WHAT: Niche Presents JACQUES GREENE + AFRICA HITECH + MACHINEDRUM + DIBIASE + ALBATROSS (live)
WHERE: The Oxford Arts Factory, Oxford St
WHEN: 7th April – Oxford Art Factory – Sydney
TICKETS: www.moshtix.com.au from March 1st

iPhone photographer Oggsie (see one of his images above) is hosting a free mobile photography walk tomorrow night in Newtown.

On the walk, Oggsie will give some insight on how to craft jaw-dropping images with your camera phone. Blow the pants off your Instagram followers and impress the opposite sex in any photogenic situation.

Turn up early if you have no experience with camera phones and want a bit of a crash-course from the maestro.

More of Oggsie’s work here

WHAT: Phone Camera walking tour hosted by Oggsie
WHERE: Meet at Town Hall Hotel @ 6:30pm, Thursday 23rd February
HOW MUCH: Free – just BYO phone

If you’re on Instagram you can join in or follow the walk with the #grungewalk tag.

An extension of the ‘Start Pure’ Campaign, following the creative process of artists from blank canvas to finished work, Smirnoff have got DS favourite Beastman and Nanami Cowdroy to design a bottle. There will be a third bottle designed, by you. Head to the Smirnoff Pure Gallery in March to get your piece of alcoholic history.

WHEN: Friday 2nd until Thursday 8th March, 10am – 5pm daily
WHERE: Smirnoff Pure Gallery, 374 Crown St, Surry Hills
HOW MUCH: Freeeeeeeeee

What do we want? CHEESE FOR DINNER! When do we want it? NOW.

Burrata translates as buttered in Italian and finally, there’s a place where a tender knot of it, brimming with cream, is classified as a meal. The folks behind Tablefor20 and Sticky Bar, have opened the doors to Buffalo Dining Club and we think we’ve found our nirvana. Fresh burrata and buffalo mozzarella are flown in three times a week from Italy – cheese is obviously a big deal around these parts, so the lactose intolerant can sit this round out.

Your cheese order comes with a side of honey roasted fennel, chilli braised broccolini, portobello mushrooms or balsamic baby carrots, and if you have room for more, get into a plate of cacio e pepe, spaghetti with black pepper and pecorino, which is served out of a hollowed-out pecorino wheel. Yep, you heard me, a bowl of cheese, and it ain’t too bad either.  A 500ml carafe of house wine won’t set you back much at all and neither will a few slices of Prosciutto San Daniele to go with it.

The room is small, but there are a few tables outside, and some tables upstairs also. If you need us, we’ll just be slumped over the bar in a cheese-coma bliss.

Buffalo Dining Club

116 Surrey St, Darlinghurst
Lunch from 12pm Wed-Sat
Dinner from 6pm Wed-Sat

Sophie McComas
www.twitter.com/sophmccomas

There will be six stages of music, an outdoor cinema, cabaret acts, cocktail bar, a healing riverside area, yoga, international food and market stalls, Australia’s largest fancy dress party, Club Tropicana swimming pool area. You will have the time of your life. And don’t forget to dress up on the Saturday!

Line up:

Chic Feat Nile Rogers
Fat Freddys Drop
Boy and Bear
Roots Manuva
Unkle Sounds
Modeselektor Live
Manchester Orchestra
Black Lips
Ariel Pinks Haunted Graffiti
Bonobo Live
Neon Indian
Lanie Lane
Greg Wilson
Damian Lazarus
Canyons
Hudson Mohawke
Lee Burridge
Art Department
Rustie
Danny Daze
Toucan
Millions
Nantes
Elizabeth Rose
+ more

WHAT Playground Weekender

HOW MUCH 3 Day ticket – $239

WHERE Wisemans Ferry, NSW 2775

WHEN March 2 – 5

David Attewell is a Sydney based designer currently making a name for himself at the Bondi and Manly markets. Specialising in hand painted designs and alternative printing methods, each garment is an original work of art. The Double acid washed full moon knock-out with sewn neckline and Hand painted raw edged long cut t-shirt are our favourites.

