Bonjour ou Bonsoir, Hello Beautiful souls of Sydney and the world! This Friday 4th of March 2022 from 7-9am during Jammin’ Friday. Tune in and enjoy a musical trip to WOMADelaide! From Marcos Valle & Azymuth, Bullhorn, Joseph Tawadros, King Stingray, Emma Donovan & The Putbacks, The New Monos, The Shaoling Afronauts, L.A.B., Eishan Ensemble, Grace Barbe, […]
THIS CULTURAL LIFE – Arts Thursday
17 February 2022 This Arts Thursday program, with Maisy Stapleton and Paula Towers, is packed with interviews. First, we explore a recently published book celebrating the badass ‘sheroes’ we were never taught about in school. In Sheilas: Badass Women of Australian History, author Eliza Reilly revives forgotten stories including Indigenous bushranger Mary Ann Bugg breaking […]
Arts Wednesday 2 March 2022
Geraint Lewis, Professor of Astrophysics at Sydney University, returns for a new series entitled Where Does the Cosmos Come From? It’s based on his new book, co-authored with his colleague, Chris Ferrie, A/Professor of Quantum Mechanics at UTS. It attempts to combine these two often contradictory understandings of the cosmos. In Part 1, Geraint starts […]
33rd Alliance Française French Film Festival is back! (1st March to 6th April 2022)
Vive le cinéma! The Alliance Française French Film Festival is back with it’s 33rd edition. Arriving in multiple locations around Australia from 1st March to 26th April 2022, the festival offers a wild, liberating and deeply seductive line-up for its 33rd season. Set to feature Cannes highlights, premieres and all the ‘amour’ and drama that […]
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Ocean Lovers Festival is back in Bondi on Sat 12- Sun 13 March 2022
From Saturday 12th to Sunday 13th of February 2022, it is time to Dive in and make a date to be at the Volvo Ocean Lovers Festival . Enjoy some live music, great workshops such as learning to freedive, paint ocean art, join sunrise yoga and get a deal on a festival getaway plus […]
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WOMADelaide Celebrates 3 Decades
Australia’s Unique Festival Takes its Marks The world turns… and WOMADelaide returns to its spiritual home in Botanic Park / Tainmuntilla! Join us among the Moreton Bay Fig trees for a cultural adventure for all ages, with a captivating program of more than 100 performances across seven stages, the Planet Talks forum, KidZone, art and […]
Arts Wednesday 23 February 2022
In the first half hour, we hear Part 4, the final part of our series on the Moral Rights of Architects with Ed Lippmann. In this final episode, we learn how to get it right. The case study is the old MLC building in Martin Place. Originally designed by the late Harry Seidler, its new […]
Jammin Friday, jazz and soul with a short trip to Papua New Guinea with artist Lesley Wengembo.
Bonjour ou Bonsoir, Hello Beautiful souls of Sydney and the world! This Friday 18th of February 2022 from 7-9am during Jammin’ Friday tune in to discover our special guest who will join us at 8:30am. Born in Papua New Guinea, talented portrait artist Lesley Wengembo, who is the recipient of the 2021 Derivan Award of Excellence from […]
THIS CULTURAL LIFE 17 February 2022
This Arts Thursday, with Maisy Stapleton and Paula Towers, explores a recently published book celebrating the badass ‘sheroes’ we were never taught about in school. In Sheilas: Badass Women of Australian History, author Eliza Reilly revives forgotten stories including Indigenous bushranger Mary Ann Bugg breaking her husband Captain Thunderbolt out of gaol and Nancy Wake […]
Arts Wednesday 16 February 2022
This week, in Part 3 of our continuing series on the Moral Rights of Architects, Ed Lippmann introduces us to Philip Thalis, architect and former member of the Sydney City Council. He argues that lawyers, as much as developers, are responsible for the moral rights of architects being denied. Last week, when I was in […]
SIMA’s Jazz Festival Goes Underground
The Mary’s Underground venue collaborates with SIMA’s Jazz Now Festival to host Jazz in the Heart of the City Much has been written about breathing life back into the Sydney CBD and its many live music and hospitality venues. SIMA is proud to partner with Mary’s Underground in Circular Quay, in the heart of the […]
Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras Festival preview
It’s that time of the year again and the Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras is gearing up for another fabulous Festival of performance, art, talks, music and dance. A packed program that has something for everyone, from the frivolous and saucy to the serious and thought-provoking. Creative Director of this year’s Festival, Travis Conneeley, […]
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