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Between now and June 1st, Lost and Found will arrive in
monthly ‘snapshots’. Through three short sections, images
and Guest Editor insights it will create an entry point
to the most interesting creative spaces and events in
Melbourne. Insider knowledge, underbelly happenings and
intimate understanding from creative people who know best.
This snapshot’s Guest Editor is Stuart Geddes: Art
Director of Monument Magazine and one of the founding fathers of the
quintessentially independent Is Not Magazine. |
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From the man who brought Melbourne a back alley bar called
St Jeromes and nationally sanctified himself in the name of
music comes Sister
Bella. Similar to Jeromes, the new bar/café/music venue
is set off Lonsdale Street, but it’s all about camping on
a lounge rather than cramping on a milk crate. Of course
there is beer, wine and spirits, but it’s the cheap coffee
and $6 pasta that floats our boat. More underground than
the city loop, most Melburnians don’t even know Sister
Bella exists yet.
Sister Bella, end of Sniders Lane, off Drewery Lane,
Melbourne |
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Every year in April, Melburnians cram in to the city’s
theatres for three weeks of punch lines. It’s important to
laugh when you are staring down the barrel of three months
of winter. This year the Melbourne International Comedy
Festival is hosting a
fist of home-grown heroes and international funny folk
like Dylan Moran from
British series Blackbooks and Daniel Kitson who likes fireworks and long walks on the
beach. There are also free short films, open mic comps and
sheer stupidity every where you look.
Melbourne International Comedy Festival, April 4 – 29,
citywide, tel: 1300 660 013 |
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James Cameron’s eponymous menswear store is the latest arrival at the upper end of fashion design and retail. His studio/store has only been open for two weeks and already it feels like a classic part of Melbourne with its obscure location (tucked down Oliver Lane in the city), its understated dark wooden floorboards, and its stunning array of clothing for real men (not boys). Cameron himself can be found in-store for a personal consultation, or just a chat - the man knows Melbourne.
James Cameron, Level 1/18 Oliver Lane, Melbourne, tel: 9662 2506 |
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Guest Editor, Stuart Geddes
Stuart’s Top 5
The 86 tram via Smith Street is one of the cross-cultural institutions of Melbourne. Between Clifton Hill and Gertrude Street is where the action takes place, past stalwarts like The Last Record Store and newcomers like Cavallero.
In the city, Pushka is a tiny little place with great staff, great bagels, great coffee and a tiny little gallery (20cm x 30cm).
The State Library of Victoria exhibition Mirror of the World is awe-inspiring.
In a barely converted former Chinese restaurant (Peony Garden), all manner of old camera equipment is sold.
The Narrows (a new gallery on Flinders Lane) elegantly saunters between art and graphic design.
The Last Record Store, 304 Smith Street, Collingwood, tel: 9416 2000
Cavallero, 300 Smith Street, Collingwood, tel: 9417 1377
Pushka, 20 Presgrave Place, Melbourne, tel: 0408 173 892
The State Library of Victoria, Corner La Trobe and Swanston Street, Melbourne, tel: 8664 7000
Peony Garden, 285 Little Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
The Narrows, 2/141-143 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, tel: 9654 1534
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