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Ice Skating returns to St Kilda

June 8, 2019

If you’ve ever dreamt of a Canadian après-ski experience, dream no more – Skating At returns to St Kilda this winter. The Air Canada Ice Rink offers entertainment [...]

Got a cool $3m to party?

May 16, 2019

A $3 million boat in need of repairs to stay afloat is going to auction towards the end of this month, in a bid to resurrect a potential sinking ship and ultimately save its [...]

Armani shines at SAGs

January 28, 2019

Milan, January 28, 2019 – Giorgio Armani dressed select nominees, presenters and attendees of the 25th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards. The show took place Sunday, [...]

Marysville Jazz and Blues Weekend

September 21, 2017

Situated in the foothills of the Yarra Valley in the beautiful township of Marysville, the annual Marysville Jazz and Blues Weekend is just a 90min drive from Melbourne with [...]

Channels 2017: Futures of

August 30, 2017

Over 10 days from 1 September, the Channels 2017: Futures of festival will present some of the best new contemporary moving image from over 90 Australian and international [...]

FASHION+AID partners with Harrolds

July 20, 2017

FASHION+AID has announced an exclusive partnership with luxury boutique department store, Harrolds. Harrolds are set to showcase some of their stable of the world’s finest [...]

You’re invited to a street party

June 1, 2017

The Queen’s Birthday long weekend is approaching and what better way to spend a long weekend than eating, drinking and horsing around at the Fitzroy Street Queen’s [...]

Air travel changed our world

February 7, 2017

Last night I was invited to the media launch of Living in the Age of Airplanes at Melbourne’s IMAX theatre. Melbourne’s IMAX is an independent, single screen theatre [...]

LIVING IN THE AGE OF AIRPLANES

February 7, 2017

Tomorrow, February 8, IMAX Melbourne will premiere Living in the Age of Airplanes, an immersive new giant screen film experience from National Geographic Studios. Narrated by [...]

Manchester by the Sea

December 11, 2016

Manchester by the Sea is the latest film from award-winning writer and director Kenneth Lonergan, telling the story of a solitary Boston janitor, Lee, played (Casey Affleck) [...]

Extra sparkle for Melbourne’s Emporium

November 23, 2016

Mickey’s Magical Christmas Tree; Emporium Melbourne and Disney Reimagine a Christmas More Magical. Emporium Melbourne has teamed up with The Walt Disney Company to add a [...]

Blood Father

August 19, 2016

Mel Gibson returns to the big screen as John Link, an ex-convict and alcoholic in the action packed movie – Blood Father. The movie opens with Link speaking at an AA [...]

A Beautiful Planet

August 11, 2016

We live on a beautiful planet – planet Earth. Every country, every mountain, every ocean, every river and every creature on this planet is beautiful in its own right. [...]

Opera house gets make-over after 43 years

August 11, 2016

Welcoming more than 8.2 million visitors a year and hosting 2,000 performances attended by 1.5 million people, Australia’s Sydney Opera House will undergo it’s single [...]

Cultural light show returns

August 11, 2016

Following a hugely successful festival in Melbourne last year, the Dandenong Festival of Lights is set to amaze Melbourne once again with its brand new show. Dandenong [...]

Hang Fire Cooking

May 31, 2016

Two Celtic girls, working in London, travel the USA in search of the best BBQs. It sounds like the start of a joke, but it’s not. Samantha Evans and Shauna Guinn ditched [...]

Rik meets Maisie

April 27, 2016

by Rik Barnett Today I had the chance to sit down with the magnificent English, singer/songwriter Maisie Johnson. She delightfully answered all of my questions and did so [...]

Running the length of India

February 5, 2016

Sydney, Australia: Ultra-marathon athlete, motivational speaker, and former Australian politician, Pat Farmer, will star in a feature length Australian documentary, which [...]

Our Aussie Day

January 21, 2016

by Carol Sheridan. It’s our day of celebration – Australia Day, the day we celebrate our country, our people and our achievements. Most of us choose to turn 26 January [...]

The not-so-secret secret

January 11, 2016

Probably all of us have heard of the ‘war’ between north and south of the border – that’s north and south of the Murray River! Which is the best state? Victoria? New [...]

Experience Disney in Melbourne

December 8, 2015

Anyone who is a true fan of Disney movies has fantasized about what it would be like mingling with the fabulously animated creatures in the green forest. Well, embrace [...]

Il est de retour – yes, it’s back !

October 13, 2015

So Frenchy So Chic in the Park 2016 returns for the fifth year in Melbourne and third in Sydney once again offering a summer French escape of music, food and friends [...]

Luckiest Fire Dragon ever

September 29, 2015

Tai Hang, Hong Kong: During his promotional tour to Hong Kong, Hugh Jackman visited Tai Hang where he experienced an authentic cultural Tai Hang Fire Dragon Dance. Being the [...]

Appease the ghosts

August 25, 2015

Performers prepare backstage at a Chinese opera during the month of Hungry Ghost Festival (Yu Lan) on August 14, 2015 in Hong Kong. The Hungry Ghost Festival is intrinsically [...]

New Lands in Disney Park

July 16, 2015

Shanghai, CHINA: The Walt Disney Company unveiled key creative elements of Shanghai Disneyland, including its six themed lands filled with world-class attractions and live [...]

WOW is all I can say

June 25, 2015

by Carol Sheridan. In the last 12 months I have seen some absolutely incredible circus performances and I have to say, the circus I saw last night was right up there with the [...]

Melbourne Winter Masterpieces 2015

June 25, 2015

Melbourne, AUSTRALIA: More than 500 works from the personal collection of Catherine the Great will be on display at the National Gallery of Victoria from July 31, 2015 – [...]

Africa Tumbles into Australia

June 23, 2015

Melbourne, AUSTRALIA: Cirque Africa is bringing the best circus acts from Africa to the Australian stage for the very first time. Produced and directed by ‘Papa Africa’ [...]

2015 TV Week Logie Awards

May 4, 2015

Melbourne, AUSTRALIA: It was a mixed lolly bag of selfie loving guests at the 2015 TV Week Logie Awards – housewives, reality home builders and chefs, pop stars, a [...]