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![]( "Cinema Reviews : The Bélier Family")
![]( "Luis Tamani’s Amazon Visions")
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![]( "The Decemberists")
![]( "Live Music Roundup – Thursday 28 January, 2016")
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![]( "Culture Roundup – Wednesday 27 January, 2016")
![]( "Mandy Nolan’s Soap Box: Charged about chargers?")
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![]( "How to food boast without annoying your friends")
January 27, 2016
In this Issue:
Cinema Reviews : The Hateful Eight
https://youtu.be/6_UI1GzaWv0 By John Campbell This is Quentin Tarantino’s eighth film. We know this because it’s the first thing we read in the introductory credits. Even by Hollywood’s immodest standards, such hubris is laughable. Further, as an act of self-reference – if...
Wooden boat regatta huge success
Over 20 wooden boats took to the water last Sunday to celebrate the third Annual Wooden Boat Regatta at Ballina.
Cinema Reviews : The Bélier Family
https://youtu.be/y36W7P1FxJI By John Campbell Set in provincial France, Eric Lartigau’s endearing coming-of-age movie begins with a song of thrilling expectation and ends with one of heart-breaking resignation. Gigi (Karin Viard) is the teenaged daughter of deaf parents – her younger brother...
Luis Tamani’s Amazon Visions
There are many who believe that the jungle has medicine for the whole world. Whether it is the immense wealth of medicinal plants, its powerful ability to sequester carbon from our atmosphere, its biodiversity of plants and animals, or a...
Shores United they stand with all seniors in finals
This year promises to be a very exciting time for the Shores United Football Club, with the long-overdue Shara Boulevard sportsfield approved and out to tender in February.
Ballina paving and mowing the way for disc golf?
Disc golf is a popular sport in Europe and the US and is gaining momentum in Australia. Back in November last year, Ballina Council supported a proposal by Cr Jeff Johnson to investigate the establishment of a course at Bicentennial Gardens.
The Decemberists
From across the planet, Portland Oregon’s finest, The Decemberists, the hugely successful and inspiring indie folk rock band will be making their Bluesfest debut in 2016. Their career spans more than a decade and with their songs ranging from upbeat...
Live Music Roundup – Thursday 28 January, 2016
Uke’s got the pub rockin’ The pub rock era from the late 60s to early 90s in particular was a very virile period for Australian music. The bands played loud and strong to compete with the rabble and noise in...
Mojo Juju feeling blue at Blues
As ever, Bluesfest will bring an awesome lineup of Australian acts to their Tyagarah stages this Easter, not in the least Mojo Juju. Smooth, shiny and loaded with sin. Mojo Juju sings songs that sound just like that night...
Culture Roundup – Wednesday 27 January, 2016
When your Boomerang won’t come back After a successful debut in 2013, Boomerang Festival, held as an independent event on the Bluesfest site, was nominated for the Best New Event at the 2014 Australian Events Awards and Best Indigenous Tourism...
Mandy Nolan’s Soap Box: Charged about chargers?
There is a question that we used to ask ourselves to work out what was most important in life: If you had two minutes to get out of your house, what would you grab? Everyone used to say ‘the...
Tommy in his Elements
Elements’ opening pool party on Monday was indeed ‘lavish’. Delta Kay and a troupe of Arakwal dancers performed on the ceremony space overlooking the beach, a helicopter rested in the grounds and women held horses as more than 200...
How to food boast without annoying your friends
Sarah McGrory – www.getforkedandfly.com Love it or hate it, food boasting on social media is an epidemic. Sign into your Instagram or Facebook account and see for yourself – a deluge of food photos, many of questionable quality, proudly posted by your...
