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It was the first time I met John Lanzafame, pizza god to the world, celebrity chef and winner of many titles in pizza and pasta, globally. He has been an ambassador in Australia when it comes to pizza and southern Italian food …

Drawing has often been seen as the poor cousin of painting. Smaller, more spindly, less colourful – drawing and graphic arts such as printmaking, by their nature, can lack painting’s drama and spectacle. But graphic art has its own power and charm. …

This is a film about the things that unite us.  It reminds us that under our skins, cultures and the ways we choose to adorn ourselves, we’re not so very different.  It’s fly on the wall cinema, a masterpiece of open and …

A high percentage of young voters across Sydney do not like either Kevin Rudd or Tony Abbott as the next prime mister. In a poll of 150 voters between the ages of 18 and 25 in electorates across Sydney,  just under 50 …

More than fifty sculptures are on display at the Darling Park Building as part of the Sculptors Society (juried) exhibition until the end of this month. The Society holds four to five exhibitions in Sydney each year to promote the work of …

Independent filmmaking is not a career for the faint of heart writes Rebekah Woodford It’s mid afternoon and the scent of freshly painted walls fills the air. Cylinders of brightly coloured fluid in all the colours of the rainbow are arranged along …

In all of its genuine messiness, its insistence on a multi-stranded narrative, its capricious flaunting and taunting of truth, Stories We Tell finally does what I have been wanting to see in cinema for years. Sarah Polley tells the story of her …

The Underbelly arts festival spread its artistic magic all over Cockatoo Island in Sydney Harbour last weekend. With over 100 artists working on thirty projects, it was a beautiful contrast from the island’s natural beauty and industrial history to experimental, innovative artworks …

Award-winning choreographer and dancer Byron Perry is set to amuse and entertain audiences with a double take at the Seymour Centre’s Reginald Theatre from August 21 to 24. The Force Majeure associate director is presenting Double Think, a program of two very …

The Canadian Possible Worlds Film Festival is back but in its eighth year has expanded its focus to include films from the United States. From August 8 to 18 at the Dendy Opera Quays and Dendy Newtown and from August 21 to 23 at ARC Cinema (Canberra) …