ARTS THURSDAY – women artists and historic houses March 8 2018

Arts Thursday with Maisy Stapleton on 8 March. WHAT’S ON TODAY’S PROGRAM: Discover the world of women artists who daringly left Australia at a time when few women practiced art, yet alone travelled overseas to develop their artistic skills. Intrepid Women, an exhibition at the SH Ervin Gallery, presents the work of Australian women artists […]

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Clotilde and Alexandre in Australia

Dynamic French Duo Tours Australia The French duo Clotilde and Alexandre are performing their musical collaboration, ‘Madeleine & Salomon,’ around Australia this March. Vocalist and flutist, Clotilde Rullaud, and pianist and multi-instrumentalist, Alexandre Saada, embrace the feminist American songbook with minimalistic music and a deep, incandescent chant. Their album, ‘A Woman’s Journey,’ reinterprets the humanist […]

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Mirror Sydney: An Atlas of Reflections

Join me, Jane Raffan, Monday 5 March, for a program that delves into the lesser known Sydney. My guest interviews today are with Vanessa Berry, author of the book “Mirror Sydney”, a marvellous, entrancing and acutely alert reverie on our city and its ever-changing urban landscape. “Mirror Sydney” is rich in observations and history, and […]

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Stalin’s Piano @ City Recital Hall

Virtuosic Piano Meets Leaders of History Celebrated pianist Sonya Lifschitz weaves together a musical exploration of over a century’s worth of history, art, and politics in Stalin’s Piano. Stalin’s Piano, which premiered at the 2017 Canberra International Music Festival, is a multimedia composition by Robert Davidson that mixes music with audio and video recordings of famous […]

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Word In Hand Spoken Word Return

Word in Hand returns to The Red Rattler Theatre! Word in Hand returns to The Red Rattler Theatre, for one night of unforgettable spoken word storytelling. This Tuesday 6th – Gender-transcendent soul diva Mama Alto joins local queer performer & activist Annaliese Constable for a line-up of poetry, song and ‘tragic comedy’. Why not get there early and sign up for the Word In […]

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Archer: Mysterious man under an open sky

Mysterious Victorian musician Archer and his humble mate Phil paid a visit to Eastside’s Thursday Drive. Archer gave an intriguing insight into his journeys across our sunburnt country. After performing a spontaneous poem requesting all of Australia’s old people, Archer revealed meeting a white supremacist who called himself ‘Jesus Christ’. Have a listen to his beautifully strange […]

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ARTS THURSDAY 1 March – Anni Finsterer in ‘Sweet Country

Arts Thursday 1 March, presented by Bronwyn Rennex ON TODAY’S PROGRAM:  The lovely actor, singer, writer, voice artist Anni Finsterer discusses her role in Warwick Thornton’s ‘Sweet Country’ Sweet Country is a period western, set in the late 1920s on the Northern Territory frontier, where justice itself is put on trial. Inspired by real events, […]

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Debbie Mackinnon and Mike Staniford on The Dialogue 28 February

Outreach by Mike Staniford. Acrylic on paper.

Interview with artists Debbie Mackinnon and Mike Staniford. When art is your life, it helps that your life partner understands your passion, obsession and your need to create. In the case of Debbie Mackinnon and Mike Staniford a love of the landscape in all its magnificence has given them common ground for their travels and […]

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