Dear Friends, Supporters and Colleagues. It hardly seems possible that two years have raced by since I first started The Culture Concept Circle blog in April 2010. This was also when Melbourne, a mutl-cultural and multi-layered city of opportunity, became my home. Many people believe it is one of the most ‘liveable’ cities in the [...]

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Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair* Hello everyone. Here at Melbourne as Easter approaches the rhythm of nature is refreshing the heart. The Easter Festival is an important date in the calendar and has many implications, both sacred and secular. It [...]

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On our You Tube Channel you will find our mini-documentaries, which provide an insight into the evolution of art, design, music, fashion and style.

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The Culture Concept Circle – Muse~News Festive Season 2011 is packed full of articles with our Reading TV and Music Choices for the Festive Season to consider. If you are sharing a special breakfast, lunch or dining out prior to December 24 please consider DineSmart, an initiative of social profit organisation StreetSmart Australia helping those experiencing homelessness.

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We have a great variety of tales to tell in Muse News for June 2011. You can access plenty of posts, continuing conversations and videos from our You Tube Channel. Enjoy

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A warm welcome to Muse~News for April 2011. March and April are traditionally busy months to kick start the new year and we have been inspired to introduce an all new version of our site with an updated layout and new easier to read fonts. When it ‘went live’ we had a few momentary headaches. [...]

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Hello Everyone, For those coming to our site for the first time welcome. We hope that you find posts in a category or two on our site that peak your interest. Autumn started with a bang at Melbourne in Victoria on March 1 and my walk along the River Yarra in autumn with rowers, coaches [...]

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The music of friends seems to be to the fore this month. A four-day event at Kings Place, London, Celebrating Grainger 2011, will feature that talented pianist from Dalby, Jayson Gillham, who together with friends John Lavender and Penelope Thwaites will present this controversial and interesting composer’s works in his 50th anniversary year. At Brisbane keyboard virtuoso Christopher Wrench, cellist Louise King and their friends will feature in the Chamber Music Series.

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We have started the year talking about gardens including Flora, First Fleet to Federation. Then there is First Impressions and Lasting Impressions with the art of gardens in France. And, in Japan we talk about the bountiful beauties of old gardens that are really breathtaking. Our On Line Video of the month is Culture in the Colonies just in time for Australia Day.

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The key message of Christmas is about giving and unconditional love so don’t forget to help the homeless, whose Christmas will be hard. We have packed Muse News full of articles and conversations and there is a great deal of reading on our web site for the holiday season. Merry Merry

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There has been a great many posts added to the website during October and it will be the same during November so that there is a lot of holiday reading, or viewing on our You Tube Channel for you to catch up on over Christmas. Who would believe that it is only 53 days until Christmas…yeeks, where did the year go?

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Hello, my name is Carolyn McDowall and I would like to welcome you to the October edition of Muse~News the newsletter of The Culture Concept Circle (The Circle). We hope this issue demonstrates our purpose well and that Muse~News will become of increasing value and interest to our readers. Our main aim is to provide [...]

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Hi, it is with great pleasure we welcome members, subscribers and supporters to Muse News September 2010. We have intentionally built a lot of flexibility into the subjects covered by our newsletter, so you can access it, read the articles and watch online videos at your convenience…

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