Arts & Culture

New-look Koorie Heritage Trust
The Koorie Heritage Trust (KHT) will reopen on December 9 across all three floors of the newly renovated Birrarung Building (formerly Yarra Building) at Federation Square.
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Has the urban art movement finished?
There is a variety of complexities involved in any attempt to define street art.
Read MoreA state of colonial confusion
A new thought-provoking and powerful art exhibition recently launched at Town Hall’s City Gallery invites visitors to confront the complexities and legacies of Australia’s colonial past.
Read MoreA Christmas Carol’s second Melbourne season set to “thrill audiences” at Comedy Theatre
Charles Dickens’ classic, A Christmas Carol, has returned to Melbourne’s Comedy Theatre for a second season following its hit run in 2022, with the show’s new season extended to January 7, 2024 ahead of opening night on November 23.
Read MoreRead all about it! The Argus office makes news
Seventy people arrested in Lisbon for taking part in anti-English protests. The attempted poisoning of the Russian Tsar proves to be untrue. Australian and New Zealand mail believed to have been destroyed when a train caught fire in Nebraska is found and rescued.
Read MoreThe Lamb Inn, a “roystering place for shepherds with cheques”, c. 1840
Tucked away in the bottom right-hand corner of this watercolour by W F E Liardet are two small windblown figures battling Melbourne’s notorious north-westerly winds.
Read MorePrescient 20th century tragedy wraps up at Her Majesty’s
A seven-week season of Arthur Miller classic play, directed by Neil Armfield, has concluded in Melbourne.
Read MoreArtists brings ideas to life thanks to council grants totalling almost $1m
The City of Melbourne has awarded more than $950,000 to a diverse range of artists, as part of the latest round of its annual arts grants program.
Read MoreCurtain raises for stage musical Miss Saigon
The acclaimed musical Miss Saigon, a tragic love story set during the Vietnam War, has landed at Her Majesty’s Theatre for a seven-week season.
Read MoreAutumn Moon at the Chinese Museum: Be enthralled, engaged, and entertained
On the weekend of September 30 and October 1, Chinatown, Melbourne will celebrate the Autumn Moon Festival, when family and friends come together, for the seasonal harvest and the recounting of the many associated ancient legends.
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The staying power of fiction

Becoming Eliza, being Anna O’Byrne
