TWiSK #334

Yacht Squadron sails into a storm
Grand final @ Local pubs and clubs
School holiday puppets, dinosaurs and theatre 
New CEO @ Sacred Heart Mission
Local ‘teal’ candidate profile
Win tix for Pillow Fight @ Gasworks (Fringe)

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Kids Holiday Program @ Gasworks
Monday 19 September – Sunday 2 October
Gasworks’ kids holiday programs offer creative and entertaining experiences for children aged 4 to 14 during the school holidays. Bringing together a range of energetic artists and performers who specialise in working with kids.
Program
Also checkout the Library School holiday program
Bookings required 
Espy school holiday program
Sounds crazy, but the Espy has a fun program for kids (with their adult). $45 pp
Info and tix 
Jurassic Creatures @ Triangle Carpark
Until Sunday 2 October, times vary daily for two hour sessions
Jurassic Creatures, a realistic animatronics Exhibition, features over 30 Dinosaurs and activities that immerse visitors in a prehistoric time. Adding to the experience will be meet and greets with Chase, Marshall, Rubble and Skye from Paw Patrol, all included in your ticket price.
Activities include fossil displays, dinosaur arts and crafts, a giant world bug display, dinosaur jumping castles, Jurassic ball pit and block village, dinosaur egg photo opportunities and walking dinosaurs. Tix $28.50
Tix
The Last Lighthouse Keeper @ Theatre Works (Explosives Factory)
Tuesday 20 September – Saturday 24 September, 11 am and 1.30 pm
All ages 3+ Note: venue is not wheelchair accessible
A story of joy, sadness, resilience and friendship through puppetry and music.
This unique production invites the children to become storytellers. They build props and parts of the set, and sit within the scene as the story unfolds. There they engage with the puppets, help drive the action, and bring the story to a joyful conclusion. $27 / $22
Tix
TW Explosives Factory – Rear Laneway 67 Inkerman Street
(behind the Thrifty-Link accessed via Lyell St and Market Street)
Patty Mills – Speaking My Own Language @ Palais
Tuesday 20 September, 7 pm
Hear Patty Mills, Australian professional basketball player with the Brooklyn Nets, shares his reflections, lessons and truths from the past 15 years, including his thoughts on Leadership, Team Culture, Training Mindset, Personal Well Being and Lifestyle. $141
Tix

Bowie: Moonage Dream @ Astor
Tuesday – Friday, 7.30 pm
Billed as “an immersive cinematic experience; an audio-visual space odyssey that not only illuminates the enigmatic legacy of David Bowie but also serves as a guide to living a fulfilling and meaningful life in the 21st Century.”
Tix 
Whalebone @ Theatre Works (Acland Street)
Thursday 22 September, 6.30 pm; Friday 23 September and Saturday 24 September, 1.30 pm & 6.30 pm
6+, includes fast-paced video effects and twitchy sounds.
The show is a feast of dazzling video and computer animations, quirky contraptions, robotics, clunky inventions, delicately flying objects and a pinch of circus.
Performed by the imaginative mind of tinkerer, inventor and comedian Jens Altheimer (winner of the Adelaide Fringe Award for ‘Best Production for Children’ with ‘ Squaring the Wheel.’) $27.50 / $22
Tix
Home and Belonging Book Launch @ Space2b
Thursday 22 September, 6 pm – 8 pm
Space2b is hosting a special evening of literature, food and drink, aptly named Home and Belonging. Our guests, Pirooz Jafari, author of Forty Nights and Janine Mikosza, author of Homesickness will discuss their books and basically have a ‘heart yarn about home and belonging’. $20
Register 

Alok @ Alex
Thursday 22 September, 10 pm (7.30 show sold out)
Alok Vaid-Menon (they/them) is an internationally acclaimed performance artist whose work explores themes of trauma, belonging, and the human condition.
In 2021 they headlined the New York Comedy Festival and in 2022 they will be headlined the Just for Laughs Festival in Vancouver and will perform at Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August 2022. $49 +
Tix

Mick Daley’s Corporate Raiders @ George Lane
Thursday 22 September, 6.30 PM – 11.00 PM
Country-folk-alt-rock band.
Tix
Wog Boys Forever with Nick Giannopoulos @ Palais
Thursday 22 September – Sunday 25 September
Starting on Thursday with the VIP Red Carpet World Premiere of the new comedy Wog Boys Forever with Nick Giannopoulos performing Live on Stage before the film.
Then nightly until Sunday with exclusive screenings of the film on the big Palais screen. $50
Tix

Sheep + The Jaya Lexxa @ Espy
Thursday 22 September, 7 pm
Sheep were formed in 2022 in Brunswick. Free
Espy gigs

Listen Out @ Catani Gardens
Friday 23 September, 1 pm – 10 pm
Doof doof fans unite for this SOLD OUT event.
Listen Out is one of Australia’s biggest dance music festivals with more than 20 artists in a great location – Catani Gardens.
www.listenout.com.au

The Pleasures Feat. Catherine Britt & Lachlan Bryan @ George Lane
Friday 23 September, 6:30 PM – 11:30 PM
Americana twang meets the roots, rockin’ blues.
Tix

