If you’re stuck for ideas on how to spend this weekend, we have compiled a handy hit list of all the top events happening around the Riverina.
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1. Through my eyes: Australian Landscape
Feb 1 – Feb 10, Wagga Art Gallery
Experience Australia’s natural beauty in a different light as Leeton artist Ann Rayment showcases her work of bold colours, shapes and unique brush strokes to present traditional scenes like Eucalyptus forests, rivers and ancient land-forms.
2. Downside bush dance
Feb 2 ’19 – Feb 2 ’20, Downside Hall
Head over to the well-maintained classic-style hall just outside of Wagga’s centre for a night of traditional folk music, dancing and fun. After the January break, the monthly bush dance starts up again to bring a piece of history back into the bustling Wagga community through it’s corrugated iron walls and soaring wooden beams.
3. Moving Histories // Future Projections
Feb 9 + 10, Wagga Art Gallery
In an exhibition that unites contemporary Australian female artists, explore histories of invisible pasts, forgotten narratives and repressed memories to educate society of the damage that judgement on race, class and gender can do.
4. Container: The box that changed the world
Feb 9 + 10, 183 Tarcutta St Wagga
In a different kind of exhibition, walk through six 20-foot shipping containers revealing the history of how they revolutionised the way people live today. Explore information about the cargo industry, the transformation of ports, and the impact of their existence on global trade.
5. Sarah McEwan: Feelings from Bodies
Feb 9 + 10, Wagga Art Gallery
Explore the emotions behind Sarah McEwan’s telling art in this free exhibition, inspired by 50 anonymous participants surveyed who described their fears, hopes and views on feminism in the new world.