Newsletter | #012 | What's On this Week

Your guide to Melbourne events, exhibitions and sport April 2 - April 8, 2007.

Its the first week of the School Holidays so see below for our Melbourne for Kids guide! As always there is lots happening in Melbourne... 21st Melbourne International Comedy Festival kicks off on Wednesday, Home Ideas Show starts on Saturday,

The week ends with EASTER - Good Friday - Friday 6 April, Easter Saturday 7 April, Easter Monday 9 April 2007.

A huge annual event this week is the Good Friday Appeal on April 6 2007 that brings together people from all parts of the community to raise money for the Royal Children's Hospital.

Give generously to the Good Friday Appeal.

Major Events Guide

The Melbourne International Comedy Festival is now Australia's most popular and dynamic annual arts festival featuring a high profile line up of cabaret, theatre, stand-up, live radio broadcasts, television, music, a Comedy Short Film Festival, free outdoor entertainment and visual art exhibitions begins on Wednesday.

The Home Ideas Show now in its 30th year, the Home Ideas Show is the leading exhibition for Melbourne's homeowners starts on Saturday and continues until April 15th.

Starting on Monday the AGIdeas International Design Forum is held over 3 days with presentations from over 30 world leaders in design from all over the globe and from all areas of the design industries.

Inspiration will come from anyone in any facet of design, inspiration is not limited to the design facet you study or work in. AGIdeas offers an opportunity to be inspired by many creative industries.

The Good Friday Appeal on April 6 brings together people from all parts of the community to raise money for the Royal Children's Hospital.

The Royal Children's Hospital promise is to ensure that all children with life-threatening diseases get the best possible medical care.

Exhibitions - Art | Festival | Show

• ACMI - Centre Pompidou Video Art until May 27th - one of the world's great collections, explore the largest history of video art ever seen in Australia.



• Thomas Harrison - Milliner By the late 1930s, Ballarat-born Thomas Harrison was Melbourne's best-known milliner. His hats were coveted by women from all over Australia and were recognisable for their exceptional finish, inventive forms and dramatic visual effect.
  
  An influential presence on Melbourne's millinery scene, Harrison's handiwork included one-off pieces for the wardrobes of individual clients, discreet ranges made to accompany the collections of local fashion houses, and whimsical historical showpieces created for his own in-house displays.
  
  This exhibition presents an impressive selection of over 50 hats from the National Gallery of Victoria's extensive Thomas Harrison archive, spanning from the 1930s to the 1970s. Gifted to the Australian Fashion & Textiles collection by the artist in 1976 and 1980, the archive numbers more than 230 examples. These works, which survey his long career, have not been seen en-masse publicly in three decades. Thomas Harrison, Milliner celebrates Harrison's legacy, ingenuity and versatility as a bespoke milliner and examines his rich visual, historical and material vocabulary.
  


• No Limit Holdem @ Crown Casino


• Melbourne Festivals Guide


• onlyMelbourne March Events

Arts & Theatre

• Miss Saigon
continues until May 27th - one of the most successful musicals in the world - seen by over 30 million people in 25 countries in 12 languages.

Set in 1975 during the final days leading up to the American evacuation of Saigon, Miss Saigon is an epic love story about the relationship between an American GI and a young Vietnamese woman.


• The Ghost Writer - Developed under MTC's Hard Lines Program, Ross Mueller's The Ghost Writer is a story about stories, the lies we tell ourselves and the truths we daren't tell anyone. It's on at the Arts Centre until April 21st. Everyone has a story to tell, provided they have the right words to tell it. Brihanna (Margaret Harvey) can talk a blue streak, but writing has never been her thing. Best to leave that to Claudia (Belinda McClory), who has the class and literary skills to give a chaotic, violent story the texture of true tragedy. But what if the ghost writer has her own ghosts to exorcise, or only wants to stir up old ghosts?



• Music and Cabaret at The Butterfly Club


• onlyMelbourne Arts & Theatre Guide

Music Gig's, Concerts and Dance

• Live Music Guide
Melbourne Venues and Gig guide.

