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43 Reflections for Ayotzinapa:  A Showcase of Hope, a photography exhibition that vividly illustrates the civilian response to state violence in Mexico, will open in Sydney this week. The photographs, by Mexican photographers Antonio Díaz and Joel Martínez, document the ongoing demonstrations …

Chef and campaigner Jamie Oliver has launched his biggest campaign ever – a global petition to get food education back on the school curriculum. On March 29, Jamie launched the petition following his LIVE Food Revolution show as part of the Sydney Opera …

Artist Laura Moore was first attracted to photography as a way of collecting evidence and proof. The medium she both loves and intensely scrutinises was a way of certifying her own existence. A decade on and she’s decided that photography can’t replace …

  Le Noir, The Dark Side of Cirque, opened at the Sydney Lyric Theatre on Thursday March 19 and plays until Saturday April 4. A unique and electrifying theatrical experience, it features 22 of the greatest circus performers in the world, all award-winning athletes and …

  For its 26th film festival, the Alliance Française is presenting a wide and smart range of French films from 2014 and 2015. In Sydney until March 22, the festival will also be in Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Canberra, Byron Bay and …

Most people didn’t notice him walk from the side of the stage to the back of the room, despite the fact he is seven feet tall, painted up in garish face paint and wearing a clown suit. Nor did most, their eyes …

To kick off its 2015 season, the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra presents an all-Handel program with its centerpiece the famous “Cantata Ode for St Cecilia’s Day”, first performed in the middle of a freezing London winter in 1749. Handel was hugely popular in …

Bell Shakespeare’s production of As You Like It is a pleasant lighthearted jaunt through an Arcadian world of love, deception and hidden identities. This fanciful tale begins with court intrigue as younger son Orlando (Charlie Gaber) confronts older brother Oliver (Dorje Swallow) about his …

A 14-year-old boy was shot in the head in Venezuela during a government crackdown of student protests this week commemorating last year’s student rebellion. In February 2014, thousands of students protested against corruption, media censorship, lack of security and oppression, resulting in …

Do you remember at school constructing a diorama of your ideal building, a revolutionary new design for the future? A trip to the SG (formerly Spooning Goats) on York Street is like being shrunk down as you walk into your Tech & …