WHILE public art has traditionally been the domain of government, the Beaufort Street Network is trying out a new plan to crowd-fund an installation. BSN chair John Carey’s taken to fundraising website Pozible to raise $5000 to buy Sandy Bliim’s sculpture Clytie. The BSN has already raised $10,000 from roving dinners, so the $3340 raised…

ALANNAH MacTIERNAN has refused to rule out running as an independent Senate candidate in September. Scuttlebutt is doing the rounds of parliament that the former WA Labor planning minister—who contested the federal seat of Canning in 2010—will enter the race. “Never say never,” the Vincent mayor said when the Voice called for comment. “To rule…

THE “Montgomery Bible” from the Battle of El Alamein will be on display in Perth this month. WA-born historian Kelvin Crombie will give a talk on the Hebrew bible, presented by Palestinians to General Montgomery after his Allied forces stopped the Holocaust from occurring in the Middle-East. The British general halted Rommel’s forces at El…

THE much-debated Bunnies are here. This week the 2.5m glowing rabbits were installed on Perth city council’s Goderich Street affordable housing project. Perth artists Kat Black and Jasper Cook split the PCC when it was approved last year, with Cr Rob Butler saying he wanted his name recorded as opposing it, “in capital letters”. Cr…

WORKS by Van Gogh, Picasso, Cezanne and Frida Kahlo arrive in Perth June 22 for a major six-month exhibition at the WA art gallery. It will be the only Australian outing of the New York Museum of Modern Art collection. “The development of the exhibition is a wonderful achievement for the gallery,” director Stefano Carboni…

“WE’VE always had a love of dangerous, interesting, revelatory writing,”  publisher Nathan Hondros said at the launch of Northbridge-based Regime Magazine’s 02 edition earlier this year. He and business partner and long-time friend Damon Lockwood produced their first magazine in mid-2012, saying there was no avenue for “more interesting pieces” in the local scene. “So…

Bucket wish I WRITE in response to the lengthy glowing assessment of the Lord Mayor of Perth, Ms Scaffidi, by an obviously awestruck Ron Willis (Voice Mail, June 15, 2013). At the risk of angering her excited admirer, can I suggest the almost perfect Ms Scaffidi forsake some of her photo opportunities and get out…

VINCENT mayor Alannah MacTiernan says her own daughter was accosted in Highgate by men looking for paid sex. She revealed the information at a council meeting that decided to proceed with a plan to use the council website to name and shame people convicted of soliciting street-walkers within Vincent boundaries. “This is not about revenge,…

THE Crea family has lived on Vincent Street for almost 50 years and is happy to see new public art on their street. Rosaria and Pasquale moved into their house in 1964. Originally from Italy, Mr Crea came to Australia first to find work on the railroad, and a few years later brought his wife…

THE Public Transport Authority has downed tools after been caught doing railworks in East Perth without planning approval or going through consultation. Local residents were incensed when the PTA started expanding the sidings at Claisebrook—behind their houses—without any community consultation. PTA spokesperson David Hynes says the PTA had thought it owned the land so approval…