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“connecting our community”
Excitingly (given the latest lockdown and all) we have ANOTHER community review for a show that is accessible to all via the Kanopy App (it really does have great movies and as previously discussed is accessible for free. You can download it on your phone, tablet or computer using your local library card. Just log on to your library and follow the instructions - you might like to also download Cloudlibrary, Borrowbox and Libby so you read your favourite magazines, listen to audio books and read books online for free while you are there!!).
Anyway … Annie has been part of the ACC family for a couple of years now. Her first introduction being the Alphington Show (in which she entered a shroud made of coffee sacks - you might remember it if you came along). More recently she participated in Women in the Shed.
Anyway, here’s what she wrote! Thanks Annie. This sounds really interesting.
306 Hollywood
This gorgeous documentary is about stuff … so much stuff. It’s a houseful of things left behind. And every bit of it carries a memory. This movie is for anyone who’s ever had to deal with stuff. It’s for anyone who’s ever had a relative and the house they’ve lived in forever to sort through.
When she's alive, the adored grandma remarks to her granddaughter that she does clutter big time. With no shame. Just a remark.
Do you know Marie Condo? Her method and its concepts had its time in the sun.
Spark joy by tidying up. It will get worse before it gets better. Give thanks to the house and express gratitude to the items’ service to you. Put it all in one big pile.
Every single one of her rules seems to figure in some way in this tale of love for the grandma, the house (306 Hollywood) and what the eclectic stuff tells us.
It is very time-consuming taking care of what grandma left behind, the siblings Elan and Jonathan Bogarin find. And instead of rushing it they savour what’s there. They curate an amazing honouring of one woman’s ordinary life.
I loved this movie and getting to know the family stories across older and younger generations.
Prefer shopping outside? And buying directly from local producers?
If you are already a keen Alphington Farmers Market shopper, or perhaps a local that hasn’t had a chance to visit on the weekend (kids sports and all!) you’ll be interested to know that you can now go past on Thursdays from 2-5pm for a midweek top up … or general shop.
Starts today.
Sick of cooking? Here’s a message from the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre on Tuesday that may be of interest …
We’ve now hit $29,050 of cancelled catering jobs in Melbourne for our social enterprise due to lockdown & today’s announcement will ⬆️ that again. We will keep paying our casual refugee staff if no work as it’s the right thing to do. But we’d love to instead book out all our Thurs-Sat delivery spots & create even more work.
Order here 👉🏼 https://meals.asrc.org.au/
🙏 Kon ASRC CEO
Unfortunately due to the latest lockdown we had to cancel our in-person launch of Gabe Freeman’s gorgeous collage collection in our street gallery … so we made a little video instead. You can watch it here.
But of course, if you live in the ‘hood you can take a stroll past anytime and check it out.
Alphington Neighbourhood Gallery is a 24/7 community arts initiative celebrating and sharing creativity in our local neighbourhood.