Join me, Jane Raffan on Arts Monday 4 April for a program that looks at tales from Greek and Roman mythology in an intriguing new exhibition, “Alpha & Omega: Tales of Transformation“. My guest interviews today are with Michael Turner, Snr Curator at Sydney University’s Nicholson Museum, whose collections of antiquities are the largest in […]
Category: ARTS MONDAY
Italy’s Luca Gemma
Italian musician, Luca Gemma, joined Dr Margaux Dombkins on Arts, treating us to a live performance of songs from his latest CD, Blue Songs. Luca is on tour in Australia and Blue Songs is his first album performed entirely in English. Luca’s signature mash-up of rock, pop, soul and folk across voice, guitar, brass and electronic work […]
Italy’s Luca Gemma and ‘PLAYTHING’- Arts Monday
Italian Musician, Luca Gemma, Writer, Simon Dodd, and Actor, Cherrie Whalen-David are my guests today. Simon Dodd is the writer of PLAYTHING – an absurdist one- act comedy that is a subtle mix of deep philosophical musings and toilet humour. Cherrie Whalen-David plays the female lead. The cast features some of Sydney’s most seasoned and […]
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Finding Eliza: Power and Colonial Storytelling
Join me, Jane Raffan on Arts Monday 7 March for a program that looks at folklore, and the role stereotypes play in cementing narrative in national histories and broader popular culture. My guest interviews today are with Larissa Behrendt, lawyer, and professor of Indigenous Research at the University of Technology Sydney, and author of a […]
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All My Love
Arts Dr Margaux Dombkins spoke with Director, Denny Lawrence about ‘All My Love’ which tells the untold love story between two of Australia’s most famous writers, Henry Lawson and Mary Gilmore. At the end of the 19th Century, Mary Gilmore was introduced to the young Henry Lawson. As their friendship developed, Mary found herself caught […]
Inner Body Art & ‘All My Love’- Arts Monday
Director, Denny Lawrence and Artist, Amaya Lang are my guests today. Denny Lawrence is the director of ‘All My Love’ that uncovers the untold love story between two of Australia’s most famous writers, Henry Lawson and Mary Gilmore. At the end of the 19th Century, Mary Gilmore was introduced to the young Henry Lawson. As […]
ZAP and National Art School – Arts Monday
Musician, Will Henderson and Curator, Judith Blackall are my guests today. Will Henderson, a graduate of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, is currently touring Australia with The ZAP Show – a unique, wild and fun laden show full of puppetry, physical theatre, dance and comedy. The Zap Show originated in Berlin when two Australians and […]
Sex Genes and Rock ‘n’ Roll – an Evolutionary Biology Primer
Join me, Jane Raffan on Arts Monday 11 January for a program about sex and music! And in more detail, the nexus between evolutionary biology and Rock ‘n’ Roll! Yup, that’s right, Genes with a G, not a J (although rockers all do wear ’em!). It’s summer – which means book list time! Listen in […]
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