This is such sad news for me, as I’ve known Arthur for well over 20 years. We met way back in the 1990’s when I was running the Leonard Cohen birthday celebration nights in Toowoomba, as he would drive up from Brisbane, with Bernadette, to attend some of these annual events. The three of us also enj...

As featured at Montreal’s Museum of Contemporary Art as one of the various tribute events to honour Leonard last November, Candice Breitz’s audio-visual tribute to Leonard is now also being exhibited at the Anna Schwartz Gallery in Melbourne, up until March 3rd. 8) Here’s the link relating to this: ...

Hi Adam, welcome to Melbourne.

It would be nice to catch up with you sometime. PM me your contact details if you wish.

Any further Cohen related get-togethers will usually be flagged here as well.

Cheers,
Andrew

Although there were not many of us present at this gathering last night, we had an enjoyable and meaningful time together nevertheless. :D We started out at The Duke of Wellington hotel where we had a satisfying reasonably priced meal, during the course of which we duly acknowledged Leonard with a t...

There are still only four of us able and committed to meeting up in Melbourne on the evening of September 21st... however, it's not too late, if there are any other takers within striking distance of Melbourne. ;-) Anyway, after consultations, I've now made a reservation at the Duke of Wellington Ho...

Hi again, time flies, so it's time to provide an update on our proposed gathering. ;-) Unfortunately, so far only one other Melburnian had indicated they will be free to participate in this restaurant meet-up on the 21st September. :neutral: Nevertheless, I've started looking at restaurants, though ...

Incidentally, I saw Mikelangelo perform a ‘By Request’ show at one of my local venues last Sunday night and he told me there were more requests for his Cohen covers than for any other artist or song (including his own). 8) On this occasion he performed 'Tower of Song’, ‘Famous Blue Raincoat’ and ‘Da...

Mikelangelo, an Australian performer who has been referred to previously in another thread here, is about to embark on the UK premiere of his ‘Cave, Waits & Cohen’ tribute show. :D He’ll perform the show in Brighton this Friday, July 28th, then at the Edinburgh Festival from Wednesday 2nd until Mond...

Hi again, Melbourne based Cohen friends, Alan M (Adelaide) is visiting Melbourne with his wife Karin for a few days from September 21st and so we have decided we would like to meet up with whoever else is able to join us for an evening restaurant meal on that day they arrive here, it fortuitously be...

Hi there, Melbourne based Cohenites, just to let you know Alan M informed me some while ago that he and his wife Karin will be in Melbourne for some days from September 21st and we have therefore now decided to meet up on that day, it of course being the date of Leonard’s birthday anniversary. 8) We...

Hi Darina,

An advance welcome to Melbourne from me too.

It sounds like a small group of us could get together sometime soon.

Cheers,
Andrew

Hi Ausv, I have only just read you post, as I've been absent from the Forum for awhile. :oops: Anyway, I am a fan of many years, living in Melbourne... I would be most pleased to meet you for coffee. I have many Cohen items (such as books, DVD docos) that may be of interest to you. I will PM you my ...

This is a not so recent article, published shortly after Leonard's death by a journalist cousin of his, Andrew Cohen: http://ottawacitizen.com/opinion/columnists/cohen-my-cousin-leonard-cohen-a-dark-creative-soul-who-never-left-his-montreal-roots# Apologies if it's already been posted here on the Fo...

There was a packed house for tonight’s concert and the show was even more enjoyable than the previous ones, as it has been developed and extended, with more biographical LC and historic Hydra audio-visual footage interspersed between the songs. 8) The musicianship was of the usual high standard we h...

Wybe, thanks for the reminder and I have also posted it in the dedicated thread below:

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=36330&p=357026&hili ... os#p357026

Cheers,
Andrew