At 10:40 am, it’s time for Part 2 of Birds and Bones with Dr Jacqueline Nguyen, ornithologist at the Australian Museum and this week the topic is songbirds and where they came from. At 11:00 am, I’m pleased to welcome back to Arts Wednesday, Elise Edmunds, Senior Curator at the State Library of NSW, talking […]
Category: Program Blogs
The Lost Lost Cabaret and Table – Arts Monday
The Lost Lost Cabaret is a comedy cabaret like no other! Presented by Choo Choo Troupe, this cabaret style show is a world of alt-comedy – burlesque, music, magic, and characters – all emceed by a nutbag of arguable brilliance and humour. The show features special guests who together with members of Choo Choo Troupe […]
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COSTUME DESIGN & MUM SHIRL: 18 July 2019
What makes a successful costume designer in Australia? Join me, Maisy Stapleton, to meet Jennifer Irwin, key costume designer at Bangarra and previously at the Sydney Dance Company. She is the winner of many awards and nominations for her designs and recognised by her industry for her contribution to the performing arts. Jennifer has recently […]
Arts Wednesday 17 July 2019
At 10:40 am, it’s time for Part 1 of a new series: Birds and Bones, with Dr Jacqueline Nguyen from the Australian Museum. Jacqui is an ornithologist who specialises in palaeontology and in the first episode, we talk about who an ornithologist is and what she does. With the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 […]
Elena Kats-Chernin’s new opera based on the life of Brett Whiteley
Drugs, Death, Art and Love. This is the stuff of opera. Celebrated composer Elena Kats-Chernin discusses the characters, the music and the long process of collaboration, that after two years has culminated in the opera, Whiteley. Opening this week at the Sydney Opera House it promises a visual feast of Whiteley’s art immersed in a dramatic […]
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Arts Wednesday 10 July 2019
At 10:40 am, we hear Part 6, the final part of Shakespeare and Company with Dr Anna Kamaralli and Anna finishes with Tricks he hath in him, which gentlemen have, examining what happened next! My special guest at 11:00 am is philosopher Dr Simon Longstaff, Director of the Ethics Centre, in conversation about free speech. […]
Community Billboard 2-9 July 2019
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. […]
Arts Wednesday 3 July 2019
At 10:40 this morning Dr Anna Kamaralli continues with Part 5 of Shakespeare and Company and this week, in Hooted at Like an Old Tale, she looks at Shakespeare’s sources for his plays. My special guest this week at 11:00 am is Dr Sarah Reeves, curator at the Powerhouse Museum, talking about the new exhibition Apollo […]
Flight of Hope and It’s Not Me, It’s Definitely You – Arts Monday
Adelaide doctor Mark Awerbuch is at the gym, doing his standard 30 minutes on the rowing machine, when he notices something wrong. Within a month, he’s diagnosed with acute T-cell lymphoblastic leukemia and over the following months is told by his treating bone-marrow haematologist, “Mark, you have to decide how you want to die”. In his […]
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Port Kembla – A Memoir Arts Thursday 27 June 2019
If you’re thinking of writing your autobiography, you could take a leaf out of Pam Menzies’ recollections of her childhood home in Port Kembla, near Wollongong NSW. In her book Port Kembla:A Memoir, Pam interweaves her memories with family history and her mother’s reminiscences, as well as a contemporary perspective on changes to the place […]
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Community Billboard 25 June – 2 July 2019
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 Balkan Beat-Tape
Two gypsy Queens, some beats and a dream! Eastside’s annual Radiothon is on NOW! Radiothon is one of the best times of year at the station, because it’s our chance to shine and show you the very best of Eastside radio! This year, our theme is ‘Beside You all the Way’ so The Cut and […]