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NewsInstagram Goes Deep with iAfghanistan Photojournalism
Ben Lowy's mesmerising wartime photos show iPhoneography's full potential.
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NewsHelen Bird: The Making of a Modern Craftswoman
We talk to Helen Bird, the recently announced winner of Ketel One’s Modern Craft Project, about transforming the humble food bicycle-cart into a literal vehicle for empowering migrants from disadvantaged backgrounds and how she plans to establish a lasting legacy with the $100,000 prize money.
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NewsIs Hip Hop the 21st Century’s Answer to Jazz?
Jay-Z might just be the modern day equivalent of Jay Gatsby
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NewsDaft Punk’s ‘Random Access Memories’ Leaked Online
Daft Punk's 'Random Access Memories' has been leaked in full on iTunes. Listen to it now.
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News2013: A Space Oddity as Astronaut Sings Bowie in Space
Social media darling and astronaut Chris Hadfield takes David Bowie to new, dizzying heights.
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NewsTwenty-Five Movies That You Can Stream This Christmas No Matter How You Feel About the Festive Season
Pour a glass of eggnog, find your comfiest spot on the couch, then enjoy everything from 'The Holdovers' and 'Die Hard' to 'Last Christmas' and 'Eyes Wide Shut'.
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NewsNine 2024 Emmy-Winning TV Shows That You Should Watch Immediately
Your new must-watch list of Emmy-winners includes 'Baby Reindeer' and its has-to-be-seen-to-be-believed tale, the history-making 'Shōgun' and, yes, 'The Bear'.
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NewsThe Six Best Ways to Celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival in Melbourne
Celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival (Moon Festival) in Melbourne by hitting up cultural performances, noshing on mooncakes, and gathering together a big group mates for a yum cha feed.
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NewsNine New Movies You Can Watch Right Now That Have Been Fast-Tracked From Cinemas to Streaming
Get comfy on the couch with Austin Butler's latest brooding role, serial-killer chiller 'Longlegs' and the animated antics of 'Inside Out 2'.
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NewsTwelve Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream This Month
Spend your couch time watching Rashida Jones navigate a sci-fi mystery in Japan, Nicolas Cage face a post-apocalyptic future and a gripping Australian romance-scam thriller.
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NewsThe 15 Best Straight-to-Streaming Movies of 2024 So Far
From 2024's first half, you need to be catching an Oscar-winning documentary, Glen Powell as a fake assassin and plenty of horror shocks from your couch.
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NewsEight New Movies You Can Watch in July That Have Been Fast-Tracked From Cinemas to Streaming
Get comfy on the couch with 'Furiosa', the latest gem from Hirokazu Kore-eda and a hypnotic vision of an AI-dominated future.
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GuideMust-Stream TV: All the Best Shows You Should Be Watching From 2024 So Far
Don't spend hours scrolling through streaming platforms — here's 2024's standout shows that you need to see.
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NewsThe 15 Best Returning TV Shows of 2024 So Far
These are the beloved small-screen favourites to say "yes chef!" to, sleuth along with and giggle with — and get catchy songs stuck in your head from, too.
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NewsThe 15 Best Films of 2024 So Far
The best movies from 2024's first half include a meditative trip to Tokyo, a scorching neo-noir thriller, multiple Oscar-winners and a stunning robot story.
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NewsCaravan of Courage Pulls Into Melbourne
Next Generation Hunter Valley's third annual pop-up wine bar goes on tour.
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NewsSurprisingly Beautiful Photographs from the Secret Underworld of Drains
There's suffering for your art, and then there's fighting off cockroach armies to take a photo.
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NewsWin Tickets For Ten People to Daft Punk’s Album Launch Party in Wee Waa
That's right, one lucky reader will get to take 9 of their friends along to the most hyped album launch OF ALL TIME.
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NewsGun Control Laws Have an Unexpected Critic: Hollywood
Whatever will New York's film industry if they can't use real guns? Get creative, that's what.
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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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NewsConcrete Playground Meets Playwright, Feminist and Twitterer Van Badham
Her new play injects smarts into the rom-com genre.
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NewsWin Tickets to the Audi Festival of German Film
See the bizarrest and the best of German cinema, on the house.
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NewsWorld’s 50 Best Restaurants Have an Australian Flavour
Melbourne's Attica is best in Australasia, and Peter Gilmore's usual suspect makes an appearance.
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NewsWin Tickets To The Indian Film Festival Melbourne 2013
Win tickets to see your choice of a rich, lively program showcasing India's finest films.
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NewsHappy Monday, Here’s Some Good News from Happy Mondays
One of the most influential bands of their generation finally tours Down Under.
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EventThe Jungle Giants (DJ Set) at Canadian Club's Australian Open Party
Sun, 12 Jan, 2025
Canadian Club Racquet Club, Melbourne
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EventMelbourne Marriott Docklands Rooftop Infinity Pool Pass
Mon, 16 Dec 2024 - Mon, 31 Mar 2025
Melbourne Marriott Hotel Docklands, Docklands
Spend your summer days sipping spritzes and paddling around this rooftop infinity pool.
