Author Penny Ivison

Prince was never one to be put in a box. When MTV asked him, in 1985, if he had sold out his black fans with Purple Rain, he shut them down with: “I grew up in a black and white world and I listened to...

The Peninsula Picnic was one of the sold-out highlights of the summer calendar last year. Following on from that success, this year they have a music line-up perfectly fitting a relaxed sunny day filled with...

I am always on the look-out for movies I can watch with my kids and not hate (they are five and three).  I thought Malificent would be a winner recently but I ended up liking this more than my little ones. ...

Simultaneous national tours with Icehouse and Reece Mastin are obviously not enough to keep Michael Paynter busy.  He also has a tour with The Veronica’s coming up, is managing bands and has started his own...

Ella Hooper got her big break in 1996 when she entered her song “Kettle” into a Triple J song contest and won.  Success with Killing Heidi and more recently Versus followed and she is now about to release...

Imagine spending 20k on a trip to Europe and not even having a good time.  That would be a bummer.  So why not keep the stakes low this month and just see some foreign films?  The Lavazza Italian Film...

An exciting new film from Melbourne that merges the music and filmmaking worlds made its debut at Splendour in the Grass’ Twilight Film Festival in July.  How to Lose Jobs and Alienate Girlfriends is a must...

Film and blogging mash-up famously in Advanced Style the Documentary. What started as a blog four years ago, with Ari Seth Cohen snapping stylish women over 50 on the streets of New York, is now referred to as...

May was a big month for film.  As Cannes Film Festival did its thing in France and we watched from afar, the Human Rights Arts and Film Festival created an exciting buzz locally.  The great thing about the...

Mish Wookey opened The General Wine Lounge in June 2013 with the vision of a welcoming wine bar featuring live music, events and art exhibitions.  She has achieved all of this except the art exhibitions, but...