Articles by Liam Kinkead
National Reconciliation Week
National Reconciliation Week (NRW) comes to its conclusion tomorrow after a week filled with celebrations and ... Read more
Pole poster
Graffiti of the week
Porteous elected Leichhardt mayor
At an extraordinary Council meeting on May 19 Greens councillor Rochelle Porteous was elected by her ... Read more
Leichhardt Council shakes up DA process
Development application(DA) approval times will be sped up by Leichhardt Council in a bid to streamline ... Read more
Author talks at local libraries
In June Author Talks will feature not one but two local authors talking about their lives ... Read more
News brief
Club Swans closes its doors The Club Swans, Kings Cross, formerly the Aussie Rules Club, has closed its ... Read more
Inner West worried over Leichhardt LAC
The proposed relocation of the Police Local Area Command Centre (LAC) from Glebe to Leichhardt has ... Read more
Graffiti of the week
Unique radio service in Glebe
With the launch of digital radio this week The Independent took some time out with one ... Read more
Arts & Entertainment
Music
DEATH GRIPS - THE MONEY STORE
After attracting a lot of attention for ...
Read moreJULIA HOLTER - EKSTASIS
Swirling sounds of multiple melodies and many ...
Read moreTHE BLACK SEEDS - DUST AND DIRT
New Zealand reggae-soul hard hitters The Black ...
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Theatre
STRANGE INTERLUDE
Known as American dramatist Eugene O’Neill’s 1923 ...
Read moreWHEN DAD MARRIED FURY
When your banker dad who has a ...
Read moreREASONS TO BE PRETTY
Reasons To Be Pretty certainly opens with ...
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Events
SYDNEY WRITERS' FESTIVAL: your week sorted with our shortlist
May 14: National Biography Award It’s hard to ...
Read moreTHE WRITER'S PLAYROOM: BENITO DI FONZO
Playwright, poet and performer Benito Di Fonzo ...
Read moreWEATHER FESTIVAL
MY 21st birthday party involved a lot ...
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Comedy
BOB DOWNE'S 20 GOLDEN GREATS
Bob Downe is back and with him ...
Read moreTHEATRESPORTS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
Leave the maroon and blues at home ...
Read moreTOMMY DEAN
It’s hard to forget this United States-bred, ...
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Books
THE PRIVATE, THE PUBLIC, AND THE LINE IN BETWEEN
You know that old line, ‘whoever invokes ...
Read moreBEHIND THE LINES
Published in newspapers, journals and online, cartoons ...
Read moreAN EVENING WITH RICHARD DAWKINS
Richard Dawkins is not one to shy ...
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Exhibitions
THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA
While Harry Potter die-hards may still be ...
Read moreHUNTERS HILL ART EXHIBITION
Hunters Hill, the little suburb that could. ...
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It’s fitting that the Latin root for ...
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Movies
DARK SHADOWS
Every yahoo off the street knows you ...
Read moreTHE DICTATOR
Critics will tear this film apart. The ...
Read moreSYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL: INFINITE STORIES
When you’re faced with a film festival ...
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