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Wheel Barons Roller Troupe excursion #2
What:
Wheel Barons Roller Troupe excursion #2
Where:
Caribbean Rollerama, 1298 Ferntree Gully Rd, Scoresby
When:
Tues June 17, 7.30-9pm
How much:
$6, bring cash
Description:
Fancy yourself a skater of the roller variety? Enjoy blue colour-themed dress codes? Know how to read a Melways and aren't fazed by an expedition to Scoresby?
If you answered yes to any of these, then you are in for a good time this Tuesday. Many people missed the last (red-themed) Wheel Barons' excursion to Caribbean Rollerama, but now you've got notice.
Event: Party
Stimulus: E
Alice Euphemia's BIGGEST EVER Royally Large Sale
‘Biggest ever' is a claim usually made by Napoleon Rosales via your trash folder. But get excited, because we've been told to bandy it around in reference to Alice Euphemia's BIGGEST EVER sale, which will deliver guaranteed results without the need for nasal spray technology. We have also been informed that this is a ‘Royally Large' sale, which differs from the more conventional ‘Lowborn Sales' you often see about town.
Meccanoid Winter Party
What:
Meccanoid Winter Party
Where:
Section 8, 27-29 Tattersalls La, Melbourne
When:
Sat May 31, 4pm-1am (after party at The Toff)
How much:
Free!
Description:
What is all this global warming business?! We are cold, and the only way to do the cold is après ski. For those not familiar with ‘après ski', it's for uncoordinated people who cannot face the ski slopes, so they spend exorbitant amounts on Chanel earmuffs and sit around drinking too much mulled wine by an open fire.
Event: Party
Stimulus: E
Body warehouse sale
What:
Body warehouse sale
Where:
Body warehouse, 12-14 Mount St, Prahran
When:
Fri May 30 and Sat May 31, 10pm-5pm; Sun June 1, 10pm-4pm
How much:
Up to 80% off
Description:
If this winter's tricky trend of malnourished androgyny is making life difficult for you, never fear. Insanely wearable Melbourne clothing label Body are holding a big warehouse sale, hawking their ultra-comfortable leggings, singlets and wrap dresses so you can put away the man-style blazer and start feeling like a woman again.
Event: Sales
Stimulus: S
Stranger of the Month
What:
Stranger of the Month
Where:
Nest Architects, Studio 10, Lvl 3, The Nicholas Building, 37 Swanston St, Melbourne
When:
One day only! Sat May 24, doors 12noon-8pm
How much:
Free
Description:
If you've ever dreamed of mailing unsuspecting strangers ambiguous notes without fear of recrimination, then Stranger of the Month could be for you. For the first time, the contemporary artists behind this publishing oddity open the doors to their mailroom, giving you the chance to write your own instructions to be forwarded on to some unwitting person's mailbox.
Event: Exhibition
Stimulus: C
B Movement
What:
B Movement
Where:
Miss Libertine, 34 Franklin St, Melbourne
When:
TONIGHT! Thurs May 22, doors 8pm
How much:
$15 on the door
Description:
B Movement is the lovechild of a bunch of visionaries who sat around in inspirational surroundings and decided that the creative arts are vital components to preventing a lifetime of being confused and alone. So the people of b movement will band together to inject some inspiration into our right brains by means of the band with front man inarguably similar to David Byrne, the awesome Near Your House, Japan's Dawn Movement and locals Daylight Underground.
Event: Bands
Stimulus: E
Rainer
Fat, purveyor of all things very black and drapey and skinny, have finally released their long-awaited house brand, Rainer. The label's first collection is called 'Teutoburg Forest', which refers to a battleground where the German tribes unexpectedly defeated a headstrong Roman army in the year 9 AD.
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