BGF Bake Off is a wacky, colourful, community-focused event, where professional and amateur bakers can enter their baked delights in 6 categories being best cake, best decorated, best professional creation, tart and pies, preserves and fete baking. This fun-filled afternoon culminates in an auction where the winning cakes are auctioned off along with some amazing […]
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On Wednesday, 30 August 2017, artist Marion Borgelt returned to Arts Wednesday to talk about her new exhibition, entitled Moon’s Ghost. The moon, in all of its phases and guises, has been an abiding theme for Marion in her artistic life. Sylvia engaged her in conversation about her philosophy, her work and her career. That […]
Ever wonder what the Queen carries in her handbag? And what did the Queen Mother wear in the bomb shelter during the Blitz? Why do men wear ties? Professor Peter McNeil, Professor of Design History at UTS Sydney, knows all there is to know about fashion and decorative arts; from the Middle Ages to today, […]
Read More… from Peter McNeil on The Dialogue Wednesday 30 August at 6pm
Today at 10:40 am we hear Part 5 of Our Universe with Professor Geraint Lewis and the topic is Death From the Skies – pretty dramatic stuff! My special guest at 11:00 am is artist Marion Borgelt, making a welcome return to Arts Wednesday, to talk about her new exhibition at Dominik Mersch Gallery. Marion […]
Locus Non Consequensia – ‘location of no consequence’ is a project conceived by artist, Hadyn Wilson to honour an ‘inconsequential space’. This innovative project originally began in early 2000 as a collection of drawings and focuses on one representative square metre of ground delineated by a cast iron frame. The location, chosen randomly using Google […]
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Michael Bartolemei is Open Academy at the Con’s tutor for the ‘Jazz Piano Basics’ class. We wanted to talk with him a bit more about jazz and his instrument, piano, and what he loves about teaching. How did you start playing music and what lead you to Jazz and the piano? My Mother was a […]
A rising star of the Australian music scene, singer, piano player and songwriter Frances Madden effortlessly spans a number of genres from jazz and blues to her own unique compositions. In a relatively short time Frances has built a dedicated following through club and festival appearances, captivating audiences with a combination of her genuinely warm […]
Join us at Late Night Library for a feast of comedy and melodrama taking you back to the hey-day of radio drama of the 1930s and 40s. Weaving contemporary humor with local history, Merran Winchester and her team will transport the audience back in time, using live sound effects, old news transcripts, music and more. […]
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‘Parking Lot Symphony’ from Trombone Shorty is Eastside Radio’s Album Of The Week. This is Trombone Shorty’s (AKA Troy Andrews) seventh studio album as a band-leader since releasing his debut in 2002, and there’s been four live albums as well during that period. On top of that impressive back-catalogue Andrews has contributed to countless other albums as […]
DETROIT visionary CARL CRAIG arrives in Australia alongside spring, unveiling his ‘Versus’ vision with every knob twiddlers’ wet dream: a Synthesizer Ensemble. Here he talks to Eastside’s PARIS POMPOR about the project and his long-running fascination with electronic keyboards. “Being a DJ has been a big, important stage [shaping] my view not only on music, but […]
Ahead of her apperance at September’s GLOBAL RHYTHMS festival, ALPHAMAMA talks to Eastside Radio about her inimitable style and latest release, revisiting her Indonesian heritage, the way forward for women in music and what you can expect from her performance on September 24th at Bicentennial Park in Glebe. With jazz, soul, hip hop and non-western forms shaping her music, […]
Today I be talking about making art accessible. I went along on a tour through the Jenny Watson exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia that was run for participants with visual impairment as part of the MCA’s Bella Program. I’ll be playing part of the tour as well as interviews with the artist […]
Read More… from Arts Friday 25 August presented by Bronwyn Rennex