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Broadway is also opening back up, and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?ab_channel=TheTonightShowStarringJimmyFallon&amp;v=Bx8RKOSLIyI" target="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color:#9175ff !important;">this performance featuring Lin-Manuel Miranda and many of his Broadway colleagues</a> was such a joy for anyone missing live performance. Meanwhile, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/jun/09/favourite-movie-musicals-my-fair-lady-grease-2-in-the-heights" target="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color:#9175ff !important;">this list of movie musicals features quite a few of my faves</a> (<em>O Brother</em> and <em>Grease 2</em> are must sees if you haven’t already).</p></li><li style="font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:15px;font-family:'Segoe UI', Candara, 'Bitstream Vera Sans', 'DejaVu Sans', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, sans-serif;"><p class="" style="color:inherit;font-size:.875em;line-height:1.618em;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;font-family:'Segoe UI', Candara, 'Bitstream Vera Sans', 'DejaVu Sans', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.01em;">While we were on our lil break, I read Isabel Allende’s most recent book <em><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/feb/02/a-long-petal-of-the-sea-isabel-allende-review" target="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color:#9175ff !important;">A Long Petal of the Sea</a></em>. Rather than the magical realism I’ve come to know and love her for, it is a gentle exploration into the impact of war and displacement, migration, and Latin American history of the past century - plus plenty of Pablo Neruda’s poetry from the period. Gorgeous.</p></li><li style="font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:15px;font-family:'Segoe UI', Candara, 'Bitstream Vera Sans', 'DejaVu Sans', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, sans-serif;"><p class="" style="color:inherit;font-size:.875em;line-height:1.618em;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;font-family:'Segoe UI', Candara, 'Bitstream Vera Sans', 'DejaVu Sans', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.01em;">God, Nick Cave is incredible. <a href="https://www.theredhandfiles.com/how-to-find-yourself-again/" target="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color:#9175ff !important;">How to find yourself again.</a></p></li><li style="font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:15px;font-family:'Segoe UI', Candara, 'Bitstream Vera Sans', 'DejaVu Sans', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, sans-serif;"><p class="" style="color:inherit;font-size:.875em;line-height:1.618em;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;font-family:'Segoe UI', Candara, 'Bitstream Vera Sans', 'DejaVu Sans', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.01em;">A great piece from Alyx Gorman about the recent <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2021/jun/05/a-movement-not-a-moment-indigenous-design-in-the-spotlight-at-australian-fashion-week" target="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color:#9175ff !important;">First Nations Fashion Showcase</a>. We are so lucky to have such incredible talent in this country, and how great to see it thriving and shifting the dial of what great design and real representation looks like.</p></li><li style="font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:15px;font-family:'Segoe UI', Candara, 'Bitstream Vera Sans', 'DejaVu Sans', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, sans-serif;"><p class="" style="color:inherit;font-size:.875em;line-height:1.618em;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;font-family:'Segoe UI', Candara, 'Bitstream Vera Sans', 'DejaVu Sans', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.01em;">I think I have previously mentioned my talented friend Alana Holmberg and her <em>Porch Diaries</em> - photos shot from her porch in Brunswick during lockdowns. It is being exhibited at Counihan Gallery, and published as a book. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jun/09/porch-diaries-portraits-from-melbournes-coronavirus-lockdowns-photo-essay" target="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color:#9175ff !important;">You can see a preview here.</a></p></li><li style="font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:15px;font-family:'Segoe UI', Candara, 'Bitstream Vera Sans', 'DejaVu Sans', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, sans-serif;"><p class="" style="color:inherit;font-size:.875em;line-height:1.618em;font-weight:normal;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;font-family:'Segoe UI', Candara, 'Bitstream Vera Sans', 'DejaVu Sans', 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.01em;">Two totally biased small business recommendations - if you can’t celebrate your friends’ businesses on your own platform where can you? If you’re after some feminist flavoured bits and pieces to bring some colour and pep into your world look no further than <a href="https://carmengetit.com.au/" target="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color:#9175ff !important;">Carmen Get It</a>. 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