Thursday 22 September, 10.10am. “You may remember last year we had an idea to produce a Tote Calendar?” says Amanda Palmer. “Well, it didn’t end up happening but we’ve revived the idea and the calendar will be available for sale from November.” Which is perfect because that coincides with the Tote’s 30th birthday celebrations (happening 31 October to 4 December). Anyway, Amanda and team are looking for image submissions. They want “photos (and posters) featuring your favourite gigs as well as reflecting the huge array of punters and bands that have graced the pub in its 30-year-long life (give or take a few months..!)” In the end, 13 will be chosen to feature in the calendar but THERE WILL BE PRIZES FOR THE DEADLY 13. Email hi-res submissions to gen@baropen.com.au no later than 5pm on Friday 30 September. (This is our submission so it looks like there are still 13 places available.)
Thursday 22 September, 10am. In an effort to lure in the ravenous Fringe Festival hoards, North Melbourne institution Auction Rooms has fast tracked its plans for eventual world domination with a resumption of their foray into night trade. Beginning today, there will be seamless service from early afternoon until 10pm, Thursday to Saturday, of beer, wine and food to match, ramping up in a couple of weeks to full dinner service.
Friday 16 September, 12.47pm. New market alert! Bend and Snap Market will happen on the last Sunday of every month at 1000 £ Bend. It launches on 25 September and organisers Bonnie and Leisha say stallholders will include illustrators, fashion designers, jewellers and textile artists. Furthermore, the upstairs space (aka Rancho Notorious) will be dedicated entirely to clothes, and there will also be a Crafternoon Corner! If you’re interested in booking a stall, email bendandsnap@getnotorious.com.
Tuesday 13 September, 11.48am. Herr Blick’s exclusive single scissor service is soon to be a double. Steven is giving one lucky someone the opportunity to work with him and take up a space in his beautiful new digs at the top end of Collins. If you’re a qualified hairdresser and you’d like to hone your craft in an original parquet-floored studio, surrounded by furniture by Grandfather’s Axe and vintage prints by Galerie Montmartre, enquire within. Overseas experience is not a must, but a definite advantage.
Emina Dzananovic is about to unleash a beautiful new range of OK-OK socks and stockings, and she needs amateur/volunteer models for her photoshoot! It is a skipping theme, and they’re filming in the Carlton Gardens on Sunday 11 September from 2pm. Meet near the big fountain. Film man Keith Deverell will be behind the lens and Emina will bring socks and stockings and skipping ropes for everyone. What to wear? Well it will mainly be the bottom of your legs in frame, but they say, “We are looking at a wintery modern vintage look with foolish skirts, either muted but also tartans and patterns. Shoe wise we would love to see some brogues or wingtips – and sand shoes converse for skipping in.” It sounds like one of the funnest ways to spend a Sunday afternoon and we’ll be there! Which just proves you don’t have to be an expert skipper. Like, at ALL. If you have questions, email Keith: hello@keithdeverell.net
Thursday 8 September, 3.58pm. First off, some ground rules. Anybody who uses the word flaneur gets stabbed, getting stabbed is no reason not to appreciate art and appreciating art is the goal of the enterprise. You know all the Mis-Design events we’ve been writing about? We’re doing a tour of them this Saturday! The Pirate Radio Tower, the Pacific Women’s Weaving Circle at Alpha 60 and the Adam Kalkin Tennis Academy. We’ll climb the tower, weave some weft and work on our power-baseline game. We shall traipse so gaily through this town, our little hearts filled with the joy only situational art can bring. Though that’s not strictly true – we are all going to be riding our bikes. So, my budding aesthete. You got a bike? You want in on this shit? Want to ride the good ship connoisseurship around this crazy old town? We have a double pass to give away! To enter, email melbourne.win@thethousands.com.au with the subject ‘the joy only situational art can bring’.
Monday 5 September, 10:35am. McSweeney’s publishes and promotes writing in roughly 4,126 different ways across approx. 8 gazillion different platforms. You can win the chance to write a fortnightly column for their website! Details here. Entries close Friday September 9 at 10pm New Yawker time (midday Saturday here in Sydney).
Friday 2 September, 12pm. Well that didn’t take long! The 21st Meredith Music Festival is now sold out. (Online tickets went on sale this morning and disappeared within 30 minutes.) Store sales ended yesterday morning with people camping overnight outside some shops to nab tickets to see Grinderman, Kurt Vile and Violators, Icehouse and more on Dec 9, 10 and 11. In Meredith’s 21-year history, it has sold out on all but two occasions. If you missed out on a chance to rock out in the fabled Supernatural Amphitheatre this year don’t fret, as dates for Meredith’s sister festival, Golden Plains have just been announced as March 10-12, 2012. Subscribe here for updates on the ballot.
Thursday 1 September, 2.01pm. While the Eastern seaboard of the United States was getting into hurricane mode, Muscrats Vintage were getting into “full swing sale mode”. Up to 25% off men’s and women’s vintage clothes at three locations: The actual Muscrats store (355 St Georges Rd, Fitzroy North) and Lost and Found Market in Brunswick and Collingwood (511 Lygon St, Brunswick East and 12 Smith St Collingwood, respectively). “Loads of dresses, guys and girls knits, blouses, guys flannel, trenches, capes, guys brogues and more”. The sale runs until Friday 9 September. Everything old is cheap again.
Tuesday 30 August, 4.12pm. GIVEAWAY! The westside hotties at Footscray Community Arts Centre are hosting a preview performance of two new plays at 8pm tonight and they have tickets to give away! They’re not messing around with the titles either: Ugly by Christos Tsiolkas and Slut by Patricia Cornelius are two critically acclaimed short works, produced and performed by Platform Youth Theatre. If you’d like to get your hands on some free tickets, email Rose Godde at Platform with your name and the number of tickets you’d like: rose@pyt.org.au or send her an SMS in the next few hours 0419 355 862.