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NEWS AND CURRENT AFFAIRS DISCUSSION GROUP
News without the truth is like washing without detergent. Members who attend this course, facilitated by Robert Louis Mackenzie, will learn to look behind the news, fact check and research a story using multiple sources, and understand the importance of knowing what is happening both at the local,
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EN PLEIN AIR PAINT-OUT - ST VINCENT GARDENS, ALBERT PARK
Come join artists from Hawthorn Artist Society on our April paint-out, at St Vincent Gardens, Albert Park, next Sunday 26 April.
The gold rush-era gardens are seen as one of Australia’s town-planning treasures, surrounded by buildings on the Victorian Heritage Register, such as Rochester
Rosalind Franklin: The Triumph and the Tragedy
🗓️ Start: Wed 13 May 2026 10:30 am
⏳ End: Wed 13 May 2026 12:00 pm
In 1953, the scientific world was abuzz with the discovery of the structure of DNA by James Watson & Francis Crick, but back then, few were aware that it was only made possible by the painstaking work of another, equally brilliant scientist who, as a woman in what was still largely a man’s world, had long struggled to be taken seriously. She would go on to make ground-breaking discoveries in the study of viruses, until, in 1958, she was tragically cut down in her prime by cancer. She was just 37. Had she lived, who knows what else she might have accomplished, but her moving story – told here by Barry Zussman (Torridge u3a) – would become her greatest legacy, and an inspiration for women in science everywhere.
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https://u3acommunities.org/event/rosalind-franklin-the-triumph-and-the-tragedy/
April 2026 is Art History Month!
🗓️ Start: Tue 28 Apr 2026 12:00 pm
⏳ End: Tue 28 Apr 2026 1:00 pm
On Tuesday 28th April at noon, we welcome a guest speaker, Zoe, who will be talking about ‘The Art of Ronnie Wood’ and The Art of David Shepherd’. Two great but often overlooked artists.
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We hope you can all come along.
Catherine
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Finding the Truth in the Fog of War
🗓️ Start: Thu 16 Apr 2026 10:30 am
⏳ End: Thu 16 Apr 2026 11:30 am
For more than a month now, the world has held its breath ever since the Middle East was plunged into another deadly conflict between its most hard-line of sworn enemies. And as the cost in lives continues to mount, so has the fiery rhetoric, proving the old adage that the first casualty of war is Truth. But when none of the key players – Trump, Netanyahu, nor the Iranians – can be trusted to give it to us straight, how can we, as mere onlookers, navigate today’s multi-media minefield to get to the true facts behind the barrage of spin, disinformation, and bare-faced lies that make up the so-called ‘Fog of War’. And that’s our topic this month.
If you haven’t yet done so, there’s still time to join our mailing list, which will ensure that you receive those all-important Zoom log-in details… just click here: Subscribe to the Current Affairs group
https://u3acommunities.org/event/who-can-we-believe-in-the-fog-of-war/
Space Debris and new approaches to rectification
🗓️ Start: Wed 29 Apr 2026 3:00 pm
⏳ End: Wed 29 Apr 2026 4:30 pm
Speaker: Ray Fielding
Head of Sustainability and ISAM UK Space Agency
Earth’s orbits are becoming the world’s most valuable—and most vulnerable—commons. Every bolt, paint fleck, and abandoned satellite hurtling around our planet threatens the systems we rely on daily: GPS, climate monitoring, telecommunications, and future exploration. With over 36,000 trackable objects and millions more too small to detect, the challenge is accelerating faster than we can clean it up.
Join us as Ray Fielding reveals how the UK Space Agency is pioneering new strategies to tackle this orbital crisis. From active debris removal to in‑orbit servicing and manufacturing (ISAM), Ray will unpack the technologies reshaping how we build, repair, and protect our space infrastructure. Discover how global collaboration, engineering innovation, and sustainability thinking are converging to safeguard humanity’s access to space.
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EN PLEIN AIR PAINT-OUT AT THE DOMAIN
Come join artists from Hawthorn Artist Society on our March paint-out, next Sunday 29 March, at The Domain, Melbourne.
The venue offers a wide range of buildings and garden surrounds to paint or draw, including the Shrine of Remembrance, Government House,LaTrobe’s Cottage, the Observatory Buildings, as well as
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U3A MARIBYRNONG COMMITTEE NEWS
Our well-attended Annual General Meeting was held on the 14th March at the Raleigh Road Activity Centre. The meeting thanked the outgoing committee members, the facilitators, the working group volunteers and all general members for another great year - memberships grew by 21% in 2025, and is set to grow more in
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YOU SAID YOU COULDN’T DRAW!
If that’s what you’ve been told, don’t believe a word of it! Just look at the efforts of the ‘So you think you can’t draw’ group: colour, form, balance, texture and technique! These are only some of the pieces that this group has produced under the guidance of our tutor Carlina.
A new group is starting on the 23rd
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