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NewsDetroit Chef Creates a Ten-Course Menu Based on Radiohead’s Kid A
Everything on its right plate.
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NewsFour Pillars Gin Nights Come to Bottle and Beast Pop-Up
Gin-loving carnivores should check out this tasty-sounding pop-up before it vanishes.
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NewsWanted: The Best Deputy Editor in the Business
Are you an authority on pop culture, music, food, drink, events and city life?
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NewsEight Exciting Food and Drink Trends Brewing in 2014
Hybrid snacks, whole pigs, one-food wonders and an abundance of green.
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NewsIn Dramatic Role Reversal, Melbourne-Inspired Eatery Opens in New York
Start spreading the news, New York has got a taste of Down Under.
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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 standout shows that you need to see.
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GuideSpectacular Autumn Events For Culture Vultures Seeking Their Next Fix
Make sure you add these must-do events to your Sydney culture calendar.
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NewsEurovision Alert: Here's When and Where 2024's Song Contest Is Unleashing Its Europop Marvels
Electric Fields are representing Australia with 'One Milkali (One Blood)', which features the language Yankunytjatjara from the Anangu peoples.
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NewsTwelve Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream This Month
Spend your couch time watching Andrew Scott step into Tom Ripley's shoes, a shattering docuseries about Nickelodeon's kids TV hits and Colin Farrell as a PI.
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NewsSeven New Movies You Can Watch Right Now That Have Been Fast-Tracked From Cinemas to Streaming
Get comfy on the couch with Sydney Sweeney as a nun, Timothée Chalamet's return to Arrakis and a Bob Marley biopic.
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NewsTwelve Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream in March
Spend your couch time watching Adam Sandler in space, a stunning Oscar-winning documentary, girl group-fuelled sitcom hilarity and Noel Fielding's latest show.
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NewsHop to It: 16 Classic and Eclectic Films You Can Stream This Easter Long Weekend
Some feature bunnies. Some include eggs or chocolate. Some have provocative takes on religion.
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NewsTwelve New Movies You Can Watch in March That Have Been Fast-Tracked From Cinemas to Streaming
Get comfy on the couch with a haunting Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal romance, Sofia Coppola's take on Priscilla Presley and stunning Oscar-winner 'Anatomy of a Fall'.
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NewsFrom the 'Mona Lisa' to 'Codex Atlanticus': A Look Inside The Lume's Multi-Sensory Leonardo da Vinci Exhibition
The only 360-degree exact replica of the world's most-famous enigmatic portrait, da Vinci's notebook pages, 40 of his machine inventions brought to life: they're all on display.
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NewsNine 2024 Oscar-Winning Films That You Can and Should Watch Immediately
'Oppenheimer', an astonishing Ukraine-set documentary, a Wes Anderson short, Emma Stone's most-spectacular performance yet: they each won 2024 Oscars, and you can check them all out now.
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NewsInimitable Hugh Laurie to Tour Australia, Musically
Not only does he act, he also plays a mean blues.
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NewsRainbow Sochi Google Doodle Targets Anti-Gay Laws in Russia
The online giant joins activists all over the world.
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NewsChaser Team Reopen Cleveland Street Theatre as Giant Dwarf
A new home for all those oddball comedy and performance nights we love.
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NewsWin Tickets to Stories From the Cellar with Rohan Anderson
Get a Whole Larder Love from an afternoon with Sydney Living Museums.
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NewsA Guide to Valentine’s Day for Lovers (And Haters)
Seven seductive V-Day activities - whether you're singled, coupled or prefer not to be defined by your relationship status.
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NewsPozible Pop-Up Coming to Sydney
Australia's crowdfunding platform finds physical form for one week in March.
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NewsWork-Shop Expands with Crafty Retail Space The Makery
Get freshly maked goods at the creative's ultimate shopfront.
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NewsThe Standard Switching It Up with the Addition of Standard Bowl
Strikes, spares and free live music.
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NewsNew Licensing Legislation Passed by NSW Parliament
You love the nightlife? Looks like you lose.
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NewsJimmy Brings Faces Uncertain Future Under Proposed Licensing Laws
The alcohol delivery service join the chorus of dissent.
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NewsBuns and Balls to Relocate in Response to New Licensing Laws
One of our favourite bars is packing up shop and moving to safer ground.
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EventDeath of a Salesman
Wednesday, May 22 - Sunday, June 23, 2024
Theatre Royal Sydney, Sydney
Anthony LaPaglia leads an all-star cast in Neil Armfield's new production of Arthur Miller's "great American play".
