NAIDOC Craft
Lane Cove LibraryJoin us in creating Indigenous Australian inspired arts and crafts as we celebrate NAIDOC Week 2019. Ages 4 – 12 years
Free
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Women’s Discussion Group
Lane Cove LibraryAuthor, educator and academic, Anne Benjamin, will share her story of living in India in a time of some momentous events. When she married her Indian-born community activist-lawyer husband in 1984, they chose to live in India to continue his work. Her intimate contact with poverty, her frustrations as a ‘foreign wife’ and the challenges […]
$8 – $10
Thursday Tunes Verdi and Puccini – Lane Cove Library
Lane Cove LibraryFrom the 1600s, thousands of composers have brought the drama of opera to the world’s stages, but the true stars of the genre were two Italians: Giuseppe Verdi and Giacomo Puccini. Local musician Graham Ball will discuss the music and lives of the two opera giants, focussing on the deeply expressive Romantic era Lane Cove […]
Film – Pillaga Rising
Lane Cove LibraryLane Cove Coal and Gas Watch are pleased to invite you and your family and friends to a screening of a beautiful new film about the campaign to protect communities, water and the Pilliga forest from coal seam gas (CSG) in NW NSW. “Pilliga Rising reminds me that the power of community and everyday people […]
donation appreciated
Movie Screening Lane Cove Library The Children Act
Lane Cove LibraryStarring Emma Thompson, Stanley Tucci and Fionn Whitehead. Based on the Ian McEwan novel of the same name, The Children Act centres around a judge deciding a case involving a teenage boy who is refusing a blood transfusion on religious principle while her own marriage crumbles.
Lane Cove Historical Society ‘At the Podium’
Lane Cove LibraryPlease join the LCHS Tuesday, June 25th - Lane Cove Library at 7 pm for another 'At the Podium'. This month's very special guest speaker will be Denis Smith who will be showing a documentary on the Mighty Sunderland followed by a lively and insightful discussion! Enjoy a cuppa and a chat following the presentation.
Free
Author Talk – Adrian Piccoli – 12 Ways Your Child Can Get the Best Out of School
Lane Cove LibraryAuthor Talk - Adrian Piccoli - 12 Ways Your Child Can Get the Best Out of School : Monday 24 June, 6:15pm - 7:30pm A jargon-free guide to your child's education and how you can help them thrive at school. Adrian Piccoli served as a Member of NSW parliament for 19 years, and was the NSW Minister […]
Women’s Discussion Group
Lane Cove LibraryOver a writing career of forty years, Nadia Wheatley has published award-winning works of fiction, history and biography ranging from the classic picture book My Place, to The Life and Myth of Charmian Clift. Her latest book, Her Mother’s Daughter, is not only a loving tribute but also a social history of twentieth century Australia, […]
$8 – $10
Women’s Discussion Group
Lane Cove LibrarySuffragette tales: tall and true. ‘Who is Bertha McNamara? Does Muriel really Matter?’, and more. Some WAIG members will present lesser known stories of suffragettes and events from Australia and New Zealand. Other members are encouraged to bring their own stories to add to the discussion.
$8 – $10
Lane Cove Historical Society ‘At the Podium’
Lane Cove LibraryMAY 28: NORMA TRACEY Presenting Social Innovation: Gunawirra Norma Tracey is a Psychoanalytic psycho-therapist and 'Founder Emeritus' of 'Gunawirra'. She will present the rationale for this historic not-for-profit public benevolent institution, which is made up of professionals and specialists working side by side for the well-being of Aboriginal couples and their children from pre-birth to […]
Free
Lane Cove Historical Society ‘At the Podium’
Lane Cove LibraryAPRIL 23: PAUL STORM Rachael Henning and her letters Paul Storm is President of the Willoughby District Historical Society and is also an artisan glass etcher who replicates damaged Victorian or Edwardian glass in Sydney's historic homes. His interest in the Victorian and Edwardian eras extends to a wealth of Australian historical research to his […]
Free
Lane Cove Historical Society ‘At the Podium’
Lane Cove LibraryCHANGE OF SPEAKER/TOPIC MARCH 26: DR PAUL ASHTON will speak at a later date TBA on The Accidental City—Planning in Sydney On March 26 the general meeting of the Lane Cove Historical Society will be followed by “In the Podium”, with a twist. This week’s “In the Podium” will be just a little bit different! […]
Free
Lane Cove Historical Society ‘At the Podium’
Lane Cove LibraryTHIS MONTH, NORA HINCHEN will fascinate you with her views on the talent, taste and outrageous behavior of Britain's artistic crème de la crème, the infamous Bloomsbury Group. From 46 Gordon Square, Bloomsbury to the Charlston Farmhouse in Lewes, East Sussex, the many love triangles and multiple mixed gender relationships, give insight into the cultural […]
Free
WAIG Women’s Discussion Group
Lane Cove LibraryWhen a young, unidentified woman is pulled alive and well from Sydney Harbour in 2013, the connections to another woman – found in similar circumstances forty years earlier – present psychiatrist Kathryn Brookley with a terrible decision as the events of the present and past begin to mirror each other and the gap between truth […]
$8 – $10
WAIG Women’s Discussion Group
Lane Cove LibraryFelicity Davis of Pittwater Knitting Nannas will talk about her involvement with the group, which seeks to raise awareness of the danger of mining fossil fuels. Felicity will tell us how this movement began, what they do and why.
$8 – $10
