Could this $6 million makeover rescue NSW’s forgotten schools of arts?
Newtown School of Arts is to get two new intimate theatres – and the plan could be a model for reviving more than 100 schools ...
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Newtown Smile Celebrates Winners Of First Annual Art Contest
Newtown students from any of the local schools could submit their own art to the contest, with the winners being selected ...
Children’s book world mourns death of ‘Magic School Bus’ illustrator Bruce Degen
Tributes are pouring in for artist and Brooklyn native Bruce Degen, whose illustrations brought Ms. Frizzle and her “Magic School Bus” to life, following his death from pancreatic cancer at ...
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Regional Hospice Benefits From Annual Newtown Giving Circle Breakfast, ‘Village’ Of Support
The theme of the 2024 Regional Hospice Newtown Giving Circle Breakfast was “It Takes A Village.” As Regional Hospice ...
Bruce Degen, illustrator of ‘The Magic School Bus’ books, dies at 79
Few children in the past four decades have missed out on rides aboard the Magic School Bus, a co-creation of Mr. Degen and ...
Blindboy: ‘I left my first day of school feeling great shame. The pain of that still rises up in me’
The Limerick-based podcaster and author on his school trauma, adult autism diagnosis and unconventional mother ...
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Block party celebrates opening of Malt Drive Park in Long Island City, adding waterfront access and community space
Nov. 18, 2024 By Shane O'Brien Hundreds of people attended a block party Saturday to celebrate the opening of Malt Drive Park ...
Bruce Degen, Illustrator of 'Magic School Bus' Books, Dead at 79
Sad news for anyone who grew up wishing they could have a teacher like Ms. Frizzle: Bruce Degen, who illustrated the Magic ...