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Melbourne International Comedy Festival Lineup Announced!
8 Comments. 10,324 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:23am.
It’s the Melbourne International Comedy Festival’s 25th Birthday in 2011 and to celebrate, they’ve announced a huge lineup of some of the greatest comedy from Australia and around the globe.   The comedy festival started off with just 50 shows in 20 venues and it’s grown to gigantic proportions over the past 25 years. In 2011 there will be over 300 events at 120... Read More
Best of 2010: What Were Yours?
1 Comments. 1,181 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:23am.
Trusty Beat readers! How are you going? Firstly, thanks for reading Beat.com.au - we've been working really hard on it and it's nice to see people are getting some kind of entertainment or use out of it.   And what a year it's been! The Tote closed and opened, Lisa Mitchell won an AMP, Tame Impala won a bunch of things, Kyu made an album, Splendour In The Grass was absolutely huge, we've... Read More
The Melbourne Women's International Jazz Festival
0 Comments. 2,324 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:23am.
The Melbourne Women’s International Jazz Festival is now on, running from December 2 to December 12. The Festival takes place at various locations around Melbourne including BMW Edge at Federation Square, Bennetts Lane and Paris Cat.   This year’s lineup features an incredible list of international and local artists. The program includes the Rebecca Barnard Trio playing tracks... Read More
Labor Pledge $80.6 Million And New Focus On The Arts
0 Comments. 989 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:17am.
Labor have pledged $80.6 million to nurture the arts and establish 'Creative Victoria' in a grand pre-election gesture.   “Creative Victoria will provide an overarching organisation for all arts and creative industries in Victoria with a primary focus on growing jobs and promoting links, skills development, innovation and ideas among them,” Mr Brumby said. “Under Creative... Read More
Vintage Garage Sale on the this weekend
1 Comments. 2,641 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:23am.
The Vintage Garage Sale opens this Friday November 25. Amazing classic style clothing and knick knacks will be available and the best part if there is nothing over ten dollars.   The sale starts Friday from 6:30 and runs on into Saturday or Sunday, come rail, hail or shine. This is an open even and everyone is welcome.   Vintage Garage Sale is a cash and grab sale, so cash only, but... Read More
The Election And MIFF
0 Comments. 1,597 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:23am.
It's hard to wade through all the party policy and whatnot sometimes, but this is just a little post about how the election will change things for the Melbourne International Film Festival, which is one of our greatest arts assets and probably the best film festival in the whole country.   Innovation Minister Gavin Jennings announced today that under a future Labor Government, MIFF... Read More
St Kilda Openair Cinema
0 Comments. 1,547 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:20am.
Set atop the iconic St Kilda Sea Baths, film and music lovers can look forward to an exciting program of live music and feature films under the stars from 9 December 2010 - 26 February 2011. St Kilda Openair nights are a quintessential summer event; with feature films playing on huge outdoor screens from dusk. Cinemagoers can relax with food and tasty beverages from the licensed bar, while... Read More
DigiSPAA Finalists Announced
0 Comments. 1,429 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:23am.
Finalists for the 2010 DigiSPAA competition have been announced.   After an unprecedented number of entries the judges have narrowed the enourmous talent pool down to four exceptional films. And the finalists are... (Drum roll please)   Little Sparrows directed, written and produced by Yu-Hsiu Camille Chen, The Fall Guys produced by Rhys Cain, Roadman produced, written and directed by... Read More
Melbourne Literary iPhone App Launched
0 Comments. 3,152 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:12am.
Melbourne is a cultural city. Melbournians like reading, sipping coffee, and wearing black. All stereotypes sure, but just to prove there must be some truth to it, Melbourne is the only UNESCO City of Literature in Australia. To celebrate it? Melbourne writer Narrelle M Harris collaborated with Sutro Media to create a literary lovers dream iPhone app.   It's called Literary Melbourne, and... Read More
Environmental Film Festival
0 Comments. 2,995 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:12am.
All around this beautiful planet, humans live, breath and consume. It's difficult to remember about the environment when all you see of it is a tree-lined street or puddle.   Environmental Film Festival, on from Thursday September 16 to Sunday September 19, aims to inspire thought, initiative and action about our world and how our lives are connected to it.    There are... Read More
Greek Film Festival
0 Comments. 2,781 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:12am.
Greece: islands, Mount Olympus, Athens...  and a growing film industry. You may be wondering why you'd ever want to leave, though thankfully some did because without them we may not have the Greek Film Festival.   Palace Cinema Como, on the corner of Toorak road and Chapel street in South Yarra, has the soul honor of showing the 17th Greek Film Festival which kicks off in Melbourne and... Read More
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