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Imaginary Architecture Exhibition

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Want to know what our future city will look like? Artist, Lara Tumak in collaboration with the children at ArtPlay worked together  using nothing but their bare hands, wondrous imaginations and recycled materials to create a mega-mini Melbourne city. Explore the minds of our future town planners, master builders and architects extraordinaire  and see their worlds full of adventure, mayhem and a little bit of the mundane. You will also be able to make your own part of the city to be added to the exhibition! Age: 5 to 12 years When: 9 September – 1 November 2015 Where: ArtPlay, Birrarung Marr, Batman Avenue Visit the website here. 

Melbourne Zoo

Leapfrog at Melbourne Zoo

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Leap into the new World of Frogs exhibit at Melbourne Zoo and learn all sorts of wacky and weird facts about the amphibian. The exhibition will feature a variety of  endangered frogs including the tiny yellow and black Southern Corroboree Frog, the green Spotted Tree Frog and the Stuttering Frog – which sports some impressive striped legs! There’ll even be the opportunity to ake part in the Find the Corroboree Frog Hunt as well as a new giant frog sculpture within the Zoo grounds. You’ll never look at those frogs the same way again. When: 19 September to 18 December 2015 Where: Melbourne Zoo, Elliott Avenue, Parkville Visit the website here. Daily amphibian keeper talks will leave you feeling connected to these beautiful creatures and inspired to help save them from extinction. Be sure to also take part in the Find the Corroboree Frog Hunt and see if you can spot the new giant frog sculpture within the Zoo grounds. Keeper Kids, the indoor play space, will also be celebrating all things amphibian with a frog-filled storytime and lots …

Little Big Shots

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ArtPlay and Little Big Shots present a selection of films for the little ones (taken from the International Film Festival for Kids in June 2015). Featuring the best in local and international children’s shorts and animations, the short films will inspire and get the kids giggling, thinking and cheering. This one-day festival is about kids, suitable for kids aged 2 to 7 years and (sometimes) by kids When: 8 November 2015. Where: ArtPlay Birrarung Marr, Batman Avenue. Visit the website here.

Escape Hunt Melbourne

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Grab your friends and go on a unique adventure with the Escape Hunt experience. You will voyage back 100 years in time and play the part of a famous London detective, Shylock Barnes (or Charlotte Barnes), solving challenging mysteries set in old Siam. Find your way out of the locked room through solving clues and puzzles before your time is up! There’s five different games rooms to choose from with three different adventures – abduction in the graveyard; secrets of the brewery; and the train bomb heist. Suitable for all ages, the experience is one of the most fun ways you can spend 90 minutes of your time with your friends or a partner. Visit the website here.

What's on in October

What’s on in October

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The days have finally started to get longer, the weather warmer and the our social diaries busier. We’ve wrapped up what you can’t miss this October. Melbourne Festival 8th October – 25th October 2015 Celebrating 30 years of arts and culture, the Melbourne Festival returns to our city from 8-25 October. With a program filled with  dance, theatre, music, circus, visual arts, multimedia, outdoor and free events there is something for everyone. Read more here.  Salami Festa 16th October – 18th October 2015 Arguably one of Melbourne’s most unique and delicious food festivals, the Salami Festa returns to Melbourne this October for it’s fourth year. Celebrating the art and tradition of salami making, the best of the best Melbourne salami makers will be competing to have their prized homemade salami judged by leading salami aficionados and punters. Read more here.  Meyers Place Latin Fiesta 11th October 2015 This October, Meyers Place will be transformed into a Latin American street party. The all-ages festival will be filled with the party vibes, showcasing Latin American’s finest food, …

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Australian Movie and Comic Expo

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If you’re into gaming, fantasy, comics, anime, sci-fi  or just a straight movie buff, you’ll want to attend the Australian Movie and Comic Expo. Formerly known as Armageddon Oz, this fan event is run by the fans for the fans with special appearances from both local and international celebrities. There’ll be costuming panels, prop making, laser skirmish, lego displays plus a special display of the Back to the Future’s own DeLorean car and the 1966 Batmobile. And for all the comic nerd there’ll be a huge comic book giveaway over the whole weekend, with more than 1000 comics up for grabs for those who arrive early! So get your costumes out, and get ready to mix with the stars, including voice over celebrities  Hal Rayle and Maggie Roswell (The Simpsons) and Melbourne’s own Tristan Jones (current artist on Mad Max Fury Road), plus many more. When: Saturday 17 October – Sunday 18 October. Where: Melbourne Showgrounds Visit the website here. 

