26 Aug 10 | Following the success of her recent exhibition, Just Passing Through, Viki Murray has claimed an entire wall in the John Murray Art Gallery for a permanent display of her images.
26 Aug 10 | This week saw the 26th annual NSW Variety Bash pass through the Walgett Shire.
26 Aug 10 | Two local artists, Paul Bird and John Murray, have been named among 43 finalists in the prestigious Country Energy Art Prize for Landscape painting.
12 Aug 10 | The completion of one event heralds just one thing - commencement of planning for the next.
05 Aug 10 | There were all the usual delights to be found at the Opal and Gem Expo during the Opal Festival at the weekend but something really stood out from the crowd.
It was Greg Gleeson and Brian Williams’ extraordinary interpretations of the creatures from the Alien and Predator movies.
03 Aug 10 | With the town bursting at the seams from all of the visitors, lots of stalls selling everything from delicious food to clothes, hats, arts and crafts and jewellery from all over Australia, the 2010 Opal Festival is set to become one of the most successful ever.
03 Aug 10 | Well you can’t rain on the Opal Festival Committee’s parade.
By nine o’clock on Wednesday morning there had already been a fall of 39.2 mm in Lightning Ridge, with more rain forecast for the rest of the week, but after weeks of preparations the committee wasn’t about to let that stop them.
15 Jul 10 | The Walgett, Lightning Ridge, Grawin and Collarenebri Youth Centres have all been hosting vacation care programs during the July school holiday period and attendance numbers at all centres have been high.
15 Jul 10 | Last week’s official NAIDOC celebrations were very successful.
15 Jul 10 | A host of community projects and children’s activities as well as meeting and greeting locals in clown costumes were part of group, Service To Others that Really Matters (STORM)’s, stop over in Lightning Ridge last week.
08 Jul 10 | Today marks the beginning of a busy couple of weeks at the Ridge Artspace.
01 Jul 10 | Gavin Johnston, a Year 11 student from Goodooga Central School, was one of 50 students from 13 schools across Western NSW to be selected to exhibit their artwork in iVisualise at the Western Plains Cultural Centre in Dubbo.
24 Jun 10 | The annual Opal Festival is just six short weeks away and a lot is planned for the four days during which it will take place - Thursday July 29 to Sunday August 1.
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