbison’s songs defined a generation. Standards such as Only the Lonely, Running Scared, Sweet Dream Baby, Candy Man, Blue Bayou, You Got It, Crying, Penny Arcade, Pretty Woman and…
Westpac Rescue Helicopter service celebrates major milestone
Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service is celebrating 50 years of operation in Northern NSW and is inviting everyone to join the party. The Central Coast Rescue Ball, to be held on…
Beach safety events planned ahead of summer
The Benevolent Society will hold two family friendly free Beach Safety events on the Central Coast in September. In response to alarming statistics revealing that 25% of drownings in NSW…
Catch Ivona Rose at Sonic Sunday
Central Coast-based singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Ivona Rose will feature at the Fun Haus Factory’s Sonic Sunday on August 24. Weaving together folk, art-pop, alt-country and singer-songwriter traditions, Rose performs…
Musical afternoon at Pearl Beach
Enjoy a musical afternoon and singalong with the Pearl Beach Singers at 2pm on Saturday, August 23, at Pearl Beach Memorial Hall. The singers have a range of new and…
Why not join Coast’s oldest Probus Club
Just over 18 years ago, Ros Turton and Judy Edgington were among the first women to be inducted into the then male-only Probus Club of West Gosford. In February 2007,…
Special film night at fun Haus Factory
Film lovers on the Central Coast are in for a treat when the Fun Haus Factory presents an inspiring evening of queer short films that celebrate powerful, diverse stories from…
Buzz Day to herald in film festival
Central Coast Film Festival will hold a “Buzz Day” on Saturday, September 13, ahead of this year’s festival. To take place at Ettalong’s Cinema Paradiso, it will give filmmakers and…
Taste the Coast returns to Gosford
Taste the Coast will return to The Entertainment Grounds in Gosford on Sunday, September 14, serving up a full day of mouth-watering food, locally crafted beverages, live entertainment and family-friendly…
Pete Murray heads for Drifter’s Wharf
Australian singer-songwriter Pete Murray has released his new single Amy, with his eighth studio album Longing set for release on October 3, and he is bound for Gosford on October…
Festival of creativity at Tuggerah
This year’s Art At Work Festival of Creativity event is expected to be bigger than ever. It will be held every Friday, Saturday and Sunday from Friday, October 10, to…
Special alternative living documentary screening at ecovillage
The New Peasants, a documentary by Happen Films, will be screened at Narara Ecovillage at 6pm on Thursday, August 28. The film explores what happens when the values of the…
Big Bike Film Night at Avoca
The Big Bike Film Night will screen at Avoca Beach Theatre on Friday, September 5, with a program celebrating cycling in all its glorious shapes and forms. Proclaimed as “a…