CONCERT goers will be able to enjoy two shows for the one ticket. This amazing touring event featuring the music of Simon & Garfunkel and Roy Orbison & Willie Nelson is coming to the Frankston Arts Centre on Saturday 11 August. Mark Shelley and John Robertson have been performing together, touring the nation and overseas for 25 years. As a celebration of this milestone, and the fact that this year celebrates 50 years since the release of the movie The Graduate, and 30 years since the passing of Roy Orbison, they decided to tour both of their shows in one…
Author: Bayside News
A FRANKSTON man, 31, has been arrested in relation to a shooting in Clayton South last month. It is alleged a man fired into the fence of a Westall Road building site at about 3.30pm on Thursday 21 June. The man was arrested without incident during a planned arrest at a property in McMahons Road, Frankston on Friday 20 July with the help of the Special Operations Group and Fugitive Task Force. He has been charged with possessing a prohibited firearm, prohibited use of a firearm, reckless conduct endangering life and drug possession offences. First published in the Chelsea Mordialloc…
A WARRAGUL man, 40, was arrested in Parkdale after crashing an allegedly stolen car into a fence at about 11.40pm on Monday night (23 July). Emergency services attended the crash site at the intersection of Warrigal Road and Como Parade after reports a car mounted the kerb, crashed into a fence and caught fire. Police arrested the alleged driver after he tried to run from the scene. No-one was injured during the incident. The arrested man is expected to be charged with theft of a motor vehicle, driving while disqualified, careless driving, failing to exchange details, leaving the scene of…
Compiled by Boronica King WORD has been received that another Peninsula soldier, Private Len Mackie, of Frankston, has made the supreme sacrifice in the recent severe fighting in France. Private Mackie left Australia about two years ago, and, except for a short spell in hospital with trench feet, has been with his battalion continuously. A widow and one child are left to mourn their loss, and to them we extend our heartfelt sympathy. *** A FOOTBALL match between the Frankston and Hastings juniors was played at Hastings on Saturday last when the visitors were easily defeated, the scores being Hastings…
FROM over 1,000 entries, 63 artists have been shortlisted for the 2018 National Works on Paper acquisition and award (total prize money $50,000). The prize, the most prestigious acquisitive prize and exhibition of its kind in Australia, showcases recent work by some of Australia’s leading artists working in the field of drawing, print-making and digital media, providing a survey of contemporary practice today. Traditional approaches to working with paper are explored along with works that use new technological mediums – displaying the ways in which these mediums are prompting new explorations of working with and on paper. Shortlisted artists include:…