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S U N S E T IN THE V I L L AG E JAN - FEB 2025 Your handpicked guide to Summer in Lane Cove lanecove.nsw.gov.au/festivals

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CELEBRATE

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LEARN

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EXPLORE

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DISCOVER

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GET INVOLVED

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CELEBRATE Lane Cove Library presents

Summer Reading Challenge Through to 31 January 2025 Lane Cove, St Leonards and Greenwich Libraries and The Yarn Hunters Hill Break the boredom and keep up your reading skills these holidays with the Summer Reading Challenge!

Library members aged 3 to 17 can log time spent reading books on special bookmarks or the Beanstack App! For every 2 hours of reading logged collect a lucky dip prize, maximum of 1 per day, from any Lane Cove Library branch, and receive an entry into our end of summer prize draw!

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Lane Cove Council presents

Saturday Sounds

Saturday 11 January, 10:00am – 12:00pm James Scott Saturday 8 February, 10:00am – 12:00pm Gavin Rimmer Errol Earl Lane Cove Plaza Grab a coffee and head to the Plaza to enjoy the soothing sounds of these talented musicians.

Free event.

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Lane Cove Council presents

First Fridays: Garden Games Friday 7 February, 3:30pm – 5:00pm Lane Cove Plaza Step into a world of fun and connection with Garden Games! Perfect for all ages, these giant outdoor games offer a delightful way to relax, play, and make lasting memories together.

Free event.

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Lane Cove Bush Kids presents

This is Australia!

Tuesday 21 January and Thursday 23 January, 9:45am – 11:15am Blackman Park Celebrate Australia Day by learning about native animals and plants.

We’ll read a story and go on a bushwalk along Lane Cove River to discover the sights and sounds of summer! We’ll finish with some Aussie nature craft. Suitable for ages 3-12.

Cost: $10.85.

Bookings essential lanecove.nsw.gov.au/events Find out more at lanecove.nsw.gov.au/bushkids

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Lane Cove Council presents

Australia Day

Sunday 26 January, from 8:00am The Canopy and Lane Cove Plaza Kick-start your Australia Day at The Canopy as we welcome Lane Cove’s newest Citizens in this special Citizenship ceremony from 8:00am. Hear from special guest speakers and celebrate how we’re all part of the story.

Head to Lane Cove Plaza to soak up the sounds of talented Australian musicians from 10:00am.

For all the details visit lanecove.nsw.gov.au/events Assisted by the Australian Government through the National Australia Day Council.

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Lane Cove Council presents

Free Concert: Plastic Soul Sunday 26 January, 6:00pm – 8:00pm The Canopy Formed in Sydney by some of the local scene’s best, Plastic Soul is a party band with a predilection for all things funk and soul. From ‘60s Motown classics to the smoothest selections of 2000s R&B, Plastic Soul has you covered for any occasion, traversing the decades in a high-energy funk celebration.

This is a picnic event. Food and drinks permitted. Please bring a picnic rug or low chair (no spikes permitted).

No umbrellas, dogs, or higher chairs permitted.

Free event, no booking required.

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Gallery Lane Cove + Creative Studios presents

In the Mood for Love 良宵

Wednesday 22 January – Saturday 8 February Gallery Lane Cove + Creative Studios Curated by Abigail Kim and Dr Yeqin Zuo of Vermilion Art In celebration of the 2025 Lunar New Year, this exhibition invites you to embrace the spirit of being ‘in the mood for love’, capturing the essence of togetherness while honouring the rich diversity of all cultures. Featuring a dynamic blend of established and emerging artists, it reflects the intricate tapestry of both personal and shared narratives that flourish during this festive season—a time for reflection, renewal, and connection.

Artists: Guan Wei, Guo Jian, Geng Xue, Chen Wenling, Yang Xifa, Lin Chunyan, Zhang Xiao, Wang Yunyun, Laurens Tan , Charlie Sheard, Claudia Chan Shaw Free event. No bookings necessary.

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Gallery Lane Cove presents

Opening Night: In the Mood for Love 良宵 and Reverberation Thursday 30 January, 6:00pm – 8:00pm Gallery Lane Cove Join us for the opening of In the Mood for Love and Reverberation to be officially opened by acclaimed author, broadcaster and artist Claudia Chan Shaw.

Free event.

Bookings essential: gallerylanecove.com.au

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Lane Cove Library presents

Lunar New Year Lantern Craft Friday 24 January, 2:00pm – 3:00pm Lane Cove Library and St Leonards Library Celebrate the Lunar New Year this summer by making your own paper lantern crafts to decorate your home for the festivities! All are welcome. Drop-in session.

