Join Maisy Stapleton and Paula Towers this Arts Thursday for a lockdown show. Tune in to meet Jennifer Bott AO for a thoughtful discussion on the value of the arts and to explore her stellar career in the arts and in cultural leadership roles. Jenny’s distinguished career has embraced almost every form of the arts from community practice, to music, performing […]
Category: Program Blogs
Arts Wednesday 7 July 2021
I am so pleased to be back at Arts Wednesday this week! Anna Kamaralli returns in the first half hour with Part 5 of Staging the Look: how stage and film design for history and this week she turns her attention to men. We examine him from his hair style to his shoes! My special […]
Scandinavia Film Festival (6 July – 4 August)
SCANDINAVIAN FILM FESTIVAL REVEALS FULL 2021 SELECTION FESTIVAL TO CLOSE WITH 50th ANNIVERSARY SCREENING OF MULTI ACADEMY AWARD® NOMINEE ‘THE EMIGRANTS’ Palace invites you to go north this midwinter with the Scandinavian Film Festival. The full 2021 programme has been unveiled, a superb showcase of the best new Nordic cinema, and will be screening nationally at Palace […]
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More than just money – What’s the Great Barrier Reef worth?
What is a unique ecosystem with millions of rare species like the Great Barrier Reef worth? Why would you want to keep it if you are not into protecting the environment? You might be a successful business person in the oil industry and find it much more attractive to drill for oil than going snorkeling. […]
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Arts Wednesday 9 June 2021
Anna Kamaralli returns in the first half hour with Part 4 of Staging the Look: how stage and screen design for history and this week Anna talks about hair. My special guest at 11:00 am is economist Jasmin Argyrou, unravelling all those aspects of today’s economics that I find baffling! Music is mostly about money. […]
Cyan and Celluloid Symphonies
Hi, there! I’m Cyan, a Year 11 student from Sydney Girls High School, and I’m with Eastside Radio for three exciting days on my work experience placement. My unofficial title among my friend group is ‘Ultimate Starving Artist’—you can find me spamming the group chat over Ray Chen’s god-tier double stops in Sibelius’ Violin Concerto, […]
FOLK & CRAFT TRADITIONS – 27 MAY 2021
Join Maisy Stapleton and Paula Towers this Arts Thursday to meet two special guests. Dr Noris Ioannou Folk art and creativity is celebrated as an essential aspect of art history in countries like America, yet has been undervalued in Australia. Dr Noris Ioannou, an authority on Australian ‘material folk culture and the decorative arts’, […]
Arts Wednesday 26 May 2021
Dr Anna Kamaralli returns with Part 3 of Staging the Look: how does theatre and film design for history? In this episode, she turns her attention to underwear – important if we see it or if we don’t! My special guest at 11:00 am is Nicolette Fraillon, Music Director and Chief Conductor of the Australian […]
Bundanon and Good Space Activation – 13 May 2021
Join Maisy Stapleton and Paula Towers this Arts Thursday to meet two special guests. Bundanon – Deborah Ely AM Bundanon on the Sholhaven River near Nowra was given to the nation by Arthur and Yvonne Boyd in 1993 as a remarkable cultural and environmental asset. For the last 15 years, CEO Deborah Ely has nurtured, developed and transformed its programs, landscapes […]
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Arts Wednesday 12 May 2021
Dr Anna Kamaralli returns in the first half hour, with Part 2 of Staging the Look and this week she talks about fundamental shapes: what shapes in clothing belong to which periods and how accurately is this portrayed on stage and screen? My special guest at 11:00 am is dietitian, Susie Burrell, taking us through […]
Community Billboard 6 – 13 May 2021
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 […]
The German Film Festival (25 May-20 June)
2021 GERMAN FILM FESTIVAL RETURNS WITH A FEAST OF FILMS Presented by Palace, the German Film Festival’s full 2021 programme has been revealed, which boasts a spectacular selection of 30 films, the best and latest in German cinema, a number of which are screening for the first time outside Germany. This year’s programme, presented in […]