This coming weekend. Do your Christmas shopping locally this year with us and our crew of local makers - we’ve got about 25 stalls booked and the weather is look A-OK.

Whilst you’re here you can grab a bite from the BBQ - our friends from Ivanhoe Rotary are going to be cooking up a storm! And you can be a part of our new community arts ‘hill of dreams’ project … it involves solar lights, contact and cellophane - and sharpie pens … and should make a great addition to our neighbourhood over summer …

Come along to find out more! And help us support the micro-businesses in our community as you shop for loved ones.

Hello book lovers,

Have you been looking for a book club to join? We are now taking new members for spots in our existing book clubs for 2024.

Our book clubs meet monthly and we have vacancies in our evening:

• 3rd Monday of the month group

• 3rd Tuesday of the month group, and

• 1st Thursday of the month group.

The cost is $60 for the year. Books are supplied by Darebin Libraries. You can click on this link to join.

Note that the first meeting will be in February.

We look forward to welcoming new faces to these very successful groups next year.

Thanks Meet for bringing along samosa and Indian sweets, along with table decorations for our early Diwali celebrations. It is wonderful to be able to share a variety of cultural celebrations throughout the year as part of our weekly lunch program.

A new addition arrived this week on the back of a truck and was forklifted into place.

The kiosk. All the way from the Ukraine. Via Fossil Vintage in Sparks Avenue.

Fun!

ACC is closed on Monday and Tuesday for the long weekend.

We hope you have a great break (the weather looks super) and we’ll see you bright eyed and bushy tailed on the other side.

November is going to be an amazing month for art and music 🎵 in our neighbourhood - with Art for All at Fairfield Primary School and Music from the Wetlands on the same weekend (luckily there’s enough time to do both!) … followed by the Open Studios weekends - and our end of year Makers Market on the last Saturday of November. How fun!