TWiSK #410
Music
All star female tribute to Karen Carpenter @ Palais
Mark Seymour & The Undertow @ Espy Gershwin
Theatre
I Have No Enemies @ Theatre Works (Explosives Factory)
Things I Know To Be True @ Theatre Works
A Case for the Existence of God @ Red Stitch
Art
Korean Art Melbourne @ Brightspace
(Last days) The Women’s Show 2024 @ Vivien Anderson Gallery
and more …
Three more Greens candidates for Council announced
I Have No Enemies @ Theatre Works (Explosives Factory)
Tuesday 16 April – Saturday 20 April, 7.30 pm
This is a show for anyone who engages, reluctantly or otherwise, with the Internet. It’s a cyberpunk detective story. It’s a maniacal Ted talk. It’s a live-action 90s hacker movie. And it’s all true. We think. We’re getting confused. And paranoid. We’re probably on a watchlist. Not that we’ve done anything wrong. We’ve nothing to hide. We have no enemies. Has anyone actually read the terms & conditions? $45 / $35
Tix 
One From The Heart – Reprise @ Astor
Tuesday 16 April and Wednesday 17 April, 7.30 pm
Coppola with a Oscar nominated soundtrack written by Tom Waits and sung by the rasping Waits and Crystal Gayle. A classy commercial failure.
Info 
Two legs Trivia @ St Kilda Sports Club
Tuesdays, 7 pm
Combining your two favourite things – drinking and being right. Free (not the drinking bit)
Poker @ St Kilda Sports Club
Tuesdays 7 pm
$25 entry, $10 pizza
Chris Isaak @ Palais
Wednesday 17 April
Platinum-selling and GRAMMY-nominated singer and actor. $132
Tix 
Korean Art Melbourne @ Brightspace
Opening Wednesday 17 April, 6 pm – 9 pm
Exhibition until 4 May
Amazing works out of South Korea, stuck in customs for longer than expected.
Info 
Friends of Suai Annual Trivia Night @ Middle Park Bowls Club
Thursday 18 April, 7pm
All funds raised will support the Covalima Community Centre in Suai to implement community development programs. $50 pp with tables of 10
Tix 
A Case for the Existence of God @ Red Stitch
Season Thursday 18 April – Sunday 12 May
This award-winning play (named one of the best of 2022 by the New York Times) leads audiences on a journey of intrigue and reckoning as the two fathers’ lives intertwine in a powerful narrative about what it means to be human.
Directed by Gary Abrahams and featuring ensemble members Kevin Hofbauer and Darcy Kent. $68/$48
Tix and info 
A Kind of Hush: The Magic of Karen Carpenter @ Palais
Thursday 18 April
Join Katie Noonan, Melinda Schneider and Abby Dobson with an all-female band, as they recreate the much loved, multi-award-winning music of Karen Carpenter. $80+
Tix 
Indiana Jones and The Temple Of Doom – 40th Anniversary @ Astor
Thursday 18 April – Wednesday 24 April, various times
Spielberg directs Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw, Ke Huy Quan and Amrish Puri in an action classic on the big screen.
Tix 
Green Cuisine @ EcoCentre
Friday 19 April, 11 am – 1 pm
Cultivating communities through green cuisine. These plant-based lunches offer delicious food while sharing plant-based recipes, swapping zero-waste cooking tips, and discussing the benefits of sustainable eating. Free
Bookings required 
The King’s Player @ Alex
Friday 19 April – Friday 26 April, 8 pm
Medieval Europe.
Plagues, death, squalor.
The occasional disembowelment. General unpleasantness.
This solo performance brings 16 characters to life in an unforgettable show about fathers and sons, actors, success, poverty, Shakespeare and Elsinore. $45/$35
Tix 
The Groundswell with Pisco Sour & Hannah Donnelly @ The Prince
Friday, 19 April, 7.30 PM
The Groundswell with special guests Pisco Sour & Hannah Donnelly. $14.30
Tix 
Reimagining the sleuth @ Sisters in Crime
Friday 19 April, 6.30 pm for dinner, 8 pm for show
The sleuth in crime fiction is no longer a cop or PI. Three authors explore some of the new-style investigators now at work: Haque-based author, Lisa Medved (The Engraver’s Secret); Sulari Gentill from Batlow, NSW (The Mystery Writer); Melbourne-based author, Aoife Clifford.
