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West Australian Symphony Orchestra announces 2022 Emerging Conductor participants
Following an extensive application process, the West Australian Symphony Orchestra has announced the five participants in the organisation’s flagship Young and Emerging Artist...
Mar 3, 2022
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Women only swimming returns to Shepparton Aquamoves
Women only swimming will be making a return to Aquamoves this Sunday, with Greater Shepparton City Council again partnering with 'This Girl Can - Victoria' to deliver sessions...
Mar 3, 2022
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Australia’s largest annual heritage event to inspire curiosity
Australia’s largest annual heritage event to inspire curiosity Held across NSW from 1st April to 31st May, the Australian Heritage Festival 2022 has the theme of ‘Curiosity’ and...
Mar 3, 2022
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Global Wellness Summit spotlights trend of urban bathhouses
The Global Wellness Summit has spotlighted the trend for the celebration and revitalisation of historic bathing cultures by locals and tourists alike. Don Genders, chair of the...
Mar 2, 2022
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Art galleries and cultural hubs devastated by flooding
Art galleries, museums and cultural hubs and organisations in Queensland and northern NSW have been significantly impacted by the recent and ongoing extreme weather event with...
Mar 2, 2022
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ICC Sydney launches its second Reconciliation Action Plan
International Convention Centre Sydney (ICC Sydney) launched its second Reconciliation Action Plan at the city’s inaugural Business Sydney First Nations Forum yesterday,...
Mar 1, 2022
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Her Majesty’s Theatre in Adelaide secures major building award
Adelaide’s Her Majesty’s Theatre has secured the Commercial Construction ($60 million plus) Award at the Australian Institute of Building (AIB) Professional Excellence in...
Feb 28, 2022
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Adelaide Festival Centre Autumn 2022 season offers new children’s artspace, hit musicals and live concerts
Adelaide Festival Centre’s Autumn 2022 season includes the opening of the new Children’s Artspace gallery, hit musicals and live concerts, with free events at Festival Theatre’s...
Feb 28, 2022
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2022 Australian Festival of Chamber Music opens with powerful world premieres
Australian Festival of Chamber Music Artistic Director Jack Liebeck has unveiled his first program, and it leads with three powerful world premieres over the first three days,...
Feb 28, 2022
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Hobart’s MONA celebrates its one-star reviews in new advertising campaign
The Museum of Old and New Art in Hobart has released an advertising campaign featuring the one-star reviews it has received. The Best of Our Worst Reviews campaign, the...
Feb 28, 2022
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CLM relaunches internal Māori leadership programme
New Zealand facility manager CLM has restarted its internal Māori leadership programme, Kāhu Kōrako. Run under the kaupapa Aroora (wellbeing philosophy) and supported by Te Puni...
Feb 28, 2022
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Revitalised Pier 2/3 at Walsh Bay Arts Precinct to open to public in March
Following the completion of major construction works, Pier 2/3 at Walsh Bay Arts Precinct, located on the foreshore of Sydney Harbour, will officially open to the public in...
Feb 27, 2022
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Rockhampton Museum of Art officially opens and spotlights launch commission
The new $36.5 million Rockhampton Museum of Art has officially opened with the new gallery precinct (six times the size of the previous building) featuring permanent and touring...
Feb 26, 2022
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Dubai celebrates the opening of its Museum of the Future
Dubai has opened its Museum of the Future located next to the Emirates Towers on Sheikh Zayed Road and spanning an impressive 30,000 square metres it comprises seven stories...
Feb 22, 2022
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Surf Coast Cultural Centre concept plans include redevelopment of Australian National Surfing Museum
Surf Coast Shire Council has approved concept plans and a business case for the two-stage development of Surf Coast Cultural Centre in Torquay’s Surf City precinct with the...
Feb 22, 2022
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Anantara Anji Resort offers eco-tourism destination in China
Anantara is expanding its luxury eco-destination offerings by opening Anji Resort in northwestern Zhejiang Province with the property featuring a fitness centre and Anantara Spa...
Feb 21, 2022
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New arts professionals appointed to assist Northern Territory Government arts and culture program
21 new arts peers have been appointed for three-year terms to the Arts NT Register of Peers with a further 10 having been reappointed - the diverse group of arts professionals...
Feb 18, 2022
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Remix Summit to support the recovery and reinvention of Australia's creative industries
Following a challenging period for the creative sector, Australia's largest creative industries conference REMIX Summits returns with the 2022 edition, ‘A Changing World’...
Feb 18, 2022
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Powerhouse Parramatta welcomes $5 million investment by Vitocco family
Powerhouse Parramatta has announced a $5 million investment in their future by the South Western Sydney Vitocco family with the significant philanthropic commitment aimed at...
Feb 16, 2022
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2022 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Fair Day features First Nations Circle and four event stages
Fair Day – one of the largest free community events of the season returns to Sydney’s Victoria Park on Sunday 20th February kicking off the opening weekend of the 2022 Sydney...
Feb 15, 2022
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Garden of Unearthly Delights celebrates 20th anniversary with cabaret, circus and live music
The Garden of Unearthly Delights - one of Australia’s most vibrant and dynamic festival precincts - is celebrating its 20th year in 2022 and will officially open to the public...
Feb 15, 2022
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Melbourne Opera to present first regional staging of Wagner’s epic Ring Cycle
The acclaimed Melbourne Opera will present Richard Wagner’s epic Ring Cycle in Bendigo – the first regional staging of one of the biggest productions in all the performing arts....
Feb 15, 2022
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Review into sexual harassment and systemic discrimination in Australian music industry invites input
A “broad cultural review” into ‘sexual harm, sexual harassment and systemic discrimination’ in the Australian music industry is underway with the chosen consultants Alex...
Feb 15, 2022
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VicHealth launches JumpStart initiative to fund grassroots projects for young people across Victoria
Health promotion foundation VicHealth has today launched JumpStart! – an initiative to fund hundreds of grassroots projects across Victoria empowering community organisations to...
Feb 14, 2022
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