Monday 9 December 2024

2:00pm 
National Theatre
Corner Barkly and Carlisle Streets
St Kilda  

The National Theatre was built in 1921 in the Beaux Arts style as a 3,000-seat cinema – Victory Theatre. 

Since 1974 it has been the home of the National Ballet School and the National Drama School, when the original cinema stalls area was converted to studio and rehearsal rooms and the dress circle into a 783-seat live venue with the addition of a stage.  

Monday 23 September 2024  

7:30pm ( doors open at 6:30pm)
Alex Theatre
135 Fitzroy Street 
St Kilda  

The Society proudly brings internationally acclaimed Australian playwright, Suzie Miller, home to St Kilda for an evening of fabulous recollections and insights.

In conversation with local journalist and filmmaker, Marianne Latham, Suzie will talk about her glittering career and the joys and challenges of growing up in St Kilda. Her mother, Elaine Miller, famously became the first woman mayor on St Kilda Council in 1982.  

Sunday 8 September 2024

4:45 pm - 6:00pm
St Kilda Army and Navy Club
88 Acland Street, St Kilda (upstairs)

The St Kilda Film Festival started in 1983 and has become Australia’s longest running short film festival. Our guest speaker, Professor Lisa French, is an acclaimed film maker, author, and academic - currently Dean at RMIT's School of Media and Communication.

Monday 12 August 2024  

6:00pm - 7:30pm
St Kilda Army and Navy Club
88 Acland Street (upstairs - lift access)
St Kilda  

During the 1970's, a house in Mozart Street, St Kilda was the shared home of some of St Kilda's most interesting painters, photographers, film makers and musicians, including one of Melbourne’s best-known bands, the Skyhooks.

Sunday 21 April 2024

2:00pm - 4:00pm
Meet at Tennyson Street entrance to St Kilda Botanical Gardens  

St Kilda Botanical Gardens were developed in 1860, immediately attracting the rich and powerful who built their grand mansions along Blessington, Tennyson and Dickens Streets to take advantage of the views and peaceful proximity of the gardens.

Monday 25 March 2024

6:00pm - 9:00pm
George Lane Bar
1 George Lane, St Kilda 

This 56 minute documentary, by journalist and documentary maker, Marianne Latham, is the story of how avarice, arrogance and ignorance destroyed the beautiful seaside paradise of St Kilda. 

Thursday 15 February 2024

6:00pm - 7:00pm
St Kilda Library
150 Carlisle Street, St Kilda 

Building on the success of the Unplugged in St Kilda podcast series, iconic musicians Paulie Stewart (Painters and Dockers), Fiona Lee Maynard (Have a Nice Day) and Fred Negro (I Piss on Your Gravy) will share musical tales from the St Kilda scene of the 1970s, 80s and 90s.

Sunday 8 September 2024

3:30 – 4:30pm
St Kilda Army and Navy Club, 88 Acland Street, St Kilda (upstairs)