Arts & Culture
Zine festival takes over Kensington Town Hall
Kensington Town Hall hosted the 2025 Festival of the Photocopier across the weekend of February 8 and 9, where more than 200 creatives, writers and artists offered their independently produced and hand-made zines for sale.
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Last call at The Quiet Man: beloved Irish pub to close on St Patrick’s Day
The Quiet Man Irish Pub has called last drinks, with the iconic 27-year-old Kensington institution set to close its doors for good on March 17, in a final celebration of St Patrick’s Day.
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Hotham History Project’s Melbourne Streets
North and West Melbourne history group the Hotham History Project has embarked on one of its largest challenges to date, Melbourne Streets, a database that details the history of local streets in the area.
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City of Melbourne’s security push to improve safety
The City of Melbourne is set to begin a trial that will see security guards contracted to address “complex” on-street issues.
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Forest therapy
The practice of forest therapy aims to take us across our self-imposed edges with nature and remember our place within the whole. It guides us to gently once again form a tending relationship with the world around us.
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Hotham History Project celebrates 30 years
Hotham History Project will reach its 30th anniversary in March of this year.
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West Melbourne local publishes new business book
Long-standing West Melbourne resident and 2024 City of Melbourne election candidate Lawrence Lam has published his first book The Founder Effect revealing the psychological blueprint behind founder-led companies.
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Melbourne’s Rose Street Markets to launch at Kensington’s historic Younghusband
A vibrant new energy will take over Kensington on Saturday, February 15, as Melbourne’s renowned Rose Street Markets make their debut at the historic Younghusband precinct.
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Linked burglaries in North Melbourne and Moonee Ponds
Melbourne Crime Investigation Unit detectives are investigating two burglaries, believed to be linked, in North Melbourne and Moonee Ponds on December 31 and January 1, 2025.
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Council’s plan for $2 swims this summer
The wheels have begun to turn on Lord Mayor Nick Reece’s election promise to provide cheaper swims at public pools this summer.
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Rare honeyeaters are a sweet sight at Melbourne Zoo
“Improved” response to public housing outbreak
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