Arts & Culture
Tale of a swashbuckling hero
What was actor Charlie Hunnam, of Sons of Anarchy fame, doing running down Errol Street at 2.30pm on a Tuesday afternoon in November with a gun and a paper bag?
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You can cry your heart out
As the city emerges from the world’s longest lockdown, it’s a miracle that there are still songwriters with a trace of optimism and students keen to learn the art of putting thoughts and feelings to music.
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Once a satirist, always a satirist
Cartoonist Michael Leunig was apparently recently axed from The Age for making an anti-vax jibe at the state government for its handling of the pandemic.
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Art hot spot for the ‘hood
There’s a stretch along Victoria St, West Melbourne, where artists, known and unknown, have been at work during the pandemic.
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Locals back the park at Flemington
The rose garden at Flemington Racecourse might be closed to the public but the pig face is blooming near the wetlands and locals are taking advantage of the setting.
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Green shoots sprout hope of theatre return
With the end of lockdown looming, theatre director Catherine Ward has been planting the seeds for her next show – literally from her Kensington home.
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Comforting little constructions
Abstract painter Andrée van Schaik has sold five out of the seven paintings shown in this year’s Spring 1883 Art Fair.
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Island Wave moves to Kensington
One of Melbourne’s most well-recognised pieces of public art is moving from the Queen Victoria Market (QVM) precinct to Newmarket Reserve in Kensington.
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An extinction event in Siberia Lane
As artists struggle to deal with pandemic red tape, at least some have been clever enough to find ways of delivering their work to a public desperate for a sliver of imagination.
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Booksellers unite in new chapter to halt city exodus
For Chris Saliba, the owner of North Melbourne Books, finding creative ways to attract customers has been no easy feat amid repeated lockdowns.
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Horse dies in carriage incident
New industrial precinct launches at historic flour mill site in West Melbourne
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