Author: Your Herald
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BIG developers operating in the Perth CBD may soon have to shell out one per cent of the cost of their projects for public artworks, and more Aboriginal art may one day grace the streets. Perth city council is playing catchup with Vincent and Bayswater councils in floating the idea for its own per cent…
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ANNAPURNA Nepalese Kitchen is helping the earthquake appeal effort, holding a buffet lunch this Sunday May 3 and inviting people to pay what they want with all proceeds going to the Nepal Earthquake Victims Appeal. Local federal MP Alannah MacTiernan is asking everyone to get down there “and support our local Nepalese community assisting their…
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A NORTH PERTH woman called the Voice this week saying the WWI postcard found on the fence of Graham Farmer Freeway earlier this month (Voice, April 25, 2015) might be a fake. She says several fake postcards had been made and shot from a cannon as part of The Giants puppet performance in February. When…
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HISTORY was made Tuesday when Bayswater city council voted unanimously to fly an Aboriginal flag outside and inside its civic HQ. Previously the council only flew the flag during NAIDOC and reconciliation week. The council will spend $1500 installing a fourth flagpole for an indigenous flag, to be flown permanently alongside the national, WA and…
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Voice photographer Matthew Dwyer snapped this pic of a curiously 3D-seeming bus in the alley behind La Cholita. The perspective mural is the work of local artist Drew Straker, who’s been drawing on walls for about 15 years. ADORABLE hounds prowled the CBD streets this week sniffing out change for Guide Dogs WA. They have…
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Treat Mum to a Feast – Italian Style! Golden Ravioli is Perth’s premier providore of artisan pasta and sauces. Celebrating 50 years in operation this year, Golden Ravioli has a long and proud history. Owned and operated by the Lenzarini family (of Romany restaurant fame), Golden Ravioli was launched in 1964 in response to Australia’s…
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ANZAC Day fail for buses ANZAC Day public transport in the Fitzgerald Street / Alexander Drive corridor was disgraceful. For those in this area who depend on Transperth there was just no way to be standing by the Eternal Flame at sunrise. Everything depended on having some means to get to the train—no easy task if you…
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HE’S been dubbed “the African Sting”, but is Richard Bona really “one of the planet’s five revelations of the past decade”, as claimed in an international music magazine? “I’d agreed with that, he is a sensational musician, one of a few in a generation who will make his mark,” Perth International Jazz Festival artistic director…
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KYLE BARTLETT is bringing indigenous hip-hop to Mt Lawley. The 27-year-old, who occasionally does some rapping on Bartlett Brothers tracks, is branching out on his own with his band Tribal Legacy. But don’t expect cliche-ridden lyrics about gangstas, bitches and “shizzle ma nizzle”. Instead, Bartlett wants to promote indigenous empowerment and education. “Growing up I…
