Harp’s a Breeze Harmonica Workshops have designed a fantastic step-by-step online program teaching primary school students all over Australia how to play the harmonica! The tutorials are kept short at 15 minutes each, reducing too much screen time, yet the worksheets and extra learning devices provided between each tutorial ensure self-directed learning to be most effective throughout the month-long […]
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Take One is Back! For those of you who haven’t realised (and if that’s the case, follow our Facebook and Instagram), Take One is back! We are so excited to be back on the Eastside airwaves promoting all things live music. There are more and more gigs returning to our live stages, and where there isn’t […]
Like a phoenix from the ashes, Carriageworks has risen with a COVID safe program and food market. With the generosity of several philanthropic foundations, the arts and cultural hub is ready to thrill, shock and engage us once more. The Farmers Market was first to begin operating and two exciting festivals are set to go […]
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The City of Sydney are investigating planning changes to breathe new life into Oxford Street and to secure the area’s creative and cultural future. Planning rules can help support more cultural, creative, entertainment and late-night activities. Oxford Street is loved for its rich and varied cultural history. It is a sacred walking track of the […]
This Arts Thursday join Maisy Stapleton and Paula Towers and our special guests. Our first guest in the studio is acclaimed theatre devisor, director and designer Kim Carpenter. Kim has spent the Covid lockdown in an intensely creative period, resulting in a series of watercolours of The Happy Prince, Oscar Wilde’s fairy tale of love […]
At 10:40 am, Andy Bromberger returns with Part 5 of Symphony’s Selected Sections where she talks about other instruments not covered before. These are the harp, the celeste and, weirdest of all, the theremin. At 11:00 am, art consultant Anna Groden returns with her annual review of the Archibald at AGNSW. Political correctness wins the […]
Hello Eastside! It’s an honour and a pleasure to be back on the air again after a hiatus through the year. There’s a lot in store for the show including our NEW timeslot of Friday’s 3pm – 4pm, changed format and even a new cohost by the name of Madelyn Tait. If you’ve found this […]
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BABY DONE is a heart-warming new Kiwi comedy starring Edinburgh Comedy Award winner Rose Matafeo, and Matthew Lewis on the rocky journey to becoming new parents. When Zoe (Matafeo) and Tim (Lewis) find out they are having a baby, they resolve to not let parenthood change them. Tim runs towards being a dad, while […]
Arts Thursday 1 October 2020 focuses on makers, artists and works which inspire, explore and look to change attitudes – particularly in this time of COVID19, underpinning the role of craft, art and design in our lives. Join Maisy Stapleton and Paula Towers to meet Julie Ryder, whose work explores botany – its history; collectors […]
Eastside’s Album of the Week show this week features ragtime joy in the form of Queensland jazz group Slips and the F.W’s, and the epic two part release from neo-soul afficionado Moses Sumney out of the US. Sugoi is the debut album from jazz-blues-ragtime group Slips and the F.W’s. The group have been performing their eclectic […]
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Sydney Craft Week is about celebrating creativity and the handmade in all its forms. This festival creates the opportunity for the whole community to engage with craft, experience the benefits of making, and purchase local handmade work. This year we have 115+ events at 60 venues throughout Sydney, including 56 workshops, 41 exhibitions, 9 talks and […]
Trudy Rosenwald is a psychologist from Mount Helena, Western Australia who has worked with Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Ethiopia, Libya and Greece. Above: Trudy Rosenwald with a man and his baby son, both Médecins Sans Frontières patients, in Ethiopia. Ó MSF What led you to apply for a role with MSF? I’ve […]
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