The MooFree Burger Truck will be pulling back into Raw Squeeze to serve dinner. Their signature burgers will surely be a hit to the Morningside community.
Raw Squeeze will also open until 8:00 p.m. and offer a juice of your choice at only $5 to be paired with your favourite MooFree Burger.
Photo credit: Big Picture Studio Brisbane/Facebook
The Delicious Art and Big Picture Studio Brisbane will bring a lesson on how to paint clouds in soft pastels. Participants will learn the diversity of drawing and painting using the same medium.
Photo credit: Congolese Community of Queensland/Facebook
The Congolese Community of Queensland is inviting every Congolese across Queensland to connect and engage to the Community. It’s the time to recommit in playing an role in Queensland’s socio-economic transformation.
The day will be filled with folk dancing, live music, comedy and skit, raffles, and exhibitions.
The Morningside School of Arts is inviting everyone to sketch and have a day filled with creativity. Chairs will be provided by the school so be sure to visit the event page and hit “Going” so they can do a head count.
Star basketball athlete and Morningside resident, Miela Goodchild, 17-years-old, has been chosen to represent Australia in the 11th International Pierre de Coubertin Youth Forum. The event will be held in Ülenurme, Estonia on 19th to 26th August this year. She will be attending the event along with other exceptional young athletes from around the world.
This will be another credit to add in Ms Goodchild’s already impressive resume as a young athlete. In the recent Queensland Basketball League (QBL) 2017 season, the Moreton Bay College student earned the Basketball Queensland Female Player of the Year title. It’s her second time to earn it, having won it first in May 2016.
Ms Goodchild expressed how honoured and privileged she felt to be selected for the upcoming forum in Europe. She thanked her school as well as the Australian Olympic Committee in Queensland. She said that “many other great athletes would have applied” but that she was the one given the great honour. Ms Goodchild is now looking forward to join the young future sports leaders in the forum. She commits to sharing back any knowledge she gains to the community, especially to her school.
“I really think this experience of going to worlds and playing against other countries is going to make me a better player as well,” she said once before in an interview with other members of the media. Indeed, things are looking brighter ahead in the future for this young female athlete.
From Thunder to Fire
Photo Credit: AUS BBALL Prospects/Facebook and JCU Townsville Fire/Facebook
Meanwhile, with her impressive record as a youth athlete, Miela Goodchild signed her first professional contract with Townsville Fire, a franchise of the Women’s National Basketball League (WNBL). Yet another avenue for the young female sports superstar to further develop her skills.
Ms Goodchild, who usually plays with the Logan Thunder basketball club, has showcased enough of her impressive skills during this season’s QBL. According to Luke Cann, Thunder basketball operations manager, moving to WNBL will benefit her most. Mr Cann explained how the young athlete has all the skills. WNBL will thus “show her the system.”
Drive along early in the morning at the eastern side of the Cleveland Rail Bridge. There’s a really interesting mural that emerged recently in that part of Morningside. It’s strangely eye-catching that it’s guaranteed to wake you up! It seems to have been spray-painted by a Griffith University PhD student from Thailand with an award-winning portfolio.
“I was going through Morningside just the other day when something incredible caught my eye. … Looks like a huge mural full of incredible dancing figures! Where did it come from? And who painted it? Are we being invaded? Should I get my palm read?” said ABC Radio’s audio report. Indeed, the interesting new mural leaves every passersby baffled and awed.
The eye-catching mural is said to have been there for only a couple of weeks now. It’s apparently “so new” that a lot of people has no idea yet of its existence. They tracked the artist down for some much-needed answers.
Apparently, the huge artwork “seeks to physically harmonise passers-by with the environment around them.” So, who painted it and how did it come to be? Find out the amusing story of the brave and talented artist who was almost arrested for creating this masterpiece of a street art.
