TMBG, the brainiest, and oldest, pop group out of Lincoln, Massachusetts return to Australia. Playing Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, Brisbane, Hobart, Adelaide … and Bendigo.
READ MORESisters Do It for Themselves (at the inaugural Stella Prize)
Men need not apply. The inaugural $50,000 Stella Prize night — a sense of sisterhood, and the $10,000 giveaway that made it real.
READ MOREThe Music of Sound (Matthew Herbert’s revolution)
“There’s a fundamental revolution in music in that it’s now a documentary when for four million years it was impressionism.” Matthew Herbert at the Melbourne Recital Centre, 8, 12, 13 April. Plus, the “Age” review reviewed.
READ MOREKountry Kunst: regional art shows
Japanese beauty in Shepparton; Politics in Ballarat; Longing in Mornington Peninsula. And Tasmanian extras.
READ MOREEye Spy: visual art round up
The Colin Laverty collection auction; catch Jeffrey Smart; Fred Williams in bloom; Cloud Atlas enjoyed.
READ MOREUpper Class Horror Entertainment (St Aubyn)
Edward St Aubyn, author of the Patrick Melrose novels, speaking at the Wheeler. Drawing: “Teddy,” thinking.
READ MOREThe mesmeric Nicolas Rothwell
Entrancing: Nicolas Rothwell talks about his novel ‘Belomor.’ Drawing: Rothwell reading from his book.
READ MOREThat’s Mr Genius to you
Liked it: Perfume Genius at the Northcote Social Club. (Performs across Australia in the St Jerome’s Laneway Festival.)
READ MOREScrewed-ball comedy: Silver Linings Playbook
Like it: Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper burn a fuse together.
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