Arts

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
Poet Svetlana Sterlin. | Newsreel

Sterlin makes a splash to snare poetry prize

Brisbane poet Svetlana Sterlin has won Australia’s richest poetry prize. The former QUT Creative Writing student won the $40,000 Helen Anne Bell Poetry Bequest Award
Read more 22 March 2024
Festival-goer holding pill. | Newsreel

Green light for pill testing at Queensland festivals

Pill testing will be a regular feature at Queensland events with the State Government engaging two providers to deliver fixed site and event-based pill testing services
Read more 20 March 2024
Good Cop/Bad Cop cast members Luke Cook, Leighton Meester and Clancy Brown. | Newsreel

South-East Queensland to star in new Stan series

Queensland’s Scenic Rim will be the backdrop for a new Stan Original series Good Cop/Bad Cop which starts filming in late March. The eight-part comedic drama series
Read more 12 March 2024