Arts & Culture

The postbox preserver: one man’s mission to revive Melbourne’s forgotten pillar boxes

The postbox preserver: one man’s mission to revive Melbourne’s forgotten pillar boxes

June 4th, 2025 - Georgie Atkins

For most Melburnians, the city’s cast-iron, Victorian-era pillar boxes blend quietly into the urban backdrop – unnoticed relics of another century.

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“Window to a lost world”: Carlton gallery presents scenes from the old Soviet Union

June 3rd, 2025 - Alexandra Randall

This month, Carlton’s Bridget McDonnell Gallery presents Scenes from the Old Soviet Union: Painting 1940-1980, taking a step back in time to the unfamiliar landscape of the USSR.

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Potter Museum of Art reopens with major Indigenous exhibition

May 15th, 2025 - Sean Car

After a transformative redevelopment, the University of Melbourne’s Potter Museum of Art is reopening its doors with a landmark exhibition and an exciting new culinary addition on the way.

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Mother-and-son duo unveil Iceland-inspired exhibition at FOUR EIGHT FOUR Gallery

April 30th, 2025 - Georgie Atkins

A shared journey across the wild landscapes of Iceland has inspired a new exhibition by Melbourne artist Sarah Faulkner and her son Jordan O’Connor, opening at FOUR EIGHT FOUR Gallery in Carlton North this May.

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Black Bag

April 30th, 2025 - Ruby Lowenstein

In Black Bag, Steven Soderbergh takes on espionage not with a pulse-pounding chase sequence, but with a wine glass in hand, tense polygraph exchanges, and psychological chess matches played across the dinner table.

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Melbourne French Theatre presents Australian premiere of From Roses to Poison

April 30th, 2025 - Georgie Atkins

The Melbourne French Theatre (MFT) is preparing to debut its 110th production – a powerful historical drama titled From Roses to Poison (Après les Roses, le Poison).

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Memories That Make Us: A multimedia exploration of the post-war Italian migrant experience

April 2nd, 2025 - Jon Fleetwood

The Italian Assistance Association has launched its latest exhibition, offering a behind-the-scenes look at the hundreds of thousands of people who migrated to Australia from Italy after World War Two.

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Vintage photobooth finds new home at Lygon Court

February 26th, 2025 - Georgie Atkins

Carlton is now home to its very own vintage photobooth, thanks to the team behind the iconic Flinders Street Station booth, which has set up a new spot for locals to enjoy at Lygon Court.

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Carlton’s youngest author debuts first picture book 

February 26th, 2025 - Georgie Atkins

Emma may be Inner City News’s littlest Inner City Local, but she’s already achieved more than most children her age. 

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Sing Sing 

February 26th, 2025 - Ruby Lowenstein

Greg Kwedar’s Sing Sing (2024) opens on a stage, where an actor recites a soliloquy from Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. We could be anywhere. 

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La Mama Theatre presents Midsummica  

La Mama Theatre presents Midsummica  

January 31st, 2024 - Georgie Atkins
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