Have you seen the giant Lunar Lantern zodiac animals around Sydney Harbour? Heard the firecrackers in Chinatown? Want to find out what goes on behind the scenes of the Sydney Chinese New Year Festival? Claudia Chan Shaw chats with Michelle Bell, human firecracker and Program Manager of the Chinese New Year Festival and Events at the City […]
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David Barr talks to John Waters and Stewart D’arrietta about Through A Glass Onion, the two man show on John Lennon at the Opera House. […]
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David Barr from Drive Tuesday talks to Stewart D’arrietta about his Leonard Cohen show at the Opera House, My Leonard Cohen. […]
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‘Walkin’ Shoes’ by Dan Barnett is Eastside Radio’s Album of the Week. This week our featured album at the station is very important not only is it full of great music, great talent and originality the artist himself is one of the most experienced musicians that volunteers here at Eastside Radio. Bringing us his seventh […]
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Bass player Jess Dunn (pictured) is the featured musician in Changing the Face of Jazz broadcast as part of Jazz Made in Australia on January 30th. Jess says of herself that she came to playing music fairly late, by which she means her late teens. She progressed from a hand-me-down electric base to a stand-up […]
Our city shines in every season, and now Art & About Sydney allows you to celebrate each one with its ongoing program. After 13 years of a festival-style program that jam-packed one month with temporary public art, the City of Sydney is committing to a yearlong calendar of creativity. Some Art & About favourites will remain, but you can expect […]
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Drummer Jodie Michael (pictured) is the focus of the second feature in the series, Changing the Face of Jazz, which profiles young Australian women who have been making their names as jazz instrumentalists in the past few years. Jodie took up the drums in her early teens but within a couple of years was studying […]
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HAVE YOU EVER WANTED TO LEARN HOW TO CODE? Node Girls runs free JavaScript and Node.js workshops for women. They believe that any woman should try programming at least once in their life. They created a community where in friendly atmosphere with great vibe you can try programming first time or if you already code – […]
Meet Emily Valentine whose extraordinary work, made by ‘painting in feathers’, can be seen at her exhibition Preen at the Janet Clayton Gallery in Oxford Street until 29th January. Emily’s lively and inventive art has been literally stopping the traffic since it opened. Listen to the interview broadcast on 26th […]
Arts Thursday 12 January 17 celebrated the life and contribution of the beloved Australian artist Margaret Olley. Margaret Olley: Painter, Peer, Mentor and Muse on exhibition at the SH Ervin Gallery tells of Olley’s life not only as an accomplished artist herself but also as a friend and supporter of many […]
Hot on the heels of their new album, Paris Combo return to Sydney for only their second visit in 15 years to serve up their unique blend of gypsy jazz, French chanson and Latin rhythm, with a touch of Middle Eastern groove at City Recital Hall on Saturday 18 March. Six albums and two decades […]
Join me on Australia Day at 10:30 for Arts Thursday. To begin, meet Emily Valentine whose extraordinary work, made by ‘painting in feathers’, can be seen at the exhibition Preen at the Janet Clayton Gallery in Oxford Street until 29th January. Emily’s lively and inventive art […]