Best of the week: What to see, hear and do from September 13-19
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13
FILM Explore the weird and wonderful flicks at this year's online and on-demand Sydney Underground Film Festival (until September 20). The star turns in the program include Matt Dillon as a cellist in the short film Nimic and Caitlin Stasey in horror short Laura Hasn’t Slept. $10-$55, suff.com.au
Matt Dillon as a cellist in the short film Nimic, which is screening at the Sydney Underground Film Festival.
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14
EXHIBITION Powerhouse Museum's latest exhibit, Hybrid (until February 28), examines what homes of the near future may look like, with nine design studios commissioned to create forward-thinking furniture and objects responding to critical issues facing the planet. 10am-5pm, Powerhouse Museum, 500 Harris Street, Ultimo, free (bookings essential), maas.museum
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15
BOOKS Hear from National Biography Award winner Jacqueline Kent, who is in-store to discuss her freshly released title,Vida, which delves into the fascinating life of Australian women's rights activist Vida Goldstein. 6.30pm, Gleebooks Glebe, 49 Glebe Point Road, Glebe, $12, gleebooks.com.au
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16
ART Recently opened gallery space Curatorial+Co.'s new exhibition Landskein (until September 26) is a tribute to the bushfire-scarred landscape, with abstract paintings depicting the smoke from painter Theresa Hunt and charred-looking sculptures from ceramicist Kerryn Levy. 9am-5pm, Curatorial+Co., Studio 1, 175 Cleveland Street, Redfern, free (bookings essential), curatorialandco.com
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17
Ben Folds is collaborating with Sydney Symphony Orchestra for an online concert.Credit:Ben Folds
MUSIC View online the premiere of American singer-songwriter Ben Folds' collaboration with Sydney Symphony Orchestra featuring a piece composed in 25 minutes with lyrics chosen from a poetry competition that was open to the public. 7.30pm, free, watch.sydneysymphony.com
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18
ART Natalya Hughes' exhibition The Landscape is in the Woman (until October 10) reimagines Willem de Kooning's 1950s expressionist series Woman by incorporating patterns of the era from the traditionally feminine domestic sphere with prints from curtains, wallpaper and tablecloths. 10am-5pm, Sullivan+Strumpf Sydney, 799 Elizabeth Street, Zetland, free, sullivanstrumpf.com
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19
STAGE Inspired by 19th-century salons, catch the illusions of Bruce Glen in the return of his The Gentleman Magician’s Magical Soiree, now with some new feats developed during lockdown. The elegant evening also includes champagne and canapes before the show. 7pm, Sir Stamford at Circular Quay, 93 Macquarie Street, city, $85, gentlemanmagician.com.au