TWiSK #325
Marina plans ‘disaster’ say unChain
Pop up bike lanes hit speed humps
Americana meets Australiana @ Bowlo
Lord of The Rings Marathon @ Astor
Kool Mist album launch @ Memo
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New Trivia Night @ Espy
Wednesday from 7 pm
Introducing for the first time ever, Trivia at the Espy in their Public Bar.
Bookings
Eli Greeneyes + The Crookeds @ Espy
Thursday 21 July, 7 pm
“Backed by a captivating live band, Eli Greeneyes rocks a fresh, anthemic sound. The Crookeds are a Melbourne 4-piece making rock music with grit and splendour to create an epic sound.” Free
Espy gigs
Canyon Dust, Ash Gaudion & Simon Phillips @ Bowlo
Friday July 22
Americana meets Australiana.
Kool Mist – “So Deadly” album launch @ Memo
Friday 22 July, 7.30 pm
Kool Mist features seasoned Melbourne music veterans including founder of the band, Grant Hansen (also the Host from the iconic AFL Footy show Marngrook) Brad Brown , Rick Evans , Ken Philips, Mick Evans and Ray Quon. $30 / $15
Tix
Shafted: Women in Peril @ Sisters in Crime
Friday 22 July, 8 pm.
Two women lie at the bottom of abandoned mine shafts in rural Victoria in the latest books by Kimberley Starr (A Map of Night) and Margaret Hickey (Stone Town), amazing but true. In her debut novel, The Unbelieved, Vikki Petraitis explores a spate of sexual attacks on women in the small town of Deception Bay. The authors will examine why and how women are too often shafted with Moraig Kisler, Sisters in Crime’s President.
Dinner from 6.30pm
Bookings
Rising Sun Hotel, 2 Raglan Street, South Melbourne
The Lord of The Rings Trilogy Marathon – 4k Remaster @ Astor
Saturday 23 July, 1 pm for a glorious 540 mins
Spend 9 hours with Peter Jackson’s celebrated vision of The Rings.
Tix
CJ Commerford & The Supertones @ Memo
Saturday 23 July 7.30 pm
The Mornington Peninsula’s CJ Commerford & The Supertones’ sweeping you back to the golden era of the 70s soul. With Charlie Bedford. $35 / $25
Tix
Starcrawler with These New South Whales @ Espy
Saturday 23 July, 7.30 pm
Californian rock’n’roll collective Starcrawler with These New South Whales – famous for their cult Comedy Central Mockumentary and frenetic energy on stage. $55
Espy gigs
Jungle @ Palais
Saturday 23 July, 8 pm
Jungle as part of Splendour’s Official Sideshows. $89
Tix
New works by Judi Singleton @ Brightspace
Opens: Saturday 23 July. 2 pm -5 pm Exhibition: 23 July – 13 August 2022
Judi Singleton – new works on canvas and in ceramic. This is Judi’s first solo show in many years. Known for her sensitive works, speaking of the nature, family and friends.
Info
Love – Art – Death “An Afternoon with Purcell” @ All Saints
Sunday 24 July, 3 pm
Melbourne Octet present works of Henry Purcell with John O’Donnell on harpsichord, Rosemary Hodgson on theorbo and baroque guitar.
Tickets at the door (no EFTPOS) or on Trybooking 
Rebecca Barnard & Billy Miller’s Winter Sing-A-Long @ Memo
Sunday 24 July, 3.30 pm
Warm winter afternoon delight. $25
Tix
Matt Black’s Continental Snarl @ Espy
Sunday 24 July, 6 pm
Sunday afternoon Rocknroll and Rhythm and Blues, featuring Ewan McCartney (Snout) , James Rogers (Ramshackle Army) , and Matt Black (Fireballs, Doubleblack), “the Snarl are big on Groove and low on Boredom.” Free
Espy gigs
Ongoing
Caligula @ Theatre Works
Until Saturday 23 July, 7.30 pm
The mad Emperor Caligula rules over Rome. There will be blood. And glitter.
Caligula brings Ancient Rome to life in a wild cross between American Psycho and Rupaul’s Drag Race in this massive play. Twelve actors bring this anarchic, volatile world to life in Melbourne’s professional premiere, by a company that has been making a name for delivering high octane, intense adaptations of classic plays.
Info and tix
Printed Protest exhibition @ Pride Centre
Until 31 July
A rich variety of posters, banners and placards across the decades from campaigns of social and political change for LGBTIQ+ communities, from the early days of Gay Liberation to Law Reform, the AIDS crisis and response, Marriage Equality and Trans visibility/rights.
Co-presented by the Australian Queer Archives and Victorian Pride Centre.
More info
The Amateurs @ Red Stitch
Until Sunday 24 July
The Amateurs is a witty tragicomedy from Pulitzer finalist, Jordan Harrison.
“A hilarious and moving exploration of mortality and the emergence of humanism. Harrison’s wildly inventive play asks when does a crisis destroy us, and when does it open new possibilities?”
Tix
Soon
Cycle to Open Houses @ Seafarers and Tapestry Workshop
Saturday 30 July, 9.30 am – 12.00 pm
Cycle to two buildings featured in Open House Melbourne – The Mission to Seafarers Building in Docklands & the Australian Tapestry Workshop in South Melbourne.
Riders of all ages & abilities welcome. Coffee stop included. Optional pirate attire.
