Arts & Culture
Major tourist attraction in decay!
So, over the past six years street art in Melbourne has dropped in quality and quantity.
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An open mind in the big city
It’s 5.45 on Friday night and the bar at Young and Jackson is full of workers but you can still feel alone.
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Peach Melba
The Grand Salvo seventh album Sea Glass (Mistletone Records) is an old-school concept album with a maritime theme.
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Colonial defence to history and music
At the corner of William and A’Beckett streets, opposite Flagstaff Gardens, nestles a red brick Art Deco building – one of the few remaining low-rise buildings in a sea of tower blocks.
Read MoreAmphlett Lane
Ultra-magnetic, inspiring Divinyls singer Chrissy Amphlett had an electrifying, sultry stage presence.
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Melbourne’s first pop-up theatre
Few theatre-goers pushing through the crowded foyer of the Comedy Theatre in Melbourne take note of the brass plaque beside a door leading to the stalls.
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Suits the urban peasant
There’s a great little setting up the top of Bourke St on McIlwraith Lane with a truck parked out front and the brick walls of a suburban factory, in stark contrast to the dressed-up ladies of town.
Read MoreI want to create a “Space Bank”
In the 1990s Melbourne was a very different city.
Read MoreBellavista Terrace
Lilting melodies could be heard at the Wheeler Centre on Sunday, October 14 with the awesome “Collective Spirit” poetry show.
Read More“For women, by women”
The Queen Victoria Hospital opened its doors in 1899 in Little Lonsdale St, near William St.
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New City Square artwork goes above and beyond
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