Internationally-renowned singer, comedian, cabaret artist and daughter of a dairy farmer from Kyogle, Catherine Alcorn, will make her Brunswick Picture House debut on Sunday, December 15 in her brand new show The Diva Has Landed!
At the last meeting of Ballina Council, Greens councillors Kiri Dicker and Erin Karsten were successful in encouraging renewed support for music and the arts in the Northern Rivers, following SCU's recent decision to discontinue undergraduate arts programs.
Cryptocurrency interests played a significant role in the recent election of Donald Trump in the United States, outspending oil companies, banks and Elon Musk, and they have already been rewarded, with Bitcoin now hovering around $100,000USD, a historic high. Now the crypto bros are pushing for 'sensible' regulation in Australia, and are hard at work lobbying both sides of politics.
Knitting Nannas Dominique Jacobs (60) and Helen Kvelde (73) yesterday became the 21st and 22nd people arrested protesting the logging of Bulga State Forest, west of Port Macquarie. They had attached themselves to the giant tree killing machine known as a harvester.
The Hidden Disabilities Sunflower initiative was marked on December 3, with Byron Shire Council taking part in the global project that recognises the International Day of People with Disability.
Police have arrested two men for assaults at Byron Bay in the past week, one of them on a pub security guard and another on arresting officers at a backpackers’ hostel.
A security guard at Byron Bay’s Cheeky Monkeys Bar and Restaurant was lucky to escape serious injury on Friday after three patrons who had been asked to leave attacked him.
It’s with heavy, but hopeful hearts that the Band Called Stereo is parting ways. The group are taking different paths as musicians which they hope will make the journeys beneficial for them all – Cinnamon and Leo are going to university, Floyd has a new project ‘Coffee Teeth’, and Kiarn is in the band Nuexit.
Specialist chamber choir, Vox Caldera, is directed by Nicholas Routley and was formed in 2012. It is resident at the Northern Rivers Conservatorium, in Lismore, and has gained a reputation as one of the Northern Rivers’ premium choral ensembles.
Dan Kelly isn’t just a songwriter; he’s a world-builder. The multiple ARIA and AMP Award nominee’s albums arrive after years of refinement, craftwork and tinkering. The music goes far beyond anything obvious or straight ahead, to encompass the nexus of Dan’s idiosyncratic perspective, unerring gift for character portraiture and impressionistic storytelling.
