Author: Nick La Rosa

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People First: Working Together for a Strong, Just and Inclusive Society

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Do you agree future prosperity is a shared responsibility? That we need global effort and local action? If we address inequality and focus on social inclusion will we create more resilient cities? Join Mary Robinson (former President of Ireland, former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and President of the Mary Robinson Foundation – Climate […]

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Asha Bhosle Last Empress Farewell Tour

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Bollywood’s defining singer and the world’s most recorded artist ever, the legendary 82-year-old Asha Bhosle returns to the Sydney Opera House stage after nine years for her final tour – a career-spanning celebration through film classics, crossover hits and euphoric Indian traditional. She’ll perform on the 14th of March at the Opera House. Honoured with […]

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A 200 Year Old Barber @ Sydney Opera House

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A 200 Year Old Barber The world’s most loved comedic opera, Rossini’s The Barber of Seville, celebrates its 200th anniversary on Saturday 20 February. To mark the occasion, Opera Australia has partnered with World’s Greatest Shave to donate a portion of ticket sales to the Leukaemia Foundation, in addition to offering a strictly limited 200 […]

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Birds of the Moon, rare Rhinos, and ocean plastic peril

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today we’re split between ecstasy and environmental agony as we discuss everything from Miriam Lieberman’s beautiful new album, Birds Of the Moon, to the toxic reality of plastic rubbish filling up our oceans. At 4.30 rhino activist Ray Dearlove will tell us why we need rhinos, and describe some of the adventures he’s had as […]

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Album of the Week – ‘This Narrow Isthmus’ by the Julien Wilson Quartet

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‘This Narrow Isthmus’ (lionsharecords) by the Julien Wilson Quartet is Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week. The group’s second and last release was recorded live in Sydney back in 2014 and explores the universal theme of life’s transience. The follow up to the groups debut and triple Australian Bell Award winning album ‘This Is Always’, […]

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Rafael Karlen awarded Churchill Fellowship

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Composer and saxophonist Rafael Karlen is one of Australia’s bright emerging performers and composers, and his passion for contemporary music is taking him international. Brisbane based Rafael Karlen is one of 109 people across Australia who has been announced as a recipient of a Churchill Fellowship, awarded by the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust, who are […]

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The Blue Trees By Konstantin Dimopoulos

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The Blue Trees is an environmental art installation that draws attention to global deforestation by turning living, breathing trees bright blue, demanding we notice them before the planet’s old forests are gone for good. It will take place from Friday the 4th of March to Friday the 11th of March. Using a biologically safe water-based colourant, artist […]

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