Grand Final Day extravaganza @ George Lane
Saturday 24 September, 12.30 PM – 9.00 PM
The footy is on the massive projector screen with after match entertainment by The Black Molls Feat. Freddy Negro and Dave Moll, Burn In Hell and Chris Taranto and The Subterranean Deadbeats (with Kim Volkman).
Tix
Also on Grand Final arvo
The Gersh @ Espy
Watch the game on the big screen with roaming canapés and a 3 hour drinks package (tap beer, house wine & soft drinks) from 2pm-5pm. $98 pp
Info
Free beer and more @ The Prince
Book a table in the bar, order a providore home pack or go classy in the Dining Room
Info and tix
Bottomless Footy Package @ Village Belle
3 hour beverage package, siren to siren, starting at 2:30pm
Info and tix
Food and footy @ Newmarket
3 hours bottomless House Wines, Furphy Ale and Lager, Es
Info and tix
Bag O’ Nails @ St Kilda Sports Club
Saturday 24 September, after the footy
Free
Jewish men and women remembered @ St Kilda Cemetery
Sunday 25 September, 2.00pm
Hear the fascinating stories of the lives of Jewish men and women on a tour led by Claire Barton.
$15 includes refreshments afterwards
Bookings required
Ring Gabriel on 0451 831 102 or
email gabrielhermes@live.com

The Prairie Oysters @ Espy
Sunday 25 September, 6 pm – 9 pm
Country honky-tonk blues rumbles. Free
Espy Gigs
Last week for Before the Melange @ Space2b
Ends Sunday 25 September
A multi-award-winning artist of international renown, Breslin’s works have shown nationally and around the world in over 50 exhibitions. Before the Melange will be an intimate show which pays tribute to the time Breslin spent growing up in St Kilda and forging his career in local studios.
Details

Soon

Pillow Fight @ Gasworks (Fringe)
Tuesday 4 October – Saturday 8 October, 8.30 pm
Pillow Fight is a deep dive into the complexity of consent. Written by Katie Cawthorne’s long term collaborator Laura Lethlean, the script was shortlisted for both STC’s Patrick White Award (2021) and the Max Afford Playwright Award (2020).
The play is loosely based on the Christian Porter allegations that were making headlines just last year. It looks at what happens when non-consensual sex takes place in the short term, and also in the long term.
Expect twists, turns, and touched nerves. Expect evocative, physical performances. Expect to be stimulated. $32/$28
Tix 
Win a double pass to Pillow Fight
The producers have given TWiSK two double passes for Pillow Fight’s Thursday 6 October performance.
Email us before COB Thursday 22 September and you’ll go in the draw for the double passes.
You must be able to use them on 6 October. gday@archives.gdaystkilda.com.au
No Waste Kitchen Workshop @ Elwood Neighbourhood House
Tuesday 27 September, 6 PM – 9 PM
Farmers’ Market tour guide Isabel Gardener will show you how to dramatically reduce the waste from your kitchen, no matter what your circumstances. Meet other locals and share ideas – maximum of 15 people. $15 / $5
Book your place by calling 9531 1954
More info
Bodies on the beach @ Sisters in Crime in the Library
Wednesday 28 September, 6 pm, for 6.15pm start.
Authors Emma Viskic and Aoife Clifford will be in conversation with fellow writer, Leigh Redhead, about the dead bodies that keep inconveniently washing up on beaches but are great plot devices.
Free but please book 

Aye Göknur Shanal and Benjamin Martin in Recital @ Alex
Saturday 1 October, 6 pm
Soprano Aye Göknur Shanal and concert pianist and composer Benjamin Martin are collaborating in a presentation of masterpieces from the classical repertoire. $55
Tix
Big Fringe @ Theatre Works
Tuesday 4 October – Saturday 22 October
Theatre Works is celebrating Melbourne Fringe’s 40th Year with 13 shows across their two venues, Theatre Works Acland Street and the Explosives Factory in Inkerman Street.
A jam-packed program of local, national and international works offers “full scale musicals with brand new scores to interactive clown shows and gut-wrenching dramas.”
See the full program 
The queer heart of Fringe @ Pride Centre
Friday 7 October – Sunday 23 October
The Pride Centre will host 26 shows over 10 days in the Fringe, including stand-up comedy, theatre, cabaret, live music, an interactive music show for kids, and panel discussions about inclusive design.
Highlights include: ‘Cheers, Queers!’ (20-23 Oct) with LGTBIQ+ comedians (pictured), ‘The Big D’ (14-16 Oct) – a new show from drag performer Abril LaTrene, and ‘Shapeshifting’ (15 Oct) – a storytelling and music event for Trans communities with Key Change choir.
There’s also two free Design Fringe events: the ‘Design Fringe Keynote Talk & Industry Networking Night’ (7 October) and ‘Strange Bedfellows: First Nations Fashion vs Inclusive Architecture’ (23 October).
melbournefringe.com.au
Murder, mystery and memory @ Sisters in Crime
Friday 7 October, 8 pm. Dinner from 6.30 pm
Authors Megan Goldin, Tania Chandler, and Nell Pierce explore tricky issues about memory, mayhem and much more – with award-winning short story writer, Ruth Wykes.. $22/$10 dinner extra.
Book 
Men or ‘brothers-in-law’ welcome. Rising Sun, 2 Raglan Street, South Melbourne.

