Author: Stephanie Vigilante
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A Snack-Dispensing Video Game Arcade
Written for Broadsheet Ever played Donkey Kong when you’re hungry and felt an overwhelming desire for bananas? Neither have we. But, now that we’ve mentioned it, you might. Snackade is the latest venture from the Brunswick crew behind Jafflechutes – that airborne toastie pop-up from a few years ago Their new concept is an art-cum-food-cum-gaming…
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Turns Out Ferry McFerryface Was Minister’s Pick, Not Public Favourite
Written for Broadsheet Sydney More than two years after a public vote to name the city’s new ferries, Transport NSW announced in November last year that Ferry McFerryface would, officially, hit the harbour. But according to The Sydney Morning Herald it was all a sham. It has been reported that the NSW Transport Minister Andrew Constance overruled the public vote and…
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A Super Blue Blood Moon Tonight for the First Time in 150 Years
Written for Broadsheet Three lunar events will collide on Wednesday night bringing a so-called “super blue blood moon” to the sky for the first time in 150 years. A breakdown of the formal definition: “Super” is the name given to the moon when it’s at one of the closest points to the Earth. It will…
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Using Your Phone to Pay for Public Transport in Melbourne May Be Closer Than You Think
Written for Broadsheet Melbourne commuters could be using their phones to pay for tram, train and bus rides, with the technology to be trialled on trams later this year, the Andrews government has announced. Myki machines – updated in 2017 – already include the technology to read smartphones, making a “tap and go” system, similar…
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Kym Ellery makes her debut at Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week
Written for Fashion Journal The new Ellery woman. Australian fashion heavyweight Kym Ellery has debuted her January 2018 collection at Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week. Voluminous fabrics, embroidery and embellishments, webbed lace, and draped silhouettes reflect the designer’s vision to celebrate the new Ellery woman. Embracing the connection between masculinity and femininity, the collection features…
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Ballarat Beer Festival 2018
Written for Broadsheet A salute to the town’s strong brewing traditions. Thirty-four brewers will serve more than 150 craft brews this summer at the Ballarat Beer Festival on Lake Wendouree. The line-up of large and emerging brewers features Bells Beach Brewing, Daylesford Brewing Co., Fury and Son Brewing Company, Hawkers, Hop Nation, Moon Dog Craft…
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Pilates in Its Original Form at a New Studio in Fitzroy North
Written for Broadsheet Nick Psarros is a former strength and conditioning coach at The Australian Ballet School. His new Pilates studio, The Movement Refinery, is focused on the traditional exercises created by Joseph Pilates almost a century ago, with no dilution. “We work the body entirely,” Psarros says of the vigorous and athletic classes. Classical…
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Ela Greek Pop-Up at Gertrude Street Enoteca
Written for Broadsheet Sample dishes from the Peloponnese, Crete, Cycladic islands and Northern Greece without getting on a plane. Get ready to taste the Mediterranean because Greek pop-up restarant Ela is arriving at Gertrude Street Enoteca in January. Ella Mittas and Mon Ditbunjong will be hosting a month of greek style feasts, drawing inspiration from…
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The Art of Publishing: An Exhibition of MACK Books
Written for Broadsheet A collection from one of the world’s leading contemporary photography publishers. Whoever said print was dead clearly hadn’t stumbled across MACK books, one of the world’s leading producers of contemporary and historical photography books. This summer, Melbourne’s Centre for Contemporary Photography will host the entire catalogue, associated prints and artefacts from the…
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Off The Grid 2017
Written for Broadsheet Powered 100 per cent by solar juice. Off the Grid – an environmentally conscious arts, music and ideas festival – returns to the forecourt of the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art. The event is designed as an opportunity for Melburnians to think differently about the future and flip the script on the…
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