sydney rides 2019

Springtime brings forth not only flowers but also street festivals. In fact, there has been a festival happening all around you but its ubiquity may well keep it unrevealed to you.

This in fact is the Sydney Rides festival celebrating …

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norton street italian festa

In 1986 the first Norton Street Italian Festa was organised by the Capuchin Priests at St Fiacres Church in Leichhardt who wanted to replicate the religious festas in the old country. So by my reckoning this is the thirty third …

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mini british film festival

Bugger Brexit, make an entry to the British Film Festival, now showing at the Palace – that’s the Palace Central, Palace Verona and Palace Norton Street, not Buckingham.

This princely fest is a right royal feast from FISHERMAN’S FRIENDS – …

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paddington’s perry lane art project

On the western side of Melbourne’s CBD there are a series of laneways which comprise of walls covered in funky designs and a riot of colour. Every few years they are painted over for a new team of  artists to …

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william street festival paddington

Now in its eleventh year and unlike other street festivals, this one attracts a certain demographic, the young eastern suburbs hipster.

This is partly due to the fact that many of the nearby boutiques on Oxford street occupy stalls on …

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iranian film festival: a passion for persian and more

I’ll give you two reasons to run to the Iranian Film Festival Australia (IFFA) this week.

One is the opening night film, the Australian premiere of Reza Mirkarimi’s astonishing Castle of Dreams (Winner, Best Feature Film, 2019 Shanghai International Film …

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roosters celebrate grand final victory

It’s not normally the purview of this august journal to cover sporting events, but there is something of cultural interest in relation to the tribalism of supporters of their favoured club.

It comes into high contrast when your team  wins …

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