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Have a Go Day for seniors will celebrate its 30th birthday with a massive shindig in Burswood Park. Part of National Seniors Week, the event includes a massive range of stalls and activities for the over 50s including everything from canoeing and wall climbing to home baking and craft work. With covid restrictions more or…
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PERTH’S Angela Rossen uses her unique mix of art and environmentalism to teach kids about backyard biodiversity in her video series for the 2022 Environmental Art Project. Designed to get primary school students engaged with local and global environmental issues, the first two videos show Rossen creating a thriving native garden and increasing soil biodiveristy…
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If you’re after a classy property in Mount Lawley, this could be the one. From the chandelier and period fireplace in the lounge to the gorgeous sash windows in the dining room, this two bedroom two bathroom home has style and taste at every turn. Things get off to a great start with a striking…
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Shelves in Coles Maylands were left bare as thousands of items were dumped. Photo by James Kozak COLES’ Maylands supermarket sent a truck-full of perfectly edible food to the tip last week after not adequately preparing for a planned power outage. Customers arrriving at the Coles on Thursday October 13 were greeted with signs taped to…
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ARTISTS have flocked to support the pioneering biological art research lab SymbioticA after UWA moved to shut it down. The centre’s social media account announced on October 13: “The University of Western Australia has started a process to shut SymbioticA down and we have eight working days to make a case as to why it…
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THE inner city is set to get a second statue of a woman within a year, with Perth councillor Sandy Anghie personally funding a commemoration of Edith Cowan. The Perth CBD has an army of blokes cast in bronze but until this year there were as many statues of kangaroos as there were women (three each).…
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VETERAN artist David Grant spent 10 years drawing 106 models to create more than 1000 works, with sessions accompanied by conversations ranging from heartfelt to scandalous. “Relationships,” he says, was a common topic that arose as subjects opened up so readily while posing. “Life and relationships in Perth.” Originally from Zimbabwe, Grant says “I trained as a…
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Plans for the redesign to be occupied by Nokturnl NEW designs have been released for the do-over of the failed Yagan Square, a public space that’s struggled to attract respectable crowds even with the addition of an on-site police garrison. State Labor’s Perth MP John Carey this week announced “a new chapter for Yagan Square”…
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WHO was the first person to swim in Beatty Park pool? Sixty years on from the centre’s opening it remains a contested historical question, and this week the Vincent Local History Centre brings us the stories of a few of those who claim the mantel of first one in. OVER the years there have been…
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EVER looked at your clutter and had the urge to give things new life instead of hauling them onto the verge for the compactor? Ella and the Useless Day from WA author and illustrator duo Meg McKinlay and Karen Blair gives upcycling a fun twist for kids – but with an important message about looking…
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