Peter Munro is a journalist for the Sydney Morning Herald.
The last time Helen Najjarine came from Condell Park to see the Sydney Opera House, she walked up the front steps and posed for a photograph, with her back to the sails, before walking back down again. The idea of going inside the building didn't occur to her.
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On Cyrus Meurant's first visit to the aged care home, in September 2014, the owner produced an electric keyboard and asked him to play. The young composer started with his own short piece, Interlude, and then one for the organ called Souvenir. His impromptu performance on the dinky instrument lasted barely 10 minutes. But its effect on the residents was remarkable.
Playing a grand piano in sub-zero temperatures while floating by falling glaciers was harder than it looked. Ludovico Einaudi wore four layers of thermal clothing under his black concert jacket and changed boots to keep his feet from going numb on the pedals. "I had to stop every 10 to 15 minutes and put a hat on my head. I was using a sort of electric heater to warm my hands because I could feel the blood was freezing," he says.
Six mummies have travelled from London to Sydney for the exhibition Egyptian Mummies: Exploring Ancient Lives, at the Powerhouse Museum.
"None of the crew liked him, thought he was an arrogant little pisspot"
Somewhere between the Sydney Festival, The Festival of Dangerous Ideas, Vivid Sydney, Sydney Writers' Festival, Fringe Festival, Sydney Film Festival, Flickerfest Short Film Festival, A Night of Horror International Film Festival, the All About Women Festival, Festival of Steam, Festival of Friendship and Harmony, Sydney Design Festival, Laneway Festival, Vibes on a Summer's Day, Sydney Comedy Festival, Short +Sweet Cabaret Festival, Live Smart Festival, Festival of the Winds and My Lords and Ladies Medieval Fayre, you might start to suffer festival fatigue.
Six brave souls are butt-naked for this undressed dress rehearsal of Nude Live, a celebration of the unclothed human body.
The NSW government's "reckless" case for moving the Powerhouse Museum to Parramatta has been cruelled by figures showing visitors are flocking to its current inner-city site.
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