If you, like me, don't know a whole lot about art but need a hit of culture in your life, the Andy Warhol and Ai Weiwei exhibition is the exhibition for you!
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Andy Warhol | Ai Weiwei Exhibition
April 17, 2015
♫ Listening // Beck -Hotwax
Inspired by the absinthe-drenched cabarets of late-19th century Europe, Absinthe
is an adult-themed cocktail of circus, burlesque and vaudeville for a
21st century audience, hosted by the outrageous Gazillionaire and his
sidekick Penny.
January 25, 2015
August 28, 2014
I love that I can still find quirky and unique places in Melbourne even
though I've lived here all my life. We were invited down to The Backlot
Studios, just outside the Melbourne CBD, to be introduced to a British
crisp company that are newly launching in Australia called Tyrrell's
Crisps. Of course we couldn't just eat chips, as delicious as they are,
that wouldn't be much fun on a night out. So The Backlot Studios put on
the British classic Bridget Jones' Diary for us to giggle at whilst
chowing down on potato chips.
June 23, 2014
Last week Emporium Melbourne officially launched their new downstairs food-court, the Urban Kitchen. The word food-court doesn't give you particularly high expectations of the food because you generally associate it with McDonalds and KFC. However being the Emporium, you'll find only the best street-food style eateries here.
March 31, 2014
If you weren't aware already, I have a bit of an obsession with Alice In Wonderland, so going to the Melbourne International Flower and Garden show was really just a way to indulge that. I'd never been before so I was excited when they emailed me asking if I'd like a media pass. Also I was excited that anyone would think I matter enough to give me a media pass. The show was really quiet beautiful. Inside there was display after display of amazing floristry talent, whilst outside were some of the coolest gardens and landscaping I'd ever seen.
February 15, 2014
♫ Listening // Little Birdy - Stay Wild
Last night we went back to our childhood with some arts and crafts - hipster style. Supergraph, a contemporary graphic art fair, were kind enough to invite us along to their opening night for a peak at the art, a tasty snack and a delicious Rekorderlig. Supergraph is on all this weekend the 15th and 16th of February so if you're looking for something cool to do this weekend, go check it out!
November 18, 2013
I've now listened to Somebody That I Used To Know 1,303 times since adding it to my iTunes over two years ago. Obsessed is an understatement. Melbourne Music Week is in full swing and as soon as I saw that there was an event on featuring Gotye, I knew I couldn't miss it. This panel was all about his amazing video clips and the talented people behind them.
August 22, 2013
I went to Sydney with one aim, to meet Jenna Marbles. I didn't care how it happened (not so stalker way preferably), but I knew I wasn't going to spend all this money without meeting one of the coolest people on the planet! The whole reason I went up to Sydney was to volunteer at VIDinc, Australia's largest Youtube convention. With crazy internet famous people like Ryan Higa, Shaycarl and of course Queen Jenna attending, there was no way I was going to turn this down. The first day was pretty tame, there were a heap of workshops and industry events. I managed to get a photo with Peter Chao who looked so different with his sunglasses off. I also had a chat to Shaycarl and his lovely manager about our crazy rainbow money.
July 28, 2013
So today I was volunteering for Open House Melbourne at The Melbourne Athenaeum. The Athenaeum was first built in 1842 and now consists of a library, theatre and comedy club. Today only the library was open, but I managed to have a quick sneaky look in the theatre too. Here are a couple of my photos...
July 8, 2013
When I bought tickets to Melbourne Comic Con, I thought it would just be a fun day out nerding it up and admiring all the people cosplaying. Little did I know I'd actually get to see three of the actors from arguably my favourite TV show ever, Charmed. The first panel I saw was that of Shannen Doherty (Prue) who was lovely and spoke about her past characters and how they relate to her personally. She also spoke about an up and coming new TV show that she stars in that's hoping to be picked up by the networks soon.
May 24, 2013
Move over Cannes. Last night we braved the cold and went along to the St Kilda Film Festival (SKFF) Opening Night. It was the first time I'd ever been to a film festival as a guest (I'd worked at one previously) and the SKFF is slightly different to most in that it's all short films. This seems to appeal to me more than feature length films. You get to see an array of talented film makers instead of just one. I was particularly excited for Melbhattan which I've previously seen and blogged about, but the video is now on private. We saw about 8-10 short films ranging from music videos, SXSW entries, artsy films and films about life.
March 30, 2013
Part of the perks of volunteering for fashion week is that you get to go backstage at runway shows and you get to see runway shows for free. I was working front of house for a runway show at the Malvern Town Hall in Melbourne for LMFF and got to see some of the local designers showcase their collections on the runway.
March 27, 2013
Ever wandered how much work goes into a fashion show before the runway event? Volunteering at the L'Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival has certainly opened my eyes up to the behind the scenes of fashion and taught me a lot. It may look glamorous from the runway, but there are a million busy people backstage and in the offices making it all happen.
March 24, 2013
The other day I woke up at 4:30am (yes you read that right) to head into the city for the National Designer Awards at Tiffany & Co. in Melbourne. These awards have launched some of big name Australian designers including Romance Was Born and Josh Goot. This year's finalists were Kathryn Beker, From Britten, Livia Arena, Lui Hon and Michael Lo Sordo. Menswear designer From Britten were announced as the winners and took home the trophy, handy prize money and a buttload of PR.
March 11, 2013
Sorry I've been neglecting my blog a bit this month, but it's been sooo hot and I haven't left the house unless absolutely necessary. On this day, it was. I braved the heat yesterday to go to Future Music Festival because the lineup was so damn good! The mercury was set to reach 33C and I was determined not to get sunburnt or dehydrated - which failed. The sunburn part anyway.
March 3, 2013
A while ago I came to the conclusion that there are two types of festivals, bogan festivals and hipster festivals. Soundwave, however, did not fall into either of my two categories. It was definitely something different altogether. I've always thought that Soundwave has always had a consistently amazing lineup for the genre it caters for, even if you don't like this sort of music, you can't deny that. This year was no different with rock gods Metallica headlining and a collection of the world's elite rock, metal and punk bands putting on great shows.
February 28, 2013
Today I was asked last minute to help set up one of the main attractions of this year's Melbourne Food And Wine Festival. The Urban Coffee Farm is a pop-up outdoor cafe and bar located on Southbank where that crazy bridge with the weird sculptures left over from the Commonwealth Games a couple of years back is. I wasn't really doing anything that interesting, manual labor and such, but it was a nice day and I got to chat and meet new people which is always fun.
September 10, 2012
June 17, 2012
Today started out with beautiful blue skies and sun streaming down for the Bupa Ride To The G. The Bupa Ride To The G is a promotional activity that the global health fund Bupa have organised to promote healthy living and exercise. Our job today was to wear their bright blue uniform (pretty much the colour of the sky in the second picture) and encourage and engage with people. Unfortunately where myself and my team were placed was the area that had mostly cars coming through it.
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