Sure, you might have learned your times tables, where the hell to put the apostrophe and the ‘s’ and how many H’s bond to the O, but how many of us can actually say we were schooled on how to take on life itself? You know, like how to master the art of relationships, make […]
Like any good recent graduate, I hold in doe-eyed esteem the idea of intellectual adulthood I’ve spent so many undergraduate years carefully crafting. I’m fully expecting my early twenties to pass in a haze of gin cocktails and art and literature and clever conversation with my lovely witty well-dressed friends, and I’ll be disappointed with […]
Hilarious, charming and delightfully self-aware, Black Swan State Theatre Company‘s newest play, Midsummer (A Play with Songs) is an engaging piece of theatre that is almost too fun. Living up to the promise of its title, Midsummer opens with with a bang – or rather, a tune – its actors, Georgina Gayler and Brendan Hanson, establishing […]
So Christmas is really, REALLY soon, and you probably have some picky friends (let’s call it “superb taste”, shall we). Or you’re a Christmas procrastinator and haven’t even started your Christmas shopping yet. Your solution: the Illuminites Night Markets in the Perth Cultural Centre on Friday. The markets have a distinct focus on WA designers and […]
This spring, Thursdays have been the day to visit Subi for late night shopping, a pre-weekend-frenzy drink and a hawker-style meal at the weekly Subi Sunset Night Markets, which, sadly, are ending next week. This Thursday, Subi upped the ante. Yesterday saw the addition of the annual Subi Street Festival to Subiaco’s Thursday night mix. Obviously, […]
Unless you’re into the niche that is fashion illustrating, you’ve probably never heard of Pippa McManus. But chances are you’ve seen her handiwork around town. She’s the creative force behind that gorgeous mural at Subi cafe Louis Baxters, last year’s covers of Urban Walkabout Perth maps and she was even this year’s Perth Fashion Festival’s official illustrator. […]
The Fremantle Art Centre has a seriously impressive summer line-up of events, concerts, courses and performances, and the current exhibition We Don’t Need a Map is a shining example. The exhibition celebrates the culture of the Martu, the traditional owners of WA’s Western Desert. Through paintings, photography, media collaboration, objects, bush tucker and video, the work of more […]
After a weekend spent visiting local craft fairs including the Fremantle Arts Centre Bazaar, George Street Festival and the Growers’ Green Farmers’ Christmas Market, we’ve gone a little craft crazy. On non-market days, Etsy is the go-to place for all things homemade, so we’ve tracked down the best WA-themed gifts on offer: Collagraph Print Fremantle Mementos […]
Imagine getting all of your Christmas shopping finished in a single weekend, and a good three weeks before the big day. Impossible, you say? Nope. This weekend is the three-day 2012 Bazaar, an annual design and craft market that brings the work of the state’s best artists, designers, stylists, craftspeople and cooks to the picturesque […]
At last! A festival for the bookworms and word nerds: the Let Them Eat Zines: A Zine Festival. Never heard of zines before? Neither had we, which is why we tracked down local expert Rachael Kuan from the Perth Zine Collective, a group of zine enthusiasts who run a regular calendar of workshops in libraries around […]
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