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    Spanish Film Festival Announces Packed 2018 Program

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    The Best Things to do in Melbourne This Easter Long Weekend

    Navigate a maze, dance at a free five-day party and take your pup to a movie.

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    The Best Things to Do in Sydney This Easter Long Weekend

    Head to a wine-fuelled birthday party, catch a movie under the moonlight or take in some art from the Middle Ages.

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    Brisbane Is Finally Getting its First COS Store This Year

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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

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

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

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    Barack Obama Is in Sydney Right Now

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    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.

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    Vivid Sydney Announces Huge Tenth Anniversary 2018 Program

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

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    CoLiberate Is Wellington's New Mental Health Gym

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    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."

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    Sydney Is Getting Another Star Wars Screening with a Live Orchestra

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

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    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.

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

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

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

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    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.

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    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.

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    The Charlie And the Chocolate Factory Musical Is Coming to Sydney

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    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. 

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    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.

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    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.

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    A Pint-Sized Gelateria Has Opened In Morningside

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

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

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

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    Gold Coast Film Festival Reveals 2018 Program

    Featuring a lineup of new Aussie flicks and international hits.

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    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.

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    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.

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

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

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    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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