There are few things left to take pleasure in at this particular point in time without a fair amount of forget juice. Whatever form that forget juice takes. Alcohol, battery acid, the tape-recorded and subsequently melted canon of Ohio Express injected directly into a main...
Gorge on excess (responsibly). 10) Something Digital presents Emergency Digital 4th February What: There is nowhere left to run. Australia’s new reality is embedded with large scale disasters that will change the way we live, consume, create and care for one another. As a knowledge economy, part of our strength...
It's the twilight of humanity and there's still 6 hours of contemporary dance to endure. 10) Dessert 4 Difference Bushfire Fundraiser 8th February What: A collaboration that brings you a night filled with plated desserts from some of Melbourne's best pastry chefs; Rod Shokuhi (Sixtene Melbourne, Jacques Reymond Restaurant, Stones...
You know times are getting radical when people start intentionally misspelling words. 10) 2020 Gandhi Lecture: The Fight for Human Rights 4th February What: Despite taking steps towards becoming a more equal and inclusive society for all, Australia has a problem with human rights. Indigenous Australians are the most...
It's time you sought the solace of a higher power. Get down on your knees and chug. 10) Inflatable Regatta 1st February What: Gather the crew and head off down 2kms of the Yarra River! A ticket includes a boat & oars, life jackets, a water-proof bag, sunscreen & drinking...
These are depressing times. Every moment of every day, in what has become some kind of self-hating vaguely pleasurable sadomasochistic relationship with the universe, we are reminded of how every move we make results in something catastrophic. It's no longer the pretty chaos theory of a butterfly...
If not now, when? Perhaps in about two weeks when the apocalypse truly hits. Nothing will be off the table then. 10) 'Choose Love' Screening 22nd January What: 'Choose Love' explores many different facets of forgiveness, addressing new scientific findings, and raising some important questions. The documentary describes a journey...
This week will really make you laugh. People who think that elucidating a problem will provoke a lasting change in mass consciousness are hilarious. 10) House | Museum #3 Conversation Series 22nd January What: The ‘house museum’, even if historically defined, still proves a fundamentally contemporary and elusive subject. Uniting...
Violently stab the beaten, twitching, unconscious body of culture to death...
It is the brain, the little grey cells, on which one must rely. Without a brain to react to the rapid consumption of 20 beers, how else would one be able to get through a story slam? 10) The Sydney Moth StorySLAM: ADVENTURE 21st January What: Prepare a five-minute story about an...