Bangarra Dance Theatre – Frances Rings & Rose, a Tête-à-Tête
Rose Interviews Frances Rings choreographer for the Bangarra Dance Theatre Company whose work TERRAIN is a powerful work of contemporary dance and storytelling
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Scholar Courtier Magician: The Lost Library of John Dee
Scholar, Courtier, Magician: the Lost Library of John Dee reveals an amazing Tudor imagination, as books owned by the 16th century polymath go on show at London
The B Team – Help Create a Plan B, Call to Action, Join Now!
Richard Branson and The B Team are concerned with creating a future where the purpose of business is a driving force for social environmental & economic benefit
Merry Christmas, Happy New Year – Chilling Out in Style
Choose from our lists of top posts to read during the summer holidays, while The Culture Concept Circle team are chilling out by taking a break until Epiphany
Sydney Siege, Pakistan Slaughter – Holding Hope & Love High
Joining hands across the world, keeping the message of Xmas alive and hopes high, must be a priority after the Sydney Siege and Pakistan slaughter of innocents
A Kind Heart, A Good Soul – Two FashionabIe Gifts, Xmas 2014
Why here we are again, it’s hard to believe this is the last Fashion Elixir for 2014. Usually I will wax lyrical about all the fabulous trinkets I covet and what may be waiting under my Christmas tree. After the events that unfolded in Sydney, Australia on Monday the 15th…
Xmas Presents to Pine for – A Friend, Arts Culture & Society
Spruce up for Xmas give Xmas Presents to Pine for including GIFT memberships to groups in Australia acting as custodians of arts, nature, society and culture
The Block Triple Threat – Royal Favourites take on New Faces
The Block Triple Threat in Darling Street South Yarra, a darling place to live, has four teams competing as they renovate old apartments into stylish residences
A Thousand Times Goodnight – The Power of Pictures
Based on true life experiences of a war photographer during the 80’s, the chilling images in A Thousand Times Goodnight should send shock waves through society
The Art of Trends – Jo Bayley Muses, The Next Best Thing?
It’s interesting to see the effect art, film and music has on fashion. Redheads look divine in yellow, just like Christina Hendricks from Mad Men, which as a rule they probably shouldn’t. However rules are made to be broken. Why does a trend seemingly pop up out of nowhere? How…
Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue – Rose in Raptures
Rose Niland was in raptures as she reviewed Willoughby Symphony’s magical Rhapsody In Blue, An Evening with George Gershwin, at The Concourse Theatre, Chatswood
Freedom: The Ongoing Fight – Safeguarding Unalienable Rights
Destruction of a civilian flight carrying hundreds of passengers from Amsterdam – Kuala Lumpur demands social justice safeguarding everyone’s unalienable rights
William Byrd’s Supreme Testaments in Western Music
By the time of Pope Gregory 1 (540 – 604), there was a distinct appreciation of fine singing and a genuine regard for the beautiful voice. Pope Gregory re-organized the liturgy and its music, influencing the establishment of an schola cantorum, a choir that executed psalmody, the singing of psalms…
The Art of English Needlework – Opus Anglicanum
John, Bishop of Marseilles in his will of 1345 made a special bequest of his alb ‘that was wrought with English orfrais’. What is an orphrey? It is a piece of woven or embroidered fabric mainly applied to the special costumes, or vestments that priests wear for the Mass. In…
An Inner Balance – Man and Nature
For the ancient Greek civilisation the natural landscape was considered sacred, literally the ‘landscape of the gods’ It was not just a parcel of land surrounding a man made construction, but a holy place one embodying and reflecting the character of the God. Within each part of the landscape the…
Literacy and Cultural Development
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) declares that literacy is a human right, a tool of personal empowerment and a means for cultural development. It has drafted the following definition: “Literacy is the ability to identify, understand, interpret, create, communicate and compute, using printed and written materials…