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This Week in St Kilda #283

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Victoria Reads: Stories that matter @ Victorian Public Libraries
Tuesday 14 September, 7 pm to 8.30 pm (online)
It’s time for Victorians to share their reading stories.
Join online for a chatty and illuminating evening about the reading lives of some other Victorians: Christian White, Nazeem Hussain, Tony Birch and Alice Pung plus hosts Claire Hooper and Paul Kennedy.
You’ll hear about the books that changed their lives, made them smile, and the book they would take to outer space.
Tuesday 14 September, 7 pm – 8.30 pm (online)
Book now

Report illegal graffiti and win @ Snap Send Solve
Until 15 September
The people at the handy Snap Send Solve app (where you photograph a local problem and send it to council for action) want to reward you for reporting illegal graffiti this week.
Reports made before 15 September will be in the running to win $500.
In future weeks the reward topics are:
16 September – 22 September: Overgrown Vegetation
23 September – 30 September: Abandoned Shopping Trolleys
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Divesting For Our Climate @ EcoCentre zoom
Thursday 16 September, 6 pm
Divestment is all about ensuring your money is not supporting projects and industries that harm our planet.
This free online discussion, featuring industry experts (Ethical Investment Services and Market Forces) and local community panelists, will help you make smarter choices on divesting for our climate.
Ecocentre.com/events

Saturday Seminar celebrating Zoe Caldwell @ U3APP zoom
Saturday 18 September, 2.30 to 3.30 pm
Zoe Caldwell OBE was an Australian-born actress who gained international fame – she died in February 2020, aged 86. In this U3APP Saturday Seminar, Sherryn Danaher, U3APP member and niece of Zoe, will be in conversation with Zoe’s son Charlie Whitehead, a theatre producer resident in New York. Together they will explore the essence of who Zoe was as an actress and a person, and her unique approach to preparing her characters for performance. Free
Register at www.u3app.org.au
Scroll down and click on “public events”.

Volunteers needed this lockdown @ PPCG
With the extension of lockdown, PPCG has ramped up their Share the Food program to help deliver food and basic essentials to people isolating or experiencing severe financial hardship.
They are now urgently reaching out to the local community for more volunteer support, including:
Warehouse duties: packing food parcels, sorting stock, record keeping and more.
Transport & logistics: unpacking vans, stocking freezers, transporting food and more.
Administration support: emails, spreadsheets, records and more.
Get involved

Feels Like Home now online only @ Space2b
Friday 17 September – Friday 15 October.?
COVID restrictions have thwarted in-person events at the ‘Feels Like Home’ festival, so now will be online with a calendar of amazing events.
‘Feels Like Home’ will still be a diverse program of art, culture and cuisine…..
Meet inspiring artist & designers
Tour Feels Like Home Virtual Gallery
New Kitchen2Kitchen recipes every Wednesday
Drumming with Rhythm of Life
Q&A with Heesco – Much Loved Silo Artist
Iranian Traditional Music
Friday Night Drinks
Check out the online program now

Live Q&A with Space2b Founders @ Q&A Zoom session
Friday 17 September, 6 pm
Join Space2b’s founders, Mariam Issa and Janine Lawrie, to hear their personal stories, the origins of Space2b, the ‘how to’ of setting up a social enterprise and much, much more.
Please book your free ticket now (limited numbers)

Entries open for Postcard Show @ Linden
Entries close Wednesday 13 October 2021
Limited to strictly one thousand 8 x 10 inch postcards.
The Linden Postcard Show invites individual you to submit up to three entries.
Please read the Terms and Conditions of entry before submitting
The exhibition will open to the public on Saturday 4 December 2021 and run until the 27 February 2022

While you’re thinking about Linden and artful pursuits, here’s two highlights lifted from their terrific email newsletter …

Kids art inspired by domestic objects @ Linden
Follow these suggestions to create a small a series of ink paintings.
Find some objects in your home and use these as paint brushes to make marks, exploring movement, texture, volume and materiality.
Follow the simple steps

Afghan Biscuits – a Kiwi specialty @ Linden
Carolyn Menzies is one of Linden’s Resident Studio Artists. She shared one of her favourite recipes.
“My family in New Zealand has very much been in my heart this week and Afghan biscuits, a NZ staple, are a comfort food for me. Such a strange but delicious combination of tastes – a chocolaty buttery biscuit with the unexpected crunchy chewiness of the cornflakes.”
Get cookin’

Phil Para and Denzil @ home on Facebook
No frills, just Phil and Denzil playing their brand of electric blues in their loungeroom.
The sound is pretty rough but the energy is contagious.
Recommended by TWiSK, it reminds us what we are missing in the ‘hood.
5 September | 8 September
Watch for more to come!
School holiday activities @ Library online
Spring is here and so are school holidays.
The Port Phillip Libraries have a program of online activities and sources for kids.
There are competitions, STEM kits, manic and movies.
See the program now