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Carlton lunch to celebrate food, friendship and community connection
Long shared tables, home-style food and live music will transform a Carlton community space next month, as residents gather for a free lunch designed to bring people together.
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Tony Birch to give Writers Festival address on the joys and ethics of writing
Acclaimed Indigenous writer, teacher and activist Tony Birch, a Parkville resident, is appearing in three events at the Melbourne Writers Festival, one of which is delivering its closing night address – on “the ethical imagination”.
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Getting happy on exercise
Motivated by her background and a desire to improve people’s wellbeing, 72-year-old Li Sha started doing exercise and dance sessions outside the Melbourne Museum 13 years ago. For many who have joined in, the experience has been life changing.
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Candlelight vigil to highlight ripple effects of family violence
Iconic buildings across Melbourne will once again be lit purple on Wednesday, May 6 in recognition of the impacts of family and domestic violence and support of a vigil at the Family Violence Memorial garden in East Melbourne.
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Melbourne Museum goes Roman with new exhibition and Italian-inspired program
Melbourne Museum has gone fully Roman this autumn, with a major new exhibition and a broader program of food, film and cultural experiences transforming the museum into a hub of ancient and contemporary Italian culture.
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Future Melbourne podcast turns to Lygon Street’s past, present and future with Sergio Alderuccio
The latest episode of Future Melbourne turns to one of Melbourne’s most recognisable main streets, with Carlton Inc. president Sergio Alderuccio joining the podcast to unpack the changing identity of Lygon St and ask what comes next for the city’s so-called Little Italy.
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Local teachers walk off job as support grows for school funding fight
Inner-city area teachers and school support staff threw their weight behind a strike for better pay and school funding on Tuesday, March 24, and many families seemed to support them.
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Comedy festival comes to Carlton
This year the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, which runs until April 19, marks its 40th anniversary with its biggest ever event, taking in more than 800 shows.
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La Trobe University to lead major nursing research partnership in Parkville
La Trobe University has been selected to lead a major new nursing and midwifery research partnership in Melbourne’s Parkville health precinct, in a significant collaboration with three of the city’s leading hospitals.
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Seven charged over Zelda D’Aprano statue vandalism in Carlton
Seven women have been charged over the alleged defacing of the Zelda D’Aprano statue outside Victorian Trades Hall in Carlton earlier this month.
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