Anthony talks to Candace Richards, Archeologist and Curator of the Nicholson Collection, which now features at the University of Sydney’s new museum, The Chau Chak Wing Museum. The University’s entire collection is now under one roof: The Art Collection , The Macleay and Nicholson Collections. Candace talks us through the Nicholson Collection beginning with objects […]
Read More… from 6thC BC mummy meets 21stC technology at the Chau Chak Wing Museum.
Join Maisy Stapleton and Paula Towers this Arts Thursday to meet two special guests. Dr Noris Ioannou Folk art and creativity is celebrated as an essential aspect of art history in countries like America, yet has been undervalued in Australia. Dr Noris Ioannou, an authority on Australian ‘material folk culture and the decorative arts’, […]
A Kaleidoscopic Music Experience The upcoming kaleidoscopic experience Music in The Sky is set to transform the interior of the Roundhouse and transport audiences into an ethereal realm of sound and light during the intimate 75-minute shows, with twilight and moonlight sessions each evening on Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 May 2021. “Love, life, dreams […]
Dr Anna Kamaralli returns with Part 3 of Staging the Look: how does theatre and film design for history? In this episode, she turns her attention to underwear – important if we see it or if we don’t! My special guest at 11:00 am is Nicolette Fraillon, Music Director and Chief Conductor of the Australian […]
GLOBAL BEATS AT THEIR FUNKIEST The time has come! Australia’s funkiest Global Beats musicians are emerging from lockdown for a colossal jam of eclectic live electronica. Playing at Sydney University’s iconic Manning Bar for one night only on the fourth of June. Dust off your dancing shoes as tribal Sufi beatmaker Imad Dably conjures transcendent […]
Darlinghurst Theatre Company – I Want to Know What Love Is, 19 May 2021. Review by Paul Neeson (Arts Wednesday) OMG. What did I just see? Submission # 329: “………they say you can’t hallucinate on ecstacy.” Well now I’m even more confused, because the 60 minute sexy, sad, funny, angry, rollercoaster ride I’ve just been […]
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Ritz Randwick – Saturday, 5th June Sydney Harbour Cruise – Friday, 2nd July Dancing In The Shadows of Motown tells the story of how Motown was the start of modern music and the influence of many following generations. Founded by Berry Gordy in 1960, Motown was known as the “Sound of Young America” and “Three […]
Fuser Production is a new company and their debut work, Intact, is set to open in Redfern on Wednesday 26 May. Paul chats to founder, Cecile Playet, and co-deviser and performer, Steve Lu, about this contemporary dance work based on the story of a soldier returning from war. The work combines character, movement, music and story […]
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Lina Tesoriero – The Waverly Library Galleries, 14-27 May 2021 Reviewed by Anthony Frater of Arts Wednesday Local Bondi artist Lina Tesoriero’s exhibition and sale entitled Musings, is on now at Waverley Library Galleries until 27 May. Lina has been included in a number of group shows, but this is her first solo show. The […]
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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 […]
Join Maisy Stapleton and Paula Towers this Arts Thursday to meet two special guests. Bundanon – Deborah Ely AM Bundanon on the Sholhaven River near Nowra was given to the nation by Arthur and Yvonne Boyd in 1993 as a remarkable cultural and environmental asset. For the last 15 years, CEO Deborah Ely has nurtured, developed and transformed its programs, landscapes […]
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Dr Anna Kamaralli returns in the first half hour, with Part 2 of Staging the Look and this week she talks about fundamental shapes: what shapes in clothing belong to which periods and how accurately is this portrayed on stage and screen? My special guest at 11:00 am is dietitian, Susie Burrell, taking us through […]