Interrogating the authors is multi-award-winning author, Emma Viskic
Info | . Bookings
The Rising Sun Hotel, 2 Raglan Street, South Melbourne
Massimo Ranieri @ Palais
Friday 19 April
Massimo Ranieri, the celebrated Italian singer and actor, boasts an illustrious 50-year career. $180+
Tix 
Mark Seymour & The Undertow @ Espy Gerswhin
Friday 19 April, 7.30 pm
As well as 13 Hunters & Collectors albums, Mark has released seven solo albums and three with his current band, The Undertow. $55
Tix 
Comedy Gold @ National
Friday 19 April, 7.30 pm
Laughs in Studio 2 with David, Quirk, Lina del Twist, Jermomaia Detto, Bev Killick & special guests. $25/$22
Tix
20 Carlisle Street
Things I Know To Be True @ Theatre Works
Friday 19 April – Saturday 4 May – various times
Featuring renowned screen and stage actor Belinda McClory, and directed by award-winning director Kitan Petkovski, Things I Know To Be True is about loving too much, not loving enough and trying to find the right place in between. $50/$42
Tix 
Stories in Glass: Heritage Stained Glass @ Christ Church St
Saturday 20 April, 1 pm, 2 pm and 3 pm
A guided tour of the exceptional collection of stained glass at Christ Church St Kilda. This is one of the best collections of stained glass in Victoria. Historian Dr Craig D’Alton, who is also vicar of Christ Church, will introduce some of the hidden stories behind the windows. Tour last 50 minutes. $20/$15
Tix
South Melbourne Market: more than a market @ U3APP Saturday Zoom Seminar
Saturday 20 April, 2.30 pm – 3.30 pm
Sophie McCarthy, Executive Director, South Melbourne Market presents the ideas behind the market that attract 5 million visitors each year. The facilitator for the seminar is Branko Colavizza, a long-term U3APP member and volunteer, and a South Melbourne Market afficionado. Free.
Details 
Songs From The Canyon @ Palais
Saturday 20 April
An ensemble including Husky Gawenda, Dan Kelly, Charm of Finches, Hannah Cameron, Stephen Grady and Dan Challis will bring to life the sounds of Joni Mitchell, Crosby, Stills & Nash, The Mamas & The Papas, The Byrds, The Beach Boys, and many other influential artists who called Laurel Canyon their home. $60+
Tix 
His, Hers & Ours @ Memo
Saturday 20 April, 7 pm
International artists /songwriters Eric Bazilian & Tania Doko share more than artistry, song writing and live performing– they are bonded by their Scandinavian ‘second home’ – Sweden. $60/$50
Tix
St Kilda RSL ANZAC Service @ Alfred Square
Sunday 21 April, 11.20 am – 12.15 pm
Rolling road closure as participants march from St Kilda RSL to Alfred Square for service. Followed by return march along same route.
No Sleep Til Texas @ Espy Basement
Sunday 21 April, 6.30 pm
Paying homage to their heroes, the likes of Buck Owens, Merle Haggard, Waylon Jennings, Doug Sahm, Dwight Yoakam and Willie Nelson. This Melbourne outfit deliver honest and bare bones country and honky tonk classics. Free
Info 
The Women’s Show 2024 @ Vivien Anderson Gallery
Lasts days, ends Saturday 27 April, 6 pm – 8 pm
Exhibition until 27 April
The Women’s Show is Vivien Anderson Gallery’s annual exhibition of paintings, photography, ceramics, jewellery and sculpture by emerging and eminent Indigenous Australian women artists.
More info
Next week
Monday 22 April – Sunday 28 April
Elwood Community ANZAC Day Service @ Elwood Sailing Club
Thursday 25 April, 8.30 am – 9.30 am
Foreshore in front of Elwood Sailing Club
Jason Singh – 25 Years of Taxiride @ Espy Gershwin
Friday 26 April, 8 PM
Jason Singh, original founding member and lead singer of one Australia’s most iconic rock bands with his full band show 25 Years of Taxiride. $40
Tix
Beachkeepers City Nature Challenge
Saturday 27 April, 10 am – 12 pm
Explore and discover the wonderful wildlife and local flora nestled in some of the oldest sand dunes of Port Phillip Bay. Be part of the City Nature Challenge; a global event where cities around the world are collaborating to share observations of the unique animals and plants that also call the city home. Free
Bookings
Guided walk: Church Organs @ Uniting Church & Presbyterian Church
Sunday 28 April, 1 PM – 3 PM
Experience the music and history of two Fincham and Hobday church organs in two heritage St Kilda churches, walking from St Kilda Uniting Church (1875) in Balaclava to St Kilda Presbyterian Church (1885) on Alma Rd. With organist Rhys Arvidson. These book out quickly! Free
Bookings
Remembering our fallen @ St Kilda Cemetery
Sunday 28 April, 1.45 pm for 2 pm start
Tour led by Clair Barton. $5 members / $15 public
RSVP 0488740195 gkp@netspace.net.au
Ensemble Gombert @ All Saints
Sunday 28 April, 3 pm
An Eastertide program of Renaissance music directed by John O’Donnell. “A Renaissance Eastertide” with music by Gombert, Morales, Lassus, Richafort & Heinrich Isaac’s Missa Paschale à 6. $25/$20
Bookings
Later in May
Fabulous Frogs with EcoCentre @Yalukit Willam Nature Reserve
Friday 3 May, 5.00 pm – 6:30pm (Sunset is at 5.31pm)
Learn about the frog species that live at the reserve, how to listen and recognise a frog species by its call and participate in monitoring the local frog population.
