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Where the Locals Go A Guide to Pyrmont and Ultimo

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Inner West council stashing development contributions

BY BENEDICT BRUNKER The newly amalgamated Inner West Council has spent less than half of the $29m in development ‘contribution levies’ earmarked for projects designed to cope with increased density in the area, bringing its total in unspent contributions up to $58.4m.

A third of the council’s investments are tied to development contributions, allowing local councils to hide in the shadow of Sydney’s booming property market.

The council’s reluctance to spend makes it the biggest net beneficiary of development contributions in Sydney, fitting a broader pattern of questionable behaviour amongst Sydney’s local councils. Neighbouring City of Canada Bay Council’s unspent contributions sit at $38.9m, and Strathfield’s at $28.5m.

Executive Director of the Property Council of NSW, Jane Fitzgerald, expressed concern about the council holding back on new spending to meet increased density in the area: “Developer contributions increase the cost of development which means they add to the final price of a home – developer contributions should be used to create new community infrastructure that a growing populations needs.”

“If this is not happening, then it is the community who will suffer.”

“It is accepted that sometimes it is necessary for contributions to be paid when a development places additional demand on local services and infrastructure, but there must be a clear nexus between the money provided and new infrastructure.”

“The system must also be clear and transparent in terms of what is being charged and what new infrastructure will be provided.”

Ms. Fitzgerald speculated that the council’s reluctance to spend: “could be due to a number of reasons including a lack of strategic planning, a lack of communication between levels of government, or it is being used as a backup fund of savings.”

“We are concerned that the system is not being used as it was designed in some circumstances, and that new infrastructure is not being delivered in a timely manner with the contributions developers provide.

“In the end, developer levies increase house prices and local council should not rob the community of the infrastructure they are intended to fund.”

A Spokesperson for the Inner West Council firmly repudiated any suggestion: “that Inner West Council is somehow ‘stockpiling’ developer funds”, saying such a notion: “shows a misunderstanding of… the financial risks that inappropriate expenditure of these funds could

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“Each year as part of the budget process, Council allocates funds from S94 and S94A reserves [developer contributions] towards various infrastructure projects.

“Prior to the amalgamation in May 2016, allocation of funds was determined by the former Ashfield, Leichhardt and Marrickville councils.”

When asked why the funds aren’t being spent on measures to cope

with increased density, the Spokesperson explained that: “often these contributions only fund part of new infrastructure.

“In most cases, until all the planned development has occurred, there is a shortfall of funds.

“Projects are rolled out as resources become available.”

The spokesperson pointed out that since the establishment of Inner West Council in May, the council “has spent $8.1 million in developer funds.”

Inner West child care could become more accessible

BY LUCAS BAIRD Child care in the Inner West is set to become more accessible after the government announced plans to relax restrictions on potential centre developments.

On November 3rd the Minister for Planning, Rob Stokes and the Minister for Early Childhood Education, Leslie Williams, announced plans to cut red tape to encourage the creation of 2,700 more preschools in NSW by 2036.

Sydney’s Inner West is one area in dire need of more child care facilities, as the area is currently buckling under long wait lists and high costs.

Many child care centres charge up to $100 for parents to put their child on the waiting list, even those run by the Inner West Council charge between $20 and $25 for this.

This could change. The Ministers are reviewing caps on the number of children per centre, age ratios and anti-clustering policies that previously deadlocked the approval of child care centres in some areas.

They claim that these restrictions have

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The Minister for Planning, Rob Stokes (pictured), believes that these new measures will help “streamline” child care facilities to areas in need and stop “frustrating” delays in approval.

Source: Flickr/Kate Ausburn.

led to “frustrating” long delays for child care centre developers, citing a Killara centre which took 508 business days and a Land and Environment Court appeal for approval.

“The proposed changes will streamline planning approvals for child care services to increase the supply of facilities and support

Last week City Hub published a story titled Inner West Council misleading on Norton Street revival. In the reporting of this story City Hub believed that the Inner West Council was unable to substantiate claims made in a media release in the previous week. The media release announced a reduction in the vacancy rate on Norton Street, Leichhardt.

Since the publishing of the story City Hub has been provided with evidence from the council that was not previously supplied. Due to time

families who are struggling to access quality care,” Mr Stokes said.

Australian Child Care Alliance NSW president, Nesha Hutchinson, welcomed the proposal and said that: “It has been a long time coming, but our advocacy has paid off as both Departments are committed to working together to bring about positive change for NSW-based families and childcare providers.”

However, Ms Hutchinson called on local governments to create a “market-based approach” to their planning, to both satisfy demand quickly and avoid over supply.

“All local councils now need to harmonise with new state planning guidelines and work with the real demands and constraints of their local government areas. What is suitable for the Sydney CBD may not be suitable for the NSW North Coast or elsewhere,” she said.

The Inner West Council and child care franchise KU were approached for comment, but did not reply in time for publication.

Another franchise, Explore and Develop, refused to comment.

constraints and deadlines City Hub decided to publish the story under the assumption that the council was unable to justify its claims, however this is no longer the case.

