Author: Your Herald
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JON DENARO tinkered with making “weird” objects from a young age, especially when his air force dad was away and he had access to his shed. But he wasn’t always headed for a career as a sculptor: he’d studied to be a town planner before joining the air force and studying engineering. “I think I…
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In one of the most ambient dining locations in Northbridge, perched above the hustle and bustle of James Street and overlooking evergreen Russell Square is one of Perths most loved Greek restaurants, Mez Kouzina! Mez (short for Mezedes, or share plate style dining), and Kouzina (kitchen) has built a reputation over many years for its…
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WITH lunchtime crowds surging in and out, smiles were a little strained at the Leaf and Bean Emporium as staff battled a misbehaving dishwasher. It wasn’t long however before the recalcitrant machine was brought to heel—perhaps with a well-aimed kick—and the smiles soon returned at this popular Mt Hawthorn cafe. L&B’s decor is modern and…
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LONELY PLANET is blunt in its description of Northbridge’s Kakulas Brothers: “A ramshackle provisions store overflowing with dirt-cheap legumes, nuts and olives.” To generations of Perth folk the store, which began trading in 1929, is a treasure trove of exotic and domestic comestibles, and they’d have it no other way. The Greek brothers who started…
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INTERNATIONAL photographer Nigel Bennet is documenting William Street as the area’s new artist-in-residence. A joint project between Vincent city council and Form, the Anglo-American traveller is asking locals what the street means to them. His three-stage process is designed to remove as much of his own subjectivity as possible. “The idea of the work is…
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MT LAWLEY MP Michael Sutherland has fired a broadside at Stirling city council, claiming its anti-amalgamation campaign is “scaremongering” and packed with “half truths and misinformation”. The council has come under fire in recent weeks for issuing letters to residents in Dianella and Inglewood claiming they would suffer if borders were to shift, placing them…
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ABOUT 350 Vincent locals turned up to the town hall on Sunday to prepare their submissions on council mergers to the WA local government advisory board. Mayor John Carey says he is “under no doubts our community wants Vincent to remain as is”. “That message was made very clear in last year’s plebiscite, where we…
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PLANS to convert the Inglewood IGA site into a $16 million mixed use complex have been rejected by the Stirling development assessment panel. The applicant had hoped to build a three-to-five storey building, with 94 apartments, and an office, shop and restaurant on the ground floor of the property, at the corner of Beaufort and…
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IN the early 1800s Louis de Freycinet set sail to Australia, sent by the French government to collect specimens of native plants and animals. On the journey artists depicted the expedition in a series of paintings, drawings and maps that came to be known as the Freycinet Collection, now held in the WA state library. Two…
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A CHANCE meeting with a local MP who’d popped in to buy a dress has alerted a local dressmaking boutique to the existence of federal grants that can help them take on overseas competitors. Tokay Boutique—run by Jessica McLagan and her mum Jennifer Stefanelli—has for 16 years been making its own clothes using WA suppliers…
