Peter Shaw 
Announcing “a cracking new Outdoor Cinema” at QV Melbourne
Summer screenings Thursday – Sunday nights December 2015 to February 2016 at QV
Melbourne, QV Square Level 2, corner Lonsdale and Swanston Streets.
Melbourne Bookings and Full Program available via www.qvcinema.com.au
Opening Night Tuesday 1st December is FREE – all other screenings $12.
TICKETS ON SALE NOW!
12th to 15th November
ALBERT PARK
It’s all happening over several glorious days…
’Taste of Melbourne in partnership with Electrolux returns to the beautiful lakeside location of Albert Park to serve up Melbourne’s ultimate garden party’.
The best in restaurants, gastronomic experiences, and live music entertainment…assured to excite the palates and nurture the souls of Melburnians and visitors alike!
Thursday 12th Nov – Dinner 5.30pm – 10.00pm
Friday 13th Nov/Saturday 14th – Lunch 12.00pm – 4.00pm/Dinner 5.30pm – 10.00pm
Sunday 15th Nov – Lunch – 12.00pm – 5.00pm
A rising hum of excitement animated the eclectic inner-city living room. The walls were plastered with mismatched knickknacks, stylish paintings, and gaudy fairy lights. It felt as though we’d been transported back to the 50s, and stolen into the house of an eccentric old lady. What better venue than this, the kooky, quirky Butterfly Club, … Read more
Lights. Suggestion. Improv. A small room in Myers Lane came alive during the Melbourne Fringe Festival with the startlingly fresh enthusiasm and vigour of the Play like a Girlperformers. We were to be introduced to and enveloped by the world of Chicago long-form improvisation. Beckoning the audience to be creative with a starting suggestion for … Read more
Darren Thomas, CEO of Thomas Food International has announced the launch of Thomas Farms Kitchen, a new direct-to-consumer meal kit delivery service that is 100% Australian owned. Thomas said their model aims to change the category by offering flexibility to their customers and delivering truly, fresh produce with less food miles from farm to plate. “Given our substantial … Read more
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Image provided by Southgate
Collated by Connie Lambeth
It seems that Spring at Southgate still holds much anticipation and joy for food lovers, where ‘flowers will transform food and drink into edible art’.
A cascade of edible flowers will transform Southgate’s precinct of 13 restaurants and bars, during Spring Racing’s Melbourne Cup week, from 31 October until 8 November.
3 Southgate Avenue
Southbank
Melbourne Vic 3006
Full Menu & Bookings: www.southgatemelbourne.com.au
“Ugh, he was a nightmare, but do you have to be single?”
love from mum.
Musical theatre’s Ziggy Clements loathes love songs. Best known as the time-poor, shopping crazed lawyer, Brooke, in two Australian tours of Motherhood the Musical, Clements has a resume dating from her start in pro musicals while still at high school, to national tours of Les Miserables & Mamma Mia!. But her dating resume, she laments, is not quite so flash.
In her comedy cabaret, To Sing & Dance of Love While Shooting Yourself in the Foot, the audience are invited in for a slightly sneaky peek at those awkward & cringeworthy dating moments in Ziggy’s quest to find love in a life lived out-loud and on-stage.
When the skies turn jet black with smoke and flames race across your lawn, it’s too late. When vicious howling winds tear the roof off your family home, there’s no time to get prepared. There is no time to save anything. There’s no time for anything, at all. Our research shows Australians aren’t well prepared … Read more
23rd to 25th October 2015
Melbourne’s Sweetest Day Out!
The biggest live event in Australia for cake decorators, home bakers and food lovers. If you have a passion for baking, cake decorating, or just love cakes, breads and other delicious temptations, then you’ll love the Cake Bake & Sweets Show. It’s the ultimate foodie’s experience…a three-day live event devoted to the world of baking and the art of cake decorating.
This one-of-a-kind event is packed with celebrity demos, classes, and interactive workshops. Learn new skills and techniques, get top tips and baking advice, sample and buy tasty treats, stock up on the latest supplies, attend book signings with your favourite baking stars, and much more. Suitable for everyone, it’s a great day out with family and friends!
An army of more than 120,000 big-hearted volunteers have been moving more and sitting less, as they door knock across Australia in support of the Heart Foundation’s annual Big Heart Appeal.
The Big Heart Appeal is the Heart Foundation’s largest community-led fundraising campaign and runs throughout September.
National Heart Foundation CEO, Mary Barry, said door-knocking for the Big Heart Appeal is the perfect way to stay physically active while supporting vitally important research efforts.
“Every September, more than 120,000 big-hearted volunteers pound the pavements of Australia in support of the Heart Foundation’s Big Heart Appeal,” Ms Barry said.