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The White Hat Melbourne NewsletterArchived Newsletter No.141 - 9 September 2005Contents
Festivals & fairsThis Saturday is a Vietnamese Lantern Festival at Fed Square where Aunty Betty and Uncle George can get to eat Vietnamese food without having to venture into the ‘scary suburbs’. There is a Spring Fair at Collingwood College with stalls, food, activities and climbing wall so that the students can climb up the wall for a change instead of the teachers. There is an orchid festival in Maribyrnong and a cymbidium festival in Ararat. A cymbidium is an orchid that went to University. Details at Festivals & Fairs in Melbourne.
Family stuffThe Royal Melbourne Show starts this week. This is where many Melbourne kids get their first experience at recycling. You bring the showbags home then sort the rubbish into different piles. Details everywhere. Tomorrow is an event called ‘The Big Draw’ at ArtPlay in the city and on Sunday there is a one day children’s festival at Gasworks Park in Port Melbourne. There are activities on Friday morning at the children’s garden in the Botanic Gardens called ‘Tunes in the Trees and suitable for 2-3 year olds details at Family and children's events in Melbourne.
FilmThere are Greek and Russian film festivals on this week. Details at Film Festivals in Melbourne.
FashionMelbourne Spring Fashion Week with tons of events. If you were expecting models on catwalks then you are beyond help – they’re called runways now sweetie. The publicity for one event promoting the uniqueness of Melbourne says “For the ultimate VACATION . . pack your sexiest SWIMMERS . .” . Forget about globalisation – Sydenyisation is the real threat to our language. There is a fashion bazaar at Fed Square on Sunday. Details at Fashion in Melbourne.
MusicNana Maskouri has a concert at Hamer Hall as part of her farewell tour. However the tour is called Farewell Tour 2005 – I’m suspicious. The Australian Boys Choir has a welcome home concert and has been warned that if they sing ‘that song’ they’ll immediately be sent overseas again. There is an ongoing festival of music at Darebin and at North Melbourne Town Hall is a performance involving a “mixture of Jacques Brel, industrial noise and eclectic post-classical music” where the performers will be involved in “deconstruction”. I don’t know what post-classical music is, but I know that deconstruction in music just means leaving out all the notes you can’t play. For details, go to our home page and choose the drop down menu under “Music”.
Reader feedback
Norman, we’ll see what we can do in next week’s newsletter.
Solar House DayThere are solar house demonstrations around the state on Sunday (except for Ballarat because they can’t remember which day the sun comes out). There you can ask questions like “Is it more efficient to use your limited budget for solar panels for hot water (which may not get fully used) or to generate electricity to pump back into the grid.?”
Postgraduate researchIf you thought postgraduate research was beyond you, then think again. It’s not really all that hard. Each week at White Hat we get numbers of emails from postgraduate researchers. Here are some recent examples.
The request came from an email address at defence.gov.au and was registered ‘unclassified’.
Lectures & forumsThis week you can attend lectures on Aboriginal Victoria and the history of Jordanian temples (that’s two separate lectures). There is a also a panel discussion on fashion in Melbourne. I can’t wait for that one. Details at Forums in Melbourne.
The Story ContinuesBeing the True History of the wearer of the White HatThe hat continued to glow. It spread a strange ethereal light around the room. It was a light that, although eerie, seemed to shine both into the future and the past. The patterns on the wallpaper seemed to gain an third dimension and the posters on the wall seemed like windows opening onto other worlds. It was a feeling I had only ever experienced once – in childhood after having a third serving of trifle. A voice which I could not quite make out seemed to be gently urging me to do something. But what? I stood bathed in gentle pulsating light until I could make out the words. The voice was saying “Put me on”. And there we leave the saga for another week because I can hear newsletter reader uttering the same call.
ShowsThis week is the grand final of the Rock Eisteddfod. This is one of my favourite events where highly talented kids get together, hone their skills for months, are inclusive of a range of abilities, are supportive and encouraging of other acts and all come together in a whole that is larger than the individual contributions. It’s a concept that would never work on television. Of course they have been so busy rehearsing their act that they haven’t learned how to add up the marks or spell eisteddfod. At the same venue (Rod Laver Arena) is a Bollywood spectacular with a riot of singing, dancing, arms, navels, beads, bells, teeth, more navels and colour everywhere. In the audience will be our local Indian Australians who have adopted the traditional native garb of Melbourne - black.
Country VictoriaThere is a craft weekend in Creswick, Jazz on the Mornington Peninsula and a Floral Festival in Ferny Creek. Go to our home page, and from the “What’s on in Country Victoria” drop down menu choose this weekend.
The White Hat QuizHow well do you know Melbourne?How well do you know Melbourne? First to last week’s quiz.
Now to this week’s quiz. In what suburb of Melbourne would you find:
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