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NOT: District 9, Greater Union, 131 Russell Street, Melbourne

August 23, 2009 ⋅ 3 comments

I don’t like sci-fi. However, RM convinced me to see District 9 after selling it to me as ‘not your typical sci-fi movie’ but an allegory on the treatment, discrimination and segregation of immigrants and refugees in First World countries. Someone in my book club once argued that sci-fi shouldn’t just be dismissed as a [...]

NOT: Craft Hatch@MWF, Federation Square, Melbourne

August 23, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

You’ve probably gathered by now that I love craft and I love markets. So I would equally love to give Craft Hatch@MWF a HOT. But Craft Victoria‘s market for student and emerging craftspeople, which is being held this month in conjunction with the Melbourne Writers Festival, left me disappointed. None of the literary-inspired craft particularly [...]

HOT ALERT: Week of 24 August 2009

August 23, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Get ready readers! This week’s the beginning of the Melbourne Writers Festival and I will be attending three sold out events: live broadcast of ABC1′s Q&A on 27 August; filming of the ABC’s popular First Tuesdays Book Club on 28 August; and Chris Tsiolkas, author of The Slap in conversation on 30 August. What else [...]

HOT: Traces, Comedy Theatre, 240 Exhibition St, Melbourne

August 22, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

The circus troupe Les 7 doigts de la main are all young graduates of Montreal’s National Circus School. Their latest production to come to Melbourne is Traces, which explores the traces they, and we, want to leave behind when we’re returned to the dust. The dynamic dance and awe-inspiring acrobatics are very similar to Montreal’s [...]

HOT: Gills Diner, rear 360 Little Collins St, Melbourne

August 20, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

I’d heard lots of good things about Gills Diner, but never realised that it was the back end of the rave-worthy Commercial Bakery. Hence they both have creamy whitewashed warehouse walls, a slightly gothic Victorian-era school house decorative aesthetic and they presumably share the same kitchen. The night didn’t start well when we were offered [...]

NOT: Adam, Kino Cinemas, 45 Collins St, Melbourne

August 19, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Who would have thought that my junk TV obsession, America’s Next Top Model, would actually be educational viewing? Thanks to cycle 9 of the series, I know all about Asperger’s Syndrome (or at least how Asperger’s Syndrome and being a model/spokesperson don’t really mix). So I was intrigued about the premise for the film Adam, [...]

Ask the Doctor: Sunday breakfast in the CBD

August 17, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Help me Doctor!: Do you know any good Sunday breakfast places in the city with real food? I’m thinking along the lines of the breakfast I had recently in Barcelona: beans, asparagus, prosciutto, chorizo and great bread, of course . - Jenny M Your prescription: Oooh you’ve thrown me a curveball here Jenny M. Not many [...]

HOT: Steel Works, Guildford Lane Gallery, 20-24 Guildford Ln, Melbourne

August 15, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

My second time to the Guildford Lane Gallery as an accidental visit after an abortive attempt to find a Laneway Commission in Guildford Lane. This time, the gallery was showing disparate works from a couple of different artists, with the ground floor occupied by Steel Works by Mark Cowie and Greg Cassidy. As I’ve previously [...]

HOT: We Are Sorry, 620-640 Little Bourke St, Melbourne

August 15, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

One of the joys of Melbourne is that you never know what you’ll find down a hidden alley. Melbourne City Council knows that the alleyways are one of Melbourne’s attractions, so for the past seven years they have commissioned artists to produce site-specific works for laneways and other unusual urban spaces in the CBD. This [...]

HOT: Lindt Chocolat Cafe, 271 Collins St, Melbourne

August 14, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Look out Max Brenner and Koko Black! The CBD has a new chocolate cafe and it comes from the Swiss maitre chocolatiers Lindt. I was very excited to discover that they were opening their first store in Victoria, as I’ve always made time for a pilgrimage to their Martin Place store during my visits to [...]