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CHEEKY buggers, they’ve pinched Blake Street Merchants’ salad idea,” I thought as I perused the menu at Ninth and Merchant. But it transpires both restaurants have the same owners and sell salads on their own ($15), or with chicken, beef, chorizo or salmon. Replacing the old Miss Kitty’s Saloon, Ninth and Merchant is a great…
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THE devastating effects of climate change are explored in the dance-apocalypse Kwongkan. Created over three years, and influenced by sacred sites in remote Australia and tropical India, the Perth Festival show is a dazzling mix of hope and fear. Many saw the collaboration between WA’s Ochre Contemporary Dance Company and India’s Daksha Sheth Dance Company…
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ARIES (Mar 21 – Apr 20) After making various classically innovative changes over the last few weeks, the time is ripe for balancing the ship. Seek order. The best approach is to use your aesthetic sense; if it’s beautiful, it’s right. There’s no point in pushing worldly ambition when the time’s not right. Wait a…
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AS I admired the huge main bedroom and gorgeous en suite, I failed to notice the city skyline from the balcony of this Bedford home. In my defence I didn’t realise the city was so close, but it’s hard to miss once you look, and it no doubt made a stunning backdrop for the recent…
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Palace Cinema Paradiso launches $10 February Fringe Fever! ALL MOVIE TICKETS JUST $10. FEBRUARY 1 TO 28, 2019 Located at the heart of the ongoing Fringe World Festival, Palace Cinema Paradiso in Northbridge is offering Perth a chance to amplify their Fringe experience with a bargain price movie ticket for just $10. Throughout the month of…
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WOOLWORTHS’ proposed new store at the old Inglewood Bunnings Site is “an insult to the art deco movement,” according to Mount Lawley Society president Paul Collins. Woolies say their Beaufort Street development is “art deco” and so aesthetically-pleasing they shouldn’t have to pay the fee for a public artwork at the site, as suggested by…
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BOGAN, Hipster, Bono and Knucklebuckle are some of the street names that have been rejected for nine unnamed roads in Mount Lawley and Highgate. In 2014 the Beaufort Street Network requested the roads be given names to help build a sense of place. After exhaustive public consultation, Vincent council received 251 suggestions. Landgate, The department…
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Waterlands pools remain in limbo THE future of Maylands Waterland is still murky, but the Swan mosaic marking the state’s 150th anniversary will be saved. At Tuesday night’s council meeting, Bayswater councillors voted down 6-5 a motion from Cr Elli Petersen-Pik to retain the pools. His motion attempted to rescind a previous council decision to…
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THREE filmmaking teams are celebrating after landing $5000 from Vincent council to make short documentaries about the city. This year there was a record number of submissions to the council’s film project, which is run in conjunction with the Revelation film festival. Winners included Gabby Ho and Jake Blackburn, who pitched Kick Like a Girl.…
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BOORNA Waanginy: The Trees Speak artwork is returning to Kings Park in February. It was a big hit at the 2017 Perth Festival and this year huge projectors will hurl images of trees, flowers, birds, wetlands and bushfires onto the avenues of trees, celebrating south Western Australia’s threatened landscape. The 1.5km tunnel of light takes…
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