Have you ever wondered how other countries around the world celebrate Christmas or even have Christmas? Take Argentina for example, During Christmas the weather is quite warm, Preparations for Christmas begin very early in December and sometimes even in November. Over this Christmas time, many Argentinians also celebrate Advent as high percentage of people in Argentina […]
Too many toys, revolutionary flies and Merry Beetle-Mas; Tuesday Boiling Point 19th of December
It is the season of giving, but are you an over the top gift giver or more specifically an over the top toy giver? This week Alex Sentinella explored the science of toys and play. Today we all want more. Perhaps more is harming us. Research from The University of Toledo indicates less toys […]
Day Dreaming, Temporary Uteruses and Titan
Day dreaming and make believe were the corner stones to childhood; imperative to our schooling and the development of our creative bones. What if you could not imagine pirates and heroes? Mind blindness or congenital aphantasia is a condition where people struggle to use visual imagery. To find out about congential aphantasia and binocular […]
The BUF Girls – Arts Monday
The BUF girls empower and inspire women to love a healthy and balanced lifestyle, and to become BUF – Beautiful, Unstoppable, and Fearless. The Buf Girls are Libby Babet, Cassey Maynard, Alicia Beveridge, and Sian Johnson, and each fitness trainer brings a different perspective and skill set to the group. Being a Buf Girl isn’t […]
A Very Surry Hills Christmas
Join us in celebrating a very Surry Hills Christmas! The City of Sydney is organising an eventful day for all residents and people in the area. The ‘Shannon Reserve’ is being taken over on Thursday 14th of December to initiate an outdoor Christmassy pop-up. Shannon Reserve is located in Crown Street, Surry Hills, between Foveaux and […]
A History of Tom Smith
Pop! Bang! A novelty hat and something quirky and gimmicky. It’s Xmas again and the joy of pulling on a cracker is upon us. But where did the Xmas cracker first begin? And by whom? It was on a trip to Paris, in 1840 that an adventurous and forward thinking Tom Smith discovered the ‘bon […]
ARTS THURSDAY 14 DECEMBER – THE MAKING OF A PAINTER
THE MAKING OF A PAINTER Meet Rachel Milne, a young artist who’s just had her second sell-out show at the King Street Gallery on William. Rachel’s painting captures details, moments and places in her life with the same energy that she exudes in her conversation. Daughter of an SAS Officer, she came to painting through […]
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The Cryptic Craze
Shares of Bitcoin have shot up in recent weeks and have showed no signs of slowing down. Everyone is talking about it, everyone is trying to buy it, and most of all, everyone is trying to understand it. Cryptocurrency is this year’s buzzword, and it has everyone from wall street to mum and dad investors, […]
Boiling Point 5th of December 2017; Science meets Creation and Innovation to Save and Preserve Sydney’s Sea Life.
We are all too aware human activity negatively impacts the environment. Most of our negative interaction and impact is irreversible. However, in the fight to save the biodiversity of Sydney waters, scientists successfully reversed the effects of human activity on Crayweed and Sydney’s ocean life. Last year we were introduced to the Crayweed […]
Paul Weller Live @ The Sydney Opera House
The legendary Modfather behind The Jam and The Style Council returns to Australia for only three performances, exclusive to Sydney Opera House The one and only Modfather behind The Jam, The Style Council and a staggering 13 solo albums makes his Opera House debut for only three shows in Australia – performing rare sets of […]
Con Open Academy
Roy Issac is a Guitarist and music educator. He has been a tutor with the Open Academy since 2010. At what age did you start to be interested in the Guitar and what drew you to Jazz and Blues? I began playing the guitar at the age of 10. Growing up through the late 80’s […]
Arts Wednesday 13 December 2017
Part 2 of Australian Birds with ornithologist Richard Major at 10:40 am, this week looks at the White Fronted Chat, a little bird whose Homebush Bay colony of 2 males was thought to be extinct. Hear what Richard had to say back in 2014 and the latest update. The picture below, sent to Richard by […]