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Italian Festa: All things Italian in the heart of Carlton
Melbourne’s 2024 Italian Festa attracted more than 100,000 attendees, with a broad range of Italian foods, music, and live events, bringing the Italian community and Melburnians closer together.
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Victoria Police launches new CCTV initiative
North Melbourne Police Station is partnering with local communities across Melbourne’s inner-city to create a secure database of all of the locations of private and business-owned CCTV cameras.
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Carlton Corner returns for 2024 Garage Sale Trail
Carlton’s favourite vintage pop-up shop, Carlton Corner, is back this November as part of the national Garage Sale Trail, taking place on the weekends of November 9 and 10, and November 16 and 17.
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Kieser finds a new home in the inner city
Kieser has opened the doors of a new strength training and physiotherapy facility in the inner city.
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“An extraordinary councillor”: Rohan Leppert calls time at the City of Melbourne
Few figures are respected and admired right across the political spectrum, but outgoing Greens councillor Rohan Leppert leaves behind one such legacy at the City of Melbourne after 12 years of dedicated community service.
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Memoir of a Snail
Memoir of a Snail, written and directed by Adam Elliot, is a beautifully crafted claymation film following two orphaned children, a boy who dreams of “eating fire” (Kodi Smit-McPhee), and a girl who collects snails (Sarah Snook). With Elliot’s signature dark humour and melancholy, the film explores themes of love, loss, and the quiet desires that shape our lives.
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La Mama’s Festival of Mother Tongues
From November 12 to 24 La Mama Theatre will present the inaugural La Mama’s Festival of Mother Tongues; a multi-lingual season with shows in languages including Farsi, Persian, Sicilian, Wathaurong, Marathi, Spanish, Filipino, Italian, Polish, French, Māori, Greek, Mandarin and Macedonian.
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“A sub-optimal learning experience”: concerns mount over University High’s new CBD campus
University High School is set to open a temporary campus in the CBD to address growing enrolment and capacity challenges faced by inner-city schools.
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Bsharp Barbershop: a cut above the rest
Bsharp Barbershop is dedicated to delivering a “premium service” in the comfort of your local barbershop. It’s a place where you can “come in, grab yourself a beer and have a chat”. Owner Andrew Kourtis opened the shop in February last year, hoping to bring a fresh offering to the iconic Lygon Street strip.
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No to the demolition of public housing
The fantastic team at not-for-profit architectural and urban design research organisation Office has completed a third study demonstrating that public housing should not be demolished but renovated and expanded to ensure a supply of affordable housing in Victoria at lower cost to governments.
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Renewed Arron Wood “energised” about the road ahead at Town Hall
Lincoln Square’s new playground
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