City Hub acknowledges the now erroneous aspects of the story in light of the council’s evidence. However, City Hub still believes that council should be more readily available to offer evidence for its claims, especially when approached by journalists and reports. city hub 17 NOVEMBER 2016

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Suffragette City

The new Napoleon Plaza at Barangaroo. Image: Supplied

BY MICHAEL FORNO The City of Sydney is in the process of settling on a name for Barangaroo’s new plaza linking the waterfront precinct to Wynyard train station.

Since the plaza’s construction earlier this year it’s been given the working name Napoleon Plaza, due to its proximity to Napoleon Street. The Transport for New South Wales authority began using the unofficial title, and now the City of Sydney has to decide on a permanent name.

Convict Francis Girard originally named Napoleon Street after the French ruler Napoleon Bonaparte. Mr Girard was an officer during the Napoleonic wars and was sent to Australia as a convict but was pardoned from serving his full sentence. He went on to run a successful flourmill on what is now known as Napoleon Street.

Submissions over the official naming of the plaza have been accepted by the City of Sydney, and the council will have the final

say. Napoleon Plaza is the Council’s preferred name, as it will “facilitate greater public awareness of the site’s location.”

The Council’s plans are outlined in a naming proposal filed with the city’s Corporate, Finance and Properties Committee, earlier this year. The proposal outlines the city’s official preference for the naming of Napoleon Plaza and says that Transport for New South Wales, The Barangaroo Development Authority and Lend Lease are all in agreement over naming the plaza after Napoleon.

CEO of the Council, Monica Barone, expressed her support for Napoleon Plaza earlier this year in a press release.

“This new plaza connects with Napoleon Street, and its history encourages us to take inspiration from one of Sydney’s earliest successful business leaders.

“The name Napoleon Plaza will help link this site to its heritage, and make it easier for local residents and

visitors to find and enjoy,” she said.

However, the idea of naming a Sydney plaza after a rapacious French military ruler has caused some discontent among councillors and residents alike.

Sydney councillor Linda Scott told City Hub that she is backing an effort to rename the plaza Jessie Street Plaza, after the Australian suffragette and human rights activist.

“Some people want the plaza to be named after a convict’s hero, Napoleon Bonaparte,” she said.

“But I think it is more appropriate that we recognise the work of an amazing Australian and suffragette, Jessie Street.”

Cr Scott has been advocating for the name change within council and her sentiment is shared among others within the community.

Feminist and resident of Sydney city, Eleanor Taylor, believes in recognising historically significant locals.

“The plaza should be renamed to reflect the work of an Australian,” she told City Hub. “Jessie Street was an aboriginal rights campaigner and suffragette, and it is important that her contributions to Sydney and Australia are remembered.”

“There is such strong focus on European history in Australia, at the expense of our own local history. It’s small changes like these that contribute to bigger changes and developments in attitudes about our own history,” she said.

The council is ultimately responsible for the naming of the plaza, and the date for a final outcome is yet to be announced.

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Bureaucrats to leave Bondi Public School

BY CHARLI SHIELD NSW Education Minister Adrian Piccoli has heeded calls from Vaucluse MP Gabrielle Upton and Coogee MP Bruce Notley-Smith to move bureaucrats out of Bondi Public School.

Parents of the school children were sent a letter on Wednesday November 16 with the news that the school will be vacated by Term I 2017.

“As many of you are aware, Gabrielle Upton MP, Member for Vaucluse, and Bruce Notley-Smith MP, Member for Coogee, came to Bondi Public on Monday to make a special announcement – that the top floor of ‘D Block’ would be vacated by the Bondi District Office and returned to our school for use as classrooms by the end of Term 1, 2017.”

“This news is particularly exciting, as the effort to reclaim the D Block classrooms hasn’t been straightforward. The P&C has been engaged in discussions with the Department of Education and our local members for some months, in an effort to prevent our enormously valuable ‘old hall’ from being sacrificed and renovated into classrooms instead.”

“On behalf of all the families of Bondi Public School, the P&C would like to extend our sincere thanks to Gabrielle Upton and Bruce Notley Smith for their representations on our behalf . Their support was critical to this excellent outcome for our school, and we are extremely grateful for their support,” the letter from Camille Usher and Rachel Blackley said.

The Department of Education staff currently

occupy the top level of a building at the school, where they have been for the last 30 years despite figures indicating the school is at 141 per cent capacity. The school experienced a 22 per cent increase in enrollments in the last year.

Mr Notley-Smith tweeted in response, “A win for common sense for #Bondi PS with classrooms returned for teaching space!

Thanks @PiccoliMp for listening to our community!”

The occupied space is large enough to provide four additional classrooms.

“Classrooms are for teaching students not for bureaucrats and I am glad that Adrian Piccoli has instructed the department to move out,” Ms Upton said.

“This is a win for common sense and it wouldn’t have been possible without the assistance of Bondi Public School Principal Michael Jones and P&C President Camille Usher and Vice President Rachel Blackley.”

The Bondi Public School P&C successfully campaigned to reclaim the bottom level of the same building from bureaucrats in 2013.

Parent from Bondi Public School Alex Tees says they are relieved to finally have a resolution, “It’s been an ongoing issue for a number of years, and I obviously welcome the announcement.

