Arts & Culture
Pakana woman Lola Greeno takes out Macfarlane Prize
Lola Greeno, a Pakana woman, has been awarded the $50,000 2023 Don Macfarlane Prize at Craft in the CBD.
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A little less conversation, a little more musical
When producer David Venn began floating the idea of an “Elvis Musical”, his mother was ecstatic.
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China’s National Symphony Orchestra to tour Melbourne
The China National Symphony Orchestra (CNSO) will return to Australia this year following a six-year absence and will play at Southbank’s Hamer Hall on December 2.
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Melbourne Fringe takes centre stage
“PLAY UP!” is the rallying cheer for this year’s Melbourne Fringe Festival.
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No comfort in strange creatures
The gossip in the industry is that Patricia Piccinini wasn’t allowed to show her anthropomorphic drawings in Sydney because they don’t “suit dentists’ surgeries”.
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Who painted the lane?
Hosier Lane is a well-known and culturally significant laneway located in the heart of the CBD. If you don’t know where it is, then you’re probably not from around here.
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An afternoon concert in Little Bourke St in the 1880s
Seven bandsmen, dressed in flat caps and uniforms, perform outside a substantial bluestone building, believed to be the premises of R Goldsbrough & Co, wool and grain agents, a company that had large grain and produce stores around the city.
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Becoming Eliza, being Anna O’Byrne
Melbourne-raised, Anna O’Byrne’s elevation from the Australian Girls’ Choir to becoming an internationally renowned star soprano has been an incredible journey and an atmospheric ascendency.
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Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’s movie concert series returns
The last tickets are on sale for the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’s (MSO) eighth and final performance of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back this October.
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Unity, Culture, Hope: Songs for Freedom play for change
Marking the 40th anniversary year of 16-year-old Yinjibarndi boy John Pat’s death, Songs for Freedom is a moving assembly of soul, blues and country music by the Freedom Collective, advocating for change in the alarmingly disproportionate incarceration rates of Aboriginal children in Australian prisons.
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Your forever home awaits in the heart of Melbourne
CBD’s first new park in 40 years
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