June news

Burn Baby Burn! May's Dark beer night went off and we are so thrilled we've decided to do it once a month while it's cold out. Not only that but Carl has arranged for some more permanent heating options outside. Put our two new stand up heaters to the test ( recommended with a flagon of mulled wine) and take the edge off of those June winter nights when you're next.  

We'd also like to say congratulations to George Catsi, our club president, who has been selected to speak in June at the Amps Livable Cities conference in New York. George will be representing our little club and it's an incredible opportunity to listen and talk with the broader international community about sustainability for our future. 

"The issue of poker machines is a scourge on our society. We are in a particular moment politically where some change is possible. The Petersham Bowling Club's pokie-free experience has resonated much further than I could have imagined. People now know that there is an alternative to gambling funded pubs and clubs. That story is one of community centered, culturally driven hubs. This is what clubs and pubs were originally about. A local place where people could meet, people could hold the meaningful events that make up a life and they could be entertained." - George Catsi, President of Petersham Bowling Club. 

PBC Dark Beer Night is back! 

We had such a great time, we're going again. 

What's the best thing about winter? The beer of course. And winter is here! Come celebrate with us at The Petersham Bowling Club at 4pm on Friday the 23rd of June as darkness falls upon our beer taps...

From Browns to Barley Wines, Smoked Porters to Pastry Stouts, Old Ales to even Older Ales, 11 of our taps will be pouring the delicious dark goods, showcasing an array of local and national breweries.

And if this smorgasbord of tastiness isn't enough for you don't fret as there will be many other tasty drops to imbibe. Talking scotch, creamy winter cocktails, and mulled wine and cider....

The kitchen will be in full swing with some special treats for the night. Beef and stout pies anyone?

Still not sold? The fire will be a-cracklin' outside to ease those nervous summer bones into the most sumptuous of all the seasons...

Enjoy winter properly this year at The PBC with dark beers, mulled things and a fire!

Register your attendance via - https://events.humanitix.com/pbc-winter-dark-beer-nights 

READERS - Books and Conversations

with Jonathan Seidler

Celebrating books and readers, this is a monthly series of in-depth and relaxed conversations with authors about their latest work, and their body of work, their writing process and the ideas that inspire them.

Michaela Kalowski is an interviewer, moderator and curator for writers and ideas festivals. Highlight interviews include Margaret Atwood, David Mitchell, Michelle de Kretser, Amos Oz, Stan Grant, Holly Ringland & Etgar Keret. She's the curator of ABC RN’s on-air writers festival, Big Weekend of Books, now in its 4th year. In 2022 she was curator of International Author events for Brisbane Writers Festival. Michaela has conducted radio interviews for ABC RN’s The Music Show, Big Ideas & The Bookshelf, ABC Classic and has presented programs across ABC radio.

June’s featured author: Jonathan Seidler

Jonathan ‘Jonno’ Seidler is an author, creative director and culture critic. His work has been published frequently in The Guardian, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Australian, Monocle and GQ. Jonathan co-founded the long-running music blog One A Day, launched two nationally syndicated fiction series for Broadsheet and recently commissioned, edited and published an Unyoked anthology of nature writing. Jonathan wrote and performed the score for short film Snare, shortlisted for SXSW and Tribeca 2019 and more recently was music supervisor on the SBS series Latecomers. As a creative director, Jonathan produced nationally recognised pro bono campaigns for Keep Sydney Open, One Wave and the Equality Campaign. He is a regular guest on ABC Radio National's Download This Show, discussing media, culture and technology. He once played drums in bands, now mostly in his garage.

His most recent work, ‘It’s a shame about Ray’’ is an extraordinary and powerful memoir about family, love and the power of music. Blackly funny and frequently devastating, It traverses family, death, hope, love, survival, compassion and the deep relationship we can develop with music throughout our lives when nothing else is enough. It's a Shame About Ray asks how we shape new identities from old tragedies - and whether the answers might be hiding in the bestselling record of 2001.

'A brilliant and brutally raw tribute to family, survival and the indisputable profundity of noughties nu-metal.' TIM MINCHIN

'Unbelievably poignant and ingenious. And punk as f*ck.' MEGAN WASHINGTON

Petersham Bowling Club is honoured to present these events for our community and would like to acknowledge the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the traditional custodians of this land we meet on and pay our respects to the Elders both past, present and emerging.

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Watch our April Readers with

Jodi McAlister

Taverner's Trivia

Come and join the Taverners Hill Infants School P&C for a social night at the Bowlo with trivia delivered by quizmaster Tim Brunero.

Taverners Hill Infants School is a small Kindergarten – Year 2 school located on the corner of Railway St and Elswick St Petersham.  They have an experienced staff who work in collaboration with our families to cater for each child’s social, emotional and learning needs.  The school has a strong community where everyone knows everyone else.  Taverners has a small secure playground area highly suitable for young students and they are very excited about new playground climbing equipment to be installed during the year.

They are now accepting enrolments for the 2024 Kindergarten intake.  They are also able to accept out-of-catchment enrolments.

Contact the Principal Jacki Gardner to organise a school tour  Jacki.Gardner@det.nsw.edu.au  or Enrol online via the website tavernersh-p.schools.nsw.gov.au