Community
Visit to Glebe Youth Service
Posted on 29th October 2023
The Glebe Youth Service has been delivering projects and services with significant community engagement in the local area for over 30 years. Meet the new CEO.
Seniors Christmas Reception
Posted on 30th October 2023
A Christmas reception for over 65s held by the City of Sydney. Enjoy canapes, live music, dancing and entertainment. You can register for up to two tickets. You and your guest must be 65 years or older and live in the City of Sydney’s area.
Glebe’s artistic community
Posted on 1st November 2023
There’s a long list of famous names, iconic films, and popular TV series associated with Glebe. As Wendy Blackett reminds us, even Cliff Hardy, the fictional detective of Peter Coriss’s novels lived in Glebe.
The Centipede Online Shop
Posted on 29th October 2023
Check out some ideal Christmas gifts on the Centipede online store.
The 2023 Glebe Art Show
Posted on 29th October 2023
What is the Character of Glebe? Fourteen artists attempted an answer to that question at the 2023 Annual Glebe Art Show.
Community Development Subcommittee Annual Report 2022-2023
Posted on 5th October 2023
The Community Development Subcommittee is planning a silent auction with proceeds going to Centipede, the out of school hours care program operating at Glebe Public School.
Next Players in the Pub – 17 October 2023
Posted on 5th October 2023
‘The Admirable Crichton’ will be performed at the next Players in the Pub. Tuesday 17th October.
34th Annual Glebe Music Festival
Posted on 5th October 2023
In its 34th year, the Glebe Music Festival is just around the corner. Check out the Festival’s website for information about this year’s bumper program (nine concerts!). The Glebe Town Hall is the venue for three of the concerts.
The Glebe Art Show 2023
Posted on 28th August 2023
A prize of $3000 will go to the winner of this year’s Glebe Art Show. And there’s $500 to be won for the Character of Glebe competition.
Players in the Pub: The Shadow of a Doubt
Posted on 28th August 2023
Next production from Players in the Pub: The Shadow of a Doubt, by Edith Wharton
In focus: members’ photo competition
Posted on 2nd August 2023
Shutterbugs rejoice! The Glebe Society announces an annual photo competition. Here’s a chance for Society members with a camera to enter a competition for the best photo of Glebe or Forest Lodge.
Care finders available to help with aged care
Posted on 30th July 2023
Do you or anyone in your family need help understanding or accessing aged care? It’s available.
NAIDOC Week 2023
Posted on 27th June 2023
NAIDOC in the City is a free, family-friendly outing. Experience Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander dance, song, food and more in the heart of Sydney. NAIDOC week runs from 2 to 9 July 2023.
The Glebe Community Op Shop
Posted on 30th May 2023
Jude Paul reveals the history of the St Phillips estate’s community op shop.
Community Development Report
Posted on 31st May 2023
Louis Taborda, our Community Development Convenor, has been working on five Glebe-based projects with postgraduate students from the University of Sydney.
St Helen’s Open Day
Posted on 30th April 2023
St Helen’s Community Centre Open Day Friday 12 May: Enjoy a light lunch and hear from local community groups and organisations about services and activities you’ll want to know about.
Postcode 2037 in Facts and Figures
Posted on 27th March 2023
Historian Lyn Collingwood has been taking a closer look at what the census tells us about how the people of postcode 2037 have changed over the years. Shock! Horror! In the 2021 census 61% of the population opted for ‘no religious affiliation’. And adults with a Bachelor degree or above totalled 54.5% of the population – nearly double the State average.
Centipede Needs Your Help
Posted on 27th February 2023
Centipede is an out-of-school hours program operating at Glebe Public School, providing an essential service available to all children in the Glebe community. Centipede reflects the diversity of the community, with a large number of families coming from lower socioeconomic households.
International Women’s Day Cultural Food Experience
Posted on 27th February 2023
To celebrate International Women’s Day a gathering has been planned at St Helen’s Community Centre on Wednesday 8 March from 11.45am to 3.00pm. Numbers are limited – you’ll need to book.
