Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

  • Midnight Oil Film To Open Sydney Film Festival

    Midnight Oil Film To Open Sydney Film Festival

    WORLD PREMIERE OF MIDNIGHT OIL: THE HARDEST LINE TO OPEN SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL 2024 The 71st Sydney Film Festival announces it will present the World Premiere of Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line for its Opening Night Gala on Wednesday June 5, at the State Theatre followed by a post-screening celebration in the Sydney Town Hall. The Hardest…

  • Saran Thai

    Saran Thai

    Consider this more a placeholder than a review as I just popped in for a fast lunch, but there’s something special about Saran Thai in Wyoming. The Central Coast hasn’t, thus far, particularly impressed me with Asian cuisines so Saran Thai felt like a bit of an exception. Set in an ugly little strip mall,…

  • Broken Hill Mundi Mundi Bash Sells Out

    Broken Hill Mundi Mundi Bash Sells Out

    The Broken Hill Mundi Mundi Bash is the biggest event ever staged in Outback NSW while the Birdsville Big Red Bash has bragging rights of being the world’s most remote music festival.

  • Toy Symphony

    Toy Symphony

    The play revolves around Roland Henning undergoing therapy in hope to cure his writer’s block. It shifts back and forward, between the present day therapy sessions, Roland’s early career and his childhood, plus it contains elements of magical realism.

  • Five Favourite Foraged Seafood Species

    Five Favourite Foraged Seafood Species

    The tradition of eating seafood is as old as our country itself. Before colonial settlement, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples lived sustainably off Australian lands and waters for thousands of years. Indigenous Australians not only foraged for a range of species, but also developed sophisticated infrastructure such as traps, nets, and stone weirs to…

  • Funda

    Funda

    Jackie McMillan continues her adventure with Asian fusion – at FUNDA in Sydney CBD.

  • Food Stories

    Food Stories

    Kuku Yalanji woman and choreographer, Henrietta Baird, has an infectious smile. She’s dancing her way through making damper with the audience mimicking her actions. Baird’s words connect the packaged flour rendition of the soft, pliable bread she’s currently making with the kangaroo grass loaves made by her ancestors in Far North Queensland. This short performance, along with…

  • Tell Me On A Sunday

    Tell Me On A Sunday

    Musical story through song Tell Me On A Sunday starring Erin Clare 5 star review is on now at Sydney Hayes Theatre Potts Point.

  • Five Things I Love About Sydney With Boone

    Five Things I Love About Sydney With Boone

    When Boone released Maybe I’m Too Late a couple weeks back after a viral moment of not being able to secure Fred Again tickets, we noticed on his insta stories he was shouting out his move to Sydney. So fresh eyes – what a time to ask him to join our series of Five Things…

  • Pantry Story

    Pantry Story

    From instagram selling to market to shop, Jackie McMillan reviews the latest incarnation for Pantry Store at Stanmore.

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