No bookings required.

Lane Cove Library presents

Lunar New Year Storytimes

Wednesday 29 January, 11:00am – 11:30am The Yarn, Hunters Hill Thursday 30 January, 11:00am – 11:30am Lane Cove Library Friday 31 January, 11:00am – 11:30am St Leonards Library Head to Lane Cove Libraries to celebrate the 2025 Lunar New Year and join us for special Year of the Snake storytimes! Enjoy stories, songs, and a takehome craft. All are welcome. Drop-in session.

Free event. No bookings required.

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Lane Cove Council presents

Lunar New Year

Friday 31 January 3:30pm – 6:00pm Lane Cove Plaza and The Canopy Bring in the Year of the Snake at this special event featuring a range of activities and live performances in the Plaza.

Pak Hok Kung Fu will perform their special lion dance. The dancers will then travel to The Canopy for the finale.

Free event.

Lane Cove Council presents

Film Screening – Kung Fu Panda (PG) Friday 31 January, 6:00pm – 7:30pm The Canopy When the Valley of Peace is threatened, lazy Po the panda discovers his destiny as the “chosen one” and trains to become a kung fu hero, but transforming the unsleek slacker into a brave warrior won’t be easy.

It’s up to Master Shifu and the Furious Five – Tigress, Crane, Mantis, Viper and Monkey – to give it a try. (PG) Free event. No bookings necessary.

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Lane Cove Council presents

Forever Diamond

Friday 7 February, 6:00pm – 9:00pm The Canopy Get ready to Turn on Your Heartlight and sing along to Neil Diamond’s greatest hits at Forever Diamond!

Join us at The Canopy for a night of Sweet Caroline, Cracklin’ Rosie, and all the Beautiful Noise that will leave you saying, I’m a Believer!

Cost $15.00 plus booking fee.

Bookings essential lanecove.nsw.gov.au/events Lane Cove Library presents

Lane Cove Library 70th Birthday Celebrations Tuesday 11 February, 6:15pm – 7:30pm Lane Cove Library Lane Cove Library is turning 70 and you are invited to come along and enjoy the celebrations. Join us for music and conversation, listen to special guests and the all-important cutting of the birthday cake as we kick off a year of festivities.

Free event.

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Lane Cove Library presents

Library Lovers’ Day Wednesday 14 February Lane Cove Library, St Leonards Library, Greenwich Library, The Yarn Hunters Hill Celebrate Library Lovers’ Day by discovering a love for a mystery author, book or genre. Explore the vision of authors and filmmakers by borrowing a book and its matching movie on DVD or Beamafilm.

Take-home craft kits will also be available at all Lane Cove Libraries.

All Ages. Free event. No Booking Required.

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LEARN Lane Cove Library presents

Stained Glass Art

Friday 3 January, 11:00am – 12:00pm The Yarn, Hunters Hill Monday 20 January, 11:00am – 12:00pm Greenwich Library Create your own creative glass decorations with a fake stained glass art. Use templates of your favourite characters or get creative with your own designs, to create artwork you can show off on your own windows!

Drop-in session.

No bookings required.

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Lane Cove Library presents

Ozobot Mazes

Friday 10 January, 11:00am – 12:00pm The Yarn, Hunters Hill Monday 13 January, 11:00am – 12:00pm Greenwich Library Thursday 16 January, 2:00pm – 3:00pm Lane Cove Library Create your own robot maze using Ozobots. Learn to code maze tracks and have some hands-on fun as you draw your own maps!

Free event. Ages 7-12 years. Limited places. Drop-in session. No bookings required.

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Lane Cove Library presents

In conversation with Larry Buttrose – Everyone on Mars Tuesday 18 February, 6:15pm – 7:30pm Lane Cove Library Join Australian writer, poet, and journalist Larry Buttrose as he discusses his new science fiction short story collection Everyone on Mars. Larry’s stories are an imagining of the personal, psychological and existential impacts of humanity’s colonisation of Mars. His novel interweaves threads of alienation, loss, and isolation for our outer space explorers. Books will be available for purchase on the night.

Free event.

Bookings essential lanecove.nsw.gov.au/library

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Lane Cove Bushcare presents

Growing Native Plants for Beginners Thursday 20 February 9:30am – 12:00pm Lane Cove Community Nursery At this hands-on workshop, you will be introduced to useful propagation techniques for growing native plants, such as sowing seeds and striking cuttings.

