This weekend, writers, musicians, artists and various other luminaries will be sharing their stories at the annual New Yorker Festival. Here, we share our picks of the must-see events – from talks with Father John Misty to Tavi Gevinson and Nan Goldin.
Former tattoo artist and current London transplant Magnus Reid worked in kitchens from young age in his native Australia. Previously at the helm of C.R.E.A.M coffee in Shoreditch and Rooftop Café in London Bridge, Reid has recently opened Legs; a 24-seat restaurant and wine bar in East London’s Hackney.
“The Ballad of Sexual Dependency is the diary I let people read.” From behind the lens cult photographer Nan Goldin bared all, chronicling intimate moments of love and loss and the struggle for understanding among close friends and lovers.
Summer may be over in the USA but festival season in California is alive and well. From old school legends like the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, and Patti Smith to the new wave sounds of so-now bands including Connan Mockasin, Pond, Foxygen and more, when it comes to the next month in music, California is the only place to be.
Existing in a sensory new world, Korean born, New York-based artist and musician Jung Hee Choi takes us to higher ground with her series of environmental compositions in Ahata Anahata, Manifest Unmanifest X.
Big jeans, bomber jackets, mussed-up hair and messed-up Manchester attitudes. The 80s psych-rock band who could care less; the original Oasis, who rode the success of only two albums to iconic heights and stuck their flag there, are back. The Stone Roses will return to Australia for the first time since their reunion tour five years ago with, unbelievably, new material. The gold road’s sure a long road, they sang – and they meant it.
“I danced frightening things.” Dubbed ‘God of dance’ by captive international audiences, as a performer he was worshipped for his sensual and explosive movement. This year the story of the legendary Russian dancer and choreographer Vaslav Nijinsky and his tragic rise and fall from the spotlight has been brought to life by The Australian Ballet company.
Though the eastern suburbs institution The Dolphin Hotel might look the same from street-view, restaurateur Maurice Terzini has worked to give a fresh start to the Crown Street venue. Welcome to your new local.
Euro disco and food from the motherland collide once more for the Maurice Terzini and Giovanni Paradiso collaborative, Italo Dining & Disco Club.
It’s been 15 years since the Lisbon sisters – impossibly beautiful as they were impossible to reach from the outside world – first graced our screens, and nothing was the same. Presented by The Ladies Network, Golden Age Cinema is screening Sofia Coppola’s The Virgin Suicides this Thursday September 15.
