John Hurt died last week, but that only made 1984 seem all the closer as the first 7 days of the tumultuous Trump Presidency ended with thousands protesting at airports around the United States, American scientists planning to March en masse on Washington DC, and calls for the President to be impeached or something, gathering […]
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Have you seen the giant Lunar Lantern zodiac animals around Sydney Harbour? Heard the firecrackers in Chinatown? Want to find out what goes on behind the scenes of the Sydney Chinese New Year Festival? Claudia Chan Shaw chats with Michelle Bell, human firecracker and Program Manager of the Chinese New Year Festival and Events at the City […]
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David Barr talks to John Waters and Stewart D’arrietta about Through A Glass Onion, the two man show on John Lennon at the Opera House. […]
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David Barr from Drive Tuesday talks to Stewart D’arrietta about his Leonard Cohen show at the Opera House, My Leonard Cohen. […]
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Bass player Jess Dunn (pictured) is the featured musician in Changing the Face of Jazz broadcast as part of Jazz Made in Australia on January 30th. Jess says of herself that she came to playing music fairly late, by which she means her late teens. She progressed from a hand-me-down electric base to a stand-up […]
Join me on Australia Day at 10:30 for Arts Thursday. To begin, meet Emily Valentine whose extraordinary work, made by ‘painting in feathers’, can be seen at the exhibition Preen at the Janet Clayton Gallery in Oxford Street until 29th January. Emily’s lively and inventive art […]
Dinosaurs, fairy circles, 22 degree halos and Lake Wakatipu’s seiche Alex dug back into the Jurassic to see if dinosaurs may one day walk among us:… Chantelle checked out what’s causing fairy rings in the Namibian desert And Tim shared stories of two phenomena he encountered in Queenstown, New Zealand. Look it up, what are 22 degree […]
Follow QK here: www.facebook.com/QueenKafe Tuesday 24th of January 2016 from 9am to 10:30am, Queen Kafé will have the honour of hosting the radio show The Lowedown produced and hosted by Virginia Lowe who is unfortunately not well. Rest assured everybody, Virginia will be back the following week. If you love jazz, blues, soul and […]
This week’s Jazz Made in Australia includes the second in the series of profiles of young women instrumentalists, Changing the face of Jazz. Drummer Jodie Michael ( pictured)who was awarded the Jann Rutherford Memorial Award in 2013, is the focus. Jodie has made her musical homes in Wollongong, Sydney and New York. She also gives […]
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‘Townie Ramble On’ (TRO) by The Cope Street Parade is Eastside Radio’s album of the week. Last week we brought you an Australian artist for our featured album as we dived into Sarah McKenzie’s latest album ‘Paris in the Rain’ well this week we bring you yet another home grown act this time hailing from […]
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Director of Art Fairs Australia, Barry Keldoulis, and Author, Art Critic, and Gallery Director, Patrick McCaughey, are my guests today. Art Month Sydney is the annual city-wide festival that celebrates contemporary art and artists. Artists are at the heart of Art Month and the festival gives the opportunity to explore artists’ studios, take artist-led tours […]
Thursday 12th of January 2017, Black Eye Gallery was starting the year with striking visuals of interpretive aerial imagery from The light Collective. Five Australian photographers had the desire to inspire, empower and invite the audience to a deeper connection with Australian interior Lake Eyre now known as Kati Thanda. Adam Williams, Luke Austin, Ignacio […]
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