All t-shirts are made with 100% Organic Cotton and painted with eco-friendly water based products. It’s also Australian made.

WHAT David Attewell

HOW MUCH $60
WHERE Bondi and Manly Markets
WHEN  Saturday in Manly, Sunday in Bondi.

Bruno’s feels just like home – if home were a retro, multi-level, 1900s-French-style fit out, complete with its own Manhatten-esque rooftop. If this is home, we’re never leaving.

The much-loved Hunky Dory Social Club has opened its stunning doors downstairs to make way for Bruno’s Restaurant with Chef Daniele Trimarchi of Fratelli Paradiso and Icebergs fame headlining in the kitchen.

Evenings kick off with a communal-dining setup, complete with crocheted tablecloths (made by someone’s mother), dim lighting, Elvis tunes in the background, a ceiling partially covered in cowhide and old-school Jesus photos adorning the walls. If The Godfather himself decides to drop in for a few slices of 24-month cured San Daniele prosciutto, no one would blink an eye. The homage to the Old Country is strong here, particularly through the menu, as Trimarchi draws on his Italian heritage. Ingredients are fresh, flavorsome and familiar to lovers of the Mediterranean.

The menu features an array of classics, like the refreshing Insalata Caprese and some creative combinations like the Insalata di Lenticchia of blue lentils, goat’s cheese, baby beetroot, tomato and fresh herbs. Homemade wood-fired bread complements the spicy cured pork paté with goat’s cheese. A spread of traditional and experimental wood-fired pizzas stand out from the menu and are available throughout the venue until midnight. The cuisine feels authentic, surrounded by Hunky Dory’s signature raw-edged interior.

Upstairs we opt for cocktails like the Tomy’s Margarita and a Honey Daiquiri, savoured as the last rays of sunlight disappear from the open roof terrace. With the opening of Bruno’s Restaurant, Hunky Dory Social Club has it all, cementing its place in the small-bar scene with kick-arse bars, swinging tunes and now a divine culinary scene to boot. It makes for an all-round rockin’ good time in our books.

Bruno’s – Downstairs at Hunky Dory Social Club
215 Oxford St, Darlinghurst
www.hdsc.virb.com
Bookings: (02) 9331 0442

Fri-Sat: Noon till late
Sun, Tues-Thurs: 6pm till late

Sheree Joseph
www.twitter.com/flyfromadream  

Organic Bread Bar prides itself on using traditional ingredients that are  baked in 50 year old German machines imported from the owners home town in Stuttgart, Germany. They also have some amazing treats such as scons, pain au chocolat and rustic bacon & egg roles.

WHAT: Organic Bread Bar
WHERE: 356 South Dowling St, Paddington
WHEN: 7am – 4pm, Monday – Sunday

Nick Campbell is a Sydney based eyewear collector turned designer. His limited début range takes inspiration from the eyewear of the 50s and 60s, aiming to forge new ground for classic aesthetics by combining bold shapes and striking acetates to create wearable and comfortable frames.

WHAT Nick Campbell Eyewear
HOW MUCH $260
WHERE  Online and at Selected Stockists

Iconic surfing films and discussion with filmmakers and leading commentators. Hang-ten, bro.

18 February
Paul Byrnes; Sydney Morning Herald film critic and senior curator for Australian Screen Online | Paul Clarke; director and producer of Bombora | Rebecca Olive; academic and surfing blogger | Puberty Blues (1971)

25 February
Heaven (1997), Hell (2009) and Bra Boys (2007) | Nell Schofield; actor, TV presenter and producer | Macario De Souza; director of Bra Boys |

WHERE: Museum of Sydney
WHEN: 18th Feb, 25th Feb – 1:00pm to 4:00pm
HOW MUCH: $30 – grab tickets here