Setting Sun Film Festival back on big screen
The west’s premier film festival is back this month with a flood of screenings and events.
This year’s Setting Sun Film Festival attracted 60 entries,...
Westography captures images of vanishing suburban life
An all-but-forgotten era of Australian suburban life has been preserved in a newly published collection by a Seddon photographer tagged the “Westographer”.
Warren Kirk’s Westography:...
Hero war photographer uncovered at Lit Fest
Yarraville author Jeff Maynard has made four trips to the US in pursuit of information about Australia’s official World War I photographer, Sir Hubert...
Skate ramp is their canvass
Performance artists Michael Meneghetti and Joel Gailer, known as Performprint, will host a free workshop at Laverton this month on printmaking by skateboard.
Meneghetti said...
Shane Howard returns for some fiddle ‘n’ folk
Former Goanna frontman Shane Howard is playing at Newport on Friday, marking the re-launch of the Newport Fiddle and Folk Club’s Live at Newport...
Footscray mum explores breastfeeding in pictures
A Footscray photographer is celebrating the bond of breastfeeding without an airbrush in sight.
Suzie Blake’s What Does Breastfeeding Look Like? project documents the experience...
Austen Tayshus hits Altona
Comedian Austen Tayshus, who shot to fame with his 1983 single, Australiana, is performing in Altona on Friday.
His brand of comedy has been described...
Mosaic art unveiled at Newport Lakes
Internationally-renowned Altona mosaic artist Julee Latimer unveiled her latest work at Newport Lakes last week.
The park’s walking trails already have eight mosaics on rocks,...
Star treatment for Olympic Doughnuts legend
Budding filmmakers Ian Tran and Rachel Morssink are bringing a Footscray icon to the big screen.
Jam-packed with insights into a colourful history, Olympic Nick:...
Footscray artist Steven Rhall veers off the grid
The multi-layered history of an iconic Melbourne site has inspired the latest work by Footscray artist Steven Rhall.
Rhall is one of a handful of...
Gig guide
Gigs around Maribyrnong and Hobsons Bay
Littlefoot
Saturday, September 19
Mark Ferrie, Andrew Pendlebury and Adi Sappir bring a diverse range of musical experiences and influences...
The Silent Anzac concert at Williamstown Town Hall
A chance discovery in the Footscray-Yarraville City Band’s storeroom has led to the creation of a concert to commemorate local soldiers who fought in...
Pitching the Australian dream
The Australian dream of home ownership is under the microscope in Footscray this week as part of the 2016 Next Wave Festival.
Shadows on the...
Reversal of fortunes for The Substation arts venue at Newport
The Substation arts venue at Newport has been awarded $300,000 over four years from the state government through Creative Victoria.
It’s a reversal of fortunes...
Pawno shines a spotlight on Footscray
Footscray is one of the lead characters in a new film hitting screens nationwide next week.
Premiered at last year’s Melbourne International Film Festival, Pawno...
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