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HOT: The Court House Hotel, ‎ 86-90 Errol St, North Melbourne

September 25, 2009 ⋅ 5 comments

Every year for the past 30 or so years, a group of men have met up at The Court House on the eve of the grand final. They don’t have much to do with each other the rest of the year, but their annual catch up has been sacred through toddlers, mortgages, receding hairlines and [...]

HOT Alert: Week of 21 September 2009

September 20, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Apparently this week there’s some sort of football grand final happening? I will be one of maybe two people in Melbourne nowhere near the MCG or a big screen TV: Tweeters of Melbourne unite. Tweetupmellers are having their next meet up on Thursday 24 September at The Social in Windsor; Another Friday, another Social Media [...]

HOT ALERT: Week of 31 August 2009

August 30, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Another week, another festival. This time it’s Melbourne Spring Fashion Week (1 – 6 September) and despite the fact that it’ll be my first week in my new job, my diary is packed with events: Fashion at Altitude S/S 09/10 runway parade at Melbourne’s GPO on Wednesday 2 September; returning to Melbourne’s GPO on the [...]

HOT: Thread Den, Level 1 16 Errol St, North Melbourne

August 22, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Thread Den: Part 2 After my success at Thread Den’s Sewing Basics Module 1, I was all enthused about Sewing Basics Module 2, where I’d be learning about zips, buttons, elastic and casings. I don’t know whether it was the lunch of sausage rolls and cupcakes that I had, but I found it very hard [...]

HOT: The Ballad of Backbone Joe, Meat Market, 5 Blackwood St North Melbourne

August 15, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

The last performance as part of the Arts House‘s Green Saturday Matinees was the most enjoyable production for me. While The Ballad of Backbone Joe didn’t make any deep statements of social commentary and explore thought-provoking issues, it was inventive and fun. The Suitcase Royale are a trio of rag ‘n’ bone musicians whose style [...]

HOT: Shamelessly Glitzy Work, Arts House, 521 Queensberry St, North Melbourne

August 15, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

In my experience, fringe theatre can go two ways – quirky and interesting or really really bad. After the fiasco that was Spectacular last week, I was a bit scared about what the Arts House‘s second week of Green Saturday Matinees would bring me. The stage for Shamelessly Glitzy Work was decked out in a [...]

HOT: Thread Den, Level 1, 16 Errol St, North Melbourne

August 11, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Thread Den: Part 1 My little swatch of chiffon from Tessuti has been patiently waiting for me to master a sewing machine so that it can be turned into a lovely scarf. So on a cold Tuesday evening, I trooped off to Sewing Basics Module 1 at Thread Den, a great little shop and sewing [...]

NOT: Spectacular, Arts House, 521 Queensberry St, North Melbourne

August 8, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

The second of the Green Saturday Matinees presented by Arts House was a performance by UK group Forced Entertainment entitled ‘Spectacular‘. Well. I’m not sure how to describe what was possibly one of the worst theatre performances I’ve ever been unlucky enough to attend. I think the play was supposed to be a rumination on [...]

HOT: Once and for all…, Meat Market, 5 Blackwood St, North Melbourne

August 8, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Arts House, a contemporary arts organisation in North Melbourne, is presenting a series of contemporary performances called Look Out, with the first events happening in August. As part of the organisation’s commitment to offset its carbon footprint, it’s offering free tickets to Saturday matinee performances if you arrive at the venue by an emission-free mode [...]