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Bangarra Dance Theatre connects with tradition in Blak
Bangarra Dance Theatre is currently underway their most recent production, Blak – an edgy production, drawn from the artists’ urban perspective, telling the stories of Indigenous Australia in a work of dance theatre. With Bangarra’s vision to respect and rekindle the links between traditional Indigenous cultures of Australia and new forms of contemporary artistic expression as inspiration, [...]
Long Live Vinyl Records!
Here at Eastside Radio we are die hard vinyl lovers! We don’t discriminate, whether it is secondhand or new we will love it either way. Vinyl records are a hard thing to come by in today’s technology driven society, with most people growing up not even knowing what a vinyl record looks like or even what [...]
The Sydney Fair brings 20th Century style to you this weekend
From the 13th – 16th June, 20th Century culture arrives in Sydney at The Sydney Fair featuring exhibitions of vintage design movements of the time from leading local and international dealers. The first fair of its kind for Australia, The Sydney Fair introduces an opportunity for Sydneysiders to experience the variety of Twentieth Century items – [...]
Community Billboard 12th – 18th June
Art After Hours This week’s Art After Hours is all about performance. The space between us, explores the relation between video and performance art. Kate Mitchell (artist) will speak inside the exhibition, Bec Dean (Performance Space) will unravel the concept of performance art and Christian Thompson will present his work titled Tree of Knowledge in [...]
MISTER OTT at 505
This Saturday at 5o5, Sydney saxophonist Matthew Ottignon launches two new singles from his new world/jazz fusion group, Mister Ott. Everywhere he’s been, Matt Ottignon has soaked up the local music culture, collaborating with resident artists and creating new music. Mister Ott promises to be a unique blend of ancient Ethiopian rhythms and hip-hop beats mixed [...]
Congratulations to Helen Wong’s Tours
Helen Wong Tours has for more than 25 years’ experience specialising in Asian travel destinations. Having been prominent in the Australian travel market creating and developing a contrasting range of holiday itineraries for independent and group travellers to China, this year Helen Wong Tours were runners-up in the Gourmet Traveller Travel Awards for ‘Best tour operator/ [...]
The National Award for an Original, Freestanding Sculpture!
This year marks the 13th year of the Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize. This attracts strong support from artists, collectors and critics. It’s the first and only national acquisitive prize that showcases the quality and diversity of sculptures of smaller dimensions. The judges this year will be Nick Mitzevich, Director of the Art Gallery of South [...]
Drink Coffee Do Good
On Friday the 7th of June the annual initiative CafeSmart from StreetSmart take place. The goal of this charity is to raise money for the homeless from your daily caffeine hit. This is the third year that StreetSmart have organized this successful initiative. CafeSmart is rallying together roasters, cafes and coffee drinkers around the country [...]
Community Billboard 5th – 11th June
Square This is a group exhibition featuring Mike Barnard,Theresa Darmody, Dominique Hindmarsh, Virginia Mawer, Marnie Ross and Susannah Thorne. The artists are united through the consistency of their presentation, as they explore various themes through scuplture, painting and print. Join them for the opening night of their exhibition on Wednesday 5th June, 6-8pm. What: Square- Art exhibition Where: Breathing Colours [...]
The Wires Project
The Wires Project is a fascinating international multimedia collaboration which explores the links between aural and visual art forms. The group includes talented Sydney based musicians: Briana Cowlishaw (vocals) Gavin Ahearn (piano) Jonathan Zwartz (bass) Nic Cecire (drums). Aymeric De Meautid (Video) CHIA Ming Chein (Photographer) Through this display, each audience member will have the chance to experience this connection between [...]
Cassandra Wilson comes to Sydney Opera House for her Aussie debut
A true icon of soulful jazz and blues, Cassandra Wilson is visiting Australia for the first time in nearly a decade this June. Proclaimed “America’s Best Singer” by Time Magazine, the two-time Grammy Award winner will make her Sydney Opera House debut in the Concert Hall on June 15 as part of Music at the [...]
The Galapagos Duck fly into Camelot Lounge for their final East Coast tour performance this coming Sunday.
Get down to Camelot lounge on Sunday 2nd June to see the unforgettable Galapagos Duck on the final leg of their East Coast tour. The band’s east coast tour was crammed with sell out shows in Brisbane, Gold Coast jazz Clubs and Dizzy’s in Melbourne. Where do you start with this group? With over forty [...]
Artbank Social Club: art, food and music this Saturday
This Saturday 1st June, Artbank will launch the first ‘Artbank Social Club’ open day. This is a free event and is open for all to attend the showroom with Australia’s largest collection of contemporary art. Artbank is a support agency that fosters Australian artists through the collecting, commissioning, curating and leasing of art. The collection holds [...]
Community Billboard 29th May – 4th June
Rhizomic Poetry This month’s guest poets are Danny Gardener, Maureen Ten and Bill Tebben who will read/ perform their poetry. Enjoy the ecclectic venue and the fine wine. What: Rhizomic Poetry – poetry and open mic Where: Mr Falcon’s, 92 Glebe Point Road, Glebe When: Wednesday 29th May, 5pm- 7pm Cost: free [...]
Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon goes Southern for Vivid LIVE this weekend
Bringing together a varied troupe of folk, blues and jazz musicians from across Canada and the USA, Sounds of the South is set to recreate the Alan Lomax songbook for Australian audiences on the 1st and 2nd of June. With a widely respected group of musicians, including Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon, Frazey Ford of The [...]
