Featured Events in Cygnet in April, 2025 (July Updated)

Shellharbour City Library Join our fabulous instructor, artist Louise Humphries, for a creative and informative session on sketching and still life. What you'll do: This program is focused on Still Life; the history, mediums and scenes that can be created. Each session you’ll work with a different medium and follow the facilitator through some drawing exercises before moving into creating your final piece using the arrangement on display. In this session we’ll be working with coloured pencil. Knowledge required None, perfect for beginners. Who should attend? This program is most suited to ages 16+. This program has a limited number of spots available. If you are unable to attend, please cancel your ticket so that others may participate. To cancel your ticket, please follow the instructions provided under cancelling ticket help or call the library at 4221 6222. Information Source: Shellharbour City Libraries | eventbrite

Meet New York Times Bestselling Author, Natasha Lester at Shellharbour City Library for an evening of conversation her newest novel The Mademoiselle Alliance! City Library, Thursday April 3rd at 6:30pm. How did a young Parisian mother, celebrated for her beauty and glamour, come to lead the largest spy network in France? Morocco, 1928. Eighteen-year-old Frenchwoman Marie-Madeleine is not the kind of woman who goes through life sitting down, and it's a trait that not everyone is a fan of—including her husband. Her unconventionalities – rally car driving, flying planes and dabbling in intelligence work for the government – earn her a reputation, but she knows who she is at heart: an adventurer. Paris, 1936. As Europe teeters on the brink of war, a chance encounter with a mysterious man codenamed Navarre turns Marie-Madeleine’s life upside down. Recruited to help build a resistance network known only as Alliance, she conceals her identity – and gender – as she navigates a perilous double life away from her children and the man she loves. Capture and death are only a heartbeat away for both Marie-Madeleine and the agents under her care. But she rises above expectations at every turn, achieving seemingly impossible feats of espionage that help turn the tide of the war. But the most impossible, and dangerous, of them all? Falling in love. Natasha Lester passionately brings to life the true story of one of history’s unsung heroes: Marie-Madeleine Fourcade, the only woman to lead a resistance network in WWII France. This is a powerful, heartbreaking tale of resilience that reminds us all of what it means to cherish those we love and to fight for them with every breath. Natasha Lester is the international bestselling author of A Kiss from Mr Fitzgerald, Her Mother's Secret, The Paris Seamstress, The French Photographer, The Paris Secret, The Riviera House, The Three Lives of Alix St Pierre and The Disappearance of Astrid Bricard, and a former marketing executive for L'Oreal. Her novels have been translated into 21 languages and are published all around the world. Her eighth novel, The Disappearance of Astrid Bricard, was longlisted for the 2024 ARA Historical Novel Prize. Books available to purchase at the event. Information Source: Shellharbour City Libraries | eventbrite

Come in to learn how to play the yidaki (Digeridoo). Brendan from Yindyamarra Cultural Experience will be coming in to teach you how to play and the cultural meaning behind the instrument. What you need to bring No need to bring anything unless you have your own Yidaki Who can come? Any aged males Follow @‌yindymarraculturalexperience on Instagram Information Source: Shellharbour City Libraries | eventbrite