Name: Cypher
Start: 2017-05-20
End: 2017-05-21
Location: Arts Centre Melbourne

Event
Fat Tuesday

Tue, 28 Feb, 2017
Argyle Square, Carlton

Melbourne's own mini celebration of New Orleans Mardi Gras.

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Charles Blackman: Schoolgirls

Sat, 4 Mar - Sun, 18 Jun 2017
Heide Museum of Modern Art, Bulleen

Loneliness and isolation expressed through the works of one of Australia's most important living artists.

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O.J.: Made in America

Sun, 5 Mar, 2017
ACMI, Melbourne

See the Best Documentary Oscar winner on the big screen at ACMI.

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Brunswick Music Festival 2017

Sun, 5 Mar - Sun, 19 Mar 2017
Various venues across Brunswick, Brunswick

Two weeks of local music, kicking off with a suburb-wide street party.

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Concrete Playground's Helpful Guide to the 2017 Oscar Race

Who will win, who should win, and who got snubbed at the 89th Academy Awards.

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Event
Dessert Market

Sat, 25 Feb - Sun, 26 Feb 2017
Pacific Epping, Epping

A two-day food truck meet featuring brûlée, doughnuts and frozen custard.

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Souk Is Melbourne's New Two-Storey Middle Eastern Restaurant and Bar

Bligh Place's new addition does Arabic, Anatolian and North African cuisine alongside Middle Eastern wines.

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The Age of Bones — Satu Bulan and Teater Satu

Wed, 22 Feb - Sun, 5 Mar 2017
La Mama Courthouse Theatre, Carlton

A look into Australia's controversial treatment of asylum seekers with music, video and Indonesian shadow puppetry.

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Hopes, Scoops and Hoops

Fri, 24 Feb, 2017
Long Street Coffee, Richmond

An asylum seeker fundraiser with coffee, beer, gelato and basketball.

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The Creators Market

Multiple single dates
Prahran Town Hall, Prahran

A quarterly market selling artisan wares from local creatives.

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Tao Dance Theater Double Bill

Wed, 22 Feb - Fri, 24 Feb 2017
Arts Centre Melbourne, Melbourne

China's critically acclaimed dance company returns to Melbourne to perform two works of their Straight Line Trilogy.

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A White Night Itinerary: Ten Things Not to Miss

Step by step, we've planned out your all-night art adventure with the help of artistic director David Atkins.

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Secret Garden Festival Helpfully Slams Culturally Inappropriate Costumes with New Video

It's not hard guys.

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The Workings of White Night: How to Run an All-Night Arts Festival in Melbourne

Pulling together a 12-hour city-wide show is no easy feat — we speak to artistic director David Atkins about how the White Night team pulls it off.

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Event
Transitions Film Festival 2017

Thu, 16 Feb - Fri, 3 Mar 2017
Cinema Nova, Carlton

Australia's showcase of socially-conscious cinema returns to our screens.

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Event
The Homosexuals, or Faggots

Fri, 17 Feb - Sun, 12 Mar 2017
Merlyn Theatre, The Malthouse, Southbank

A provocative play that takes the piss out of hypocrites on both the right and the left.

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One Beautiful Thing – Circa

Thu, 16 Feb - Sun, 19 Feb 2017
Arts Centre Melbourne, Melbourne

Australia's renowned circus company joins forces with Indian artists who specialise in the traditional sport of Mallakhamb.

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ACMI Summer Documentary Program

Sat, 11 Feb - Wed, 15 Mar 2017
ACMI, Melbourne

Switch from blockbusters to documentaries as summer comes to a close.

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Gaytimes 2017

Fri, 17 Feb - Sun, 19 Feb 2017
Lake Mountain Alpine Resort, Marysville

The queer-friendly camping festival of "your big gay dreams".

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Square Sounds 2017

Fri, 3 Mar - Sat, 4 Mar 2017
The Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy

Australia's only event dedicated to music made using video game consoles.

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Gaytimes 2017

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