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thesydneyscene now in its 13th year of continuous publication volume 13 number 33 december 17, 2008
- thesydneyscene takes its annual Christmas/New Year holiday break from this issue and resumes publication on January 14, 2009.
 Marcia Hines
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 Chloe Dallimore
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Zoom into zoo for twilight concerts
» TWILIGHT at Taronga returns with a new series of musical performances in the new year.
Every weekend from January 30 to March 28, open-air summer concerts in the wild surrounds of Taronga Zoo take place with a series of performers including singers Marcia Hines and Chloe Dallimore, ABBA clones Bjorn Again and jazz musician James Morrison.
Performances start at 7pm every Friday and Saturday night of the 2009 Twilight at Taronga season. A Sunday performance by Bjorn Again starts at 6pm... (more)
 Heath Ledger as The Joker
| Ledger's up for Golden Globe
» HEATH Ledger is up for a posthumous Golden Globe. The actor, who died in January this year in New York, was the only Australia nominee for the Golden Globe Awards to be held in Hollywood in January.
He was nominated for best supporting actor for his role as The Joker in in the latest Batman movie The Dark Knight.
Director's debut feature film is AFI's choice Little-known film wins top IF Awards
What did you think of Australia?
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 Half Light Portraits from Black Australia
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Indigenous artists in photography exhibition
» THE first major survey of the work of Indigenous artists engaging with the photographic medium and the portrait is on exhibition at the Art Gallery of New South Wales until February 22.
The exhibition, Half Light Portraits from Black Australia, brings together more than 140 works by 15 of Australia's most renowned Indigenous artists... (more)
Boston collection on show in Sydney
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 Sydney Shakespeare Festival | Shakespeare in the park» GLEBE'S Bicentennial Park is again the scene of the Sydney Shakespeare Festival in 2009.
Two Shakespearean plays, The Comedy of Errors and Macbeth, are being staged on different nights from January 8 to February 15.
Check the website to see what play is on each night.
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 Grace Jones
| Amazing Grace
» MODEL, actress, performer, entertainer, singer, producer, writer, the enigma that is Grace Jones has, of late, been reaffirming herself as the superstar she has always been.
In her Sydney-only performance at Enmore Theatre in January, Sydney Festival 2009 continues its investigation into artists who changed the face of popular music... (more)
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» FOR current and coming Sydney theatre productions, the Sydney Theatre Guide is the place to visit for up-to-date listings and booking information. Also see What's On in Melbourne.
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Larry Rivera, Editor
thesydneyscene is published weekly except in the last two weeks in December and the first two weeks in January. Copyright 2008 Larry Rivera
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