Posted by Audrey Lee on August 20, 2010
Sydneysiders: unless you were raised by wolves – and are currently cohabitating with them still – you’ve probably already caught wind of the eagerly anticipated Sydney Fringe festival. Taking over more than 20 venues in the Inner West of Sydney from September 10 till 26, the festival program boasts a generous mix of live music, musical theatre, theatre, comedy, poetry, dance, art exhibitions and festive cheer all presented over the course of 17 exhilarating days.
Cabaret meets comedy in It’s Time to Sparkle Darlings. The show takes you through the life of an old washed-up singer, towing along an evening of old Vegas show tunes that will make you laugh and cry at the same time. Or perhaps you’re feeling a little “Picasso”, why not get those creative juices flowing? Kluster's friends at May Street Studios are throwing open their doors to the art-curious public; meander through the Artists Open Studio and 'Have-a-go' Workshops and engage in a creative technique or two. As we recently announced The 4th Annual Sydney Underground Film Festival returns this year as part of the official festival program, with 18 delightful sessions and over 100 films for you to watch till your heart’s content.
The Sydney Fringe is popping up in venues across Newtown, Marrickville, Enmore and Surry Hills. Hop over to their website to purchase tickets or to download the program guide.
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Posted by Penny Cropper on August 17, 2010
The brilliant cycling tour that was Small Stories Big Picture, where punters armed with Lomo cameras and pushbikes took to the streets of Surry Hills to capture the secrets that lie within, is now finished. But it won’t be forgotten just yet, with a closing party tomorrow night (Wednesday, August 18) at the Beresford Hotel to show off the amazing images taken during the three-day event.
The tours started and ended at Cloth and Metalab, and along the way, participants collected stories from retailers, cafes and designers, and went their own way looking for the essence of Surry Hills.
The pictures will be on display for a few weeks, so if you can’t make it to the party, make sure you get on down at some stage for a peek and see if you can’t discover something you didn’t know about the creative streets of Surry Hills, as depicted by these valiant camera-wielding enthusiasts as part of the Sydney Design 2010 festival.
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Posted by Penny Cropper on August 17, 2010
Attention motorcycle enthusiasts: get yourself and your faithful ride to Deus Ex Machina’s Festival of the Parallel Twin Motorcycle in Camperdown on Saturday 28th August. Infinite riches await you in the festival’s show and shine contest, as well as door prizes including a dinner for two at the Deus Café.
For those with no steed but a desire to drool at others’, the unveiling of the Tagand Springer W650 edition could well make your Saturday and/or whole year.
Sure to be a fun and testosterone-filled day.
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Posted by Alex Barber on July 2, 2010
Emerging Melbourne artist, Nadine Mannering exhibits her first solo show at Off the Kerb Gallery and Studios from Friday, 2 July. Mask Of Sanity – Portrait of the Female Killer delves into psyche of female serial killers, an unexpected but fascinating theme for the artist.
Opening night kicks off tonight at 6.30 pm and the exhibition runs until July 23. Stop watching Dexter reruns and check it out.
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Posted by KB on June 25, 2010
Think you know your food? Can you name the herbs used in a coq au vin? Could you take on anyone in a MasterChef-style taste test? Then it’s time to get out of the kitchen and into the pub with foodie trivia at Balmain’s Riverview Hotel.
Every Monday night, teams will test their brain cells and taste buds in an attempt to score some great prizes like wine and dinner vouchers. At the end of 12 weeks, the best performing team overall picks up a degustation for 10 people at the Riverview’s fabulous dining room.
We went along for the first week on Monday to see where we stand in the world of food snobbery. We came up a bit short on cocktail ingredients and foods in Nat King Cole songs, but surprised ourselves by picking the vintage of wine in a taste test. The Kluster team didn’t win, but coming in fourth with only two team members isn’t too bad. We’re definitely going back next week.
For all the details, visit the Riverview Hotel website.
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Posted by Andy Ryan on June 11, 2010
A year ago sixteen shows featuring more than 140 Sydney artists were arranged to help save community radio station FBi. A certain multi-millionaire fly boy had left them in the lurch, so it was up to the poor struggling musos to chip in and play to help raise funds to keep FBi on air. Twelve months down the track and the station is going great guns so they have decided to make an annual mid-winter showcase of this city’s diverse musical talent in the form of Sydney Sounds Like, comprising four special shows this July.
A showcase of the station’s resident DJs will kick off festivities at a late night dance tunes extravaganza Cuddle Puddle, which takes over the whole of the Oxford Art Factory July 9. An embarrassment of riches awaits the next day at the all ages Choose Your Own Adventure mini festival with four rooms of the Factory Theatre brimming with bands, comedians, DJs and artists.
