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Giselle @ State Theatre

Blog — September 9, 2018

Giselle State Theatre Melbourne, Australia September 3, 2018 For the uninitiated: Giselle is a romantic ballet in two contrasting acts, which was first performed in the first half of the nineteenth century in France. In essence, Giselle’s storyline is comprised of the passions and dramas …

Old Mate’s Place Bar Opening

Blog — September 10, 2018

Time Out - Old Mate’s Place Bar Opening Sydney, Australia August 23, 2018 Sydney has a new bar in its central business district that instantaneously makes it on the must-visit list both for locals as well as visitors: The triumvirate Dre Walters (ex-Lobo Plantation and Kittyhawk), …

Time Out Sydney Food Awards 2018

Blog — September 11, 2018

Time Out Sydney Food Awards Sydney, Australia             August 27, 2018 You are familiar with Time Out, a media company publishing magazines and travel guidebooks covering events, entertainment and culture in cities around the world. Now, when it comes to bringing people together for an extravaganza …

Frank Gehry Prestel Publishing book review

Blog — September 12, 2018

Frank Gehry Prestel Publishing   Frank Gehry is an artist. Frank Gehry is a creator. Not unlike one of his most prominent works, i.e. the Bilbao Guggenheim, which triggered a phenomenon known as the “Bilbao effort”, his bespoke emissions are usually a spectacle – to …

Mathematics and Art: A Cultural History

Blog — September 13, 2018

Mathematics and Art: A Cultural History Princeton University Press   Mathematics is dreaded by many, while the arts at large enjoy a better rep. However, the pursuit and adherence to patterns, formulas and ratios is more often than not the DNA of some of the most significant …

David Baddiel @ Seymour Centre

Blog — September 16, 2018

David Baddiel Seymour Centre Sydney, Australia September 14, 2018 Full disclosure: I had no idea who David Baddiel was prior to attending his Sydney incarnation with his unvarnished one-man stage show My Family: Not The Sitcom, which is thematically cantered around (the loss of) memory, …

Sydney Underground Film Festival 2018

Blog — September 17, 2018

Sydney Underground Film Festival 2018 Factory Theatre Sydney, Australia September 13-16, 2018 Constantly growing, the 2018 Sydney Underground Film Festival marked the twelfth edition of an extravaganza that has established itself as one of “the” events on the calendar of film enthusiasts. With a dedicated …

Mark Lanegan @ Factory Theatre

Blog — September 21, 2018

Mark Lanegan Factory Theatre Sydney, Australia September 18, 2018 Mark Lanegan. The Screaming Trees. Queens of the Stone Age. If you are remotely into the darker realms of music and do not mind digging a bit deeper, chances are that you familiar, …

Sydney Contemporary Opening Night

Blog — September 22, 2018

Sydney Contemporary Opening Night Carriageworks Sydney, Australia September 12, 2018 Basics first: If you zone in on Australasia’s Art Fair, Sydney Contemporary is a brightly shining beacon that attracts an eclectic melange of renowned and upcoming artists, local and international galleries, collectors, connoisseurs, aficionados, industry …

Footprint Books - Art feature: Delacroix and Home

Blog — September 24, 2018

Delacroix Barthelemy Jobert. Princeton University Press   Alright – Eugene Delacroix. To describe this French craftsman as “prolific” would be an understatement par excellence. His oeuvre is expansive and very diverse and it is not for a lack of trying to cover all aspects of …

Big Poppa’s Cheese Club - Sydney

Blog — September 26, 2018

Big Poppa’s Cheese Club September 23, 2018 Sydney, Australia Equilibrium. Balance. Yin and yang. Ebony and ivory. The fusion of seemingly different components merge their features to something bigger than the sum of its parts would suggest. Musings on the need to …

Whiskey! The Show - Sydney

Blog — September 28, 2018

Whiskey! The Show Sir Stamford Plaza Sydney, Australia September 21, 2018 If you are not averse to enjoying a good dram, visiting a well-curated whiskey festival is a delight as a potpourri of open bottles with the old faithful present themselves with new expressions one …

Buffalo Trace Distillery – screening and tasting

Blog — September 30, 2018

Water of Life Buffalo Trace Distillery: Neat – screening and tasting Golden Age Cinema and Bar Sydney, Australia September 24, 2018 We have covered quite a few whiskey-centric events within the confines of the Water of Life series, yet every now and then there …

What's Sumatra With You? Part 4

Blog — October 1, 2018

What’s Sumatra with You? Killer Coffee and Sip4Sip The fact that I love coffee is not exactly a well-guarded secret. A passion I shared with a mob of good people I have recently come across. A local favourite that shall soon hit the new world …

1-2-3-4 by Anton Corbijn

Blog — October 4, 2018

1-2-3-4 Anton Corbijn Prestel Publishing   It is not exactly the best-kept secret that I harbor a weak spot for Depeche Mode, a band that has accompanied me ever since I started listening to music. Now, Depeche Mode is an example par excellence for a band …

Plants with Bite @ Royal Botanic Garden Sydney

Blog — October 5, 2018

Plants with Bite Royal Botanic Garden Sydney September 27, 2018 We have had a chance to get an exclusive preview of The Calyx, the inner sanctum in Sydney’s Royal Botanical Gardens being transformed by Venus flytraps, Sarracenians as well as many other fascinating carnivorous plant species …

A Midnight Visit

Blog — October 6, 2018

A Midnight Visit Sydney, Australia October 3, 2018 Immersive theatre is a genre for itself. Forget sitting in seat and merely losing yourself in the world it presents by engaging the imagination. Then again it does neither imply that interaction and participation is an integral …

Radio Birdman @ Manning Bar

Blog — October 6, 2018

Radio Birdman Manning Bar Sydney, Australia October 5, 2018 Outlining the impact the brilliant and notoriously volatile Radio Birdman has had on the evolution of punk rock and the independent music scene at large would necessitate a flip chart. Yes, people go on about The …

Reigning Men: Fashion in Menswear

Blog — October 7, 2018

Reigning Men: Fashion in Menswear 1715-2015 Exhibition and Book by Prestel Publishing Powerhouse Museum Sydney, Australia   Ah, the Weather Girls. Their oeuvre and specifically their song “Reigning Men” has left its imprint on popular culture and in this case the fashion industry as …

Thus, Let Us Drink Cider

Blog — October 8, 2018

Thus let us drink cider... Ah, the ripened extract of pears and apples, which is particularly popular in the United Kingdom and the rest of the Commonwealth, i.e. the ancient libation commonly known as Cider. There is no shortage of cider varieties: From arid to luscious, sparkling, …