Spark your kid’s creativity this winter break with Tiny Art’s School Holiday Workshops. There’s no easy way to “avoid the cries of ‘I’m Bored’ ” than sending little ones over to do fun activities with other kids their age. Morningside’s Tiny Art regularly holds holistic art workshops every school holiday. If your kids aren’t into art yet, this might be a good start for them to learn this highly interesting hobby. Who knows? You might just discover your kid’s hidden talent to be the next possible Pablo Picasso!
Holistic Art Classes & Workshops
Your kids will love the company and the lessons at Tiny Art! Photo Credit: TINY ART/Facebook
School holiday workshops at Tiny Art are set in small group sessions. Each workshop is inclusive of all materials and aprons so your kids don’t have to bring anything other than their own water bottles or drinks. During workshops, kids will be taught various artistic techniques in painting, printing, sculpture, and collage. All activities are sure to ignite their hidden creativity and leave them inspired even when school starts again.
Workshops for kids aged 2 to 5-years-old cost $25 and will run for 45 minutes. Parents or guardians are required to be present for the entire class duration. For kids aged 6 to 12-years-old, workshops cost $37 and will run for 90 minutes. Parents or guardians have the option to stay for “some or all of the lesson duration.” Workshops usually vary by dates and times, with the earliest class starting on 26 June at 9:00 a.m.
Aside from their School Holiday program, Tiny Art also offers Kindy workshops, art classes for kids aged 5 to 7-years-old, adult workshops, and art parties. Apparently, they offer “artistic fun” not just for kids but for all ages, too! Want more creative motivation from them? Click here to see their gallery.
Experienced Art Educators
Tiny Art has a good Brisbane-based team of creative teachers that “specialises in helping kids discover the world of art making.” Through their years of experience, the team learned that nurturing the children’s natural love of art will give them a “developmental head start – physically, emotionally & intellectually.”
Meet Debra Bryant (creative director and educator), Michelle Trgovac (educator), and Crystal Mackean (educator). They’re the experienced art teachers who are well aware that “little minds contain big imaginations.” They thus bring “expert teaching methods” into their art classes, parties or workshops. With them, parents can guarantee that every kid is taught with “a whole lot of enthusiasm.”
Morningside’s Tiny Art has a good set of experienced mentors. They’re local artists, too! Photo Credit: http://www.tinyart.com.au/about-us
Debra, a graduate of BA Visual Arts in Fine Arts and BA Education, is a registered art educator. She holds a current Blue Card and she’s also a member of the Queensland Art Teachers Association (QATA). Her portfolio of experiences as an educator in her chosen field include teaching art classes and creative workshops in childcare centres, primary and secondary schools in the country as well as overseas in the UK.
Michelle, a graduate of BA Visual Arts in Fine Arts with diplomas in Illustration and Small Business Management, is a well-experienced art educator with a good craving for further knowledge in her field of choice. She currently studies Advanced Diploma in Graphic Design. She purportedly has a passion for “teaching and inspiring children.” She wants creativity to become part of every kid’s life.
Crystal, a graduate of BA Creative Arts in Fine Arts with a diploma in Teaching and Learning, is a dedicated visual arts teacher involved as a coordinator in the “Creative Generation Awards” for Brisbane’s metropolitan area. During her spare time, she draws, paints, and captures amazing photographs. And like her co-educators in Tiny Art, she is also passionate in teaching arts to kids of all ages “both in and out of school.”
Tiny Artconducts their art sessions under Block B at Morningside State School in the suburb’s 67 Pashen Street. For bookings and inquiries, you may contact them via online form by clicking here or phone them on (+61) 421 844 508. You may also send an email to deb@tinyart.com.au.
Kylie and Lachlan Scott’s Flour & Chocolate Patisserie at Morningside is officially one of the best bakeries in the country. Delicious magazine, in its April edition, listed the award-winning bakery in the top five of the “Best Bakeries in Australia”. Owners Kylie and Lachlan said that it was undoubtedly their “highest honour to date.”
According to Ms Scott, their bakery is a dream-come-true, as they have always hoped that Delicious magazine would take notice, given the magazine’s high standards.
