News You Can Use: Eight Things That Happened in Brisbane This Week
Here's what caught our attention over the last seven days.
News You Can Use: Eight Things That Happened in Brisbane This Week
From new bar and restaurant openings to the latest innovations in technology, design, fashion and the arts, we like to keep our finger on Brisbane's pulse. Below, we've collected the biggest stories from the past week that may have escaped your attention. Consider yourself back in the know.
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Arts & EntertainmentBrisbane Powerhouse Is Launching a Permanent Outdoor Cinema and Twice-Yearly Night Food Market
The New Farm venue will also set up a new semi-permanent (and glow-in-the-dark) performance venue that'll host shows and give Brisbanites a new hangout spot.
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Arts & EntertainmentThis New Brisbane Film Festival Is Completely Dedicated to Movies with Hand-Drawn Lightning Effects
Meet the Brisbane Only Rotoscoped Lightning Film Festival.
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Travel & LeisureThe Langham Is the New Five-Star Gold Coast Hotel with Beachfront Access and a Swim-Up Pool Bar
Getaway alert: this luxe hotel is now open for scenic Gold Coast stays.
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Food & DrinkSumma House Is the New Boozy Garden Hangout That's Taken Over X Cargo's Old Fortitude Valley Digs
MacLachlan Street's pile of containers is now home to a new venue — and it's doing two-hour tapas-and-cocktails sessions every weekend.
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Arts & EntertainmentYou'll Soon Be Able to Wander Through a 700-Square-Metre Kaleidoscope Outside Brisbane Powerhouse
After 'House of Mirrors' and '1000 Doors', installation artist Keith Courtney now wants you to mosey through a huge expanse of glass, steel, mirrors and moving prisms that resembles a human-sized kaleidoscope.
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Arts & EntertainmentThe King of Australian Cinema Takes on the King of Rock 'n' Roll: Baz Luhrmann Talks 'Elvis'
The ‘Moulin Rouge!’ and 'The Great Gatsby' filmmaker wasn’t going to make his Elvis Presley biopic unless he found the right star — and then came Austin Butler.
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Arts & EntertainmentBig City Lights Is the New Free Festival of Light and Design Coming to the Gold Coast This Winter
For four July nights, the Gold Coast CBD will be lit up with dazzling displays and installations — spanning rooftops, building facades, alleyways, car parks and shopfronts.
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Food & DrinkClear Your Freezer: Messina Is Bringing Back 40 of Its Greatest Gelato Hits in Take-Home Tubs
Jon Snow, Robert Brownie Jnr and Fairy Bread are all back — and Hodor and Have a Gay Old Time, too.