Arts & Culture

Art meets horticulture in new Potter exhibition

August 11th, 2026 - Sean Car

A new exhibition at the Ian Potter Museum of Art is bringing together contemporary art, horticultural research and more than a century of botanical history.

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Council backs China and Japan travel report

August 10th, 2026 - Sean Car

City of Melbourne councillors have unanimously endorsed a report outlining the outcomes of recent delegations to China and Japan, with the visits focused on sustainability, innovation, trade and international city partnerships.

French performers satirise society in shipwreck tale in Carlton

August 6th, 2026 - Jenny Denton

After several months in development, new Melbourne French Theatre company show Il etait un petit navire (SOS Save Our Savings), is now in full swing at the group’s Carlton venue.

Farewell Inner City News – a short but meaningful chapter

August 4th, 2026 - Sean Car

After 62 editions serving East Melbourne, Carlton and Parkville, Inner City News is signing off – but the stories, relationships and local voices it has helped bring together will continue through The Melburnian.

Naughtons to toast 10 years under its current custodians

August 4th, 2026 - Sean Car

Naughtons Hotel will mark 10 years under the stewardship of Ryan Moses and his family with a community celebration on Saturday, August 15, inviting Parkville locals, students, hospital workers and regulars to raise a glass to one of the suburb’s most important meeting places.

Pro-Palestine protesters challenge council on free speech amid Carlton meeting room cancellation

August 4th, 2026 - Jenny Denton

Pro-Palestine activists have staged a concerted confrontation over the City of Melbourne's handling of their activities, asking questions at two recent meetings suggesting anti-Zionism had been wrongly conflated with antisemitism and free speech suppressed by the cancellation of a meeting room booking in Carlton.

Women artists’ society brings 117th annual exhibition to East Melbourne

August 4th, 2026 - Sean Car

Australia’s oldest surviving women’s art society will celebrate more than 120 years of creativity, friendship and professional support when it presents its 117th annual exhibition in East Melbourne this October.

Carlton’s Dan O’Connell hits the market

August 4th, 2026 - Jenny Denton

As Inner City News foreshadowed last month, Carlton’s iconic Dan O’Connell Hotel is back on the market – for sale or for rent – with real estate agents listing the landmark building on Friday, July 31.