Eastside’s album of the week this week is Lisa Marie Simmons’ NoteSpeak (Amori e Tragedie In Musica). Lisa Marie Simmons is a soul/folk/jazz singer out of Colorado who began her musical journey studying at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York. She is part of two ensembles currently, Hippie Tendencies (neo-folk/soul) and NoteSpeak, […]
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Arts Thursday 11 June We’re back! This Thursday, join Maisy Stapleton and Paula Towers for their first Arts program since the corona virus lockdown. We start today with an interview recorded by Peter Morton in an ongoing series about the treasures in our museums, galleries and libraries. Today Peter speaks to Richard Neville, […]
The Album of the Week show is back! To cap off Reconciliation Week, Eastside is featuring Miiesha’s debut album, Nyaaringu. A Pitjantjatjara/Torres Strait Islander woman from Central Queensland, she recorded and released this stunning debut at just 20 years old. The album is a triumphant blend of gospel, soul, and modern electronic, borrowing sounds from […]
At 10:40 am, we continue with Part 2 of Developing Sydney with historian Laila Ellmoos. This is the series we started before lockdown and was meant to coincide with the opening of an exhibition of that name at Customs House. Obviously the exhibition couldn’t go ahead but it is now available online: https://www.sydneycustomshouse.com.au/visit/exhibitions-events Next Monday, […]
Bonjour, Good Morning beautiful souls! On today’s show, we will have a special National Reconciliation segment and talk quickly about Fanforce Virtual Indigenous Films. We will also have a small touch of “I can’t Breathe” and other important topics. Prepare yourself to travel into a musical journey where Jazz meets the Suave Rhythms of Latin […]
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Yea! Back with Arts Wednesday at last! You may remember, we started, but didn’t finish, a new series back in February before lockdown – Developing Sydney, with historian Laila Ellmoos. It concerned an exhibition, due to open in March but, as you can imagine, that didn’t happen. I will repeat the series starting with episode […]
67th Sydney Film Festival: Virtual Edition and Awards Program Launch and Sales open on 27 May Sydney Film Festival (SFF) will go virtual and national for the first time in its history this year. From 10 to 21 June 2020, SFF will present important elements of its 2020 lineup: world premieres of compelling true stories from […]
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FANFORCE TV PRESENTS THE 2020 VIRTUAL INDIGENOUS FILM FESTIVAL FANFORCE TV, the new community-based streaming platform presents the first Virtual Indigenous Film Festival from the 27th of May till the 2nd of June as part of National Reconciliation Week 2020. The Festival will present some of the most powerful Indigenous films alongside Q&A discussions […]
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Arts Thursday with Maisy Stapleton and Paula Towers We may not be able to travel at the moment, but we can still look to far horizons. Perhaps now is the time to spend learning another language – if not face-to-face, there are many on-line courses and aids to be found. Or we might now have […]
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 […]
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 […]
At 10:40 am, historian Laila Ellmoos returns with Part 3 of Developing Sydney and in this episode Laila talks about remembering old Sydney. My special guest at 11:00 am is Jonathan Bryant, heritage consultant to the State Theatre in Market Street. This grand old dame of theatre was built in 1929 and remains largely intact […]