My Choice Matters will empower people living with disability in inner-city Sydney to get the most out of their lives and navigate the National Disability Insurance Scheme at a free workshop in Potts Point on Thursday 31 August. My Choice Matters is an independent organisation working with people with disability to live life their way […]
Best Of Wednesday Drive With Eric Gyors
Wednesday Drive with Eric Gyors is a great mix of political insight, musical talent and much more. Over the last few months Eric has had some cracking guests. This podcast Features Senator Sam Dastyari and RTBU Bus spokesman Chris Preston … […]
Sydney Soul Weekender
The Sydney Soul Weekender is back in August this year, bringing you what you love – three days of beautiful soul music spun on original vinyl by Australia’s best Northern Soul and Modern Soul DJs. This year we’re sharing the love across three different venues, all close to the city, to maximise your experience of […]
Colonial (Still) Life: Robyn Stacey and Sydney Living Museums’ houses
Join me, Jane Raffan, for a program exploring Sydney’s colonial life and the hidden messages in beautiful Still Life photographs and tableaus by Robyn Stacey featuring objects from Sydney Living Museums’ properties Elizabeth Bay House, Vaucluse House, and Rouse Hill House & Farm. My interviews are with curator Dr Scott Hill (Sydney Living Museum’s property […]
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Tennessee William’s The Rose Tattoo
The Rose Tattoo by Tennessee Williams Directed by Jim Searle From the author of A Streetcar Named Desire, twice winner of the Pulitzer Prize and three times winner of the New York Critics’ Circle Award, this dramatic comedy tells of a young widow, Serafina. Defiant and proud, she maintains the illusion of her dead husband’s […]
Diverse, Distinct and Daring: Sydney Latin American Film Festival Announces Program!
From the wonderful and inspiring to the thought-provoking, say hola to the 12th annual Sydney Latin American Film Festival (SLAFF) this September (07-11). Returning to Dendy Opera Quays, the Festival will screen a specially curated program of captivating contemporary Latin American cinema: eight feature films, two documentaries, and seven shorts, along with vibrant opening and […]
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‘Witness’ from Benjamin Booker – Eastside Radio Album Of The Week (17-23 Aug)
‘Witness’ from Benjamin Booker is Eastside Radio’s Album Of The Week. ‘Witness’ is Booker’s second album, the follow up to his self-titled debut from 2013. People talk about writing the “difficult second album”, however Booker doesn’t appear to have suffered at all from this oft-referenced pressure. The new album is a strong, concise record, full of confident […]
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Keith Sweat Review
Keith Sweat Live at Sydney’s Star Event centre Sat Aug 5 Reviewed by Chris Zinn Expectations were high although details were few for the first Australian tour from New Jack Swing pioneer and the self-styled ‘Casanova of R&B’ Keith Sweat. A pre-visit interview further heightened the stakes by suggesting Keith didn’t hear voices like Teddy […]
Volcanoes, geysers and earthquakes!
A recent rip to Iceland piqued Sylvia’s curiosity about nearly every geological feature she saw. Back in Sydney, she explored those features – volcanoes, geysers, earthquakes, tectonic plates – with Dietmar Muller, Professor of Geophysics at the University of Sydney. That conversation went to air on Arts Wednesday 16 August 2017 and you can listen […]
Volcanoes, geysers and earthquakes.
This is Science Week and Arts Wednesday today celebrates our universe. First up at 10:40 am is Part 3 of Our Universe and this week Professor Geraint Lewis talks about our evolving universe – yes, it is still a work in progress! At 11:00 am I’l be pleased to introduce you to Dietmar Muller, Professor […]
Geraldine Turner meets Jacques Brel!
Arts Thursday with Maisy Stapleton on 10 August 2017 welcomed star performer, Geraldine Turner in a lively and frank interview around the upcoming performances of Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, to be staged in Mittagong by CMS Productions from 17th August . Jacques Brel was a symbol of the Beat […]
Peter Solness the Light Painter
Peter Solness uses light in long exposure photographs to paint incredible dream-like landscapes and portraits. Peter says that he works from a pitch black canvas, and light painting allows him to build images with extraordinary precision. ‘I no longer wait for the camera to tell me what it wants to show me. Instead, I imagine how […]