Arts & Culture
Where government found a home
Although today Spring St is synonymous with government, in Melbourne’s early days, government was centred on the western end of what is now the CBD. Superintendent La Trobe and other government officials occupied a range of temporary accommodation in the area, including John Batman’s old house near Batman’s Hill.
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Hosier is the worst
So, I’ve got two things to talk about this month – the first is the state of Hosier Lane.
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Just Stellar
Music is a large part of Minneapolis, as is self-taught animation artist Tom Schroeder.
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Disconnected from place and cause
Nature and all of its anarchies was put on a pedestal in June as the literary industry fired up with two bookshops offering wine and ideas for the wintery months ahead.
Read MoreDid the earth move for you?
The facade is light brown stone with chiaroscuro in the monumental sunken windows at the top, which peek out above the trees of Swanston St like an alien intelligence.
Read MoreGough Music Spark
Jack Ladder surveyed the scene at Rocksteady Records, Mitchell House, Lonsdale St, CBD.
Read MoreMaking money by destroying culture
So, it seems that people have taken to advertising on street art hot spots. Paste up advertising or street advertising is killing much of the important lanes in the CBD and inner city.
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Melbourne’s first “respectable” theatre
Early theatrical performances in Melbourne usually took place in temporary or makeshift venues and were often of a rowdy and disorderly nature.
Read MoreWhy is football more important than art?
So this week it was announced that the government is giving half a billion dollars to all things Aussie Rules.
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Mirvac plans to transform city tower into “world-class asset” as office workers return to the CBD
Melbourne Theosophical Society turns a page with new-look bookshop
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