I’m lucky I live in the City of Glen Eira. Set in the inner South-East of multicultural Melbourne, home to Chadstone Shopping Centre, Monash University, the original ABC studios, a large section of the Jewish community, with a plethora of…
Love saké? Want to learn more? Sake Matsuri has you covered. The event is produced by the same group responsible for bringing Pinot Palooza to the Royal Exhibition Building and cheese to the people at MOULD – a cheese festival. Sake Matsuri is on…
David’s latest Shanghai-inspired menu is set to thwart the winter chill. After 20 years running his flagship restaurant in Prahran, the self-described ‘Shanghai boy’ isn’t trying to reinvent the wheel. Rather, founder David Zhou is continuing to fine-tune his recipes….
Fun fact – in the 1880’s the Royal Exhibition Building hosted a German beer hall in its basement. Now, over 130 years later, the GABS Beer, Cider, and Food Festival is continuing the tradition of celebrating beer in all its…
The results are in! The best beers in Australia (and around the world) have been judged and awarded at the annual Australian International Beer Awards. Following three intense days of judging, the AIBA cumulated in a night of merriment at the…
It’s a show which takes you to the digital edge. To the ISIS recruiting grounds and lost, hyperlinked highways of cyberspace – where the marginalized, mostly males, convene. UK Muslim and playwright Javaad Alipoor’s postmodern show, The Believers Are But…
A leader in her field of contemporary dance research, design, and practice, the latest iteration of Sue Healey’s distilled choreography mesmerised and intrigued. Alongside a cast of 23 final year Bachelor of Fine Arts(Dance) students, in partnership with a team…
Opera Australia’s production of Verdi’s Rigoletto offers an experience of gorgeous music and magnificent singing, acting, and visual design. From the powerful overture, which foreshadows the tone of the narrative, to the dramatic final curtain, this production enthrals the audience….
The body as artistic form and physical marvel capable of the transcendent stood centrestage in Sydney Dance Company’s 50th Anniversary Triple Bill, Bonachela/Nankivell/Lane. The company’s standard elite athleticism, vigor, dynamism, and fervent technical prowess, as well as spotlight on the…
This land was never given up, this land was never bought and sold. The planting of the Union Jack never changed nothing at all… As we approach the national ‘celebration’ of 250 years of colonial rule, it was nice to…