Sydney Harbour is one of Australia’s most beautiful icons, but most of us are unaware that the waterway is a living and breathing ecosystem. Ruth Hessey speaks with University of Sydney researcher Edwina Tanner about how the Sydney Harbour Estuary absorbs carbon and the immediate threats the system is facing. Edwina Tanner is the coordinator […]
Pine Street Creative Arts Centre is the City of Sydney’s community arts place and gallery. It is where you can develop a new skill or master your crafts. Their aim is to encourage local arts and cultural activities. Their facility has two locations: the main campus at Pine Street and at the Harry Burland Activity Centre. […]
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Pulsing with Harlem’s rhythms and sonic ambiance, Somi’s Petite Afrique is an homage to her New York City upper Manhattan neighborhood, and one of the Meccas of the African diaspora. In the village of Harlem, along west 116th Street from Malcolm X Boulevard to Frederick Douglass Boulevard, African immigrants build American lives. Populated predominantly by […]
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Afternoon Eastsiders! Next week is bursting with amazing talent taking to a live venue near you. Why not get organised and cap off each day with some of your favourites, or take the time to discover something new? As always you can tune in Friday’s from 1:30PM-3PM for Take One to hear about these artists and more […]
On June 7 2017, Sylvia played the second of two repeat conversations about legal history. This week the conversation is about criminal law and our guest is Arlie Loughnan. Follow the prompts and listen: That was Part 1 of the conversation and here is Part 2: Now for Part 3: […]
Mark Robinson continues with Part 2 of pitched percussion at 10:40 am and this week we talk about bells. At 11:00 am I am replaying the second of 2 legal history conversations. This week I’ll be playing the conversation I recorded with Arlie Loughnan in 2015 on criminal law. As with equity last week, it is […]
This weekly community billboard is proudly sponsored by the City of Sydney’s Plan for the future – Sydney 2030 – making our city more green, global and connected. […]
By PARIS POMPOR “I’d heard Link Wray’s ‘Rumble’ my whole life, I just never knew that Link Wray was Native American.” Guitarist Stevie Salas is talking about the rebellious, rockin’ – and in every way rolling – 1958 single that was banned from the radio for fear it would drive delinquents towards debauched acts. There […]
Riley Lavelle Long reviews Guy Ritchie’s new film King Authur: Legend of the Sword. […]
Maria Bradley helped form grass-roots organisation Keep Sydney Beautiful after she noticed the all of the old trees disappearing from Anzac Parade. Sydney has lost over 1000 trees in the construction of the new Light Rail route, and as major government projects threaten Sydney’s green spaces Keep Sydney Beautiful is giving locals a voice. Ruth […]
Pat Fiske is one of Australia’s most prominent independent filmmakers and has been directing films since the early 1970s. Ruth Hessey speaks to Fiske about how she got involved in the union activist movement and her 1985 documentary Rocking The Foundations. Find out more about Fiske’s upcoming films Oyster and When The Camera Stopped Rolling. […]
Drowning statistics have been increasing every year so it is important for your child to know how to swim. There are two places where you can get your child to learn how to swim: Ian Thorpe Aquatic Centre Ian Thorpe Aquatic Centre was named in honour of Ian Thorpe who was a five-time Gold Medal winning champion. Cook and […]