The Australian Ballet School

Tuesday, 17 May at 11am and 2pm Clocktower Centre, 750 Mt Alexander Road, Moonee Ponds (03)9243 9191 or www.clocktowercentre.com.au In 2016 The Australian Ballet School will once again present what is now a favourite on the arts calendar; a showcase of works, by talented students, revealing the sublime meeting of dance and music that is the … Read more

Join the Pinot Party at Meat Fish Wine!

Meat Fish Wine bar and restaurant presents 80 world class Pinots from around the globe between now and July 30. A new wine is on show every day and a Meat Fish Wine Pinot Pass gives the holder access to over $1000 worth of Pinot over the 3 month long event. May 5, 2016 – Meat … Read more

GREEN ROOM

Cinema Nova from 12 May Down-on-their-luck punk rockers The Ain’t Rights agree to a last-minute gig in a backwoods Oregon roadhouse. The gig soon takes a sinister turn as the band members stumble upon a grisly murder scene and find themselves targeted by a ruthless club owner and his associates, determined to eliminate all witnesses. … Read more

Whistler’s Mother

5 May – 19 June 2016, NGV International, 180 St. Kilda Road, Southbank, VIC 3004 One of the world’s most iconic paintings, James McNeill Whistler’s Portrait of the artist’s mother, 1871, will travel to Australia for the first time in March 2016. On loan from the Musée d’Orsay, Paris, and exhibited exclusively at the NGV … Read more

REPETITIVE NATURE

19-29 May, opening Saturday 21 May, 2-5pm Japanese sculptor Takahiko Sugawara has been based in Melbourne since 2012, for Repetitive Nature, his second exhibition with Tinning Street he will be presenting select cut wood sculptures and one major work; nearing the length of the gallery, and made entirely from matchsticks. Sugawara makes use of simple … Read more

Ice Hockey Season is on in Melbourne!

It’s all happening at the newly named O’Brien Group Arena (formely Medibank Icehouse) at Docklands, Melbourne. Last Saturday, the Melbourne Mustangs won over the Canberra Brave Ice Hockey team by scoring most of their points at the last period to take a 7-1 win! Photo credit: ADLP Photography More information from the AIHL website

Video Portraits

14 May – 11 June 2016 In a subtle shift from photography to moving image Simon Obarzanek’s forthcoming exhibition will showcase a suite of six high definition video pieces, fittingly titled “Video Portraits”. The subjects, with their formal uniformity are paired back to no more than highlighted faces lit against a dark background. The protagonists … Read more