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IT’S become a refuge for the bored middle classes – the dreaded sip and paint. Hordes of unfulfilled folk quaffing chardonnay while painting their beloved chihuahua or pedigree cat. Thankfully, Perth artist Nicola Milan is giving the whole concept a delicious dark twist with a Tim Burton-inspired sip and sketch at Fringe World. Forget about…
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ARTIST Louise Farnay has a fascinating lineage – her mum and grandmother were haute couture fashion designers for socialites in Adelaide and her Cornish ancestors were Rundell & Rundell, jewellers to the crown of England. Farnay has clearly inherited their attention-to-detail – her stunning hyper-realistic paintings take hundreds of hours to complete. But she has…
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THE final collection of trauma-healing dolls by late Noongar artist Marcelle Riley will be showcased in a special exhibition at The Wetlands Centre Cockburn. The textile artist taught folk how to make traditional “story dolls” of loved ones to process unspoken trauma and promote community healing. Each doll had a personal narrative and told of…
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THIS Bayswater home is a real charmer. It all starts in the front garden where a cute pathway winds past palm trees and shrubs and leads to at a quaint porch with an outdoor lounge. It’s the perfect spot to enjoy the balmy summer nights with a cold beer or a glass of Pinot Gris.…
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A STAGE is not usually the kind of place you’d expect to find an introvert* like Luke Morris, but the science-backed comedian says those rigid expectations are often what people get wrong about personality-types (according to research). His new show An Introvert’s Guide to Extroverts is a mix of jokes, truths and charts, as he…
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THE cruddy picture quality of Bayswater council’s CCTV camaras has been hindering efforts to identify rapscallions, but the rolling project to upgrade them could take another three years to complete. Bayswater has about 270 cameras across the city but they don’t always get a clear picture of crime, with issues stemming from blurry low resolution…
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LONG-time environmental campaigner Mary Gray has called on Vincent council to follow the lead of governments elsewhere who’ve taken steps to ban natural gas connections in future developments. Ms Gray, who was awarded the Order of Australia Medal in 2022 for her many efforts to protect the environment and preserve urban bushland, put the degassing…
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BAYSWATER councillor Lorna Clarke has announced she’s retiring from her west ward role, with about eight months left in her term. Cr Clarke is Labor’s candidate for Butler in the upcoming state election, the seat currently held by the retiring attorney general John Quigley, and says she wants to focus on retaining it for the…
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ONE of the Chook’s favourite short films of the year (and perhaps all-time), Verge Collection, has won Notre Dame film student Taylor Finch a major national award. Ms Finch took out the top student editor at the Australian Screen Editors’ annual Ellie Awards. The film explores the stories behind items that people discard on verges…
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WA WILDLIFE has opened a new hands-on reptile discovery centre and turtle hospital, but it comes at a critical time for the centre. Admissions of native wildlife are already skyrocketing and the centre is expecting to receive another 1000 animals by the end of January. “Our team is stretched to the limit, and we’re struggling…
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