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![]( "Music Roundup – Thursday 17 December, 2015")
![]( "Cinema Review: The Night Before")
![]( "Country Cup secured for Far North Coast Branch")
![]( "Elements resort seeks to redesign approved cabins, roads")
![]( "The show must go on, without excuse!")
![]( "Culture Roundup – Wednesday 16 December, 2015")
![]( "French honour bestowed upon WWII veteran")
![]( "Mandy Nolan’s Soap box: Man shall not live by breadboard alone")
![]( "Enova Energy just $50,000 short of launch target")
December 16, 2015
In this Issue:
Cinema Review: By the Sea
At the end of The Hours (2002), when Our Nicole, as Virginia Woolf, walked into the River Ouse with her pockets full of stones to make her sink, I’m afraid I was barracking for the river. Similarly, only halfway...
Ben’s all for all abilities
Next year the Suffolk Park Football Club will be kicking off an exciting new program, the Northern Rivers All Abilities Football Program.
Money in the Banff
When Brisbane-based Benjamin Forbes, aka BANFF former frontman of Little Casino, stepped away from the band environment it was to pursue his passion for songwriting and to find a voice unfettered by the influences of others. ‘It was new territory...
When the hits Reyne down
The music of Australian Crawl is like a summer soundtrack for the 80s and 90s. When you hear songs such as Boys Light Up, Errol, or Reckless, it’s like a portal back through time. James Reyne fronted the band and...
Music Roundup – Thursday 17 December, 2015
You got the fever Boogie Fever is coming to The Bangalow Bowlo this Saturday for the annual Bay FM Christmas Discotheque. Doors and dancefloor open from 6pm till midnight for six hours of pure disco and funk hits. Six of...
Cinema Review: The Night Before
The thing about Seth Rogen is that, every once in a while, you can see a really gifted comic. Early in this he finds himself being quizzed about his Jewishness by a couple of very strange-looking girl twins. ‘You...
Country Cup secured for Far North Coast Branch
After two days of intense competition at the 2015 Interbranch Carnival at Cape Hawke, Forster, the Far North Coast’s best surf athletes could afford to relax.
Elements resort seeks to redesign approved cabins, roads
Managers of the soon-to-be-opened $100m Elements Of Byron resort have played down fears that a DA modification – now extended for public submission – significantly expands existing floor space for 96 of its 193 cabins.
The show must go on, without excuse!
There's an old theatrical saying to performers about to go onstage: 'break a leg'. But the lead character and acrobat in a new acrobatic show to be held at Circus Arts HQ has actually broken her foot.
Culture Roundup – Wednesday 16 December, 2015
Stories in the library Celebrate the joy, wonder and simplicity of a nature-filled Christmas this year with Australian Christmas stories and songs on Monday at the Mullumbimby Library (10.30am) and Brunswick Heads Library (2.30pm). Join storyteller and musician Annie Bryant...
French honour bestowed upon WWII veteran
Retired veteran Rob Jenkins, who now lives in Mullumbimby, will soon be awarded the French Legion of Honour for his services to France during World War II.
Mandy Nolan’s Soap box: Man shall not live by breadboard alone
What’s with the elevation of the breadboard to the status of a plate? I have a hint for trendy restaurateurs who seek to hipsterfy their service with chunky artisanal-styled food presentation. The true purpose for a breadboard is in...
Enova Energy just $50,000 short of launch target
Start-up north coast renewable energy retailer Enova says, with its share deadline looming, it has almost met its major capital milestone of $3 million required to operate.
