Arts & Culture

Gracious artist hopes to share joy of city living with community

March 18th, 2022 - Brendan Rees

A West Melbourne author and artist who migrated to Australia in 2018 says he hopes to give back to the local community after he and his family had been given a “new life”.

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Smaller crowds at art openings

February 17th, 2022 - Rhonda Dredge

Katy Beale is checking the ice and lining up the glasses for an opening at One Star Lounge and Gallery at Victoria St, West Melbourne.

Michelle’s world of music and medicine

November 20th, 2021 - Spencer Fowler Steen

Music and medicine may seem like disparate disciplines, but Dr Michelle Chong manages to excel in both while keeping the two quite separate.

Tale of a swashbuckling hero

November 18th, 2021 - Rhonda Dredge

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?

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.

Once a satirist, always a satirist

November 18th, 2021 - Rhonda Dredge

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.

Art hot spot for the ‘hood

October 18th, 2021 - Rhonda Dredge

There’s a stretch along Victoria St, West Melbourne, where artists, known and unknown, have been at work during the pandemic.

Locals back the park at Flemington

October 18th, 2021 - Rhonda Dredge

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.