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Woman in white dress crouching on floor in shadow, black and white.
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Introspective and spiritual, Buxton Contemporary's new exhibition, The Veil

Runs from 27 June to 1 November 2025.

A dinner table set on a small theatre stage with six First Nations women plus one host sitting down and having conversations.
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Event review: Table for 6, Yirramboi Festival

Six trailblazing First Nations women shared casual conversations over dinner – they didn't need scripts to deliver a powerful show.

A quarter of saxophonists in black near a singer with one arm in the air. She is in red.
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Music review: Hollywood Songbook, Melbourne Recital Centre

A quartet of woodwinds and a cabaret singer with opera training in a harmonious partnership.

In the centre of the crowd of people is a woman with short pink hair and earrings wearing an aqua leather jacket.

Q-Lit is Victoria’s new festival of queer writers and storytellers

Over 60 LGBTQIA+ writers and artists will be in attendance at Q-Lit's first festival.

A nightclub scene with young people dancing.
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Theatre review: St Kilda Tales: A Performance Rave: Explosives Factory

Raimondo Cortese's 2001 play is revisited in this new production.

A large sculpture of fish and chips in white paper wrapping.
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Exhibition review: The Dirty Dozen, Melbourne Town Hall

A celebration of Melbourne food past and present. 

Two young women and three young men are dancing outside a house.
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Theatre review: The Comeuppance, Red Stitch Actors' Theatre

A kitchen sink drama that’s uplifted by exceptional performances .

A rapper dressed in pink matching top and pants holding a microphone inside an elaborately decorated bus.
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Pakistani sensation behind ‘BLOCKBUSTER’ arriving in Melbourne for free concert

Experience the joy that made 'BLOCKBUSTER' viral at a free concert on 7 June as part of RISING.

A man standing opposite a real life sculpture of him in a firefighter uniform, point at each other. People.
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Turning people with no interest in art, into art

Australian sculptor Sam Jinks has made hyperrealistic works of everyday people and calls the project 'a fascinating experiment'.

A steel installation with a video projection screen on the right hand side, resembling a ramp for motorcycle stunts. It is installed inside a dark gallery space.
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Exhibition review: Tina Stefanou, You Can't See Speed, ACCA

‘You Can’t See Speed’ is a cinematic roller-coaster by Tina Stefanou, featuring blind motorcyclist Matthew Cassar.

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