Arts & Entertainment
A round of applause for Stan Chrenkoff, the October maestro who waltzed away with the Heritage Bank Slideshow Award! Stan’s enchanting photo of a flower has us all revelling in the beauty of petals and pixels. In the grand tradition of the Forest Lake Photography Club, every month is a visual feast as members submit…
The Australian Celtic Women will make a special guest performance at the Live Music at the Lake event this Sunday December 3, which starts at 3pm. The show will feature crowd-favourite songs and tunes from various Celtic nations, followed by Christmas carols for the whole audience to enjoy, as well as songs by the…
Three Forest Lake Photography Club members have been awarded The Heritage Bank Slideshow Award for December 2022. Congratulations to Lorraine Burdeu, Marigold Meagher and Peter Tanner for their photographs, “Water Siren,” “Swish,” and “Beach”. Beach – by Pete Tanner Every month, Forest Lake Photography Club members submit photos for a slideshow and then during the…
By Marge Breitenbach, who grew up in South Africa. It was a sad, heartfelt goodbye. Just to think that you have gone forever to that cold cemetery where the wind can howl incessantly through the trees. We have been so very close for a very long time – actually many years! You were my first…
Forest Lake State High School Grade 12 student Carrie Biddle has become the state finalist for QLD in the national REELise Film Festival for her short film Cinephilia. It all started with an assessment. Carrie, a Film and Television Studies student, had to create a stylistic project in Term 4 to be graded. After a…
Local singer Sarbani Maitra recently placed in four local singing eisteddfods including the Bundaberg Eisteddfod, The Wynnum-Manly Eisteddfod, Quota Beenleigh, and the highly coveted QMTA Vocal Competition at the UQ School of Music. At the QMTA Vocal Competition Novice section for 13 and unders, Sarbani took home first place in Musical Theatre, second place…
Runners and volunteers from Pallara Parkrun celebrated their 4th birthday at Brookbent Road Park on July 23. The event was attended by more than 100 people, including members from Pallara Parkrun and visitors from surrounding Forest Lake and Calamvale Parkrun groups. Pallara Parkrun event director Brian Keller said the weather was great and…
Luan Sejdi from Forest Lake State High School has been listed as a finalist for the “People’s Choice Award” in the 2022 Lord Mayor’s Photographic Awards with a stunning photo that captures the beauty of the lake at Forest Lake. Luan’s photo “The Lake” was selected by the Lord Mayor and a panel of judges…
The Heritage Bank Slideshow Award for May was shared by Norman Dean for his black and white photo of a hippo called “I can see you” and John Blackburn for his photo of a lily called “Snowflake Lily”. Congratulations to both of you! Every month, club members submit photos for a slideshow and then during…
Local schools achieved fantastic results at the Brisbane Performing Arts Challenge (BPAC) Eisteddfod school competition between June 16 and June 19, 2022. See the results from each school below. Forest Lake State High School 1st place was awarded to FLSHS in the Varsity Hip-Hop and Junior Hip-Hop categories, as well as a student-choreographed routine…