18/07/2020 In Art, Ballet, Comedy, Comic & Sci Fi, Community, Dance, Electro, Everything Else, Fashion, Festival, Film event, Hobbies, Jazz, LGBTQAI+, Lifestyle, Literature, Live Poetry, Music Festival, Musical performance, New Media, Non Musical performance, Orchestral, Other, Other Music, Painting/Fine Art, Photography, Political, Science, Talk/Debate By Giselle

2020 (COVID-19 EDITION)

The time is now. As it always has been. As it always will be. 10) Talking Ideas: Women and Leadership with Julia Gillard 22nd July What: Share an evening with Julia Gillard, as she discusses Women and Leadership with ABC TV presenter Jessica van Vonderen, and lays out a road...

05/07/2020 In Art, Ballet, Burlesque, Comedy, Community, Dance, Electro, Everything Else, Fashion, Film event, Health, Hobbies, Jazz, Kids, LGBTQAI+, Lifestyle, Literature, Musical performance, Musicals & Shows, New Media, Non Musical performance, Opera & Classical Voice, Orchestral, Other Music, Play, Political, Pop, Rock & Indie, Talk/Debate By Giselle

Top 10 Australia Culture On this week 05/07/2020 (COVID-19 EDITION)

Did you think you'd never get to experience the majesty of the Royal Albert Hall in London? Well, you were wrong! Hope costs nothing. Especially when you factor in a deadly worldwide pandemic. 10) Up, Up and A Ray 8th July What: Check out this livestreamed variety show created, hosted...

28/06/2020 In Art, Burlesque, Circus, Comedy, Community, Dance, Drag, Everything Else, Festival, Film event, Hobbies, LGBTQAI+, Lifestyle, Literature, Live Poetry, Musical performance, Musicals & Shows, New Media, Non Musical performance, Opera & Classical Voice, Orchestral, Photography, Play, Political, Talk/Debate By Giselle

Top 10 Australia Culture On this week 28/06/2020 (COVID-19 EDITION)

Question everything. Except that corner of your room you haven't gone near in three months that makes a rustling noise whenever you turn off the lights. Never question that corner. 10) Rogue Opera Live Lounge 3rd July What: Please join Bronwen Stephens-Harding, Director of Rogue Opera, on her Livestream: Rogue...

20/06/2020 In Art, Community, Everything Else, Festival, Film event, Hobbies, LGBTQAI+, Lifestyle, Literature, New Media, Non Musical performance, Political, Talk/Debate By Giselle

Just Relax, Take It Easy with Watch Party: Are You Proud?

The destruction of an illusion is always unpleasant. Illusions are almost always constructed by the one being fooled because it has been decided by their own brain that it's safer to process the illusion rather than the reality. Also the alcohol and tobacco industry have been allowed...

20/06/2020 In Art, DJ/Dance Party, Electro, Everything Else, Festival, Hobbies, Jazz, Lifestyle, Literature, Music Festival, Musical performance, Musicals & Shows, New Media, Non Musical performance, Orchestral, Other Music, Photography, Play, Political, Pop, Rap/Hip Hop, Rock & Indie, Talk/Debate By Giselle

Find Brief Solace with The Roots Picnic

It's perversely pleasing to be on the sidelines. Watching horror interspersed with retribution unfold in a kind of terrible chaos is a sickeningly perfect position to be in. For centuries now we've been collectively aware of the psychological desire to get morally exercised about something whilst...

20/06/2020 In Art, Burlesque, Community, Drag, Everything Else, Festival, Film event, Hobbies, Jazz, LGBTQAI+, Lifestyle, Literature, Musical performance, New Media, Non Musical performance, Opera & Classical Voice, Orchestral, Other Music, Painting/Fine Art, Photography, Political, Rap/Hip Hop, Science, Sculpture, Talk/Debate By Giselle

Top 10 Australia Culture On this week 21/06/2020 (COVID-19 EDITION)

You can't teach an old dog new tricks. But dogs aren't responsible for the institutionalised oppression of millions. So maybe stop rubbing Rover's face in his own piss and engage in a little overdue introspection. 10) Uncertain Futures in the Time of Crises 25th June What: In this panel, Myseum...

14/06/2020 In Art, Community, Everything Else, LGBTQAI+, Literature, New Media, Non Musical performance, Political, Talk/Debate By Giselle

Preserve Your Sanity with LGBT+ Refugees: Voices from the Frontline

We're in a state of flux. Or rather, the state of flux that we're constantly in has reached a chaotic zenith which has resulted in the concretion of sides with which to align yourself. There's positives and negatives to this. On the one hand, there's a potential...

13/06/2020 In Art, Burlesque, Comedy, Community, Dance, Drag, Electro, Everything Else, Festival, Hobbies, Jazz, Kids, LGBTQAI+, Lifestyle, Literature, Musical performance, Musicals & Shows, New Media, Non Musical performance, Opera & Classical Voice, Orchestral, Other Music, Play, Political, Rock & Indie, Talk/Debate By Giselle

Top 10 Australia Culture On this week 14/06/2020 (COVID-19 EDITION)

Remember when photos of crispy koalas were trending? 10) Together with Chor Leoni 18th June What: JUNO-nominated Chor Leoni presents Together with Chor Leoni, an hour of choral beauty and connection. This is a curated online digital concert event, streamed in real time, and hosted by Artistic Director Erick Lichte....

07/06/2020 In Art, Ballet, Burlesque, Circus, Comedy, Community, Dance, Design/Architecture, DJ/Dance Party, Drag, Electro, Everything Else, Fashion, Festival, Film event, Hobbies, Jazz, LGBTQAI+, Lifestyle, Literature, Live Poetry, Music Festival, Musical performance, Musicals & Shows, New Media, Non Musical performance, Opera & Classical Voice, Orchestral, Other Music, Painting/Fine Art, Photography, Play, Political, Pop, Rap/Hip Hop, Rock & Indie, Sculpture, Talk/Debate By Giselle

Roll Up, Roll Up for the Luminato Festival Toronto

The appeal of the sideshow is one that has existed for millennia. No matter how enthralled you are to the main attraction, you aren't going to leave the fairground without getting acquainted with its weird off-brand sister. It's not difficult to understand the appeal of the sideshow....

07/06/2020 In Art, Burlesque, Comedy, Dance, Design/Architecture, Drag, Everything Else, Fashion, Festival, Film event, Hobbies, Jazz, LGBTQAI+, Lifestyle, Literature, Live Poetry, Musical performance, Musicals & Shows, New Media, Non Musical performance, Opera & Classical Voice, Orchestral, Other Music, Photography, Play, Talk/Debate By Giselle

The Curtain Rises, After ‘Offstage: Opening Night’

We could all use a little distraction right now. But, as it always has been, distraction would be used to alleviate discomfort and skate over vital issues in the name of what has come to be known as 'self-care'. The majority of us have been floating around...