Latest articles by Rhonda Dredge
A wild heart beneath
Hydra is a new novel by local author Adriane Howell that should appeal to apartment dwellers with a country property down the coast.
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Taking it easy
The last song they played before the encore was Hope for a Generation.
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Southbank Promenade works to be completed “soon”
Traders are relieved that work is finally coming to an end on the section of the Southbank Promenade in front of the Hamer Hall.
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Ironic travelogue heralds in grad show season
Grad Show season has begun at the campus of the Victorian College of the Arts, kicking off at the beginning of November.
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An anti-cap gloss to student show
A giant melting marshmallow has won the 2022 Majlis Travelling Fellowship for a final year student at the Victorian College of the Arts.
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Inside the creative minds at the Malthouse
The Malthouse Theatre has scrapped its subscriber model so that it can bring fresh plays and create more versatility in the program, a move that has been lauded by industry sources.
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Nervous moment for world champion barista
The coffee-making trial of the Australian contender in the World Barista Championship had just finished at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre at South Wharf last month.
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Overlooked species on our doorstep
The small town of Creswick sits picturesquely among the rolling hills and woodlands of Central Victoria, and it was an artistic place 120 years ago.
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Stitching change
In the old days before the consumerist itch took hold of the planet, householders were frugal and figured out ways of using offcuts.
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When we were isolated
The ability to capture an existential moment as it occurs and put it into words is one of the more celebrated feats of being a writer.
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Exercising your options
Some high-rise residents have decided not to return to gyms because of concerns about viral infections.
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Rent increases bite for apartment dwellers
Rent increases of as much as 40 per cent have been reported by residents of Southbank since the lockdown finished last year, with international students particularly vulnerable.
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Feminist photographer creates her own archive
Feminist photography is a relatively new area of study with strong links to the politics of the archive and the way work is stored and displayed.
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Getting into the cyclist mindset
A council engineer once said that cyclists were like water – give them a path and they’ll flow down it.
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As good as it gets
The art world surged ahead in the last week of June with a happening opening at ACCA and a thoughtful show at Buxton Contemporary.
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Promenade restaurants deal with impacts of hoarding
A two-and-a-half-metre-high black hoarding erected last month in front of the restaurants at Hamer Hall is expected to block diners’ view of the river until late July.
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Rain, rain, rain: can we expect floods?
Winter arrived this month with a full day of constant rain and locals who work by the Yarra were watching it rise with some trepidation.
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Picasso and his fellow artists
If you take a time capsule and travel back to the mid-20th century, the name Pablo Picasso dominated the popular impression of the outrageous artist.
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On a remake of office space
What is needed in the new economy is a great deal of charm, vision and flexibility to get workers back into offices that were built for a different era.
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Posters tell another story
Lust Love Loss is an exhibition with big themes squeezed into a small space at the Shrine of Remembrance.
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