Arts on Film : Shakespeare screening.
Performing Arts, Rare Books & Arts, Theatre:
As you like it : a comedy in five acts by William Shakespeare, is the next program in the Arts on Film series, to be screened this Wednesday May 1 in… Read More ›
Archive for April, 2013
UK National Archives Discovery Service – trial from home
Family matters, Uncategorized:
The State Library of Victoria is trialling the UK National Archives Discovery Service until May 22, 2013. The trial provides free access to the digitised documents available on the National… Read More ›
Samuel Figgis, librarian and soldier
In August 1914, a young Samuel Figgis joined the Victorian Public Library as a library assistant, just after the outbreak of the Great War. Less than a year later he died on the beaches of the Dardanelles on his 20th birthday.
ANZAC Day: art and rememberance
Australian War Memorial : treasures from a century of collecting by Nola Anderson This beautiful book is a guided tour through the history of the Australian War Memorial and features… Read More ›
Domes old and new discussed as State Librarian visits Geelong
Sue Roberts, CEO and State Librarian visited the Geelong City Library today to examine the progress of the library’s redevelopment and explore the role the State Library of Victoria will… Read More ›
Angela Lansbury and James Earl Jones; there be legends here!
A couple of film and theatre giants are in town at the moment appearing in Alfred Uhry’s play, Driving Miss Daisy: Balancing act : the authorized biography of Angela Lansbury… Read More ›
Arts on Film: Ballet Screening
Dance, Performing Arts, Rare Books & Arts:
Stravinsky and the Ballet Russe is the next spectacular program in the Arts on Film series for 2013, to be screened this Wednesday April 17 in Arts. Celebrating the 1909 Paris… Read More ›
Greetings from the trenches: World War I postcards
Collection spotlights, Such was life, War:
In 1916, Corporal Thomas O’Halloran sent dozens of embroidered souvenir postcards from the front lines in France to his father, wife and three children back home in Castlemaine.
Listening post sounds: Rocky, Bee Gees, Blondes & more.
Music, Musicals, Popular music, Rare Books & Arts, Television:
Some recent CD arrivals feature on the Listening Posts in Arts. They include latest releases in musical theatre, popular and rock music. The online catalogue indicates which Listening Post the… Read More ›
Australian Performing Group
Arts & literature, Such was life:
The 1960s, a time of social and political change, saw the birth of the Australian Performing Group (APG).
