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The White Hat Melbourne NewsletterArchived Newsletter No.195 - 9 November 2006Contents
A brief newsletter A Night on the Greens Festivals Theatre & Comedy Music Go sailing for free Pottery Fairs & fetes Melbourne’s Hidden Gems Flowers & gardens Country Victoria The White Hat Quiz +----------------------------------------------------+ A BRIEF NEWSLETTER White Hat is about to spend the next 6 days walking and camping in the rainforests of Far North Queensland. If there is no newsletter next week alert authorities to watch for a well fed crocodile wearing a white hat. +----------------------------------------------------+ A NIGHT ON THE GREENS This coming Thursday is a fundraising event called ‘A Night on the Greens’ at the bowling greens in Brunswick Street Fitzroy with entertainment, food and drink running until late. Go along and support a good cause. The other alternative is to stay home and have a night on the turps. Details at: http://www.whitehat.com.au/Melbourne/StreetsSuburbs/BrunswickSmithSts.asp +----------------------------------------------------+ FESTIVALS This weekend is the annual Buddhist Spring Festival on the outskirts of Melbourne. The following weekend is the Polish Festival at Fed Square, the Johnston Street Festa (Spanish Festival) and the Lebanese Festival in Brunswick. Details at: http://www.whitehat.com.au/Melbourne/Festivals/Ethnic.asp This weekend is the Deep Creek 100th Birthday community festival and next weekend is the Eltham Festival. Details at: http://www.whitehat.com.au/Melbourne/Festivals/Community.asp +----------------------------------------------------+ THEATRE & COMEDY Quilting The Armour – the story of the Kelly women- continues at the Old Melbourne Gaol. Next week Babes in the Woods opens at the Malthouse. Details at: http://www.whitehat.com.au/Melbourne/Events/TheatreM.asp In the field of comedy, David Strassman continues at the Athenaeum, Lano and Woodley give their farewell performances and Allah Made Me Funny opens at Her Majesty’s. Details at: http://www.whitehat.com.au/Melbourne/Events/ComedyM.asp +----------------------------------------------------+ MUSIC This week you can choose between Billy Joel, Pearl Jam, Carole King and the free ‘Make Poverty History’ concert at the music bowl. Details in all the mainstream media or at: http://www.whitehat.com.au/Melbourne/Music/Pop.asp At the deeper end of the musical pool, Turandot opens next week, and there are concerts by the MSO, the Australian Chamber Orchestra, the Australian Classical Players, eavesdropping, and the Stonington Symphony with Barry Tuckwell. Details at: http://www.whitehat.com.au/Melbourne/Music/Classical.asp +----------------------------------------------------+ GO SAILING FOR FREE As mentioned in last week’s newsletter, many sailing clubs across Victoria will be open this Sunday to offer free sailing experiences. Full details at: www.gosailing.com.au +----------------------------------------------------+ POTTERY This Sunday there is a pottery expo at Fed Square with a chance to meet the makers and pick up some pottery (sorry ‘ceramic art’) for Christmas. (Ceramic art is pottery with an extra zero on the price tag). Details at: http://www.whitehat.com.au/Melbourne/Places/FedSquare.asp +----------------------------------------------------+ FAIRS & FETES On Friday there is a twilight fete in Brunswick and a night market in Devon Meadows. On Saturday there is a parish fete in Croydon. Details at: http://www.whitehat.com.au/Melbourne/Festivals/FairsFetes.asp +----------------------------------------------------+ MELBOURNE’S HIDDEN GEMS Certain events in Melbourne have gained a reputation to those ‘in the know’ as highlights on the entertainment calendar. The ‘Yeah Baby’ tap concert in St Kilda is one such event. It does not always the heights of choreographic precision, because the performers have spent most of their time perfecting their hairdos and the eyelashes. And because this is St Kilda, don’t be surprised if you find some well developed thigh and calf muscles below those eyelashes. The result is usually a hoot. Details at: http://www.whitehat.com.au/Melbourne/Theatres/National.asp +----------------------------------------------------+ FLOWERS & GARDENS On Sunday you get a chance to poke your nose into numbers of private gardens in Toorak in a fundraiser for the Lort Smith Animal Hospital. In the country there is a Garden Lovers Festival at Churchill Island, Skipton has a Rose Festival while Leongatha is going one better with a ‘Rose Spectacular’. Details at: http://www.whitehat.com.au/Melbourne/Festivals/Garden.asp +----------------------------------------------------+ COUNTRY VICTORIA This weekend is the Ballarat Show while the following weekend is the Clunes Show and the Lilydale Show. Also this weekend is the Sawpit Gully Food & Wine Festival, the Inverloch Billy Cart Derby & Street Festival, the Beechworth Celtic Festival, the Trasharama a Go Do short film festival in Warrnambool, the Port to Port Cycling event along the Murray and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra are performing in Geelong. Details at: http://www.whitehat.com.au/victoria.asp +----------------------------------------------------+ THE WHITE HAT QUIZ How well do you know Melbourne? First to last week’s quiz. Murray was the first with the answers.
No quiz this week so just talk among yourselves until we get back.
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