Event

Walking down Swanston Street, it's easy to see that the Melbourne International Comedy Festival is well and truly underway. The corner of Collins and Swanston is littered with people surrounding the...

A consistent theme at the Australian Festival of Travel Writing was, surprisingly, about how rapidly the world has changed and how this has affected the way we travel through it. I think that many Australians...

Over the course of last weekend, the travelled, well-written and young-at-heart gathered at the Kenneth Myer Building in the University of Melbourne, to listen and learn about the many facets of travel and...

Trying to describe being taken on an explorative journey through time, space and sound through movement to tomorrow’s utopia, proves to be quite difficult. The answer lies purely in the experience of it. I...

Perhaps you're one of those people, who should be busily working, but is instead daydreaming of travelling through South America, or Asia, or completely packing in your day job and selling your house to...

Presented as part of the Dance Massive Festival and showing at Arts House, Meat Market in North Melbourne, Conversation Piece is the epitome of hipster-cultural-must sees. We entered the Meat Market's...

One should never enter the doors of the Malthouse Theatre expecting 'just dance'. The artistry and creative conception conducted by choreographer, Anouk Van Diyk, ensures that every audience member will...

The 2013 L’Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival is in full swing, and the city’s most versatile venues have hit the ground running with a wave of exhibitions, talks, shows and gigs that pay homage to the...

  Taking you on an explorative journey through time and space, the double-bill show of And All Things Return To Nature/Tomorrow is a hybrid-performance piece by Phillip Adams...

It's impossible to deny, we live in an era where cooking shows and restaurants pop up like daisies in Spring, celebrity chefs are as revered as actors and we find ourselves enthralled by some new grain or...

With their second album ‘You’re A Shadow’ playing on iPods and radio stations everywhere, the Hungry Kids of Hungary have been across Australia playing gig after gig and have just been announced to play...

Descriptions like 'smooth caramel texture' and 'zesty aftertaste' are the kind of uber-specific things baristas say or that you see written on single-origin coffee boards. Such recounts of subtle flavours...

On the tail end of last week and at the top of a secret staircase, Mamasita played host to a Mexican tour as part of the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival. The six course tequila-paired feast, showcased...

On a sunny Sunday afternoon, 200 wine aficionados gathered for a day of great wine, food and entertainment at the stunning Domaine Chandon in Melbourne's Yarra Valley. Guests were treated to a carefully...

Sydney siders turned Melbournians, Jessica Dalziell and Gregory Young, have made themselves at home on High St in Prahran with their new tapas and wine bar, The Wise. Couturing attended the official opening...

Since 1993, the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival have hosted annual and year round events which cast the lime light on Victoria's disposition towards all things culinary. In 2013, the festival has reached the...

Ah, Valentine's Day, It’s awfully romantic strolling through the city and observing lovers juggling red roses, chocolates, dinner reservations and of course, their valentine. Whether you are single...

If there’s one thing that truly sets Melbourne apart, it’s our love for bikes. We’re pedal-pushing, gear-flicking, hill-coasting speed demons and proud of it. This year sees a return of the annual...

Climate change, saving the environment and making green choices seem hard when living in the big city. But Melbourne is taking the initiative to recruit a number of artists, events, workshops and activities in...

Some of France's finest musicians and cultural tid-bits graced the gardens of Werribee Mansion for the 2013 instalment of So Frenchy So Chic. Many of the artists were flown from negative temperatures...

The mere mention of summer festivals can make some of the strongest of us squirm. Hideous memories arise. Visions of entering a portable toilet on the last leg of its four day sun-soaked marathon, of not...

Last Friday I woke to the drizzling rain that graces Melbourne every other day, I braved the first sign of cold I had felt in a few weeks since summer had hit, and I marched myself down to Federation Square...

Teriyaki glazed salmon and crisp cucumber and peanut salad served on a bed of white fluffy rice. That was my lunch. A far cry from my usual lunchtime mission to consume as many carbohydrates as my half-hour...

The unique  jewellery by designer Julia DeVille are currently being showcased at e.g.etal on Flinders Lane. Her new collection is nothing short of breathtaking, and will be available to view until Saturday...

Tis another Sunday eve where I snuggle up into my bed and reflect on the week that was. The highlight being The Greatest Show on Earth's latest venue launch, the Tonic House Rooftop! My memory is a...

Sceptics of design festivals feel that events like Semi-Permanent have become void now that the work of artists and designers is so accessible online.   But nothing beats the chance to sit in a room...

Traditionally, Melbournians are a patient people when it comes to the weather but there’s no denying we’re all thankful that Spring is here at last. Balmy breezes, floral dresses, extravagant millinery,...