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APRA AMCOS, Alberts and Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy Australia (NRMTA) are pleased to announce that entries for the 2014 Vanda & Young Songwriting Competition – the largest charity songwriting competition in the world – are now open. With thanks to Alberts and APRA AMCOS, this year’s winning songwr
In days gone by poetry has been a revered form of expression, however in modern culture it is often dismissed or overlooked. Fortunately, Peninsula Poets have firmly asserted poetry’s place on Melbourne’s southeast coast with their latest performance at Zinevent in Frankston, July 19. With accomplis
It was with curiosity that I ventured over to The Seaford Hotel one fine Sunday afternoon in June. I drive past it dozens of times a year and the last time I had set foot inside would have been at least fifteen years ago. It is one of those mega pubs with the bistro, pokies, front bar, drive through
TRACK REVIEWS (w CHRIS ROBERTS) www.soundcloud.com/dropthatbrick Droplex, Comah, Breech – Le Tueur Au Puzzle Le Tueur Au Puzzle is another thumping track released by Australia’s own Hungry Koala Records. I am really digging this collaboration between these three lately. Straight off the bat this tra
We think of the Renaissance garden as a place of leisure and pleasure, a kind of earthly paradise – but no matter its ‘garden-as-idyll’ reputation it had a lot of violence going down. There is the dark, toothy scream of the Hell Mouth in what’s been dubbed the “park of monsters”, a garden not far fr
Can’t make it to one of our Youth Centres? Well, they’ll come to you. Mornington Peninsula Shire Youth Services are excited to kick off our Mobile Outreach Program. They’ll be setting up at key locations all over the Mornington Peninsula including Skate Parks, Schools and more. Watch out for mini
Come down for free Activities and a FUN place to hang out! Shed 11 Drop-In Centre in Hastings is open for young people between the ages of 10-25 years. Shed 11 is run by the Mornington Peninsula Shire Youth Services. The facility is located at 11 Marine Parade, Hastings (opposite the skate park in H
He was one of Future Music Festival 2014’s most highly anticipated headliners, and the world’s number one DJ didn’t disappoint – delivering euphoric, mind-blowing sets that wowed fans across the country. Now, one of dance’s most exciting EDM producers, Hardwell, returns to Australia this spring for
BATTLE Impakt Freeza is recruiting musos to compete at its annual ‘Push Start’ Battle of the Bands. The young committee members of Impakt Freeza are encouraging musos to register for the August 15 battle, which will be held at Peninsula Community Theatre in Mornington. Bands and solo acts from aroun
Listen Out is the antidote to many of the things you don’t like about bigger music festivals. It is a carefully handcrafted party, with a killer lineup of the dance music that matters and a philosophy of best, not biggest. Say goodbye to endless timetable clashes, long hikes to the 12th stage and sp
TRACK REVIEWS (w HANDSOME) www.soundcloud.com/handsome-aus Ásgeir – Heimförin (Going Home) Singer/songwriter, Ásgeir Trausti, brings a new meaning to the word tranquil. Whether you listen to the record with it’s English vocals or take a more worldly approach and get to know the original-Icelandic ly
Gotye, Tex Perkins and Nicky Bomba will be coming together for Greenline Grooves at the Melbourne Town Hall to celebrate World Ranger Day on Friday August 1st. In a special one-off show the supergroup will be performing as the Thin Green Line Ambassador Allstars to support the men and women around t