“There’s been too much stress on teachers and students alike. Can you imagine being shoved in a small room with 35 kids?”

Mr Tees says that the rapidly changing demographic of Bondi presents a challenge

The population of Bondi Public School has reached breaking point. Photo: Bondi Public School

for the school, “There’s obviously been an ongoing planning problem. To be fair they’re coping with lots of mass buildings and units in the area, and people not being able to afford to send their kids to private schools as much as they used to because prices are so high.”

“They’re going to have to recruit more teachers as well I think. But it’s a good start.”

The State Government has reportedly committed more than $60 million to capital projects in the eastern suburbs. Although no upgrades are planned for Bondi Public, neighbouring Bellevue Hill Public is set to expand from 600 to 1000 students by late 2017, which is expected to reduce overcrowding at Bondi’s schools.

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Funds for Local Business Groups Slashed

BY ELIOT BARHAM Local business groups in the City of Sydney are preparing to tighten their belts following massive cuts to their allocated funds from council.

Four Chambers of Commerce received a total of $148,500 at this month’s council meeting. The same four groups received $409.000 combined several years ago. The cuts represent a two thirds reduction in funds for the Chippendale Creative Precinct, the Glebe Chamber of Commerce, the Pyrmont Ultimo Chamber of Commerce and South Sydney Business Chamber.

City of Sydney Councillor Craig Chung, said: “Traditionally the Chamber of Commerce is there to help family business grow and create jobs... they are the life blood of the little villages where the Chambers exist.”

“To take funding out of the Chambers is completely short sighted.”

While funding for the Chambers has been slashed, extra funds have been directed into other groups which Cr Chung believes is irresponsible.

“It seems to be incongruous they are taking money out of the Chamber which is servicing hundreds if not thousands of small businesses, and increase funding to organisations who have no economic impact at all,” he said.

Business groups are eligible to apply for funds through a Village Business Grant program. According to the City of Sydney’s website, “the village business grant provides funds for initiatives and projects that revitalise

The QVB houses many of City of Sydney businesses. Image: Supplied

and enhance local commercial and retail precincts, build capacity in business operators, strengthen local business networks, and enhance diversity, precinct brand and the local area’s character.”

Official Spokesperson for the Glebe Chamber of Commerce, Jenny Burn, said that although some may view the changes in a negative light, it’s a good opportunity for groups to rethink the way they operate.

“The point is there is a pie. With the increase in the numbers of people putting in grant applications, everybody got cut because there’s one pie, and it’s being distributed as fairly as they can around all the different applicants” she said.

“The council recognises that the system isn’t working and for the first time since I’ve been involved, they’re very actively working with us alongside other stakeholders to do something that offers more sustainability or bang for the buck.”

On Monday Ms Burn made a formal submission to the City of Sydney grant funding committee that, according to Liberal Councillor Christine Forster, “basically suggested that if they get the amount of money they’ve been offered they can’t survive.”

The funding cuts follow a disorganised campaign by the City of Sydney Council that left many business owners unaware of the cut off date for enrollment in the election earlier this year, despite the council allocating $12 million to ensure it fulfilled its legal obligation to contact and enroll every eligible business within the LGA. Critics have suggested the council deliberately muddled the process to stymie business votes which counted for double those of residents, following controversial voting laws introduced by the Baird Government in 2014.

Ms Moore described the voting reform as ‘gerrymander’, but ended up increasing her vote and was re-elected as the Mayor for a mammoth fourth term after business votes fell well short of the required numbers.

Ms Forster doubted that there is “any evidence to suggest that the Lord Mayor has decided the business vote isn’t significant and therefore decided to cut funding,” saying it is “a long bow to draw.”

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The locals represent a wide and diverse demographic, giving this area its unique and varied mix. Where The Locals Go is a current, comprehensive guide featuring our best local stops for your Pyrmont Ultimo visit.

An idyllic position amongst the history rich inlets and bays of Sydney Harbour, and a skyline inscribed with the modern architecture of Anzac Bridge and innovative UTS Buildings, gives the precinct an harmonious blend of natural and constructed beauty. Walk along the pathways that hug the shoreline and see for yourself.

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Dunkirk Hotel

Mouth-watering hot pizza delivered to your door or available for pickup in this popular, Pyrmont location. In close proximity to many wonderful sights, this fast, and friendly local Crust will hit the spot on your day out in the city. Grab a few slices, and roam the streets of Sydney.

A relaxed, Federation-era pub in Pyrmont. Renovated to preserve its history and roots the 'Kirk' as it's known to locals has had a place in the Pyrmont community for decades. Known to cater to locals and travellers alike the friendly staff serve a broad selection of drinks and meals 7 days a week.

The Hotel offers twelve rooms in the Bed and Breakfast upstairs.

208 Harris St, Pyrmont, 9566 1933 www.crust.com.au/stores/nsw/pyrmont

205 Harris Street, Pyrmont, 9660 1038 thedunkirk.com.au

Broadway Shopping Centre A vast retail and entertainment complex in the heart of Broadway. Featuring a wide, assortment of shops for your daily needs, as well as over 100 specialty stores. A twelve screen cinema offers the latest movies, and a 500-seat food court will cater to every taste.

