What’s Going On is a listing of activities taking place throughout the Downriver community. To submit an event, send an email to downriverlife@thenewsherald.com. List the time, date, location, cost ...

A Victorian library that served communities in Dudley for more than a century has been rebuilt brick by brick at Black Country Living Museum. Woodside Library, originally on Stour ...

Some Pennsylvania towns grew naturally over centuries, their identities emerging organically from geography and circumstance. Then there’s Jim Thorpe, which decided to purchase its identity wholesale ...

Nearly 2,000 people have signed a last-ditch petition to keep the State Library of Victoria’s flagship cafe under independent ownership, after a major hospitality group secured a new contract to run ...

A dozen performers donning angelic white and crimson outfits dance along a runway to thunderous applause from the crowd and chants of "Hey hey what's up, Furia f*** it up!" This is not a conventional ...

The Friends of the Victoria Public Library (FVPL) held its first book sale of the year last week and raised $8,000 for the Victoria Public Library. The monies raised from each sale goes back to the ...

The Community and Public Sector (Victoria) called a protest, which drew 200 people, on December 13, to oppose cuts to the State Library of Victoria. The acting State Library Victoria management is ...

State Library Victoria has abandoned a proposed restructure after an outcry against it from staff, their union and hundreds of Australia’s most prominent writers and academics. The Age revealed in ...

In a statement, board president Christine Christian said: “After careful consideration of feedback received during the consultation period, the library has decided to withdraw the Reorganisation ...

Proposal to cut jobs and refocus on ‘digital experiences’ attracted ire of writers including Helen Garner and Nick Cave Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news ...

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. So, the acting chief executive and the State Library board are at war with the librarians. Again.

Acclaimed author ‘sick’ about 171-year-old institution’s proposed restructure as hundreds of writers sign open letter in protest Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking ...