Some of my best past times have been spent getting lost amongst the stalls of the Sydney Royal Easter Show. Wandering around, I always noticed the country kids amongst the throngs of city kids looking at the animals like they were aliens and marvelling in the country kids ability to walk up to the animals […]
Lyre Byrdland, Wallace and Sagrada Famíliar Live
Review by Anna Kassin A heated room stuffed full of people enjoying a can of beer, filled with extraordinary music and right in the middle of it it’s you, having the best time of your life. That is how I experienced last Thursday’s evening at the Sly Fox! Three local bands, free entry and cheap drinks […]
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Community Billboard 27 July – 3 August
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. […]
Sunil Badami on The Dialogue
You win some… you lose some. Writer Sunil Badami has won the lot on the TV quiz show ‘Temptation’ and lost the lot when his laptop was stolen with the novel he’d been writing for 13 years. Tune in to The Dialogue at 6pm on Wednesday 27 July when I chat to Sunil about starting again, […]
plastic vibrations, orange overalls, superfood reverberations
You probably didn’t know your synthetic polar fleece is shedding over 200,000 micro-fibres every time you wash it? You can listen to this week’s Monday Drive on the program page to find out why the fast fashion industry is not only the second most wasteful industry after oil – its ecological footprint is starting to […]
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Album of the week – ‘La Despedida’ by San Lazaro
‘La Despedida’ by San Lazaro is Eastside Radio’s Album of the week. This week we are bringing you an album that showcases real truthful Latin music that is full of originality, as the band San Lazaro from Melbourne have brought us an album with almost-live production that gives for a real sense of connection. You almost […]
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TSOL- Anna McPherson
The School of Life’s, Anna McPherson, joined Dr Margaux Dombkins on Arts. Anna, is a faculty member in The School of Life’s Sydney branch, and teaches classes in ‘How To Have Better Conversations and ‘How To Find A Job You Love’. The School of Life, a cultural enterprise offering good ideas for everyday life, was founded in London […]
‘Dad Took a Picture’ art exhibition @ Stanley Street Gallery
Ever looked at an old photograph of past family members and wondered who they could be and what they are doing at that particular moment that the picture was taken? Artist Harley Oliver has taken that question and turned it into an art exhibition that explores his past photos and what they mean. ‘Dad Took […]
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Eastside Proudly Presents
This September, something special is coming to Sydney. For the first time ever a music festival will be held as part of the Sydney Fringe in the most culturally diverse city in Australia. Global Rhythms 2016 will see artists from all over the country perform at a brand new waterfront location in Glebe. Between a […]
green beef, stressed mangroves, happy estuaries
Remember the guy who rode his horse across the harbour bridge a few weeks back? It was great to have an intrepid farmer like Glenn Morris on the show this week – smart, learned, progressive, committed and all round top bloke, Glenn explained why he is committed to improving the biodiversity of the land on […]
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Ants, Grief and a P&O Cruise – Stories on Arts Thursday
Three local Sydney writers have specially recorded works for this storytelling episode of Arts Thursday 21st July with Maren on Eastside Radio. We’ll be hearing a short story titled ‘Wine and Cheese Appreciation’ by journalist and writer Amelia Marshall, on a sharehouse and an ant farm. Next, we’ll hear three poems by queer Arab Australian […]
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Community Billboard 14 July – 20 July
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. […]