This year’s Byron Writers Festival will bring a fresh focus to the conversation on the environment with a wide range of sessions that will explore the real-world solutions we have available to us to address the climate crisis.
Fifteen local pottery studios will soon open their doors and reveal their latest ceramic art creations for the 10th Anniversary North Coast Mud Trail, recently launched at Ignite Studios in Ballina.
The NSW Ambulance Service has responded to criticisms of its operations in the Northern Rivers, stating that paramedics continue to respond quickly and effectively to emergencies.
Local fellas Digby Moran and Richard Clarke created a beautiful sand art piece in a traditional Bundjalung pattern at City Hall for ‘Djurra’. Photo Tree Faerie
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Audiences from Lismore and beyond were treated to a very special event last week as NORPA presented Djurra, a work in drama and dance.
‘Djurra director Kirk Page had a quick photo with family before Saturday’s show at City Hall. Photo Tree Faerie.
Packed houses were enthralled by the work inspired by a Bundjalung Nation creation story – Djurra presented a coexisting modern story within the piece, a sad but not uncommon set of issues for contemporary Aboriginal people.
The last show for Djurra was held on Saturday and everyone turned out to see what all the buzz was about.
In conjunction with ArtState, City Hall also hosted an enormous sand sculpture made by local Indigenous artists Digby Moran and Richard Clarke. Two days in the making, the work is based on a traditional Bundjalung diamond pattern.
Artists Digby Moran and Richard Clarke with their beautiful sand sculpture at City Hall, on day one of the creation. Photo Tree Faerie.
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Local fellas Digby Moran and Richard Clarke created a beautiful sand art piece in a traditional Bundjalung pattern at City Hall for ‘Djurra’. Photo Tree Faerie
‘Djurra director Kirk Page had a quick photo with family before Saturday’s show at City Hall. Photo Tree Faerie.
Digby Moran and Delta Kay. Photo Tree Faerie.
Sand art by Digby Moran and Richard Clarke. Photo Tree Faerie
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Those with an interest in films and cycling will be in heaven this Thursday night (August 11) when the Regent Cinema in Murwillumbah hosts the Big Bike Film Night.
With so many challenges currently surrounding the bee industry, it comes as a relief to many that NSW Department of Primary Industries will issue a special group permit for beekeepers in flood warning areas to move their hives to higher ground.
The Lennox-based (and fast-expanding) young men's mental health group are continuing to change lives and inspire the wider community with activities across the region.
After less than a week in his new role, NSW Senator Tony Sheldon was in Lismore on Saturday to talk about his new role as the Prime Minister’s Special Envoy for Disaster Recovery.
On 17 February 2005 the naked body of Simone Strobel, a German backpacker, was found covered by ‘palm fronds on a sports ground about 90 metres from’ the Tourist Caravan Park in Lismore where she had been staying with her boyfriend. Yesterday a man was extradited from Western Australia and charged with murder.
Missing from the calendar for the last two years, the North Coast National – Lismore Show will return to the Lismore Showground in October after a COVID-enforced break.