Suite 231 2-10 Darling Drive, Darling Harbour, 9080 8000 www.broadwaysydney.com.au

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Harbourside Shopping Centre With magnificent views of the skyline, Harbourside Shopping Centre offers a unique dining, shopping and entertainment experience. You’ll discover a wonderful variety of restaurants, cafes and bars, and exciting activities that cater to everyone. Over 100 stores. Open 7 days, 10am till late.

2–10 Darling Drive, Darling Harbour, 8398 5700 harbourside.com.au

Not only a science Powerhouse, this museum has a diverse collection of technology welcoming crowds for over 125 years.A home to over 400,000 artifacts, and themed activities including a look at the transport through the ages, the steam revolution, the vastness that is space, eco-logic, cyberworlds, experiments, art and cinema - An eclectic museum that encompasses discovery in all of its facets.

If your teeth are in need of some tender loving care, then this clinic should be on your dental radar. With a select group of skilled specialists, including Oral Surgeons, Periodontists, Prosthodontists, Orthodontists, Endodontists and a Paediatric, this clinic is well-established and known for their exceptional service and expertise.

Sydney Fish Markets

The Star

A boutique style destination for locals, Sydneysiders and travellers alike. Located in leafy Union Square, surrounded by a quirky mix of small bars, cafes and specialty stores, just a short stroll from Darling Harbour. You’ll be dressed to impress after visiting the charming heritage cottage proudly showcasing a handpicked selection of their vast range.

Sydney Fish Markets boasts Australia’s most impressive variety of fresh seafood. This site proudly features an array of restaurants and cafés, a bakery, butcher, gourmet deli, greengrocer, bottle shop, fishing supplies store and a gift shop, in a picturesque and central location.

A luxurious, inviting space, the renowned Star is equipped with accommodation, high end fashion, good wine, delicious food, vibrant bars, nightclubs and of course the world-class casino.

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Sydney 8Hotels Heritage Fleet Sydney Heritage Fleet restores, maintains and operates a fleet of ten historical vessels as well as 55 smaller heritage boats. They offer the unique experience of sailing on one of their fully operational ships – as passenger or crew. An archive of model ships, photographs, plans, diaries, logs and journals is available for exploring during tours, information sessions, and visitor hours.

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Vulcan Hotel

Known for stocking a collection of rare, continuously evolving, original hand-picked items from international boutique artists, and designers, including apparel, jewellery, accessories fashion, childrenswear, books, and even homewares. With Christmas just around the corner, it’s great to have this place just down the road.

The Vulcan Hotel is a family-owned, charming Victorian building. The stylish, modern rooms offer free Wi-Fi, flat-screen TV, minibars and kitchenettes and/or balconies with city views in upgraded rooms.

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Sydney’s Plans for Affordable Housing Deemed Inadquate

BY LAN I OATAWAY Sydney’s plans to tackle the housing affordability crisis have been criticised as inadequate.

Spearheaded by Lucy Turnbull, the Greater Sydney Commission will release six draft District Plans later this month mapping areas that will be rezoned to include affordable housing.

A report by Fairfax Media reveals the plans will require that higher density developments set aside 5-10% of housing for low income earners.

But the lead organiser of advocacy group Sydney Alliance, David Barrow, sees these targets as a missed opportunity.

“New South Wales can do better and make sure everyone gets a home and a fair go. It has the strongest economy and the strongest budget position of any state in Australia,” he said.

The Sydney Alliance has advocated for inclusionary zoning for more than two years. They have called for affordable housing to be earmarked on 15% of all new developments on private land and 30% on Crown land.

N SW Greens Spokesperson for Housing and Homelessness, Jenny Leong M P, welcomes the G SC’s strategy but argues the reported target does not go far enough.

“It’s a positive step that N SW government

Chief Commissioner of the Greater Sydney Commission Lucy Turnbull. Image the Greater Sydney Commission. Photo: Supplied

bodies are finally recognising that inclusionary zoning has a role to play in addressing Sydney’s housing affordability crisis, but targets need to be much more ambitious if they are going to have any real impact,” she said.

The G SC’s projected requirements pale in comparison to other global cities’ zoning measures. CEO of the N SW Federation of Housing Associations, Wendy Hayhurst, points to global role models for ambitious affordable housing targets. “Looking to similar policies, as operated in comparable cities like London and New York, the Federation will continue to argue for higher figures [here],” she said.

Ms Leong M P also praised international cities’ steps toward affordable housing, claiming, “London already has good affordable housing targets and new Mayor Sadiq Khan says he wants to increase them to 50%. Similar targets are being discussed in New York. Paltry 5% targets in Sydney just aren’t enough.”

In the face of the reported targets for Sydney, Associate Director of the U N SW City Futures Research Centre, Hal Pawson, is optimistic the targets will start a trend.

Mr Pawson said, “5-10% of a new development doesn’t sound like a large figure but it is a lot higher than the current expectation – zero!

“Depending on the policy details, it is possible that they will set a new standard for Australia, challenging other states and territories to equal the N SW Government’s innovation,” he said.

