Arts & Culture
City overwhelms in MIFF premiere Mad Rush
A feature premiering at MIFF in August showcases Melbourne’s CBD as the dystopian backdrop to a young woman’s mental decline as she confronts economic insecurity and is pursued by scammers and self-doubt over a 24-hour period.
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New queens take the throne as SIX returns to Melbourne
The global musical phenomenon SIX will return to Melbourne this July, bringing a new Australian cast of queens to the Comedy Theatre.
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Now or Never returns with sleep concerts, river lights and Philip Glass tribute
Melbourne’s winter festival Now or Never will return this August with a city-wide program spanning art, ideas, sound and technology, headlined by a rare overnight concert inside the Royal Exhibition Building and a series of large-scale light installations along the Yarra River.
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The Torch and QVWC come together for NAIDOC Week exhibition
A new exhibition at the Queen Victoria Women’s Centre will bring together powerful paintings and intricate weavings by First Peoples women with lived experience of incarceration.
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A pioneering experiment at the Menzies Hotel
Taken around the 1870s, this image shows the Menzies Hotel at the corner of William and Bourke streets.
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Dami Im returns to her jazz roots for intimate Birds Basement shows
Eurovision has helped Dami Im reconnect with a style of music and performance she loves, and next month she will share that rediscovered sound with Melbourne audiences at Birds Basement.
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More than four decades of story and culture: Ray Thomas exhibition opens at Fed Square
A major new exhibition opening on May 30 at the Koorie Heritage Trust will celebrate the life, art and cultural legacy of acclaimed Gunai artist Ray Thomas, bringing together more than 40 years of paintings, sculptures, drawings and personal objects.
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How Pretty Woman’s villain helps complete the fairytale
There are few movie villains as memorably slippery as Philip Stuckey.
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RISING returns for another Melbourne winter arts extravaganza
Melbourne’s monster RISING Festival kicks off on May 27, with more than 100 events featuring 376 artists, seven world premieres and 11 Australian premieres over its two-week run until June 8.
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Reminders of wartime looms over Princes Bridge
In the early 1940s in Melbourne, as war ravages overseas, life in the city carries on as normal at the corner of Princes Bridge and Flinders St.
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Wide support for outdoor dining
Hoardings to be beautified
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