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At this year’s Rising festival, I was most excited by the new and unexpected audiences

Rising situates itself as a festival of new art, performance and music that takes place in the heart of Naarm/Melbourne just as the weather turns cold and the days get darker and shorter.

The Conversation

‘There is a constant fear’: could you cook, paint and sing while running on a treadmill?

Risk of collapse is the tension driving all three shows at Melbourne’s Rising festival – with one even allowing audiences a refund if its creators fail

The Guardian - AU

NPR's Katherine Maher Is Not Taking Questions About Her Tweets

"I am not in the newsroom," the embattled NPR chieftain said over and over again.

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How rock-bottom prices drive shortages of generic drugs used in hospitals

Hospitals rely on scores of generic drugs given by injection. But these workhorses are often in short supply. Cheap prices have led to factory closures that leave the supply chain vulnerable.

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Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising review - swords and sorcery

Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising’s accessibility and wealth of modes make it one of the best fighting games of the decade.

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Rising has yet to establish its voice – but this year's festival gave us significant and thrilling work by First Nations artists

Rising has just completed its second run across Melbourne. The newest addition to the city’s festival scene, Rising replaced the much-loved White Night festival and the much-celebrated Melbourne International Arts Festival.

The Conversation

Conservative author mocked for being ‘completely speechless’ when asked to define ‘woke’

‘So, I mean, woke is sort of the idea that ... this is going to be one of those moments that goes viral,’ author says

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‘Hopefully some people hate it’: the immersive film about capitalism coming to Melbourne

Starring Cate Blanchett and Giancarlo Esposito, Julian Rosefeldt’s Euphoria is coming to Australia after Rising festival’s co-artistic director was compelled by it in New York

The Guardian - AU

Rising Festival review: New Melbourne festival had world-class arts, but it was the small moments that made the biggest impact

As the long-awaited replacement for White Night and the Melbourne Festival, Rising set out to deliver a monumental program of public and international arts, but the small moments are perhaps its best feature.

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Anything & Everything gives us a glance into the lives teenagers are constructing online

Review: Anything Everything, Platform Arts, infinity ensemble for Rising.

The Conversation

Football players suspended in midair for NGV art installation recreating 2011 AFL mark of the year

Andrew Krakouer's famous mark, which won the 2011 AFL mark of the year, comes to life at the NGV in a live performance for the RISING festival.

ABC News

Third time lucky? Melbourne’s Rising festival announces 2022 lineup after two years of delays

Arts festival was cancelled in 2020 and 2021, but organisers have high hopes for this year, which will see 801 artists, musicians and theatre companies present 84 projects

The Guardian - AU

YouTube Won't Distinguish Between Misinformation and Reporting, So It Suspended My Channel

The platform punished The Hill's morning show, Rising, for showing a clip of Trump speaking.

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