The Plus Ones’ Shortlist for May Events
It can be hard to get motivated to go out when the air’s this crisp, but Melbourne — you sure aren’t slowing down on the event front this month! Dig out your winter clothes, throw on a scarf and beanie,…
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Essential Kurosawa: Selected by David Stratton – The Plus Ones’ Guide
Director Sydney Lumet (12 Angry Men, Network) called Akira Kurosawa ‘the Beethoven of filmmakers’. With more than 50 years of films behind him, Kurosawa left a legacy in filmmaking whose reverberations in modern cinema are still being felt today. He…
American Essentials Film Festival – The Plus Ones’ Guide
America’s political climate is pretty tumultuous at the moment, to say the least. This has led to protests, outspoken opinions, and—perhaps one of the few positive outcomes—inspired works of art. Filmmakers in particular are telling stories that intend to arouse…
Gauchito Gil’s World Malbec Day 2017
Gauchito Gil is considered the Argentinian Robin Hood, and Malbecs are Argentinian red wines. Pair the two together, and you get Gauchito Gil’s World Malbec Day. Hosted by Bottle Shop Concepts, and held at the Meat Market in North Melbourne,…
A.C. Grayling presents The Origins and Future of Humanism
The Wheeler Centre has a reputation for bringing world class speakers to Melbourne and I was fortunate to be in the audience of one such speaker, UK philosopher A.C Grayling. Grayling is best known for his books What Is Good?, The God Argument and The Age of Genius. During this event, his…
Visit Bendigo: explore the vibrant town
Bendigo was thrust into the spotlight last year when Marilyn Monroe graced the town’s art gallery with her presence, but did you know that the true highlight of the town is made from papier mâché and only comes out once…
French Classics at The House of Wine and Food in Port Melbourne
After a brief stint at retirement, Alan and Debbie Giles returned to hospitality as the proud new operators of The House of Wine and Food. This power couple dabbled in retirement, moving to France for a year before they ‘got…
Good Beer Week: The Plus Ones’ guide to the top craft beer events
Melbourne has truly established itself as Australia’s food and drink capital. This autumn the city was the first outside of New York and London to host The World’s 50 Best Restaurant Awards, and then the Australian Distilled Spirits Awards followed…
Nieuw Amsterdam Hosts First Humulus Beer Dinner
As both a craft beer obsessive and food lover, I can safely say I’ve eaten and sipped some pretty clever things. But while I’ve enjoyed plenty of dishes crafted from beer, I’d never tried (or even heard of) food being…
See the story of Joan of Arc brought to life in ‘Joan’ at Theatre Works
Take a peek behind the mask of France’s medieval heroine Joan of Arc with the Australian premiere of Joan. Co-creators of The Rabble, Kate Davis and Emma Valente, use aesthetics of black-and-white silent films to put Joan of Arc in…