The Naked City
NAKED CITY: DESPERATE FOR A DRINK!
The well-publicised police raid on a clandestine and allegedly illegal underground bar in Sydney’s York Street last ... Read more
NAKED CITY: THE BORN AGAIN GARAGE SALE
The success of last weekend’s National Garage Sale Trail has lifted the image and significance of the ... Read more
NAKED CITY: THE ULTIMATE REALITY CHECK!
There was a recent episode of the ABC’s Australian Story about a former Adelaide man Scott Neeson, ... Read more
NAKED CITY: LOGIES, BOGIES OR NOGIES?
It’s a couple of weeks since the Australian TV industry descended on Melbourne for that overweening night ... Read more
NAKED CITY: WELCOME TO THE HOTEL TRASHARAMA!
Keith Moon, Keith Richards and even our own troubled son Matthew Newton have all been guilty of ... Read more
“Installation Art Or Just Another Traffic Hazard” – REFLECTIONS ON A WEEK OR TWO IN SYDNEY!
Love it or hate it nobody can deny that Sydney is an interesting place and in any ... Read more
NAKED CITY: THE MONO – TRACKS OF MY TEARS!
Ever since the late 1980s when it first snaked its way through the streets of Sydney there’s ... Read more
NAKED CITY: VERDI WITHOUT ELEPHANTS?
Sydneysiders, and those who direct our cultural events, love the big ticket number – anything to get ... Read more
NAKED CITY: FORBIDDEN DELIGHTS ON THE FANTASTIC PLANET!
Sydney is said to host a record number of film festivals each year compared to other cities ... Read more
NAKED CITY: LAS VEGAS GLITZ FOR BARANGAROO!
With Barry O’Farrell’s glowing endorsement of Jamie Packer’s plans to build a 35 storey hotel and casino ... Read more
Arts & Entertainment
Music
DEATH GRIPS - THE MONEY STORE
After attracting a lot of attention for ...
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JULIA HOLTER - EKSTASIS
Swirling sounds of multiple melodies and many ...
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THE 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 ...
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WHEN DAD MARRIED FURY
When your banker dad who has a ...
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REASONS 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 ...
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THE WRITER'S PLAYROOM: BENITO DI FONZO
Playwright, poet and performer Benito Di Fonzo ...
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WEATHER 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 ...
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THEATRESPORTS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
Leave the maroon and blues at home ...
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TOMMY 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 ...
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BEHIND THE LINES
Published in newspapers, journals and online, cartoons ...
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AN 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 ...
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HUNTERS HILL ART EXHIBITION
Hunters Hill, the little suburb that could. ...
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EXPOSED
It’s fitting that the Latin root for ...
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Movies
DARK SHADOWS
Every yahoo off the street knows you ...
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THE DICTATOR
Critics will tear this film apart. The ...
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SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL: INFINITE STORIES
When you’re faced with a film festival ...
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