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Mahalia Barnes

What made Mahalia Barnes say yes to Jesus Christ Superstar

Barnes has been surrounded by music her whole life, but it took a very particular set of circumstances for her to take on her first musical.

  • Elizabeth Flux

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Composer, conductor and critic Fritz Hart.

The former Age critic who helped the MSO bring music to the people

Largely unknown outside academic circles, Fritz Hart was a seminal figure in Melbourne music.

  • Barney Zwartz
Yayoi Kusama’s The Hope of the Polka Dots Buried in Infinity Will Cover the Universe at the NGV.

‘Five MCGs’ worth of people’: Yayoi Kusama exhibition breaking records at NGV

Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama’s exhibition at the NGV has drawn huge numbers of people during its four-month run.

  • Madeleine Heffernan
Stacey Edwards

These artists first picked up a brush in prison. It changed their lives

Connecting with their culture through art while in prison has proven revolutionary for hundreds of Indigenous people.

  • Kerrie O'Brien
Roo do you think you are? Comedian Steph Broadbridge strikes a pose.

It’s the comedy show Raygun didn’t want you to see. But is it any good?

Stephanie Broadbridge’s Breaking: The Musical had to overcome some legal challenges to make it to the Comedy Festival, where it’s just started its run. This is what the crowd can expect.

  • Karl Quinn
Karen Quinlan

‘Oh, yeah I think everyone’s always interested in the hot pants’

While Arts Centre Melbourne is best known for its performances, in the depths of Hamer Hall there’s a hidden collection that has captured CEO Karen Quinlan’s imagination.

  • Elizabeth Flux
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The brief life of a flower mirrors something of the human condition, which is partly why artists return again and again to them in still life paintings.

Hey bloomer: The simple things we use to celebrate life’s big moments

A new exhibition celebrates the role of the flower in art – and what it reveals about the human condition.

  • Kerrie O'Brien
Vivian Nguyen has made her own theatre work but still needs a retail job to survive.

‘Why waste our time?’: Artists warn of a decline in funding in Victoria

An inquiry is investigating how the state’s cultural industries are being supported. Figures show a drop in funding, and some artists say it’s becoming too hard to work.

  • Hannah Hammoud
Veronica Sullivan, new head of Melbourne Writers Festival.

Jimmy Barnes joins superstar authors for Melbourne Writers Festival

New festival director Veronica Sullivan is aiming to provide something for everyone this year: from bestselling Irish writers to a BookTok phenomenon and yes, a rock legend.

  • Kerrie O'Brien
Street art in Frankston.

‘Highest density of quality artworks I’ve ever seen’: Welcome to Frankston

From hidden laneways to towering walls, the suburb has become a living canvas. It will host a free street party this weekend.

  • Hannah Hammoud

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