NAIDOC Week at the library
NAIDOC Week features a special History in Conversation event, a Knit-in, a display of NAIDOC posters of Aboriginal activism and a Walla Mulla stall at the NAIDOC Week Fair at Woolloomooloo.

Native Plant Giveaway
To celebrate National Tree Day 2010 and the international year of biodiversity, the City of Sydney is giving away over 2000 free Australian native plants. It's a wonderful token to help you do your part in protecting our natural environment.

Rethreads: A Free Mass Clothing Exchange
Clothing is your currency at Rethreads bring your best cast-offs and exchange them for new pieces to reinvigorate your wardrobe for FREE!

17th Biennale of Sydney - The Beauty of Distance: Songs of Survival in a Precarious Age
‘THE BEAUTY OF DISTANCE: Songs of Survival in a Precarious Age’ will showcase the freshest, most exciting and innovative contemporary art. This Biennale will celebrate distance by including art from Australia and all around the world.

National Tree Day
Give some love and care to our environment by planting a native tree for National Tree Day!

Sydneyvision Song Contest
Song contest organised by the Newtown Neighbourhood Centre where local bands submit original songs representing a Sydney suburb. Song must contain a Sydney suburb's name in the lyrics. See contest rules for further details.

What is the world worth? - Pavan Sukhdev
In his only public lecture in Sydney, Pavan Sukhdev will explain why saving nature saves money, and what Australia now needs to do to balance the environmental books. Find out how you can win a free ticket....

John de Groot Memoirs of a Goat Racer and more
Meet former racing partner ‘Beetle’ Brown and champion goat Thunder in John de Groot’s rollicking tale of an Aussie boyhood, Memoirs of a Goat Racer and more.

Local Government Week Awards Evening
This prestigious dinner is a celebration of the great award entries from councils across the state.

Write to Govern - Report Writing Workshop
Polish your writing skills and impress your boss at this Report Writing Workshop.

Who lived at my house? Sands Directory Workshops
Discover who lived at your house and how your street may have changed over time in one of our Sands’ Directory workshops.

Emerging from the Green - Live music in the library
Wander through or settle in for a soul-satisfying afternoon of music from local Sydney artists Naomi Mercai and Kieran Glasgow.

The Sun-Herald City2Surf
The Sun-Herald City2Surf is the world’s largest running race and Sydney’s favourite sporting event. Held on the second Sunday in August, each year more than 75,000 registered participants raise over $2 million for charity.

Author talk - Screw Light Bulbs talk
Tackle climate change one step at a time. Don’t miss out on a gripping talk by Dr. Donna Green, co-author of acclaimed book Screw Light Bulbs.

A cycling tour with a difference in Surry Hills
A self-guided cycling tour is being held each Saturday during Sydney Design 2010 to showcase the creativity buzzing within the 2010 postcode.

FutureStory
FutureStory is an engagement project of Live Futures 2020 and is part of Sydney Design 2010, presented by the Powerhouse Museum. This project is about gathering future stories from Sydneysiders.

Live Futures 2020 festival
The Live Futures 2020 festival provides a platform for people of all backgrounds and ages to experience and create a positive future, a future everyone wants to live into.

Sydney Design 2010
Sydney Design will host one if its most dynamic programs in 14 years with a city-wide program of more than 70 events and activities supported by an engaging theme ‘tell us a story’.

Sydney Nagoya Sister Zoo Photo Exhibition
To celebrate the 30th anniverary of the Sister City relationship between Sydney and Nagoya, City of Sydney and the Sydney-Nagoya Sister City Committee are delighted to present an exhibition of photographs taken at the Sister Cities’ Zoos

Ultimo Science Festival
Love science? Well these events are just for you. Children and adults can take part in a variety of events from Science storytime and rhymetime, Questacon's spectacular science demonstrations to learning how to access many science databases.

Across the Story Bridge Children's Book Week
Across the Story Bridge is the theme for Children’s Book Week which is celebrating its 65th birthday in 2010, making it the longest running children’s festival in Australia.

Daffodil Day 2010
Cancer Council’s annual fundraising event, and a day to give hope for a brighter, cancer-free future.

Paddington Alive
A six day festival dedicated to the residents, retailers and wide-spread Paddington community bought to you by the Paddington Business Partnership in conjunction with City of Sydney, Woollahra Council and Rosemount Sydney Fashion Festival.

Rosemount Sydney Fashion Festival
The Rosemount Sydney Fashion Festival is a schedule of fashion events for everyone to enjoy showcasing Australia’s leading designer brands and retailers.

Lets Talk Business - Smart Business Seminars
Four dynamic and educational networking events for Small to Medium Enterprise owners that focus on key management issues and provide access to knowledge, networks and resources to build your business and boost your bottom line.

