For one night only 7 of Sydney’s best Restaurateurs and Front of House Managers serve up a 6 course feast – part of the Crave Festival

Seven of Sydney’s most outstanding Restaurateurs and Front of House Managers gather on one special night to present signature dishes from their restaurants matched to their favourite wine. Sarah Wilson will MC this fun evening of beautiful food and wine and top service.

The All Stars are donating their time and food/wine to allow proceeds from the evening to support StreetSmart Australia.  The event has been kindly support by The Sydney International Food Festival – CRAVE.

Your Front Of House All Stars are:
Tim Connell – Coast
Sam Christie – Longrain
John Fink – Otto
Howard Flannigan – Bistrode CBD (with Jeremy Strode)
Colin Nelson/Charles Leung – Sailors Thai (with Janni Kyritsis — ex MG Garage)
Stuart Knox – Fix St James

When: Sunday 24th October 2010 – 6:30pm for 7pm
Where: Coast Restaurant, Cockle Bay Wharf
Price: $155.00 per person, 6 courses with wine all inclusive

Bookings and Enquiries:
Phone: 02 9267 6700
Email: reservations {at} coastrestaurant.com(.)au

“It’s with immense excitement that I finally announce the Asperatus prints will be released late October with pre-orders now available
from www.matthuynh.com

Archival giclee printing: Signed and titled. 100% Cotton Hahnemule Photo Rag paper. 297 x 420 mm. Black linen portfolio. Black foil stamp deboss. Secured under white ribbon. 180 AUD

I have been working hard to honor last Winter’s work with a diligent service to the production of prints intimately aligned with my
intentions and aspirations for their proper presentation, and am very proud of the results.”

www.matthuynh.com

Monstrosity Gallery is proud to present a series of amazing illustrations by Louie Joyce.

“Louie Joyce is an Illustrator and Graphic Designer based in Kings Cross, Sydney. His love for comics, both the strong graphic imagery and narrative, is something he tries to distill into single images – moments that exist within larger events, stories or lives.”

Exhibition runs from September 24-October 15. Gallery open 11am-6pm (Closed Tuesdays) and by appointment.

Monstrosity Gallery
93 Bourke St Woolloomooloo
t: +61 2 8060 2332

“I liken social change to the shifting of tectonic plates underneath the earth’s surface.  The process is incredibly slow but when the plates collide the results are life-altering earthquakes and tsunamis.  Social change does occur, but it occurs far too slowly.  I’m an impatient man.  I want to see real change in my lifetime, and I want The Other Film Festival to act as an agent for that change.  I want complete cinema access for people with disabilities to be taken for granted in the future.” Read the rest of Ryan Nances article on Embracing 'otherness' at The Other Film Festival»

Arts groups across the city are up in arms about the plans for the development of Barangaroo and want more promotion of the arts and cultural activities. If you can’t stand the plans for an ugly hotel jutting into Sydney Harbour and mammoth high rise buildings along our foreshore, or the way these large developments are all done behind closed doors, then check out this vid..

www.friendsofbarangaroo.org

No. 1 Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author Lee Child follows the electrifying 61 Hours with his second Reacher thriller this year – a story that hits the ground running and then accelerates all the way to a colossal showdown.

Worth Dying For is the kind of explosive thriller only Lee Child could write and only Jack Reacher could survive – a heart-racing page-turner no suspense fan will want to miss.

www.leechild.com

www.jackreacher.co.uk

Check out whats on at the Brisbane Powerhouse this September: Monday 20 September to Sunday 26 September 2010 as part of the Brisbane Festival for 2010 Read the entire schedule for the Brisbane Powerhouse this September»

Image Courtesy of Waverly Council

Hundreds or maybe more, unidentified flying objects are expected to hit Sydney’s Eastern suburbs on Sunday 12^th September 2010, and air traffic controllers may be scratching their heads already in fears of a mid-air collision.

From flying cartoon characters to floating dragons or even dancing butterflies… what will this year’s Festival of the Winds bring along? Read the rest of Arnos Festival of the Winds Article»

On Monday Design Federation popped into a construction site in Paddington to check out some magic being made. Photographer, Phu Tang, was shooting his “Shoot The Chef” submission featuring English chef, Jamie Thomas, the food maestro for new restaurant Avido.  

Amid the drilling, concrete dust, sparkies and cement pouring, Tang had his chef (ex Victor Churchill) perched on some scaffolding sharpening his knives in a vaguely psychopathic manner. While the swirling chaos of the restaurant reno moving at pace around them (afterall, doors are scheduled to be swinging open late September) Thomas maintained a stronghold over serenity.  

To further the zen and ambience of the place, enter Matt Woods, new kid on the block when it comes to designer interiors. He’s handling look and feel which was still an unrealised vision on Monday but rumour is, the place will look wicked and if sustainably designed Bloodwood - Matt’s last project – is anything to go by, we should expect to be impressed.

A search engine, an outsider and a gallery director walked into a bar…..

Art by Yolanda Elkhouri

For the past four years, curators at Hardware Gallery have been selecting artists to particpate in our annual google exhibition. The brief is quite simple: On the same day, at the same time, all the artists have to google the same phrase. From a single page of results, all artists must select a single website as their sole source of inspiration for their artwork….and this year’s phrase? Black Sheep of course – the theme of the Sydney Fringe Festival 2010. Read all about Black Sheep: 4th Annual Google Exhibition»