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Author: Your Herald
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TIN plates and bowls, bagels and boxes and boxes of jazz records, Satchmo in North Perth is a very funky little cafe indeed. Nathan Karnovsky opened the joint a few months ago, moving from The Grumpy Sailor in Fremantle, which had also prided itself on beautifully fresh bagels. The name comes from a family connection…
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“MY favourite is Dark Horses,” Getaway Plan frontman Matthew Wright says, rather appropriately on Melbourne Cup morning. With a single-minded focus on his music the Melbourne muso had missed the connection with the day, telling the Voice the title song of the album “gels perfectly” with its alternative rock style. “For me that song is…
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THE reputation of multi-award winning architects Iredale Pedersen Hook is so strong, devotees are flocking to home opens for this townhouse in Seventh Avenue, Inglewood. The abode boasts magnificent, rolling timber ceilings—golden sweeps that unfold high overhead like a cresting wave. “Architect junkies are coming through just because of its design credentials,” the beaming from…
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Northbridge will come alive to the sounds of the ‘50s and ‘60s on Thursday 12 November from 12pm for a free Seniors Week lunchtime concert featuring classic tunes from the era that gave birth to rock ‘n’ roll. The Roots of Rock ‘n’ Roll Show at Northbridge Piazza features the legendary musicians of Perth’s own…
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THE word “gay” has two meanings: to be happy, or to be homosexual (or any -sexual that doesn’t involve just man ‘n woman). From next week, both states of being will be celebrated across Perth at PrideFEST with two weeks of performances by the local lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ) community. The…
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TWO heritage buildings in Bayswater are temporarily safe from demolition after a state planning panel unexpectedly rejected plans for a seven-storey project. The local development assessment panel rejected, four votes to one, Yolk Property Group’s proposal for 27 apartments at 9-11 King William Street. Yolk director Pete Adams concedes the decision blind-sided him. “We have…
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A CHILD’S painting has been stolen from the Bayswater Art Awards and Exhibition, leaving the young artist devastated. Malinda Coppola issued an online appeal saying her 14-year-old daughter Grace’s painting was stolen from Maylands The Rise, and asking people to share the image in the hope someone might have spotted it. It would’ve been nicked…
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CITY lawyer Nicholas van Hattem is setting up a human race as an alternative to the cruelty of the Melbourne Cup. He loves the partying associated with cup day but he’s had enough of the barbarity, with whipping an ordinary part of the game and two horses killed last year after injuries. About 25,000 racehorses…
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A PARKING inspector will be paid three months’ wages after the fair work commission found his sacking over incorrect timesheets to be “harsh”. Commissioner Bruce Williams found Perth city council parking team leader Alexander Casper didn’t work 28 minutes he’d claimed on one day and 111 minutes he claimed on another back in 2014. The…
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