Arts & Culture
The Regent Theatre is getting its very own “glass slipper moment”
The magic of theatre has been amiss during the past few years, and for many performers like local Melburnian Josh Gardiner, the impact has been felt.
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The problem with urban art
People really hate bad tags. It is something that has made legitimate and good street art and graffiti hard to navigate.
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Wedded to the literary canon
It’s not that often that you get such an ambitious book as The Lessons launched in inner Melbourne.
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The three “Rs”: school’s in at the Old Model School, Spring St
In September 1854, Patrick Davitt and his wife Ellen began their work of instilling the fundamentals of every basic education – the three “Rs” (Reading, Writing and Arithmetic) – on the children who attended the newly-built Model School in Spring St.
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Stella Mozgawa
New York band Interpol wrote a song about a woman called Stella. Well-credentialled muso/producer/drummer Stella Mozgawa who worked with Courtney Barnett on her latest album Things Take Time, Take Time would know this.
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Exhibition finds art in Melbourne’s mundane
In the busy crowds of Melbourne’s CBD, forgotten shopping lists stick to the soles of shoes, while discarded cardboard boxes get kicked out of the way.
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Greens and tenants join forces to save Nicholas Building
The CBD’s premier artistic hub, the Nicholas Building on Swanston St, is still under threat with no clear message coming from the agents about its sale.
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Artist shows cost to environment through Money Tree sculpture
Money may not grow on trees but a recent sculpture outside the State Library has delivered a powerful message about the value of protecting nature.
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A few curses at the Comedy Festival
Behind the scenes of the Comedy Festival there’s quite a different story going on to the stony faces waiting in the audience for a laugh.
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The sourer self of Sean O’Beirne
It’s not easy being a critic and Sean O’Beirne struggles modestly with the role in On Helen Garner, the latest in the Writers on Writers series by Black Inc.
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An interesting woman
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