Asian Intersections and Artists in Residence.

Arts Thursday 6 October. This Thursday, join Maisy Stapleton to commence a special series, Asian Intersections, examining how we intersect with Asia through culture and art. The program will also include the final interviews in the series e 2016 Woollahra artists in residence. Asian Intersections In the first of a two-program interview, Jackie Menzies OAM, […]

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Objects in Space: Artists in the Garden

        The program Artists and Curators on Arts Thursday 22 September with me, Maisy Stapleton, focussed on an exhibition at the Peacock Gallery in Auburn. I spoke to Glenn Barkley, who curated the exhibition Objects in Space: Artists in the Garden. This exhibition is set both in the Gallery and the adjacent […]

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cetaceans under siege, peculiar children, 1787 reviewed

  Ever wondered why whales and dolphins periodically commit suicide with mass beachings?  Often it’s because they can’t stand the noise we are making. Imagine the loudest pub band or noisiest cafe that’s ever battered your ears to a pulp and amplify it till your brain bleeds, to get some idea of the aural horrors […]

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Woollahra Artists in Residence #2

  On Thursday 22 September the program Artists and Curators with me, Maisy Stapleton, introduced two more Woollahra artists-in-residence, Penelope Metcalf and Eloise Rankine. Penelope Metcalf works in plein air depicting buildings around Woollahra from her street-side easel and travelling painting kit. You can listen to my interview with Penelope here: For more information on […]

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Album of the week – Tocororo by Alfredo Rodriguez

  ‘Tocororo’ by Alfredo Rodriguez is Eastside Radio’s album of the week. This week we give some well deserved special attention to the highly talented pianist and composer Alfredo Rodriguez the man who left Cuba to undertake ‘The American Dream” and to share stages with some of the best in the business is what he […]

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Welcoming Refugees to Parliament with Comfort Food

A small café on King Street in Newtown  has won awards from the Sydney  Good Food Guide and from the Refuge Council of Australia for its innovative initiatives training refugees and asylum seekers in preparing and presenting food for professional catering and hospitality.  The cafe also gives them a chance to give the local neighbourhood  a taste […]

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Subsonic Music Festival Returns for 2016

Since December 2009, folks from across Australia and all over the planet have come together in a bespoke celebration of music, art, friendship, and community. For one hot, sweaty, and absolutely unforgettable summer’s weekend these people call it their home and celebrate their shared passions at an event which has amassed fame for its vision, dedication and world-class execution. This is Subsonic […]

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Arts Thursday- 29 September- Taking It To The Streets

Presented by Bronwyn Rennex This Thursday I speak to Tamara Voninski, a second year PhD student currently studying at Sydney College of the Arts – University of Sydney. We discuss University of Sydney’s plans to close the Rozelle campus of Sydney College of the Arts, the failed merger proposal with University of NSW School of […]

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SOS Sydney! – our disappearing oysters, trees, humans

It wasn’t just this week’s guests who got us thinking about quality of life, from friendly streets to Sydney Rock Oysters. Seems like everywhere we go at the moment there’s a chainsaw or a whipper snipper, an Ausgrid team or a bull dozer, menacing Sydney streets and knocking down things we love. When you see yet another […]

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Queen Kafé at The Australian Ballet 2017 Season Media Launch

Capitol Theatre, Sydney, Tuesday 27 September 2016 The Australian Ballet reveals a season of wonderment for 2017 including the Australian premiere of globally acclaimed Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland©   The Australian Ballet’s Artistic Director David McAllister and Executive Director Libby Christie today announced the 2017 program. Combining outstanding classic and contemporary works, the season showcases […]

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