Pretty Ugly Butterfly is a photographic series of mirror portraits of half faces and figures, made symmetrical, from multi-media artist David Porteus. The result is surreal beauty, ghost portraits from a new world where the imperfect is made perfect and true nature is negated. The beauty myth of symmetry is both celebrated and disputed, in a […]
Read More… from Pretty Ugly Butterfly and Creature:Dot and the Kangaroo- Arts Monday
Meet Olympic volleyball player, Liz Brett. This week, Tuesday 8 May, Liz will be talking to GT about representing Australia at the 2000 Olympic Games, what happens when a sporting career comes to an end, and how she has forged a new career in business and academia. Plus, Liz will be sharing her top six tunes – […]
Woollahra Council is seeking artists to design an outstanding mural for Robertson Park at Watsons Bay! The Project Council is seeking to paint a sophisticated and site specific mural on one external wall of the amenities block in Robertson Bay, Watsons Bay. The wall is highly visible to park users and visitors and the mural […]
The Funniest & Happiest Play Shakespeare Ever Wrote! Directed by Susan Stapleto, A Midsummer Night’s Dream is one of the best known of the bard’s plays. Written after Romeo and Juliet and before The Merchant of Venice, around 1595, it is ostensibly about the events surrounding the marriage of a Theseus, Duke of Athens to […]
Monday, 30th April at Metro Theatre: Review by Rike Franke Lights on. The stage is littered with many instruments and the crowd cheers and screams: “Jacob, Jacob, Jacob!” His fans are out in force and when he finally comes up to the stage the Metro Theatre erupts with loud applause. He is the reason for […]
Take Time Out and Develop Your Creative Side! Pine Street Creative Arts Centre is the City of Sydney’s community arts facility and gallery. Pine Street Creative Arts Centre is the City of Sydney’s community arts facility and gallery. There, get hands-on to explore jewellery design, ceramics printmaking, drawing and painting, even if you have no experience, […]
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. […]
International stars and jazz heavyweights descend upon Sydney as the University of Sydney’s Conservatorium of Music together with the Open Academy hosts its second ever International Jazz Festival on Sunday 3 June. Artistic Director and Head of the Sydney Conservatorium Jazz Studies Program, David Theak was thrilled with the response to the inaugural event which […]
Eastside Radio’s album of the week is FEAR OF FLYING by THE BALDWINS. THE BALDWINS are a progressive soul band, based in Sydney. The group unleashed their brand of sensuous, soul groove earlier this year, with their banging lead single, Goldbrick. Now the soul collective is back with an impressive 6-track under their belts. Album: Fear of […]
Read More… from Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week: 3 May – 9 May 2018
ARTS THURSDAY with Maisy Stapleton on 3 May. WHAT’S ON TODAY’S PROGRAM: The theme of The Australian Heritage Festival 2018 is My Culture, My Story, which forms a guide for the program this fortnight. Join me to speak to the new CEO of the National Trust of Australia (NSW), Debbie Mills […]
PEGGY ALBUM LAUNCH FEAT. JON ROSE & CHRIS ABRAHAMS On a Monday evening in late November 2017, two of Australia’s most prolific musicians performed together in the living room of the late Peggy Glanville-Hicks. It was the first-time violinist Jon Rose and pianist Chris Abrahams had collaborated in a duo setting. What they created that […]
This week at 10:40 am, we start a new series with music historian, Andy Bromberger and this season is entitled Atonalism, Alienation and Appeasement, demystifying 20th century music. In Episode 1 this week, Andy sets the scene. At 11:00 am, my special guest is Candy Royalle, poet, musician, performer, essayist, activist – in other words, […]