Arts & Culture
Curtain raises for stage musical Miss Saigon
The acclaimed musical Miss Saigon, a tragic love story set during the Vietnam War, has landed at Her Majesty’s Theatre for a seven-week season.
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Autumn Moon at the Chinese Museum: Be enthralled, engaged, and entertained
On the weekend of September 30 and October 1, Chinatown, Melbourne will celebrate the Autumn Moon Festival, when family and friends come together, for the seasonal harvest and the recounting of the many associated ancient legends.
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A sustainable art precinct
A few months ago, I secured a lease on some land on the edge of the city on King St.
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Observing the universe: the Great Melbourne Telescope, 1875
The open-air reflector telescope at the back of the Great Melbourne Telescope Building faces up to the skies, its seemingly delicately filigreed barrel looking like something from a circus act.
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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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City of Melbourne delivers record budget, but predicted surplus pushed back
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