Celebrating a Century of Luna Park - City of Port Phillip
Celebrating a Century of Luna Park - City of Port Phillip
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NEIgHBOURHOOD<br />
news<br />
Prose and poetry on the menu<br />
SOUTH MELBOURNE: Join<br />
the fun <strong>of</strong> free open mic literary<br />
readings at the South Melbourne<br />
Market on Mondays from 7.30<br />
pm. Bring a monologue, short<br />
prose, song lyrics<br />
(unaccompanied) or poems to<br />
read, or simply listen to work<br />
from others. There will also be<br />
special guests on the first<br />
Monday <strong>of</strong> each month. For<br />
more information, including the<br />
venue, visit gilgamesh Readings<br />
on Facebook or call 9645 5779.<br />
Food for thought: The best <strong>of</strong>ferings<br />
will be published in a fortnightly<br />
pamphlet by gilgamesh Productions.<br />
Pic: Michael Reynolds.<br />
Council adopts new pets plan<br />
CITY-WIDE: Council has adopted a new Domestic animal<br />
Management Plan which includes creating a new fenced <strong>of</strong>f leash area<br />
in Eastern Reserve and trialing a new <strong>of</strong>f-leash area in Middle <strong>Park</strong>.<br />
More than 230 people provided feedback on the plan which focuses<br />
on education for pet owners, pet registration, keeping dogs under<br />
control in shared public spaces, micro chipping, de-sexing and<br />
encouraging people to pick up after their dogs.<br />
Farmers markets are mushrooming<br />
CITY-WIDE: Local<br />
farmers markets are<br />
blossoming in our city.<br />
Join in the market at<br />
Veg Out next to<br />
Peanut Farm Oval<br />
(8.00 am – 12.30 pm)<br />
on the first Saturday <strong>of</strong><br />
the month and<br />
gasworks art <strong>Park</strong><br />
(8.30 am – 1.00 pm)<br />
on the third Saturday.<br />
St Kilda Rotary is<br />
holds their markets on<br />
the fourth Sunday at<br />
From Sunday 23 December, the South Melbourne<br />
Commons launches a fortnightly farmers market.<br />
Calendar at www.commons.org.au<br />
Fitzroy Street in St Kilda (8 am – 1 pm). Keep your eyes peeled also<br />
for new Elwood Farmers Market dates, to be held monthly at<br />
Elwood College.<br />
Join in the Christmas cheer at the Village<br />
ALBERT PARK: Celebrate the festive season at the albert <strong>Park</strong><br />
Village Christmas community festival. The event will feature music and<br />
a runway show showcasing fashion from local shops. There will also be<br />
tasty nibbles and drinks on <strong>of</strong>fer from the Village’s diverse food<br />
purveyors in and around the Bridport Street precinct. Traders will be<br />
open late and will <strong>of</strong>fer complementary gift wrapping. Wednesday<br />
5 December, 4 pm – 9 pm.<br />
Sell your craft by the sea shore<br />
Looking for the perfect gift? With more than 130 stalls <strong>of</strong> quality handmade<br />
one-<strong>of</strong>-a-kind gifts, there is something for all tastes.<br />
ST KILDA: The St Kilda Esplanade Market takes applications every<br />
month for new stallholders selling their own handmade art and craft<br />
products. Visit www.portphillip.vic.gov.au/stkilda_esplanade_market.htm<br />
for more details. Check out the more than 130 stalls every Sunday,<br />
10 am – 5 pm on Upper Esplanade St Kilda.<br />
Church to showcase local creativity<br />
BALACLAVA: The Holy Trinity anglican Church will be holding its<br />
first Community Christmas Tree Festival from Friday 7 to Sunday<br />
9 December. Visitors will be able to see over 50 Christmas trees<br />
decorated in a variety <strong>of</strong> themes by local community groups and<br />
members (gold coin donation for adults, children free). The Melbourne<br />
Singers <strong>of</strong> gospel will also be performing their Lighting the World<br />
concert on the Saturday at 6 pm ($20 at the door, children under<br />
12 free), and everybody is welcome to join in carols from 4 pm on the<br />
Sunday. The church is on the corner <strong>of</strong> Chapel Street and Brighton<br />
Road.<br />
Local park pops up<br />
SOUTH MELBOURNE: Residents are set to get a new Pop-Up<br />
<strong>Park</strong> in South Melbourne. <strong>Port</strong> <strong>Phillip</strong>’s first ever temporary park will<br />
miraculously appear in Emerald Hill Place in December, complete with<br />
synthetic grass, park furniture and new plants. Council’s landscape<br />
architects are working on a design to permanently turn this site from<br />
asphalt into green open space late next year.<br />
Evening shopping in style this December<br />
SOUTH<br />
MELBOURNE:<br />
Fashionistas, foodies and<br />
music lovers have until<br />
Thursday 20 December<br />
to catch Style after Dark<br />
at the South Melbourne<br />
Market. The event runs<br />
Thursday evenings,<br />
5.30 pm – 9.30 pm, with<br />
stalls featuring locallydesigned<br />
and made<br />
clothing, jewellery,<br />
headwear, homewares<br />
and children’s toys, as<br />
well as plenty <strong>of</strong> food from local outlets.<br />
Visit www.styleafterdark.com.au to see what’s on each week.<br />
10 The Official NewsleTTer Of The ciTy Of POrT PhilliP<br />
www.portphillip.vic.gov.au
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