Distant sparks
Painting, Rare Books & Arts, Visual arts:
This Wednesday 10th August at 6:30pm, as a part of the Outside-in cinema series in Experimedia, we will be showing the 2006 documentary In the shadow of the moon, in… Read More ›
Rare Books & Arts
From Venetian canals to the banks of the Yarra, with a few stops in between
The new-books shelf has gone all fine-art this week, which won’t disturb too many people! Venice : Canaletto and his rivals by Charles Beddington It’s amazing just how much our image… Read More ›
Tentative gazes at Melbourne Underground Film Festival 2011
Sitting at my desk this afternoon, listening to one of my favourite death metal acts, and what am I thinking about more than anything? That I never ever want to… Read More ›
Andres Segovia double bill screening
An Andres Segovia Double Bill is the next program in the Music & Dance on Film series, to be screened this Wednesday August 3 in Arts. Two films by Christopher… Read More ›
Beautiful things from around the world, and a naughty postcard!
Now I would never judge a book by its cover (well, hardly ever!), but sometimes a cover can be just a wee bit irresistible, don’t you think? Textiles of the… Read More ›
Something musical on the Listening Posts
New stage musicals are recent additions to the Listening Post menus in Arts. These include – Women on the verge of a Nervous Breakdown, based on the film by Pedro… Read More ›
Visual architects
Photography, Rare Books & Arts:
This Wednesday 27th July at 6:30pm, as a part of the Outside-in cinema series in Experimedia here at the Library, we will be showing the documentary Manufactured landscapes, which follows… Read More ›
“The play’s the thing”, so why not make your own Shakespeare Festival?
The remarkable thing about Shakespeare is that he is really very good — in spite of all the people who say he is very good. Robert Graves in The Observer… Read More ›
International Zine Library Day!
Barely two weeks ago, I had the privilege to attend the third Zine Librarians (un)Conference in the USA, this year held at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. This event was a… Read More ›
New listening-post music in Arts
Music, Musicals, Rare Books & Arts:
New stage musicals are recent additions to the Listening Post menus in Arts. These include – Women on the verge of a Nervous Breakdown, based on the film by Pedro… Read More ›