The reported targets have garnered backlash from development lobby groups, which condemn the G SC’s proposals as triggering higher house prices and pushing developers into other states.

CEO of property development advocacy group Urban Taskforce, Chris Johnson, brands inclusionary zoning as “a tax on new housing development.”

Urban Taskforce proposes a relaxation on height and density limits as the key to the affordability puzzle.

“With a lifting in the incentives thousands of affordable housing homes can be built in metropolitan Sydney,” said Mr Johnson.

A Greater Sydney Commission spokesperson told City Hub , “The G SC has been considering a range of approaches to increase housing supply and improve affordability… Any mechanisms should be careful not to hinder supply outcomes but also increase diversity of choice. It’s very important to get the balance right.”

The Greater Sydney Commission’s draft District Plans will be on exhibition later this month.

Opinion

Plane Trees in Kings Cross

by Andrew Woodhouse “The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The next best time is now” - Chinese proverb.

A-CHOO. Excuse me. My doctor says I have occasional sneezing caused by tree dust and pollen. I will not die - phew!

But be sure to carry a handkerchief is his prognosis. A what?

Does anyone even have these so-last-century items in bottom drawers anymore? I carry throw-away menthol tissues instead.

And I won’t be wearing a Tokyo-smog-alert, or Fukushima nuclear meltdown- type, face guard.

But a tree is not a four-letter word. I’m no Druid treeworshipper but I know the London Plane (Platanus orientalis) supports animal habitats, absorbs car fumes, filters direct light in winter and radiates warmth and UV rays to ward off osteoporosis. In summer, they offer cooling shade and create soothing, cooling zephyrs to reduce the strain on our ever-more overloaded electricity grid.

They are a living, breathing, life-saving micro-climate.

In heritage-listed Victoria Street, Potts Point, their phalanx creates a silent sentinel: it’s a perfect adaptive re-use by nature herself.

Their beautiful branches arch to kiss, prayer-like, creating a cathedral of canopies.

Their equipage and equipoise enhance and protect neighbours’ privacy, moderating fierce winds with their foliage and knowingly intercept water run-off for storage within their roots to reduce street floods.

These trees have more energy and natural intelligence than all the City of Sydney Council ordinance rangers unit combined.

They’ve witnessed changes in Bourke Street, Surry Hills, over 85 years, fending off recent attacks from bike paths. In Potts Point, they stood witness on that cold winter’s day on July 4th 1975, as heritage campaigner, the late, great Mrs Juanita Nielsen hurried to an appointment with death, never to be seen again.

We’re deaf to their whispering secrets as they still stand vigil over her home.

They are living spirits and memorials to her passion.

And they embrace our city like an emerald necklace.

There are self-sacrificing: their only needs are water, pruning and empathy when they get pro-creative three weeks a year, spreading pollen.

Irritatators claim these minor reproductive mishaps threaten

Plane trees, Victoria Street, Potts Point, a cathedral of grandeur and glory. Source Andrew Woodhouse

life on earth with pollen dust. Science doesn’t support this plane-trees-are-killers thesis.

Now, their own family tree and genetics are threatened.

“But they’re not natives”, scream greenies, as though they are illegitimate orphans and must be immediately chainsawmassacred and charcoaled.

Greenies prefer incompatible gum trees with their flailing bark, poor canopy, breaking branches and car duco-damaging, dripping gum.

Since ‘natives’ are anything born here, such claims are assinine.

Perhaps a perfect urban street tree has no thirst, no roots and solar panel-type ‘leaves’, Obviously, white-coated, test-tube CSIRO geneticists must research this new gene-tree project urgently, I suggest.

And earlier this year their annual autumnal leaves gently floated to earth.

They provided crunchy carpets of richly-textured matting as golden groves of plane trees keep ushering in the seasons, part of a heavenly time clock.

This is a self-sustaining stratagem well-worth saving.

And to that self–serving priesthood called Sydney Council I say, forget what your own know-it-all arborists tell you.

Pollarding is the answer to pollen problems.

Why not adopt the modèle Parisienne? The world’s most elegant street, Avenue des Champs-Élysées, reserved for pedestrians and cyclists the first Sunday of every month, is a place of glory and grandeur.

Here, plane trees are not vilified or sneezed at; they are carefully coiffured and pollarded, a sixteenth-century word meaning to crop.

Each tree is a sculpted and trimmed by topiarists into a living work of art the tulip shape of a champagne glass flute – what else?

Small stockings are cradled under the lower branches where dust and pollen naturally fall into them, thus avoiding locals’ sensitive nostrils. Stockings are emptied once a month in the high season at sunset.

It’s all quiet and subtle, elegant, très chic and very French.

So I say Salut! and Merci! to my mute mates. Long may you reign over us.

Andrew Woodhouse is President, Potts Point & Kings Cross Heritage & Residents’ Society city hub 17 NOVEMBER 2016

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Artbank Social Club: art for all

BY ALANNAH MAHER This weekend Sydneysiders have the opportunity to immerse themselves in a bustling artists’ bizarre.

