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Diverse, Distinct and Daring: Sydney Latin American Film Festival Announces Program!

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From the wonderful and inspiring to the thought-provoking, say hola to the 12th annual Sydney Latin American Film Festival (SLAFF) this September (07-11). Returning to Dendy Opera Quays, the Festival will screen a specially curated program of captivating contemporary Latin American cinema: eight feature films, two documentaries, and seven shorts, along with vibrant opening and […]

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‘Witness’ from Benjamin Booker – Eastside Radio Album Of The Week (17-23 Aug)

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‘Witness’ from Benjamin Booker is Eastside Radio’s Album Of The Week. ‘Witness’ is Booker’s second album, the follow up to his self-titled debut from 2013. People talk about writing the “difficult second album”, however Booker doesn’t appear to have suffered at all from this oft-referenced pressure. The new album is a strong, concise record, full of confident […]

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Keith Sweat Review

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Keith Sweat Live at Sydney’s Star Event centre Sat Aug 5  Reviewed by Chris Zinn Expectations were high although details were few for the first Australian tour from New Jack Swing pioneer and the self-styled ‘Casanova of R&B’ Keith Sweat. A pre-visit interview further heightened the stakes by suggesting Keith didn’t hear voices like Teddy […]

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Geraldine Turner meets Jacques Brel!

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Arts Thursday with Maisy Stapleton on 10 August 2017 welcomed star performer, Geraldine Turner in a lively and frank interview around the upcoming performances of Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, to be staged in Mittagong by CMS Productions from 17th August . Jacques Brel was a symbol of the Beat […]

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‘Not Everything But Enough’ from Alister Spence Trio – Eastside Radio Album Of The Week (10 Aug-16 Aug)

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  ‘Not Everything But Enough’ from Alister Spence Trio is Eastside Radio’s Album Of The Week. The Alister Spence Trio is: Lloyd Swanton on double bass, Toby Hall on drums and glockenspiel, and Alister Spence himself on piano, samples and music box. The Sydney trio draw on more than 20 years performing together, ‘Not Everything But […]

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The Klezmatics + David Krakauer’s Ancestral Groove

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The Klezmatics are the world-renowned, Grammy-award-winning superstars of klezmer music. Virtuoso clarinetist David Krakauer has been reinventing and remixing the Jewish music of his ancestry with the sensibility of a contemporary musician for decades. Both will make their Australian début on the same night at Sydney’s Factory Theatre on Thursday 31 August. It’s going to […]

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Hampstead

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Starring Diane Keaton and Brendan Gleeson, HAMPSTEAD is a charming romantic comedy set around the beautiful Hampstead Heath in London, a quiet piece of countryside in a vast metropolis. Living on the edge of the Heath, Emily Walters (Keaton) can’t quite focus on the things that need attention in her life, like her lovely old apartment, her […]

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