From the Editor
From the Editor......
Welcome to the Autumn Edition of Airwaves. In this issue we look at our community events coming up in April, take a participating role in The Sydney Philharmonia Choirs and Tom Bass Sculpture Studio. Hear about Short & Sweet and the French Film Festival, Another Year, the Chinese Garden Chamber Festival and jazz pianist Sean Wayland in New York. What a global station we are! Read More
Double Space By Lloyd Swanton
DOUBLE SPACE is the column that invites presenters and listeners, to talk about a couple of books no longer on the New Releases shelf which have had a significance in their lives or provided a damn good read.
LLOYD SWANTON returns ....Read more
French Film Festival
There's a a flurry of excitement and anticipation as the Alliance Française French Film Festival rolls into town. Read more
Presenter Profile - Forever French
There has been a French show on Eastside Radio every Wednesday night, continuously for 15 years. Meet the presenters Gabrielle and Sandrine Read more
The Beauty of Sculpture & Tom Bass by Andrew Batt-Rawden
Andrew tries a sculpture course because he says, "We all have a creative bug in us. Something that encourages us to develop, imagine, explore, express, create."
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The Voice Whisperers By Sue Thompson
Experience the power of singing with hundreds of voices under the direction of the charismatic Brett Weymark. Read more
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Exotic Notes in a City Garden By Sue Thompson
The Chinese Garden - an ideal setting for a romantic rendez-vous, alternative theatre piece, or Tai-Chi class. And, the perfect backdrop for a musical festival and a pot of green tea at dusk on a summer’s evening. Read more on the Chinese Garden Chamber Music Festival
Ain’t it (Short &) Sweet By Geoff Sirmai
Some festivals, no matter how short or sweet their beginnings, are destined to grow beyond expectation. GEOFF SIRMAI explains how well a festival of 10-minute plays measures up for the acting industry in Australia. Read more
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Meditation on Another Year By James Benn
What’s in a day? Or even in a year? JAMES BENN finds out some hard core truths from Mike Leigh’s new film. Read more
Sean Wayland At Home in NYC by Phil Fiebig
Wayland at home at 55, the little NY club where the only thing missing is the Jazz Police. Read more
Community event - Jazz In Continuum 2 April
The 2nd JAZZ IN CONTINUUM
is happening on Saturday 2 April at
Paddington Uniting Church,
395 Oxford St, Paddington
12 - dusk.
School and tertiary bands from Sydney and the Illawarra performing alongside local jazz luminaries
Judy Bailey (with Jazz Connection),
Mark Isaacs (with trio) &
John Morrison, (guest drummer)
with the Jake Barden Quintet
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Community Event - Global Rhythms on the Bay Saturday 16 April
A community event bringing the sound of world music to the shores of Sydney Harbour at Watsons Bay on a lazy Saturday afternoon - 16 April. Presenters from Eastside - Martin Taylor from Cubanissimo and Julian Curwin and John Hibbard of the Showdown provide some of the fabulous music you can expect to hear: Mucho Mambo, Tango Saloon and Dereb the Ambassador. More information here
What Else Is On
Other events on around town. More
WIN an Album of the Moment - Tony Smythe
Here's your chance to win some CDs
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WIN tickets to HAVANA RAKATAN
Here's your chance to win tickets to this fabulous Cuban song and dance spectacular! Read more
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