Council Elections

Elections for many Sydney councils will finally go ahead this weekend (9th of September),46 of 128 NSW councils will go to the polls, after confusion and capitulation over council amalgamations delayed their vote. Amalgamation Proclamation In 2014 The Baird government announced that there would be amalgamations across the state, the result of an independent review […]

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‘Moonshine Freeze’ from This Is The Kit – Eastside Radio Album Of The Week (7-13 Sept)

‘Moonshine Freeze’ from This Is The Kit is Eastside Radio’s Album Of The Week. It’s an album of modern British indie-folk, with jazz, country, blues and even afrobeat inflections. Front-woman Kate Stables is hauntingly commanding on vocals, and her toplines are supported by brilliant songwriting and lovely instrumentation. Stables is originally from Bristol, in the UK, but has lived […]

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‘Lo Unico Constante’ from Alex Cuba – Eastside Radio’s Album Of The Week (31 Aug-6 Sept)

‘Lo Unico Constante’ from Alex Cuba is Eastside Radio’s Album Of The Week. The album consists of thirteen tracks of Latin pop, soul and jazz, with an uplifting and positive tone. The multi-award winning artist was born Alexis Puentes in Artemisa, Cuba, where he learnt guitar from his father Valentin Puentes, an esteemed player and teacher. […]

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The Poet and the Podcaster

ARTS THURSDAY 7th September at 10:30 am Arts Thursday with Maisy Stapleton on 7 September presents two women, whose lives took new paths into the arts, following family-raising and a diversity of careers. Barbara Fisher is a poet whose work explores aspects of a woman’s life – her memories, perceptions and domestic details, such as […]

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Our Universe with Professor Geraint Lewis

Over the course of August/September 2017 on Arts Wednesday, Sylvia hosted a 6-part series entitled Our Universe, with Geraint Lewis, Professor of Astrophysics at the Sydney Institute For Astronomy , The University of Sydney. Listen to the series below: Here is Part 1, entitled The Depths of the Solar System, where Geraint focusses on what we […]

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BGF’s Bake Off Event – Sunday 10th September

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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