The hilarious and touching SBS series Homecoming Queens has struck a cord with Aussie audiences. Based on the real-life experiences of writers Chloe Reeson and Michele Law, the series dives into the lives of two twenty-something women dealing with life-changing diseases. Refreshingly honest and unflinching, Homecoming Queens faces the realities of death, sickness, and friendship […]
The Sydney Writers 2018 festival has just begun! Set to take place in new locations instead of the Walsh Bay Art Precinct. Events are planned at Sydney Town Hall, City Recital Hall and Roslyn Packer Theatre with a huge variety of Writers and Journalist from Emma Alberrici, Peter Doyle, Julia Zemiro, Wesley Morris and many more. […]
2017 Freedman Jazz Fellowship Award winner Emma Stephenson has been living and working in New York for the past eight months. She was briefly back in Sydney in April to attend a couple of weddings which gave Mick Paddon, presenter of Time and Space a chance to catch up with her to ask about how […]
Read More… from Emma Stephenson from New York to Time and Space
Hello EastSiders! I’m so excited to be joining the Take One team! Born and raised in Sydney, I’ve always had a passion for music. My family have been a big influence on my eclectic taste, with weekends and car rides spent listening to Elvis, ABBA, Bananarama, The Beatles, The Cure, The Smiths, Midnight Oil, Frank […]
Read More… from Take One Social Media Producer – Jayne Franco
Published just a few weeks ago, Girls at the Piano, is , in part, a memoir of a young girl’s infatuation with the piano which over the years into her adolescence becomes a burden rather than a source of pleasure. It is also the story of her grandmother, a singer and pianist who emigrated to […]
Presented by Bronwyn Rennex On Arts Thursday this week I speak to Moshe Rosenzveig about the upcoming festival of all things photography, Head On. Moshe is Director of the festival, which began as a portrait competition in 2004 and this year will feature over 100 venues and 800 artists. The festival runs from 5-28 May […]
Read More… from Arts Thursday 26 April – Speaking HeadOn with Moshe Rosenzveig
Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week is Animarum by Jonathan Zwartz. With his third solo album Animarum Jonathan completes the ‘musical picture’ he started with The Sea and The Remembering and Forgetting of the Air. Animarum again features a dream band who caress the melodies and swing the grooves of the eight new originals. Artist: […]
Read More… from Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week: April 26 – May 3
The City’s Advisory Panel is inviting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who live, work or study in the local area to put forward nominations for our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Advisory Panel. Nominations close at 5pm Friday 11 May 2018. To download the form, click here. Council appointed the first City of Sydney […]
Read More… from Calling Nominees For The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Advisory Panel
If you want to know how those fruit and veggies came to be in your shopping basket – and the real story behind it…. tune in to The Dialogue at 6pm on Wednesday 25 April when I chat to John Baker. John knows a thing or two about fresh produce, with over 40 years in […]
Read More… from John Baker on The Dialogue Wednesday 25 April
For the second year in a row, The City of Sydney is a proud sponsor of this years’ NSW Business Chamber’s Business Awards. This gives the opportunity for people of business and a variety of different businesses to show off their hard work over the past year. For this year, the 13 categories both people […]
Walking is beneficial in so many ways; it helps the environment, keeps you in shape and gives you the opportunity to enjoy some fresh air. However, walking across the street at the wrong place at the wrong time can lead to terrible consequences. The City of Sydney wants to encourage pedestrians to stop, look, and listen […]
Read More… from Watch Out Before You Walk Out – Staying Safe in Sydney Streets
It’s ANZAC Day this Wednesday and that ‘s the subject of conversation and music for the show. I’m taking the opportunity to replay an interview I recorded in 2015 with Professor Sean Bawley, to mark the centenary of the Gallipoli landing. Find out what really happened the day and throughout the campaign in this absorbing […]