Summer is just around the corner with a few 30 degree days featuring here and there. As the approaching warm weather hits, getting the crew together for some rooftop brews is definitely on the agenda. Just in time the freshly…
It was a fine evening for French frivolity when my plus one and I ventured to South Yarra for the Paris to Provence French Festival. When an event promises a French bulldog fancy dress parade, wine, and a lot of…
Ah, Chekhov. Where hanging out with your loved ones can become a drag, ending in tears. Where supposed good times are usurped by long-held enmities, grudges, and gossip. In the expert hands of Red Stitch Theatre Company’s Australian premiere of…
Ahead of Tate Britain, Centre Pompidou, and the Met, the National Gallery of Victoria is hosting David Hockney’s latest art. ‘Current‘ features painting and new medium work from the past decade, among which are Royal Academy hit ‘Bigger Trees Near…
Warning: strong masculine themes. ‘Rust and Bone’, directed by Daniel Clarke, is a violent portrayal of today’s Everyman. Welcome to the testosterone- and adrenaline-induced world of Eddie, James, and Ben. The script, by Caleb Lewis, combines the three men’s stories….
If you were to poll the average Melburnian on what culinary specimens resonate with this epicurean city, burgers would surely make the menu. Burger beasts Three One 2 One in Richmond have certified their position in the burger game by…
The Poppy Seed Theatre Festival‘s mission has artists swooning. Put simply, the festival aims to ‘help artists excel’. They achieve this goal by providing a select number of curated projects with cold hard cash, a theatre venue, and a publicist. In…
There are a group of Melburnians who are out and about to re-create the live music experience. I had the pleasure of attending a gig a while back at the Montsalvat Arts Park which was staged by So Far Sounds…
Let’s face it: There’s little better than smoked, slow cooked, BBQ meat to break up your work week. Fancy Hank’s, the smoked meat curator, served up a metric tonne of food for the launch of their new Bourke Street restaurant….
It’s been a huge week of live music around Melbourne. From the incredible Wednesday night Heaps Gay + Heaps Yummy show, to another colossal Live Music Safari, our music-loving minds and bodies are exhausted. So with great effort we mustered…