For the fourth year in a row the public is invited go behind the scenes of one of the largest collections of Australian art in the world at the Artbank Social Club.

This year the event will incorporate the much anticipated Artist Flea Market, an Australian first which will transform much of Artbank’s Waterloo headquarters into a hive of activity that is part jumble sale, part open studio, and dotted with roaming performance art.

Guests can enter through the frivolity of the Flea Market; stroll into a self-supervised tour of more than 5,000 artworks in Artbank’s collection store; and flow into a pop-up garden party swimming in AstroTurf, beanbags and umbrellas where Rolling Records truck shop will be spinning vintage vinyls as Cantina Movil serves up Mexican street food.

Of the more than 30 artists involved in the Flea Market, Artbank Director Tony Stephens is reluctant to pick favourites. “…All those different concepts, approaches, histories and personalities all within that one space is going to create a very interesting and enjoyable picture for people on the day,” said Tony.

“I think Caroline Garcia and her ‘twerkshops’ are going to be a bit of a crowd favourite,” he offered, also adding that Big Ego Books will be really embracing the traditional market approach.

“One artist [Angela Tiatia] isn’t even turning up, she’s just going to have a screen on her desk and she’s going to be live-skyping herself exercising at the gym…”

As Stephens explained: “It’s about demystifying the artist and maker and showing that there’s layers behind the creation of artworks – there’s narratives in the actual artwork, but its also narratives of people’s lives and how they’re getting to make the work they make.”

This idea could not be better portrayed than by artist James Nguyen’s contribution, he will be offering freshly brewed green tea and conversation to passers by.

This ‘tea and sympathy’ approach is a calmer deviation from the striking multi-media work Nguyen is becoming known for, but it is no less entrenched in his family history and experiences as a Vietnamese-Australian. The branches he will be plucking tealeaves from throughout the day come from his mother and auntie’s garden, these plants were in turn grown from a handful of tea seeds from his grandmother’s plantation that a teenage James smuggled into Australia in his shorts pocket.

“For me this piece is kind of important because it’s a personal connection to my grandma and where I come from,” said James. “[However] even this simple drink is kind of transgressive…”

James hopes to start conversations on ideas including the movement of people, what it means to create and establish your own home and community, and the environmental and social context of where food is produced. If that fails – he’s just happy to share a cup of tea.

He looks forward to retuning to Artbank Social Club after

Tony Stephens, Artbank Director Photographer: Alana Dimou bringing his performance interventions to the scene last year: “Basically its just like hanging out with a bunch of other artists and meeting people who want to come for a good time and to be challenged by ideas.”

Another participant happy to be returning is Studio A Director Gabrielle Mordy. “I was excited to participate again because last year was so enjoyable, and it seems to have quite a cross section of people coming to interact and see the work,” she said.

Studio A provides professional development for artists with

intellectual disabilities. They’ll be presenting a curated market stall selling paintings, textile works and prints showcasing three of the program’s artists: “They’re all really strong graphic artists. Jeanette [Scanes] is mainly a painter…an abstract, expressionist, gorgeous painter; Arunan [Dharmalingham] has this fantastic, quirky, lyrical line work style… and Emily [Crockford] has a range of art practices but she’s mainly a painter and a textile artist [her latest collection focuses on a ‘punk queen’ character of her own creation].”

Gabrielle believes that Studio A’s invitation to participate at Artbank Social Club is a profound statement about the calibre of the program’s artists: “There seems to be this perception in society that if you are a person with an intellectual disability you can’t also be an artist, that the only way you can engage with art is as a form of therapy… The artists that we work with at Studio A, they just simply make great art.”

The Flea Market owes its diversity to burgeoning curators Léuli Eshraghi (VIC), Kimberley Moulton (VIC), Anna May Kirk (NSW) and Miriam Kelly (NSW).

“It’s always important to engage with…curators from culturally diverse backgrounds because they’re part of the community,” commented Megan Cope, a participating artist.

As a Quandamooka woman from S.E. Queensland, Megan’s artistic work draws on her indigenous heritage, and for her Artbank Social Club debut she will be constructing a modern ‘midden’ out of oysters hand-carved from concrete: “The middens are Aboriginal architectural forms that were really much like shell monuments… I’ve been looking at rebuilding the middens out of concrete because the reason they are not as visible as they once were is because they were extracted and burnt and turned into the lime to build the establishment. I’m really trying to connect the form with the material and the final object.”

Cope’s middens have been exhibited as far afield as Al-Ma’mal in Jerusalem, and at Artbank Social Club she offers punters the chance to own their own piece – “If people want to buy a dozen or half a dozen oysters, they can pick them out of the midden and take them home”.

“What I want everyone [to get out of Artbank Social Club], from the artists, to the art world, to the general public, is this idea that art doesn’t have to be exclusive,” Stephens elaborated.

“You don’t have to know a lot to really engage with [art], you can stand in front of it and feel comfortable to go ‘I don’t like that’ or ‘I really like that’ but you don’t have to explain yourself…you can just be who you are and that’s valid.”

The beauty of this event of course is if the art gets all too much, you can steal away to the garden, sip on a drink from the gold-coin-donation bar and enjoy some vintage tunes.

