The ultimate Fitness and Health Expo 2016
I think I’ve just about got over the Fitness and Health Expo 2016 weekend and what a weekend it was. The ultimate fitness expo, here’s a quick recap. If you didn’t…
Browsing: People/Interviews
Terminator seen at Radical Ecologies at PICA
You can always rely on Perth Institute of Contemporary Art (PICA) to present something out of the box and the current exhibition Radical Ecologies is no exception, particularly the piece titled Re-Wired/…
Trends: Pottery the new way to relax
If you, like thousands of others, received a colouring-in-book for Christmas you might want to spare a thought for pottery instructors everywhere. Pottery you see has been identified as the next big…
Calling all Comic Tragics to the Art Gallery of WA
Calling all comic artists and lovers get yourself down to the Comic Tragic exhibition at the Art Gallery of WA pronto. I’m guessing it’s not often a gallery curator gets…
Make no presumptions at Livingstone’s Urban Jungle
While I was researching the Learn In Perth article for the City of Perth, I stumbled across a new café opposite the Perth Art Gallery. Anyone who remembers the little…
How Christmas lights helped fight war (Emergence Creative Festival)
Last week I went to the 2016 Emergence Creative Festival which brings together a diverse range of Perth creatives … musicians, artists, writers, singers, graphic designers and advertising execs. Held over four…
Comedy Masterclass from John Cleese, Eric Idle
Never in my lifetime did I ever think I’d see a Monty Python sketch performed in person, let alone by John Cleese and Eric Idle no less. This was just…
The Program, Lance Armstrong movie review
Sure we all know the story about Lance Armstrong’s rise and fall, so I was surprised to find myself intrigued by The Program. It was really interesting hearing the story…
Review: Russell Brand Trew World Tour
An evening spent with Russell Brand was always going to be interesting, even if it was shared with a few thousand other people at Perth Arena. I’d seen Brand’s TV…
Brett Whiteley pondered The American Dream
I finally made it to the Art Gallery to see Brett Whiteley’s most iconic painting The American Dream, American Nightmare. Years ago I’d seen a documentary about the painter and…
‘From Boom to Bust’ at Zig Zag Gallery
On a dark and stormy night it would have been easy to stay in watching the footy or rugby. Instead I headed up the hill to the Zig Zag Gallery…
Movie Review: Iris, 93 year old style icon
As I approached Luna cinema on Saturday I couldn’t remember what the film I was going to was about, such is the life of a film reviewer. When the girls…
Best drum solo ever (Motley Crue Farewell)
The other day a friend invited me to the Motley Crue Farewell Concert at Perth Arena. I have to admit to not being a big fan of the band, but…
5 things learnt at Love and Mercy movie
On Saturday morning as one generation arrived home from the night out, others fed new born babies or took their children to sports practice. Meanwhile another group went to Luna Cinema to…
Reuniting lost family members (Missing Lives Exhibition Australian Red Cross)
Several years ago I was fortunate to work for the Australian Red Cross Society where I spent three years travelling across WA talking about the works of this terrific organisation.…
Perth Street Art (Public 2015) Work In Progress #1Hosae
In last years post about the Public 2014 street art festival I pondered … ‘could we lucky enough to have a repeat performance next year’ (see post here). Well we…
Eight lessons learnt from Dior and I movie
Dior. Just four little letters. But four letters that scream femininity, romance, extravagance and icon. How would you feel if you were a Belgian fashion designer known for your minimalist Ready-to-Wear style, and…
Inside the life of a stand-up comedian (Manny Lewis)
Have you ever pondered what it would be like to be a stand-up comic, a successful stand-up comic? To stand on stage, alone, floodlit with nowhere to hide, as hundreds…