Flour & Chocolate recreates the traditional European patisserie experience. This sets the popular Morningside bakery apart from the others, earning it a well-deserved spot in Australia’s Top Five.
“A classic European-style patisserie in the heart of Brisbane with wonderful artistry and real craft. Check with the bakery because they make specialty baked goods on different days of the week – doughnuts are Wednesdays.” — Delicious, Best Bakeries in Australia
This latest success is not the only accolade that the patisserie has gained. In 2014 and 2015, they were also reportedly honoured as the “best providore in the Weekend Edition Eat/Drink Awards.” Apart from that, they also received Trip Advisor’s Certificate of Excellence in 2015, Feast Magazine Foodies’ Best Croissant SBS award (2013), and Foodies Guide to Brisbane’s Best Palmier Award (2013).
Morningside’s popular bakery always has something new and interesting for guests in their menu, which varies everyday. Their extensive bakery menu includes breads (sourdoughs, specialty sourdoughs, brioches, and artisan breads), cakes (specialty cakes, bar cakes, cup cakes, and wedding cakes), sweets (bread and butter pudding, eclairs and vanilla slices, brownies and blondies, tarts, and roulades), croissants, sausage rolls, quiches, preserves, cheeses and butter, rocky road, biscuits, and a French cabinet selection of carefully curated gourmet ingredients.
Located at Morningside’s 621 Wynnum Road, their daily specials include cinnabuns for Mondays and Tuesdays, beestings (Tuesdays), donuts (Wednesdays and Thursdays), gonuts and donuts (Thursdays), bagels and brownies (Fridays), fresh sandwiches (Mondays to Fridays), foccacia (Saturdays and Sundays), and anything goes for “Funday” Sundays. Flour & Chocolate’s award-winning baked goods are made from 100% organic flour and 100% free-range eggs.
A post shared by Morningside (@flourandchocolate) on
If you are craving for delicious artisan bread, fine pastry, and decadent cakes, stop by Kylie and Lachlan’s bakery at 6:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on Mondays to Saturdays and 7:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Sundays. For inquiries, you may call them on 61 7 3161 6246.
Cannon Hill’s Gold Coin Shop is probably one of Brisbane’s best kept secrets when it comes to scoring a bargain. The shop sells various home and personal items at really inexpensive prices. Who can resist a sign that says “Everything $1”? Combs, brushes, under garments, socks, stickers, containers, packet herbs, dishes, hooks, felt pads for furniture feet, and many more. Shoppers at this secret hub usually leave with smiles on their faces and shopping bags full of nifty, affordable finds.
There is one catch though. They say this secret shopping hub is only generally known to Cannon Hill residents because it is not easy to find. Lynne Cargill of Salisbury talks about how she was able to locate the Gold Coin Shop. According to her, finding the shop was “nothing short of a miracle.”
We’ll let you in on the secret. The Gold Coin Shop is located all alone “at the back of the very end part” of Cannon Hill’s Save City Shops.
This lone shopping hub has no website or a social media page. It just stands there, silent and unadvertised, gaining mileage through word-of-mouth, waiting to be found by thrifty, diligent, and resourceful shoppers.
Well, now the cat’s out of the bag.
People just can’t get enough of cheap thrills! Photo Credit: QuickMeme.com
Art lovers in south Brisbane are set to reunite in another creative event. Morningside’s School of Arts will be hosting the Southside Art Market this Sunday (30 April). The event will be from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Amazing artworks made by 50 local Brisbane artists will be exhibited.
Max Fulcher. an 82-year-old resident of Kangaroo Point, is among the artists who will be presenting their artwork during the show. Mr Fulcher has a passion for digital arts. Until 20 years ago, he was an avid watercolour artist. He “accidentally” discovered his current penchant for digital arts when the digital artist in his advertising firm went on holidays one day and he decided to “(give) it a go for a laugh.”
He started with stick figures, started practicing 24/7 and then got progressively better. Quite an impressive achievement, he admits, since he was not used to using a computer at the time.
