The first thing that has you smiling when you step through the door of the newly opened Frankie’s Top Shop is the verdant colour palate, with lush green hues across the velour banquette seating, the smart stretches of subway tiles,…
Walking through the entrance of Melbourne’s iconic Luna Park, The Fashion Advocate Runway certainly made its mark for VAMFF on Saturday night amongst roller-coasters and colourful rides. The bar was flowing with delicious boutique cocktails, bubbles and beverages to set the scene. Meanwhile, daring and bold fashionistas covered the space with capes and dramatic headpieces that balanced the staple-monochrome types….
During his Q&A session after the showing of ‘David Stratton: A Cinematic Life’ at Carlton’s Nova Cinema, I asked David Stratton, its star and subject, if he had any advice for a budding film critic. He said that anyone who…
Do you remember the first time you heard your favourite song? How you couldn’t believe you hadn’t heard it before, because you knew you already loved it? The opening sequence of Kleber Mendonça Filho’s Aquarius manages to capture a little…
This multi-award winning musical will warm your heart, set your feet tapping, and show you a marvel of dresses. It’s the story about women, fashion, love-gone-wrong, and being Australian. It’s Ladies In Black. Adapted from a 1993 novel by expatriate…
In the stunning setting of St Kilda’s White House, home of Dumbo Feather magazine, a group of passionate folks gathered for a live interview with Australian music icon Missy Higgins. Her first song, ‘All for Believing’, was released over 16…
Aloha! Mahalo Poké is serving up Hawaiian and Japanese inspired bowls. Poke is a new Melbourne food trend, although it’s been consumed the sunshine state of Hawaii for hundreds of years. Put simply, it’s raw fish diced into large pieces. In…
Songstress Nikki Nicholls paid tribute to the prolific life of Carole King in her show ‘You’ve got a Friend – the songs and story of Carole King with a touch of James Taylor’ at the Palms At Crown Melbourne. She…
Calia in Emporium Melbourne is the epitome of the recently-coined hybrid, the ‘grocerant’. We, the consuming masses, love having others cook for us, but we don’t want to let go of the possibility of shopping at the grocery store or…
The Wheeler Centre’s annual gala of storytelling returned with an incredible group of guests sharing their stories on the chosen theme of the evening: death. Stories For The Dead saw the Wheeler Centre partner up with Arts Centre Melbourne for…