Curious Kate

Wild Horses

Week one - November 5, 2008

• See

  Short and Sweet

  Short + Sweet is the biggest and best annual 10-minute theatre competition. Every year hundreds of directors, writers and actors get involved.
  Short & Sweet 2008 Season Guide.
  Cost of tickets: $28/$23
  3 Performance package $69 (Save $15)

  To book use the following methods:
  Ph: 1300 136 166, the Arts Centre Box Office or Ticketmaster outlets
  The Arts Centre website.

  

• Food

  Oasis Bakery

  Bakery, Groceries, Cafe, Catering
  The Oasis Bakery is one of those places you might happen to drive past and think nothing of it but if you stop and go inside, you're delighted with what you find!
  Choose from delicious pizzas, falafels or lamb wraps - Eat in or takeaway...

  Stock up on spices, nuts, spinach & cheese triangles, turkish desserts, tangines & lots more!

  Location: 9/993 North Road, Murrumbeena
  Open: Monday-Sunday 8am-7pm
  www.oasisbakery.com.au

  

• Watch

  Sleepers

  After a prank goes disastrously wrong, a group of boys are sent to a detention center where they are brutalized; over 10 years later, they get their chance for revenge. The film is based on a novel by Lorenzo Carcaterra that was allegedly based on a true story.

  Watch Trailer
  Starring Robert Dinero, Dustin Hoffman, Brad Pitt, Jason Patrick, Kevin Bacon and Minnie Driver.

  Buy it here

  

• Go

  Taxi Jam

  Taxi Jam is a selection of South Africa's finest creative talent performing in an intimate 5 minute taxi ride.

  www.taxijam.com.za (currently under construction)
  Watch them on YouTube
  Join their Facebook group

  

• Shop

  Who Fish

  Who Fish stock beautifully made clothes for the girl who likes fashion a little left of centre.

  Locations: 191 Carlisle St, St Kilda &
  497 Malvern Road, Hawksburn
  Ph: 9531 4299

  

• Bambini

  Women's Weekly Kids': Perfect Party Book

  Got a kids' party coming up in your household? With so much to think about, often they can be difficult for parents with everything else going in your lives. This book makes the whole thing a piece of cake. It's divided into party themes with innovative ideas for invitations, dress-ups, games, table decorations, the food, take-home treats, and of course, the cake - all created to match the party theme. It is suitable for children from two to ten.
  by Susan Tomnay
  Cost: $29.95
  Buy it here

  

• Read

  The Boat

  The Boat is a book by Nam Le of seven short stories that follow seven different characters through their stories of struggle.

  Michiko Kakutani of the New York Times says, "Remarkable . . . The Boat catches people in moments of extremis, confronted by death or loss or terror (or all three) and forced to grapple at the most fundamental level with who they are and what they want or believe."

  Buy it here

  

• Listen

  Cassette Kids

  Cassette Kids' unique sound and entrancing lead singer has heads turning and ears pricked up. Their energetic and passionate live shows are definately worth catching.

  Live: 8pm, Ding Dong Lounge, November 22

  Listen here.
  Watch videos here.

  

• After Dark

  Karaoke Box

  KBox is all about karaoke. Private rooms where you can let your favourite song rip from your lips!
  Rooms for 10 people, or 15-20 or for up to 30.
  Rooms contain: Wireless microphone, overhead projectors, plasma TVs, disco lights, phone service for drink orders.
  Extensive karaoke songs library (60, 000 songs).

  www.kbox.com.au
  Location: 52 LaTrobe Street (b/w Russell and Exhibition Street)
  Ph: 9663 9663
  Open daily from 3pm onwards.
  Check out prices

  

• Tech Heads

  Solar Powered Lanterns

  These solar powered lanterns will light up your backyard on gorgeous summer evenings. They automatically light up at dusk. They come in packs of 6 (3 red and 3 colour changing). No wiring or batteries required.
  Decorative and practical.
  Buy them here