Salami Festa: Celebrate your love of the cured meat

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Salami like your Nonna makes it! Arguably one of Melbourne’s most unique and delicious food festivals, the Salami Festa returns to Melbourne this October for it’s fourth year. Celebrating the art and tradition of salami making, the best of the best Melbourne salami makers will be competing to have their prized homemade salami judged by leading salami aficionados and punters. With the heat on for salami makers (last year a non-Italian took out the grand prize), we expect the standards this year to be notched up to the next level.  Festa patron Guy Grossi, will be leading the judging panel along with chefs Dom Marzano, Rosa Mitchell (Rosa’s Kitchen), Massimo Scalas (Salumi Australia) Pina Busa (Home Make It) and special guest nonna Rocchina Catoggio. This Festa isn’t just for the Salami makers, but also for lovers of the delicious cured meat. There’ll be a pop-up salami shed hosting salami making demonstrations by Home Make It, a range of workshops, live music, two bocce courts, and stellar Italian food from Saluministi, Ladro and D.O.C – plus …

AFL

AFL Grand Final Hawthorn vs West Coast

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Footy fans looking for something to do leading up to Saturday’s Hawthorn-West Coast Grand Final have a host of choices. Here’s a  quick look at what’s on offer, starting Wednesday afternoon. Foxtel Footy Festival The Foxtel Footy Festival, located in Yarra Park outside Gate 3 at the MCG, celebrates everything Melbourne has to offer including food, music, movies and of course football. The festival starts at 4pm Wednesday, September 30 and runs through to Grand Final Day, Saturday October 3. Toyota AFL Live Site The centrepiece of the Foxtel Footy Festival is the Live Site, featuring a number of activities, live broadcasts, player appearances and activities for kids. The Grand Final will be shown live on big screens throughout the Live Site on Saturday. Toyota AFL Grand Final Parade The Toyota AFL Grand Final Parade, proudly supported by the City of Melbourne, starts at noon, Friday, October 2. There’s a new route with the parade starting at the Old Treasury Building and finishing at Yarra Park. AFL Grand Final at Cocoon Join us for the …

Finders Keepers Market

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The Finders Keepers market returns to the Royal Exhibition Building this weekend, bringing together the best local and national craft makers and designers. Starting on Friday (yes, the public holiday) and running through until Sunday, the markets are the perfect spot to start your Christmas shopping early. On top of the usual stalls, there’ll also be live music, cafe, food trucks, a bar. Etsy lovers, this is the dream. When: 2-4th October 2015.  6-10pm on Friday, 10am-6pm on Saturday, and 10am-4pm on Saturday. Where: Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton Visit the website here.

Fringe Festival Review: A Star is Bored

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A Star is Bored was anything but boring. In fact, it had all the energy of a one-man mini Broadway show in loud flanno PJs with fabulous hair. Kicking off with a hilarious showreel, where Nick parodies everything from Broadway and primetime crime to teen horror movies, we were taken on his journey from the ill-matched mean streets of Reservoir through an all-consuming Foxtel addiction, his never-give-up-efforts to make it big in reality television (including a super-funny ‘Toddlers & Tiaras’ parody) to his final destination – when it all came together in a shower of glitter – set to Sesame Street. Nick Eynaud’s vocal range was incredible – his catchy but well written songs adapted to the tune of popular hits from the last few decades, my personal favourite.. set to Kate Bush’s Wuthering Heights was perfectly timed and came out of left field for maximum effect.  I simply can’t recommend this show enough, especially if you are a fan of pop culture and musical theatre, ironic references to the desperation and depravity of soul-selling reality television and the narcissistic belief …