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NewsThe All About Women Festival Returns for 2019 with Talks About Hip Hop, Toxic Masculinity and #MeToo
Feminist author Clementine Ford, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Emily Steel and Arab-Australian human right advocates Sara Saleh are some of the women taking the stage.
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NewsCarriageworks Unveils Its Ambitious 2019 Program
Expect a packed program of risk-taking art, performance and ideas.
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NewsDr Jane Goodall Is Coming to Australia to Chat About Her Pioneering Work with Chimpanzees
Nearly 60 years after she first lived with chimps in Tanzania, she'll also chat about animal welfare and her ongoing conservation efforts.
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NewsMassimo Bottura, the Chef Behind the World's Best Restaurant, Is Coming to Australia
He'll take the stage for four exclusive Aussie appearances next August
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NewsThe Redfern Post Office Will Be Transformed Into an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Hub
It's part of the City of Sydney's Eora Project, celebrating the culture of local Indigenous communities.
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GuideMany of the Best Seats at Sydney Festival 2025's Headline Shows Are on Sale for Just $49 — Here's Why
As NSW's flagship arts fest prepares to celebrate its 49th birthday, affordability has been very much front of mind for Festival Director Olivia Ansell.
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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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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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NewsThe 15 Best New TV Shows of 2024 So Far
From gloriously surreal comedies and unforgettable true tales to stunning remakes and savvy sci-fi mysteries, 2024 has been filled with new small-screen highlights.
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NewsMelbourne Might Be Getting a New Major Pride Festival
The European-style event would take place in Fitzroy's Smith Street and Gertrude Street in 2021.
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NewsThis New NSW Parliamentary Inquiry Confirms That Sydney's Music and Nightlife Industry Is in Peril
It's given 60 recommendations on how to save it — none of which reference the lockout laws.
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NewsSydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Has Unveiled Its Fearless 2019 Program
With pool parties, balls, burlesque shows, fairs, colourful after-dark art and moving choral performances.
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NewsThis New Collection of Audiobooks Has Been Specifically Curated for Dogs
The new Audible for Dogs collection aims to calm down canines left home alone.
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NewsAdelaide Festival Has Announced a Massive 2019 Program Worth Heading Interstate For
Including soap made from human fat 'Fight Club'-style, real-time theatre across two days and Tim Minchin's new show.
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News'The Handmaid's Tale' Author Margaret Atwood Is Coming to Sydney
She'll speak at the Sydney Opera House and share her thoughts on today's key issues — and what sort of dystopian futures they might foretell.
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NewsYou Can Now Pay for Your Copy of 'The Big Issue' Simply by Tapping Your Card
Many vendors of the charity magazine are offering cashless payment options from today.
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GuideHow to Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Moon Landing in Sydney This Summer
Like moonwalking on NASA's version of a jumping castle.
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GuideTen Things You Definitely Need to See and Do at Sydney Festival 2019
From cycling to the moon to an immersive theatre show within the QT hotel.
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NewsSydney Festival Has Unveiled a Dramatic and Diverse Program for 2019
The summer festival will include overnight vigils, Parisian-style nightclubs, moon pillows and world premieres.
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NewsHere's How the NSW Government Plans to Make Music Festivals 'Safer'
It will introduce on-the-spot fines for drug possession and new liquor licences for festivals, but it won't consider pill testing
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NewsSBS Is Opening Up Australia's 2019 Eurovision Entry to a Public Vote
There'll be a national song contest to decide who'll represent the country in the Eurovision Song Contest.
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EventJulie Mehrtu: 'A Transcore of the Radical Imaginatory' at MCA Australia
Fri, 29 Nov 2024 - Sun, 27 Apr 2025
MCA, Sydney
The first exhibition dedicated to Julie Mehretu to be shown in the Southern Hemisphere is coming to the MCA in November.
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EventThe Sydney Good Food & Wine Show Christmas Markets
Fri, 22 Nov - Sun, 24 Nov 2024
Carriageworks, Eveleigh
Stock up on Christmas gifts for all the foodies in your life at this massive seasonal market featuring stalls from more than 150 different local producers.
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EventMachu Picchu and the Golden Empires of Peru
Travel back in time with this exhibit at the Australian Museum in Sydney.
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EventCambridge Christmas Markets
Sat, 16 Nov - Sat, 21 Dec 2024
Various Sydney venues, Sydney
Get your wishlists ready, Santa's coming to town thanks to markets all over Sydney.
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EventMultiple Bad Things
Wed, 8 Jan - Sun, 12 Jan 2025
Drama Theatre, Sydney Opera House, Sydney
This dynamic work of groundbreaking theatre explores the intersection between the physical and intellectual via a show that raises more questions than it answers.
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EventConverted!
Fri, 3 Jan - Sat, 25 Jan 2025
Pier 2/3, 13 Hickson Road Walsh Bay NSW 2000, Walsh Bay
Expect big feels and even bigger tunes at this soul-hugging musical about teen angst, self-discovery and the battle to live truthfully.
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EventAntigone in the Amazon
Sat, 4 Jan - Wed, 8 Jan 2025
Roslyn Packer Theatre, Walsh Bay
An ancient story gets an urgent and innovative update in this fascinating production by one of contemporary theatre's most dynamic mavericks.