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EventBaby's Summer of Spritz
Thu, 28 Nov 2024 - Fri, 28 Feb 2025
Baby Pizza, Richmond
Baby's summertime happy hour deal includes a bunch of $9.50 spritzes, $6.5 Peroni Rossas and a $7.50 house wine.
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EventUnderground: The Hidden Archive of the Warsaw Ghetto
Sun, 17 Nov 2024 - Sun, 30 Mar 2025
Melbourne Holocaust Museum, Elsternwick
This is the first time the archive has been exhibited outside of Europe.
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EventChristmas Eve Community Day at Studley Park Boathouse
Tue, 24 Dec, 2024
Studley Park Boathouse, Kew
Bring the family to the river for a day of music, crafting and Christmas fun.
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EventNGV Friday Nights: Yayoi Kusama
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 - Fri, 18 Apr 2025
NGV International, Melbourne
The NGV's big Yayoi Kusama exhibition is hosting after-hours parties so you can spend Friday evenings surrounded by dots and pumpkins.
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EventRenegades Cricket Derby
Sun, 12 Jan, 2025
Marvel Stadium, Docklands
Let the sparks fly as the Renegades Derby sees the Big Bash League reach fever pitch.
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EventDouble Shot Maggie: Irish Live Music
Sat, 7 Dec 2024 - Sat, 4 Jan 2025
The Quiet Man Irish Pub, Kensington
A night full of singing, dancing, and laughing is in store at The Quiet Man Irish Pub
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EventStars Melbourne Derby
Sat, 4 Jan, 2025
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Richmond
Experience the Stars Derby as the city’s most zealous cricket fans cheer their team to victory.
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EventThe Other Art Fair
Thu, 30 Jan - Sun, 2 Feb 2025
The Timber Yard, Port Melbourne
Showcasing works from emerging contemporary artists, alongside live tattooing, immersive installations and cocktails, this art fair does things a little differently.
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NewsTen Gourmet Winter Getaways
These hotel dining rooms draw food critics like thirsty wildebeest to a watering hole.
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NewsObama Plays Daniel Day-Lewis Playing Obama in Spoof Video
Obama adds comedian and method actor to his already dazzling resume.
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NewsLes Bains, Paris: The Best Street Art Collection No-one Can See
Derelict Parisian nightclub Les Bains plays host to the world's most respected street artists - but alas, you're still not on the guestlist.
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NewsAt Age Ten, Emerging Writers’ Festival Is Well Established
The bookworm's answer to Woodstock unveils a program worth leaving the solitary safety of the laptop screen for.
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NewsBorgen: The Best TV Show You’ve Never Heard Of
The drama of a governing coalition, Danish style.
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NewsNew Interactive Music Video Puts Viewers on the Line
Connect with humankind via the humble cursor.
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NewsWhat’s So New About SBS2?
SBS2 does TV that's made for Goldilocks — not too old, not too young, but just right.
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NewsUS Gun Lobbyist Makes John Howard Look Progressive
Two Johns team up to bamboozle US gun lobbyist and general loose cannon Philip van Cleave.
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NewsMONA Reveals Dark Mofo Festival Program – And Will Fly You There for Free
Enough art, music and jet fuel to blast through the winter chill.
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NewsDaft Punk Two-Day Afterparty Weekend Vines Announced
Inspired by Daft Punk, Wee Waa is throwing a festival of camping and dancing.
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NewsGrow It Local Is Out to Map Sydney’s Urban Gardens
The City of Sydney gives Grow It Local two green thumbs-up.
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NewsThe Best Women’s Fashion Boutiques In Melbourne
The local womenswear boutiques you won't find in every Hidden Laneways of Melbourne tour.
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NewsThe Beauty of Decaying Theatres
Photographer Julia Solis brings us 100+ images of the hub of mid 20th-century popular culture.
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NewsHow the Internet, Marina Abramovic and Dachshunds Made Performance Art Cool
What is it? Why is it? Huh?
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NewsDaft Punk Are Winning the Internet
The excitement builds in in anticipation of the album launch in Wee Waa.
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NewsMonocle Does Coffee Now
The magazine-gone-global brand synonymous with cool is now serving designer lattes to savvy Londoners.
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NewsDon’t Just Mourn for Oxford Street’s Rainbow Crossing – DIY One
Prepare for a serious rainbow chalk shortage in Sydney.
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NewsTop Five Tracks to Hear This Weekend
Playlist for the weekend: check. Aural satisfaction: check.
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NewsSydney Writers’ Festival 2013 Boasts More Storytelling Events and Molly Ringwald
The thinker's answer to Glastonbury launches a dynamic program of events that celebrates the pleasure of a good old-fashioned story.
