Author: Your Herald
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CHRISTMAS bells could be hard to find in Perth music shops this year—and not because of a production shortage. “I’ve been buying out all of the local shops’ jingle bells,” WA jazz diva Libby Hammer confesses to the Voice. In the hands of eager 4–7 year-olds they’ll ring out a jazzy Christmas as part of…
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“I RECKON we have the best bacon, caramelised onion and cheese bagels in Perth. They just fly out the door,” Cuppa Joe chef Connie declares confidently. Having stalked her from her previous gig at Mia Cafe in Inglewood (because her food is so good) I wasn’t about to argue—even if I’m not a fan of the…
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IT was the biggest Light Up Leederville Carnival yet, with 80,000 people lining the streets on Sunday December 7. To keep people from having to pack in like sardines the event expanded up through Oxford and Newcastle Streets to cater for the eight stages and 250 stalls. The day kicked off with hundreds of Santas…
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CHRISTMAS is cancelled at the Central Institute of Technology, amid fears an ostentatious display of cheer at the publicly funded school would be “inappropriate” in times of austerity. Managing director Neil Fernandes issued the missive to staff informing them that “after much thought, executive has made the difficult decision to cancel the staff Christmas party…
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IF you’re wondering if you missed the Maylands Street Festival originally scheduled for last month the answer is no: it was scrapped because the organisers, MBA, failed to get enough funding and were too busy to sort it out. They’ve asked Bayswater council for permission to stage it in March instead. In April the council…
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THE Origin New Year’s Eve party rejected by Perth city councillors has found a home in Subiaco. The PCC was split over the decision, with councillors Rob Butler and Reece Harley voting to let the party go ahead but the rest of the gang worrying over the impact on neighbours. Festival organiser Saran Bajaj says…
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A FIRE at a medical centre on Beaufort Street has caused at least $1 million of damage to a local radiology firm. The fire broke out in InSight Clinical Imaging on Sunday night at around 11.45pm, and was put out by fire services at 2 am. InSight CEO Josh Zucal says the fire was started…
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PLANS to erect a council-funded memorial to former Bayswater mayor John D’Orazio (Voice, November 29, 2014) have upset the local residents and ratepayers association. BRRA president Tony Green says the late Mr D’Orazio already has a park named after him, an oil painting in the council foyer and he’d been honoured as a freeman of…
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NORTH PERTH primary school kids will get their space-age climbing dome (Voice, October 17, 2014) after the public dug deep and crowd-funded the state-of-the-art gear. The German-engineered explorer dome is on the cutting edge of play equipment, encouraging children to develop both brain power and motor skills, but the price tag weighs in at a…
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RENOVATIONS at Luna Palace cinemas in Leederville have uncovered a lost history of the art deco building. Workers recently stripped back red paint on the awning to reveal a faded sign reading “library,” a forgotten use of the interwar-era shops just to the north of the main Luna corner buildings. Luna’s Tony Bective said he’d…