Art & Craft Markets Fetes and Fairs

Grab a bargain at one of Melbourne's excellent markets, fetes and fairs. An increasing number of food and produce markets including wine are popping up around the suburbs. And don't forget garage sales.

• Fetes Fairs & Shows


• Art & Craft Markets


• Food & Produce Markets


• Garage Sales


• Shopping Precincts and Streets

Queen Victoria Market this week

Kobya Panguana Band, hear the dynamic rhythms and sounds of Africa uniquely mixed with Carlos Panguana and his live band. This Sunday from 12 - 2 pm at the QVM marquee on the corner of Queen & Victoria Streets.

- Queen Victoria Market

Sports

• Australian Rules Football - Round 2 next game in Melbourne is Richmond -v- Sydney @ M.C.G.


• Easter Saturday Race Day - Horse racing at Caulfield on Saturday.


• Rip Curl Pro Surf & Music Festival - Bells Beach

Restaurants Bars & Clubs

Melbourne is spoilt for choice when it comes to online Dining & Drink Guides

We make it easy for you to find Melbourne's hidden and secret bars. Many new bars and nightclubs have opened recently and some even have free internet access where you might find some of the OnlyMelbourne staff working away.

Go here for Bars and Clubs Guides.

This Saturday at Bar Altitude is Dirty Disco a night geared to a cheeky-but- friendly, up-for-it crowd, combining sexy, dirty house music in an intimate & comfortable environment.

It's a Saturday night party that will enforce a strict but fair membership base aimed at attracting a large female clientele who'll be provided with a safe and fun place to be each and every week.

Dirty Disco is what Our city's scene has been missing! A place where you can go to express yourself without the hassles or worries you might be subjected to at other venues. Clubbing is, and always has been, about escapism, freedom and enjoyment. Going out in Melbourne has been getting too serious over the past few years; Dirty Disco is all about putting the FUN back in to going out again!

Melbourne for KIDS

Here's a few ideas for activities for children in Melbourne...

• Sanctuary and Zoo
  
  - Healesville Sanctuary - specialising in native Australian animals.
  
  - Melbourne Aquarium - showcasing the creatures of the Southern Ocean.
  
  - Melbourne Zoo - more than 350 animal species.
  
  - Werribee Open Range Zoo - Australian and African animals.
  
  


• Museum
  
  - Fire Museum - Melbourne
  
  - Fox Classic Car Collection - Melbourne
  
  - Geelong Naval and Maritime Museum - Geelong
  
  - Gold Treasury Museum - Melbourne
  
  - Melbourne Museum - Carlton
  
  - Scienceworks Museum - Spostwood
  
  


• Children's Farm & Markets
  
  - Collingwood Children's Farm & Market - Collingwood
  
  - Children's Animal Farm - Tarneit (Werribee)
  
  - CERES - Centre for Education & Research.
  
  - Mirage Jamal Camel - Educational Farm
  


• Parks and Gardens
  
  - Luna Park - Just for fun!
  
  - Fitzroy Gardens & Captain Cook's Cottage - Spend the whole day!
  
  - Bimbimbie Fauna & Picnic Park - Nestled in the beautiful Dandenongs
  
  - Birrarung Marr - Melbourne
  
  - Royal Botanic Gardens - South Yarra
  
  - Royal Botanic Gardens - Cranbourne
  


• Melbourne Day Trips for Kids....



• Melbourne Observation Deck - Rialto Towers


• Adventure Park - Geelong, guarantees thrills, laughter & fun.


• Amaze n Things - Cowes, maze, maxi golf, illusions for the whole family.


• Puffing Billy - Steam Train in the Dandenongs


• Miniature & Model Railways - Train rides


• School Holiday Program - Footscray Community Arts Centre


• Cowboy & Cowgirl Show - Rippon Lea Estate


• Maribyrnong River Cruise - aboard the Blackbird ferry


• Circus Royale - live circus appearing @ Hoppers Crossing.

Melbourne for Children / Kids/ Kids

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