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Tuesday, October 22, 2024

Statewide. Melbournwide. Local. Victoria’s free family newspaper now in 55th year.

The Melbourne Observer is Victoria’s popular family newspaper, available online weekly, and in print fortnightly..The Melbourne Observer heritage stretches back to 1969, 55 years ago. The newspaper is available: • as a free publication inserted in localised editions of The Local Paper (fortnightly) across 40 local government areas, • free online (weekly).The Melbourne Observer newspaper is published on Wednesdays (with

Latest Edition

OUT NOW: Wed., Oct. 23, 2024

October 23 Editions • Eastern Suburbs Edition – https://issuu.com/mediaflash/docs/lpe241023zCovers Boroondara (north), Knox-Sherbrooke, Manningham, Maroondah, Monash, Whitehorse •  Lilydale and Yarra Valley Express Edition – https://issuu.com/mediaflash/docs/lpv241023zCovers Healesville, Lilydale, Mount Evelyn, Warburton, Yarra Valley• Mitchell Shire Edition – https://issuu.com/mediaflash/docs/lpm241023zCovers Broadford, Kilmore, Puckapunyal, Seymour, Tallarook, Wallan, Wandong • Northern Suburbs Edition – https://issuu.com/mediaflash/docs/lpn241023zCovers Banyule. Darebin (north, south), Nillumbik (urban), Whittlesea (urban) • North-West Edition – https://issuu.com/mediaflash/docs/lpnw241023zCovers Brimbank, Hobsons

Entertainment

ENTERTAINMENT: Dvorak Symphonies

The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra announces its second release on the MSO label in partnership with LSO Live – Dvorák: Symphonies 5 and 6 with conductor Jaime Martin, which is available now for pre-order before release on November 22. The musical exploration of Czech composer Antonin Dvorák’s many works has been an ongoing passion of Chief

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ENTERTAINMENT: Nutcracker at National Theatre

The Australian National Youth Ballet presents The Nutcracker at 12 Noon on Saturday, November 2 at the National Theatre, St Kilda. This is an Australian first debut performance by international star of the Mariinsky Ballet, Oleg Ignatev as the Nutcracker Prince and Cavalier. Olga Mikhailova, former artist with the Krasnoyarsk State Opera and Ballet Theater,

Things To Do

PLACES TO GO: Curated Porsche

ArtNeun, the fusion of automotive passion and artistic exhibition, returns with a landmark event featuring Porsche sports cars in Braeside on Sunday, November 10 from 8am to 3pm. Set against the backdrop of a working timber yard, this event is promoted as not just another car show— ‘it’s Car Art.’ Enthusiasts, collectors, and photographers will

Entertainment

ENTERTAINMENT: The Music of Joe Hisaishi

The Music of Joe Hisaishi will be presented by Art of the Score from November 6-8 at Hamer Hall, Arts Centre Melbourne. Featuring the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra conducted by Nicholas Buc with guest pianist Aura Go, with fellow Art of the Score podcasters Andrew Pogson and Dan Golding, audiences will explore the musical world of

Entertainment

ENTERTAINMENT: Sugar

Lady Gaga’s ‘Bad Romance’ opens this show and forewarns us of the story to come. The dream for Sugar, played by Tomáš Kantor, is a glamorous and mutually beneficial existence as a rich ‘Daddy’s baby’ flaunting their lavish lifestyle, living the Pretty Woman fantasy. What constitutes a Sugar baby/Sugar daddy liaison? Something beyond a hook-up,

Entertainment

ENTERTAINMENT: Finucane and Smith

The ballroom of the Trades Hall set with a few small tables surrounding an improvised stage was crowded in anticipation of Finucane and Smith’s cabaret. There was an eclectic mix of performances that challenged the physical, the moral and social assumptions of the day. A succession of performers teased with their routines; a stylistic striptease

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Latest Edition

OUIT NOW: Wed., Oct. 16, 2024

October 16 Editions • Eastern Suburbs Edition – https://issuu.com/mediaflash/docs/lpe241016zCovers Boroondara (north), Knox-Sherbrooke, Manningham, Maroondah, Monash, Whitehorse •  Lilydale and Yarra Valley Express Edition – https://issuu.com/mediaflash/docs/lpv241016zCovers Healesville, Lilydale, Mount Evelyn, Warburton, Yarra Valley• Mitchell Shire Edition – https://issuu.com/mediaflash/docs/lpm241016zCovers Broadford, Kilmore, Puckapunyal, Seymour, Tallarook, Wallan, Wandong • Northern Suburbs Edition – https://issuu.com/mediaflash/docs/lpn241016zCovers Banyule. Darebin (north, south), Nillumbik (urban), Whittlesea (urban) • North-West Edition – https://issuu.com/mediaflash/docs/lpnw241016zCovers Brimbank, Hobsons

