Arts Thursday with Maisy Stapleton and Paula Towers The Sydney Chamber Choir and City Recital Hall are staging Handel’s Messiah. The choir, under Artistic Director Sam Allchurch, is taking a fresh approach to this longstanding piece and presenting a concert with a sound that, in effect, will express Handel’s original intent for this sublime music, […]
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The Robertson Brothers Announce Brand New 1960’s TV Variety Show Line 5 Entertainment is proud to present The Robertson Brother’s new 1960 Variety Show! The show will feature special guest Simon Brook McLachlan from the original cast of the Jersey Boys. Take a trip down memory lane with this amazing interactive live TV Variety Show […]
At 10:40 am, historian Laila Ellmoos continues with Part 2 of Developing Sydney and this week’s episode explores the importance of photography in documenting Sydney’s growth. My special guests at 11:00 am are Rhianna Walcott and Alex Seton, both board members of Arts Month coming up in March. Rhianna is a gallery director and Alex […]
Arts Thursday with Maisy Stapleton and Paula Towers This week we introduce a new segment to the program – the Story of Sydney through our collections. Our state’s collecting institutions – the Art Gallery of NSW, the Australian Museum, the State Library of NSW, the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, Sydney Living Museums and […]
Laila Ellmoos, historian with the City of Sydney, makes a welcome return to Arts Wednesday at 10:40 am with a new series for 2020.Called Developing Sydney, it is the name of an exhibition Laila is curating at Customs House, opening late March and looks at photographs in the council archives from 1900 – 1920. In […]
At 10:40 am Anna Groden returns for Part 6, the final part of our series on multiples and she finishes with video art. My special guest at 11:00am is Michael Atherton, all-round musical genius makes a welcome return to Arts Wednesday with another unusual musical instrument: the Jew’s Harp, which, incidentally, has nothing to do […]
After years of controversy, protest and community action, Waverley Council has passed the latest plans for the restoration of the iconic Bondi Pavilion. Waverley Mayor, Paula Masselos, talks to Paul Neeson about the lengthy community consultation process and what the changes mean for local artists and community groups. The plans include an upgrade of the […]
Anna Groden continues with Multiples at 10:40 am and in Part 5, the topic is sculpture. My special guest at 11:00 am is Dr Ida Lichter, making a welcome return to Arts Wednesday. Ida has long championed the rights of Muslim women and her current interest is the recent street protests in Iran and the […]
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Art consultant Anna Groden returns at 10:40 am with Part 4 of multiples and this week the topic is photographs. My special guest at 11:00 am is Dr Ginni Mansberg, making a welcome return to Arts Wednesday. Ginni is a GP who specialises in women’s health, but is best known as the GP on Sunrise […]
The Chau Chak Wing Museum opens in 2020. It will house the three existing museums of Sydney University – the Nicholson Museum (antiquities), the Macleay Museum (natural history) and the University Art Gallery. Anthony Frater talks to David Ellis, Director of University Museums about the new building, the collections and the future plans of this […]
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At 10:40 am, art consultant Anna Groden continues with Part 3 of Multiples and this week the topic is screen printing, lithos and etchings. My special guest at 11:00 am is artist Shivanjani Lal, one of 12 artists exhibiting in Wansolwara: one salt water at the UNSW Galleries. The salt water in question is the […]