Category: culture

Alesandro Ljubicic, The Scent of Painting

Opening on the 5th of February, visitor’s to Alesandro Ljubicic’s The Scent of Painting exhibition at the Michael Reid Gallery in Sydney will be treated to a sensory overload of vibrant colours and aromas. In his newest exhibition, the Sydney…

Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings: An ode to simplicity 

Gillian Welch Enmore Theatre, 8 February 2016   Some things are just better in twos: wine and chocolate, coffee and cigarettes, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings. It has been almost ten years since since the duo have played in Australia….

Sydney Valentine’s Guide

Valentine’s Day Eve Valentine’s Mon Amour (Electro-Swing) “Sydney’s first and only night dedicated to all things Electro Swing and vintage sounds.” Valentine’s Beach Party This pre-Valenties party is all about food drinks, and good times. “Hopefully we will be partying…

New Zealand Craft Beer Symposium 2016

The New Zealand Craft Beer Symposium is underway across Australia. Many of New Zealand’s finest craft beer brewers have taken over the taps of local bars in celebration of Waitangi Day weekend, and The Plus Ones were fortunate enough to…

The Barber of Seville Review

If Rossini were alive today he would surely be thrilled rather than insulted, as some have suggested, to know that his magnum opus, The Barber of Seville, is inextricably linked in the minds of modern audience members with Bugs Bunny….

The Coffee Shop Networker

My experience becoming confident and charismatic in a room full of strangers in a workshop lead by Social Guru, Russy Ross. Despite being a part of The Plus Ones I am not always the most social of creatures. So when…

Beach House brings dream pop to the Opera House

I have been living in Sydney for most of the past decade. During that time, one of the best things that has happened to live music was the opening up of the Sydney Opera House to contemporary music. Traditionally, music…

Freestylin’ The Australian Krall

I have a confession to make. A disclaimer. I am a jazz enthusiast, a piano player and a Diana Krall fan from way back. So, heads up that a teeny touch of bias may have managed to seep it’s way…

The Pearlfishers – Most Popular Opera

Perhaps you would be surprised to know that the most popular opera song of all time is not an impressive tenor aria, or a window-cracking soprano solo, or even a romantic tenor-soprano love duet, but in fact a tenor-baritone duet….