Market to Melrose
A podcast by the North & West Melbourne News. Bringing you stories, achievements and creations from the inner-city village every fortnight. Interviews with local characters and creators, news and gossip about upcoming events and giveaways from the local business community.
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Friday Dec 29, 2023
Friday Dec 29, 2023
Do you remember learning to swim? A lot of summer memories have been forged at the North Melbourne pool over the last century or so. Kerry Mullan is convenor of language studies at RMIT and an avid swimmer. Along with another punter, she is putting together a book aimed at capturing and celebrating those memories.
Tuesday Dec 05, 2023
Tuesday Dec 05, 2023
Nancy Lane (@nancydeesculptures), a “2nd career” artist living in North Melbourne and working at River Studios in West Melbourne, has a unique practice of repurposing fragments from the streets of N&W Melbourne into assemblages resembling urban and natural landscapes.
Community noticeboard: NWM Neighbourhood Centre’s end of year party and "Live at Errol" feat. Synthotronica (Ania Reynolds).
Wednesday Nov 15, 2023
Wednesday Nov 15, 2023
Ed Zhao is a local musician, artist and economist. During the pandemic, he fell in love with music from the Silk Road region of Central Asia. Ed learned to play oud and the music helped him and his family escape the lockdown.
Also, in the return of the community noticeboard, artists and friends of the show Parul Sen and Nancy D Lane!
Tuesday Oct 31, 2023
Tuesday Oct 31, 2023
Relive the thrills and spills of the 2023 Queensberry Cup billy cart race! I caught up with the winners and several other fearless competitors, aged 7 to 78.
Congratulations to our Episode 2 guest, Ariel Valent, for organising a terrific event!
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Tuesday Oct 17, 2023
Tuesday Oct 17, 2023
The Queensberry Cup is back – and it promises to be bigger, better and faster than ever! Cup organiser and North & West Melbourne Neighbourhood Centre director Ariel Valent gives us the inside scoop on what to expect at the annual billycart race and street festival.
PLUS check out what’s on in our community noticeboard section.
Produced & hosted by Tom Rigby.
Sunday Oct 01, 2023
Sunday Oct 01, 2023
For our first episode we spoke to visual artist Parul Sen about finding inspiration in a new land and her iconic portraits of Melbourne cafes.
The images we discussed are on our social media: www.linktr.ee/market2melrose
Parul: www.instagram.com/pinkwattleart/
Sarah Allen: www.instagram.com/sarahallenillustration/
Market to Melrose is a podcast by the North and West Melbourne News. Check out the latest edition: http://www.centre.org.au/nwm/latest_edition/