The Uluru Statement and a voice to Parliament @ PPU3A Saturday zoom
Saturday 8 October, 2.30 pm – 3.30 pm
A U3APP Saturday Zoom with Senator Patrick Dodson, Special Envoy for Reconciliation and Implementation of the Uluru Statement, discussing all matters Uluru Statement with Rosemary Rule, Co-Chair, Port Phillip Citizens for Reconciliation. Free
www.u3app.org.au – scroll down and click on “public events”.

Hang Vo is new CEO @ Sacred Heart Mission
From December
Sacred Heart Mission has announced the appointment of Hang Vo as CEO.
Hang will take up the appointment in December.
For the past four years Hang has been CEO of Whitelion Youth. Hang is also Board Chair at the Pride Centre.
Read more about Hang 
Pre-order: The Making of the Pride Centre (soft cover) @ Price Centre
You can pre-order the upcoming book ‘The Making of the Pride Centre’ by historian and author Dr. Judith Buckrich
today, exploring the background, conception and building of the Victorian Pride Centre. $45
Order now

RMYS sails into controversy
Redevelopment plans for the Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron building near St Kilda Pier have sailed into a storm of controversy.
Local architect and former councillor, David Brand told TWiSK that RMYS HQ is one of our City’s most prominent heritage buildings.
“Yet some of the most basic principles of heritage conservation seem to have been forgotten,” he said.
RMYS confident of their course
Meanwhile the RMYS is adamant that their plans for a $5m refit are right for the club, the amenity and the heritage values.
RMYS General Manager Matt Solly told TWiSK that the plans were a much needed update to a 95 year old building.
“We’re trying to create a family friendly space, with better access and more modern facilities,” he said.
In their application, the RMYS said a refresh for this iconic St Kilda building was long overdue. The Club have used the opportunity to explore how the internal layout could better suit their operations.
The Club wants to expand its membership to a more family-orientated demographic.
“This is a Yacht Club not a night club,” he said.
Club urged to pause and rethink
But David Brand says the Club doesn’t need to lose the character of their building to modernise and increase accessibility.
“The applicants seem to have little idea of what’s charming, important or valuable about its own building. It’s architectural character and its cultural identity are in real danger of being jettisoned.
“Either Council needs to apply the heritage protections more forcefully or the Club needs to save itself by withdrawing the proposal and redesigning it,” he concluded
Read the summary page from the RMYS submission to Council
Visit the Port Phillip Planning Portal to see all the documents
Application number PDPL/01207/2021
Council will consider the application later this month
Dashcam captures bike lane near miss
Check out this video of a driver swerving into a bike lane to avoid a speed hump.
It’s reckless, crazy and no doubt a terrifying moment for the unsuspecting cyclist.
Source: Facebook 16 September Harley Ash
Watch 11 secs of breath-taking stupidity – nobody hurt


Felicity Frederico OAM
Independent for Brighton
As supplied by the candidate
Who: I am a proud mum, lifetime Bayside resident, former Mayor and businesswomen with over 20 years of volunteering, actively listening and acting in our community. This was recognised with an Order of Australia medal in 2019.
Why: I am standing because the Brighton electorate deserves better. Many in our community have said the major political parties have taken us for granted and have lost our trust and respect. We have been starved of an effective voice, representation and advocacy.
Why me: I have a proven track record around advocacy and delivering on key issues. In collaboration with the community I make sure we speak in one loud voice on the issues that matter to us: integrity, climate and equality
Why here: I have a lifetime connection in the Brighton Electorate, including living in Elwood for eight years. We are an electorate with a heart and a conscious and we embrace diversity.
felicity4brighton.com.au
0425 296 854

No Greens to be seen – almost
With less than 70 days to the election, Prahran MLA Sam Hibbins is the only Greens lower house candidate declared for the whole Southern Metropolitan Region. 
That means no Greens candidate has started to campaign in the following seats: Albert Park, Bentleigh, Brighton, Burwood, Caulfield, Hawthorn, Kew, Malvern, Oakleigh and Sandringham.
Local Councillor Catherine Copsey is the Greens upper house candidate.
Her chances of election would be boosted significantly by strong local campaigns in all the Southern Region seats.
TWiSK has repeatedly asked senior Greens for a timeline for candidate announcements without any success. 
See all the Greens candidates announced on their website
Invitation to all local candidates
Send us 30 word responses to these questions along with a pic and contact details, and we’ll publish them in full.
Who am I?: Basic bio 30 words
Why?: Motivation for standing 30 words
Why me? Skills, credentials, interests, values 30 words
Why here? Connection to the seat 30 words
Plus contact details and picture.
Email gday@archives.gdaystkilda.com.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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