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NewsMONA Has Announced Their Impressively Weird and Wonderful Dark Mofo 2016 Lineup
Exhibitions with entry by mirror, parties at funeral homes, ritual burnings and that winter solstice swim.
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NewsGROW Assembly Is Melbourne's New Hospitality Symposium
Get a leg-up into the world of hospo with the help of Melbourne food royalty.
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NewsThe Rewriters: How Sid Tapia Forged a Career in Street Art Despite All the Odds
Meet the street artist who went from train tagging to skateboarding to making a living painting murals all over Sydney.
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NewsThe Wheeler Centre Is Killing It With Their Just-Launched Season Two Lineup
Ira Glass on stage, Paul Kelly talkin' Shakespeare, and rapper Kate Tempest are just the start.
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News13 Best Book Releases to Read This October
This month's fiction haul includes Soviet nepo babies and a starving spectacle inspired by a real 20th-century sideshow act. Plus, the return of a 2010s-famous author.
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GuideUnconventional Outings to Round Up the Crew for Something Different
Hands-on outings across Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne for the group chat that's already bored of brunch, bar-hopping and the same old dinner booking.
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GuideTheatre and Live Performances to Build a Whole Night Out Around
Theatres, cabaret rooms and live-music stages across Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, from new Australian drama to West End-scale musicals — plus where to eat before curtain.
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GuideLate-Night Cocktail Bars Made for Just One More Round Before Ubers
Twelve bars built for the hour when "one more round" turns into three, spanning a Godfather-themed basement, a moon-lit Shanghai den and a bar that distills its own fernet.
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GuideKid-Friendly Spots Where the Whole Family Will Love Spending Time Together
Nine family-friendly venues where a pig named Kevin Bacon, a cubby house inside a brewery, and gluten-free doughnuts do the heavy lifting of keeping everyone happy.
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GuideJazz Bars to Settle Into and Lose Track of the Whole Night In
The jazz bars across Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney drawing crowds with world-class acts, great drinks and a distinct lack of signage out the front.
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GuideIndependent Cinemas with Interesting and Unexpected Screenings
Characterful independent cinemas across Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne where the room, the bar and the backstory matter just as much as the film.
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GuideGalleries to Spend a Rainy Afternoon Wandering Around
Twelve galleries across Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne that earn a proper look, not just a walk-by — made for filling a slow, rainy afternoon.
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NewsThe Best New Australian Books to Curl Up With This August
A time-travelling news agency, fables about digital dystopias, the grief of losing a best friend and more.
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NewsTwenty-Five Exceptional Films by Indigenous Australian Filmmakers That You Can Stream Right Now
Celebrate Australia's First Nations filmmakers with these potent westerns, horror standouts, coming-of-age gems, Top End rom-coms, outback noirs, and expressive dance flicks.
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NewsA State-by-State Breakdown of Australia's Support for Same-Sex Marriage
Tasmania has passed in-principle support of same-sex marriage — but where do the other states sit?
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NewsWin $1000 Worth of Rare Comic Books from Junky Comics
See for yourself what happens when bold humans take big creative chances.
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NewsThe Rewriters: How Junky Comics' Vlada Edirippulige Opened the Comic Book Store of Her Dreams
Meet the illustrator/bass player who dared to open a comic shop in a digital age.
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NewsSBS Announces First Ever Asia-Pacific Eurovision Song Contest
And Australia is up for hosting the first one.
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NewsAn All-Reality TV Streaming Service Has Launched In Australia
Get ready for All The Kardashians.
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NewsVivid Sydney Announces Truly Epic 2016 Program
Bjork, Spike Jonze, Bon Iver and House of Cards creator Beau Willimon. PHWOAR.
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ShopCounterweight Vinyl & Espresso
32 Chambers Street, Footscray
Browse secondhand vinyl — the specialty is classic dance and bass — or sit down for a coffee and pastry.
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NewsListen to These Seriously Great (And Free) All About Women 2016 Podcasts
If you listen to one podcast on your commute today, make it one of these.
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NewsLouis Theroux Announces First Ever Australian Talks Tour
The BBC filmmaker, immersive journalist and social commentator is coming to have a big chat with you.
