Arts & Culture
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.
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I 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.
Read MoreDifficult stories attract punters
Melbourne’s City of Literature turned 10 last month without a fanfare.
Read MoreSilhouettes and shadows
Penny Ikinger’s third album Tokyo has arrived via Melbourne-label Off The Hip Records and it is a ripper.
Read MoreLivin’ in the ‘70s
If you are feeling discomfited by the Metro tunnelling, take heart, it has all happened before.
Read MoreEven darker
The last day of the Melbourne Writers’ Festival fell on Sunday, September 2. A reader, feeling a bit low, rushed into the city, hoping to find inspiration among the wordsmiths and soothsayers of the day.
Read MoreThe problem is bureaucracy
other day a friend of mine sent me a link to a proposal from a development company that is planning a major development in the CBD.
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Chill factor for White Night
Thrifty shopping in the city
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