←Volume 31
May 31, 2017
In this Issue:
Watermelon Wonderland
Verity Nunan’s exhibition Watermelon Wonderland is a playful exploration of the female form expressed in irrepressible colour with liberated lines evoking the primitive and joyous nature of the female form.
Culture Roundup – Thursday 1, June
This weekend Byron Ballet is staging a return season of their most spectacular show to date, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, with four public performances.
Have to Believe it’s Magic!
Asher Treleaven (La Soirée) and Gypsy Wood (Miss Cage Dance Universe Australia) are Peter & Bambi Heaven, the Gold Coast’s most deluded dancing magicians, and they’re about to explode into Brunswick Picture House.
Cinema Review – Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrGyD4kHTSE For time out of mind, the climax of any story would be withheld until all avenues of character development and plot turnings were explored. Not any more. The diminished attention span of today’s audience and its craving for instant...
Crowdfunding launched to establish local renewable energy production
Local not-for-profit COREM has a vision to make the area a national leader in climate action and at their recent Renew Fest festival they launched their next crowdfunding campaign to fund their 2017 goals.
Drill Hall actors take to international stage
Actors from the Drill Hall Theatre Company have been working hard with Welsh director Ray Thomas as they practise for their international tour. They are mounting a co-production of the Australian play Do Not Go Gentle by Patricia Cornelius with The Everyman Theatre from Cardiff.
Byron cycleway plans in motion
A cycleway expert will be sought by Byron Shire Council to review the current design for on- road cycleways around Byron Bay after councillors voted in favour at Thursday’s meeting.
Live Music Roundup – Wednesday 31 May
BBQ Blues & Brews Raised on rattlesnake venom and moonshine, the Burning Hands Band play dance music from a forgotten time. Swing, shuffle and the hypnotic train beat, playing traditional blues music in a time-honoured fashion. Featuring double bass, harmonica,...
Indigenous craft the focus of new girls group
A new girls group called Nalia Dubay (Bundjalung for group of girls) has launched, thanks to funds from both the Northern Rivers Community Foundation (NRCF) and the Department of Family and Community Services.
Rams tackle Rovers 4-0
After weeks of FFA Cup qualifiers and an early season disrupted by weather, the Northern Hotel Byron Bay Rams face a busy schedule to get back on track in the FFNC Premiership season.
World champ ready to defend local adaptive surfing title
Crystal Cylinders A larger-than-ever field of talented surfers is expected to compete when the far north coast of New South Wales plays host to the second annual nudie Australian Adaptive Surfing Titles over June 24–25, 2017. Defending nudie champion and International...
Undermanned Giants run down by Brothers
Losing your playmaker before the break always hurts when a game of rugby league enters its desperate hours. The Mullumbimby Giants faded to be beaten 26–18 by Marist Brothers in their NRRRL clash at Les Donnelly Field, but the result in no way reflects the intensity and closeness of the contest.
Sails on the water at Fingal Head
Tweed Valley Sailing Club members from Uki, Burringbar, Ocean Shores, Kingscliff, Fingal Head and even a few from north of the border are back from their break, keen racers again in the 7th Winter Series. In the first race of...
Sandcrabs fall to Moonshiners but Byron firsts take the win against...
Byron Bay first grade notched up a convincing win beating Casuarina Beach 28–5 at home in the Far North Coast Rugby championship on Saturday. To date the Byron side has had a stop-start season and the win will help them...
Mandy Nolan’s Soap Box – Corby can’t profit but the media...
In the next six weeks three of my daughters will be heading overseas for around six months each. It’s a nerve-wracking time for a parent and so far I’ve only had one major piece of advice to give them. Don’t be a drug mule.
Festival of the Stone
Sunday 11 June from 4-10pm you can join Stone & Wood for a night that celebrates community, live music and the release of their 2017Stone Beer while raising money for Liberation Larder and Bay FM. Yes, the Festival of the...
Long-lost family recipe found
Recently, Sarah Wheeler discovered a long-lost heirloom recipe. Her grandma was Helena Tellerman (nee Ungar), who came as a Jewish refugee to London in 1939 from Berlin with Sarah’s father and grandfather. Sarah says, ‘She made the most amazing...
Coffee at the Festival
Just like fine food and wine, a certain finesse helps when selecting fine coffee. Bun Coffee is a local Byron business, and Bun’s master roaster David has handpicked three of his favourite Single Origins for festival-goers to sample throughout...
Gavin Hughes – Byron at Byron resort and spa
Gavin Hughes is head chef at The Byron at Byron Resort and Spa, a position he has held since the resort opened back in December 2004. Gavin is a true advocate of all things local, ensuring the restaurant adopts a...
Byron Farmers Market celebrity chef visit
Born and raised in the culinary capital of Milan, Italy, Luca Ciano says that he inherited his passion for food from his family; he started cooking at the age of eight with his mum and grandma. ‘Keep it simple,...
Ben Devlin – Paper Daisy
Raised in Byron Bay among a family of chefs and cooks, Ben Devlin is back on his home turf as head chef of the Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide’s NSW Regional Restaurant of the Year – Paper Daisy...
Ten massive corporations dominate our global food system
With a focus on profits above all else, they promote unsustainable agricultural practices that pollute the air and water, degrade precious soils, are cruel to animals, and speed up the loss of biodiversity. The system demands huge volumes of perfect-looking...
Beach Byron hosts Stone & Wood dinner
As you may have read in these pages last week, Byron Bay brewing company Stone & Wood was for the second year running awarded Champion Large Australian Brewery at the 2017 Australian International Beer Awards as well as winning...
