SHEILA E Metro Theatre Sydney, Sunday 11 December 2016 Review by: Paris Pompor Photos by: Rizwan Omar “Who said, girls couldn’t drum?” Sheila Escovedo rhetorically asks after one of her impressive percussion solos tonight. Well, certainly no one here would have dared utter that misconception. And if they had, they would have been shouted down […]
Needs versus Wants: the emergence and development of shopping in Sydney
Arts Monday’s Jane Raffan interviews Margot Riley, curator at the State Library, on research undertaken on the emergence and development in Sydney of the phenomenon of shopping. Needs versus wants? Hear about the trade in goods from the early days of the colony, through the boom associated with the gold rush, and on to contemporary […]
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Needs versus Wants: the development of shopping in Sydney
Join me, Jane Raffan, on Arts Monday 12 December 2016 for a program exploring Needs and Wants specifically related to the development of shopping as a leisure activity in Sydney. You’ll here interviews with Margot Riley, curator at the State Library, on research undertaken on the emergence and development of shopping from the early days […]
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Jazz Made In Australia Monday 16th 2016 ‘Michelle Nicolle, Ellington/Strayhorn’
From the time I first heard Michelle Nicolle sing at the Wangaratta Festival in 1998 where she took out the National Award for Jazz Voice I knew we had a star in the making. There was a beautiful voice, a real understanding of a lyric and phrasing and a free, courageous improvisor. Since then she […]
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Community Billboard 9 December – 16 December
This weekly community billboard is proudly sponsored by the City of Sydney’s Plan for the future – Sydney 2030 – making our city more green, global and connected. […]
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Margaret Flockton: A Fragrant Memory
On Arts Wednesday 7 December 2016, Sylvia’s guest was Louise Wilson, author of Margaret Flockton: A Fragrant Memory about Australia’s first female botanical illustrator. Listen to the conversation below: That was Part 1 od the conversation and here is Part 2: And now for Part 3: […]
Arts Wednesday 7 December 2016
Jacqui Newling continues with Part 6 of Eat Your History at 10:40 am and this week the topic is curry. My guest at 11:00 am is Louise Wilson talking about Australia’s first female botanical illustrator, Margaret Flockton and her book about her: Margaret Flockton: A Fragrant Memory. Music is about Australian flowers – mostly. I […]
Spiders – Alive and Deadly
Spiders are awesome – they can spin webs, climb, swim, dance, parachute and they can even drop a limb when threatened and grow it back! At the Australian Museum’s major new exhibition you’ll discover why spiders are the most successful animals on the planet and just how dangerous (or not) they really are… Spiders – […]
Daily Prize Draw Winners!
A big thanks to all of our new and renewing supporters during our 2016 Xmas Radiothon and congratulations to the following Daily Prize Draw winners! MONDAY / TUESDAY A $20 voucher to Revolve Records in Erskineville Monday: Paul from Edgecliff Tuesday: Mario from Pemulwuy Thursday: Dan from Enmore Friday: GE Hunt Architects from Croydon A $30 […]
Community Billboard 2 December – 9 December
This weekly community billboard is proudly sponsored by the City of Sydney’s Plan for the future – Sydney 2030 – making our city more green, global and connected. […]
Our Stars on Arts Thursday 1 December 2016
Join Maisy Stapleton in conversation with Carrie Kibbler, Curator at Hazelhurst Regional Gallery and Arts Centre in Gymea, Sutherland about the beautiful and significant exhibition Nganampa Kilipil: Our Stars, the first major survey exhibition of works from the artists of the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunyjatjara (APY) Lands of Central Australia. With over 70 works from more […]
Venice on Arts Thursday 1 December
Join Maisy Stapleton in conversation with Desmond Freeman, about his recent publication Venice – Impressions in Pen and Ink, which celebrates Venice – through its buildings and special places. Desmond is a well-known interior designer and creator of museums and exhibitions and has also been involved in the design of hospitals, prisons, universities, commercial headquarters, […]