ThursGAY celebrates its new home during Pride Month

June is Pride Month and Gosford’s most successful ongoing community popup, ThursGAY, will be celebrating on Thursday, June 8 with a new permanent home at the yet-to-be-opened Fun Haus Factory in the heart of Gosford.

ThursGAY will be a soft launch for a new community creative and social hub, which will officially open in July – one of many arts programs and targeted activations to revitalise Gosford and support a growing night-time economy, increase spaces and access for creatives and build contemporary culture which is vibrant and engaging.

“ThursGay is the free monthly LGBTQIA+ and friends local social night which has over the past 18 months brought weeknight crowds to Gosford,” creative director Glitta Supernova said.

“(We have) collaborated with half a dozen Gosford venues for a revolving door of paid artists, performers and DJs and been the training ground for artists working around venues on the Central Coast and beyond.

“Everyone aged 18 and over are welcome on Thursday, June 8 as we come full circle with ThursGAY finding its own

Special screening at ecovillage

Narara Ecovillage will host a special screening of The Giants in the village hall at 7pm on Saturday, June 3.

The film explores the intertwined fates of trees and humans in a poetic portrait of environmentalist Bob Brown and the forest.

It draws on Brown’s 50 years of inspiring activism, from the Franklin campaign for Tasmania’s last wild river, to today’s battle for the Tarkine rainforest.

Told in his own words, Brown’s story is interwoven with the extraordinary life cycle of Australia’s giant trees, brought to the screen with stunning cinematography and immersive animated forest landscapes.

The screening will be a benefit for the important forest conservation work of the Bob Brown Foundation.

Coffee Cart treats will be available from 6.30pm.

To book tickets go to https:// defendthegiants.org/event/thegiants-screening-narara-nsw.

home.

“The very special soft launch will allow the community to test drive the space with dinner options from local businesses and an extraordinary line up of performers including DJ Queerio serving up 100 per cent gay music from 6.30pm to

10.30pm.

“This will be an evening to enjoy epic drag, burlesque and art performances.”

The Pride Month celebration will feature an incredible array of professional, emerging artists including local legends Belle, MIDAS, Diva D-Lish, and

Proudly affiliated with the 5

MC Fox Pflueger. The night will also be a sneak peek into Coastal Twist 2023 branding.

The event will be held at the Fun Haus Factory, 124 Donnison St, Gosford.

Source: Fun Haus

Walk, this June ETTALONG BEACH hosts a

Sounds of live jazz @ Galleria Ettalong Beach

Central Coast artist Minka Gillian is set to open her solo exhibition, Super Bloom, at Gosford Regional Gallery on Friday, June 2.

The Point Clare resident has been a full-time artist since 2004, specialising in textile techniques and having exhibited her work both in Australia and Japan.

“I like to use unusual materials in my work,” she said.

“They might be found objects – materials and household items people might normally throw out such as net fruit bags, cables, electrical wire and even fishing line.

“I also use a lot of second-