HIGHGATE’S Andrew Nicholls has won the Perth Centre for Photography’s 2018 IRIS Award. He snagged $3000 in prize money for Jacob and the Angel – “a self-portrait, depicting myself wrestling with my muse, close friend and fellow artist David Charles Collins at The Pinnacles desert, one of regional WA’s most haunting landscapes. We wear high-visibility…

A NEW shared space in the Leederville town centre could be ready in time for the Leedypalooza in January. Vincent council’s planning to raise the road on Newcastle Street, just in front of Bill’s (formerly the Leederville Hotel) to match the footpath, with staffers reporting that will make it more “pedestrian-friendly” by flagging its dual-use…

ONE extra person will be allowed in Amani wine bar on Oxford Street. Vincent council approved the request to increase the bar’s capacity from 94 people to 95 – so now you can bring your plus-one. Technically under the city’s rules about how many parking spots a business has to provide, that extra person would…

LOCAL amateur theatre troupe ARENAarts’ first production in their new Maylands home kicks off this weekend. The actors secured a two-year lease of the old Maylands Autumn Centre back in July and while waiting for the building’s stage and lighting to be upgraded, have been rehearsing a production of You’ve Got Hate Mail. Director Simon…

FIVE Voiceland buildings will get some TLC after the state’s heritage grants were finalised recently. The University of WA’s Gleddon Building on the corner of Hay and William Streets, and the Atlas Building on The Esplanade (now home of the Museum of Perth) were the big local winners, each scoring $50,000. The First Church of…

Mayor promises tough action against polluter A BAYSWATER garage is under investigation after being spotted pumping a black sludge into storm water drains. Last Saturday (October 6), environment-loving martial arts expert Charlie Bellamy noticed the sludge, which he described as a cocktail of oil, grease and sand, running along the Whatley Crescent gutter and into…

A NEW purple bench in Hyde Park is part of a worldwide movement to honour victims of domestic homicide. Vincent deputy mayor Susan Gontaszewski says the purple bench movement started in Canada in 2015 to honour the memory of Barb Baillie, who was murdered by her husband 25 years earlier, and has spread worldwide. “This…

PERTH’S Heritage Weekend celebrates its 10th birthday this year. Starting out as Heritage Day, the mix of tours, talks and workshops proved highly popular, and the event was later expanded over two days. This year’s event (October 20-21) has 42 sites, from the Old Observatory, designed by George Temple Poole and built for the colonial…

A NEW festival is coming to Maylands town centre early next year. Bayswater council will hold the Maylands Laneway Festival on Saturday, February 23, from 5.30pm to 9pm, in Lyric Lane just off Eighth Avenue. Councillor Elli Petersen-Pik says the family-friendly festival “will take place in the evening and include buskers and free children’s entertainment.…

NEARLY 60 per cent of people in a Vincent council survey have supported a 40kmh trial on residential streets in the south of the city. At Tuesday’s council meeting (October 16), Vincent councillors will vote on whether to proceed with a two-year, 40kmh trial south of Vincent Street, north of Charles Street and east to…