Wed, 1 Jun - Sun, 10 Jul 2011
Artspace Sydney, Woolloomooloo
Three exhibitions at Artspace are flush with the power of the moving image.
Tue, 12 Jul - Sun, 24 Jul 2011
A veteran circus star looks for something to say.
Sat, 9 Jul, 2011
Enmore Theatre, Newtown
This year's show takes a Spanish key.
Sun, 3 Jul - Sat, 16 Jul 2011
Cockatoo Island, Sydney
If you were wondering where Sydney's underground art scene is, Underbelly Arts Festival has made it accessible for you. The Festival - spread out over Cockatoo Island for the first time this year - is unique, not just in Sydney's mainstream art scene, but in the alternative one too. Not only does it offer you a day of the complex, strange, new, and experimental, but for a week beforehand you can come in for free and check out the artists in process. And sometimes help them make their art as well. The mysterious J Dark stalks and is stalked, Complicit brings you wall-robots, Ngoc Nguyen creates a Vietnamese flower festival, the turbine hall is taken over by acrobats, and all the while five artists knit together a new society.
Thu, 30 Jun - Sun, 3 Jul 2011
A whole corner of the world visits Parramatta for this film festival.
Wed, 29 Jun - Sat, 2 Jul 2011
Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House, Sydney
The Sydney Symphony performs work by three composers that make pictures in the air.
Thu, 30 Jun - Sat, 30 Jul 2011
Cinemas Everywhere, Various locations
Terrence Malick's fifth film demands answers from life: from the big bang to the present.
Thu, 16 Jun - Tue, 28 Jun 2011
Gaffa Gallery, Sydney
Gaffa offers exhibitions with stark fabric and fragile biology.
Wed, 22 Jun - Sat, 2 Jul 2011
Blacktown Arts Centre, Blacktown
Get close to Manilla's urban life in Blacktown this winter.
Thu, 23 Jun, 2011
Red Rattler, Marrickville
Steven Kilbey, Peter Koppes and Tim Powles from iconic band the Church are getting together for a one-off gig at the Red Rattler to raise money for Autism Spectrum Australia. Their air of mystery having survived the twin perils of winning an ARIA and being admired by George Negus, they're providing the reflective soul to the benefit. With early treatment, life on the autistic spectrum can be made a lot simpler, but this sort of thing costs money. Entry proceeds from the gig will go to Autism Spectrum Australia, a non-profit that operates here, in Victoria and the ACT. Art connected to the organisation will be offered for sale, the documentary Rainman Goes to Rockwiz will also be screened and the band promises to satisfy fans of Ref:omation as much as those of the Church.
Thu, 16 Jun - Fri, 15 Jul 2011
Japan Foundation Gallery, Sydney
See Japan's World Heritage sites through the lens of Kazuyoshi Miyoshi.
Wed, 15 Jun, 2011
Come see if this former journalist's optimism runs to your taste.
Wed, 8 Jun - Sun, 19 Jun 2011
State Theatre, Sydney
There are twin poles of entertainment rambling on the Sydney streets this June. While Vivid Sydney is dominating the Rocks end of town, the Sydney Film Festival owns the drags south of Martin Place. The Festival used to be an R-rated preserve of afficianados and film professionals, but over the last decade it has grown into a popular event with an international competition and a dedicated childrens program. While the pounding heart of the Festival is the plush State Theatre, this year's day sessions have been moved across to the George Street cinema complex due to hotel construction at the Gowings site. Some talks will be there, while others have shifted over a block to the Grasshopper, the Apple Store and the Town Hall. Even UNSW is getting in on the action. The Festival's program is immense, with films from all over the world. Explore it by strand, pick it apart on your iPhone or get the word on the street. But get a look in.
Wed, 8 Jun, 2011
City Recital Hall, Sydney
These drums will move you with their dark math.
Thu, 9 Jun - Thu, 30 Jun 2011
Sun Studios, Alexandria
Photographic assistants come out of the shadows in this Alexandria exhibition.
Fri, 3 Jun, 2011
Red Rattler, Marrickville
This home-grown festival shows you Australian stories that don't always make it to the big screen.
Fri, 27 May - Mon, 13 Jun 2011
Sydney City Streets and Parks, Sydney
During Vivid Sydney, the Vivid Rocks Night Markets are opening their stalls Friday and Saturday nights to provide you with music, cheapish food and even some shopping to go with your Vivid light-peeping evening experience. Shops and restaurants across the CBD and the Rocks will be offering specials to go with the festival, and after stopping in at some you can see a few extra light sculptures under the QVB dome. All the while 2manydjs will be broadcasting live for triple j from the Opera House's studios. If creative talks, live music and brain-bending light shows aren't enough for you at Vivid this year, A Great Night Out answers the question of what more you could possibly want.