Meet St Kilda Pier 9.30 am
Bookingsplease
Local openings @ Open House Melbourne
St Kilda Synagogue: Sunday 31 July
St Kilda Cemetery: Sunday 31 July
All Saints Church East St Kilda: Saturday 30 and Sunday 31 July
Jewish Museum of Australia: Sunday 31 July
Victorian Pride Centre: Saturday 30 July and Sunday 31 July
Hotel Ghosts: Chris Womersley at The Espy: Sunday 31 July
Local program
The Picasso Century with Dr Michael Adcock @ U3APP Saturday Seminar zoom
Saturday 6 August, 2.30 – 3.30 pm
In this U3APP Winter Special Seminar, Dr Michael Adcock’s will talk about the current Winter Masterpieces Exhibition at the NGV’s “The Picasso Century” exhibition. Michael will bring his expertise and love of history and art to explore this extraordinary collection.
This is a zoom event, please register at www.u3app.org.au
Scroll down and click on “public events” anytime from 2.20 pm.
Pride Centre Architects get a prize
The Victorian Pride Centre’s architects, Brearley Architects + Urbanists & Grant Amon, have been given The William Wardell Award For Public Architecture in the Australian Institute of Architects Victorian Awards 2022.
The judges said the architects had created an exuberant identity for this important new public building.
“Externally the Victorian Pride Centre is profoundly welcoming and exudes a sense of confidence and pride. The building with its tripartite arched composition and whimsical rooftop pavilions cleverly reminiscences upon St Kilda’s iconic institutions – St Kilda Sea Baths, Palais Theatre and Luna Park.
“This is a wonderful place of gathering and a thoughtful symbol of the ongoing struggle towards equality, diversity, and inclusion.”
Link to all awards 
Pop up lanes hit speed bumps
Two councillors will put motions about the pop bike lanes at the Council meeting this Wednesday.
The lanes are a Department of Transport project, with much of the works on council managed roads. The motions by Cr Bond and Cr Cunsolo call for works to be halted or reviewed, especially the use of bollards, speed humps and concrete barriers.
Pop up surprise:
No one mentioned bollards, speed humps and concrete blocks
Speaking to TWiSK, an angry Cr Bond said councillors were told the pop ups would be ‘light touch’.
“No one mentioned bollards, speed humps or concrete barriers,” he said.
“Council has clearly got this wrong in many areas. DOT should remove unnecessary infrastructure until they have a proper plan done in conjunction with residents.”
Cr Bond stressed that he was not anti-bike. “As a younger man I rode from Tasmania to Darwin by bicycle with my brother, it took us six months,” he said.
Cr Cunsolo’s motion also calls for a review of bollards and central bike lanes in Port Melbourne.
Cr Bond 3AW interview
Map of pop up bike lanes in Port Phillip
VicRoads consultation information 
Common Ground a step closer
Wednesday’s council will also receive a progress report on the Wellington Street Common Ground project that will provide 26 units of supported housing with on-site support.
Council will contribute $4 million cash from its In Our Backyard (IOBY) Reserve, and an adjoining surplus Council lane, to the project being delivered by by St Kilda Community Housing on Director of Housing land.
The project will increase in the supply of social housing and assist in reducing the homelessness in Port Phillip, specifically addressing the needs of persons who are rough sleeping by allocating housing from the Port Phillip Zero program’s By-Name List.
Marina plan ‘disaster’ say informed locals
Informed locals have raised the alarm about revised plans for the St Kilda Marina being presented to Council on Wednesday.
The St Kilda Marina is approximately 8Ha (80,000m2) of foreshore Crown Land on Marine Parade, Elwood. Planning started in 2018 to find a new lease holder as the existing lease was expiring after 50 years. After an extensive selection process, a new long-term leased was awarded to Australian Marina Development Corporation (AMDC) and came into effect on 1 May 2022.
Major changes sought by new lease holder
The new lease holder AMDC has submitted final designs for the development for Council approval. So far so good, but the new designs contain major changes from their winning submission, including:
increased commercial space and decreased public space
a change in the architect
addition of a helipad
a new larger Riva structure
two level floating venue in the harbour
additional buildings on the foreshore public carpark
creation of a private beach on the peninsula.
‘WTF’ reaction from informed locals
Trevor White, a community member involved in Council’s original consultation, took Facebook to raise the alarm after the report to Council was made public last week.
“What was the point of community consultation when the new tenant proposes massive changes to the original concept,” he wrote.
Later he told TWiSK that “Councillors need to take control and not just rubber stamp the Council CEO and staff recommendations.”
He questioned Council’s capability to be simultaneously the planning authority, the landlord and the compliance authority for projects and leases.
“Given that the Marina area is on crown land, the State Ministers for DELWP and Local Government should take a forensic investigation into how CoPP develops and manages commercial projects, leases and associated planning,” he suggested.
‘Disaster’ says UnChain
Peter Holland, Secretary of unChain and keen observer of planning issues, has written to councillors branding the changes as “Disaster for proposed St Kilda Marina.”
He called for Council to defer this approval to allow the community to participate in the development of the St Kilda Marina.
He also expressed significant concern that the quality of the design of the new buildings will suffer after the withdrawal of the original well-regarded architects.
Where’s the pedestrian / cyclist bridge?
The dream of a bridge across the narrows connecting the foreshore near the Skate Park to the Marina peninsula is precluded if the helipad gets approved.
Proponents of the bridge say it will help popularise the area by enabling through cycling and walking. On the downside, the bridge must accommodate high masts and structures on bigger boats – although this is commonly done oversea with modern draw bridges.
Not just a marina for boaties
While the public perception of the marina is boating focused, the site is so much more.
It’s an important 8 ha of ideally positioned foreshore. As obvious from the photography above, the area includes the car park, artificial peninsula, boat harbour, service station and current retail strip. It’s a very big deal – the biggest deal since the Triangle.
Read the summary of design changes
Read Peter Holland’s letter to councillors
Greg Day
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gday@archives.gdaystkilda.com.au
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