Broadsheet Melbourne: Around Town

Viewing a painting by 20th century modernist Marc Chagall makes you want to step through the frame into the colourful dreamscapes of his imagination. And soon you can, in a way, when the Jewish Museum of Australia transforms its gallery rooms into a whimsical wonderland inspired by his paintings. Plus, non-alcoholic drinks with a difference. 

Featured on today's episode: 

• Marc Chagall at the Jewish Museum of Australia
• Highr Drinks 

New episodes of Broadsheet Melbourne Around Town drop Monday, Wednesday, Friday each week. Subscribe on the LiSTNR app to make sure you don’t miss an episode. And keep up-to-date on everything Broadsheet has to offer at www.Broadsheet.com.au, or at @Broadsheet_melb. 

Broadsheet Melbourne Around Town is hosted by Katya Wachtel and produced by Nicola Sitch.

Deirdre Fogarty is the Executive Producer.

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Eight of Victoria's top chefs are collaborating with Piccolina on three bespoke flavours each, available for seven days only. Expect flavours from Brigitte Hefner (Tedesca Osteria), Ross Magnaye of (Serai), Ellie Bouhadana (Hope St Radio) and more. Plus, drink cherry-infused gin right beside the copper still at Williamstown’s Bathtub Gin Co.

Featured on today's episode: 

• Piccolina Gelato Project
• Bathtub Gin Co

New episodes of Broadsheet Melbourne Around Town drop Monday, Wednesday, Friday each week. Subscribe on the LiSTNR app to make sure you don’t miss an episode. And keep up-to-date on everything Broadsheet has to offer at www.Broadsheet.com.au, or at @Broadsheet_melb.

Broadsheet Melbourne Around Town is hosted by Katya Wachtel and produced by Nicola Sitch.

Deirdre Fogarty is the Executive Producer.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A dark new spot from Gin Palace’s Ben Luzz celebrates a bygone era of late-night drinking and dining. Come for an inventive cocktail menu inspired by Beethoven’s fifth symphony, rare spirits and wild boar croquettes. Plus,  blowtorched-to-order s’mores and swedish cinnamon buns light up Mork’s new heritage listed cake shop.

Featured on today's episode: 

• Black Kite Commune
• Mork

New episodes of Broadsheet Melbourne Around Town drop Monday, Wednesday and Friday each week. Subscribe on the LiSTNR app to make sure you don’t miss an episode. And keep up-to-date on everything Broadsheet has to offer at www.Broadsheet.com.au, or at @Broadsheet_mel. 

Broadsheet Melbourne Around Town is hosted by Katya Wachtel and produced by Nicola Sitch.

Deirdre Fogarty is the Executive Producer.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Limbo is the latest film from Indigenous auteur Ivan Sen (Mystery Road, Goldstone) and stars an unrecognisable Simon Baker as a "Walter-Whiteish" outback detective. Filmed entirely in monochrome, this gritty outback noir has an eerily beautiful visual language. Broadsheet contributor Lucy Bell Bird recently spoke to Baker about the new release and she joins Around Town with the details. Then, a barebones kitchen in Caulfield South is dishing cinnamon scrolls in two sizes, featuring oozing caramelised brown sugar and silky cream cheese icing.

Featured on today's episode:

• Limbo
• Sebby's Scrolls 

New episodes of Broadsheet Melbourne Around Town drop Monday, Wednesday, Friday each week. Subscribe on the LiSTNR app to make sure you don’t miss an episode. And keep up-to-date on everything Broadsheet has to offer at www.Broadsheet.com.au, or at @Broadsheet_melb. 

Broadsheet Melbourne Around Town is hosted by Katya Wachtel and produced by Nicola Sitch.

Deirdre Fogarty is the Executive Producer.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The lemony Italian liqueur is having a well-deserved moment. Wineries are making their own. Bars are putting it in spritzes and slushies. Is it a White Lotus thing? Approachability? Or something else? Broadsheet contributor Evan Jones joins Around Town to investigate. Plus, two Aussie baking stars have opened a new space in Richmond for cakers, floral artists and other creatives.  

Featured on today's episode: 

• Co Bake Space  
• Manly Spirits, Pietro Gallus Estate, Zonzo Estate, Unico Zello and Threefold Distilling 

New episodes of Broadsheet Melbourne Around Town drop Monday, Wednesday, Friday each week. Subscribe on the LiSTNR app to make sure you don’t miss an episode. And keep up-to-date on everything Broadsheet has to offer at www.Broadsheet.com.au, or at @Broadsheet_melb.

Broadsheet Melbourne Around Town is hosted by Katya Wachtel and produced by Nicola Sitch.

