Latest articles by Kaylah Joelle Baker
Keeping customers’ style on point for 14 years
Iris Zhang has been an integral part of Queen Victoria Market for many years, and it was the reason why, when she decided to open her own fashion store, there was no other location more suited to her dream.
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Help vulnerable people this winter and “give a sock”
Sock retailer Underworks has come together with a number of charity partners to support vulnerable people this winter by donating 20,000 pairs of socks.
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CBD author releases new novel: “nothing feels better than just being engaged with the story”
CBD author Laura Elizabeth Woollett is baring it all in her latest novel West Girls as she confronts themes she has grappled with for a long time, and uses real-life inspiration to explore them.
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2:22 - A Ghost Story: A real theatrical event “unlike any production in the world”
Supernatural thriller 2:22 - A Ghost Story is making its way to Melbourne’s Her Majesty’s Theatre after creating much buzz on London’s West End and in Los Angeles.
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Treasured icon becomes one for the record books
The State Library of Victoria has reached a visitation milestone of more than two million people in the past 12 months, an achievement the library’s CEO Paul Duldig has credited to pre-COVID renovations.
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The cheesiest hidden treasure found beneath Spring St
When walking along Spring St, or more specifically in Spring Street Grocer, did you know that beneath your feet lies a cheese cellar?
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James Joyce’s Exiles hits Flinders Lane
As part of Bloomsday in Melbourne, a day celebrating the life of Irish writer James Joyce, fortyfivedownstairs is putting on the renowned writer’s one and only play Exiles.
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The ripe way to champion artisanal Australian cheese
Ripe Cheese at Queen Victoria Market is not your average cheese stall; instead it is a shop designed for the purpose of connecting shoppers with Australian cheesemakers.
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Kenangan: A love letter to home
Kenangan is a family passion project, formed from a vision to bring Indonesian flavours to Australia during a time when its owners were unable to visit home.
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Once: The bittersweet musical returns for a limited season
Awarding-winning Broadway sensation, Once, has arrived at the Comedy Theatre with the intention to strike an unforgettable chord, and its standing ovation on opening night was proof of this.
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New Collins St creative hub a “landmark moment for the industry”
An office building will be transformed into a brand-new creative hub in the heart of the CBD thanks to the City of Melbourne and Victorian Government’s joint $200 million Melbourne City Revitalisation Fund.
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Sparkling new light show premiers at Fed Square
Thousands of luminous, floating biodegradable lights are set to light up the night sky in Federation Square’s main square from June 7 to 10.
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Warm up this Winter at Melbourne Quarter
Bordered by two of Melbourne’s most iconic streets, Collins and Flinders, and directly across from Southern Cross Station, Melbourne Quarter is set to bring together world class design, city living, future workplaces, dining and retail spaces.
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How one customer’s fondness for organics made Garden Organics what it is today
Before the crack of dawn, at precisely 3.15am, Karen Birthisel and Fahna Ammett are awake and hunting down the best produce at their regular wholesale market for their Garden Organics stall at Queen Victoria Market (QVM).
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QVM celebrates all the goodness that comes with a new season
For the first weekend of May, Queen Victoria Market is celebrating everything that makes the new season unique with an Autumn Harvest Festival.
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THE TAP PACK brings their A game to Comedy Theatre
After a successful few years tapping their way around London’s West End, USA, Europe, and Asia, Australian sensation THE TAP PACK are celebrating 10 years of entertainment with a return home.
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City Gallery’s working collection moves to Town Hall
City Gallery Collection has moved from 602 Little Bourke St, where the City of Melbourne’s Make Room project will now reside, and has returned to its cultural home at Town Hall.
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The couple taking friendly competition to the small screen
Melbourne couple Emily and Tim Graham have been keeping busy. Not only have they recently welcomed a new-born, but they’ve also just wrapped up filming for the new television show The 1% Club.
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Indulge in the tastes of Asia at QVM
Queen Victoria Market’s much-anticipated Hawker 88 Night Market has returned, and if the opening night is anything to go by, the next four weeks are sure to be exciting.
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The female force behind Victoria by Farmer’s Daughters show off their excellence
Victoria by Farmer’s Daughters is participating in its first Melbourne Food and Wine Festival, while also celebrating three of the restaurants, and its sister venue Farmer’s Daughters, talented female chefs.
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