This Week in St Kilda #295
Postcards on show
Shakespeare in the Gardens
30 years since Town Hall fire
Big lost band rehearsal
Council faces heat on childcare
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Postcard Show @ Linden
Until Sunday 27 February, Tuesdays – Sundays 11 am- 4 pm
The Postcard Show is back with over 1,000 mini masterpieces to see – every work measuring exactly 8 x 10”
More info and winners
Winner of the Best of St Kilda prize (pictured above)
Tess Rice: The Greyhound Hotel 1979, Dean
The Judges said:
“The work had significant meaning to Rice as her family used to own The Greyhound Hotel and she used to document some of the regulars in the day. The work was praised for its strong and powerful narrative with its inclusion of text in the image which provided optimism despite the current challenges.”
The Comedy of Errors @ St. Kilda Botanical Gardens
3 – 19 December, 7 pm – 8.30 pm, also 3 pm – 4.30 pm weekends
Melbourne Shakespeare Company returns with their original musical adaptation of Shakespeare’s funniest farce The Comedy of Errors. $30/$20
Tix
Anna Hoyle: Your Choc-Mint Pelvik Floor Is So Boring @ Linden
Until Sunday 27 February, Tuesdays – Sundays 11 am – 3 pm
A collection of recent ‘fictional’ book paintings and works on paper that have been inspired by social trends such as the self-help book and the wellness industry.
More info
Bachata Corazon Tuesday @ Ellora
Tuesdays from 6.15, various sessions from beginners to advanced
TWiSK has not been here, but this looks like fun. Starts with free class for absolute beginners to learn the fundamental and the basic of bachata. Then classes and dancing from $20
More info
Town Hall fire: 30 years after @ Port Phillip and Open House Melbourne
Thursday 9 December, 6 pm – 7.30 pm online
It has been 30 years since flames ripped through the St Kilda Town Hall, destroying much of the historic building and its belongings.
Presented by Council and Open House Melbourne, this free online event traces the fire’s impact and the building’s history.
Stuart Harrison will host the conversation and will be joined by:
Ian McDougall (Founding Director, ARM Architecture)
Louisa Scott (Curator, City of Port Phillip)
David Helms (Heritage Advisor, City of Port Phillip)
Click here from 6 pm
Orchestrated Queen, Bowie and Jersey Boys @ Palais
Thursday 9 December – Sunday 12 December
A 24 Piece Symphony Orchestra Conducted by internationally-renowned George Ellis will perform popular music with some outstanding guest vocalists. From $99
Tix and info
Bohemian Symphony: Thursday 9 December & Friday 10 December
The Music from Jersey Boys Orchestrated: Saturday 11 December
The Music of Bowie Orchestrated: Sunday 12 December
The Delta Riggs @ Espy’s Gershwin
Thursday 9 December, 7.30 pm
The Delta Riggs with an end of year hometown show at the iconic Gershwin Room
Tix
MND Benefit: Joe Camilleri with Wilbur Wilde & The Troublemakers @ Memo
Thursday 9 December, 6.30 pm and 8.30 pm
Backed by the solid, rocking ‘TroubleMakers’ you’ll experience good-time R&B, hit after hit from The Falcons, Black Sorrows, DC, OL55 and maybe even a bit of Van the Man. Proceeds from both great shows go to Motor Neurone Disease Victoria via MND Ambassador Pete ‘Chambo’ Chambers. $60
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Nite Theory @ Espy’s Gershwin
Friday 10 December, 7.30 pm
A blend of indie dance infused with analog synths and nostalgic vocals. With Special Guests Maya Vice, Jove, Danny Rhizbang
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Kate Ceberano @ Memo
Friday 10 December, 7.30 pm
We look forward to celebrating our new found freedom along with some Christmas cheer as Kate Ceberano & band perform songs throughout Kate’s musical career. $65 / $55
Tix
Checkerboard Lounge @ George Lane
Friday 10 December, doors 6 pm
Semi-finalists at the 2020 International Blues Challenge in Memphis TN, recording at the legendary SUN Studio and a new incredible live CD to launch, word keeps spreading about this formidable act. Hurry almost sold out!
Tix
Telling Tales @ St Kilda Botanical Gardens
11 – 19 December, Saturdays and Sundays only 11 am & 2 pm
A new interactive family musical presenting a magical adventure with your favourite fairy tales and fables from around the globe. The production involves sing-along songs, puppetry, live music and dance that the whole family will love.
A 60 minute interactive adventure suitable for children aged 5+.
