THE opening of a highly-anticipated $6 million microbrewery in Northbridge has been pushed back to the end of March. Owners Michael Rasheed and Michael Keiller were scheduled to open at the end of 2013, but building licence delays stopped the beer flowing. “There was a bit of argy-bargy getting the building licence, and we had…

WITH amalgamations looming Vincent council has released its vision for key projects over the next two years. Priorities include: • rolling out the bike network to fix gaps in the cycle paths and fight congestion; • greening streets and verges to cool the suburb and prevent heat islands; • a “placemaking” program with town centre…

FANS of lasers and water features will be enraptured by this year’s Skyworks. The extravaganza will include a “laser and water spectacular”, which for the first time will be viewable from both Langley Park and South Perth. Fountains will spray jets of water into the air providing a glittering backdrop for laser beams and effects.…

THE New York Times’ thumbs up to Perth and mention of Mt Lawley is being read as further evidence of the need to merge Vincent with Perth. The NYT entry for “52 places to go in 2014” describes “up-and-coming neighbourhoods like Mt Lawley and Northbridge, chockablock with cafes and vintage shops”. Liberal Perth MP Eleni…

THE Leederville Farmers Market kicks off this Sunday opposite the hotel, with everything for sale having to be produced in WA. Organised by Sarcha Thurston and Paul Ashbolt, the markets won a resounding thumbs up at Vincent council’s last meeting of 2013, with local after local fronting the meeting to praise the plan. Mr Ashbolt…

SWEAT dripping, heart pounding and legs aching, the man runs on and on through the dark, down the lonely country road. “He doesn’t know why he’s running,” writer and actor Tom Davies says. As he runs the man speculates on why he’s where he is and why he’s running. “Has he committed a crime, lost…

ABORIGINAL activist Marianne Mackay is planning to boycott Australia Day with an open-air screening of Utopia at the Perth foreshore. The John Pilger documentary focuses on the plight of indigenous Australians, focusing on the Northern Territory “intervention” by the Howard government in 2007. It includes interviews with Aboriginal leaders, human-rights campaigners, academics and former PM…

TO bee or not to bee. Steve Fletcher found himself pondering his own mortality after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in November 2012. The cancer has a very low survival rate—six per cent survive more than five years—as it often goes undetected and is diagnosed at an advanced stage. Instead of wallowing in self-pity, the…

POSTERS reading “blacks banned” are springing up around North Perth. Halinka Lamparksi spotted one at Robertson Park and alerted Vincent city council. Rangers swooped and removed about eight. While the shock headline indicates racist intent, the smaller text suggests the signs may have been slapped up by Aboriginal activists unhappy with police moving them out…

THE games console is set to mingle with the cello at Perth concert hall. As part of the 2014 Perth festival, the WA symphony orchestra will play music from famous video games as they are projected onto a huge screen in the background. The recital will include music from BioShock one, two and infinite; Grim…