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Books bound in human flesh found on Harvard’s shelves
You may love libraries, but would you want to spend your afterlife in one?
Classical music to strengthen regional ties
The heads of 11 elite tertiary music schools from across the Asia Pacific region are meeting in Sydney this week.
False Christs, serial killers, and the dole queue
Australian-made musicals are like buses – you wait for one for ages, then three come along at once.
Next Wave offers up new narratives and new visions
Next Wave Artistic Director Emily Sexton says the 2014 festival offers up a new way of imagining of the world.
Collingwood homecoming shifts circus focus
The opening of Circus Oz’s new headquarters in Melbourne will have a flow-on effect to the entire circus sector.
Class barriers locking kids out of culture
It is getting harder for working class kids to get a start in the arts. The result is inequity and…
The yawning gap in Adelaide’s arts ecology
Why does South Australia's theatre sector lack an equivalent of Belvoir, Griffin, La Boite and the Malthouse?
Regional Arts Australia puts Long Paddock out to tender
Expressions of interest sought from individuals, organisations and consortia to manage live and online touring support programs.
Meet South Australia’s new Arts Minister
The Labor Right Minister's portfolios also include Defence Industries, Health, and Mental Health and Substance Abuse.
Murder and imagination: Attenborough on Macbeth
Queensland's Super Star Fund is delivering a new prize this week, Macbeth, directed by British darling Michael Attenborough.