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EventSynthony Australia
Friday, June 7 - Saturday, June 8, 2024
Carriageworks, Eveleigh
What happens when tunes by Swedish House Mafia, Basement Jaxx, Fatboy Slim and Avicii get the orchestral treatment? This dazzling show.
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EventHaus of Horror: A Winter Solstice Party Featuring 'The Ring'
Saturday, June 22, 2024
National Art School, Darlinghurst
Celebrate the shortest day of the year with a screening of 'The Ring' inside the Old Darlinghurst Gaol thanks to this horror movie-loving team.
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EventAperitivo Hour at Sydney Common
Wednesday, May 29, 2024
Sydney Common, Sydney
Enjoy $6 house wine, beer and G&Ts, as well as $8 mini martinis, from Wednesday through Saturday.
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EventSnow Egg Residency at Quay Restaurant
Saturday, May 25 - Saturday, June 15, 2024
Quay Restaurant, The Rocks
The fan-favourite dessert is back on Quay Restaurant's menu — but only for a quick ten-day stint before it heads back into retirement.
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EventNight at the Barracks
Friday, September 13 - Sunday, October 6, 2024
The Barracks Precinct, Manly
Some of Australia's greatest music acts will take to the stage at this cliffside concert venue.
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EventMinistry of Sound: Testament
Saturday, September 7, 2024
White Bay Power Station, Rozelle
Ministry of Sound's massive 90s and 00s parties are returning to Sydney, this time taking over White Bay Power Station.
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EventDa Orazio Pasticceria Pop-Up
Wednesday, May 15 - Sunday, June 30, 2024
The Hub, Hall Street, Bondi Beach
Take your pick from a selection of classic Italian cakes and pastries, daily panini specials and barista-brewed Vittoria coffee at this six-week pop-up.
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NewsDave Chappelle Heads Out on First Australian Tour
It's Rick James, bitch. No wait, It's Dave Chappelle.
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NewsWhat the New Liquor Licensing Laws Would Mean for Our Favourite Bars
How do we create a vibrant, all-hours city that's also safe? We ask some of the pros.
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NewsMarch into Merivale Festival Returns with a Unique Spin on Food and Wine
A 'Things on Sticks' banquet, Mafia-themed Italian dinners and plenty of cocktails.
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NewsSydney’s Ten Best Australia Day Long Weekend Events in 2014
Featuring tinnies, snags, lamingtons, thong-throwing, rainbow dust and an 'epic water trampoline'.
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NewsThe Top Ten Things to See and Do at Sydney Chinese New Year 2014
Gallop away with the year of the horse.
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NewsConcrete Playground’s Sydney Festival 2014 Diary
We're seeing everything we can see and bouncing on everything we can bounce on.
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NewsMeet Five Australian Fashion Designers Fighting to Keep It Local
Now more than ever is the time to support labels that manufacture in the same place where they design.
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NewsAdriano Zumbo Brings Back the Old-School Aussie Bakery with Fluffy’s Pop-Up
You'll find Zumbo's Australia Day pop-up down on Memory Lane.
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NewsEight Things That Made the 2014 Golden Globes Totally Worth It
Don't worry, one of them is J-Law.
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NewsYou Can Now Brunch With Harbour Views at the Opera House
There's no time of day that's not an Opera House time of day.
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NewsDo Sydney Festival Without Paying a Dime
The best free events of the Sydney Festival - plus one trick to get into the others for cheap.
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NewsEnjoy Dinner and a Show with Fast Festival Feasts
Sample some of the city's finest cuisine at special festival prices.
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NewsThe Ten Best Things to See at the Sydney Festival 2014
An even bigger festival hub, a dance-powered party and a version of Stonehenge you can bounce on.
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NewsThe Abercrombie Hotel Calls Last Drinks
Bid farewell to 'deep-fried everything' and cult dance parties.
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NewsYour Last-Minute Guide to New Year’s Eve 2013-2014
It's never too late to make your night awesome.
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NewsLondon to See World’s First Edible Firework Display This NYE
Could this inspire Australia's first ever case of firework envy?
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NewsPlayground Picks: The Best of Sydney in 2013
We take a moment to reflect, reminisce and rank stuff.
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NewsWin a Night in the Spiegeltent with Limbo and [yellow tail] Wine
Your night at the circus just got a whole lot more adult.
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NewsHigh-End Kicks Emporium Sneakerboy Opens In Sydney
The high-end underground sneaker store of Kanye's wildest dreams.
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NewsMatt Moran Opens North Bondi Fish
North Bondi Italian's old home takes on a casual vibe and a fresh, coast-inspired menu.
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