Free event. Bookings essential lanecove.nsw.gov.au/bushcareevents

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Lane Cove Bushcare presents

A Bug’s Life: Insects of Lane Cove Thursday 20 February, 7:00pm – 8:00pm Zoom Online Presentation Bugs, beetles, bees and other mini-beasts are all around us, yet most go about their daily business unnoticed – until now! Ecological consultants uncovered wild-looking animals with equally wild names and antics, such as antlions, harvestmen and assassin bugs during their observational study of insect life in Warraroon Reserve, Riverview. Join ecologist Anne Carey for a glimpse into the amazing variety of insects found in Lane Cove’s bushland.

Free event. Registrations essential lanecove.nsw.gov.au/bushcareevents

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Lane Cove Library presents

In conversation with Tamara Chavalle – But baby you’re worth it!

Thursday 27 February, 6:15pm – 7:30pm St Leonards Library Join Tamara Chavalle as she discusses her debut novel But baby you’re worth it! This novel is a fictionalised memoir about a woman who suffers terrible injuries during the birth of her second child. Tabitha, goes from blissful new mother to a mother racked with pain because of mistakes made in the delivery room.

The story explores one mother’s strength and determination to overcome adversity for the sake of her family. Books will be available for purchase on the night.

Free event.

Bookings essential lanecove.nsw.gov.au/library

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EXPLORE Synergy Youth Centre presents

School Holiday Program 13 – 31 January 8 Little St, Lane Cove Across the last three weeks of January, Synergy Youth Centre offers activities for young people aged 10-17 to enjoy. With activities offered at the centre and off-site, there is something for everyone to enjoy.

Check the website for more information and costs. lanecove.nsw.gov.au/youth

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Lane Cove Library presents

Osmo Playspace

Tuesday 7 January, 2:00pm – 3:00pm Lane Cove Library Friday 24 January, 11:00am – 12:00pm The Yarn Hunters Hill Come and try Osmo coding and games. Osmo is a hands-on system that lets you compose music, run your own pizza shop, create artwork, and learn some magical maths.

Free event for ages 5-10.

No bookings required. Tickets are available 30 minutes before the session from the front desk.

Limited places.

Lane Cove Library presents

Film Screening: Despicable Me 4 (PG) Monday 13 January, 2:00pm – 4:00pm Lane Cove Library Gru, Lucy, Margo, Edith, and Agnes welcome a new member to the family, Gru Jr., who is intent on tormenting his dad. Gru faces a new nemesis in Maxime Le Mal and his girlfriend Valentina, and the family is forced to go on the run.

Free event. No bookings required.

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Gallery Lane Cove + Creative Studios presents

Shaping Hand

Wednesday 8 January – Saturday 18 January Gallery Lane Cove + Creative Studios Shaping Hand, presents works from Gallery Lane Cove + Creative Studios’ teachers, students and staff – providing a snapshot of the burgeoning creativity that shapes our artistic community.

Free event. No bookings necessary Gallery Lane Cove + Creative Studios presents

Meet the Makers

Wednesday 15 January, 6:00pm – 8:00pm Gallery Lane Cove + Creative Studios Join us for a drink and light refreshments as we celebrate the work of our teachers, students and staff participating in Shaping Hand.

Free event.

Bookings essential: gallerylanecove.com.au

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Gallery Lane Cove + Creative Studios presents

Reverberation

Wednesday 22 January – Saturday 8 February Gallery Lane Cove + Creative Studios Artists Maria Thaddea, Tony Tran and Jenna Lee reflect on their understandings of cultural belonging through reimagined rituals. Seeking new cultural aesthetics and honouring ancestors via retellings, the artists of Reverberation transform the echoes of their familial cultural practices – creating a space of transgression wherein the whispers of continuing cultural stories can be heard.

Free event. No bookings necessary.

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Lane Cove Bush Kids presents

Bushland Park Adventure Friday 31 January, 9:45m – 11:15am Lane Cove Bushland Park Come along on a more challenging bushwalk for the older kids. We’ll be exploring beautiful Bushland Park, Lane Cove’s magical nature spot with tall trees, bird calls and a babbling creek. We’ll play some nature games and see what we can discover.

Cost: $10.85. Suitable for ages 6-12. No younger siblings, please.

Bookings essential lanecove.nsw.gov.au/events Find out more at lanecove.nsw.gov.au/bushkids Lane Cove Bushcare presents

Let’s Go Bug Hunting Saturday 1 February, 9:00am – 11:00am Lane Cove Community Nursery Time to check out the creatures that live in your neighbourhood! Dip a net for aquatic creatures living in our creeks and sift through leaf litter to uncover a whole world of bugs which lie beneath. Join in the fun on this bug hunt.

