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NewsNewtown Restaurants Come Together for Street Fair
All your favourite indoor establishments, outdoors.
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NewsDevastating and Beautiful Animated Ad Will Turn You Off Factory Farming
An ad for a popular fast food chain that might just make you cry.
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NewsMetro Screen Cinema Bar to Pop Up in Paddo
Not just a movie house but a visual and kinaesthetic experience.
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NewsA Synesthete Maps the London Underground
Ever wondered what the names of stations taste like as they roll off the tongue?
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NewsWin Tickets to Concrete Playground’s Private Screening of Rush
Ron Howard looks to have rediscovered the Formula One to successful film making.
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NewsIron & Wine to Tour in April
The "awesomely bearded" Sam Beam will headline at Sydney's Opera House and Melbourne's Forum Theatre.
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NewsTwenty-Five Exceptional Films by Indigenous Australian Filmmakers That You Can Stream Right Now
Celebrate Australia's First Nations filmmakers with these potent westerns, horror standouts, coming-of-age gems, Top End rom-coms, outback noirs, and expressive dance flicks.
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NewsA List of All of the Wes Anderson Films, Ranked
No one makes movies quite like Wes Anderson, so we've revisited and ranked them all — even though every single one is a gem.
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NewsIt's Eurovision Time: Here's When You Can Watch 2025's Song Contest (with Tony Armstrong and Courtney Act Hosting Australia's Coverage)
This year's Australian entry: Go-Jo with the song 'Milkshake Man', which is being performed with a four-metre-tall blender as part of the set.
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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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NewsTen 2025 Oscar-Winning Films That You Can and Should Watch Immediately
Your newly Oscars-approved viewing list includes movies about determined architects, whirlwind romances, catty cardinals, sandworms and more.
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NewsPredicting the Oscars: Who Should, Could and Will Win at the 2025 Academy Awards
From 'Anora' and 'A Real Pain' to 'I'm Still Here' and 'No Other Land', here's what's likely to emerge victorious at the 2025 Oscars.
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NewsHere's Where You Can Watch 33 of 2025's Oscar-Nominated Movies in Australia Right Now
Massive musicals, monumental dramas, stunning animated gems, heartbreaking documentaries, two Timothée Chalamet movies: they're all Oscar contenders, and you can watch them all.
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NewsEleven 2025 Golden Globe-Winning Films and TV Shows That You Can (and Should) Watch Right Now
Make a cinema or couch date with a freshly minted Golden Globe-winner — here's what you can watch right away, and where.
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NewsTwenty-Five Movies That You Can Stream This Christmas No Matter How You Feel About the Festive Season
Pour a glass of eggnog, find your comfiest spot on the couch, then enjoy everything from 'The Holdovers' and 'Die Hard' to 'Last Christmas' and 'Eyes Wide Shut'.
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GuideThe Best Free Events to Catch During Sydney Festival 2025
Sydney Festival is saving your wallet this summer with a cost-of-living defying program of free events throughout January.
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NewsHorror and Nostalgia Combine in Beautiful Doll Hospital Photographs
Can't sleep, doll will eat me.
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NewsWin Tickets to a Special Doku Rai Readers’ Event at Carriageworks
Enjoy drinks, talks and one of the most exciting performances of 2013.
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NewsYour 2013 National Young Writers’ Festival Planner
With the festival turning sweet sixteen, you better bring your best party dress.
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NewsWatch a Film Set Entirely on a Computer Screen on Your Computer Screen
Watch a movie about being online whilst online. META.
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NewsThe Bluffer’s Guide to Sydney Contemporary
We show you how to navigate Sydney's hottest new art event
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NewsMind-Bending Timelapse Shows a Whole Life in One Face
Imagine if you could see a full lifetime's ageing process happen before your very eyes. Well, you sort of can.
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NewsSydney Theatre Company Shows Off New Tricks in 2014 Season
Does Sydney's biggest theatre company also boast the most experimental season?
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NewsThe Ten Best Things to Do at Sydney Good Food Month 2013
A cacophony of events running the gamut from casual picnics to buzzing parties.
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NewsTake a Tour of Burning Man on the Back of a Drone
Perhaps it's true you can only understand the festival if you've been. But this gets you pretty close.
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NewsArcade Fire’s Mesmerising Smartphone-Interactive Video for ‘Reflektor’
A short film whose visuals you can affect, just so long as you have three basics of the modern tech era.
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NewsSee Julia Gillard Live in Conversation with Anne Summers
Julia Gillard's first public appearance since her June farewell speech.
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EventColour Culture Connection at South Eveleigh
Mon, 16 Feb - Fri, 6 Mar 2026
South Eveleigh Precinct, Eveleigh
This three-week-long festival celebrates Lunar New Year, Mardi Gras and Holi Hai through community programs and interactive experiences.
