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Two panels. On the left is of a young man on a lounge chair. On the right is the cover of a book, 'Painting portraits of everyone I've ever date.' It is orange and features a woman in white on a chair with two women in brown attending to her.
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Book review: Painting Portraits of Everyone I’ve Ever Dated, Joseph Earp

The intertwining of art and love features in this funny sophomore novel.

Two panels. On the left is photo of elderly Indian woman with glasses wearing a white jacket. On the right is the cover of book 'Heart Lamp' which features a young woman lying on a bed.
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Book review: Heart Lamp, Banu Mushtaq

This year's Booker Prize winner, 'Heart Lamp', certainly deserves the accolade.

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Musical review: Promise and Promiscuity, Chapel off Chapel

An energetic musical romp through assorted well-known Austen tropes.

An installation at Mona (Museum of Old and New Art) where molten steel drips from the ceiling and create massive sparks. Some visitors look on from a bench.
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Exhibition review: Arcangelo Sassolino: in the end, the beginning, Mona

Contemplations around life and destruction are provoked by the first Australian exhibition by Italian artist Arcangelo Sassolino.

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Performance review: The Lost Things, Sydney Opera House

Worlds away from spoon-bending and other simple tricks, Scott Silven’s new show is magic – but not as we know…

Person with yellow sandshoes holding up a banner with text on it about plants. OpenField
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Festival review: OpenField, Berry

A regional festival that trades on being genuine.

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Performance review: Psychopomp, Taylor Square Substation, Pride Fest

An existential foxtrot with life and death.

Two panels. On the left is a young man standing in a field with livestock in the distance. On the right is the cover of a book, "The Foal in the Wire', which features a painting of a head of a brown horse.
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Book review: The Foal in the Wire, Robbie Coburn

A verse novel that tracks the intertwined paths of two teenagers after they care for an injured foal.

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Cabaret review: Skank Sinatra, The Loading Dock, Pride Fest

Skank Sinatra, doing it her way.

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Theatre review: The Spare Room, Belvoir St Theatre

Based on the Helen Garner book, this play is a study of terminal illness from the point of view of…

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