Arts & Culture
Melbourne International Comedy Festival: “The best of the best at their best”
Melbourne International Comedy Festival is gearing up for a return to stages throughout the CBD, and three performers in particular are ready to shock and surprise audiences with their choice of content.
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Pandemic time under review
An anthology of poems has just been released by Poetry Australia that provides a sophisticated and critical snapshot of a year of pandemic time as experienced by poets.
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Policewoman takes out top literary prize
A former policewoman has won the country’s most lucrative literary prize, worth $100,000, for her debut book Black and Blue.
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Uncertain about shopping?
So much of everyday life in the past two years has been conducted at a distance that people have become anxious about shopping.
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A stroll along Collins St, 1900
Collins St has long been considered Melbourne’s most fashionable street and these smartly dressed pedestrians reflect the street’s status as a popular place to shop at higher end stores like George’s Emporium, the city’s most elegant store, and at the many milliners, costumiers and glove-makers that lined the street. Collins St was the place to be seen.
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Artist makes his CBD debut
Just two months ago Christopher Theofanous was graduating from the Victorian College of the Arts.
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Buskers hit a high a note as live music scene returns to city streets
For drummer Simon Wood, the opportunity to perform live music again with his bandmate in the city streets is a feeling of elation.
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Autistic artist empowers community through mural
At first glance, autistic artist Prue Stevenson’s mural in the heart of the CBD may appear to be a collection of bright, wavy lines with hand-painted messages.
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The murmurings of a creative collaboration making its way to the CBD
Melbourne’s very own Museum of Chinese Australian History is kicking off the year with an exhibit that speaks into the core of what the museum hopes to achieve when showcasing creative work.
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Budgeting for more people
Councillors approve amended Flinders St tower despite heritage concerns
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