David Stratton on Aki Kaurismäki

Australia’s most renown film critic David Stratton spoke to Nick Terry on Thursday Drive ahead of his retrospective of the Finnish director Aki Kaurismäki at this year’s Sydney Film Festival. Kaurismäki’s films celebrate everyday people in the darkest moments of their lives. His characters are broke, injured and sometimes refugees, but Kaurismäki always imbues his stories with […]

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Nardean talks identity, poetry and taking control of her future on The New Thing

Nardean possesses a natural gift for words. It’s not often that you can genuinely say that, but as someone who has only been exercising her pen in the poetry realm for the last 4 years; this Sydney rapper has created explorative and thought-provoking poetry and music. Look no further than her debut EP Creatress – […]

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City of Sydney’s Vivid Music Scene

Experience Sydney’s independent music scene during Vivid. Head off the beaten track and into our villages. From Surry Hills to Newtown, Sydney’s favourite neighbourhood haunts have gathered emerging live acts as well as unique audio-visual gigs. So get ready to rock, roll, mosh, sway or swing! 1. Pair curated drinks with live tunes at Cake […]

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The Midnight Special – High Voltage to Gamma Ray

On May 20th, 2018 the Midnight Special departed from Rangers Road in Neutral Bay on the North shore of Sydney just about 10 km north of the studio here in Paddington. The now defunct Albert’s music studios that used to stand there have now been demolished in the never ending eruption of luxury units. [1] […]

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Vivid Ideas 2018

Vivid Ideas will captivate Sydney over 23 days and nights from 25 May to 16 June. Dare Jennings – Game Changer Dare Jennings is one of Australia’s global success stories. He is the founder of Mambo clothing, Phantom records and Deus Ex Machina, yet according to Dare, he has no business knowledge to share. So […]

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Bello Winter Music

Applications are now open for the 2018 Bello Winter Music Youth Mentorship Program where aspiring musicians  under 19 years of age have an opportunity to be mentored by established artists on the festival bill. The selected young artists from each category (Band, Singer Songwriter, Vocal, Under 15years) get a rehearsal session with their mentor, a 20 minute performance at […]

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Supporting Those In Need At Eat.Shop.Chop

More than 300 guests from Sydney’s most vulnerable communities gathered at The Addison Project complex in Kensington on Thursday 19 April for free haircuts, food and services at Eat.Shop.Chop, a new event created by Sustainable Salons The day-long event was designed to make basic necessities easily available to those in need and was supported by OzHarvest, Thread […]

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Olympian Sarah Cook on Crossing the Line, Tuesday 22 May

Sarah Cook Eastside

There aren’t many athletes that rise through the ranks to compete at international level in two different sports. Olympian Sarah Cook is one of them. Sarah competed as a dual international in rowing and sailing from 2004 to 2015. She rowed for Australia in the 2008 and 2012 Olympics and competed at numerous National and […]

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