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MEANWHILE, Bayswater council recently announced the winners of its annual community art awards at The Rise. Miik Green won the open award for Xylem Series: Avium24, Jane Button took out the sculpture award with Navigate, and George Linke snagged the resident award for Lady of the Lake. The city received 176 entries across 11 categories,…
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In this week’s Speaker’s Corner, North Perth’s Eva Niedzwiedz talks about her recent ulcerative colitis diagnosis. As a personal trainer, her active lifestyle means she can look fine on the outside but the invisible illness can strike unexpectedly. She says businesses can make going out in public easier for people with Crohn’s and colitis by…
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RELAXING amongst the brightly coloured cushions in a packing crate seat at Lot Twenty was a great start to an evening of culture. A friend and I were off to the Blue Room Theatre next door, and as time was short, the helpful waiter recommended we order from the share section on the menu. In…
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DO I frighten you?” asks the 13-year-old Lucy in Playthings. The tiny teenager (Courtney Henri) often backs up her words with a sharp box knife. Written by Scott McArdle, the play is a dark look at growing up in suburban WA and centres around Lucy and another 13-year-old Arnold (Daniel Buckle). They both struggle to…
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WITH modern families increasingly disappearing behind computer screens, the US Civil War classic Little Women has lessons about the importance of meaningful human interaction, says the director of a new version of the stage adaptation. Little Women is dramatised from the famous Loise May Alcott story of the same name and will be presented by…
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ROSLYN” is emblazoned across the front of this art deco complex in Mt Lawley. Was she the daughter of the developer? A long lost love? Or perhaps one of the “bright young things” of the 1930s? Outside, a path lined with gorgeous flowers leads to an arched portico that wouldn’t look out of place in…
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Ministerial portfolios to tackle social media pressure CABINET-STYLE portfolios may be allocated to Bayswater councillors. As part of a suite of measures pushed by CEO Andrew Brien, the proposed two-year portfolios are aimed at ensuring councillors aren’t tripping over each other to help on populist issues while neglecting important but mundane problems. Disunity Mr Brien’s…
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THE usually greyscale greyhounds of Perth got all rainbowed to support Pride on Fairday, November 2. Greyhound lover Tiffany Cole said the upcoming Pride parade on November 30 made her reflect on whether the speedy pooches might want to support gay rights. “We have gay members in our greyhound community, and greyhounds are really a…
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NORTH PERTH’S local fetish bar is being strangled by social media censorship. Akademi Small Bar, a pansexual, gay and trans-friendly venue, opened up in the old Classroom building on Charles Street last month. Owners David Jardine, Sara White and Kat Henderson say consent is at the forefront of their concept and they run workshops on…
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NORTH PERTH’S Rosemount Hotel refused to screen the Melbourne Cup this year after overwhelming feedback from online fans. The pub put the moral question to its Facebook followers on November 1 following headlines of horse mistreatment in recent weeks. Of more than 300 comments, the mood was near 100 per cent against the cup. Cool…
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