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Spectacular Secret Symphony
The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra took its unique Secret Symphony program to Melbourne Aquarium last month.
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Happy birthday Recital Centre
The Melbourne Recital Centre (MRC) celebrated its fifth birthday last month, with a giant party and show.
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NGV opening up
The National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) is creating weekly events in an attempt to encourage new visitors through the doors.
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Grass roots arts
While there are many high-profile art and theatre performances in Southbank each month, Southbank Local News accepted an invitation to a slightly more low-key show at Trading Spaces by theatre group PUMP theatre.
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Southbank Residents Group
Well the year is abruptly coming to an end, much sooner than many of us would have expected.
Read MoreBusinesses in Southbank
For Tereza Todd, going to work each day means coming face-to-face with a 750 kg crocodile.
Read MoreOn the box
Since the late 70s, curious Britons have been bringing their questionable junk to the appraisers of the Antiques Roadshow.
Read MoreSt Johns Southgate
In the Bible we read that the Prophet Jeremiah lived in a time of turmoil, when the fate of many nations—including Judah—was being sealed.
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Look who’s been visiting Southbank?
Santa made his way down to Southbank last month to check out the new buildings and map out his flight plan for December 24.
Read MoreMerry Christmas from Southbank Local News!
Can you believe it? The year is all but over and, if you haven’t got your Christmas shopping sorted out yet, you’d better get onto it!
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Social Inclusion Week concert hits Boyd
Southbank locals were treated to an interactive concert from the School of Hard Knocks at Boyd Community Hub in November as part of Social Inclusion Week.
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Melbourne Now on display in Southbank
One of National Gallery of Victoria’s (NGV) most daring projects ‘Melbourne Now’ began in November and art lovers are in for a treat, as it is set to run right through summer.
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Happy birthday Recital Centre
Southbank’s much-loved Melbourne Recital Centre turns five in February and to celebrate it will hold a huge birthday bash.
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Pucker up for Christmas
It’ll be easier for you to convince your crush to cozy up under the mistletoe this Christmas with the installation of a giant mistletoe decoration on the footbridge between Southgate and Flinders St Station.
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Street transformed in ‘Dodds St Reboot’
Dodds St underwent a transformation in November, as part of the ‘Dodds St ReBoot’.
Read MoreDeveloper contributions on the agenda
The City of Melbourne wants to extract maximum developer contribution from a Haig St project.
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Skywhale visits ACCA
The infamous Skywhale that helped Canberra celebrate its 100th birthday earlier in the year has made a fleeting visit to Southbank, taking flight over the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA) during December.
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New networking event a success
The first Yarra River Business Association (YRBA) and ‘Southbank Local News’ networking luncheon was a huge hit in November with around 70 local workers and residents coming together for food, connecting and learning about the area.
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Council to protect heritage
With the high level of development in Southbank over the last decade it would be easy to imagine there are no heritage listed sites in the suburb at all.
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