Arts & Culture
Friday night at the Curtin
My friend told me that if you want to meet the critics, you go to the Curtin Hotel in Lygon Street on a Friday night.
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Science art gallery to open
Australia’s first science-art gallery will be opening in Melbourne in June.
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On being a spinster
Spinsters are supposed to be retiring women sitting quietly in the sidelines while all the action takes place elsewhere.
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La Mama back to full capacity
The theatre is finally running at full capacity at La Mama and Carlton’s iconic theatre group is putting on three plays a week for the Midsumma Festival as it comes out of the lockdown.
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Outrageous art hits East Melbourne
A hotel manager has staged an art happening at her normally quiet East Melbourne apartment block to honour one of her guests, an outrageous painter who used to live on the streets.
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Animated possums on show in Carlton
Digital, animated possums are on show at University Square for the next few weeks for a temporary public art piece commissioned by the City of Melbourne.
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Book launches back up and running
Some tough and amusing writers attended Readings book launches last month as lit culture burst out from its hibernation with a vengeance.
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Friday club opens to support business
There’s a double-fronted brick house in Agnes St, East Melbourne, that has an open door on Fridays for businesses at the “pre-revenue” stage.
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Old Melbourne Gaol exhibition showcases how far Melbourne has come
To commemorate the 40th anniversary of the decriminalisation of homosexuality in Victoria, Old Melbourne Gaol has opened its new exhibition: Bending the Bars.
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67-million-year-old Triceratops to call Carlton home
Melbourne Museum is preparing to welcome one of the most complete and best-preserved dinosaur fossils to its collection of natural history in 2021.
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A fun, interactive cafe turning customer service on its head
March activities in East Melbourne
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