Village Voice Brisbane

16/11/2024

Flight Centre Australia Ascot Ports and Pathways of 2025 showcase socials ✈️🚢

16/11/2024

New Farm is a great place to be in business and to do business. Introducing the fantastic businesses in our November New Farm feature! 💜

Since New Farm Seafood opened at the end of last year, they have been packed
with customers dining on their Greek inspired seafood menu.

Owner Michael Hatzifotis says: “The community spirit is quite strong and supportive, and since we’ve joined Merthyr Village, we’re very grateful of how welcoming the community has been to New Farm Seafood.”

15/11/2024

School's out for Grade 12s today! Our congratulations to all the graduates. 🎉📖

Village Voice asked students from our local schools some questions about their time at school, issues that affect them, advice for younger students and more in our November edition.

Truly inspiring to see all these smart, talented teenagers sharing their thoughts with us, we can tell the future is in good hands - catch their interviews on pages 42-44 of the paper!

St Margaret's Anglican Girls School St Rita's College Kedron State High School Clayfield College St James College St Joseph's College Gregory Terrace All Hallows' School Brisbane Girls Grammar School Brisbane Grammar School

15/11/2024

New Farm is one of Brisbane’s oldest suburbs. It’s a great place to be in business and to do business. Introducing the fantastic businesses in our November New Farm feature! 💜

Dr Mark Calvert has owned New Farm Dental Studio for 11 years and loves being part of the community and getting to know locals.

“We’re a family-focused, independently owned dental studio, and we have developed a very trusting and loyal client base,” Mark says.

14/11/2024

Clayfield local Max Gow is only 22, but he has already touched the lives of many men of all ages throughout Southeast Queensland since founding a support organisation in 2022. 🙌

“We really want to transform the way support is delivered to our men – finding their passions and interests and setting goals to work towards,” Mr Gow said.

Albion-based Brothers Support Network provides disability support services across Brisbane, by males for males

Read more in our Inner North paper at village-voice.com.au.

14/11/2024

Competing at both the 1982 and 1986 World Championships, former professional road racing cyclist Tony Perri has twice fulfilled his dream of representing his country. 🚴‍♀️

“My big driver for all those years was to win that green and gold jersey, which is the only time you don't ride for yourself, you ride for your country,” said Perri.

Read about his journey from world championships to wellness in our November paper at village-voice.com.au/

13/11/2024

Would you like to own an enviro-cottage right in Spring Hill? 🍃🏠

From the street, the home for sale known as the Spring Hill Enviro-Cottage looks like an unassuming historical Queenslander.

Once entering the doorway, though, the four-bedroom home features patterned metal screening, polished concrete floors, reclaimed hardwood timber, clever design to maximise heating, cooling and ventilation, a greywater and rainwater capturing and filtering system, and a secluded pool.

Read more in our November paper at village-voice.com.au

Ray White Spring Hill

13/11/2024

New Farm State School (NFSS) students can look forward to new adventures at lunchtime with the opening of their new playground on October 8. 🛝

NFSS Principal Carmel McGrath said: “It’s definitely not just a playground, it’s a collective effort of raising funds from our community. It was the contribution of the ideas and input from parents, students, and staff in the design.”

Read more in our November paper at village-voice.com.au

Urban Play

12/11/2024

Carol Owens, tutor of U3A’s Creative Portraiture Class, says she doesn’t think of retirement – just of “repurposing”. 💡🎨

Brisbane’s University of the Third Age (U3A) provides a wide range of intellectually stimulating classes for retired people, including their portraiture class, held in New Farm Park.

The portrait class are exhibiting their portraits at New Farm Library until November 27.

Read more in our November paper at village-voice.com.au

12/11/2024

Brisbane City Council has proposed doubling the frequency of KittyCats on the ferry network. 🚢

Services would double at kittycat-only terminals, and a reconfiguration of the CityHopper and inner-city Cross-River routes would see more efficient connections to the CityCat network.

Chair of the Kangaroo Point Transport Action Group Jane Layton said: “It will allow more frequent connections with the CityCats, but we still feel a CityCat stop in Kangaroo Point is warranted by the usage numbers, and it would eliminate transfer time wasted waiting for a connection."

Read more in our November Peninsula paper at village-voice.com.au/

Trina Massey Councillor for the Gabba Ward Cr Ryan Murphy

11/11/2024

The Sapphire Gala at Howard Smith Wharves

Children's Hospital Foundation

11/11/2024

To stage manager Chryss Cahill, who is currently working on Queensland Musical Theatre's Mary Poppins, even the scene changes in a production can be a thing of beauty. 🎭

“The scene changes are like ballet, they are choreographed. The movement has to happen in a certain way for it to look seamless,” she said.

Find out how she brings a show to life in our November paper at village-voice.com.au, and get your tickets to Mary Poppins at Twelfth Night Theatre at www.queenslandmusicaltheatre.com/tickets

10/11/2024

New Farm Neighbourhood Centre's Politics in the Pub at New Farm Bowls Club 🎤

10/11/2024

Venerable Tsultrim, a Buddhist Spiritual Care Practitioner at Karuna, believes that resilience comes from vulnerability. 💫

“We often see vulnerability and fragility as a bit of a weakness, but my perspective is that they’re actually superpowers,” Tsultrim said.

This is the topic of a resilience workshop she is running on November 17 at Karuna House, open to all - https://events.humanitix.com/strengthening-resilience-in-difficult-times

Read more in the Inner North paper, out now!

09/11/2024

Two local creative startups have partnered to immerse their audience in the remote Greek island of Kythira. 🏖

Teneriffe filmmaker Jacob Richardson of Film Focus premiered his debut feature film The Aegean at New Farm Cinemas in October, and it was shown as part of the Brisbane International Film Festival and Brisbane Greek Film Festival.

In a unique addition, Film Focus partnered with game designer Persephia to create game to accompany the film.

Read more in our November paper!

09/11/2024

Cool off and make a splash with your friends or family this November for a good cause!💧🏊‍♂️

Brisbane and Women’s Hospital (Metro North Health) staff are hosting an interhospital swimming carnival - with anyone able to participate or support.

It will be held at the Centenary Aquatic Centre and Health Club on November 22, raising money for pancreatic cancer through PanKind, The Australian Pancreatic Cancer Foundation.

Sign up or find out more at https://pankind.grassrootz.com/interhospital-swimming-carnival

08/11/2024

Grace Grace MP has pledged to fight for McConnel's "fair share" after being re-elected as the Member for McConnel. 💪

“I look forward to ensuring that McConnel continues to receive its fair share when it comes to important issues such as housing, cost of living relief, health and education," Ms Grace said.

Read more in our November paper, out now!

08/11/2024

The feedback survey for Brisbane City Council's proposed ferry changes at Kangaroo Point has been extended to November 17 - have your say at https://yoursay.brisbane.qld.gov.au/kangaroo-point-ferry-plan

UPDATE: Kangaroo Point Ferries Major Changes ⛴
🟡I want to thank everyone who has contacted my office for their feedback on the proposed changes to the ferry services in Kangaroo Point. This feedback was important for my submission to the proposed changes.

🟡As noted by myself and many others in the community, the initial 2 Weeks for consultation needed to be increased.

The consultation period has now been expanded to 17 November - so if you haven't given your feedback yet to the council - please do so, as there is extra time!! Link in comments 👇🏾

🟡Lastly, my feedback on the changes is now also publicly available - Please See the Link in the comments!👇🏾