←Volume 33
![]( "Interview with Lukas Nelson")
![]( "Interview with Wendy Matthews")
![]( "Culture in the Byron Shire and Beyond from February 27, 2019")
![]( "Cinema Review: Stan and Ollie")
![]( "‘Disco dong’ back on Byron Council’s agenda")
![]( "Local identity killed in St Helena crash")
![]( "Will you be throwing your vote in the bin?")
![]( "Cinema Review: Capharnaum")
![]( "Interview with Penny Arcade, New York’s undisputed queen of the underground")
![]( "Tackling homelessness at a local level")
![]( "Live Music in the Byron Shire and beyond in the beginning of March 2019")
![]( "Mandy Nolan’s Soapbox: The privilege of losing your privilege")
![]( "Shark attack survivor says he will surf again")
![]( "Successful Thai move")
![]( "Womens Day Harvest")
![]( "New partly cracked macadamia nuts open with a key")
![]( "BUD hosts ultimate frisbee workshops")
![]( "Sheila celebrates 50 years of bowling")
![]( "When music becomes a weapon")
![]( "Solid surfing by Ryan and McDonagh")
![]( "Registrations now open for Masters Games in Lismore")
February 27, 2019
In this Issue:
Interview with Lukas Nelson
Bluesfest | 18–22 April Since forming 10 years ago, the buzz surrounding Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real has been quietly intensifying. During that time, the 28-year-old singer/songwriter/guitarist and his bandmates have played hundreds of shows and major festivals...
Interview with Wendy Matthews
The Marvellous Ms Matthews Byron Theatre, Community Centre | Thursday 8pm | $42/44 Wendy Matthews uses her immense talent to capture and define a diverse range of styles in her music. She takes songs from every genre and makes them her...
Culture in the Byron Shire and Beyond from February 27, 2019
International comedian headlines Country Club Comedy Ballina RSL - Thursday 28 Feb | Ocean Shores Country Club - Tuesday March 5 | Court House Mullumbimby - Thursday March 7 This month’s Country Club Comedy welcomes the hilarious Irish comedian Mandy Knight,...
Cinema Review: Stan and Ollie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2zdFwgUYBg Stan and Ollie is a bio-pic about Laurel and Hardy’s last gig, a tour of Britain many years after the pair had made their last movie. The film works as a behind-the-scenes depiction of one of cinema’s greatest double...
‘Disco dong’ back on Byron Council’s agenda
The phrases ‘council meeting’ and ‘thrilling spectacle’ are rarely used in the same sentence but for local politics tragics the first full Byron Council meeting of the year offers just such a fusion.
Local identity killed in St Helena crash
The man killed in a fatal single-vehicle crash on Hinterland Way in the early hours of Sunday morning has been identified as local identity Ian Oelrichs OAM.
Will you be throwing your vote in the bin?
Who wins or loses local marginal seats during the NSW state elections is in your hands – or rather in the way you preference your vote.
Cinema Review: Capharnaum
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBecbs52Fpo The word Capharnaum means ‘a disorderly accumulation of objects’, an apt description of this story set amidst the cluttered poverty of Beirut. Zain, aged 12, lives with his parents and eight sisters in a single-room apartment. His closest friend,...
Interview with Penny Arcade, New York’s undisputed queen of the underground
A Faghag and Her Friends Brunswick Picture House | Friday & Saturday | 7pm | $40/45 Penny Arcade is New York’s undisputed queen of the underground and the grande dame of downtown performance art. Hot on the heels of her Adelaide...
Tackling homelessness at a local level
Tiny homes are a way to the future and thanks to the generosity of land owners in the Byron Shire, One Roof Byron is giving people the opportunity to help build their own.
Live Music in the Byron Shire and beyond in the beginning...
Sway Swing Swagger Swoon Lismore | Sunday 3 March | 2pm | Donation After the great success of Mullumbimby and Nimbin Roots Festivals, Out of Range are off to Lismore for a one-off, intimate concert. Born out of the English festival scene...
Mandy Nolan’s Soapbox: The privilege of losing your privilege
Strap yourselves in, sexist dinosaurs, feminism is going viral. It used to just be a small group of us angry women with hairy legs who couldn’t get a bloke (well that’s what you said about us when we got mouthy and wouldn’t root you).
What’s Wauchoped?
The bypass, which countless studies have shown will not solve Byron Bay’s traffic problems, got approval purely to facilitate the West Byron twin town which, in turn, could not get approval without it
Shark attack survivor says he will surf again
Byron Bay shark attack survivor Sam Edwardes says he hopes to surf again – but it will be a while. Sam's recovering following major surgery after a great white took a 'big chunk' out of his leg.
Blurred lines between brewery and hospitality space
Stone & Wood’s thoroughly modern new Byron brewery allows people to mingle with the staff, taste Pilot Batch beers poured directly from the tank, and also eat good food from 100 Mile Table with their beer. We asked Cale...
Successful Thai move
By: Vivienne Pearson After an unexpected change of location, Success Thai have found a new home in Lawson Street, opposite Aquarius Backpackers and diagonally opposite the Byron Bay library. ‘Already lots of customers have found us, so we are really happy,’...
Womens Day Harvest
Speakers Ella Bancroft (Indigenous artist), Pru Chapman (The Owners Collective), and Sophie Kovic (Seed and Sprout eco store) will feature alongside live music at a Women’s Day lunch at Harvest showcasing female producers in the community, and wonderful food...
New partly cracked macadamia nuts open with a key
The Macadamia Castle’s nut bar and fine-food retail store has long garnered a reputation for delivering quality, locally sourced macadamia nuts and nut products to both locals and tourists. Now there’s a unique new macadamia product available through their...
BUD hosts ultimate frisbee workshops
Byron Ultimate Disc are holding a series of free Ultimate Frisbee clinics to encourage beginners to take up the sport on Monday evenings in March. ‘BUD has ridden peaks and troughs of membership for almost 20 years. Right now the...
Sheila celebrates 50 years of bowling
Kerry Dexter The Brunswick Heads Women’s Bowling Club was proud of Sheila Riley who has been awarded a certificate and badge from WBNSW (Women’s Bowls New South Wales) for notching up 50 years as a member. Sheila joined the club in...
When music becomes a weapon
Sound has the profound ability to haunt, shock, and terrify. It has a primordial quality that reaches deep inside us.
Solid surfing by Ryan and McDonagh
Crystal Cylinders Local Lennox Head surfers Mikey McDonagh and Nyxie Ryan posted solid results at the WSL QS 1000 Mothernest Great Lakes Pro, which started at Boomerang Beach in fun waves last week. But the influence of cyclone Oma on conditions...
Registrations now open for Masters Games in Lismore
Registrations are now open for the 11th Lismore Workers Masters Games with the biennial competition set for September 27–29, 2019. More than 1,500 competitors are expected for the games and to socialise, renew lifelong friendships, and enjoy good-natured fun. ‘All our...
