TATTOO Festival – Arts Monday

The Rites Of Passage Festival is an event that showcases tattoos as a form of art and self-expression. This year’s line-up features over 250 of the best tattoo artists from Australia and the world in an action-packed weekend of live tattoos, body art, food trucks and entertainment. Visitors can catch up with the latest trends, […]

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“Home” from On The Stoop is Eastside Radio’s Album Of The Week (19-25 Oct)

“Home” from Sydney ensemble On The Stoop is Eastside Radio’s Album Of The Week. Impossible to categorise, “Home” is a fun, unpredictable record that weaves through bawdy gypsy-blues, reggae and ska rhythms, and mariachi horn sequences, yet the whole edifice is built over a stable jazz foundation. Add tongue-in-cheek lyrics to the equation, and allow for a […]

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Freedman Jazz Fellowship Concert 2017

A landmark event in the Australian music calendar, the Freedman Jazz Fellowship Concert presents jazz luminaries performing competitively in this thrilling showcase that decides the 2017 Freedman Jazz Fellow. Freedman Fellowships are for established artists at the top of their profession. The Fellowship assists them in the next step of their career.The 2017 finalists are […]

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PRIVATE LIFE DRAMAS: BLOODLIGHT & BAMI REVIEW

Reviewed by PARIS POMPOR  Over ten years in the making, SOPHIE FIENNES delivers a vivid, bewitching and satisfying portrait of one of pop music’s most striking, flamboyant and enduring characters: Mx GRACE JONES. Much of English director Sophie Fiennes’ ‘Bloodlight And Bami’ documentary (she is also credited as editor) centres around a family reunion in […]

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Beyond Plastic Pollution: Pathways to Cleaner Oceans

Australia’s first Conference focused on reducing Marine Plastic Pollution in the Asia-Pacific region will take place at Darling Harbour in Sydney from October 31st to November 1st 2017. Bringing together business, government, science, academia and community, Beyond Plastic Pollution will seek to find pathways to cleaner oceans learning about the latest research, testing the best […]

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Deep Forest + Gaudi, With Special Guest Tijuana Cartel: Live at Factory Theatre

The Factory Theatre in Marrickville will host Deep Forest and Gaudi on November 30, starting from 8:00 P.M. Special guest Tijuana Cartel will also be performing.   Deep Forest belong to the few unique pioneers of electronic music, who with their highly recognizable sounds defined the concept of world music and shaped the all-new sound […]

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Beauty in the Burbs: Sydney through the lens of photographer Lousie Hawson

Join me, Jane Raffan, Monday 16 October, for a program devoted to community and the streets of Sydney with Louise Hawson, the photographer behind the 52 Suburbs blog and book. Louise Hawson woke up one day and realised she was a stranger in her own city. And then she set herself a mission:  to explore […]

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