December 30, 2015
In this Issue:
Cinema Review: Suffragette
Let me say at the outset – the suffragette movement in Britain at the beginning of the twentieth century was a hugely important story of liberation. It is unconscionable to us today that women should be denied the vote...
Gathering in the Garden
DJ Daniel Webber is one of the masterminds of Bizarre Garden, an electronic music event happening 5–7 February 2016. He gave Seven the lowdown on this gathering of EDM lovers. Where is the Bizarre Garden? How is is situated for...
Cinema Review: The Good Dinosaur
What kid doesn’t love dinosaurs to start with? They have fascinated little brains for time out of mind, so the concept of their surviving instead of becoming extinct as a result of an asteroid’s collision with Earth is a...
Live Music Roundup – Thursday 31 December, 2015
The Cash man cometh Dr Baz Ferrier and vivacious songstress Ilona Harker present a journey through the life and songs of Johnny Cash – a musical tribute to the legendary country superstar Johnny Cash, his epic life story and love...
New rules mean trouble for koalas, say activists
North coast environment groups are calling on the Environment Protection Authority to abandon plans to overhaul logging regulations, which will dilute protections for koalas.
The rise and rise of Nattali Rize
Blue King Brown frontwoman Nattali Rize just seems to grow more beautiful by the year – her face, her heart, her talent… it’s truly a force to be reckoned with. The girl we first met on the streets busking...
The Spirit of Falls
Over the past twenty years, Andrew Kidman has earned a dedicated following as a filmmaker and singer/songwriter. Since the release of his 1996 debut Litmus: A Surfing Odyssey (acclaimed as ‘easily the finest surf film of its decade’), Kidman has...
Toad venom on filmmaker’s menu
North coast filmmaker and psychonaught Dean Jefferys is now raising funds for his film about a psychedelic toad, a relative of the notorious cane toad.
Has your Christmas food hangover created an overhang?
Have you had a break from your sports over the festive season? Is it time to start thinking about your training and exercise plan for 2016?
Media’s most mentioned sporting folk
In another year that proved controversy is king, Nick Kyrgios was the sportsperson most mentioned in 2015 by Australian media.
Culture Roundup – Wednesday 30 December, 2015
Getting the kids to monkey around Australia’s favourite little kids’ show is coming to the Byron Theatre on Wednesday with their interactive drumming show. The Amazing Drumming Monkeys have been wowing audiences around Australia and overseas for the past 12...
Mandy Nolan’s Soap Box: Goodbye Bangalow
Fabulous, stylish, confident, middle-class and middle-aged, Bangalow is gone. Removed not by a cyclone, a bushfire or an act of god, but by an act of the RTA. You see, driving south there is no exit for Bangalow.
Learning to love at Starlight
Mary Mikhael is a sacred warrior, a self-described ‘vanquisher of fear, slayer of doubt’, who is determined to ‘sphere through layers of illusion and judgments that keep us “stuck” in separation.’ She’s a soon-to-be-published author, meditation teacher, soul reader,...
Feeding the hungry hordes of visitors
Story & photo by Susanna Freymark Friends and family from everywhere but here want to visit. When they arrive in dribs and drabs it isn’t too bad but the unexpected arrival of hordes of hungry guests can have you groaning...