Welcoming the Year of the Water Rabbit
Posted on 27th February 2023
Residents and visitors to Glebe may be aware of the Sze Yup Temple at the northern end of the suburb between Victoria Road and Eglington Lane. As historian Lyn Collingwood relates in this article, the spiritual and cultural centre was thronged with visitors in February to celebrate the Chinese New Year
Thank you, Keiran! All the best for the future
Posted on 14th December 2022
The Glebe Society has great respect for the way Keiran Kevans, outgoing Coordinator of Glebe Youth Service, has brought together so many community groups in Glebe. Keiran reflects on his time at GYS and its growing role in the community.
Glebe Public School: Call out for musical instruments!
Posted on 30th November 2022
Do you have any woodwind or brass instruments lurking in a cupboard unused? Glebe Public School is looking for donations to get a band program started next year.
Demonstration against demolition of public housing in Wentworth Park Rd
Posted on 2nd October 2022
On 17 September, Hands Off Glebe held a demonstration to protest against the demolition of 17 public housing units at 82 Wentworth Park Rd by the NSW Land and Housing Corporation. Speakers called for existing public housing estates to be upgraded and repaired and for the social and urban fabric of Glebe to be respected, and for the NSW Government to stop ‘cannibalising’ public housing.
A new community centre for Forest Lodge?
Posted on 8th August 2022
Pyrmont Community Centre is temporarily using the Harold Park Community Hall while their premises are closed for renovations. Mary Mortimer brings us up to speed on the Pyrmont Community Centre so we can get to know our new, if temporary, neighbours.
Players in the Pub: 24 August 2022
Posted on 9th August 2022
Players in the Pub is performing ‘Shakespeare’s Mothers: Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know’ by Kath Perry, after William Shakespeare.
What the 2021 Census says about Glebe and Forest Lodge
Posted on 9th August 2022
According to the 2021 Census, a typical resident of postcode 2037 might be described as a young- to middle-aged woman renting a flat or terrace and unlikely to have a car. If she is studying, she is probably at university. Very likely to have been born overseas, she is unlikely to be religious, married or living with children.
33rd Annual Glebe Music Festival – Saturday 4 November to Sunday 27 November
Posted on 7th July 2022
The 33rd Annual Glebe Music Festival will take place from Saturday 4 November to Sunday 27 November. The program this year consists of eight concerts, ranging from blues to baroque. See the program and booking links.
Glebe Art Show 2022 – Character of Glebe Prize
Posted on 6th July 2022
This year’s Glebe Art Show had176 entries from local artists in Glebe, Forest Lodge and the Inner West – and record sales! The Character of Glebe prize, sponsored by the Glebe Society, was awarded to Julie Keech for her watercolour, Glebe Point Rd, Streetscape.
Caroline Jones and the Glebe Estate, ‘This Day Tonight’ 1972
Posted on 10th June 2022
In 1972 when she was a reporter on the ABC’s ‘This Day Tonight,’ Caroline Jones’s report on the Glebe Estate shocked viewers, many of whom were seeing for the first time what living in poverty looked like in Australia. The landlord, the Anglican Church thought that the best solution to its problem was to sell the Estate to developers, knocking down the historic cottages without concern for the community that had taken root there. Thanks to Tom Uren that did not occur and it was bought by the government. Unfortunately, today it’s not safe from further predations by developers, while the current NSW Government turns a blind eye to ‘demolition by neglect’.
2022 Glebe Art Show @ Tramsheds, 23-26 June
Posted on 7th June 2022
Now in its 25th year, the Glebe Art Show returns to the Tramsheds at the end of June after a two-year COVID absence. Entries are now being accepted online via the Glebe Art Show website, from artists in the City of Sydney and Inner West Council local government areas. We look forward to welcoming you to what we believe will be our best ever Show. Come along to celebrate the Glebe Art Show’s return and support local artists.