Pay what you can pricing ($20 suggested)
Tix
Into The Mystic – Songs of Van Morrison – Christmas Extravaganza @ Memo
Saturday 11 December, 4.00 pm and 7.30 pm
Celebrate with the very classy Joe Creighton & his 7-piece band as they take you Into The Mystic. Big sound. $50 / $42
Tix
Open Studios @ Shakespeare Grove Artist Studios
Sunday 12 December, 12 pm – 4 pm
Located in the Veg Out Community Gardens, the Shakespeare Grove studios house a variety of artists working in different mediums across sixteen studios.
After closure during the lockdowns the SGAS cohort are opening their doors to the public for a relaxed, casual Sunday afternoon, providing a opportunity to see the artists in their working environment and a range of work and projects in progress.
COVID safe please – the artists ask that you check in at the front door (show vax cert), wear a mask, and be mindful of COVID safe practice.
For updates follow Instagram shakespearegrove 
Shake ‘Em Down Fest @ George Lane
Sunday 12 December, 5 pm – 9 pm
A one day Festival showcasing three fantastic bands:
Louis King & The Liars Klub, 5 pm
Jane Hilson’s Trio Grande, 6.30 pm
Paper Jane, 8 pm
Tix
St Kilda Big Lost Band @ Theatre Works and The Acland Street Traders
Open rehearsal: Saturday 12 December, 1 pm – 3 pm
Big gig: 15 January in O’Donnell Gardens
Here’s your chance to play in the biggest band you’ve ever seen. Imagine 20 drum kits, 20 basses, 60 guitars, 10 keyboards and a swarm of singers on mics.
All are warmly welcomed to join this rollicking rock and roll adventure – young and old, beginners and seasoned pros – when it hits O’Donnell Gardens in January.
Tix
A Musical Tribute to ‘Clarke Terry & Bob Brookmeyer’ @ Ruby Carter Lounge
Sunday 12 December, 3.30 pm
Presented by the Mat Jodrell quintet. Expect plenty of swingin’, feel good music in what is sure to be a rollicking afternoon of music. $40
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Dino Wilson: Warnarringa Jilamara @ Vivien Anderson Gallery
Until 18 December, Tues – Fri 11 am – 5 pm, Sat 12 pm – 4 pm
Warnarringa Jilamara – Painting Under The Tiwi Sun demonstrates Wilson’s increasing mastery over large format painting and his ability to produce works of art at a scale that captures the vastness demanded by one of his most dynamic and represented subjects – warnarringa (sun).
www.vivienandersongallery.com
Ground Floor, 284 – 290 St Kilda Road
( between Argyle and Inkerman Streets )
Small childcare centres: Going, going, gone?
Council voted on Wednesday to press on with consultations about the possible sale of three local childcare centres.
Under the fabulously euphemistic title of Portfolio Improvement: Childcare Centres, a report to council proposed to start community engagement to sell childcare centres at 17 Eildon Road, St Kilda, 46 Tennyson Street, Elwood, and 39 The Avenue, Balaclava.
These three community-run centres are small, operating in older buildings that don’t meet modern standards. State funding for better childcare centres is directed at creating larger centres, so the tiny three are unlikely to get support for refurbishment.
Council officers figured the sale price of the three smaller centres would go a long way to creating a bigger modern centre on an existing childcare site in Argyle Street.
But the heat and anger from the parents was sufficient to power a small nation. They felt ambushed and unconsulted and delivered a barrage of questions about the process.
Councillors and officers quickly stressed that it was the just beginning of a consultative process – ‘they really wanted to really engage with parents, and they really like childcare’. There was even talk of lobbying the State to change their funding rules (with elections looming, hint hint).
So round one of this saga went to the parents – but council is definitely looking for a portfolio improvement – whatever that means.
Image: Parents and children at Elwood Children’s Centre from The Age
Next hot issue: Open Space
Balaclava residents are concerned that Council is poised to further entrench open space disadvantage into the next decade by adopting a plan which fails to deliver new open space to the heavily populated areas of East St Kilda and Balaclava.
BEST (Balaclava Environment Streets and Trees) has specifically sought finance for a landscaping proposal for the Green Line, an innovative proposal to use remnant railway land and underused road space to provide a walking trial linking our available areas of open space from Alma Park to Ripponlea Gardens: this has not been funded.
The Council is selling off carparking in the Carlisle Street area but has not committed to return the funds to meet the open space needs which the redevelopment of this area will entail. Undeveloped land currently for sale behind the Library has not been earmarked for purchase.
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For further information contact Helen Halliday (BEST) 0448 422 002 or email jahel@bigpond.net.au
Greg Day
Happy to chat anytime 0418 345 829
Content suggestions and community questions are always welcome.
gday@archives.gdaystkilda.com.au
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