05/04/2020 In Art, Dance, Fashion, Film event, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Literature, Musical performance, Musicals & Shows, New Media, Non Musical performance, Opera & Classical Voice, Other Music, Play By Giselle

Point the Blade Away From Yourself with the Bavarian State Opera’s 7 Deaths of Maria Callas

COVID-19 makes for strange bedfellows. In quarantine, previously unknown aspects of the people with whom you share a space and perhaps blood can emerge as a result of lack of external stimuli and under a harsher light than usual, because you're dealing with your own aching,...

04/04/2020 In Art, Comedy, Dance, Design/Architecture, Environment, Everything Else, Fashion, Festival, Film event, Hobbies, Horticulture, Jazz, Kids, Lifestyle, Literature, Musical performance, Musicals & Shows, New Media, Non Musical performance, Opera & Classical Voice, Orchestral, Other Music, Painting/Fine Art, Pet, Photography, Play, Rock & Indie, Sculpture, Talk/Debate By Giselle

Top 10 Australia Culture On this week 05/04/2020 (COVID-19 EDITION)

Sipping Drambuie from the Millennium New Year is a perfectly healthy pastime. 10) Taronga TV 5th-11th April What: Wonder what the animals are up to while the Zoo is temporarily closed? It's zoo-as-usual for the 4,000 animals in Taronga's care - and they're giving you a sneak peak! Over the...

04/04/2020 In Art, Burlesque, Circus, Comedy, Dance, Dating, DJ/Dance Party, Drag, Electro, Fashion, Festival, Film event, Health, Hobbies, Home, Jazz, Lifestyle, Musical performance, Musicals & Shows, New Media, Non Musical performance, Other Music, Play, Pop, Rap/Hip Hop, Rock & Indie, Talk/Debate By Giselle

Top 10 Australia Revelry On this week 05/04/2020 (COVID-19 EDITION)

Whisky, anyone? 10) Charli XCX: Live 5th April What: After a week off, the pop singer Charli XCX is back for another week of streaming programming. This live Instagram edition will feature a makeup tutorial with Zara Larsson. Why: It can be genuinely heartening to discover the hidden facets within yourself or...

29/03/2020 In Art, Circus, Dance, Dating, Design/Architecture, DJ/Dance Party, Electro, Everything Else, Fashion, Festival, Film event, Food and Beverage, Hobbies, Home, Lifestyle, Music Festival, Musical performance, Musicals & Shows, New Media, Non Musical performance, Other, Other Music, Photography, Pop, Rap/Hip Hop, Rock & Indie, Talk/Debate By Giselle

You Will Live to Hate Again with Digital Fort

These are interesting times. That's something people used to say when something mildly odd happened as a way to spruce up the slow, milquetoast march towards obsolescence and eventual quiet death we were facing in 2019. Sure, some truly interesting and horrifying events happened during 2019 and...

28/03/2020 In Art, Burlesque, Community, Dance, Design/Architecture, Everything Else, Fashion, Festival, Film event, Hobbies, Jazz, Kids, Lifestyle, Literature, Music Festival, Musical performance, Musicals & Shows, New Media, Non Musical performance, Opera & Classical Voice, Orchestral, Other Music, Painting/Fine Art, Pet, Photography, Play, Rock & Indie, Sculpture By Giselle

Top 10 Australia Culture On this week 29/03/2020 (COVID-19 EDITION)

Thought native Celtic harp music would never be relevant to your life? Well you probably thought you'd never have to spend weeks in quarantine as a result of a mass pandemic. It turns out those two mistaken beliefs are not unrelated. 10) Cincinnati Zoo Live 29th March-4th April What: The...

23/03/2020 In Art, Community, Dance, DJ/Dance Party, Electro, Everything Else, Fashion, Festival, Film event, Health, Hobbies, Jazz, Lifestyle, Literature, Live Poetry, Music Festival, Musical performance, New Media, Non Musical performance, Other Music, Pop, Rap/Hip Hop, Rock & Indie, Talk/Debate By Giselle

Better Than Real at Really Nice Fest

Reminiscing about the recent past is complex. It is somewhat comforting reflecting upon life before the lock-down in which we were only at the behest of the sudden, dangerous rise of warmongering political right wing leaders, nuclear Armageddon, an environmental holocaust and world war three. Until you...

22/03/2020 In Art, Comedy, Dance, Design/Architecture, Everything Else, Fashion, Festival, Film event, Hobbies, Kids, Lifestyle, Literature, Live Poetry, Musical performance, Musicals & Shows, New Media, Non Musical performance, Opera & Classical Voice, Orchestral, Other Music, Painting/Fine Art, Photography, Play, Pop, Rock & Indie, Science, Sculpture, Talk/Debate By Giselle

Top 10 Australia Culture On this week 22/03/2020 (COVID-19 EDITION)

This is our COVID-19 survival edition. Sure, for the time being, you can no longer go outside in an ascot, loudly barking the names of random French philosophers in a crowded area to prove that you're a cultured, intellectual person. But that doesn't mean you...

14/03/2020 In Art, Comedy, Dance, Design/Architecture, Everything Else, Festival, Film event, Food and Beverage, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Literature, Live Poetry, Musical performance, Musicals & Shows, New Media, Non Musical performance, Other Music, Painting/Fine Art, Photography, Play, Pop, Rock & Indie, Sculpture, Talk/Debate By Giselle

Top 10 Sydney Culture On this week 15/03/2020

Don't think. Drink. 10) Australian Tattoo Expo 20th-22nd March What: Celebrating its 11th year in Sydney, the Australian Tattoo Expo is back! With an emphasis on talent, Australian Tattoo Expo invites the public to come and experience the Tattoo Industry up close and personal. With over 350 talented artists under...

08/03/2020 In Art, Ballet, Community, Dance, Design/Architecture, Electro, Environment, Everything Else, Fashion, Festival, Film event, Food and Beverage, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Literature, Live Poetry, Musical performance, New Media, Non Musical performance, Other Music, Painting/Fine Art, Photography, Play, Political, Science, Sculpture, Talk/Debate By Giselle

Teach Your Children Well at the Biennale of Sydney

More strikingly than ever there's a collective burning desire to nix partisan pettiness in favour of a united front. Perhaps because we're, as a species, facing a pandemic that kills almost indiscriminately. The only group of people who seem largely unaffected are children. Arguably some of...

07/03/2020 In Art, Circus, Comedy, Community, Dance, Design/Architecture, DJ/Dance Party, Electro, Environment, Everything Else, Fashion, Festival, Film event, Food and Beverage, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Musical performance, New Media, Non Musical performance, Orchestral, Other Music, Other sports, Painting/Fine Art, Photography, Play, Political, Pop, Science, Sculpture, Sport & Games, Talk/Debate By Giselle

Top 10 Melbourne Culture On this week 08/03/2020

Exotic constipation, by design. 10) Derek Gripper (Live) 10th March What: Derek Gripper is a classical guitarist who has taken a unique path. As a South African classical musician he felt limited by the music of the traditional classical guitar and so went on a journey through different musical styles,...