We’re staring down the barrel of another festival season. That eight-month vacation we like to call summer is knocking at the door and before we know it, the calendar will tick over to ’15 and we’ll all be saying “where the hell did THAT year… Read More »BRACING FOR THE FALL: FALLS FESTIVAL 2014
Driving out of “Silver City” (Broken Hill) late one afternoon, Ilona Harker started thinking about jewellery. Jewellery that had been lost, jewellery that was broken, little trinkets that she had found, things that she had left in different places, pieces that had been taken from… Read More »The Chandelier of Lost and Broken
When you hear the word tempeh, it is often dismissed as nothing more than a key staple in a stereotypical hippy diet, a meat alternative for wacky vegans who seek to get their protein from beans and legumes as opposed to meat. I am pleased… Read More »WELLBEING WEDNESDAYS: GIVE (CHICK)PEAS A CHANCE
The Northern Rivers is a hub of creativity. a casual stroll around any one of the region’s numerous weekly markets reveals an abundant array of artisans, a thousand artistic ideas manifested in glass, wood, paint and film. Brush strokes and stitches created by gifted hands… Read More »FOR ART’S SAKE: OCEAN SHORES ART EXPO
Entries are now officially open for the 2014 Byron Bay Surf Festvail Surf Shorts Film Comp presented by GoPro. The increasingly prized key event is expected to draw many trailblazing filmmakers, of every age and background, from around the world. A new voting system has been designed to give film… Read More »CALLING ALL FILMMAKERS
A story lies inside us all. One of love and miracles, sorrow and pain, wonder and joy. Every day is a new paragraph, every journey a chapter, and day by day the winds of time turn another page, ticking down our tale to its unpredictable… Read More »BYRON BAY WRITERS’ FESTIVAL: A PENMAN’S PARADISE
Beads of salt water slowly form at the tips of Jessica’s still-wet hair, a mug of coffee steams gently, her shivering hands clutched tightly around it, desperately trying to leech what heat they can to regain their warmth. Fresh from the early Winter’s morning waves,… Read More »JESSICA COX: THE SIREN’S CALL
When you think hip-hop certain unavoidable connotations arise. Stereotypes infiltrate your mind’s eye, and mind’s ear, with everything from gold chains and pristine Adidas sneakers to lyrics rich in poppin’ caps, intimate relations with the law enforcement and an over-healthy fascination with female dogs. It… Read More »ILLY: GROUNDED & RISING
Every festival has it’s niche. For some, such as Soundwave, it is an adrenalin-fuelled, whiplash-inducing headbang-fest. Woodford is about a more spiritual appreciation of music and ecology. Splendour in the Grass, Falls Festival, Big Day Out, all about the big names, international contemporaries, but each… Read More »BYRON BLUESFEST: IF LOVE BE THE FOOD OF MUSIC, LOVE ON
It’s V-Day Byron Bay week, and the countdown is on for the exciting production of Eve Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues this Friday, April 4 at the Bangalow A&I Hall. What’s the hype? One billion women and girls on the planet, or one-in-three, are raped or… Read More »V-Day Byron Bay, what’s the hype?