Entertainment

ENTERTAINMENT: Smother

One of many original works being offered with this year’s Melbourne Fringe Festival was Smother by acclaimed emerging playwright Zadie Kennedy Mccracken that premiered at the Explosive Factory (once a Fireworks Factory) St Kilda. This venue, entering from a back lane and up a long staircase is a neat “Black Box” style of performance space,

Entertainment

ENTERTAINMENT: He Had It Coming

He Had It Coming debuts in the Melbourne Fringe Festival from October 15-20 at the Provincial Hotel, Fitzroy, at 9.30pm, exploring the lives of four real-life women who pled guilty to their crimes, brought to life by Jemimah Ashleigh. After 13 years in law enforcement in profiling and criminal intelligence, Jemimah’s fascination with female murderers

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ENTERTAINMENT: Operatic sensation at Point Leo

Securing international operatic sensation Danielle De Niese is a coup for the Australia Contemporary Opera Company’s summer season which runs from February 21 until March 2. Soprano Danielle is one of several expatriate Australian singers who have found that the world beyond Australia has been keen to showcase their talents. Danielle will be performing at

Entertainment

ENTERTAINMENT: Malthouse Theatre 2025 Season

Malthouse Theatre has launched its 2025 season, heralding a year of theatrics, music theatre, drama, horror and joy. Unveiling seven inspired productions by Australian and international theatre makers, Malthouse is committed to making sure the arts are accessible to more people, more often. From familiar stories of the ancient past to a script no one

Entertainment

ENTERTAINMENT: Tribute to Air Race

Legends of the Skies presented by LOTS Theatre at the Moorabbin Air Museum will this year pay tribute to the MacRobertson Trophy Air Race of 1934. With performances presented from October 24 -27 as intimate theatre in the atmospheric Casey aircraft hangar, LOTS Theatre aims to recreate the excitement of the trials of air travel

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Arts

BOOKS: Dear Acquaintance

Melbourne musician Gary Leonard Hammond embarked on an eight-week writing mission during the winter of 2024, while living in a rented loft above an old Victorian building in Melbourne’s CBD. He photographed his surroundings and wrote down his thoughts in a series of sonnets, free verse, poems, impressions and villanelles. His new book Dear Acquaintance

Entertainment

ENTERTAINMENT: Peter and the Starcatcher

GWB Entertainment and Dead Puppet Society present Peter and the Starcatcher from November 8-December 1 at The Playhouse, Arts Centre Melbourne. The smash hit Broadway production and winner of five Tony Awards, Peter and the Starcatcher is flying into Melbourne, starring Peter Helliar (The Amazing Race), Colin Lane (Lano & Woodley), Alison Whyte (Frontline), Paul

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ENTERTAINMENT: MARVELous

MARVELous, a parody of Marvel heroes for adults, featuring aerials, live vocals, dance, stunts, satire and a risque edge is being presented at the National Theatre, St Kilda from November 6-10. The show also parodies films like Dirty Dancing, Magic Mike, Flashdance and The Greatest Showman, and with a rock-infused soundtrack, features ‘exceptional’ acrobats, vocalists,

Entertainment

SHOWBIZ: Melbourne Tango

The Melbourne Tango Circuit, a celebration of ‘the best of Melbourne’s milongas, TDJs and artists’, is being presented at various locations between October 24-30. Curated by Melbourne Social Tango, the event ranges from opening night parties, gala milongas and live orchestras, including the Melbourne Tango Orchestra, to matinee events,a Maestroclass presented by four of Australia’s

Entertainment

SHOWBIZ: Wangaratta Festival of Jazz and Blues

The 34th Wangaratta Festival of Jazz and Blues will be held over the Melbourne Cup weekend November 1-4 at various locations, including performances by jazz heavyweights Vince Jones, Hetty Kate, Cookin’ On 3 Burners and Nina Ferro. The Wangaratta Festival of Jazz and Blues also hosts the National Jazz Awards, naming Australia’s best saxophonist under

Entertainment

SHOWBIZ: Silvers Circus at Wallan, Epping

When Silvers Circus finishes a successful season in Wallan in Hadfield Park from October 18-27, the next venue is the circus site in Epping, corner Edgars and O’Hern Rds, where Silvers Circus will open on November 1. A household name since the early 70s, Silvers Circus brings great acts to the big top each year

Entertainment

SHOWBIZ: Where You Were

Where You Were is being presented from October 16-20 from 6pm to 9.30pm every 10 minutes at the Festival Hub, The Temple, Carlton. For as long as humans have spoken, we have told each other tales. Experienced from the comfort of an armchair in Fringe Hub’s smallest space, Where You Were is an immersive and

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