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Jessi Ryan, seated and wearing a golden glittery dress and holding onto a mirror ball.
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Performance Review: QRAVE, Abbotsford Convent, midsumma festival

A combined performance and exhibition presenting queer histories.

Natalie Bassingthwaighte in 'Shirley Valetine.' She has frizzy blonde hairstyle and is wearing a pink jumper. She is opening a champagne bottle next to a fridge.
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Performance review: Shirley Valentine, Athenaeum Theatre

Willy Russell’s classic play of an oppressed woman’s mid-life self-discovery is as relevant today as it was in 1986.

An opera diva in a big blue dress has her arms up in the air and a small orchestra behind her. Opera For All. Dimity Shepherd.
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Providing a pathway to the ultimate art form – Opera for All

The Opera for All concerts are being seen all over the globe. This week it was Melbourne's turn.

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Double Lecture and Afternoon Tea | Luxury Tales: Fashion and Interiors with Distinguished Professor Peter McNeil

Join Professor Peter McNeil for a double lecture and afternoon tea to explore 19th and 20th century luxuries and fashions.

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Curating Collections Series: Curating with Prints with Lisa Sullivan and Katarina Paseta, Geelong Gallery

This series provides curatorial students, emerging curators and the public with the opportunity to learn about working with collections of…

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'Ecstatic about seaweed': eighteenth-century women tourists' scientific collecting with Dr Emma Gleadhill

Join Dr Emma Gleadhill to discuss the specimen collecting and scientific endeavours of 18th century women.

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Keeping Up Appearances: Curators and the Australian historic house museum interior with Suzanne Bravery

Join Suzanne Bravery for a talk which investigates the challenging role of the Curator in both creating and maintaining the…

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The Lives of an 18th-Century Man’s Coat with Paola di Trocchio

Join Paola Di Trocchio for a lecture on a figured silk coat in the NGV's collection remade in 18th century…

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Swagger or Solidity? English Grand Tourists in Venice and Rome with Sylvia Sagona

Join Sylvia Sagona for a lecture which explores the lure of Italian style and sensuality for 17th and 18th century…

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