This is a family friendly event. All welcome. BYO Torch, comfortable shoes and clothing.
Free
Bookings
Enough says ECAT @ Elwood Canal
Fed up with litter flowing freely into the bay via the Elwood Canal / Elster Creek, Elwood locals have formed the Elwood Canal Action Team (ECAT) to fight the good fight against inaction by authorities and council.
ECAT are showing the way by collecting litter and disposing of it correctly (such as the bags pictured above collected by Paul Cullity & Julian Viola before it goes into our bay). Others are using pool scoops to collect the tide of waste that flows daily. Meanwhile authorities like Melbourne Water and CoPP (who received a significant Federal grant to improve litter diversion) are obviously not doing enough.
Petition calls for action
Local MP James Newbury has set up a petition that already has nearly a 1000 signatures. The petition requests the State Minister to meet with locals to frame a better action plan.
Petition
ECAT radio interview 
Forge workshop with Rawcus @ Temperance Hall
Saturday 25 May, 10 am – 3 pm
FORGE is an inclusive and participatory workshop that offers insight into the performance making practice of the Rawcus Ensemble.
Participants will be led through a series of physical exercises, text generation tasks and creative prompts.
This workshop is suitable for anyone with an interest in inclusive performance practice. Suitable for those 18 years and over. Suitable for people with and without a disability. No prior performance experience is necessary. Free
Register via EOI process 
Seniors Festival Writing Awards
Entries close Friday 28 June
Writers over 55 are invited to submit one fictional story, poem or a non-fiction piece on any topic. All entries will be published in the Port Phillip Writes publication. Entrants will receive a certificate and two copies of the publication. Outstanding entries are eligible for an award sharing $1200 in prizes.
More info or ASSIST 03 9209 6777
Anyone 55 or older who lives, works, or is a member of a library in Port Phillip can enter. 
Applications open for Rupert Bunny Fellowship
Applications close Monday 20 May, 5 PM
The Rupert Bunny Foundation Visual Arts Fellowship is a $30,000 acquisitive award supporting professional artistic development and excellence in contemporary visual art. The Fellowship was established in 2005 with funds from the insurance payout after a catastrophic fire at the Town Hall in 1991 damaged a well insured Rupert Bunny painting.
Dr Lisa Anderson (artwork pictured) was awarded the Rupert Bunny Fellowship in 2022 for a multimedia, visual arts project, Beguiling, which was recently exhibited at the Victorian Pride Centre from November 2023 to January 2024.
More info
Six named, three to go
Greens to field nine candidates in Council elections
Six named, three to goGreens have named the next trio of candidates to contest the Council elections in October.
The highest profile candidate is Rachel Iampolski (Balaclava Ward candidate ) who stood for the State seat of Caulfield in the 2022 elections. She polled a respectable 15% in a field of candidates with strong connections to the local Jewish community. Rachel describes herself as a “public space and urban planning researcher.”
The three Greens candidates are …
Rachel Iampolski for Balaclava Ward
Richard Whitfield for Port Melbourne Ward
Ahmed Elsayed for Montague Ward
The previously announced Greens candidate were ..
Earl James for South Melbourne Ward
Liliana Carranza for Elwood Ward
Tim Baxter for St Kilda Ward
Council election 2024
Vital information
All councils in Victoria will be elected by postal voting closing on
Friday 25 October 2024.
Everyone on the voters roll on Friday 30 August will receive a postal ballot pack in early October.
The voting pack will include the ballot paper, a reply-paid envelope, the candidate information statement and multi-language leaflet for voters.
After vote counting, the new councillors will be elected on 1 November for a 4 year term.
Nominations for council close noon Tuesday 24 September
New single councillor wards
This voting will elect one councillor in each of nine new awards.
Voting is preferential and it’s likely that most results will be decided by preferences.
Voters can expect to have at least three candidates in each ward, but possibly many more.
See ward map
TWiSK will be providing information on all the wards, but with special emphasis on the wards that include parts of St Kilda/Elwood.
TWiSK will make every effort to include every candidate equally and fairly.
Candidate announcements so far
Nominations close noon Tuesday 24 September
Albert Park Ward
TBA
Alma Ward
Justin Halliday, Independent
Balaclava Ward
Alex Darton, Independent
Rachel Iampolski, Greens
Elwood Ward
Liliana Carranza, Greens
Lakeside Ward
TBA
Montague Ward
Ahmed Elsayed, Greens
Port Melbourne Ward
Richard Whitfield, Greens
South Melbourne Ward
Earl James, Greens
St Kilda Ward
Tim Baxter, Greens
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