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EventMardi Gras Closing Party at Kinselas Hotel, Featuring Keli Holiday
Sun, 1 Mar, 2026
Kinselas Hotel, Darlinghurst
Keep a little energy in reserve, as this free all-day party headlined by Keli Holiday sends out Mardi Gras in style.
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EventDate Night Studio Flower Bar Pop-Up at Bar Planet
Sat, 14 Feb, 2026
Bar Planet, Newtown
Shop flowers and sip martinis, as this one-day flower market sets the tone for the year's most romantic day.
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EventHear My Eyes — 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day'
Sat, 7 Mar, 2026
City Recital Hall, Sydney
Celebrating the film's 35th anniversary, this groundbreaking event reimagines the sci-fi blockbuster with a 4K screening, live electronic score and immersive laser visuals.
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EventPeking Duk at Hordern Pavilion
Fri, 15 May, 2026
Hordern Pavilion, Moore Park
This roof-raising duo are gearing up for their biggest performance in seven years, complete with a debut live show and future-forward visuals.
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EventMitski for Vivid LIVE at Sydney Opera House
Fri, 29 May - Mon, 1 Jun 2026
Sydney Opera House, Sydney
Returning to Australia after seven long years, indie icon Mitski will take over our most legendary music venue for a run of four exclusive shows.
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EventDMA's 'Hills End' 10th Anniversary Show at Metro Theatre
Fri, 27 Mar, 2026
Metro Theatre, Sydney
Ten years on, this Sydney-born trio returns home to play their landmark debut album in full — plus a stack of deep cuts.
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EventEuropa! Europa Film Festival 2026
Thu, 19 Feb - Thu, 19 Mar 2026
Various locations, Sydney
Catch 43 pictures from 22 European countries, as the continent's most captivating flicks hit big screens across Australia and New Zealand.
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EventAntenna Documentary Film Festival 2026
Thu, 5 Feb - Sun, 15 Feb 2026
Select cinemas in Sydney, Various locations
From Australian premieres to Werner Herzog treks into the wilderness, this long-running documentary film festival is set to screen over 50 non-fiction flicks.
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EventDomeFest at Hordern Pavilion
Sun, 29 Mar, 2026
Hordern Pavilion, Moore Park
Focused on the conversations that shape pop culture, identity and relationships for Gen Z and Millennial women, this Australian-first podcast fan festival makes listening a shared experience.
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NewsWin Tickets to See Stories We Tell
We all have a family story to tell, but we can't all tell it like Sarah Polley.
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NewsThe Unexpected Poetry of Google Autocomplete
Autocomplete results are often unintentionally hilarious and weirdly sad - but are they also art?
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NewsThe Top Five Tracks to Hear This Weekend
Farewell office, farewell pants being necessary and hello soundtracked weekend.
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NewsBoozing Now Acceptable at Breakfast Thanks to Spreadable Beer
An Italian duo have done their bit to make the world a better place, engineering a chocolate-flavoured beer spread.
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NewsLuxury Hotels in Weird and Wonderful Places Around the World
Here are 10 of Smith’s most interesting places to pass a night, picked just for Concrete Playground.
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NewsWin Tickets to See STC’s Romeo and Juliet
A young, fiery team create a Romeo and Juliet to remember.
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NewsLongrain’s Martin Boetz to Head New Rushcutters Bay Restaurant
The rumours are true: locally-minded, sustainably grown, expertly prepared cuisine is on its way to 10 Neild Avenue.
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NewsArtist Joins Forces with Four-Year-Old Daughter to Create Whimsical Portraits
Hollywood slug people brought to you by an artist and her genius four-year-old
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NewsSMH Good Food Guide Awards Hats for 2014
The lowdown on this year's losses and gains for Sydney's gustatory movers and shakers.
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NewsHidden Sydney: Urthboy’s Top Five Secret Spots
Tim Levinson shares his love for the Inner West and local radio legends FBi.
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NewsWin Tickets to See Blue Jasmine
Cate Blanchett's compelling work lights up one of Woody Allen's darkest films.
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NewsGriffin Theatre’s 2014 Season is a Feast of Storytelling
The company steps out of its beloved SBW Stables for one special show during the Sydney Festival.
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NewsThe Good Hood Rewards Your Green Living Ideas
Are you tending to your herb gardens, upcycling or actual cycling? That's some good hood.
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NewsOil Paint Engineered Out of Toxic Waste
An engineer and an artist transform toxic waste into oil paints and wondrous works of art.
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NewsThe Top Five Tracks to Hear This Weekend
Five delicious servings of ear candy weighing kilograms of fun with zero calories.
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NewsA Day in New York, in Sydney
Spend the day gorging on these signature foodstuffs for a holiday at home.
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NewsThe Lifted Brow Goes Subcompact on Your Ass
The Lifted Brow brings this lightweight publishing style to Australia.
