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    Win Passes to Palace Cinemas Thanks to Appleton Estate

    One of summer's classic cool retreats, now with a cocktail to match.

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    Win Passes to Palace Cinemas Thanks to Appleton Estate

    One of summer's classic cool retreats, now with a cocktail to match.

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    Art Gallery of NSW to Stay Open After Dark for Pop to Popism

    If you haven't seen Pop to Popism yet, now is the time.

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    Concrete Playground Does Sydney Festival 2015

    Everything we're watching, eating, dancing to, swinging on and Instagramming this festival.

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    Five Reasons To Head To Sugar Mountain That Have Nothing To Do With Nas

    Despite what the buzz may tell you, there's more to this festival than Illmatic.

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    Win Tickets to a VIP Preview Screening of Kingsman: The Secret Service

    The director of Kick-Ass turns his attentions to the Bond legacy.

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    One Day Sundays Moves Homes After Noise Complaints

    The beloved block party has a new, last-minute venue - but it could be for the best.

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    How to Dress Well Makes You Rethink the Question 'How Was Your Day?'

    "When you were walking down the aisle of the grocery store, did you think of your mother ageing and feel an intense pang of guilt?"

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    This Year's Oscar Nominations Caused Quite the Backlash

    Budapest vs Birdman; the battle of the quirk.

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    The 35th Annual Razzie Nominations Announced

    The Razzies have a few surprises up their sleeve this year — including forgiveness.

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    Jurassic Lounge Heads Back to the Australian Museum

    Your favourite after-hours museum party is back.

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    Twelve Films to Get Excited About in 2015

    A Lebowski-esque Pynchon adaptation, a sequel 30 years in the making and the Tarantino film that nearly got nixed - they've all made an impression long before they're released.

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    Should One of Sydney's Main Museums Move to Parramatta?

    Premier Mike Baird wants to pick up the Powerhouse Museum and plonk it down in Western Sydney, but a Questacon-like offshoot could be the better option.

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    Win Tickets to Birdman Plus a Talking Collectable

    Birdman is cinematic ballet and the first must-see film of 2015.

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    The Ten Best Things To See At Midsumma 2015

    Melbourne's favourite summer festival is back to paint the town every colour in the rainbow.

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    Glass Animals Royally Seduced Sydneysiders Over the Weekend

    The Oxford foursome brought their 'Gooey' synths to the Hi-Fi — and hypnotised the lot of us.

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    Sydney Festival's Massive, Walk-Through Paper Maze: Inside There Falls

    Pick your path through a delicate story, with random interludes from the Sydney Dance Company.

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    Win Tickets to See Conor Oberst at Melbourne Zoo Twilights

    Conor Oberst, giraffes and crisp vino. That's our kind of dream picnic.

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    Win Tickets to See Conor Oberst at Twilight at Taronga

    Conor Oberst, giraffes and crisp vino. That's our kind of dream picnic.

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    Behind Sydney Festival 2015's Most Visible Art Work

    Higher Ground is a perspective-skewing, Op Art-inspired installation by Maser, Ireland's favourite street artist.

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    After Hours Circus Extravaganza to Launch at the Powerhouse Museum

    Run away to the circus, without fully committing.

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    The Best of Field Day 2015

    With one of its best lineups yet, Field Day remains one of Sydney's best reasons not to completely obliterate yourself on New Year's Eve.

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    Seu Jorge: The Eclectic Brazilian Who One-Upped David Bowie

    Tipped as one the must-sees of Sydney Festival 2015, this smooth-voiced Brazilian made us rethink The Thin White Duke.

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    The 2014 Boxing Day Movie Smackdown

    It's a fierce field of contenders, except for one sadly flabby has-been.

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    The Ten Best Movies Hardly Anyone Saw in 2014

    They were box office flops in 2014. Give them some VOD love in 2015.

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    The Enduring Lure of Shakespeare Under the Stars

    Why do midsummer nights go so well with the Bard? Shakespeare in the Royal Botanic Gardens director Glenn Elston has a hint.

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    Five Films to Watch During World Movies Summer of Sin

    Spend Christmas Eve watching a classic of soft-core French cinema, and Christmas Eve Eve with James Franco's porn doco.

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    Why Fat Dancers Might Be the Most Important Thing You See at The Sydney Festival

    With Nothing to Lose, dance company Force Majeure is poking at our prejudices.

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    The Hills Are Alive Announces 2015 Lineup

    Next year's lineup is worthy of a Julie Andrews Twirl or two.

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    New Farm Cinemas Opens Second Phase, Adds Affordable 'Gold Rooms'

    New Farm Six Cinemas is finally true to its name.

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    Concrete Playground's Summer Reading List

    Ten books from this year that no bibliophile should miss.

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    The Astor Theatre Could be Saved by Palace Cinemas

    Palace Cinemas could be the knight in shining celluloid cinephiles have hoped for.

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