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History. Comedy. No jellyfish.
Mar. 25th, 2010 08:55 amI promised jellyfish, didn't I? Sorry. Next post. Cross my heart.
But Jel and I saw some cool events last night and I wanted to tell you about them.
READING THE CITY: HISTORIANS ON MELBOURNE
The Wheeler Centre is Melbourne's recently-opened centre for books, writing and ideas. It says so on their website. Basically, they've rounded up the Victorian Writers Centre, VoiceWorks, the Melbourne Writers Festival and other similar organisations and shoved them into offices off the side of the State Library. (This is all part of getting UNESCO to give us a pat on the head as a City of Literature.)
The Centre has been running a season of free public talks. Last night, we saw "Reading the City: Historians on Melbourne".
It was very popular. The Auditorium must have seated 150 people, and it was full. Host Sam Pang asked his guests some simple questions, then let them happily rabbit on about their favourite bits of Melbourne History.
( swearing urchins, death by monkey... )
It was a very informal talk, and lots of fun.
KEEP YOUR SKIRT ON
After a quick dinner at the Lounge, we climbed the stairs at the Order of Melbourne for Keep Your Skirt On, the Skirt Network's annual showcase of local female comedians.
There were about a dozen acts, and the standard was very high. If you're after straight-up stand-at-the-microphone-and-tell-jokes comedy, Melinda Buttle, Felicity Ward and Celia Pacquola all seem like good bets.
Unfortunately, my resources are limited, so I tend to spend my comedy dollars on the quirky, high-concept shows. Claudia O'Doherty's "Monster of the Deep 3D" was already on my list. But I'm thinking of adding Telia Nevile's gawky poetry show "While I'm Away".
Oh, and I won free tickets to Geraldine Quinn tonight. Which leads me to...
FREE TICKET! GERALDINE QUINN! TONIGHT!
Anyone want a free ticket to Geraldine Quinn tonight? 9:30 at Trades Hall?
I won a double pass, but Jel can't come because she's working.
If you're interested, leave a comment.
But Jel and I saw some cool events last night and I wanted to tell you about them.
READING THE CITY: HISTORIANS ON MELBOURNE
The Wheeler Centre is Melbourne's recently-opened centre for books, writing and ideas. It says so on their website. Basically, they've rounded up the Victorian Writers Centre, VoiceWorks, the Melbourne Writers Festival and other similar organisations and shoved them into offices off the side of the State Library. (This is all part of getting UNESCO to give us a pat on the head as a City of Literature.)
The Centre has been running a season of free public talks. Last night, we saw "Reading the City: Historians on Melbourne".
It was very popular. The Auditorium must have seated 150 people, and it was full. Host Sam Pang asked his guests some simple questions, then let them happily rabbit on about their favourite bits of Melbourne History.
( swearing urchins, death by monkey... )
It was a very informal talk, and lots of fun.
KEEP YOUR SKIRT ON
After a quick dinner at the Lounge, we climbed the stairs at the Order of Melbourne for Keep Your Skirt On, the Skirt Network's annual showcase of local female comedians.
There were about a dozen acts, and the standard was very high. If you're after straight-up stand-at-the-microphone-and-tell-jokes comedy, Melinda Buttle, Felicity Ward and Celia Pacquola all seem like good bets.
Unfortunately, my resources are limited, so I tend to spend my comedy dollars on the quirky, high-concept shows. Claudia O'Doherty's "Monster of the Deep 3D" was already on my list. But I'm thinking of adding Telia Nevile's gawky poetry show "While I'm Away".
Oh, and I won free tickets to Geraldine Quinn tonight. Which leads me to...
FREE TICKET! GERALDINE QUINN! TONIGHT!
Anyone want a free ticket to Geraldine Quinn tonight? 9:30 at Trades Hall?
I won a double pass, but Jel can't come because she's working.
If you're interested, leave a comment.
