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    How These Artists Are Working to Remove Stigma Around Daily Mental Health Issues

    Address your own daily mental health needs at their pop-up vending machine until April 8.

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    Nine Weird and Wondrously Funny Shows to See at 2018's Melbourne International Comedy Festival

    As always, the MICF program is a monster — so we've whittled it down to the shows you have to see.

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    Melbourne Is Now Home to a Harry Potter-Inspired Escape Room

    Try to magic your way out of this, muggles

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    Palace Is Opening a 12-Screen Cinema in Surfers Paradise

    Located a block away from the beach, it'll feature multiple lounge and bar areas, plus views over the city.

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    Victoria's Live Music Venues to Pilot Anti-Sexual Harassment Program

    Nine venues across the state will take part in the pilot, which will run for 12 weeks.

  • News

    MONA's New Exhibition Is an Immersive Ode to the Radical Artists of Post-War Germany

    'Zero' will bring together — and reconstruct — works from the art collective of the same name and exhibit it for the very first time.

  • News

    Barack Obama Is in Sydney Right Now

    The former president of the United States is in town for a talk at the Art Gallery of NSW tonight.

  • News

    Five Reasons to Head to Melbourne's New Artbank Opening This Weekend

    Lovers of contemporary Australian art take notice — the gallery's newest venture is one that's bound to get you up and about.

  • News

    Sydney Just Scored a Lovely New Public Artwork by Tracey Emin

    The tiny bird sculptures dotted around the city will remind you to slow down and think about loved ones, near and far.

  • News

    Vivid Sydney Announces Huge Tenth Anniversary 2018 Program

    Ice Cube, James Cameron, Cat Power and Snugglepot and Cuddlepie.

  • News

    CoLiberate Is Wellington's New Mental Health Gym

    No ordinary gym; this new space provides a workout for your mind through creative movement, reflective writing and clay touching.

  • News

    CherryPicks Is the Rotten Tomatoes Alternative Focusing on Female Film Critics

    Expected to launch later this year, it'll provide "perspectives on film, tv, music, and more... though a female lens."

  • News

    Sydney Is Getting Another Star Wars Screening with a Live Orchestra

    Just in case you haven't had enough live orchestral 'Star Wars' action.

  • News

    Next Wave Festival Announces Jam-Packed 2018 Lineup

    Featuring art parties, a performance that fits 100 historical disasters into 60 minutes and an investigation into the world of freestyle dog dancing.

  • News

    The Best of Berlinale 2018: Ten New Films We Can't Wait to Hit Australian Cinemas

    We hopped over to the Berlin International Film Festival to get the jump on what's coming soon to cinemas.

  • News

    Five Must-See Films at the 2018 Melbourne Queer Film Festival

    Steve Coogan, stop-motion animation and Australian lesbian mumblecore.

  • News

    Five Must-See Films at the 2018 Brisbane Queer Film Festival

    These films wear their love for LGBTIQ themes, protagonists and stories loudly and proudly.

  • News

    Sydney Writers' Festival Announces a Powerfully Topical Program for 2018

    This year's lineup features 'Call Me By Your Name' author André Aciman, 'BBC Dad', Christos Tsiolkas and a host of other literary talent from around the world.

  • News

    The Charlie And the Chocolate Factory Musical Is Coming to Sydney

    The hit Broadway show makes its Australian premiere next January.

  • News

    Auckland Writers Festival Unveils a Whopping 2018 Lineup

    Six days of ideas, readings, debates, stand-up poetry, literary theatre, children’s writers and free public events. 

  • News

    A Stunningly Sinister Ballet Adaptation of 'Snow White' Is Coming to Australia

    The dark show by France’s Ballet Preljocaj will feature haute couture costumes by Jean Paul Gaultier.

  • News

    James Cameron Is Premiering His Huge Immersive Deep Sea Exhibition in Sydney

    Challenging the Deep will dive deep into the Titanic and Avatar director's rather expensive hobby: deep-sea exploration.

  • News

    A Pint-Sized Gelateria Has Opened In Morningside

    Find Little 'Lato and you'll be one scoop away from heaven.

  • News

    Ability Fest Is Australia's Inclusive and Accessible New Music Festival

    Paralympian Dylan Alcott will launch his charity with its a live music event that will be wheelchair accessible and translated into AUSLAN.

  • News

    Five Gigs to See This Autumn in Your City

    The gigs to catch in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane as we move into the cooler seasons.

  • News

    Te Papa's New Two-Storey Art Gallery Opens This Weekend

    The gallery's opening weekend will welcome five new exhibitions and ten exclusive artworks that spotlight Aotearoa and the Pacific.

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    The MCA to Host an Australian-First Retrospective of Photographer David Goldblatt's Works

    The South African photographer is the focus of two major exhibitions coming to this year's Sydney International Art Series.

  • News

    Gold Coast Film Festival Reveals 2018 Program

    Featuring a lineup of new Aussie flicks and international hits.

  • News

    Six Must-See Films at the 2018 Alliance Francaise French Film Festival

    Watch an AIDS activism drama, see last year's Cannes favourite and follow Jean-Luc Godard's famed affair in a biopic.

  • News

    Ten Must-See Films at the 2018 Alliance Francaise French Film Festival

    Watch an AIDS activism drama, see Juliette Binoche star in a rom-com and follow Jean-Luc Godard's famed affair in a biopic.

  • News

    Auckland Council Has Expressed Interest in Reopening the CBD's Subterranean City

    The former air raid tunnels can hold a whopping 22,000 civilians.

  • News

    Ten Wellington Date Ideas That Aren't Dinner and a Movie

    Tired of the classic movie and dinner date night combo? Wellington has a lot to offer any romantic endeavour.

  • News

    Eleven 2018 Oscar-Winning Films You Should Watch Immediately

    Catch up on the best films of the last year, from 'The Shape of Water' to 'Get Out' to 'Call Me By Your Name'.

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    Concrete Playground's 2018 Autumn Reading List

    Seven books to binge without the call of summer.

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    Childish Gambino Is Taking His Three-Day Concert Experience to New Zealand

    Here's hoping the immersive virtual reality and multi-sensory concert experience makes its way to Australia too.

  • News

    Childish Gambino Is Bringing His Three-Day Concert Experience to New Zealand

    The immersive virtual reality and multi-sensory concert experience will be held this November.

  • News

    Melbourne's Getting A Free Music and Rosé Party To Wrap-Up Summer

    Enjoy DJ tunes and an all-Aussie drinks lineup, under the stars at Arts Centre Melbourne.

  • News

    This Immersive Film Experience Will Recreate the 'Alice in Wonderland' Mad Hatter's Tea Party

    Go down the rabbit hole with wild costumes and bottomless 'potions'.

  • News

    A Huge Marcel Duchamp Exhibition Is Coming to Australia

    It's coming to Sydney's Art Gallery of NSW in April 2019 after stops in Tokyo and Seoul.

  • Guide

    Thirteen Picks for Auckland Arts Festival 2018

    Street pyrotechnics, Vietnamese bamboo circus, a walk-through labyrinth and lunar drama — there's no excuse for sitting at home this March.

  • Guide

    Ten Picks for New Zealand Festival 2018

    Psychedelic dreaminess, a ballet classic, large-scale theatre and high-flying circus — there's no excuse for sitting at home this March.

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