←Volume 31
September 28, 2016
In this Issue:
Cinema Review: Snowden
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlSAiI3xMh4 ‘We are drowning in information while starving for wisdom.’ It was an Fb platitude, but it seemed appropriate after seeing this. Oliver Stone has earned a reputation as one of cinema’s foremost chroniclers of contemporary American society – albeit...
Soundtrack to his life
Olly Knights from Turin Breaks talks about The Soundtrack to His Life. Turin Brakes are featured at Bluesfest 2017. What song reminds you of growing up? The one song that reminds me of growing up… there are millions. Fire and Rain by...
Queer, Christian and Southern: Mullum Music Festival welcomes Julien Baker
At just 20 years old singer/songwriter Julien Baker is a talent on the rise. Queer, Christian and native to Memphis, this is a girl with a voice who is prepared to use it. She is one of the featured performers...
Live Music Roundup: Thursday 29 September, 2016
Getting the vibe There are some festivals that have to be on your bucket list. Island Vibe on Stradbroke Island is definitely one of them. Appearing this year alongside the glorious Nattali Rize of Blue King Brown is New Zealand’s Tiki...
24 Ways to Say You’re Gay at Glitter Festival
Actor Mark Stanley speaks with The Echo in the lead-up to his performance in the show 24 Ways to say I’m Gay at Glitter Festival at the Gold Coast Arts Centre. If you could have dinner with anyone it would...
Culture Roundup: Wednesday 28 September, 2016
Peter Pan in the Bright Lights Bright Lights Performance School’s junior musical theatre group is presenting Disney’s Peter Pan Jnr. The 60-minute musical, designed for middle-school-aged performers, is based on the play by JM Barrie and the 1953 Disney film....
Arty fun for the whole family!
The Arty Party is a free one-day arts festival event for children and families at Spinks Park in Lismore. Event co-director Gabrielle Griffin spoke with The Echo about this innovate creative endeavour. Hi. Gabrielle. What is the concept behind Arty Party? Our...
Mullum juniors succeed at tennis finals
A grand final win for the Mullumbimby junior tennis club’s division three team capped a successful year for the local club. Division three won their grand final against Lismore. The division two team, recently promoted from division three, lost the...
Dirty Wheelers pick up funding and members
The Northern Rivers Dirty Wheels Mountain Bike Club collected at least 30 new members when it officially opened its New Italy trail network last weekend. The four-year-old club now has more than 170 members based between south Queensland and Yamba,...
Shucks! The Black Oystas win NSW Schools Netball Cup
Cape Byron Steiner School is known for many wonderful things. Sport is not one of them. Neither is the colour black. But the Year 8 boys netball team just made history by heading to Olympic Park and winning the...
Byron basketballers reach final
The Byron Beez basketball team had a convincing 80–52 win over the Ballina Breakers to earn a crack at the Sunshine Conference title this weekend. The first quarter promised a tight and exciting encounter when the Beez went to the...
Life savers return to north coast beaches
Far north coast surf life savers returned to active beach patrols last Saturday. Over 21,000 active surf life savers from the 129 surf clubs along the NSW coastline will be on patrol during the 2016/17 season. Surf Life Saving NSW...
Junior life savers tested at Lennox Enduro
The Lennox Head Enduro junior Surf Life Saving competition was held at the Lennox Head Surf Club last Saturday and attracted over 70 entrants. “It was great to see all the competitors put in the effort and shake off the...
Mandy Nolan’s Soap Box: One less lunchbox
Last week my middle daughter finished school. Forever. That’s one less lunchbox on my bench. At my peak I was packing five lunchboxes and now I’m down to just two little boxes. I don’t understand parents who can’t wait...
Who gives a golden fork?
Story and photos by Vivienne Pearson What does it mean to win a Golden Fork award at Bangalow’s Sample food festival?‘It is recognition, it shows that I am on the right track,’ says Zohar Flantz of Luscious Foods. ‘I know...
The crepe – France’s great culinary contribution
They’re an any-time-of-the-day food, just as appealing for breakfast, lunch or snacking as they are for dinner or dessert. For French-born Cecile Charrue, crepes are a family tradition, forever linked with her childhood and fond memories of watching her mother...
Gifted cookies
Story and photos by Vivienne Pearson Like a phoenix arising from the ashes, Byron Bay Cookies have opened a sparkling gift store in the same location as their previous outlet. The outlet store closed in 2013 after the business hit major...
Ice-cream snippets
By: Vivienne Pearson Many publications would wait until the first week of summer to do a feature on ice-cream. Not us. The sun is shining, the sea beckons and we know there’s nothing better after a beach trip than an...
What’s in a name?
By: Vivienne Pearson You say gelati, I say gelato. He says ice-cream, she says sorbet. So many different words, but hey, let’s not call the whole thing off. On starting this story, I felt embarrassed that I didn’t know the difference...
Ice-cream without the cream
By: Vivienne Pearson As Horst Thomson was lying on the floor, in a funk after losing his job, a small voice spoke to him. It said: ‘Ice-cream’. Most others would take this as a sign to grab a tub of ice-cream...
Cinema Review – The Beatles: Eight Days A Week
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mj0KLrrl2rs Younger people might scoff, but if you weren’t there when it was happening, you can have no idea of the unprecedented, profound and lasting impact of the Beatles. They were more than just ‘of their time’; they changed their...
