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Inside NORPA’s vision for a new home, The Joinery. L-R: AD Julian Louis, architect John Choi, Executive Director Libby Lincoln.
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NORPA launches fundraising campaign to buy and create flood-resistant new Lismore home

The Joinery aims to become a flood-resilient cultural hub for the Northern Rivers region’s performing arts sector.

G Flip is just one of the biggest trending artists represented in this year's Triple J Hottest 100. (Image: Supplied)
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'Who's Chappell Roan?' – a guide to the Triple J Hottest 100

The Triple J Hottest 100 can too often leave everyone but Gen Z behind. There's plenty of great music for…

A photographic work depicting two Asian men with eyes closed and a leafy branch reading between them, rendered on grid paper.
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Opportunities and awards

Grants open for applications, plus winners of GradFoto award, finalists of National Designer Award and National Graduate Showcase, and more!

Laura Quinkan Indigenous Dance Festival is hoping to proceed in 2026.
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Cape York's Laura Quinkan Indigenous Dance Festival delayed following management review

The Festival has run biennially for 40 years, but will not proceed in 2025 amid organisational challenges.

Two female performers are entwined on a trapeze.
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Performance review: Tender, Gasworks, midsumma festival

A sexy production for fans of aerial performance.

The album cover of Slowly Slowly's 'Forgiving Spree' feature male figures in black and white, with their heads not in frame.
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Album review: Forgiving Spree, Slowly Slowly

The new album is slowly gathering success for this pop punk and indie rock band.

Splendour in the Grass has confirmed it won't return in 2025.
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Splendour in the Grass won't return in 2025, showing a festival sector in crisis

Splendour in the Grass has confirmed it won't return again in 2025. Questions abound about the sustainability of the Australian…

A crowd sitting on chairs under the night sky in federation square, an open-air area with a large screen.
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Federation Square 'Open Air at the Square' experiences are back this summer

The program features silent cinema and blockbuster films on the big screen, as well as musical performances.

Opinions & Analysis

Beyond race, is Country: the MTC's '37'

The restaging of Nathan Maynard's hit play from last year is an important contribution to the ongoing discussion of racism…

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Performance review: The Hanky Code, FRINGE WORLD

What does a hanky have to do with your sexual journey?

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