A NEW exhibition from the artist behind the Love Flower sculpture has opened at McClelland Gallery in Langwarrin. John Meade created the Love Flower with Emily Karanikolopolous. It has been at the Cranbourne Road overpass of the Peninsula Link freeway for the last four years, and has now moved permanently to the McClelland Gallery’s sculpture park. John Meade: It’s Personal! is now open at the gallery. It runs until 17 March. McClelland Gallery director Lisa Byrne said the exhibition reflects “various threads in Meade’s work relating to alterity, including queer culture, politics, and artistic experimentation”. “Through sculpture, video, and installation,…
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WORK has begun on the construction of a new 42 kilometre pipeline to bring recycled water to sites in the Bayside, Kingston, Greater Dandenong, and Monash council areas. The $72 million Dingley Recycled Water Scheme project is expected to provide access to 1.8 gigalitres of recycled water each year. The first stage of the project will include geotechnical investigations to complete the design and alignment of the new recycled water pipes. The state government is spending $24 million on the project. The project’s first stage will be undertaken by South East Water in partnership with Abergeldie, BMD & KBR. South…
A BRAND new set of bicycles has been donated to Aldercourt Primary School in Frankston North. The donations were made by children’s charity Variety. It donated 22 new bikes, 30 helmets, and 22 combination locks in partnership with Kone Elevators to the school. Variety has been running its “bikes for kids” program for 21 years. It has donated nearly 13,000 bikes in that time. Aldercourt Primary School PE teacher Paul Dadds said the new bikes will “provide our students with more opportunity to engage with the bike ed program that we already run. We currently don’t have enough bikes and…
A LINEUP of live music has been scheduled for The Strand in Chelsea this summer. Four new picnic tables have been installed at The Strand to complement the music and activities. This Friday, Sebastian Ashton will perform from 5pm to 6.30pm. Next Monday from 10.30am to 12.00pm Monica Casaceli will perform, and she will perform again from 11am on Thursday 21 December. In the days before Christmas Reachell Hernandez and the Fun Roaming Minstrels will perform from 5.30pm to 7pm on Friday and Saturday respectively. In addition to the music, environmental talks and storytime sessions are set to be hosted…
SINCE starting up two years ago, a Frankston-based not-for-profit is now feeding around 400 people healthy meals each week. Project Fresh Start was founded by chef Jolene Gailitis in 2021. The organisation provides nutritious meals, and feeds around 400 people each week through its free community fridge project. Gailitis said “I am so proud to show off the great work that Project Fresh Start has been doing. I love getting to know the people in our community and helping to create a space where locals can feel safe and come together for a nutritious meal. Our patrons frequently express how…