TED is a website designed to proliferate the thoughts, opinions and ideas of a wide range of intellectuals, educators and even celebrities. Devised to educate, inspire and inform, the site offers live recordings of talks that address issues relating to themes such as technology, entertainment, design, arts and global issues.
To view the wide range of talks and themes available for viewing, visit www.ted.com
An Awesome Book is a motivational children’s picture publication instigated by The Awesome World Foundation, an organisation that aims to promote children’s literacy “by encouraging kids to dream and dream often.”
For every copy of The Awesome Book sold, the foundation will, on a global scale, donate a book to children’s schools, hospitals, community centres, libraries and so forth.
To find out more about this inspiring organisation and their current projects, including the An Awesome Book publication, visit http://veryawesomeworld.com
To volunteer your services to the organisation, contact info@veryawesomeworld.com
Hailing from Kungalv, Sweden, Frida Johnson is one style blogger to watch. The sixteen year old shows us that amazing style does not equate with high end designers and a strict following of trends as she carefully mixes and matches items from chain stores such as H&M and Zara, along with one-of-a-kind vintage finds, to create an inspiring individual style.
Visit Frida’s site at: http://blogg.veckorevyn.com/fyndigt/
Spending a long, cold winter in Prague in 2008, Australian artist Peter Fitzpatrick was intrigued by the homeless people who inhabited the city’s streets.
In an exhibition combining street photography and tableau vivant, Fitzpatrick’s experiences with these people come to life in a thoroughly creative and confronting way.
Where: Australian Centre for Photography, 257 Oxford St Paddington
When: 29th January – 6th March
Contact: (02) 9332 1455 or http://www.acp.org.au/
Hours: Tuesday – Friday 12 – 7pm, Saturday and Sunday 10 – 6pm
Cost: FREE
Described by many as an anti-musical, Lars von Trier’s film Dancer in the Dark (2000) tells the story of Selma, an Eastern European migrant living in America in the 1960s. If the typical Hollywood style musical bores you, but you enjoy a bit of satirical song and dance in your films, then Dancer in the Dark is a must see! The film tackles the hardships of everyday life such as poverty, untrustworthy friends and illness, yet simultaneously takes the viewer to a happier place through song and dance.
Dancer in the Dark is available to rent at all good video stores.
It’s that time of year again! Various events are taking place throughout the month of February to celebrate The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras.
On Saturday, February 27th the annual Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade will flood Sydney’s Oxford Street for a night full of glamour, spectacle and outrageousness.
Are you a fan of legendary filmmaker/photographer John Waters? Or simply intrigued by his shocking yet clever antics? Waters will be holding a seminar for one night only as part of the month long Mardi Gras festival.
Where: Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House
When: 2nd March at 8pm
Cost: $45 + BF
To see a full list of events and happenings visit http://www.mardigras.org.au/
Often the film adaptation of a novel is never as good as the novel itself. Having never read the 1996 novel “Push” by Sapphire, I can’t tell you whether the recently released film “Precious” is better or worse. What I do know, is that this film about a black, sixteen year old, obese, illiterate Harlem girl, who lives in housing commission, and who is raped and impregnated by her father and abused by her mother, is not only confronting; but educational, heart wrenching and inspiring.
Precious is now showing at cinema’s everywhere.
The XX, just another indie new wave pop band from the UK?! I think not. With influences ranging from “Aaliyah to CocoRosie, Rihanna to The Cure, Missy Elliot to Chromatics, The Kills to Ginuwine, Pixies to Mariah Carey and Justin Timberlake to Tracy + The Plastics” this talented threesome are destined for big things.
Released in August 2009, the band’s debut album “xx” is comprised of eleven artfully written and produced songs as the amazing vocals of Romy Madley and Oliver Sim combine with lyrics of loss and love and are accompanied by superbly crafted musical compositions.
Having already toured Australia with the Laneway Festival earlier this year, it is unlikely that the band will return in the near future, but we can always dream! For now their debut album is available at all good music stores.
For more information on this amazing band, visit http://www.thexx.info/
If you haven’t already heard of French indie rock/pop band Phoenix, then prepare to! Since the release of their fourth album, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, in May 2009 the band has gone from strength to strength, celebrated for their catchy, easygoing tunes. Favourites include the upbeat “Lisztomania” and the more rock orientated “1901,” while my personal favourite is the more chilled out (and possibly a little more depressing..!) “Lasso.”
Phoenix are touring nationally at the start of March. With most venues already sold out, tickets are limited, so hurry, Phoenix are genuinely a band not to be missed!
For more information contact http://www.tickettek.com.au/ or call 132 849
For more information about the talented Parisian boys otherwise known as Phoenix visit their website http://www.wearephoenix.com/
On that note, and being a little “street style” obsessed ourselves, fellow blogger Yvan Rodic aka The Face Hunter, is also set to release his book this month, a selection of 300 images of everyday, stylish people.
With the “About Me” section of his blog reading “a man out and about in London and beyond: eye candy for the style hungry,” this book is sure not to disappoint!
Available at all good bookstores, or at http://www.amazon.com
For more information about Yvan Rodic and The Face Hunter blog visit http://facehunter.blogspot.com/
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