Our men and women in blue doing jazz and swing.
The audience was spectacularly few, considering the band was actually pretty good. Either the cold weather, the plain fact that the performance was set in the peculiar-est hours of the late afternoon (I was there at 4.30pm), or the lack of promotion must explain for the twenty-odd present.
The first Wednesday and Thursday of each month is a good time to get yourself down to Fed Square for wine tasting.
A different Victorian region is featured each month for the rest of the year. It’s $18 (plus a $2) deposit, but - at least this month, - there’s a link to a voucher that gets you in for $13. Pretty good deal.
This month they’re featuring wines from the Yarra Valley, and it is going to be rainy and yucky both days. What better way to warm up?
April2-3 (Wenesday and Thursday) from 4:30-8:30.
Starting today, the ACMI is running an exhibition called Game On. The exhibition highlights the history of video games from the first video game (Pong) to modern games (Wii Sports). It features…wait for it gamers..120 video consoles to play with. I can’t wait to get down there and relive my misspent youth playing some of the best games in history. Sure, the graphics on today’s games are amazing but they can’t beat the fun of Mario Bros., Super Mario Kart, Pac-Man, or Space Invaders.
Game On
ACMI, Federation Square
Until July 13, $15
Kotaku are giving away tickets, just write in 50 words or less, your most memorable retro video game experience.
