133 Oxford Street, Darlinghurst
Ching-a-Lings is the kind of chilled, unpretentious small bar where you can grab a couch with some good company and while away some very memorable hours.
Follow, a design concept store from the duo behind the Finders Keepers Market, has thrown open its doors to the world.
The same team behind Frankie is about to launch Smith Journal, a guy-friendly take on the concept that worked so brilliantly for the ladies.
While London was engaged in a process of repeatedly kicking itself in the face, some of those hardest hit have been independent artists and small businesses.
Tom Ballard responds to columnist Miranda Devine's article connecting Senator Penny Wong's pregnancy to the London riots.
Thu, 6 Oct - Wed, 16 Nov 2011
Various cinemas in Sydney
One of Japan's most popular contemporary novels comes to our screens in a spectacularly beautiful and heartbreaking adaptation.
Fri, 3 Jun - Sat, 4 Jun 2011
Sydney Opera House, Sydney
Bat For Lashes is set to deliver the kind of magical performance to match the kaleidoscopic sails of the illuminated Opera House.
Tue, 24 May - Fri, 3 Jun 2011
Wharf 2, Wharf Theatre, Walsh Bay
The play drawing on the unpleasant events that occurred during the Cronulla riots weaves together personal stories, authentic speech and just the right amount of humour.
Sun, 29 May, 2011
Sydney Opera House, Sydney
Architecture in Helsinki are playing the Opera House as part of the Vivid Live lineup and likely to make you dance through the soles of your shoes.
We talk to the Wombats about music, near-death experiences, meeting Paul McCartney and dancing drunk to Joy Division.
Get out your black trench coats and tease up your hair, The Cure are a-coming.
Mon, 30 May - Sun, 12 Jun 2011
Various Sydney venues, Sydney
Like everything else under the Vivid banner, Creative Sydney aims to bring the best of the world's ideas to the city and inspire the hell out of you.
Vivid Creative Sydney has just been announced, with over 50 creative leaders lined up to keep you inspired and full of ideas.
Concrete Playground and Olympus are teaming up to offer you the chance to score a particularly excellent EP-1 camera, and at the very same time become a CP photographic contributor.
When it's miserable out and the nights get too cold to venture outdoors, one of the nicest things to do is hang out with a book. We present to you our pick of Sydney's ten best bookstores.
Sydney has some of the best markets around, of any city in the world. Here are our ten favourites.
Being well-organisation has never looked so good.
FBi Social is shaking up King's Cross with live music from emerging talent.
We have 30 double passes on offer to a film which is equal parts science fiction and love triangle.