Nicholas Building Open Studios

Shame on anyone out there who thinks it’s okay to pack a pooch into a purse. It’s not. It’s so tacky. The new PC pooch punishment is...

In the opening article of Another Man, biographer Charlotte Chandler recalls talking to Pavarotti on the occasion of his 20th farewell performance...

To fish on our beautiful bay in winter, you need sea legs, cast iron guts, and a stiff, nautical beard (that covers your entire body). Thankfully though...

Let's start with some of the festival regulars who show up each year with a new film and a friendly wave. You're already familiar with their work, so...

Must be killer to be an illustrator because everyone would always be inviting you to be in a group show. "Hey I'm putting on a group show, yo. Can...

(Think friendly Japanese expat bower bird bookmaker, stuffed in a capsule hotel.)

People-person Hiromi Tango has holed herself up into that little...

If the word 'awesomest' was an illustration (or even a word) then it would be illustrated by Shaun Tan. Tan is the king of Australian book illustration...

Ever wanted to burst into mass-choreographed dance in an XTina-vs-Usher kind of way? Well brace yourselves, funk wannabes, because last Wednesday night...

It is said that there is a point in anyone's success when your formula is known (1). Seinfeld in season 7, The Simpsons since Homer stole Bart's...

In this fast-paced, profit hungry world, it's nice to know there's still a place you can go where everyone knows your name. That place is Fandango. Since...

Milli Vanilli’s 1990 ousting as lip-synching frauds inadvertently sent shockwaves through the MTV community, and temporarily silenced Ford Capri...

Everyone loves ice-cream, and cheese for that matter (unless you’re lactose intolerant). But problem is, you risk looking like Kirsty Alley if...

Communal tables are fun in theory; banquets of towering cakes, stuffed pigs and candelabras have appeared in almost every given Shakespearean setting...

Describing music is, almost inevitably, a frustrating series of inadequate analogies. In the case of Songs, my grey matter latched onto the following:...

Richard Kelly won fans with his slice of moody postmodern angst, Donnie Darko. Now the long-delayed, much-maligned Southland Tales finally arrives...

We are truly an attention-challenged, internet-addled generation who has forgotten that news can be found outside an RSS reader. For us overwrought victims...

There’s something disconcerting about seeing comic book characters age slowly. Comic book fans are used to dramatic flashbacks and glimpses into...

Inside every pumpkin is an amusing Jack-O-Lantern waiting to be set free. That and a lot of slimy seed pulp. I won't lie, pumpkin carving is a messy and...

Haring's devotion to creating true public art led to his infamous subway drawings. So what better way to blaspheme them than to whack down a coffee or...

Apart from a couple of pages dedicated to the film program and the FAQs, Rooftop Paper has no information or images relating to the films or the cinema...