GHOST stories in Vincent, the dying art of neon bending, and a local beekeeper on a crusade to save stingers. They’re all ideas that rose to the top of the slush pile and were chosen to be made into documentaries by the City of Vincent film project. $15,000 has been allocated to make the three…

AN obnoxious weed with a cute name is invading Perth waterways. Recently spotted in Bayswater Brook in late December, Amazon frogbit rapidly spreads by jettisoning little fragments stuffed with pods, laden with dozens of seeds that can germinate up to three years later. The Central and South American weed can double its biomass in just…

LISA SCAFFIDI resumed her lord mayoral duties this week, stepping back into the job while awaiting a reduced penalty from the State Administrative Tribunal. She told a press conference on Monday there was no bad blood between her and Perth councillors James Limnios, Reece Harley and Jemma Green, despite them calling on her to quit…

THE finest artworks of the Renaissance meets the best of internet meme culture in WTF Renaissance. Part of the upcoming Perth Fringe Festival, the exhibition takes the most stately, dignified, finest works of the renaissance and warps them with 21st century captions, with an ethos of “old paintings, new captions, total nonsense”. The project was…

PROMINENT Perth urban planner Linley Lutton died January 7, aged 64. In recent times he was best known as the lead campaigner against the Elizabeth Quay development, as part of the City Gatekeepers movement. Prior to that he had a long and varied career as an architect, urban planner, and was former chair of the…

THE local government department has announced a new inquiry into gift and sponsorship arrangements at the City of Perth and Joondalup councils. The inquiry follows probity audits at a number of metro and regional councils, and these two were flagged because of the sheer “volume, value and nature” of freebies given through sponsorship arrangements. The…

Museum focuses on soldier with a message ARTIST and soldier Reginald James Walters completed his apprenticeship as a signwriter in 1913—a year later war broke out. By 1915 he was serving with 10th Australian Light Horse in the Egyptian desert, having joined the 12th Reinforcements before they sailed from Fremantle. Trained in art and drawing…

IS Mt Hawthorn local Jessica Harlond-Kenny a twit for choosing a puppet show over a holiday in Ireland? Well actually, yes, she is. The seasoned puppeteer plays a series of characters in a razztwizzling adaptation of Roald Dahl’s The Twits, including the cantankerous Mrs Twit. It’s Spare Parts Puppet Theatre’s world premier of the jumpswiffling…