Arts & Culture
Poet gets perfect score
Three of Victoria’s top poets have just left the state and are on their way to Sydney to compete in the Australian Poetry Slam.
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Victorian Community History Awards celebrates its winners
The Victorian Community History Awards have announced its winning publications and projects, with Professor Janet McCalman’s Vandemonians: The Repressed History of Colonial Victoria book taking top prize.
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“Remarkable, rambunctious, sloppy, weirdo-filled”: A tribute to the Fringe, 40 years on
Those involved in the early days of Melbourne’s Fringe Festival look back with fond memories of exciting and perhaps crazier times.
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Melbourne’s iconic community square celebrates 20 years
Federation Square officially celebrated 20 years on October 26, and the milestone was not lost on the city’s central meeting place as it prepares to host a month-long program of celebrations.
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Discover 2042 in the heart of the city
Stepping 20 years into the future has never been easier thanks to Melbourne’s very own The Metaverse Store on Little Collin St, but the time for it to close is drawing near.
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Mrs Purnell’s Hotel – a small feminist statement of the 1860s
It may not seem it, but the modest façade of Mrs Purnell’s Hotel at 12 Bourke St is a symbol of one man’s failure and his wife’s strength in providing financial security for herself and her family.
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The stresses of menial work
Should young workers put much effort into their jobs or even expect a reward other than pay?
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Big plan to bring events back to the city with a living wage for artists under Greens push
A plan to support artists and inject $100 million each year towards new festivals, with a focus on bringing arts events back into the CBD and the inner city, is being pushed by the Greens.
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Melbourne Fringe Festival turns 40
The 2022 Melbourne Fringe Festival theme it’s about time is appropriate for an event that has 40 years of history to celebrate and three lost years due to COVID to make up for.
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Have your say on CBD
Mary Poulakis is for Collins St
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