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 […]
Every so often you come across a pairing that just makes sense. High on that list for me is the combo of gin and tonic, but I’m always looking for something to pull my attention out of my glass. And this week, something has. It’s STYLEAID, the ingenious pairing of the WA fashion industry and […]
Explore Perth’s rich Indigenous history with two new free maps released by the City of Perth, which chart the significant sites of the Wadjuk Noongar people. Called Karla Yarning: stories of the home fires, the maps draw on traditional Noongar symbols to communicate their message: an ancient phenomenon in the Noongar country around the Derbal […]
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 […]
In a city as sun-spoilt as Perth it can be difficult to think of a reason to head outside once winter rolls around. Frosty mornings and chilly, darkened evenings leave us huddling inside, counting the days until we can blink through the post-hibernation glare and welcome summer once more. That is, unless you’re planning on […]
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, […]
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 […]
The Perth International Arts Festival does more than entertain us for the summer months. It gives Perthites a reason to be proud of their home. A reminder of what’s so great about Perth. In early November we attended the launch of this year’s festival program at the Perth Concert Hall, essentially a 2-hour advert for […]
Have plans for Saturday? Ditch them or risk missing out on the biggest street party of the year. The Beaufort Street Festival is back! And this year the street is longer, the crowds are predicted to be bigger and there’s even an accompanying cookbook. For the music lovers, there are four stages of live music, […]
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