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DISCOVER Lane Cove Bush Kids presents

Cicada Days

Thursday 9 January and Friday 17 January, 9:45am – 11:15am Tambourine Bay Park Double Drummer, Green Grocer and Black Prince are some of the names of cicada species, and summer in Sydney wouldn’t be the same without them. Join us to look and listen for cicadas and look for their shells on a bush walk. We’ll also make one of our own in nature craft.

Cost: $10.85. Suitable for ages 4-12.

Bookings essential lanecove.nsw.gov.au/events Find out more at lanecove.nsw.gov.au/bushkids

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Lane Cove Bush Kids presents

Muttaburrasaurus

Friday 10 January and Wednesday 15 January, 9:45am – 11:15am Blackman Park Travel back in time to when Australia was part of Gondwanaland and to a land of dinosaurs. We’ll learn about Australian dinosaurs, go on a bushwalk and have a roaring good time being a paleontologist.

Cost: $10.85. Suitable for ages 3-12.

Bookings essential lanecove.nsw.gov.au/events Find out more at lanecove.nsw.gov.au/bushkids Lane Cove Bush Kids presents

Land of Lizards

Thursday 16 January and Wednesday 22 January, 9:45am – 11:15am Tambourine Bay Park With over 600 species, Australia is a land of lizards.

From goannas to legless lizards, the warm weather brings them out and we’re going to do some bush exploring to look for them and decorate a craft lizard of our own to take home.

Cost: $10.85. Suitable for ages 3-12.

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Lane Cove Bush Kids presents

Stanley – King of Camouflage Thursday 30 January, 9:45am – 11:15am Penrose Street Playground An insect’s life is not always an easy one, especially when the Claggert family are on holiday. We’ll read a story about the comical side of insect camouflage, go on a bushwalk, and make your own Stanley during nature craft.

Cost: $10.85. Suitable for ages 4-12.

Bookings essential lanecove.nsw.gov.au/events Find out more at lanecove.nsw.gov.au/bushkids

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Gallery Lane Cove + Creative Studios presents

Queer Materials

12 February – 8 March Gallery Lane Cove + Creative Studios Artists: Samuel Luke Beatty, Giacomo Budini, Matthew Grayson, Dr. Virginia Keft, Deborah Kelly, Kim Leutwyler, Abby Murray, Saara138, Zoë Sydney Queer Materials presents diverse Queer experiences through textiles, a medium rich with symbolism in Queer storytelling and community building. This exhibition is part of Mardi Gras + program.

Visit lanecove.nsw.gov.au/events to see what else is happening as part of this celebration.

Lane Cove Council celebrates

Lane Cove and Sydney Mardi Gras Friday 14 February – Sunday 2 March The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Festival is a demonstration of the amazing power of passion, creativity and community. Lane Cove Council is proud to be a part of the 2025 celebrations celebrating the theme of ‘Free to be’ and will host a number of events including DJ Nacho Pop playing at free set at The Canopy Stage on 1 March 6:00pm – 8:00pm.

Visit lanecove.nsw.gov.au/events to see what else is happening as part of this celebration.

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GET INVOLVED Arts & Culture E-Newsletter

Stay up-to-date with events and activities in Lane Cove by signing up to the Arts & Cultural monthly e-newsletter at lanecove.nsw.gov.au/enews

Artist Register

If you are a local artist, performer, designer, craftsperson or musician and are keen to get involved in upcoming activities, send your details to cultural@lanecove.nsw.gov.au.

Become a Sponsor

Council is seeking sponsorship from businesses interested in supporting festivals, events and community art projects. There are a variety of sponsorship opportunities and packages available.

For details contact Council’s Cultural Team on 9911 3594.

Sunset in the Village is proudly presented by Lane Cove Council.

For event and wet weather updates, please visit Council’s website: lanecove.nsw.gov.au/festivals

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Discover Lane Cove’s Newest Venue – the Pottery Lane Performance Space!

The Pottery Lane Performance Space is complete, offering a vibrant new venue for creativity, collaboration, and cultural enrichment in the heart of Lane Cove.

The venue features: • A seating capacity of up to 135 • Fully equipped with professional stage lighting • Soundproofing • Backstage area for performers • Accessibility features including lift access and extensive undercover parking As a multifunctional performance space, Lane Cove now has a home for local talent and visiting acts, fostering a dynamic program of events that celebrates the rich cultural life of our community.

With its versatile features, the stage is set to support a diverse range of performances – from theatre, to acoustic concerts, and cinematic events.

For details on upcoming performances, scan the QR code.

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Sunset in the Village is proudly presented

by Lane Cove Council