Souk – North Africa on a Dish
A neon pink sign beckons from the end of a Melbourne city laneway. The building it adorns looks small and unassuming, and as I start to imagine the layout inside, words like intimate and cosy spring to mind. I couldn’t…
Tag: The Plus Ones Melbourne
Pawn & Co.’s new Greville Street location
If there’s a gap in the ‘Melbourne Is The Best City In The World’ mantra, it’s our clubs. They just can’t hold a candle to the best venues around the world. I’ve never really been able to find out why….
Millinery Madness at Labassa Mansion
Imagination caught in a net then whipped up as portable artwear is how we saw the first ever Melbourne International Millinery Competition, held at Caulfield’s National Trust historic mansion Labassa. Showing entries from across the seas, 70+ creations were greeted…
Melbourne Food & Wine Festival 2017: the top 8 events
Food paradise Melbourne turns into the seventh level of heaven during the Melbourne Food & Wine Festival. Running 31 March to 9 April 2017, there’s something for everyone: express lunches for the CBD workers, nighttime cocktail excursions, all-day free festivals, and…
The Moat brings back the ‘Weekday Dinner and a Show’
Melbourne has a reputation for its hidden secrets. With endless laneways and seemingly hidden venues, it seems like every happy hour and evening on the town is ripe with surprises. This week was no different, as my friends and I…
Dance Massive: Anti Gravity by Chunky Move
Chunky Move have done it again. With ‘Anti-Gravity’, their contribution for Dance Massive, they have once again pushed the limits of modern contemporary dance. ‘Anti-Gravity’, in its world premiere, features Chunky Move Artistic Director Anouk van Dijk using internationally renowned…
VAMFF 2017: Premium Runway 7 – that’s a wrap
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….
Terminus Hotel Craft Showdown: Vic vs. Vic Face-Off
Bruce Lee vs. Chuck Norris, Neo vs. Agent Smith or Sean Archer vs. Castor Troy are just a few of the famous face-off battles of our times. These great movie moments had nothing on the beer-pouring, cat-calling brewers out for…
‘Hilda & Freud’ at the Malthouse
Presented at the Malthouse Theatre by The Australian Centre for Psychoanalysis and the Unconscious on Stage Company, the play, Hilda and Freud: Collected Words, is based on Hilda “HD” Dolittle’s Tribute to Freud — her memoir of analysis — as well as…
‘6 Ribbons’ honouring Aussie rock legend Jon English
A rock tribute night of Aussie greats and mates was presented at Six Ribbons – Remembering Jon English at the historic Athenaeum Theatre. Anthemic songs written by Jon rolled over in a chorus line of back-to-back song magic that delighted…