Market to Melrose

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.   

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).

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! 

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! Don't forget to subscribe, rate and review.  And follow us on Facebook/Insta for all the updates.    

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.

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/