Oumar Touré, Aliou Touré, Garba Touré and Nathaniel “NAT” Dembele are Songhoy Blues – all hail from Gao in the north Of Mali. With growing unrest in the north of Mali these young men and their families were forced to take refuge in the southern town of Bamako. They turned crisis into opportunity by forming a band which they baptized Songhoy […]
‘Beneath My Wings’ Photography exhibition by Peta-Anne North
This April/May, the Moran Arts Foundation will be showing a photography exhibition by artist Peta-Anne North at Juniper Hall. The exhibition is a series of aerial shot photography that show off the excellence of the Australian landscape with lots of imagery and sites that come alive from the canvas. There is always a sense of […]
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Hiromi: The Trio Project
Following three sell-out performances during her Australian premiere at the 2012 Melbourne International Jazz Festival, the dazzlingly talented Hiromi makes her long-awaited Sydney debut. Dominating the next wave of jazz superstars, her credits include a gig with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra at age 14, a personal invitation to play with Chick Corea at 17 and […]
One Space Presents Tribu Luna
Tribu Luna Full Moon Party Step out of the city chaos and into the chilled Bondi Beach vibe. Calling the moon gypsy tribe of Sydney to gather and reconnect under the full moon’s energy. One Space have orchestrated yet another outstanding event with the aim of bringing you ‘home’ to a place of reconnection and restoration. One Space and Tribu […]
An Evening With Mr Paul Foot
Sydney Comedy Festival holds the 12th Annual Sydney Comedy Festival bringing comedians all over the world to perform to Sydney audiences from April to May. The one and only comedian who has the wittiest imagination and hilarious routine is UK Comedian Paul Foot. Paul Foot has performed Stand-up comedy for over 20 years and performed […]
Arts Thursday 21 April 2016
Arts Thursday, on 21 April gives air to both the visual arts and to sound-based performance art. First up is composer, broadcaster and writer Julian Day who joins me, Maisy Stapleton in the studio to talk about Super Critical Mass which is showcased in the exhibition CUSP, now making its return to Sydney to the […]
What Is Going On In Brazil 2016?
We recently caught up with Rafa Brasil from Vibez Brasil to talk about what’s going on in his homeland in 2016 and the colourful background of the country’s past. It’s a deep discussion that introduces us to the societal changes and international challenges this 5th largest country in the world has faced, typically at the […]
Sydney By Design 2016
During the course of March and April 2016, prominent Sydney architect, Ed Lippmann, was Sylvia’s guest over 6 weeks, reviewing major design issues in this occasional but regular series. Follow the prompts to listen to each of the 6 episodes. Above is Part 1, where Ed talks about Sydney’s Light Rail. Here is Part 2 […]
Community Billboard 20th of April
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 […]
Designing For The Common Good
On 20 April 2016, Sylvia’s guests were Rodger Watson and Lucy Klippan from the Designing Out Crime unit at UTS, talking about the work of the unit, described in its new book, Designing For The Common Good. Follow the prompts below to listen to our conversation: Above is Part 1 of our conversation and next […]
Beneath My Wings Exhibition @ Juniper Hall
This April/May, Juniper Hall will be featuring the works of renowned photographer Peta Anne North in an exhibition called Beneath My Wings as a part of the Head On Photo Festival. Peta was the 2014 People’s Choice Winner & 2015 Finalist for the Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize for her amazing artwork that showed off her unique approach to the […]
Arts Wednesday 20 April 2016
Ed Lippmann presents Part 6, the final part of the current series of Sydney By Design at about 10:40 am and this week Ed discusses Venice Biennale of Architecture, opening this May. My special guests at 11:00 am are Rodger Watson and Lucy Klippan from the Designing Out Crime unit at UTS. We hear about […]