This Week in St Kilda #304
New mural and Bollywood moves @ Space2b
More Grace @ Red Stitch
Don Walker @ Memo
Rooftop Sunday Social @ Pride
Massive St Kilda weekend 26 & 27 Feb
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Betty @ Theatre Works
Tuesday 22 February until Saturday 26 February, 7.30 pm
“Betty is a harrowing and heartfelt exploration of dementia through a complex mother/daughter relationship, challenged by cultural clashes and long-buried secrets. Though it explores hard-hitting subject matter, Betty is unapologetic, candid, and incredibly humorous; its hilarity adding a much-needed contrast to the weight of loss and tragedy.” $24/$27
Tix
Barefoot outdoor cinema @ St Kilda Botanic Gardens
Until Saturday 26 February
Enjoy Barefoot Cinema in the St Kilda Botanic Gardens (Herbert/Dickens Corner) $21/$17
Apparently $12 + bf last week special code: BYESTKILDA
Tuesday: House of Gucci
Wednesday: Eyes of Tammy Faye
Thursday: The 355
Friday: Sing 2
Saturday: Spencer
Tix and info
Cycling and the Federal Election @ online forum
Thursday 24 February, 6.30 pm – 8.00 pm
Which party loves cycling as much as you do?
Free online forum organised by local government to hear what all major parties will do to support cycling.
Register now 
Don Walker & Band @ Memo
Friday 25 February, 7.30 pm
TWiSK has seen Don play at the Memo and it was a solid five stars. He’s got the voice, the gravitas and the repertoire.
Backed again by his long-term band of pure class – Garrett Costigan, Roy Payne, Hamish Stuart and Michael Vidale. $70 / $50
Tix
Linger @ Stanger Gallery
Friday 25 February until Tuesday 1 March, noon – 6 pm
Launch Friday 6 pm
A photographic investigation of personal beliefs surrounding mortality, and how this has been shaped by close-to-death encounters.
Photographer Elijah Clarke investigates personal beliefs surrounding mortality and explores a personal narrative surrounding mortality.
Info
Morning of the Earth @ Astor
Friday 25 February, 6.30 pm
Celebrating 50 years of the film that inspired a generation of beach bums and Sandman owners.
Meticulously remastered in 4K.
Tix
Gary Óg @ Prince Band Room
Friday 25 February. 7.30
Gary Òg, once of the famed band, Eire Og, returns to Australia after his last tour sold out nationwide. $57
Tix | YouTube
Small Towns, Big Crimes @ Sisters in Crime
Friday 25 February, 8 pm. Live online.
What happens when crime leaves the mean streets of our big cities to stalk small-town Australia?
Find out with authors Emma Viskic, Aoife Clifford, and Maryrose Cuskelly in conversation with Jacqui Horwood.
Donate $10 via Eventbrite by Friday 25 February, 5 pm to go into a draw for three $150 crime book packs.
Available for free on YouTube from Sunday 27 February, after 7 pm.
The Godfather 50th anniversary @ Astor
Saturday 26 February and Sunday 27 February, 3 pm and 7.30 pm
Painstakingly restored and remixed. It’s an offer you can’t refuse.
Tix
Intoxica ‘Suburban Roulette’ 30th Anniversary @ Memo
Saturday 26 February, 7.30 pm
Easter 1992. For five days Intoxica bunkered down at Atlantis Recording, South Melbourne and emerged with ‘Suburban Roulette’ with signature tunes: ‘Petrol Head’, ‘Bloody Mary’ and of course the single ‘I Wanna Wear Your Skin’.
W/guests The Vibrajets $35/$30
Tix
Laneway floor mural launch @ Space2b
Saturday 26 February, noon – 1 pm
Street artist Heesco, well known for his silo works in regional Victoria, and four CALD artists have brought color and movement to Space2b’s laneway and café with a large scale mural featuring a menagerie of local birds and indigenous flora.
