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Hyperlocal news about Melbourne's first suburb: Fitzroy 3065

Monthly archives: April 2010

Fitzroy market on tomorrow

30 April 2010 | Comments Off

This month’s Fitzroy Market is on tomorrow, Saturday 1st May, 10am – 2pm (and the first Saturday of every month) at Fitzroy Primary School, corner Napier & Chapel Street Fitzroy. Get your week’s worth of fresh fruit and veg from Cultivating Community and help support low income community gardens projects in the City of Yarra.

This month the market also features the folk and country vocal stylings of Teresa Dixon (from local trio Little Sisters of the Poor) Melbourne-based indie-folk violin and guitar duo Aristotle’s Chimney, playing dynamic traditional and contemporary music infused with celtic, gypsy and roots elements.…

croque monsieur at Jules bar, High St Northcote

28 April 2010 | 2 Comments

Jules is a newish bar on the south end of High St Northcote in the Westgarth precinct. Vetti live in Northcote published the first review, and I was keen to try it for myself. I enjoyed a glass of a gentle but dry beaujolais (made from gamay, local versions include a good one from Mount Burrumboot Estate in Heathcote and an equally good one from Eldridge Estate from the Mornington Peninsula). And I indulged in a delicious croque monsieur with fries.…

Distant Bodies at the Northcote Town Hall

27 April 2010 | Comments Off

Distant Bodies is an intriguing play being performed at the Northcote Town Hall until 8 May. It begins slowly and slightly awkwardly, with the morose Allan making a strange and seemingly inappropriate approach to Abi. Sultry Dianne flirts with shy Eddy while her husband Joe is away. The connections between the characters are slowly revealed as they discuss their fears about their love lives.

The play is about desire, longing and belonging in sexual relationships. It’s sometimes funny and often insightful, with sharp dialogue from playwright Barnaby Chiverton.…