• Event

    The Chemical Brothers: Don’t Think

    Wed, 28 Mar, 2012

    Event Cinema, Bondi Junction, Bondi Junction

    Shot in 2011 at the Fuji Rock Festival in Japan, Don’t Think aims to capture the experience of a live gig in an unconventional manner.

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    The Performance Lecture Project

    Sun, 13 May, 2012

    Serial Space, Chippendale

    Serial Space presents a rolling series of unique orations exploring the relationship between the structure and guts of a lecture.

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    The Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra

    Thu, 29 Mar, 2012

    Oxford Art Factory, Darlinghurst

    Featuring Bret McKenzie from Flight of the Conchords, here is something that could either be truly amazing or amazingly bad.

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    In the Penal Colony – Sydney Chamber Opera

    Sat, 7 Apr - Sat, 14 Apr 2012

    Parade Playhouse, Kensington

    An energetic, young company present the first opera by Philip Glass to go on stage in Sydney.

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    Slow Blow

    Fri, 23 Mar, 2012

    Good God Small Club, Sydney

    Monthly dance party Slow Blow is hosing a masquerade to celebrate the release of Softwar’s This Time Around EP.

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    Wooden Shjips

    Sat, 24 Mar, 2012

    Oxford Art Factory, Darlinghurst

    Wooden Shjips' maximum-volume psych transcends things like time and space barriers.

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    ACO Underground

    Sun, 1 Apr, 2012

    The Standard, Surry Hills

    Australia's most talented classical musicians swap the concert hall for the beer-stained stage of The Standard.

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    There Goes The Neighbourhood

    Wed, 14 Mar - Sun, 18 Mar 2012

    The Tate, Sydney

    The guys behind Lo-Fi have now breathed new life into the formerly unassuming Toxteth Hotel on Glebe Point Road. But instead of the draw card being $5.50 tacos, it’s a feast for the eyes presented by emerging local artists. As part of a plan to bridge the gap between Sydney’s arts education system and the art industry, the top level has been turned into five rent-free studio spaces plus a gallery called The Tate, where burgeoning young talent can be harnessed and put on show. The first exhibition to take place will be There Goes the Neighbourhood, a group show with all works serving as invitations to reclaim ownership of the once-bohemian surburb of Glebe.

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    Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti

    Fri, 2 Mar, 2012

    Oxford Art Factory, Darlinghurst

    Remember cassette tapes? Well Ariel Pink does, because since he began writing music at age 10 he’s recorded over 500 songs on hundreds of them.

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    Neon Indian

    Fri, 2 Mar, 2012

    The Standard, Surry Hills

    Era Extraña is a darker collection of songs that would provide a fitting atmosphere if you were completely isolated in a dark Helsinki winter.

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    Govinda’s Silent Film Festival

    Tue, 21 Feb - Sun, 1 Apr 2012

    Govinda's & Movie Room, Darlinghurst

    Govinda's is going all The Artist on us with its latest cinematic lineup.

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    Fire! Santa Rosa, Fire!

    Sat, 25 Feb, 2012

    Good God Small Club, Sydney

    You only have to look at their name and you immediately feel sluggish in comparison.

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    Death Cab for Cutie

    Sat, 25 Feb, 2012

    The Enmore Theatre, Newtown

    Codes and Keys is the seventh album from the small-time solo project-turned-Grammy award nominated four-piece, and is proof that they haven't let the hype get to their heads.

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    Drawing Lines in the Sand

    Sun, 19 Feb - Sun, 18 Mar 2012

    Cockatoo Island, Sydney

    In February, Sydney's iconic Cockatoo Island will see its topography permeated with installations exploring the territory in a uniquely Australian context.

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    Five Bells: A Visual Ode to Sydney

    Wed, 1 Feb - Sat, 18 Feb 2012

    Damien Minton Gallery, Redfern

    Whether it's blooming jacarandas or Oxford Street eccentrics, you'll rediscover something to add your own impressions of the city.

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    Welcome to the BrightSide Extravaganza

    Tue, 14 Feb - Sun, 19 Feb 2012

    aMBUSH Gallery, Waterloo

    Pole dancing, contortions, roaming dwarfs, live music and Green Fairy Absinthe cocktails served by muscled up topless waiters makes for one serious extravaganza.

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    Blackcat Lounge

    Tue, 14 Feb - Sat, 10 Mar 2012

    Sidetrack Theatre, Marrickville

    Catch acoustic, beer-fuelled versions of classic Disney songs or the works of great male musicians reinvented as sassy femme cabaret.

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    Love Me

    Tue, 14 Feb, 2012

    The Standard, Surry Hills

    You'll definitely want to leave any preconceptions at the door if you're planning on showing up to The Standard on the 14th.

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    That Pretty Pretty/The Rape Play

    Tue, 7 Feb - Sat, 18 Feb 2012

    TAP Gallery, Darlinghurst

    Sheila Callaghan rips the lid off modern issues, like how we sensationalise war, treat women in the media and come to terms with society's ideals.

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    The Year of Magical Wanking

    Tue, 14 Feb - Sat, 18 Feb 2012

    Richard Wherrett Studio, Sydney Theatre, Walsh Bay

    This play gives audiences something more enduring than just a good laugh.

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