Bankstown Arts Centre: Craft Alive – Craft for Care and Connection

Bankstown Arts Centre 5 Olympic Parade, Bankstown, NSW, Australia
Join Bankstown Arts Centre for Craft Alive: Craft for Care and Connection! Our second Art Nights: Culture Alive event will continue to showcase Bankstown as a thriving festival of culture, with music, creative workshops, crafts markets and exhibitions. The program spotlights how craft is intertwined with design and its role…

Fane & Andrew Kay: An Evening with Fran Lebowitz

QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, QLD, Australia
Lebowitz will take to the stage for one night to share her invariably cutting take on anything and everything; from growing up in New Jersey and being expelled from her high school for being a “pernicious influence” on her peers, to moving to New York City in the 70’s, and…

Fane & Andrew Kay: An Evening with Fran Lebowitz

Perth Concert Hall 5 St Georges Terrace, Perth, WA, Australia
Lebowitz will take to the stage for one night to share her invariably cutting take on anything and everything; from growing up in New Jersey and being expelled from her high school for being a “pernicious influence” on her peers, to moving to New York City in the 70’s, and…
Event Series Lost in Shanghai

Darwin Entertainment Centre: Lost in Shanghai

Darwin Entertainment Centre Darwin, NT, Australia
Throughout her adventurous journalism career, one story has intrigued Jane Hutcheon more than any other: the story of her mother Beatrice’s turbulent childhood in pre-Communist Shanghai. It’s the tale of an ordinary Eurasian family in extraordinary times, set against a backdrop of fading colonial opulence and looming war. After visiting…

Rigpa Sydney: What Does Love Look Like to You?

Temple on the Park 158 Australia St, Newtown, NSW, Australia
What does love look like to you? What does it mean? How do we create it? How do we unlock it? In celebration of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, Rigpa Sydney, a Tibetan Buddhist meditation centre in Newtown, invites everyone to an interfaith evening exploration of love. Rigpa’s…
Event Series Lost in Shanghai

Darwin Entertainment Centre: Lost in Shanghai

Darwin Entertainment Centre Darwin, NT, Australia
Throughout her adventurous journalism career, one story has intrigued Jane Hutcheon more than any other: the story of her mother Beatrice’s turbulent childhood in pre-Communist Shanghai. It’s the tale of an ordinary Eurasian family in extraordinary times, set against a backdrop of fading colonial opulence and looming war. After visiting…
Event Series Lost in Shanghai

Darwin Entertainment Centre: Lost in Shanghai

Darwin Entertainment Centre Darwin, NT, Australia
Throughout her adventurous journalism career, one story has intrigued Jane Hutcheon more than any other: the story of her mother Beatrice’s turbulent childhood in pre-Communist Shanghai. It’s the tale of an ordinary Eurasian family in extraordinary times, set against a backdrop of fading colonial opulence and looming war. After visiting…

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Orange Chamber Music Festival: Morning Chat & Melodies

Orange Regional Gallery Byng St, Orange, NSW, Australia
With its exceptional vineyards, hatted restaurants and annual chamber music festival, Orange is the place to be. Violinist Zoe Freisberg, clarinettist Lloyd Van’t Hoff and pianist Vatche Jambazian join forces for a folk celebration including Stravinsky’s L’Histoire du soldat, Bartók’s Romanian Folk Dances and Paul Schoenfield’s klezmer-style Freylakh; International Women’s Day sees Ensemble Trivium…

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Masterclass with Raehann Bryce-Davis

Iwaki Auditorium 130 Southbank Blvd, Southbank, VIC, Australia
Raehann Bryce-Davis has been hailed by The New York Times as a "striking mezzo-soprano" and by the San Francisco Chronicle for her "electrifying sense of fearlessness." At this masterclass, she will offer artistic and technical learnings for vocalists from Melba Opera Trust, and offer insights and behind-the-scenes knowledge for all…

University of Tasmania: Wild Music

The Hedberg 19-27 Campbell St, Hobart, TAS, Australia
What does danger sound like? What tempo expresses exhilaration? What chords and rhythms communicate the essence of a backcountry experience? What happens when the wildness of trail, river, and mountain intrude on the velvet seats and hushed silences of the concert hall? Adventurer-Composer Stephen Lias thinks a lot about these…

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: An Evening with Jaime Martín & Raehann Bryce-Davis

Iwaki Auditorium 130 Southbank Blvd, Southbank, VIC, Australia
In the first of our four 2024 Guests of Note series, join the MSO’s Maestro Jaime Martín and mezzo-soprano Raehann Bryce-Davis, for an intimate evening of conversation, fine food, wine – and of course music! – as we raise funds for the MSO’s Artistic Program. All funds raised will support…

Event Series For the Love of Music

Australian Chamber Orchestra: For the Love of Music

QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, QLD, Australia
Warning – this is not your typical classical music concert. Chart-topping podcasters and beloved ABC journalists Annabel Crabb and Leigh Sales of Chat 10 Looks 3 join Richard Tognetti and one of the world’s greatest chamber orchestras, the Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO), for a night of irreverence, fun and awe-inspiring music.…

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