Thu, 17 Mar - Sun, 29 May 2011
This retrospective is a thorough examination of a significant era of Australian photography and begs the question: What will define the next one?
Tue, 8 Feb, 2011
Oxford Art Factory, Darlinghurst
There’s something nostalgically romantic about the sound and story of Warpaint. It might be the fact that they formed on Valentines Day, or perhaps the level of reverb they use on their harmonised vocals, but there’s no denying the happy place Emily Kokal and Theresa Wayman take you to when they start singing. Their sweet […]
Tue, 8 Feb - Sun, 13 Feb 2011
Belvoir Downstairs, Surry Hills
So successful has William Yang been at affecting audiences with his storytelling, that Performance 4A asked him to direct, teach and guide a group of Asian Australians in how to tell their stories in front of an audience: this is the enlightening result.
Fri, 11 Feb, 2011
Ultimo Community Centre, Ultimo
Although she was rather fond of the visually stimulating and sensuously heightening colours of a dance floor, Eloise knew that a library — not a discotheque — was where she felt most at home on a Friday night. Tonight however she found herself distracted by that buffoon who was making a ruckus of the usually […]
Wed, 26 Jan - Sun, 30 Jan 2011
Paddington RSL, Paddington
The sale to end all sales, this one comes but twice a year and promises a host of cult designer bargains from Ellery, Nathan Smith, Elke, Ruby Smallbone, Fernando Frisoni and many more.
Tue, 11 Jan - Sun, 30 Jan 2011
The Famous Spiegeltent, Sydney
Eddie Perfect's sense of humour is disturbingly funny. With a three-piece band in tow, Misanthropology asks, 'What makes us human?' and 'Does a shopping trolley full of 'eco' and 'organic' make you a better person than one full of 'No Frills' and 'Made in China'?
Mon, 10 Jan - Thu, 13 Jan 2011
You might not call Fleur Elise Noble 'careful' but somehow, she manages to skirt around imagined, created and real with incredible fluidity and sanity. Using real-time 2D and 3D tricks (puppetry, animation and inventive brilliance), Noble plucks the characters out of her mind and interacts with them on stage.
Wed, 10 Nov - Sun, 28 Nov 2010
Even Books have more ideas for ways that nerds can have fun than the universe has room for. First they combined books, parties and braininess (whoever imagined THAT would be considered fun?). Then they created a Reader’s Festival during the Sydney Writer’s Festival(!) And now they’re taking over First Draft gallery. “But how”, you say, […]
Wed, 10 Nov, 2010
Manning Bar, University of Sydney, Camperdown
The New Pornographers tread a categorical line between rock and roll’s grungy distortion and pop pleasure — basically they’re contemporary pop musicians in the true form. So if we were to categorise theirs as pop music, let’s distinguish it from the fake, plastic kind. With rich harmonies and vocal layers, there’s no chance of an […]
Sat, 13 Nov, 2010
tba, Sydney
Ever imagine what it might be like to be caught in a WWII air raid? Sure, it’d be scary as hell but imagine the parties you could have in the underground drinking dens and cabaret bars. Hidden from the warning sirens and surrounded by gorgeous ladies and men in uniform, you’d celebrate like there was […]
Fri, 11 Nov - Mon, 14 Nov 2011
Royal Hall of Industries, Moore Park
Sounds like a bit of a contradiction doesn’t it — Affordable Art? Well imagine walking through a bazaar of art — there’s some you like, some you don’t want to look twice at but there’s also the freedom to openly discuss these things without feeling the pressure of a ‘formal gallery’ purchase. Like any good bazaar, […]
Fri, 5 Nov - Sun, 28 Nov 2010
Centennial Parklands, Paddington
Pack a picnic hamper, pick up a bottle of your favourite summer drop, grab as many friends as will fit in the back seat and head to Centennial Park for some Shakespeare without all the rules.
Sun, 31 Oct - Sun, 28 Nov 2010
Dear Pluto, Surry Hills
Those kids from Hibernian House's successful vintage pop-up shop bring you an outdoor market packed with clothes and accessories sourced from roadtrips around the state.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2010
Oxford Art Factory, Darlinghurst
This is no laughing matter. This is work. Just because this smooth-tongued comedian of Triple J Breakfast fame happens to work as someone who is paid to make people laugh, doesn't mean you should laugh at him about it.
Thu, 21 Oct - Sat, 30 Oct 2010
aMBUSH Gallery, Waterloo
Tristan Still documents D.I.Y skateboarding culture in all its motivated, anarchic glory. Using abandoned buildings, empty swimming pools and even bedrooms, these skaters are curious and talented at re-inventing spaces, then skating in them.
Tue, 5 Oct - Sun, 24 Oct 2010
Iain Dawson Gallery, Paddington
The works of these two talented artists combine to create a compelling exhibition that explores the wild and the surreal. Beautiful, bizarre, unnerving and confronting - these guys are definitely worth checking out.
Thu, 14 Oct, 2010
The Enmore Theatre, Newtown
Your folks might like this band's sound for the psyche-idyllic memories it brings back from their days as Flower Children, but you'll like it for its totally mesmerising riffs and laid back tone.