Columns
Creating calm
During the endless lockdowns, I started stitching. Nothing fancy, just simple embroidery to start with. Now a patchwork quilt is slowly taking shape. However, it is not the end result that’s important. It’s the quiet daily act of sitting and stitching that is beneficial. My eyes following the thread, my hands busy, mind calm.
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Metro Tunnel artwork brings colour to Kensington childcare service
Panels from a Metro Tunnel Project mural have found a new home at a Kensington childcare service, giving a splash of colour to the early childhood education and care service’s garden.
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An interview with Henry von Doussa: The Pink Book
Henry von Doussa is Satellite Foundation’s family and community engagement person, and a social researcher at The Bouverie Centre. His second published book, The Pink Book, is a memoir that speaks to sexuality, gender, grief, and loss, and growing up as a gay man in Australia.
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What does the world need right now?
Three years ago, Rawcus artistic director Kate Sulan asked the 14 members of the Rawcus Ensemble to explore, and re-explore, the question: “what does the world need right now?”
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Quiz night and community dinner
Friends, neighbours, students, locals one and all – take the plunge and join us for our Quiz Night and Community Dinner on June 23 – especially if you’ve never come to one of our events before. Don’t be shy! Invite your friends and make up a team. We promise you a warm welcome, lots of fun, great entertainment, and a hearty meal – all for $20, and even less if you are a paid-up member.
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Celebrating five years at the West End Art Space
As far as galleries go, West Melbourne’s West End Art Space, which celebrated its fifth birthday in May, is just in its infancy.
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Champions of the community in every sense
For this month’s North and West Melbourne Precinct Association (NWMPA) column we begin the first in a series columns showcasing North and West Melbourne’s “Precinct Ambassadors”.
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Giant leap forward for Macaulay Precinct
The City of Melbourne has endorsed new planning controls to its ambitious Macaulay Structure Plan which addresses key issues of flooding, affordable housing, transport, and reflecting the “distinct character” of four new distinct precincts.
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Residents step up campaign to have traffic noise reduced from West Gate Tunnel
The Department of Transport (DoT) is reviewing growing concerns raised by residents in relation to traffic impacts from the West Gate Tunnel Project (WGTP) as it opened the door to “mitigation measures”.
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Parkville Gardens commuters continue to wait for better bus services as the Greens seek answers
The Parkville Gardens community stands to wait longer for a more frequent bus service after the state government confirmed it was “continuing to plan” its delivery, leaving commuters frustrated.
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Kensington is growing fast, but where’s the green space?
Parkville Gardens commuters continue to wait for better bus services as the Greens seek answers
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