Deirdre Fogarty is the Executive Producer.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A pioneering wild-fermentation brewery was recently ejected from its 13-year-old home in Alphington after a messy legal battle involving the landlord, Darebin Council, Worksafe, VCAT and the EPA. Owners Costa and Eva Nikias were on the brink of abandoning the whole business – then an even better site came along. Plus, late-night cafe quiet time brings a Radio Station to a Cosy Heritage Site in Clifton Hill

Featured on today's episode: 

• La Sirene
• Quiet Time 

New episodes of Broadsheet Melbourne Around Town drop Monday, Wednesday, Friday each week. Subscribe on the LiSTNR app to make sure you don’t miss an episode. And keep up-to-date on everything Broadsheet has to offer at www.Broadsheet.com.au, or at @Broadsheet_melb.

Broadsheet Melbourne Around Town is hosted by Emma Joyce and produced by Nicola Sitch.

Deirdre Fogarty is the Executive Producer.

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More than 100 works by Post-Impressionist painter Pierre Bonnard are coming to the NGV – and the first have been unveiled. Influential architect India Mahdavi has designed a scenography that’ll feel like you’ve stepped into one of Bonnard’s iridescent paintings, often depicting quiet scenes of domestic life and intimacy. Exhibition co-curator Meg Slater joins Around Town with the details. Then, one of Australia's most celebrated chefs, Annie Smithers, jumps on the podcast to chat through her four-month residency at the NGV's garden restaurant. 

Featured on today's show: 

• Pierre Bonnard: Designed by India Mahdavi
• Annie Smithers at the NGV 

New episodes of Broadsheet Melbourne Around Town drop Monday, Wednesday, Friday each week. Subscribe on the LiSTNR app to make sure you don’t miss an episode. And keep up-to-date on everything Broadsheet has to offer at www.Broadsheet.com.au, or at @Broadsheet_melb.

Broadsheet Melbourne Around Town is hosted by Katya Wachtel and produced by Nicola Sitch.

Deirdre Fogarty is the Executive Producer.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A backstreet Collingwood bakery is headed to Elsternwick with all its favourites: chocolate smiles, kouign-amanns and house-made granola, plus a few new surprises. Also: Local Brewing Co has had a conscience from the very beginning, donating a meal to charity for every four-pack or pint sold. Come for its hoppy lager, tropical XPA and jam-doughnut stout on tap. 

Featured on today's episode: 

• To Be Frank 
• Clifton Hill Taproom

New episodes of Broadsheet Melbourne Around Town drop Monday, Wednesday, Friday each week. Subscribe on the LiSTNR app to make sure you don’t miss an episode. And keep up-to-date on everything Broadsheet has to offer at www.Broadsheet.com.au, or at @Broadsheet_melb.

Broadsheet Melbourne Around Town is hosted by Katya Wachtel and produced by Nicola Sitch.

Deirdre Fogarty is the Executive Producer.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

RISING is back for its second full, uninterrupted year of programming  and things look a bit different this time. The third edition of the winter arts festival features 400 artists, 185 events and 12 world premieres. There’ll be crane-sized marionette puppets at St Paul’s Cathedral, a giant ice-skating rink and a massive multi-channel film installation, featuring Cate Blanchett, will light up Melbourne Town Hall and overwhelm the senses. Hannah Fox, RISING'S co-artistic director, joins Around Town with her festival picks. 

Featured on today's episode: 

• RISING 2023

New episodes of Broadsheet Melbourne Around Town drop Monday, Wednesday, Friday each week. Subscribe on the LiSTNR app to make sure you don’t miss an episode. And keep up-to-date on everything Broadsheet has to offer at www.Broadsheet.com.au, or at @Broadsheet_melb.

Broadsheet Melbourne Around Town is hosted by Katya Wachtel and produced by Nicola Sitch.

Deirdre Fogarty is the Executive Producer.

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Entering Stellas, the listening bar upstairs at the Saint Hotel, your eye might be drawn to the green marble bar, to a bartender charring the top of a cocktail with a blowtorch, or to the glamorous people seated around the room. But they all play second fiddle to the towering audiophile-grade speakers. Each one is work of art in itself – and Stellas has two of them, the first pair ever built. Plus, a Northside father-son operation dishing woodfired pide, Moroccan chicken and candied pumpkin with tahini. Don’t feel like going out? The kitchen also runs a delivery-only kebab store.

Featured on today's episode:

• Yakamoz
• Stellas 

New episodes of Broadsheet Melbourne Around Town drop Monday, Wednesday, Friday each week. Subscribe on the LiSTNR app to make sure you don’t miss an episode. And keep up-to-date on everything Broadsheet has to offer at www.Broadsheet.com.au, or at @Broadsheet_melb.

Broadsheet Melbourne Around Town is hosted by Katya Wachtel and produced by Nicola Sitch.

Deirdre Fogarty is the Executive Producer.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.