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    Detailed Sculptures Carved Into Toilet Rolls

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    Poetic Photography that Visualises Haikus

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    The Beauty of Decaying Theatres

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    Artist Jay Shells Swaps Street Signs with Rap Lyrics

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    Book Spine Poetry That Speaks Volumes

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    Vivid Sydney Announces 2013 Lineup

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    Vegan/Vego Laneway Fest

    Friday, May 24, 2024

    South City Square, Woolloongabba

    Plant-based and gluten-free eats are on the menu for a Friday night feast at this Woolloongabba precinct.

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    Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

    Thursday, May 23 - Wednesday, June 19, 2024

    Various cinemas in Brisbane

    Enlisting Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth on a prequel to 'Fury Road', George Miller has made another 'Mad Max' franchise marvel.

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    IF

    Thursday, May 16 - Wednesday, June 5, 2024

    Various cinemas in Brisbane

    Instead of aliens in 'A Quiet Place' and its sequel, John Krasinski ponders a world where imaginary friends are real in this warmly whimsical family-friendly fantasy.

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    Spanish Film Festival

    Thursday, June 13 - Wednesday, July 10, 2024

    Select cinemas in Brisbane, Various locations

    Say hola to the Brisbane's annual showcase of Spanish and Latin American movies — including a celebration of Salvador Dalí in cinema.

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    The Made Local Market — Winter

    Saturday, June 15 - Sunday, June 16, 2024

    Brisbane Showgrounds, Bowen Hills

    This market is like Etsy IRL, complete with over 120 local makers, designers, artists and creators selling their wares.

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    Lifeline Bookfest — Winter

    Saturday, June 29 - Sunday, July 7, 2024

    Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, South Brisbane

    Your twice-yearly excuse to boost your reading list is back, this time with more than 10,000 comics — and the usual million-plus books.

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    Grease

    Saturday, January 4 - Sunday, January 26, 2025

    QPAC Lyric Theatre, South Brisbane

    It's electrifying: the 50s-set, five-decade-old show has scored a brand-new stage production, and it's rolling into Brisbane from January 2024.

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    Sunday, June 16, 2024

    Felons Barrel Hall, Brisbane City

    Catch Tirzah, Glass Beams, Bonny Doon and more at this riverside festival curated by Jet Black Cat Music at Felons Brewing Co.

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    West End Solstice Market

    Friday, June 14, 2024

    Davies Park, West End

    The longest night of the year is on its way — and you can celebrate with 120-plus stalls, pop-up bars, glühwein, bonfires, live music and fire twirlers.

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    Monster

    Thursday, May 9 - Wednesday, May 29, 2024

    Select cinemas in Brisbane, Various locations

    Hirokazu Kore-eda's first Japanese film since 'Shoplifters' is yet another of the great director's deeply empathetic masterpieces.

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    Four Interesting Ideas in the New Australian Cultural Policy

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    Idyllic Chinese Landscapes Made from Trash

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    When a Building Brightens a Neighbourhood

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    Picasso’s Cubist Portraits Brought to Life in Photography

    Spanish photographer Eugenio Recuenco reinterprets Picasso's Cubist portraits with live models.

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    The Off-White Album: How History and Decay Affect 45-Year-Old Records

    No matter what their colour, condition or quality, Rutherford Chang wants your iconic 1968 Beatles 'White Album'.

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    Berlin Wall Is Being Torn Down…Again

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    A Portrait of the Artist as a Video Game

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    Sydney Illustrator Wins New Yorker Comp with Hipster Cover

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    Fascinating Long Exposure Photographs of Sleeping Couples

    See the nightly battle between intimacy and rest play out in pictures.

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    Beautifully Creepy Posters of David Lynch Films

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    See the Stunning Winners of the National Geographic 2013 Photo of the Year

    The unexplored and clandestine wonders of the world, all in one place.

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    Old Bicycles Turned Elegant Chandeliers

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    The Spectacular Sandcastles of Calvin Seibert

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    Cake Icing Graffiti

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    David Nemcsik’s Magical and Mysterious Levitation Project

    This photographer's exam entry leaves you flying.

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    Gravity-Defying Land Art

    Cornelia Konrads 'land-art' seems to defy gravity.

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    Rare Colour Photographs of Paris in 1914

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