The hot ticket event of last year – The Stolen Records Gala Ball – makes a return visit July 16 with Sydney hip hop’s leading lights Koolism, Thundamentals and Ozi Batla fronting the black tie, big beats gala event. And to ensure things go out with a bang, The Final Fling mooches into the Metro July 17 with The Presets, the Philly Jays, Parades, Purple Sneakers DJs, Pluto Jonze and a whole lotta other bands and DJs not starting with ‘P’. Check out Sydney Sounds Like for all the details.
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Posted by kluster on May 26, 2010
Night Two of the Even Books Le First Ever Readers Festival was a books-on-film based affair, hosted in the welcoming space that is CuriousWorks.
As our fellow city-mates would be aware, Saturday night in Sydney was a miserable affair. Incessant rain and mid-winter temperatures combined resulted in the creation of a rather unwelcoming conurbation.
Not to be swayed by some blowing winds and a bit of sky water, a group of adventurous literarily-and-film-inclined individuals braved the night, nursing wounded heads as a result of the reportedly raucous activities experienced at the festival’s opening night party, The Library of Unwritten Books at Performance Space at CarriageWorks.
The tone of the event was, suitably, set to low-key. More...
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Posted by KB on May 20, 2010
Just in time for the chilly winter weather, the streets of East Sydney have revealed another cosy hidey-hole for enjoying warming lunches and post-dinner drinks.
Stanley Street Station, which sits on the corner of Stanley and Crown Streets in East Sydney, launched last week with a bang – a night of music, food and cocktails. As we sipped our Moore Club cocktails (a tart pink tribute to Lord Mayor Clover Moore), DJ Money Man and the burlesque-looking songstress Anikiko made sure we were entertained. Food came in the form of mini-mes from the full menu: sautéed school prawns with aioli, beef cheek and shitake pies and lemon tarts.
We snuck back in the next day to see what Stanley Street Station looked like without the roaring crowd, and found a bright, airy dining space, with a couch corner perfect for canoodling. The lunch/dinner menu is a small, but comprehensive, list of larger dishes, plus a good selection of “smalls”, perfect for bar snacking or sharing with a group.
Keep your eyes peeled for the specials too. We nabbed a totally rockin’ smoked salmon and grilled vegetable sandwich on rye for a measly $8.50. If that’s not awesome value, we don’t know what is.
Stanley Street Station can be found on the corner of Stanley and Crown Streets, East Sydney.
You can get lunch and dinner Mon-Sat from noon-midnight and Sundays noon-11pm.
Breakfast is served Sat-Sun 8am-2pm.
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Posted by kluster on May 10, 2010
Ksubi
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Posted by KB on April 30, 2010
Did you see the program for the upcoming Sydney Writers’ Festival and feel a bit left out? Fear not, there’s a festival on the horizon that’s putting the readers first and foremost.
Even Books' Le first ever Sydney readers’ Festival, held May 21-23, features a series of events dedicated to the art of reading and, of course, to those who practise it. There’s the Library of Unwritten Books, where anyone can submit their stories; Read This Screen, a night where movies meet books (Twilight fans need not apply); and Reading Reclaims Redfern, a roaming readathon through the streets of Redfern.
For all the info, and to find out which of your friends will be getting their reading glasses on, check out the Even Books Facebook page.
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Posted by KB on March 3, 2010
Sydney’s annual Vivid festival is returning for another year, this time with the legendary Lou Reed and his co-performer Laurie Anderson as curators.
Last year, the lighting of the Sydney Opera House sails as part of Vivid was seen by 60 million people globally, but the festival has so much more to offer. It’s essentially a festival of four complementary parts: Vivid Live, Sydney Opera House Live shows; Vivid Lights, Macquarie Visions and Fire Water; Vivid Music, Song Summit 2010; and Vivid Ideas, Creative Sydney and the X Media Lab.
According to co-curator, Laurie Anderson, the Vivid Live section of the four-part festival will give attendees a chance to "jump off their street"; out of their comfort zone and into new creative experiences.
Vivid Sydney will be lighting up the city from 27 May to 21 June.
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Posted by KB on February 15, 2010
Sydney’s home of all things cabaret, Slide, recently launched their program of events for 2010 with a spectacular showcase, and Kluster was there to check out what’s on offer.
Hosted by Yumi Stynes (of Channel 10’s The Circle), the VIP evening featured tantalising tastes of the Slide line-up, with a new 15-minute performance every 45 minutes. As we quaffed signature Slide cocktails and grazed on canapés, we heard from the original Neighbours crooner Barry Crocker, sang along to Motown tribute the Super Supremes and stood awestruck at the death defying aerial acts of El Circo. Unexpected highlight of the night was chef Manu Fieldel busting out some impromptu moves on the dancefoor.
For all the details of what’s on, check out the Slide website.
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