Archive for 2012

New books: culture can be popular, popular can be culture……

New books: culture can be popular, popular can be culture……

October 19, 2012

Comic books, Music, New books, Popular music, Rare Books & Arts, Visual arts:

 Our hero: Superman on Earth by Tom De Haven Tom De Haven is the author of a very beautiful and surprising novel about Superman/Clark Kent’s early years in Depression-era America,… Read More ›

The Biography Index

The Biography Index

October 18, 2012

People & professions, Such was life:

Have you been researching an elusive Victorian ancestor, only to get stuck when you try to find out more about their life? Are you looking for long-forgotten interviews with prominent… Read More ›

Welcome

Welcome

October 17, 2012

Such was life:

Welcome to the State Library of Victoria’s Such was life blog. Here we’ll explore both new and historic Library collections that relate to Australia’s past. We’ll showcase our favourite items,… Read More ›

Some particularly rapid unintelligible patter: celebrating Gilbert and Sullivan

Some particularly rapid unintelligible patter: celebrating Gilbert and Sullivan

October 11, 2012

Music, Rare Books & Arts:

Once guaranteed crowd-pleasers, it seems that the works of Gilbert and Sullivan have lost a bit of traction in recent years with our major opera companies. A shame really as… Read More ›

New books: Yoshitoshi, Venetian masters, rising stars and Canada, O Canada….

New books: Yoshitoshi, Venetian masters, rising stars and Canada, O Canada….

October 11, 2012

Rare Books & Arts:

Yoshitoshi: masterpieces from the Ed Freis collection by Chris Uhlenbeck and Amy Reigle Newland Hotei, 2011   Tsukioka Yoshitoshi was one of the greatest masters of the Japanese woodblock print… Read More ›

Musical Listening in Arts

Musical Listening in Arts

October 10, 2012

Musicals, Rare Books & Arts:

Musical theatre features on new Listening Post music in Arts highlighting some recent CD arrivals, plus a few popular titles making a return visit. There are eight jukebox listening posts… Read More ›

Opera Screening: The Merry Widow

Opera Screening: The Merry Widow

October 9, 2012

Rare Books & Arts:

The Merry Widow : an operetta in three acts is the next program in the Arts on Film series, to be screened this Wednesday October 10 in Arts. With music… Read More ›

Your State Library,Your Say October 2012

October 8, 2012

Family matters, Uncategorized:

Right now the State Library of Victoria is planning its future so a great opportunity for the  Family Matters blog community to contribute their ideas about what this Library could be.  You… Read More ›

Library asks Victorians to shape its future

Library asks Victorians to shape its future

October 3, 2012

About us, Announcements, Library services, News:

What do you want us to be?  This is the question the State Library of Victoria is asking all Victorians to answer to aid in its planning for the next… Read More ›

Salt beef, tinned carrots and haggis – the 19th century ships diet

Salt beef, tinned carrots and haggis – the 19th century ships diet

September 28, 2012

Collections, Family matters:

The current library exhibition Gusto! a culinary history of Victoria, explores the role food has played in Victoria’s history.  One food topic that’s of great interest to many family historians is… Read More ›