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It is a challenge to the non-Aboriginal Australian to consider that inanimate material objects can hold cultural memory. Even though we seem to spend the majority of our time chasing material possessions, we rarely, if ever, look beyond an object’s practical use …

The annual Koreatown Festival combines the best of traditional Korean dance, song and instruments with a modern twist – namely the Gangnam-style dance contest and K-pop – to showcase what this vibrant, lesser-known Asian community is all about. Only very recently has …

Metropolitan Opera in HD, Cremorne, Orpheum Theatre Hector Berlioz, the remarkable revealer of mysteries, reveries and epic tales, draws for inspiration on Virgil’s account of the ancient civilizations of Troy, Carthage and their aggressors. This opera may not be for the attention-challenged …

“Cali es Cali, y lo demas es loma!” – Cali is Cali, and the rest is mountains. This is what anyone from the dangerous and vibrant city of Cali, Colombia, will tell you about their hometown. A small piece of this gritty, …

Band of Horses were back at The Enmore last Tuesday touring their new album Mirage Rock. They are a punctual bunch and were already into the first song when we arrived just after the 9.30pm start time. The band brings a great …

The Preatures brought their infectious blend of Gothic soul and rock and roll to The Rocks on Australia Day for the Festival of the Voice. We caught up with Gideon Bensen and Isabella Manfredi of The Preatures side of stage. Q. How are …

Alan Bennett’s hit comedy The History Boys will be performed at the Sydney Opera House from February 8 to March 2. The thought-provoking play has played to sold-out houses worldwide and won many awards, including the 2005 Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play and …

The Australian film industry is already buzzing with the excitement that precedes the Sydney Film Festival each year. Amongst the many talented filmmakers from all over the world who hope to showcase their movies is Eva Knoet who plans to bring her …

The word subtle is not in Quentin Tarantino’s dictionary and thank goodness for that. His latest offering, Django Unchained, is truly a feast for vampires: blood, various hues and shades of blood, and techniques of blood, spurting out of a human body. …

Bell Shakespeare bumps in on George Street with creative pop-up space: 9 January – 25 February 2013 Bell Shakespeare is taking up residence of a great new pop-up space in The Rocks. Opening its doors last Wednesday (January 9), Bell Shakespeare’s Closet …