Festival director's welcomes are often dry lists of "thank yous" to local politicians and sponsors. Next Wave's is a creative call to arms.

Good beer is something everyone deserves, but something Australia has taken its time to fully embrace. Those VB ads have a lot to answer for, and not just for teaching a generation of boys that the only way to be a man is by lifting heavy objects while wearing short shorts. 

If nothing beats a good book, then you shouldn't be doing anything other than heading to Clunes for the Back to Booktown festival next weekend.

Living in the concrete jungle with a backyard the size of a car, it's easy to think that composting, chook housing and D.I.Y. carpentry belong to a different generation and/or postcode. 

Love him or loathe him – or both – there's no denying that Julian Assange has reformatted the way we understand journalism and international diplomacy in the digital age.

Fresh from bloodying George Pell on last night's Q&A, Darwinian provocateur Richard Dawkins is appearing in both Sydney and Melbourne to discuss his new book The Magic of Reality.

Pub crawls usually involve a combo of beer, bad kebabs and laneway grime. Victoria's High Country Brewery Trail replaces the urban blight with gourmet fare, bucolic spots and scenic mountain bike paths.

Revealing a graphic designer's 'creative process' usually amounts to a 'before' and 'after' shot with none of the messy open-heart surgery in the middle. Field Trip plans to expose that middle bit.

Melbourne-based artist and photographer Tim Hillier has been getting busy on the video front lately.

'Echology' is a series of public seminars that aim to bridge the gap between civic funded 'public art' and the public. No more eyesores!