On Tuesday 18th of April at 6pm, Eastside Radio broadcast the 12th episode of Making Airwaves! Making Airwaves is a Windgap Foundation initiative, which allows adults who live with an intellectual disability to create their own half hour radio show. In this broadcast we hear from the talented Lance, Alex, Toohey, Nathan, Susie and Ailsa. […]
Senator Pauline Hanson’s in depth analysis of the Great Barrier Reef gleaned during a strenuous “surface snorkel” during her first ever outing in a wetsuit, has brought the spectacular peculiarities of our times into stark relief this week. Senator Hanson was able to fall back on years of ignorance when she announced that the […]
Some might say that the writing industry is dying. That nowadays people don’t care about books and are too busy with screens of every sorts. But as a French person living in Sydney, enjoying to spend most of my time in libraries digging for new discoveries, it occurs to me that the idea of a dying […]
Centennial Park is home to Sydney’s first public stone labyrinth, and possibly the most intricately built labyrinth in the world. The labyrinth is a magnificently crafter pathway designed for quiet reflection and exploration. You can find it adjacent to the northern end of Willow Pond (off Dickens Drive). The labyrinth is an 11 circuit sandstone […]
The world of Rebecca Ritchie is full of glamour, drama and beauty; with equal doses of murder, tragedy and ambition. It is the wonderful world of Opera Australia. Rebecca Ritchie, Wardrobe Production Manager for Opera Australia, takes us behind the scenes of the workroom. We step into the domain of the costume designers, cutters, seamstresses, wig makers, milliners and […]
Read More… from Rebecca Ritchie on The Dialogue Wednesday 30 November
‘New Balloon’ by Matilda Abraham is Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week. With her brand new album released this October, Abraham invites us to follow her into a warm, honest and unique universe created amidst a mix of the synthetic sounds and the sweet voice of a folk singer. The Sydney based singer began developing […]
Read More… from Album of the Week – ‘New Balloon’ by Matilda Abraham
Missed tonight’s show? Never fear you can listen to it here! Chantelle interviewed Australian National University researcher Henry Cook, on the team’s efforts to save the last 14 Orange Bellied Parrots Check out the Save the Orange-bellied Parrot campaign here https://pozible.com/project/operation-obp And Tim looked into research that’s pimping photosynthesis in crop plants to meet our […]
I’m focusing on only 3 CDs this week, one released early in 2016, one released late in 2016 and one released somewhere in the middle. And, they are Julien Wilson‘s ‘This Narrow Isthmus‘, Dan Barnett‘s ‘Walkin’ Shoes‘ and the Idea of North‘s ‘Ballads‘. Most of us I’m sure are familiar with Julien’s work, he is […]
Read More… from Jazz Made In Australia Monday 28 2016 ‘Julien, Dan, & Idea of North’
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. […]
Read More… from Community Billboard 25 November – 2 December
On Wednesday, 23 November, Waverley Council announced the winner of the 2016 Nib Waverley Award for Literature. The Nib award is one of Australia’s most prestigious Literary Awards and the only one run by a Local Council. The prize of $20.000 celebrates research excellence in the creation of literary work. Waverly Council is pleased to […]
On Arts Thursday, Maisy Stapleton commenced a special series, Asian Intersections, examining how we intersect with Asia through culture and art. In a two-program interview, Jackie Menzies OAM, Emeritus Curator of Asian Art at the Art Gallery of NSW and President of The Asian Art Society of Australia joined the us to set the background […]
Award winning Canadian blues band ‘The Harpoonist and The Axe Murderer’ came by Drive Tuesday a few days ago as a part of their grand national Australian tour. David happened to be a big fan of their work, and as can be seen in the picture above he had a great time talking to them […]