Written by: Athésia HURTIGRUTEN SCANDINAVIAN FILM FESTIVAL The 2025 Hurtigruten Scandinavian Film Festival, is back in town presenting the best new cinema from the Nordic region this July 17th until the 10th of August at Palace Cinemas. Festival goers are invited to plunge into a unique cultural journey through Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark and Iceland with this year’s brilliant and diverse line […]
Featuring Mara Schwerdtfeger/Shannon May‑Powell + Max Alduca QuintetThe sixth Jazz: NOW event STROPHE heads east, exploring notions of space, identity and community at the stunning Paddington Uniting Church. Mara Schwerdtfeger is a composer and curator based in Eora / Sydney who utilises viola and laptop to create transformative electro‑acoustic works. Her extensive output includes commissions […]
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Dancing In The Shadows Of Motown has been taking urban and rural audiences by storm since their beginnings in 2017. The dynamic 10 piece band has sold out shows across Australia, including at major venues such as our very own Sydney Opera House Studio! Not only that, but the band has performed and impressed crowds […]
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Entries are now open for the 2025 Brightest & Best Business Awards! Waverly Council’s Brightest & Best Business Awards are back again this year to celebrate the community’s innovation and resilience as well as the achievements of businesses across the area! With 15 unique award categories to choose from, there’s a category for every business […]
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Zenith – Evans Robson Quartet One of Sydney most revered Jazz quartets released this record on the 13th of June. Lead by Sandy Evans and Andrew Robson they’re joined by bass powerhouse Brett Hirst and Drummer Hamish Stuart. It’s an album that showcases the depth, vitality, and rich artistry of contemporary jazz. “Evans has been among […]
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Based on the novel by Max PorterAdapted for the stage by Simon Phillips, Nick Schlieper & Toby SchmitzDirected by Simon Phillips Two young boys fall back on their imaginations as they grapple with their mother’s sudden death. Their father has the soul of a poet but can only see a future of platitudes and loneliness. […]
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American breakout star and multi-GRAMMY Award-winning vocal sensation, Samara Joy, will be headlining the 2025 Sydney International Women’s Jazz Festival on her debut Australian tour this October! Samara is set to amaze with her performances at the Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre (Penrith) at 8 PM on Thursday (23rd October) and City Recital Hall – […]
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Beginner experience as a new intern at Eastside FM by Teresa Tran First thoughts when I walked through the doors, “What new chapter have I started?” This is the nervous thoughts talking on the cold day but I believe I’m settling in pretty well. I love the vibe of the place and the people here […]
Australian Chamber Orchestra Saturday 28 June, 2025 City Recital Hall Review by Paul Neeson (Arts Wednesday) After the sudden cancellation due to injury of scheduled guest director and violinist, Patricia Kopatchinskaja, the ACO scrambled to come up with an alternative program for the tour branded ACO Unleashed. What they devised was a program of familiar […]
Where dreams blossom About me I’ve grown up in Canberra, just 3 hours away from Sydney, where 15 degrees is late spring and not quite winter! I study at Dickson College, majoring in contemporary music, exercise science and Spanish! I’m very passionate about music and I love to create my own as well as analyse […]
Sydney Opera House VOX (Sydney Philharmonia Choirs) Fri 27 June 2025 Review by Paul Neeson (Arts Wednesday) Eric Whitacre is the master of suspension. Not in the horror movie kind of way, but more in his ability to create musical tension through harmony, sustain it until you think it will burst, and then resolve it […]
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21 June – 6 October 2025 Art Gallery of New South Wales Naala Badu building Lower level 2 Review by Anthony Frater (Arts Wednesday) Just when you thought you’d seen it all in relation to an indigenous fine art exhibition, along comes the AGNSW with Yolŋu power: the art of Yirrkala. From the 1940s to […]