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    The Lifted Brow Goes Subcompact on Your Ass

    The Lifted Brow brings this lightweight publishing style to Australia.

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    Win a Stoker Prize Pack

    Nicole Kidman, Mia Wasikowska and Jacki Weaver unexpectedly star in a violent neo-gothic Bildungsroman from a master of style.

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    Kickstarter Coming to Australia and New Zealand

    Nothing has quite transformed the 'crowd funding' story like Kickstarter.

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    All You Can Eat at Good Food Month

    Whether you're a green thumb, a gourmand, or a little bit of both, you'll find something to tantalise.

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    Wire Creator David Simon Headlines Festival of Dangerous Ideas

    The 5th FODI is more daring, controversial and mind-bending than any of its predecessors.

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    Win Tickets to See Jobs

    Ashton Kutcher is Steve Jobs. Accept it already.

Latest Guides
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    The Seven Best Alternative Comedy Rooms in Sydney

    Funny comes in all different shapes and sizes. Exercise your laugh muscles with a new routine.

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    Avocado Beer Is a Possibly Delicious Invention

    An LA brewery has created a guacamole-inspired beer to celebrate the beginning of avocado season in California.

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    Win Tickets to See Return to Earth

    An exploration of alienation that should strike a chord.

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    Socks Infused with Coffee Cure Smelly Feet

    For feet so sweet you can wear the same pair of socks for days.

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    Golden Age Cinema and Bar to Open in September

    Old-school charm to lure you off your couch.

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    Win Tickets to See Kick-Ass 2

    Because you know you want to see how Hit Girl is handling high school.

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    World’s Most Instagrammable Hotel Opens in Sydney

    1888 Hotel has built in special features to inspire photographers of all stripes.

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    Eccentric Doctor’s Manmade Mountain Outlawed in Beijing

    Beijing architect Zhang Biqing's illegal mountain is forced to crumble.

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    Cleveland’s Cutting Hair in Boardwalk Empire Style

    Get a 1920s haircut else Nucky Thompson gon' getcha.

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    Berkelouw Books Newtown Closing Down (with a Sale)

    As hard as this news is to swallow for bibliophiles, you can pay your final respects at the 'relocation sale'.

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    Jafflechutes Will Deliver Your Jaffle via Parachute

    It's raining jafflechutes, hallelujah.

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    Ten Places to Get an Early Taste of Summer

    Feeling wind-blown, frost-bitten and winter-weary? It's never too late to hatch a getaway plan.

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    Snow 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.

  • Event

    Tuga Pastries Seventh Birthday Block Party

    Sunday, May 26, 2024

    Various Sydney venues, Sydney

    Hit up the Portuguese dessert joints in Clovelly or Alexandria for incredible pastries paired with live tunes as part of its 7th birthday celebrations.

  • Event

    Taste of Brookie

    Friday, May 24 - Sunday, May 26, 2024

    Various Sydney venues, Sydney

    Discover some of Sydney's most exciting craft breweries and independent distilleries at this three-day festival on the Northern Beaches.

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    Not Your Nanna's High Tea

    Saturday, May 25 - Sunday, May 26, 2024

    The Emerald Room, Darlinghurst

    This unconventional high tea at The Emerald Room pairs tea, coffee, cocktails or champagne with dainty eats and live performances.

  • Event

    Night 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.

  • Event

    Volume

    Friday, July 5 - Sunday, July 21, 2024

    Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney

    André 3000, Kim Gordon, Genesis Owusu, Tkay Maidza and a new installation with tunes by Flume are on the lineup at this AGNSW music series for 2024.

  • Event

    Ministry 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.

  • Event

    Da 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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    Our House

    Wednesday, May 8 - Saturday, July 6, 2024

    Shell House, Sydney

    Shell House's huge two-month food and music festival is back with sets from Ben Fester and Wax'O Paradiso alongside pop-ups from Melbourne's Tipo 00, Chef Toshihiko Oe and Dale Ridgers.

  • Event

    Tekno Train by Paul Mac

    Friday, May 24 - Saturday, June 15, 2024

    Central Station, Haymarket

    A lit-up train that's pumping out a techno soundtrack by Paul Mac is riding Sydney's rails during Vivid 2024.

  • News

    Free Beer for Doing Absolutely Nothing

    Stand still for three minutes and you'll be rewarded with a cold one.

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    Sydney Businessmen Successfully Crowdfund Booze Startup

    Mr Black takes two of Sydney's favourite vices and combines them in one delicious, stylishly packaged drink.

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    The Ten Best Chinese Restaurants in Sydney

    Get your diaries out and organise a fascinating feast for the senses with some awesome Chinese food.

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    The Taste of Orange Comes to Sydney

    Taste Orange will provide a rare opportunity to taste and buy produce straight from the makers themselves.

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    Melbourne Festival Is After Your Heart with 2013 Program

    A ten-hour theatre show, a concert in the dark and a giant Welcome to Country mark Melbourne Festival 2013.

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    World Movies Presents Films That Shocked the World

    Be shocked, horrified, stunned and controversified with this week of films in August.

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    Win Tickets to See Frances Ha

    Greta Gerwig plays one of the most loveable characters you'll meet this year.

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    Your Guide to a Spring Weekend in the Hunter Valley

    The perfect weekender, whether you're with friends, your lover or your mum.

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    Rolling Stone Pop Up Bar to Hit Darlinghurst

    The Rolling Stone Live Lodge will create an experience of the legendary magazine in bar form.

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    MasterCard’s Locally Famous Taps Sydney’s Finest

    Get rewards based around a beautifully curated knowledge of our city's many experiential treasures.

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    A Bluffer’s Guide to Oysters

    Everything oyster is illuminated in conversation with chef Sean Connolly.

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    Revisit a Time When Street Photography Meant More Than Fashion

    See how the legends cross social boundaries to capture iconic images of their milieu.

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    Win Tickets to the Israeli Film Festival

    Celebrating ten years of assumption-shattering documentaries and controversial features.

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    The Secrets of Regent Place

    Grey city block on the outside; fantastic wonderland of Asian culture inside.

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    Lolly Bag Cake Plus Five More Courses at Asian Dessert Degustation

    Bernard Yu and Yen Yee of Melbourne's LuxBite and Anna Polyviou of the Sydney Shangri-La combine delicious forces.

  • News

    Jurassic Lounge Nears Extinction

    Organisers have announced the iconic event's next season will be its last.

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    Win a Papillionaire Bicycle and Tickets to What Maisie Knew

    Want to experience your own child-like wonder? A new bicycle from Papillionaire and What Maisie Knew ought to do it.

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    Art Spiegelman, Grant Morrison and More Announced for GRAPHIC Festival

    GRAPHIC is like arty Comic-Con, and you don't need to be an uber-fan to feel part of the party.

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    Win Tickets to See The World’s End

    The Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy culminates in the pub crawl to end all pub crawls.

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    Plating Up: The Bespoke Tableware Inspired by Chefs

    Chefs lend a hand in creating unique tablewares, fit for their food.

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    The Eight Best Greek Restaurants in Sydney

    From the ancients to the imaginative contemporaries, Sydney's got great Greek going on.

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    Win Tickets to The Morrison’s Oyster Shucking Class

    Learn how to shuck oysters with The Morrison's Vio Pramano.

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    Amazing Stoner Food Dinner Comes to Queenie’s

    Making an extravaganza of the munchies.

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    Win Tickets to See The Way, Way Back

    See one of the most beautiful comedies of the year for free.

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