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Arts House will throw open its doors in April with Housewarming

March 18th, 2021 - Arts House

From April, community members can rediscover the North Melbourne Town Hall as well as the local neighbourhood with a series of interactive exhibitions and performances.

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Government hypocrisy on the record

March 18th, 2021 - Barbara Francis & Rus Littleson

Hansard can be decidedly inconvenient for pivoting politicians.

Parkville Gardens Community Picnic

March 18th, 2021 - Tom Knowles

Beautiful sunshine plus the promise of pony rides, children’s games and a food van brought Parkville Gardens residents out in force on Sunday, March 7. After having had to cancel a similar event at the last minute in 2020, the Parkville Gardens Residents’ Association (PGRA) was keen for the Community Picnic to be a big success – and that’s what it turned out to be.

Between real and surreal

March 18th, 2021 - Rhonda Dredge

It’s difficult to make out where fiction and fact separate in the photographs of Kate Ballis on show at GallerySmith in Abbotsford St.

Metro Tunnel marks latest milestones

March 18th, 2021 - Metro Tunnel

The Metro Tunnel Project has reached the three-quarter stage of tunnelling and passed a key milestone as the tunnel entrances take shape.

Charlie, the cuddly cavoodle

March 18th, 2021 - Jack Alfonso

Prancing around Clayton Reserve, Charlie, the 11-month-old cavoodle, fully displays his bubbly and warm personality to all who come across him, whether they be two- or four-legged.

The case for a Kensington precinct plan

March 18th, 2021 - Simon Harvey

Iconic precincts are never “planned”, they evolve. Those who have been privileged to travelled to London, Istanbul, Rome, Hanoi, Tehran or any other ancient city, know an iconic place when they savour one.

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Tomato City – delivering fresh produce for 75 years

March 18th, 2021 - North West City News

Queen Victoria Market (QVM) stall Tomato City has been in owner John Pontelandolfo’s family for almost 75 years.

Cultural competency on the rise

March 18th, 2021 - Ellen Blake

Where the COVID-19 pandemic and the shift online upended many organisations last year, Koorie Heritage Trust (KHT) manager of education and visitor experience Rob Hyatt said the trust’s Building Aboriginal Cultural Competency workshops had soared in popularity.