VCE kids trump Mornington Art Show
By ANDREA LOUISE THOMAS With over 800 works on display, The Mornington Art Show is the Peninsula’s largest visual arts exhibition with landscapes, portraits, abstracts, seascapes and still life across a range of media. Impressive emerging art from talented VCE students is one of the highlights of this show. 2016 adds a silent auction and unique barrel art to the mix. Presiding over the judging this year is painter, Lyn Mellady....
Bay views like none other – Soy
By BILLY DIXON WITH a second storey balcony overlooking the north end of Main Street and the bay’s best views, Restaurant Soy is one of the hottest spots in town. A Mornington staple for nine years, owner and manager Dan is proud to serve some of the Peninsula’s finest Asian dishes. Whether it’s a cosy, romantic dinner surrounded by the warm, colourful interior, sharing a fine Peninsula wine with friends on the sun-drenched deck or an...
Carmela D’Amore – Sorrento’s celebrity chef
By BILLY DIXON Carmela D’Amore is a local celebrity, and one of Sorrento’s best cultural and culinary imports. Born in Kilmore to Sicilian immigrants, she’s a first generation Australian who came to the Mornington Peninsula in 1974 with her sizeable family. Not only does she lead the team at Sorrento Trattoria from the kitchen (which she shares with her son Joe), she volunteers at Sorrento Primary School and St. Joseph’s, where she...
Jason Coleman brings world first urban theatre to Rye
Following on from the outrageously successful season of Jason Coleman’s Spiegelicious, Jason Coleman proudly presents “Razzle Dazzle,” performed exclusively in the Cabaret Cathedral in Rye! Located adjacent to the Rye Carnival Site on the ever popular foreshore, will sit the Cabaret Cathedral. Providing a state of the art, purpose built urban theatre space, exclusively for another Jason Coleman premiere event! Jason and his crew will...
Festival hits the waterfront
The Frankston Waterfront Festival will return this January. A Mornington Peninsula summer favourite, the annual festival attracts 35,000 people over two days and features live music, free activities, market stalls, food, wine, and much more. The Cold Chisel Tribute Band will lead the charge on the Live n’ Local Main Stage, while The Jackson Four, Avenues End, Eel Race Road, The Chris Commerford Band, Peta Evans-Taylor Band and more...