Council’s $300K cash splash
to add local colour and interest MND online benefit with
Joe Camilleri and Wilbur Wilde 
Plus Seniors Festival online
School holiday ideas

This Week in St Kilda #285

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Postcard show webinar for artists @ Linden online
Tuesday 28 September, 6 – 7 pm
Are you planning to enter the Linden Postcard Show this year? Do you have any questions?
Join Gallery Director Melinda Martin and Curator Juliette Hanson in this free webinar about entry requirements and processes for delivering work to the gallery.
The 13 October deadline is fast approaching – yikes.
Book > Register here 


MND benefit with Joe Camilleri and Wilbur Wilde @ Memo (Online)
Thursday 30 September, 8.30 pm
Backed by the solid, rocking ‘TroubleMakers’ expect good-time R&B, hit after hit from The Falcons, Black Sorrows, DC, OL55 and maybe even a bit of Van the Man.
Proceeds go to MND Victoria via MND Ambassador Pete ‘Chambo’ Chambers.
Online $15/$20
Tix 
Pop-up garden art exhibition @ 21 Vale Street
Daily (weather dependent) 10.30 am – 5 pm
An arty local is displaying art in her garden to please passers-by.
Works will change daily for a limited time.
Bravo
Breakfast with Leah Balter, CIO, Bunnings Group @ JewMu zoom
Friday 1 October, 8 am – 9 am
Join Leah Balter, Director of Digital at Bunnings, to hear how they weathered the pandemic and her role in leading strategy and innovation during industry disruption. Free
Bookings essential 

Pao de Queijo – Traditional Brazilian Cheese Bread @ Space2b Kitchen2Kitchen
This week Space2b are sharing a special recipe by mother and son team, Tatiana and Zak.
Their recipe is an Australian version of a very popular Brazilian recipe.
Tatiana says it’s very important to her because it is a very communal, social meal. It holds a special place in her memories of eating with family when young, and now again with her friends and children as she passes this version of the recipe down to them.
We Are Connected Facebook Page 

Live online with TeenRage @ Sisters in Crime
Friday 1 October, 7 pm  
Authors Tania Chandler, Leanne Hall, and Ruth McIver talk to award-winning YA writer, Ellie Marney, about crime that starts with the young but continues to reverberate, transforming and traumatising many in its wake.
Free but please register https://buff.ly/3BD5sio by 4pm, 1/10 and the link will be emailed to you.
Donate $10 by 4pm, 1/10 https://buff.ly/3t1I1fC, and you go into the draw for three $150 book packs.
Bonus link

Sisters in Crime: 30 years and still plotting
Read Carmel Shute’s colourful tale of crime and sisterhood

Soon

The Hidden Jewish History of the Ukulele: Learn & Play @ JewMu (Zoom only)
Six sessions starting 4 October 1.15 pm – 2.45 pm
Ukuleles are fun and easy to play but are they Jewish? You might be surprised!
Try this enjoyable, informative and practical six-week short course on Zoom led by David Krycer on the history and practice of the ukulele.
 $210 / $192
More info


Q&A with Heesco & Ben Shewry – Street Art meets Culinary Art @ Space2b
Friday 8 October, 6 pm – 6.40 pm
Join world renowned street artist, Heesco and Ben Shewry, the multi award-winning, hat-accumulating chef in a live Q&A Zoom Session.
Bookings

Martin Foley on Technology & Science and COVID @ U3APP Saturday Seminar
Saturday 9 October, 2.30 – 3.30 pm
Seniors Festival highlight
 Minister for Health (and local State MP) Martin Foley, along with a senior health advisor will present the 2021 Seniors Week keynote address.
The seminar will focus on how science and technology are informing Victoria’s COVID response. Free
Please register at www.u3app.org.au
Scroll down and click on “public events”.
See the full Seniors Festival 2021 program
Zoom time for seniors with dozens of events.
Seniors share Greek kitchen secrets
Simple and very Greek recipes shared by local seniors.
Download recipe sheets 

School holiday ideas
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


Still life picnic for young artists @ Linden online activity
Step by step guide for young artists creating a still life scene using picnic paraphernalia.
All you need is imagination plus water colour paper, thicker gsm paper, pencil and acrylic paint or watercolours.
Share your creations will Linden



Design a home at home @ Linden
Another rainy-day activity for young artists. Follow the guide to create a multi-level home from cardboard. Add your own flourishes.
Share your design with Linden

$300K cash splash to add colour and interest

Applications close 18 October
Applications have opened for six $50,000 prizes to design and deliver amazing activations across Port Phillip.
The $300,000 prize pool is open to designers, artists, architects, sculptors and other creatives to deliver, install and maintain projects that add colour and interest to the streetscape or place for between six weeks to nine months.
While Council is open to considering all public spaces as suggested activation sites, preference will be given to a range of nominated sites including Fitzroy Street and Blessington Street in St Kilda – note the obvious omission of Acland Street*.
After initial submissions close on 18 October, up to 12 applicants will be chosen to progress to Stage 2, where they must provide detailed designs.
After a further assessment, six winners will be announced in November.
Applicants do not need to have a Port Phillip connection
For more information, visit Port Phillip Reimagine
 *Curiously the council promo image above features an art installation from Acland Plaza – a ‘non-preferred’ location.
A snub for Acland or blessing for Blessington?
TWiSK’s first reaction was WTF, why was Acland Plaza left off the preferred site list?
We fired off a question to Mayor Crawford who promptly replied saying Council were “focusing on Blessington Street, which is right near Acland Plaza. Applicants are still able to put forward ideas for Acland Street.”
Interesting
Blessington @ Barkly is a thriving ‘off-Acland’ locale with a hotch-potch of popup dining areas created last summer. Already popular with locals, a lot could be achieved there with the support of local traders, creatives and $50K from Council.
But Acland Plaza needs love too
A handy $50K for something attractive and creative could be the boost that the ‘unloved’ plaza needs.
Heaven knows Acland Plaza needs more than drinking, fighting and panhandling – so why leave it off the list?

Anybody interested in this activation idea
for Acland Plaza over summer?
Working title: “St Kilda’s Got Talent”

Here’s TWiSK’s very embryonic idea for Acland Plaza
Midweek twilight sessions Monday – Thursday 7.30 pm – 8.30 pm
Its part busking, part talent quest, part competition for audience votes
Monday – Wednesday: three acts perform each night for the right to comeback on Thursday for a final heat.
The weeks are curated to provide a variety of ages, stages and styles.
It might be a musical style, dance, comedy, or novelty.
After a number of weeks there is a final week with the weekly winners competing for the overall winner. 
Possibly with specialist curators and hosts, eg dance, poetry, classical, comedy and so on.
Outdoor activation in an existing alcohol free location, no entry fee for audiences or participants (although acts are selected in advance).
Ideal for accidental audiences and also attracted audiences by promoting themes, eg dance, classical , story telling , multicultural and so on – with Thursdays for weekly winners. 
If you want to join TWiSK in this pitch call or email Greg 0418345829


Small grants for local projects @ PP Love My Place Grants
Applications close 11.59 pm Sunday 10 October
Council’s Love My Place grants support new community creative activities in the public realm. As well as financial support of up to $15,000, successful applicants can receive with marketing, road closures, parking controls, permit approvals, permission to use spaces and more.
Click here for more information and a list of past grants 

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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