March 30, 2016
In this Issue:
Cinema Review: My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGHoDScUow8 These are not days for wandering too far from the beaten path, are they. The humble cinema-goer, seeking shelter from the storm outside, is perfectly justified in finding solace in the blandness of a movie such as this. It’s...
Live Music Roundup – Thursday 31 March, 2016
The Jackson live After several years to play and create music in a reggae band, Cory Jackson started to play alone and loop Jamaican reggae from the 70s with his acoustic guitar. That was just two years ago, and now as...
Council faction still failing: CABS
The Community Alliance for Byron Shire (CABS) says it has assessed the recent performance of Byron Council against the Community Charter for Good Planning and found them still to be failing.
Lennox law student offered Oxford spot
Lennox Head local Angela Powditch is hopefully off to the UK soon, bar one hitch.
Culture Roundup – Wednesday 30 March, 2016
Spirit Festival How does an annual event grow deeper roots and spread broader branches? How can a gathering promote our greatest assets to insure our future wellbeing and those of our descendants? It’s not necessarily about grower larger in size,...
Words of wisdom from the Webb
‘Lindsay Webb is more than your average standup. He has an almost mindreader-like ability to pick faces in the audience and create a show purely on where they come from and what they do. The last time I saw...
Mandy Nolan’s Soap Box: Singling out stoners is silly
Driving past and seeing four cop cars outside your local high school is not good PR, either for people driving past or the people inside. It feels scary. Even I start getting the fear and I don’t even smoke pot. I start feeling like I’ve done something wrong.
A Byron – Bali Connection
By: Vivienne Pearson Let’s get the name issue sorted right now. If you’ve travelled in Indonesia, particularly Bali, you probably won’t need this lesson but, for others, here’s a primer. Warung Bagus, one of Byron’s newer eateries, located opposite the surf...