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EventSiegfried & Roy: The Unauthorised Opera
Wed, 8 Jan 2025 - Mon, 25 Nov 2024
Wharf 1, Wharf Theatre, Sydney
This comedic musical biopic about the infamous magical duo with a dangerous penchant for big cats is ready to cast a spell on Sydney Festival.
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EventHeaps Gay 11th Birthday Party
Sat, 23 Nov, 2024
White Bay Power Station, Rozelle
Since its birth in 2013, Heaps Gay has created inclusive, safe, gloriously queer spaces for the LGBTQIA+ community. This year, the party is getting dialled up to 11.
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EventMoonlight Cinema Sydney
Fri, 22 Nov 2024 - Sun, 30 Mar 2025
Centennial Park, Centennial Park
Catch 'The Fall Guy', 'Gladiator II', 'The Substance' and a heap of Christmas movies under the stars in Centennial Park.
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NewsLaunceston's First Mona Foma Has Revealed Its Impressive and Eclectic 2019 Lineup
It has everything from real human body parts to onesie exhibitions to Courtney Barnett — and free tickets for the local Amish community.
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NewsSeven Cultural Experiences Found Around the South Island that Aren't Just Going to a Gallery
Visit New Zealand's one and only castle and help deliver the mail by boat.
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NewsSydney Is About to Be Shrouded in Purple Flowers as Jacaranda Season Returns
If you're a sucker for anything bright and floral, here's where to get a glimpse of the jacaranda trees in full bloom.
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NewsEight Interesting (and Free) Talks Coming to Sydney in October
Covering everything from artificial intelligence to climate change, these talks are a good excuse for being out on a school night.
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NewsDead Letter Club Is Turning the Art of Handwritten Correspondence Into a Boozy Game
Grab a pen (and a drink) and start scrawling letters the old-fashioned way.
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NewsThe NSW Government Has Set Up a New Panel to Advise on How to Make Festivals Safer
But it will not be considering pill testing.
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GuideTen Out-of-Town Spring Events Worth Planning a Weekend Away Around
Spring weekends are made for getting out of the city — plan a road trip around glamping pop-ups, colourful flower displays and food festivals.
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NewsAlice Springs' Incredible Light-Filled Parrtjima Festival Has Unveiled Its 2018 Program
The Red Centre's Indigenous festival of light returns for its third year.
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NewsSeason Three of 'Serial' Will Explore the Failures of the US Criminal Justice System
And it's hitting the air on September 20.
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NewsStephen Fry and an Ex-Westboro Baptist Church Member Will Speak at the New-Look Festival of Dangerous Ideas
After a year off, FODI will return to Sydney for two days of thought-provoking discussion in a new harbourside venue.
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NewsMelbourne's White Night Is Moving Its All-Night Arts Extravaganza to a New Winter Time Slot
It'll form part of a broader city-wide winter arts festival that's set to launch in 2019.
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NewsWe're Giving Away a Noble Court Experience at St Ives Medieval Faire
Get the royal treatment at this medieval weekend faire.
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NewsThis New Australian Opera Is Inspired by the Life of Celebrated Artist Brett Whiteley
It's coming to the Sydney Opera House in 2019 as part of Opera Australia's new season.
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NewsMelbourne Is No Longer the World's Most Liveable City
After seven years at the top, Melbourne has been dethroned by the Austrian capital.
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News'The Betoota Advocate' Is Heading On a 13-City Tour of Australia
Clancy Overall and Errol Parker, founders of the "newspaper", will perform a satirical show responding to a recent media merger.
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NewsAn Itinerary of Hidden Treasures from the CBD to Darlinghurst
From excellent coffee and authentic ramen to a hidden laneway of art, design and fashion just off Oxford Street.
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NewsA Weekend Itinerary for Nerding Out at This Year's Sydney Science Festival
Water your mind grapes with three days of interactive exhibitions, conversations on the future of robots and optical illusions between pizza pitstops and a few glasses of wine.
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NewsActivist Malala Yousafzai Is Making Her First Australian Visit
The youngest ever Nobel Prize laureate will host two speaking events in Sydney and Melbourne this December
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NewsYou'll Soon Be Able to Tour London's Blockbuster David Bowie Exhibition On Your Phone
The collection of around 400 Bowie items is going virtual.
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NewsFive Ways to Get Some Culture in Your City After Work
Just because it's a 'school night' doesn't mean you have to go straight home — at least, not with this list.
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NewsThe World's First Official Studio Ghibli Restaurant Has Opened in Bangkok
Filled with Totoro figures and serving up susuwatari-shaped dishes, it's your next adorable must-visit destination.
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NewsSydney's Inner West Is Getting a New Community-Focused Creative Hub
The space's opening program will focus on food, with the lineup changing each month.
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NewsBrisbane Festival Is Throwing a Free Garden Wedding for Eight LGBTIQ Couples
And if you're looking to tie the knot in September, it could be you.
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GuideWhere to Celebrate NAIDOC Week in Sydney
This year celebrates the achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women.
