It’s time once again for summertime parties and Christmas markets, for drinks in the park and music outdoors. As Melbourne hots up, so does its calendar. The Plus Ones have you sorted with the top 10 (actually, 11) events you…
The place to be on a Friday night: Blue Diamond nightclub on Queen Street. Their new Jet Set Fridays series has all the happy hour specials your heart desires: $5 Coopers and wines; $7 Chandon, Tanqueray gin, Havana Club rum;…
Eighty years ago, an unholy matrimony of Hollywood and a church group begat Reefer Madness, a morality tale dressed as a dramatic film. A dire warning to parents worldwide of the demonic perils of marijuana. It would have faded into…
The Movember movement is one of the most successful awareness campaigns I can think of. It is a hard task to gain public engagement with any social cause let alone one that involves prostate examinations – yet Movember has done…
As November draws to a close, we look over the month of crazy-awesome events and sign in bliss. We’ve done it all this time, from attending the opening of a new store on Smith Street, to checking out international fashion-as-art,…
Sexpo creates an adult carnival in what is certainly the most unusual use for the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre I have seen. (The carnival part is literal – with sexual themed rides, games, and showbags.) The tone was set…
48h Pizza e Gnocchi Bar hasn’t been around for long, but it’s already a much-loved addition to South Yarra. The goal behind 48h is to showcase the highest quality produce combined with an inviting family atmosphere. The team is currently…
Be officially ‘wowed’. See feats of majestic wonder that leave you breathless as latest batch of NICA trainees parade their wares. ‘The Landscape Project‘ is a thrilling expose of the next generation of Aussie circus stars. Each one is a powderkeg of…
In a Q&A session after the screening at Monster Fest 2016 ended, director Julia Ducournau explained that Raw was a film about becoming human. Horror films, she said, often allow us to express taboo desires and hidden fears, whether it…
Is tattoo still a subculture? I’m not so sure. The 8th Australian International Tattoo Expo, with 10,000 visitors, 280 artists from all around Melbourne, Australia, and the world, was set to prove that this underground reputation is something from the past. I jokingly…