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By Daily Review
Louise Herron, CEO of the Sydney Opera House since 2012, is still listed as its chief on the arts centre’s website and gave a speech as leader at an Opera House event last Thursday night, but an ad appeared for her job at the weekend on the NSW government’s job website. The ad reads: “The Chief
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Shawn Lent writes for the US arts website, The Clyde Fitch Report, about using the arts to bring “different social circles in closer proximity to one another’’ to counter the political and /or religious beliefs that increasingly drive them apart. There’s a conversation I want to have. It is about the relationship between conservatives and liberals in
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By Helen Razer
Mass culture has produced no form more lifeless than radio journalism. If you’re yet to read this stuff, please, don’t start now. That modest rise in Radio Shitstack’s 18-24 demographic is only of interest to shareholders, and that monumental rise in some twit’s salary can be only of interest to masochists. Reports of broadcast radio
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Banking on jazz is a risky business. No one knows that better than Serge Carnovale, owner of Melbourne’s Paris Cat jazz club. Tucked away in an inconspicuous city laneway, the club has quietly grown to become that rarest of things: a profitable jazz venue. When the Paris Cat opened in 2006, however, “business was terrible,”
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Brahms composed his German Requiem between 1865 and 1868. His longest composition, with text not in the requiem’s traditional Latin but derived from the German Luther Bible, its conception is humanist rather than religious, the libretto – written by Brahms himself – a meditation not on Christian redemption but on mortality and suffering, consolation and
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Golden Plains remains one of the quirkiest fixtures on the Australian music festival calendar. Like its big sister festival Meredith, it combines great vibes with great tunes, while adding a dash of the bizarre and eccentric for good measure. However. its slightly shorter running time, smaller crowd size and Labour Day long weekend date, means Golden
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By Raymond Gill
The respected arts and classical musical magazine and website Limelight has been rescued from its financial troubles and bought for an undisclosed sum by two men with no experience in publishing. But they do have a fervent belief in the future of the magazine and its place in Australia’s cultural landscape. Both music lovers and longtime readers of the magazine,
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Last July, non-profit environmental organisations received a letter from the Australian Government which The Guardian’s Lenore Taylor characterised as having “ominous implications”. It asked them, for the first time, to curtail their commitment to promoting the public good by rethinking the time and resources they devote to public advocacy. A few days later, Peter Dutton was
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But piece by piece we lose control You break your heart You lose your soul They give their word and we give our trust Until we stand On fields of dust. First World Problem, Blair Dunlop Some singer-songwriters grab your attention from the first note you hear, from the first song, from the first album.
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By Daily Review
The Australia Council has announced the 2018 recipients of Australia Council award which “recognise and celebrate the significant contributions of leading artists to the artistic and cultural vibrancy of the nation”. The winners, nominated by industry peers, are: Bruce Pascoe (VIC) – Australia Council Award for Lifetime Achievement in Literature Liza Lim (VIC) – Australia
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