Milk Bar Mag • 6th August 2015

Supergirly: Return of the Pop Princess | Milk Bar

Ballsy, bright and brash are the immediate words that jump to mind when it comes to Lulu McClatchy’s latest offering as alter ego and self-proclaimed celebrity pop icon, Supergirly. In...

Milk Bar Mag • 6th August 2015

Roald Dahl's The Witches | Milk Bar

Everybody loves a Roald Dahl classic, and who doesn’t remember the shivers we got with our first encounter of his tale of women and wigs and gloves and magic. “Witches,...

Milk Bar • 3rd August 2015

Ariel Dorfman's Purgatorio | Milk Bar

When a person opts for revenge they dig two graves. This short line sets the tone for this collaboration between 5pound theatre and Attic Erratic, working together to bring Ariel...

Milk Bar Mag • 6th August 2015

The Lunchbox at Classic Cinemas | Milk Bar

Who doesn’t love a romance? Pair it with food and drink and we’re on to a winner. And that’s what Classic Cinemas is giving us the opportunity for this week....

Milk Bar Mag • 6th August 2015

Take 2 Markets | Milk Bar

Melbourne’s original women’s recycled designer and vintage fashion event, Take 2 Markets, is celebrating its seventh birthday in July with three style-filled events in two iconic Melbourne locations. This enduring...

Milk Bar Mag • 6th August 2015

Dr Martens Pop Up | Milk Bar

Dr. Martens #standforsomething series has arrived in our stomping ground to provide Melbournians with the footwear to do just that, and boy do they know how to treat us right....

Milk Bar Mag • 6th August 2015

Festival of Football | Milk Bar

Football fans assemble, the historic George Cinema in the heart of St Kilda has been transformed into a hub of football fever. For the duration of the World Cup, ALL...

Milk Bar • 3rd August 2015

The Lost Children Project | Milk Bar

So it’s winter. It’s cold. It’s wet. It’s windy. We get it. How about taking a break from complaining about the weather? Put off hibernation for a few more days...

Milk Bar • 3rd August 2015

Nite Art 2014 | Milk Bar

There is a global trend changing the way people view art. And we in Melbourne are never far from new trends. It’s with this in mind that we welcome Nite...

Milk Bar • 3rd August 2015

Design for Mirabel | Milk Bar

Ten of Austrlia’s finest interior designers will be taking over a warehouse in North Melbourne in the name of design and charity. Design for Mirabel is a very special annual...

Milk Bar • 3rd August 2015

Starward Whisky | Milk Bar

Haven’t heard of Starward Whisky? Shame on you. This is one of Melbourne’s treasures, liquid gold swirling in glasses in our favourite bars across the city. David Vitale fathered the...

Milk Bar • 3rd August 2015

Millinery Classes with Peter Jago | Milk Bar

Living in the home of the country’s most celebrated races, Melbournians can’t deny that a beautiful hat can be crucial to an outfit. They are wonderful in theory, but the...

Milk Bar Mag • 6th August 2015

COTW: Paramount Leader | Milk Bar

Our cocktail of the week this week is brought to you by one of our favourite winter venues, Double Happiness. They have just debuted their new seasonal menu, providing gems...

Milk Bar • 3rd August 2015

New Shanghai at Emporium | Milk Bar

I’ve never much been a fan of restaurants in shopping centres. I always find them slightly below par, or with a food-court-type feel to them. This was the mindset I...

Milk Bar • 3rd August 2015

KOBA | Milk Bar

Melbourne’s in the midst of a Korean food boom and one of its original K-players has just reopened with a new menu and an adventurous new fit-out. Located within Hardware...

Milk Bar • 3rd August 2015

COTW: Hemingway Daiquiri | Milk Bar

This Saturday is Daiquiri Day. What a wonderful sentence. And as if that wasn’t enough, Monday 21st July is the birthday of the late, great Ernest Hemingway. To celebrate both...

Milk Bar • 3rd August 2015

Cocktail of the week: Smoke & Stone | Milk Bar

Let’s give a warm welcome to the newest young master that should definitely be on your cocktail dance card, the ‘Smoke & Stone’. Or rather, newest young Mister. Mister Bitters...

Milk Bar Mag • 6th August 2015

COTW: St Germain Des Prés | Milk Bar

“Vie trop courte pour manger mauvais fromag” – Life is too short to eat bad cheese. The French appreciate the fine things in life, and hell, we really do too....

Milk Bar • 3rd August 2015

Cocktail of the week: Pimm's No. 1 Cup | Milk Bar

In honour of Her Majesty the Queen, this week’s cocktail is the age-old gin treat, Pimm’s No. 1 Cup, brought to you by Mr Wow’s Emporium. Add Pimm’s and Tanqueray...

Milk Bar • 3rd August 2015

COTW: French Plantation | Milk Bar

Tropical drinks with a touch of retro are currently the preferred style of Saigon Sally’s head Bartender, Michael Forbes. The (ex Vue, Der Raum) drinks expert has been honing his...