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We Are United / Performing arts & pop culture

With Sally Rugg, Sista Zai Zanda, Jean Tong and 4 others

Resistance, activism and change are the themes for the opening night of the 2019 Melbourne Fringe Festival and we'll be celebrating – where else? – at Victorian Trades Hall. It's the world's oldest trade union building and, following recent restoration and refurbishment, it’s the new home of the Melbourne Fringe. Most importantly, it’s the perfect venue for a night of…

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Wheeler Kids

Our Little Inventor: Illustration Workshop in Melbourne / Children’s books

With Sher Rill Ng

Our Little Inventor is a fantastic book for kids by Melbourne author and illustrator Sher Rill Ng.

It's the story of a young girl, Nell, who creates an ingenious machine to fight pollution and save her city. With beautiful illustrations and an inspiring heroine, Ng's story of creativity, perseverance and resilience has struck a chord with many young readers.

At…

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Wheeler Kids

Our Little Inventor: Illustration Workshop in Melbourne / Children’s books

With Sher Rill Ng

Our Little Inventor is a fantastic book for kids by Melbourne author and illustrator Sher Rill Ng.

It's the story of a young girl, Nell, who creates an ingenious machine to fight pollution and save her city. With beautiful illustrations and an inspiring heroine, Ng's story of creativity, perseverance and resilience has struck a chord with many young readers.

At…

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Wheeler Kids

Our Little Inventor: Illustration Workshop in Warrnambool / Children’s books

With Sher Rill Ng

Our Little Inventor is a fantastic book for kids by Melbourne author and illustrator Sher Rill Ng.

It's the story of a young girl, Nell, who creates an ingenious machine to fight pollution and save her city. With beautiful illustrations and an inspiring heroine, Ng's story of creativity, perseverance and resilience has struck a chord with many young readers.

At…

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Wheeler Kids

Web and Mobile Design Workshop in Warrnambool / Visual art & design

With Sher Rill Ng

Every day, we interact with devices which allow us to do helpful, fun and important things – if we know how to use them. Who designs the buttons, words, shapes and sounds – the interfaces – which make apps and devices as easy to use as possible? And what’s that job like?

At this session, we'll hear from Melbourne creative…

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The Wheeler Centre

So What If … Melbourne Was Underwater? / Environment

From left: Andi Horvath, Erin O'Donnell, Karen White and David Sornig — Photo: Scott Limbrick

The experts have spoken – there’s no doubt the water is rising. But what will it mean for Melburnians?

Your suburban backyard might not be growing seaweed, but the effects will be felt across our city as we adapt to new ways of being. What might rising water levels mean for our ports and for waste management? How will our roads and sewage systems be affected? Will we see a new wave of migration from other Australian cities that have been hit even harder? The reality of our future is upon us – how will we stay afloat?

Presented in partnership with Melbourne Knowledge Week, and featuring Erin O'Donnell, Karen White, David Sornig and host Andi Horvath.

Anything and everything in Visual art & design from across our archives.

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Two Sides of the Story

Picture Story Authors / Graphic novels & comics

With Roland Harvey and Alison Lester

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Breakfast Club / Art

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More Than Words: Translation and Interpretation / Words & language

With Nobuko Aiso, Kylie Bracknell, Stephen Armstrong and 1 other

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Breakfast Club

Drifting Right / Visual art & design

With Nick McGowan, Deborah Pearson, and John Carroll

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Art Spiegelman: What the %!&* Happened to Comics? / Graphic novels & comics

With Art Spiegelman

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Breakfast Club

A calmer debate: is that what feminism needs? / Visual art & design

With Ben McKenzie, Zoey Louise Moonbeam Dawson, Dylan Coleman and 1 other

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Judging the Covers 2: Chris Womersley, Kalinda Ashton, The Slap / Graphic design

By Jo Case

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New News by the Centre for Advancing Journalism

Crowdfunding Journalism: A report card / Australia

With Matt Levinson, Melissa Sweet, Kelly Briggs and 1 other

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Question time: Transport / Cities

With Amandine Denis, Madeleine Morris, Angharad Wynne-Jones and 2 others

Reading the City: Historians on Melbourne / Urban design

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The Inside Life: Jeanette Winterson on arts funding / Funding

Guest post by Jeanette Winterson

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Wheeler Kids

Under the Love Umbrella Storytelling and Illustration Workshop / Children’s books

With Davina Bell and Allison Colpoys

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Access All Areas

Robyn Annear at Presgrave Place / History

With Robyn Annear

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Boundaries: Mapping Melbourne / Cities

With Sophie Cunningham, Dianna Wells, Gary Presland and 1 other

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Cultural Capital? / Performing arts & pop culture

With Michael Williams, Claire Spencer, Katrina Sedgwick and 1 other

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Ideas for Melbourne / Cities

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Midday Shot

Tim and Judy Sharp on Laser Beak Man / Art

With Tim Sharp, Judy Sharp, and Bernard Caleo

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Neil Gaiman / Books, reading & writing

With Alicia Sometimes and Neil Gaiman

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