Wollongong’s 2025 Young Citizen of the Year is Jack Brown, the director of mental health and suicide prevention charity Talk2MeBro.  “I’ve been part of Talk2MeBro since it first started in 2018,” Jack…

Held over the weekend of March 1 and 2, the 2025 Yours & Owls Festival welcomed 30,000 punters to its prime new location at Wollongong’s Flagstaff Hill. The first Yours & Owls Festival…

Local wildlife educator Alyce Mason says the key to helping Australia’s animals in any extreme weather, be it fire or flood, is to be prepared – and plant trees. “I’ve always loved wildlife and…

With its new sprung floor ready to support dance, yoga and Pilates classes, Coalcliff Community Hall is now officially the Illawarra’s Moving Arts Hub. AUSTI. Dance & Physical Theatre hosted a celebratory studio launch at…

Alby Churven is a 13-year-old go-getter. Not only does this high-school student have a part-time job delivering Illawarra Flame magazines, he is also the founder of small business Alpha Gripz, which sells…

A school leader, theatre performer and NSW State Emergency Service (SES) volunteer, 17-year-old Tori Henderson is Shellharbour City Council’s Young Citizen of the Year. “I’m extremely excited. This wasn’t on my 2025 bingo…

A colourful celebration of Vietnamese Lunar New Year was held on Saturday, February 15 at Dapto Ribbonwood Hall. Organisers Teresa Tran OAM and Hong Phong Le OAM said the family event was an…

Tonight marks the debut of Yandha Djanbay (Go Slowly), the “confronting” but “big joy” show by First Nations artist Kirli Saunders. On from Thursday to Saturday at Illawarra Performing Arts Centre (IPAC), Yandha Djanbay (Go Slowly) is the…