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The Winter Night Market is back!
Grab your scarf, beanie, gloves and get ready to warm yourselves as the Queen Victoria Market’s famous Winter Night Market returns after a three-year hiatus.
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Malthouse Upgrade to bring more outdoor events to Southbank
The Malthouse Theatre is having a $4.6 million upgrade to refresh the Southbank arts precinct and draw audiences to outdoor events in time for the Malthouse’s 2022/23 summer season.
Read MoreOutdoor virtual arcade at Southbank
A “futuristic outdoor” gaming area – which uses digital sensing technology – has transformed Southbank’s Queensbridge Square.
Read MoreNominative determinis-swim
Peter Waters found photography through the simplest of impulses, to document travel, even getting a camera specifically to aid in the documentation process.
Read MoreRestaurant approved on Yarra River
A floating restaurant along the Yarra River is set to become Southbank’s newest dining venue.
Read MoreBoyd site gets green light from government
A contested 42-storey development at the western edge of Boyd Park has been approved by the Minister for Planning, paving the way for work to begin on the site that currently houses a public basketball court and pop-up orchard.
Read MoreSouthbank’s weekly hour of Sing Along joy
It was a Friday evening at Southbank.
Read MoreNGV opens new Australian Impressionism exhibition
The National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) has just opened a large-scale exhibition celebrating the revolutionary Australian Impressionism movement of the 19th Century.
Read MoreThe music therapists are back
Orientation Week was cancelled this year because of lingering fears that the COVID virus was once again taking off.
Read MoreNew direction for the Malthouse
Three writers are collaborating on the next production at the Malthouse, an immersive show called Because the Night, and there is a text but you could say that it has been upstaged by the visuals.
Read MoreCOVID safety at the forefront for Arts Centre Melbourne
Arts Centre Melbourne is welcoming back visitors to enjoy the many events on offer this summer with the provision of COVIDSafe environments being the top priority.
Read MoreSounds of summer at MRC
Melbourne Recital Centre (MRC) has partnered with Crown Ruler to bring a free outdoor music series to the heart of the Arts Precinct all summer long.
Read MoreVisitors return to the Arts Precinct
It wasn’t a rush but a trickle as visitors returned to the Arts Precinct in the first week of December as galleries and museums gradually re-opened to the public.
Read MoreThe Grad Show is something else
Expression made a return to the Grad Show at the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA) this year with a strong noir undercurrent, hinting at mysteries unsolved.
Read MoreGetting ready for audiences
Despite the fact that all of Southbank’s art and theatre venues will remain officially closed during November, small impromptu performances have begun to liven up the Arts Precinct.
Read MoreImpromptu balcony party erupts
Hundreds of Southbank apartment residents broke out into song and dance on Good Friday as locals showed social distancing wouldn’t break their partying spirit.
Read MoreTowards zero-waste events
The City of Melbourne is calling on the community to support its mission to make all of its events environmentally friendly.
Read MoreMimir Chamber Music Festival returns to Southbank
Curt Thompson founded the Mimir Chamber Music Festival in Texas 22 years ago. He decided to start a Melbourne leg after he moved here to become associate professor of violin and head of strings at the Melbourne Conservatorium seven years ago.
Read MoreThe Southbank pyramid is born!
140 interior design students from RMIT University gathered at Testing Grounds last month to construct a gigantic pyramid made from a whopping 4317 concrete blocks!
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Zero waste: personal and community
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