Featured Archives - Star Observer /category/featured Setting Australia’s LGBTI agenda since 1979 Wed, 06 Nov 2024 05:22:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 /wp-content/uploads/2023/02/starobs.png Featured Archives - Star Observer /category/featured 32 32 Oscar: Australian Ballet Blazes Trails With The Story of Oscar Wilde /features/oscar-australian-ballet-oscar-wilde-feature/233728 /features/oscar-australian-ballet-oscar-wilde-feature/233728#respond Wed, 06 Nov 2024 05:22:35 +0000 /?p=233728 Oscar Wilde was an astonishing and distinctive raconteur, a literary pathfinder, an icon of homosexuality and queer identity — and the new Australian Ballet production of ‘Oscar’ does his rakishly ...

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Electric Fields: Euphoria & Finding Yourself Within Music /featured/electric-fields-finding-yourself-within-music/232338 Fri, 02 Aug 2024 07:40:38 +0000 /?p=232338 After stunning the world at Eurovision, electronic queer music duo Electric Fields are set to perform with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra for one night only. With a momentous one-off performance ...

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Thirty Years On: The 1994 Tasty Raid /news/thirty-years-on-the-1994-tasty-raid/232277 Wed, 31 Jul 2024 02:31:16 +0000 /?p=232277 It was the early morning on 7 August 1994 at Tasty, a nightclub on Melbourne’s Flinders Lane. A Saturday night blended into Sunday morning as patrons danced, or ventured into ...

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Party in Pyrmont! Wine, dine and shine on the harbour /artsentertainment/party-in-pyrmont-wine-dine-and-shine-on-the-harbour/230644 Thu, 09 May 2024 00:33:49 +0000 /?p=230644 Undoubtedly one of Sydney’s most popular and anticipated cultural festivals, the annual Pyrmont Festival of Wine, Beer, Food, and Art will enliven the Pyrmont peninsula again this May. The festival ...

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Treasures and treats at Pyrmont Festival /featured/treasures-and-treats-at-pyrmont-festival/230309 Fri, 26 Apr 2024 10:13:32 +0000 /?p=230309 You know about the wine and food and art, but there are some incredible goodies you might not know about. Each year, the Pyrmont Festival presents a range of unique ...

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Broadway Superstar Announces Australian Concert Tour /whats-on/broadway-superstar-announces-australian-concert-tour/229578 Wed, 27 Mar 2024 02:26:00 +0000 /?p=229578 The most Tony Awarded performer in Broadway history, Audra McDonald, will make her way to Australia in May this year. The singer and film superstar will perform concerts in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, ...

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The Aurora Ball Theme Is Announced! /featured/the-aurora-ball-theme-is-announced/229032 Thu, 07 Mar 2024 00:00:34 +0000 /?p=229032 The Aurora Mirror Ball reflects on 25 years of supporting the LGBTIQ+ community. The Aurora Group has announced the theme for this year’s 25th anniversary of Aurora.  The Aurora Ball ...

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Star Observer Archives Are Now Online /featured/star-observer-archives-are-now-online/228952 Wed, 28 Feb 2024 05:31:24 +0000 /?p=228952 Get ready to dive into an absolute treasure trove! Star Observer is thrilled to announce that the archives of Australia’s beloved LGBTQI magazine are now available online, bringing over four ...

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Trough: Seven Nights A Week Every Week In Sydney’s Former ‘Headquarters’ Venue /sponsored-content/trough-seven-nights-a-week-every-week-in-sydneys-former-headquarters-venue/228599 Tue, 13 Feb 2024 06:11:04 +0000 /?p=228599 The Sydney Crown Street cruise club recently known as ‘Trade’ and before that ‘Headquarters’ has been bought by new owners who are set to create a buzz and revitalise interest in ...

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Mardi Gras Parade /whats-on/mardi-gras-parade/228020 Sun, 04 Feb 2024 06:32:51 +0000 /?p=228020 The epitome of Pride celebrations, as thousands come together for the incredible march down one of the gayest streets in the world, is the Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade. ...

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Victoria’s Pride Street Party 2024 /whats-on/victorias-pride-street-party-2024/227384 Sun, 04 Feb 2024 01:14:34 +0000 /?p=227384 For ten hours, Victoria’s Pride will once again offer seemingly endless fun and Queer joy for all. This arts-filled celebration of diversity, love and unity will offer a variety of ...

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See Kokomo City At Mardi Gras Film Festival 2024 /whats-on/see-kokomo-city-at-mardi-gras-film-festival-2024/228016 Wed, 24 Jan 2024 04:44:37 +0000 /?p=228016 Sundance-winning documentary Kokomo City opens with a bang and never lets its foot off the gas as it boldly explores the lives of four Black trans sex workers – and ...

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ChillOut Festival 2024 /whats-on/chillout-festival-2024/227536 Mon, 22 Jan 2024 10:43:56 +0000 /?p=227536 From relatively small, humble beginnings, ChillOut has become one of the largest and most recognised regional Queer events in Victoria. Including performances from Queer artists, including musicians, drag queens and ...

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Talk to us, we’re listening /sponsored-content/talk-to-us-were-listening/227749 Thu, 21 Dec 2023 00:54:16 +0000 /?p=227749 It’s not possible to change the past nor to regain time lost to trauma and isolation, but it is possible to put a balm on the wounds and move towards ...

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Lumber: The Queer Short Film Screening At The Near Far Film Festival /whats-on/lumber-the-queer-short-film-screening-at-the-near-far-film-festival/227558 Fri, 08 Dec 2023 07:23:23 +0000 /?p=227558 Lumber is a short film created by Brisbane film maker Harry Sabulis. The short film tells the story of a gay lumberjack in a rural town who ventures to a ...

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Beers for Queersmas /whats-on/december-23-beers-for-queersmas/227375 Tue, 05 Dec 2023 12:12:20 +0000 /?p=227375 ’tis the season to be beery, merry and gay at Beers for Queersmas! Get your last-minute present shopping done and support local LGBTQIA+ owned businesses at Gay Stuff Markets upstairs from 5–9 ...

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RPG’s For The LGBT’s At The Wickham /whats-on/rpgs-for-the-lgbts-at-the-wickham/227294 Wed, 29 Nov 2023 00:02:33 +0000 /?p=227294 January is set to bring something new and exciting to The Wickham Hotel in Brisbane next year. Hosted by local performer Lord Severus, RPG’s for LGBT’s will take place every ...

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Drag and Disco at Pride of Our Footscray /whats-on/31-december-drag-and-disco-at-pride-of-our-footscray/227166 Tue, 21 Nov 2023 08:50:46 +0000 /?p=227166 Pride of Our Footscray has had a hard year, coming dangerously close to closing in March of this year. Since then, community support has helped keep this beloved venue in ...

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Fur Ball /whats-on/december-15-fur-ball/226984 Tue, 07 Nov 2023 03:40:32 +0000 /?p=226984 Fur Ball is back on December 15 at The Vanguard in Newtown. According to organisers, “Treat yourself to a drink or two with your host (the beauty and the beast ...

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