2 June 2017
Jeff Shreds is the clothing brand with a cause. Created and designed by Torquay’s Ryan Torpy, Jeff Shreds came about as a coping mechanism for Torpy’s generalised anxiety disorder, to stop bad thoughts and panic attacks through drawing designs to keep his mind busy and on the present.
28 May 2017
Forté chat to the co-authors and film critic duo Mel Campbell and Anthony Morris on their first novel ‘The Hot Guy’.
24 May 2017
Having great ideas pop out of thin air is something that comes naturally to me, and drawing cartoons is a way of expressing them – I have so many ideas that I will even write them into my phone calendar so I don’t forget them and turn them into art pieces for ‘It’s Cartoon Time’.
20 May 2017
There’s no town quite like Ballarat, and the annual Heritage Weekend is back again to prove it. The final weekend of May is dedicated to celebrating the town’s unique landscapes, street-scape and history. Held in the heart of the CBD, the weekend will highlight the mysterious side of Ballarat’s past, focusing particularly on the 1950s.
19 May 2017
Here are five films worth your time and eating a bucket of popcorn to.
19 May 2017
The time of year has come to brace ourselves, fellow Australians. Our stomach muscles have a rather large work out ahead of them, as the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow buckles up to hit the road.
10 May 2017
With a resurgence in vampire fiction and fascination with vampires, shake and stir theatre co’s adaption of Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel Dracula comes timely in showing the origins of the myths and stories, creating a dark and absorbing thriller production.
7 May 2017
Strong leadership, strong initiative, excellent negotiation, presentation and interpersonal skills and motivation, as well as a passion for art, are all the qualities needed to take care of a gallery’s behind-the-scenes business, and are exactly the skills the Geelong Gallery has found in newly appointed Deputy Director Development and Commercial Operations Penny Whitehead.
6 May 2017
It’s not often that the town of Ballarat becomes host to elite circus and sideshow artists from around the world.
27 April 2017
Geelong After Dark returns this year, and with it comes the interactive music and technology experience, ‘Field of Beams’.
26 April 2017
After first been published in 1890, Bram Stoker’s Dracula has maintained significance for over a century to become one of gothic horrors most revelled pieces of literature ever.
25 April 2017
When it comes to careers, a lot has changed for Jordan Rodrigues and his character Christian Reed in Dance Academy. Stepping slightly away from what they know, Reed has begun teaching and Rodrigues has made a crack for the music industry.
24 April 2017
Being a comedian isn’t just your typical 9-5 job. Writing, directing and performing their own material, humorists are paid to make people laugh, and for Melbourne-based comedic Dave O’Neil, it’s the perfect job.
22 April 2017
Beginning in Sydney in 2002, Supanova now takes place in six cities (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide and the Gold Coast) and is Australia’s homegrown celebration of all things pop culture.
18 April 2017
Bendigo is in for a bloody classic with the critically-acclaimed production Dracula making its way to the Ulumbarra Theatre next month.
17 April 2017
Geelong After Dark returns this year, bringing Central Geelong alive on Friday 5th May.
16 April 2017
Are you a young person with a passion for writing? Want to be the next George RR Martin? Got an exciting tale to tell? Well, Express Media have a mega opportunity for you.
15 April 2017
Opening late last year, Castlemaine’s Record Low is dedicated to the music lovers in the region. Forté chat to owner Kate McDonald.
7 April 2017
“I forgot how intense the show was,” Keiynan Lonsdale laughs at the thought of the 14-hour schedule of Dance Academy. “We were all dancers four years ago, but now we had to pretend that we were just as good, if not better.
28 March 2017
The Wall to Wall festival is now in its third year, and serves as one largest celebrations of street art in Australia, and most certainly in regional Victoria.
14 March 2017
Seven months ago, Dajana Dizdarevic took her creative venture from the confines of her carport and selling at markets to the streets of Geelong West with her first physical storefront.
13 March 2017
Look out everyone, the Melbourne Queer Film Festival (MQFF) will be returning for another massive movie marathon this month. Going strong for 27 years, MQFF is well known for their striking appearance of LGBTIQ cinema and amazing films from all over the world. The festival has always been a huge support of the queer film making community, and this year is no exception.
24 February 2017
Geelong’s creative wonder woman Laura Van Noordenburg has found herself a new creative movement to pioneer with the fresh and inspired boutique clothing label Hera Bloom.
13 February 2017
Tucked away in Highton Village, is vintage-lovers paradise Ruby & Leo. Behind the counter is owner, jewellery designer and milliner-extraordinaire Victoria Henderson.
