I’m loving Hopscotch Films! They have given us 8 free ’2 for 1′ tickets to see Waste Land. Directed by Lucy Walker, it has been nominated for Best Feature Documentary at the 2011 Academy Awards and was the winner of the Sundance Film Festival 2010 Audience Award for World Cinema Documentary. I checked out the trailer and I definitely want to see this film. WASTE LAND Official Trailer... 

This is going to be one of the more delicate reviews I have written in some time. We Need to Talk About Kevin, the extraordinary new film from acclaimed filmmaker, Lynne Ramsay (Morvern Caller), is an experience that benefits from knowing very little prior to viewing. As a result, this review will leave a lot unsaid, but I wholeheartedly recommend checking out this densely plotted, powerfully acted... 

The Newtown Festival is a fantastic commmunity event organized by the Newtown Neighbourhood Centre and all money raised is used to provide support services to the local community. The festival has come and gone and as the saying goes… a picture is worth a thousand words! So I thought instead of just writing about the day I’d share some of the photos I took. The good news for everyone who... 

  My head almost exploded with excitement last Sunday morning as I hopped on the ferry headed to the Outpost Project on Cockatoo Island. The ferry ticket sets you back about $15 but it is worth every penny! My husband had to tell me to calm down as soon as I set foot on the Island because I took off like a chook with its head cut off, running around in a crazy manner trying to see everything... 

I hope you have all brushed up on your Swedish and polished your allen keys because it is only one more sleep until IKEA Tempe opens (Thursday 3 November). It has been a long wait, almost two years of watching the Tempe store take shape but the big day has almost arrived. I drove along the Princes Highway last night and could only think that this was the calm before the oncoming IKEA mania storm.... 

I have put together some photos of my favourite street art from around the Inner West. The usual suspects of Beastman, Ears, Phibs, Slug, Animal Farm, MOX, Birdhat and Hazzy Bee have featured + many more. But the really exciting news is that some of our favourite Inner West street artists will be taking part in the Outpost Project on Cockatoo Island from (4 Nov – 11 Dec). To say that I am excited... 

This is a little exciting, we have our very first giveaway for our Inner West friends. The very generous people at Hopscotch Films have given us 40 free “2 for 1″ tickets to see the latest movie directed by Woody Allen, “Midnight in Paris”. So that is exactly what we are going to do! Our movie reviewer guru Andrew Buckle has given the film 4 1/2 stars so I am looking forward... 

We know everyone is lacing up their shoelaces, taking practice walks around the streets of Sydney, and gearing up for City2Surf, but if you’re more of a foodie (and who isn’t!) join us this August to cook a great meal with friends and family and help out a good cause at the same time! Cook for a Cure is a new nationwide community event, launched by Research Australia and running for the month... 

Recently I set up a home office and I had to make the trek/expedition out to Rhodes Ikea. Seriously that place is a nightmare to get to. I thought I was being smart by leaving work early and going on Friday afternoon, there was no way I was going to deal with a weekend crowd at Ikea. My plan was really good in theory until I hit the traffic at 3pm Friday afternoon on Parramatta Rd, what a shocker. Anyway,... 

What: Friday Night Fry-up Where: Goodgod Small Club, Liverpool St, Sydney When: Friday June 24th Who: Cherrywood (Melb), La Mancha Negra, The Jacks & G@y Paris * The night well and truly kicked off with the rockabilly sounds of Cherrywood out of Melbourne. I can’t believe this band has been around since ’08 and this is the first I’ve heard of them. You can’t go wrong with...