Saturday Nov 19; 10am-4pm.

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Info: artbank.gov.au/socialclub

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT The Sesquicentennial Inaugural Chaser Lecture & Dinner Sakdiyah Maruf

Following the Sixteenth Inaugural Chaser Lecture last year, The Chaser will host The Sesquicentennial Inaugural Chaser Lecture & Dinner at Sydney Town Hall this Thursday.

This year’s lecture will be delivered by Indonesia’s most prominent female Muslim stand up comedian,

Sakdiyah Ma’ruf, the 2015 winner of the Václav Havel International Prize for Creative Dissent at the Oslo Freedom Forum.

“I talk a lot about the challenges of growing up in a conservative community and how some of the issues that I faced at home and in my community, I also witnessed in the wider context of Indonesia,” said Ma’ruf.“It’s a rendition of personal experiences and what I encounter throughout my life. Muslims and how they practice Islam and go on with their daily lives are the source of my inspiration.”

Dealing with gender, class and culture, Ma’ruf has a particular passion for challenging what she deems to be ‘regulation’ of women, apt considering the current climate of global politics.

“Conservative ideology and practices only endanger women – not just within Muslim communities but more generally too,” said Ma’ruf.

In promoting social justice through comedy, Ma’ruf believes that laughter can open up the much-needed space for further dialogue and discussion. “It validates my mission and my aspirations,” she said. “My key aspiration is for women to have more choices. It’s as simple as that.”

All funds raised at this formal black tie dinner event will support global freedom of expression charity, Article 19. (ES) Nov 17; 7pm for dinner guests, 7.30pm for balcony seating. Sydney Town Hall, 483 George St, Sydney. $50-$275.

Tickets & info: www.thechaserlecture.com

The Shadow Box Image: Natalie Behjan.

Photo: Robert Catto,

and Maggie, unprepared for the strain of Joe’s impending death and the effect that it will have on their teenage son.

The Shadow Box seems quite grim and morbid on the surface, but as Anthony Gooley (playing the role of Mark) explains, the show is a “celebration of living” and the “triumph of the soul” as the respective characters learn to accept that death is part of life.As Gooley sees it, the show is really “art achieving its highest purpose”.

The show promises to entertain, but also to challenge.

To make you think, and to make you realise that while we have no choice in death, there are plenty of other choices that remain open to us in life along the way. Ultimately the show will make you appreciate that while the human condition can be messy at times, it can also be beautiful. (RP) Until Dec 10;Tue-Sat 7.30pm, Sun 5pm.

Old Fitz Theatre, 129 Dowling Street (cnr Cathedral Street), Woolloomooloo. $28-$38.Tickets & info: www.redlineproductions.com.au

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony Award for Best Play, The Shadow Box gives a 24-hour snapshot into the lives of three terminal cancer patients. Red Line Productions and producer Dino Dimitriatis bring this courageous play to the Old Fitz.

Having reached the end of their treatments, each patient lives with their respective family in a cottage on the grounds of a hospital. There is the estranged mother and daughter duo of Felicity and Agnes; couple Brian and Beverly, whose marital complications are exacerbated by the presence of Brian’s new lover, Mark; and Joe

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Out From Under 2016

Debra Byrne at Out From Under 2015

Mental illness has long been stigmatised and misunderstood, but it is now slowly gaining recognition and acceptance as a common, indiscriminate condition that takes many forms and is highly treatable.Yet, there are still communities in which the subject is bewildering and taboo – one such being the entertainment industry.

Out From Under is an initiative that aims to help workers in this industry, as well as their family and friends, identify and help deal with depression, selfharm and destructive thoughts and behaviours.

Producer Matthew Henderson created the event last year after feeling despair at “seeing people struggling and not knowing what the right thing to do was”.

The mental health statistics for the entertainment industry are alarming, Henderson attributes this to a number of factors including the nature of the work being emotional, unpredictable, itinerant, isolating, open to public scrutiny, and so much more.

“We just needed to get the conversation

Sharp Short Dance Festival

Maddison Faye Weiley in Sharp Short Dance.

Photo: Dom O’Donnell

The Sharp Short Dance Festival returned to Riverside Theatres for the ninth year running this week. Presented by FORM Dance Projects,Australia’s most talented dancers and choreographers aged under 21 years compete for awards, prizes and prestigious industry secondments across four days.

The festival will conclude in an exciting final on Saturday, where contestants face a judging panel of renowned industry professionals.

Annette McLerlon, Director of FORM Dance Projects, told City Hub the inspiration behind the event was to “create a platform to support young aspiring choreographers and dancers to create new innovative short dance works, to meet other likeminded dance makers and to introduce them to a diverse network of dance industry professionals”.

Spectators can expect an eclectic mix of dance genres on display, with cultural, hip hop and street in the third heat on Thursday; and a mix of all genres in the final, including jazz, tap, lyrical,

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[started] – if that led to one person not self harming or one person reaching out for help, then I feel like we’ve achieved our mission,” explained Henderson.

Performers include some of Australia’s best talent.

