Arts & Culture

Potter Museum of Art reopens with major Indigenous exhibition

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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A season of growth and fathering in East Melbourne

April 30th, 2025 - Jessica Agoston Cleary

As the leaves start to turn and the evenings grow cooler, East Melbourne is embracing the new season with a sense of quiet renewal – and a few thoughtful community projects that capture the spirit of this historic neighbourhood.

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RMIT’s push to expand into Carlton

April 30th, 2025 - Jon Fleetwood

Tree-lined streets dotted with delicatessens, restaurants and Victorian-era terraces are the fabric of Carlton, but one of the area’s largest stakeholders, the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), is looking to challenge this.

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City’s security crackdown intensifies amid state government shortfalls

April 30th, 2025 - Jon Fleetwood

The City of Melbourne has continued to roll out a range of security initiatives across the inner city. However, several councillors have voiced concerns about having to address issues that the state government is failing to manage.

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Cricket club livid over council ripping up turf pitch

April 30th, 2025 - Jon Fleetwood

The Mercantile Cricket Association has hit out at the City of Melbourne over its decision to replace Crawford Oval’s turf cricket pitch with astroturf.

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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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Lygon Court developer raises concerns over council planning strategy

April 30th, 2025 - Jon Fleetwood

The owner of Lygon Court, Banco Group, has expressed concerns regarding the City of Melbourne’s Municipal Planning Strategy (MPS), arguing that it does not align with the Victorian Government’s Planning Policy.

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Introducing Cherrywood: Robbie Noble named inaugural head chef at Residence

April 30th, 2025 - Georgie Atkins

Robbie Noble has been announced as the first head chef of Residence, the highly anticipated new restaurant launching this winter inside the transformed Potter Museum of Art at the University of Melbourne’s Parkville campus.

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New World Heritage Strategy Plan for Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens adopted

April 30th, 2025 - Sean Car

Minister for Planning Sonja Kilkenny has gazetted new heritage preservation plans for the Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton Gardens, and its surrounding buffer zone in a landmark endorsement for cultural heritage.

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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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Why are they locked up? Refugees plea for freedom

Why are they locked up? Refugees plea for freedom

February 4th, 2022 - Spencer Fowler Steen
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