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NewsThe Rewriters: How Sugar Mountain Founder Brett Louis Shook Up the Festival Game
Meet the brain who brought immersive, multi-course dinners to the music festival party.
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NewsUnbreakable Kimmy Schmidt's Tituss Burgess Is Actually Releasing a Pinot Noir
Drink it in the boudoir, a mid-sized car or in Myanmar — with caviar.
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Event'Passage: The Art of Atong Atem' at NGV Australia
Fri, 30 Oct 2026 - Mon, 14 Jun 2027
The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, Melbourne
From striking self-portraits to celestial stories, the South Sudanese-Australian artist is showcasing her most comprehensive exhibition yet.
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EventThe Sunday Reset
Multiple single dates
Hyde Melbourne Place, Melbourne
The Melbourne Apothecary is jazzing up the day of rest with a 12-week wellness series.
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EventCharlotte de Witte at The Wool Store
Fri, 11 Dec, 2026
The Wool Store, West Footscray
The global techno powerhouse is taking over a sprawling industrial Melbourne venue with her trademark high-intensity sound.
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EventThe Teskey Brothers at Sidney Myer Music Bowl
Sat, 17 Oct, 2026
Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne
The city's annual jazz celebration is hitting all the right notes, beginning with a blockbuster hometown performance from The Teskey Brothers.
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EventHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban in Concert with Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Sat, 18 Sep 2027 and Sun, 19 Sep 2027
Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, South Wharf
Celebrating 25 years of this adored series, the MSO will perform John Williams' iconic score across three Melbourne nights.
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NewsBerlin's Disused Telephone Booths Are Being Turned Into Mini Nightclubs
A relic of telecommunications becomes the ultimate rave cave.
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NewsThe Filmmakers Behind Making a Murderer Are Coming to Australia
All your questions about the case of Steven Avery are about to be answered.
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NewsJK Rowling Is Releasing an Eighth Harry Potter Book Because All Is Well
We're damn well stupefied.
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GuideThe Best Things to See, Do and Taste at Melbourne Chinese New Year 2016
Ring in the Year of the Monkey with lunar markets, classical music, and adorable monkey buns.
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NewsBenjamin Law Talks Facebook, Family and the Lack of Diversity on Australian TV
Mad chats with the brains behind the new SBS comedy The Family Law.
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NewsMiranda July and Richard Dawkins to Kick Off an Epic Year for the Wheeler Centre
The first part of the 2016 program is out — and it's looking very satisfactory indeed.
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NewsAussies, Prepare to Say Goodbye to Your US Netflix Account
"Those using proxies and unblockers will only be able to access the service in the country where they currently are."
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NewsConcrete Playground's 2015-16 Summer Reading List
Ten books to get stuck into by the pool, the beach or on the couch with an Icy Pole in hand.
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NewsMidsumma Announces Their 2016 Program
Melbourne's largest queer arts and culture festival is back.
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NewsThe Arbory Is Launching Its Own Creative Version of Oktoberfest
Trade in your Oktoberfest bier for a nitro espresso martini — on tap.
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NewsThe Wheeler Centre Introduces New Festival The Interrobang
The 'festival of the question' wants to know what you want to know.
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NewsHear From Australia's Most Promising Young Writers in a New SBS Podcast
Seven short stories about the Australian high school experience.
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NewsDay of the Dead Warehouse Project Announces Extra Ticket Release
Honour the dead, celebrate the living. Be ready on Saturday.
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NewsThe Chaser Team Are Crowdfunding a New Print Magazine
Help fund the printing, distribution and "tax effective offshore corporate structure" they need.
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NewsPatti Smith's 'Just Kids' Memoir Is Being Made Into a Miniseries
Step aside, Gossip Girl. This is real NYC love.
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NewsConcrete Playground’s Melbourne Writers Festival 2015 Reading List
Put this wintry weather to good use and get clued in for MWF.
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NewsThe Onion Is Launching a New Web Series Parodying Vice Media
Throwing acid in the face of ignorance.
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NewsTake a Delicious, Delicious Tour of Nick Offerman's Pizza Farm
“If it’s on a plant, it’s good for you, who cares how it got there.”
