|| Wednesday 24 January 2018 ||8-9:30pm Bonsoir, Good evening Eastside listeners, it’s Stéphanie Denizard from Queen Kafé. I will be hosting and producing Forever French on, Wednesday 24th of January 2018 from 8pm to 9h30pm. On the menu: FRENCH CLASSICAL CABARET with Jane Rutter at Camelot Lounge, QUEER SCREEN’S 25TH MARDI GRAS FILM FESTIVAL. I will […]
At 10:40, Richard Major concludes the series on Australian birds with the Common Myna. At 11:00 am, I will play a conversation I recorded with viola da gamba player, Jenny Eriksson. Jenny is the founder of The Marais Project, dedicated to 16th century music, where she plays her acoustic viola da gamba. She is also […]
January is the month of Tennis Fever. It is rampant. Everyone has at least one symptom. Excitement; talking about players shots; endless personal analysis of player performance and constant score check-ups. These are only some of the symptoms. Don’t fear. These symptoms usually pass by the end of January. For the passionate tennis fans January […]
|| Wednesday 17 January 2018 || (8-9:30pm) Bonsoir, Good evening Eastside listeners, It’s Stéphanie Denizard from Queen Kafé. I hope you all had a fabulous festive season with your loved ones. I will be hosting and producing Forever French on, Wednesday 17th of January 2018 from 8pm to 9h30pm. On the menu: Australians get […]
At 10:45, Richard Major continues with Part 4 of Australian Birds and this week he talks about the Noisy Miner. At 11:00 am I talk to Director of Carriageworks, Lisa Havilah, about the installation by German artist, Katharina Grosse, entitled, somewhat enigmatically, The Horse Trottted Another Couple of Metres, Then it Stopped. Hear about the logistics […]
Matt McMahon is one of the very significant group of jazz musicians who have come to prominence since the turn of the century. A pianist, composer, arranger and musical director (as well as one of Eastside Radio’s longest standing presenters) he has been a winner of two of Australia’s most prestigious jazz awards: the National […]
It’s summer time in Australia and this means blowflies. They seem to come in droves. We swat and spray to keep them away. But how do these pesky flies keep cool on a hot summer days? According to new research it seems salvia keep Chrysomya megacephala cool. Blowflies move a small amount of salvia to […]
Arts Thursday with Maisy Stapleton on 11 January brings you a conversation with Lex Marinos, one of Australia’s best-known actors, as well as broadcaster, director, writer and arts advocate. Lex has just written The Jobbing Actor: Rules of Engagement, about the work and life of […]
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So nice to be back at the console again after a wonderful break. At 10:40 am, Richard Major continues with Part 3 of Australian birds, this week talking about sulphur crested cockatoos. At 11:00 am, my special guest is Joanna Butler, musician and musical researcher. Joanna has been responsible for selecting the music for Rembrandt […]
ArtiFacts Eastside. Join me, Jane Raffan, Monday 8 January, for a program about art, poetry and literature specifically focused on Sydney. Hear interviews with Damien Minton about an exhibition at his former eponymous gallery called Five Bells – a Visual Ode to Sydney. Taking cues from Kenneth Slessor’s poem – voted Australia’s best poem by ABC […]
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As we say goodbye to 2017, let us reflect on the many wonders science delivered. It has been the year for discovery. Science did not disappoint; we learnt about the processes that govern our world. We learnt about, the discovery of the mesentery and now we all have a new organ. We also found out […]
Hangover-mas is upon us. It is the small space of time after the over indulgent period. It is where we question if drizzling our fifth piece of trifle in Tea Maria was too much (and no, it certainly was not). As we say good bye to Christmas and welcome Boxing Day we are greeted with […]