More trees,less crime:The Perth Cultural Centre finally gets a plan

More trees,less crime:The Perth Cultural Centre finally gets a plan

The space between WA’s major cultural institutions is tired,functions poorly and is a magnet for crime. Will the latest plan create the cultural heart the city needs?

  • byMark Naglazas

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Northbridge’s newest bar is quirky,haphazard and totally unique

Northbridge’s newest bar is quirky,haphazard and totally unique

Edward and Ida’s is a very particular project,an unalloyed extension of its owner’s personality and like nothing else in town.

  • byRob Broadfield
South Park producer coming to WA film festival,mmkay?

South Park producer coming to WA film festival,mmkay?

The producer of the hit TV satire joins the director of The Dry,not to mention reps from the outfit that produces everyone’s favourite “children’s” TV show.

  • byAaron Bunch
Perth Council House to light up green and gold for Matildas on Sunday

Perth Council House to light up green and gold for Matildas on Sunday

The FIFA Fan Festival is set to continue with Wednesday’s semi-final against england televised at Forrest Place.

  • byAlex Condon
Party like it’s 1983 at new Freo family event celebrating our America’s Cup win

Party like it’s 1983 at new Freo family event celebrating our America’s Cup win

On September 26 it will be 40 years since the momentous occasion which prompted then Prime Minister Bob Hawke to declare “any boss who sacks anyone for not turning up to work today is a bum!”

  • byHamish Hastie
La vita bella:Can the Hay Street Mall reinvent itself as a cafe strip?

La vita bella:Can the Hay Street Mall reinvent itself as a cafe strip?

An Italian-style coffee shop is flourishing amidst the closed shops and gloom of the Hay Street Mall. Can it pave the way for a European-style café strip and foodie destination?

  • byMark Naglazas
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The Innovators:Jacquie Chan makes Asian food sexy

The Innovators:Jacquie Chan makes Asian food sexy

She is a restless over-achiever and in the parlance of Seinfeld,a fast talker. She has six Perth venues,which will grow to nine by the end of the year. Chan embraces ‘fusion on steroids’.

  • byRob Broadfield
This Perth 24-year-old sang with Bjork and at Dark Mofo. Next stop:Europe

This Perth 24-year-old sang with Bjork and at Dark Mofo. Next stop:Europe

A bid to avoid sitting a guitar scales exam sent Lydia Gardiner down the path towards an arguably more challenging career.

  • byCameron Myles
‘Ridiculous behaviour’:Perth’s mayor declares war on the vandal who damaged 100 city trees

‘Ridiculous behaviour’:Perth’s mayor declares war on the vandal who damaged 100 city trees

Shocking CCTV footage of a vandal systematically destroying trees in the city. Perth’s lord mayor is understandably furious.

  • byMark Naglazas
As Lightscape closes,state announces next Kings Park tourist spectacle

As Lightscape closes,state announces next Kings Park tourist spectacle

EverNow,featuring the “reimagining” of Boorna Waanginy:The Trees Speak,which drew 300,000 people in 2017 and 2019,will include a series of free events.

  • byDaile Cross
‘It’s a done deal’:Why Bunnings is about to bust up a cluster of West Perth businesses

‘It’s a done deal’:Why Bunnings is about to bust up a cluster of West Perth businesses

Artists established the creative hub known as the Pickle District,but now there’s no place for the creatives who gave the precinct its name. Is it their loss or the City of Vincent’s?

  • byMark Naglazas