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Colour and creativity Wyndham students might be returning to school this week, but one of the free school holiday programs is continuing. Chromatica: Colour Play a free, interactive art exhibition will remain open at the Wyndham Cultural Centre until July 22. A joint initiative of Wyndham council and arts group Indirect Object, the exhibition includes installations, workshops and activities and is open from 11am to 3pm at the The Annex art space. Wyndham councillor Marcel Mahfoud said Chromatica was about creating immersive, colourful experiences and art-based learning for children. “The installations range from helping to create a glowing forest of 3D neon webs then seeing how it looks through a mirror prism to a large-scale modular kaleidoscope, where you can turn the wheels to create endlessly changing colour patterns.” Chromatica is open from Wednesday to Saturday, but the workshops where children can learn how to recycle plastic and create mirror prisms from recycled cardboard, only run from Thursday to Saturday until July 15. ■ Pictures: Page 9
Artist Michael Bevitt at the Chromatica art exhibition. (Damjan Janevski). 344396_01
Time’s up for bingo club By Cade Lucas After more than 40 years, the Werribee Bingo Club has called ‘eyes down’ for possibly the final time. Sunday’s meeting was the last at its Pacific Werribee home, with construction works and the end of its lease forcing the club to look elsewhere. With no new venue found, the likes of Debbie Graham are have having to adjust to life without it. “I’m 59 this year and I’ve been going there since I was 18,” said Ms Graham, an employee
of the club and one of many wondering how to fill the void it has left. “Our bingo is a place where people come and meet up with friends and for some it’s all they’ve got. “ For a lot of people, they mightn’t be able to get out to another bingo.” Ms Graham is referring to the club’s mostly elderly membership, which while still sizeable, is increasingly immobile, complicating the search for a new home. “With the elderly they can’t travel too far out, we’re trying to find a place in the near vicinity for our patrons,” she said.
“We need somewhere over 700 square metres with plenty of parking and hopefully near a bus stop. “The parking is making it difficult.” Werribee Bingo is among many tenants who’ve vacated Pacific Werribee since rectification works between Target and Myer began. However, unlike other tenants that have relocated elsewhere and plan to return upon completion, Pacific Werribee’s general manager Ryan Ling said the the bingo club and shopping centre had already decided to part ways. “While this closure does coincide with broader works occurring in the same area as
Werribee Bingo, their departure is unrelated and follows a significant period of close and coordinated strategic planning,” Mr Ling said. “We thank Werribee Bingo for the important social services they have provided the local community over the past 40 years, and we are very proud to have been able to partner with them over that journey.” Werribee Bingo chairman Dominic Cichello confirmed the decision to leave Pacific Werribee was mutual. “Whilst Werribee Bingo is taking a break, we look forward to announcing our new location when our plans are finalised,” he said.
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