←Volume 31
October 12, 2016
In this Issue:
Cinema Review: Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tV_IhWE4LP0 Tim Burton’s films generally strike me as being lurid examples of style over content. Heavily reliant on special effects and lairy eye candy, they just don’t do it for me (okay, I’ll pay Big Eyes). With few exceptions, they...
The Girl on the Train
The harshest criticism that can be levelled at a film based on a best-selling novel is that it has taken liberties in re-telling the story – that it is unfaithful to the book. Tate Taylor’s adaptation of Paula Hawkins’s...
The Gospel according to St Paul
Last Bluesfest word on the street was that these were the act to catch – St Paul and the Broken Bones. Headed up by Paul Janeway, the band is an 8-piece based out of Alabama with one goal – to blow...
Live Music Roundup – Thursday 13 October, 2016
In Lou of a talent night Music will echo through the valley when Main Arm Public School hosts local talent for an evening of live music on Friday 21 October. The event is headlined by Lou Bradley; she’s country, she’s...
Russian Boy Band
Mullumbimby has produced some very interesting talent. We have high school girl turned international star, rapper Iggy Azaela, and we have a bunch of bearded blokes in a Russian choir bringing on menopausal hot flushes wherever they go… Andrew Swain,...
Culture Roundup – Wednesday 12 October, 2016
Byron Latin Fiesta Get those salsa bodies ready, the Byron Latin Fiesta is now in its 11th year and gearing up for one inspired, sweaty showdown of instructors, performers, Latin bands and DJs. Festival Hub is the Byron Theatre...
Mandy Nolan’s Soap Box: Confessions of a Pussy Grabber
I tell you, there’s one thing I love, and it’s a good old-fashioned surprise grab on the pussy. Especially by creepy old dudes. I’ll be walking down the street and wham, an old fella has gone for the downstairs...
Local teams win as summer football comp kicks off
Byron Bay FC’s Wildcats and Rams youth teams got off to a flying start in the opening round of the Summer Youth League competition in Casino on Friday night. The Wildcats got the ball rolling with a resounding 3–0 win over their Casino counterparts.
Bruns SLSC deploys experience
Guy Knox The new season is off to a very fast start with beach patrols, nippers, Bronze Medallion and first-aid training, as well as Open Days. Brunswick beach was patrolled by one of the Club’s most experienced teams last weekend, including...
Cyclists battle weather and time
Despite inclement weather more than a dozen cyclists raced in the Byron Bay Cycle Club’s fifth criterium race of its Spring Carnival last Sunday in the Arts and Industry estate. ‘Competitors took the risk of travelling from Brisbane, Tweed and...
Shared honours at Tropicarnage
The Byron Sirens’ travelling roller derby team had mixed fortunes when they took on Queenland’s best teams in the Tropicarnage Cup tournament over the long weekend. First up the local team was outplayed by the Paradise City All Stars losing...
Men of League hit the fairway
Local rugby league teams, fans as well as players past and present are invited to join Men of League’s northern rivers committee for their charity Golf Day this Sunday October 16, at Ballina Golf Club. Organised by the Northern Rivers...
AFL 9s is a touch footy game for everyone
More than 32 teams will compete in the AFL nine-a-side social carnival at the Cavanbah Centre over the coming weekend. AFL nines is the touch version of the 18-person contest and is a ‘game for everyone’ according to organiser Molly...
Leard wins at Teven
Denis Leard (23 pts) beat Greg Fowler (21) to take out the Teven Golf Club Men’s Division nine-hole Stableford held last Saturday morning. Ball rundown: Rob Tillman (20), Steve Blackmore (20), Peter Harden (20), John Selwood (20), Jim McGarry (19)...
Brunswick Tennis Club veteran receives Golden Racket and a fond farewell
Janice Bast Marj Davey received the Golden Racket at her farewell party held at the Brunswick Heads Tennis Courts last Saturday night. Marj has been a wonderful support at the Brunswick Club, playing on the court and serving on the committee! Marj...
Meet the producers of your dinner!
Executive chef Blake Seymour has invited four local producers to join him to present the evening dinner on Friday 28 October from 6.30pm in Spinnakers Restaurant Ballina. The dinner event includes several grazing courses, a drink on arrival and the...
A man called Steve, from Byron
Story and photo by: Vivienne Pearson It was a fecund cumquat tree that started Steve’s jam-making journey. ‘Marmalade is the only thing you can make with cumquats,’ says Steve. So he did, cooking up a batch over an open fire....
A kid-friendly Saturday eve market oasis
Story and photos by: Vivienne Pearson It’s a new market but it is not a new market. Let me explain. The Byron Artisan Market is a seasonal creature, existing only at twilight during the months of daylight saving. It therefore...
Boomerang dinner
Wednesday 19 October is an opportunity for wine and food lovers to contribute directly to this region’s cultural diversity, with all funds raised from a top-quality dinner at Harvest going to support Boomerang Indigenous arts and culture festival. Regular readers...