Where before he held paintbrushes, Mr Fulcher now sits in front of his computer and draws digital masterpieces. He makes artworks through the Adobe Illustrator program. His designs are sketched using his computer’s mouse. His creative digital pieces, which include aviaries and orchids, will be exhibited at the weekend art market.
Debra Hood, the event’s organiser and also Morningside’s cityscape painter, could not help but admire both Mr Fulcher and his artwork. She has professed amazement at his “vitality and enthusiasm for his art.” Ms Hood also said that as an artist, Mr Fulcher is “extremely skilled and does a lot of funky, contemporary, colourful pieces.”
The Southside Art Market event will feature a variety of fun and creative sessions. A raku firing demo will be conducted by Ceramic Arts Qld, Brisbane’s not-for-profit organisation that has promoted ceramic artistry since 1968.
There will be face painting and activities for kids. Attendees can also listen to the charming melodies of La Dolce Vita, a string quintet that plays an assortment of music in a unique, well-arranged five-piece style.
Entry to the event is free and parking is available. Morningside’s art gallery is located at Cnr Wynnum/Thynne Road. For a sneak peak of the artists and their artworks, visit their Facebook page or Instagram gallery.
Photo Credit: From last year’s art market by Southside ART Market/Facebook
Old-style video games are making a comeback in Morningside in April with the opening of 1UP Arcade on Lyton Road.
The arcade promises to be a unique place where players can enjoy arcade games that are all original releases. 1UP owner Stephen Holmes, who is a bona fide gaming arcade enthusiast, looked for video games from collectors and from classified ads.
Some of the video games have been restored to their original condition. With the retro video games in the arcade, the place will feel like a museum of sort.
Coin-Free Machines
Aside from housing video games from the good old days, the arcade will be different as there will be no need to insert coins to play the games. A one-time entry fee of $15 will be charged and gamers can play all the games they want. Whether they play one game or a hundred, the charge will be the same.
One of the top hassles in video game arcades is coin jam, which could render machines useless for days or weeks. In some instances, they could lead to breakage.
Initially, 1UP will have at least 65 machines. Holmes plans to add a new game each week, so people can return the next week or month and find new games to try.
Holmes’ vision for the arcade is to give it a community feel where people of all ages are welcome to play. There are plans for events and tournaments as well as workshops for those who want to learn how to repair these old machines.
Work is ongoing on the location that is kept a secret until it is closer to the launch. The arcade is expected to open in early April 2017.
Claire Randall of Morningside has won the Generation 14plus Crystal Bear award for Best Short Film at the Berlin International Film Festival.
Ms Randall received the award for her short film entitled, Wolfe, a story of 24-year-old Nick and his journey with his imaginary friend, Mister Wolfe. When Nick hit puberty, Mr Wolfe asked to just be called “Wolfe.” It was during that time that his imaginary friend turned violent, jealous and passive-aggressive. Wolfe told Nick that he was a spirit of a wolf trapped inside his body and that Nick would have to kill himself to set the spirit free.
The jury found the documentary to be both an honest and intimate disclosure of Nick’s story of psychological illness. They think that the story was lovingly presented through the use of animated memory sequences. The Generation 14Plus jury thanked the filmmaker for the factual and deeply moving work.
Ms Randall studied Film and Screen Media at Griffith University. After completing her education, she developed a passion for creating documentaries. Having suffered from depression in her late teenage years, she is now using her work to promote awareness on mental illness.
She directed the short film and co-produced it with Shannen Tunnicliffe. The animation was provided by Lachlan James Morton.
The Queensland Community Lawn Tennis Association based in Morningside will get a funding boost to help it upgrade its tennis facility.
Funding of over $270,000 will be provided by the Queensland government as part of its “Get Playing Places and Spaces” program, which aims to assist local sports clubs to build or upgrade their infrastructure.
The funding is part of the government’s goal to encourage greater participation in sports at the grassroots level.
The government is providing $2 million in funds across Queensland for the construction or upgrade of sport facilities and the Morningside tennis club is one of the three club recipients in the state.