The mural spills out onto the laneway floor offering children’s street games from around the world.
Info
Laneway behind 144 Chapel St, St Kilda
Between Rosamond and Nightingale Streets
Bollywood dance moves @ Space2b
Saturday 26 February, noon
Bring out your inner Bollywood star with the Jhoom-Bollywood Dance Company in the laneway behind Space2b.
During the mural launch, two of the Jhoom Bollywood dancers will teach you some simple Bollywood steps. Free
Registration required 
Sunday Social @ Pride Centre’s rooftop
Sunday 27 February, 1 pm – 6 pm
Connect with your Pride community while enjoying stunning views and fabulous music all afternoon.
Swing by Gay Stuff Markets on the ground floor or browse Hares & Hyenas bookshop.
Entry is free but capacity on the rooftop is limited.
Sunday Social – 1 pm to 6 pm
Gay Stuff Markets – 12 pm to 4 pm
Hares & Hyenas opening hours – 10 am to 5.30 pm
Info
Brass Sounds @ All Saints’
Sunday 27 February, 3.00pm
Chris Eury trumpet, Amber Lomanowicz trumpet, Sharon Hatton French Horn, Frank Blakiston trombone and Simon Baldwin bass trombone. Program includes music by Dukas, Texidor, Scheidt, Just a Closer Walk – a traditional gospel song, Handel, Bach, Vaughan Williams: English Folk Song Suite, Sousa: The Liberty Bell March, Praetorius: Dances from Terpsichore. $25 / $20 students free
Tickets are available at the door
Michael Waugh Album Launch @ Memo
Sunday 27 February, 3.30 pm
“Michael Waugh has been acclaimed as one of Australia’s finest songwriters, lauded for his vivid stories of uniquely Australian places and characters, told in an accent that is idiosyncratically ours.” $42/$35
Tix
Geoff Achison @ George Lane
Sunday 27 February, doors 4 pm
Geoff was inducted into the Blues Music Victoria Hall of Fame last year and he represented Melbourne at the ‘International Blues Challenge’ in Memphis TN winning the coveted ‘Albert King Award’ in 1995.
Tix 
Last chance for Postcard Show @ Linden
Closes Sunday 27 February, Tuesdays – Sundays 11 am- 4 pm
Don’t miss The Postcard Show with over 1,000 mini masterpieces to see – every work measuring exactly 8 x 10”
More info 
Grace extended @ Red Stitch
Until Sunday 6 March
After great reviews and selling out many shows, Grace has been extended until early March.
Three women.
Three generations.
One long weekend in Copenhagen.
Featuring Kate Cole, Jillian Murray & Mia Tuco.
Tix
Soon
Ellis Moseley > The Work is not the Work @ Linden
Closes 6 March
The Work is not the Work is an experimental exhibition featuring six exquisitely formed ceramic vessels. In a conceptual twist, the vessels themselves are not considered by the artist to be the work at all.
Info
Alliance Française French Film Festival @ Astor
Thursday 3 March, 7 pm
The festival starts with the sumptuous film Lost Illusions. Join the Alliance on the red carpet for a glamourous evening in the company of special guest and Festival Ambassador David Wenham. $80 / $65
Tix 
Port Phillip Women’s Day event @ Gasworks
Saturday 12 March, 1.30 pm – 3 pm
Celebrate International Women’s Day with the Mayor and Councillors.
There will be a performance by A Good Catch – a three generational circus group (pictured).
RSVP by 11 March essential as places are limited
Q&A with Mayor Marcus Pearl
In the first of a regular feature, TWiSK put some rapid-fire questions to Mayor Cr Marcus Pearl.
Topics include the St Kilda Festival, childcare, adventure playgrounds, staff turnover at Council, traffic in West St Kilda and late-night drummers. All good local stuff.
Watch now
Contact details for Cr Pearl
Phone: 03 9209 6705
Mobile: 0466 448 272
Email: Marcus.Pearl@portphillip.vic.gov.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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