Johnny’s Green Room celebrated their first birthday in style, which incidentally also coincided with the start of the summer season. The Melbourne weather even cooperated, giving us a perfect evening for a rooftop celebration. The venue quickly became one of…
Melbourne Uni’s favourite prince is back, and he’s bolder and sexier than ever before. Originally opened in 1925, Carlton’s Prince Alfred bar has been a uni student local haunt. The Prince closed his doors in 2015 to undergo major renovations…
I fell in love with Eurovision after a Bella Union experience three years ago. The song contest has been building its profile in Australia ever since Australia somehow weaselled its way into it a few years back. Why are we there?…
The Royal Exhibition Building has hosted scores of events since its construction in 1880 — from rock concerts, to an aquarium, to an indoor Ferris wheel. But there’s never been anything like The World’s 50 Best Restaurants Awards. The biggest…
Sea Salt began in unusual circumstances. As owner Nick Fragoulis recanted on the night, ‘It was kind of an accident’. Having plied his trade as a fish monger for a couple of decades Nick was offered Sea Salt restaurant on Lygon…
The 2017 Virgin Australia Fashion Festival finished up with a bang on Sunday 19 March with Premium Runway 7, the festival finale. The late night runway, starting at 9pm, invited VIPs for cocktails, bubbles, and vino an hour prior to the show….
Runways, parties, fashionistas — all the crucial elements of a great fashion week are coming together at the Virgin Australia Melbourne Fashion Festival (VAMFF). Running 1-19 March 2017, the city will transform into the style capital of the Antipodes. Last year VAMFF…
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….
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…
Want to take your love for French fries or chips to the next level? If so, then you have to check out this art show. The creative and brilliant artist collective, Hotham Street Ladies (HSL), have mastered the art of playing…