Arts & Culture
Breakdown outside the Windsor Hotel, 1920s
Eight men, one broken-down car and a wagon to cart it on. This dismal winter’s day was not going well for the driver, seen here on the far right of the photograph in chauffeur’s outfit, complete with greatcoat to ward off the worst of the Melbourne weather.
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“Political party games”: 2023 through the eyes of Australia’s cartoonists
An upcoming Melbourne exhibition is set to showcase the work of Australia’s best political cartoonists and provide an insightful retrospective to the year that was 2023.
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Experiencing more at the Melbourne Recital Centre
Melbourne Recital Centre (MRC) is celebrating 15 years of ground-breaking performances with a range of new membership offers to get you “closer to the music and musicians you love.”
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QVWC for Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2024
Melbourne’s iconic Queen Victoria Women’s Centre (QVWC) will play host to this year’s Melbourne International Comedy Festival (MICF) with a curated line-up of stand-out Feminist comics.
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Australia’s largest photography festival back in town
The highly anticipated PHOTO 2024: International Festival of Photography is back in Melbourne.
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Giuseppe Buzzi and his fried fish shop
This photo taken between 1908 and 1912 shows a sleepy Latrobe St afternoon. The image is dominated by a giant telegraph pole with a fire alarm.
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New Creative Spaces hubs open along Elizabeth St
The City of Melbourne’s Creative Spaces program has brought four new creative hubs to life along Elizabeth St, working to fill vacant shopfronts throughout the CBD while also lending support to independent artists and organisations.
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The Lost City of Melbourne wins history award
The filmmaker behind The Lost City of Melbourne documentary has received a community history award.
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Midsumma Festival celebrates queer art with The Inheritance
Following a hit run in London’s West End and on Broadway, The Inheritance made its Australian debut at fortyfivedownstairs on January 21 as part of Melbourne’s Midsumma Festival.
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It’s raining, it’s pouring: Elizabeth St a raging torrent, 1863
December 15 to 22, 1863 – a week to remember for the citizens of Melbourne. It rained and rained and rained some more and when the rain stopped, and the sun emerged, more than 127 millimetres had fallen.
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The adventures of Pieces
Young Coders tackles gender diversity
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