Arts

Taylor Swift billboard. | Newsreel

Taylor Swift shakes up national business turnover

The Taylor Swift factor boosted Australian business turnover in February as thousands flocked to Sydney and Melbourne performances. Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)
Read more 14 April 2024
Affordable Art Fair Australian Director Stephanie Kelly. | Newsreel

Affordable Art Fair launches in Brisbane

For lovers of original art with limited budgets, the Affordable Art Fair is making its debut as part of Brisbane’s burgeoning art scene from May 9-12. More than 40
Read more 9 April 2024
Queensland Ballet dancer Joseph Moss. | Newsreel

Rising ballet star recognised as elite athlete

By Susan Schwartz When Queensland Ballet dancer Joseph Moss first enrolled in ballet school, he often hid the fact he could pirouette his way across a stage – now he
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Two women in niche-fashion jackets. | Newsreel

Permanently Cheugy: Are micro-trends killing fashion?

By Susan Schwartz Fashion’s hyper drive is in danger of creating its own black hole. Micro-trends are rising at such a rapid rate that ultimately fashion runs the risk
Read more 8 April 2024
Elvis Presley tribute artist. | Newsreel

Tributes flow for golden era of popular music

By Shane Rodgers In the 1990s I read that, if the prevailing growth continued, by 2030 one in every five Americans would be an Elvis Presley impersonator. I think it was
Read more 7 April 2024
Queensland Ballet's A Midsummer Night's Dream. | Newsreel

Shakespeare comedy transformed into dance dreamscape

Ballerina fairies and woodland creatures collide with the mortal world in Queensland Ballet’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Playhouse, QPAC from April
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Great Barrier Reef, Queensland. | Newsreel

Heroes rewarded with concert on the Reef

High-profile Australian artists will perform for 100 community heroes in a spectacular music performance on a floating pontoon on the Great Barrier Reef later this
Read more 5 April 2024
Fitzroy Island Far North Queensland. | Newsreel

Action! New FNQ film and television studio

Screen Queensland will open its state-of-the art film and television studio in Cairns on April 27. In a region boasting a range of stunning locations, from lush tropical
Read more 5 April 2024
Musical festival crowd blurred. | Newsreel

Pill testing weeds out higher-risk substances

More than 250 festival-goers took advantage of Queensland’s first pill-testing services at the Rabbits Eat Lettuce festival over the Easter long weekend. The State
Read more 5 April 2024
Musician playing electric guitar. | Newsreel

Poor pay a sour note for Aussie musicians

The majority of Australian musicians made around $12 an hour last year, about half Australia’s minimum wage, and that’s when they were able to land a gig. A recent
Read more 5 April 2024