INTERSECTION
Sydney prepare for a show like no other when Milk Crate Theatre presents its first ever large scale public work for four performances only.

Emerging from the Green
Wander through or settle in for a soul-satisfying afternoon of music from talented young Australian artists Aaron Culligan and Jake Gilroy.

Food Waste Challenge
Register for the Food Waste Challenge and discover how you can reduce the amount of food wasted at home.

'Stepping On' falls prevention course
Over 65? Worried about falling over or already had a fall? Sign up for this free seven week, two hours a week course and learn how to decrease the risk of future falls and injury.

GreenUps (Sydney Green Drinks) – September Cycling Celebration
This GreenUps celebrates the humble bicycle. There’ll be short films, bike parking, spunky new bikes to make you drool, cycling maps and a lucky door prize. Green Drinks is for anyone with an interest in the environment and is free!

Andrew Humphreys: Martin Westley Takes a Walk
Hear Andrew Humphreys discuss his latest work, a darkly comic parable about families and the wonderful opportunities an errant kite can provide.

Free E-Waste Recycling Collection
Do you have old, unwanted TVs, monitors and mobile phones that you no longer want or need? City of Sydney residents, you can recycle them at our FREE E-waste recycling day.

STEPHEN VITIELLO: The Birds
Stephen Vitiello’s is well known for his atmospheric installations that often capture and transform sounds from nature and everyday life.

STEPHEN VITIELLO: The Sound of Red Earth
Internationally recognised for his extraordinary sound installations, US artist Stephen Vitiello will paint the Australian landscape in sound for his new project, The Sound of Red Earth.

Oh Alfred! Reflections of Prince Alfred Park
In the lead up to the re-opening of Prince Alfred Park, Oh Alfred! is a large outdoor gallery taking shape for Art & About Sydney 2010. Join us for weekly creative workshops!

Pine Street Creative Arts Centre - Innovative & Progressive Community Arts
The City of Sydney's Pine Street Creative Arts Centre offers a dynamic program of high quality, innovative and progressive arts workshops, forums, events and exhibitions aimed at all sections of the community.

City of Sydney Business Awards
Enter and vote now in the most prestigious awards program for small and medium sized businesses in the City of Sydney.

The Sydney Fringe Festival
The Sydney Fringe Festival is a peek underneath at the urban and the unconventional. The Inner West will be bursting up from the underground with a two week festival of music, performance, theatre, food, comedy, dance and visual and digital arts for adults and kids.

FREE City of Sydney Cycling Courses
To encourage people to take up cycling as a safe, sustainable and convenient transport option the City of Sydney offers a series of FREE courses.

Small Business September 2010
Helping small businesses connect for profit. Small Business September is an annual celebration that highlights the important role of small business to the social and economic fabric of the State.

Recycle your cartridges!
Give your old printer ink cartridges a second lease on life, by dropping them off at a ‘Cartridges 4 Planet Ark’ recycling bin near you. The ‘Cartridges 4 Planet Ark’ program has diverted millions of ink and toner cartridges, toner bottles and print heads from landfill.

Weekly Farmers Markets at Taylor Square
Come along to the fresh food markets at Taylor Square and discover amazing seasonal fruit, veg, flowers, breads and cheeses.

City of Sydney's Ride to Work Day Breakfast
Be rewarded for choosing a green and healthy form of transport at the City of Sydney's Ride to Work Day Breakfast at Hyde Park South between 7-9am. FREE.

2010 Sustainable Living Series
Find out everything you need to know about making simple changes to your home that will save you money and help our environment. The FREE seminar topics include solar hot water, solar power, insulation and water-saving.

Sydney Food & Wine Fair 2010
One of the longest standing and most successful food and wine fairs in Australia will once again take place in Sydney's Hyde Park.

Live Green Workshops
City of Sydney wants to lead the way by make sustainable choices easier! FREE seminars from leading industry experts, with technical information, independent advice and all you need to know on government rebates and green loans.

Newtown Festival 2010
Each year crowds of festival goers gather at to become part of an amazing fusion of music, the arts and grassroots community expression.

City of Sydney Sings Messiah!
Join Sydney University Graduate Choir on Sunday 21 November in the Sydney Town Hall to sing Handel's great masterpiece, or just come along and listen.

Sydney Bicycle Film Festival
The Sydney Bike Film Festival features films of all flavours - the one thing they have in common is bicycles.

JERSEY BOYS the musical
JERSEY BOYS is the story of how four boys from the wrong side of the tracks became one of the biggest American pop music sensations of all time.

Sin City: crime and corruption in 20th-century Sydney
Few cities have been gripped by such overt corruption as Sydney in the 20th century.