Many Brisbane residents harbour fond memories of the old theatre that has perched on the corner of Brunswick and Barker Streets for almost 100 years. Next week, the iconic venue will reopen as New Farm Cinemas. more
Unwelcome iTunes updates, matches left hanging on Tinder, the shame of a bad spray tan – these are the problems of #FirstWorldWhiteGirls. more
Local playwrights, actors and captive audiences will congregate at Redland Performing Arts Centre in Cleveland this weekend for a festival of live theatre. more
Animation geeks can get their film fix next Tuesday July 29 as QUT screens six shorts at Origins: Early Animation Experiments on 16 mm Film in West End. more
In a send off for both Gary Carsley’s Sciencefictive and collective exhibition The Working Life, the IMA will host a garden party this weekend. more
Malaysian-Australian slam poet and hip-hop artist Omar Musa has released three hip-hop albums and two poetry books, appeared on Q&A and won hearts at TEDxSydney. And now he’s set to release his debut novel, Here Come The Dogs. Part prose, part verse, the novel captures the urgent language and hip-hop rhythms of Omar’s usually spoken word and places it on the page. Creating a window into the youth of contemporary multicultural Australia, Here Come The Dogs follows the lives of three disaffected, hedonistic, aspirational and sometimes violent young men. Supported by Brisbane slam poet and author of The Future Ancients Luka Lesson and DJ Butch Daddy, Omar will launch the book at Black Bear Lodge on Wednesday July 30 from 7:00 pm. Watch his TEDxSydney appearance here and find tickets to Wednesday’s book launch via Riverbend Books & Teahouse. more
Boasting kids’ rides, live entertainment, market stalls and a colourful parade, the southside’s oldest street fair will unite Morningside residents this Sunday. more
A traditional Latin fiesta will be bursting on to Brisbane’s streets this Sunday, as the Colombian Independence Day Street Festival launches for the first time in Fortitude Valley. more
Pause for thought and consider the new realm of video art when Hiraki Sawa’s O opens at GOMA this weekend. more
Dance, original film and live music combine for the world-premiere season of Expressions Dance Company's The Red Shoes. more
QUT’s Creative Industries Precinct will once again transform into the live performance hub of Theatre Republic as part of Brisbane Festival this September. more
Award-winning Brisbane playwright Elaine Acworth has penned brilliant new production Gloria, which will be premiered at Queensland Theatre Company this weekend. more
After a sold-out season in 2012, shake & stir theatre co’s production of 1984 by George Orwell returns to QPAC this week. Directed by Michael Futcher, the literary masterpiece turned stage play follows the plight of the citizens of the fictional Oceania – a war-ridden nation, where cameras watch every move. The hero of the story, Winston Smith spends his days rewriting history to align the past with the current political agenda, while by night pursues a forbidden love affair. Running until August 2, this modern interpretation engages the gripping storyline of the original novel, presented against a digital backdrop. more
Using condemned hospital linens (hospital laundry fabrics that have become unfit for use and are destined for incineration) at its base, Lamentation is a solo exhibition by Karike Ashworth. Exhibiting at The Hold Artspace in West End, this new body of work is informed by the systems, processes and emotions surrounding death and dying, and the shared anonymity between the linens and terminally ill hospital patients. The opening evening will also feature a panel discussion on the topic of ‘inquiries into the private made public’. The exhibition runs July 16–19, with the opening night this Thursday July 17. more
Weep, chuckle and marvel your way through the Nordic region via the inaugural Scandinavian Film Festival 2014. more
Bon vivants best make a beeline to South Bank Parklands this weekend as the Total Brisbane French Festival swings in to South Bank Parklands. more
As the anticipation builds for the upcoming Brisbane Festival, some of the nation’s finest creatives are preparing to unleash an adaptation of psychological thriller, A Doll’s House. more
Marrying yoga, rollerblading, comedy, piano and cabaret, Confessions of a Control Freak is Judith Wright Centre’s latest cabaret show. more
The interdisciplinary One Word exhibition takes a look at our city through the eyes of Brisbane's young inhabitants. more
Local artist Megan Cope has drawn inspiration from cartographic records to create her new exhibition, Twice Removed. more
