Pancake Day or Shrove Tuesday – Catch it If You Can
Shrove Tuesday is Pancake Day, the day before Lent begins, a time to cleanse your soul, kitchen and house, and origin of the tradition known as Spring cleaning
Quick Snippets of Culture
Quick Snippet: Cradle of Civilisation – At the Beginning
In the beginning the ancient Greek oral Poet Hesiod says, there was Khaos vast and dark – then Gaea, the deep-breasted earth and Eros, whose love softens hearts
[untitled] Stonnington Literary Festival – Story Competition
August 1 is start date for a competition integral to [untitled], Stonnington Literary Festival 2016, with short story, poetry and memoir categories for all ages
Treasures of Australian Art 1890 – 1950 – Hazelhurst Gallery
Treasures of Australian Art 1890 – 1950, gathered by collector benefactor Howard Hinton is opening August 13, 2016 in Gymea, at the Hazelhurst Regional Gallery
Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Winners 2016 – Bevvy Babes Win
Melbourne is cheering first time finalist Louise Hearman winning the Archibald Prize 2016 one of three awards, including the Wynne and Sulman, also won by women
St Petersburg Ballet Theatre Presents Swan Lake in Australia
Stunning season of the ballet Swan Lake presented by St Petersburg Ballet Theatre, will offer performances in Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, December 8 – 17, 2016
Olympic Games – I Go to Rio… Rio De Janeiro – What a Blast!
Anna Meares gold medal winning track cyclist champion will be standard bearer for the Australian flag at the Opening of the Summer Olympic Games, Rio de Janeiro
Open House Melbourne – Challenging Ideas About Architecture
Open House Weekend when you can explore the built fabric of Melbourne, a dynamic and cosmopolitan city and ‘crucible for change’, takes place July 30 & 31 2016
Ptolemaic Art Galleries Re-Open – The Met, Fifth Avenue, NY
Galleries 133 and 134 at The Met Fifth Avenue in New York, re-open on July 1 with a re-installed and much enhanced display expanding knowledge of Ptolemaic art
Lethbridge 10000 – Queensland’s Small Scale Art Award, 2016
Opening June 11 in Brisbane an exhibition of the finalists in the Lethbridge 10000, Queensland’s small scale art award in support of emerging Australian artists
National Institute of Dramatic Art – June Production Season
NIDA has announced its June Student Theatre Production season, an eclectic mix of works with an all-student cast and crew, led by an accomplished guest director
Master and Pupil, a Marais Project Experience, May 29, 2016
Master and Pupil, a concert featuring young Australian actor James Fraser with principals of The Marais Project, on May 29, 2016 Independent Theatre, Nth Sydney
ACO & Giovanni Sollima – Sequenza Italiana, June, July, 2016
Italian composer supervirtuoso cellist and conductor Giovanni Sollima returns to Australia in June & July 2016 to perform with the Australian Chamber Orchestra
Friday Nights at NGV Return – Talks, Music, Drinks and Degas
Friday Nights at the NGV with access to Degas: A New Vision the winter masterpiece exhibition will be a sophisticated evening of talks, music, drinks and more
Robin Gibson Gallery – Duo of Exhibitions, Opens May 17
On May 17, 2016 the Robin Gibson Gallery are officially opening two exhibitions by mature Australian artists, painter Ted Hillyer and sculptor Patricia Lawrence
Turner’s Whaling Pictures – On Show, The Met Fifth Avenue
The Met Fifth Avenue New York is uniting English painter JMW Turner’s quartet of whaling paintings to assess if they helped inspire Herman Melville’s Moby Dick