03 PM | 02 Jul

Melbourne Stencil Festival – The Gathering

Saturday 18th July at 4pm Collingwood Underground 44 Harmsworth St, Collingwood.

The Melbourne Stencil Festival Committee is inviting all artists and passionate volunteers who are interested in taking part in this year’s festival to a social gathering and planning meeting to be held at the Collingwood Underground.

Refreshments will be provided in the form of BBQ, bear/wine & soft drinks. Our intention is to provide information, feedback and enthusiasm to all potential participants and to conduct a proactive planning session for activities taking place in the underground.

This year we have the opportunity to extend the scope of the festival and develop a proactive, artist driven approach to activities and events which can take place in this amazing space. There will also be an opportunity for emerging artists to exhibit works which, for one reason or another, are not able to be shown in the exhibition taking place at the Yarra Sculpture Gallery.

These two venues are connected by the footbridge over Hoddle Street upon which we hope to erect large banners advertising our festival. Some of the ideas currently being considered for the underground space are; workshops, master classes, films, panel discussions, a mega wall collaborative spray space, Napier Studios residency, exhibition, second stage charity auction and closing event.

How to Get There.

Collingwood Underground is situated on Harmsworth Street which runs off Johnson St between Gold & Hoddle Streets. It is an old underground car park on the Collingwood Housing Estate. The entrance is down a ramp which is adorned by a large mural created by local indigenous artists.

Stencil Festival website

02 PM | 02 Jul

Focus on girls 24/7 – ACMI

Daisies

From desperate housewives to rampaging teenage anarchists, ‘the girls’ are up front in these stylistically brazen films by women directors from the sixties and early seventies.

The films brought together in Focus on Girls 24/7 each signal a unique creative vision behind the lens. The contradictory impulses of the modern woman are rendered on screen in bold, unfettered performances from the leading actresses.

Curated by Clare Stewart, in association with Sydney Film Festival

Friday 3 July – Sunday 12 July 2009 Full $13, Concession $10 6 Session Package: Full $60, Concession $48 NB > 6 Session Packages can only be purchased by phone (03 8663 2583) or in person at the ACMI Box Office. All sessions must be selected at time of booking.

More info from ACMI, focus on girls 24/7

02 PM | 14 Jun

Melbourne rox!

Melbourne has been declared the near-perfect town after being rated the best city in the world to call home. In a survey of 130 cities, the Economist Intelligence Unit rated Melbourne and Vancouver in Canada as the best cities in the world in which to live, with Perth ranked third and Sydney, Brisbane and Adelaide tied in eighth place. Papua New Guinea’s capital Port Moresby was rated the worst.