Asked about the tone of the evening, Henderson says it will be mixed: “There’ll be definitely moments when hairs on the back of your neck stand up. I’ve seen a rehearsal with Silvie Paladino performing and that is ridiculously entertaining… Debra Byrnes’ performance is quite remarkable.”

Also on stage will be two esteemed psychologists who will discuss issues and answer questions. It will be a remarkable and moving night. (RB) Nov 21, 7:30pm.York Theatre, Seymour Centre, cnr Cleveland St and City Rd, Chippendale. $55.

Tickets & info: www.seymourcentre.com For help and support ring Lifeline 13 11 14 or Beyond Blue 1300 22 4636

classical and contemporary entries from the first and second heats.

McLernon offers her industry-insider advice to any nervous prospective contestants, urging them to: “Make (the performance) original, make it your own. Experiment rather than copy.”

She highlighted Billy Keohavong, who took out Best Male Dancer in 2014 with a contemporary solo, as a prime example of the innovative choreography and engaging performances the judges look for. Alongside Billy, McLernon praises Susan Abau in 2013 for her culturally informed dance, and 2016 festival MC Joshu O’Grady for his comedic and entertaining performance in 2011. We look forward to seeing the talent on offer this year! (NBee) Nov 17 + 19; 7.30pm. Riverside Theatres, cnr Church and Market Streets, Parramatta. $12-$25.Tickets & info: www.riversideparramatta.com.au

Contributors: Carmen Cita, Craig Coventry, Greg Webster, Alicia Sim, Peter Urquhart, James Harkness, Leann Richards, Lisa Seltzer, Mark Morellini, Mel Somerville, Rocio Belinda Mendez, Sarah Pritchard, Athina Mallis, Leigh Livingstone, Joseph Rana, Shon Ho, Jacqui Rothwell, Emily Shen, Andrew Hodgson, Irina Dunn, Caitlin Burns, Zeiya Speede, Rita Bratovich, Chantal Walsh, Raffaele Piccolo, Barbara Karpinski, Taylah Felice, Georgia Fullerton, Bobby Stephenson, Olga Azar, Kaiti Haviland, Daniel Jaramillo, Nina Beeston.

Elaine Hudson, Taylor Owynns & Anne Tenney

Let’s Talk About You

There’s an unusual structure in gay love story Let’s Talk About You, with two actors representing the one woman. Making for some complicated psychology, there’s Ernestine A (Elaine Hudson) and Ernestine B (Anne Tenney).

Dr Ernestine Brilliant is a cosmetic surgeon who is looking for change, unhappy with her private and professional life. She falls in love with a wonderful woman, Hope, an artist. However Ernestine is frightened of giving in to her feelings and leaving behind her marriage, which isn’t a good one, reluctant to give up the security of a more conservative life. In order to resolve the conflict arising in her new relationship, Ernestine A calls on Ernestine B to help sort out what they need to do to lead an authentic life.

“We’re trying to capture the contrary voices we all have, a person may say,‘I’m feeling great’, but

really they’re feeling terrible. Ernestine B is always contradicting Ernestine A, it’s like when you have a fight in your head. From an actor’s point of view it’s complicated having yourself embodied by two actresses…” said Elaine Hudson.

This new Australian play presented by Pop Up Theatre in association with The Depot Theatre is a contemporary comedy with strong feminist themes.

It’s also very Sydney, Hope (Taylor Owynns) lives in Newtown and Ernestine on the North Shore.

In the words of Rivka Hartman, the play’s multi award-winning writer/producer/director: “They’ll laugh and laugh, it’s hilariously funny and also quite biting and pointed.” (MS) Until Nov 26; Wed-Sat 8pm, Sun 5pm.

The Depot Theatre, 142 Addison Rd, Marrickville. $22-$32.Tickets & info: www.thedepottheatre.com

Sydney Live Guide LIVE WIRE Music

By Jamie Apps

Abbe May: After re-emerging from hiatus earlier this year with her infectiously catchy single ‘Are We Flirting’, and then following it up with second single ‘Doomsday Clock’, Perth’s Abbe May can add Best Single and Best Female Vocalist at the WAM Awards to her list of accomplishments in 2016, and luckily for us Sydney-folk we can see her performing live tonight.

Thu, Nov 17, Newtown Social Club Cub Sport: Brisbane’s Cub Sport have had a career-defining year with their debut album This Is Our Vice.

Returning after a break from the spotlight, the time away gave them a new perspective – now older, wiser, and with more stories to tell. Head out and hear these personal stories in person tomorrow night.

Fri, Nov 18, Oxford Art Factory Pink Sari Melodies Concert: An afternoon concert to celebrate the winners of the Pink Sari Project National Songwriting Competition and recognise the success of community efforts to increase breast cancer screening in women from Indian and Sri Lankan backgrounds.

Sat, Nov 19, Auburn Town Hall Lazy Eye: Having just been awarded the 2016 Blues Album Of The Year from the Adelaide Roots and Blues Association, this soul blues group from South Australia are excited to perform in Sydney this weekend.

Sun, Nov 20,The Camelot Lounge Broads: Melbourne noir-country crooners Kelly Day and Jane Hendry are Broads – literally and musically.

With a celebrated EP under their belt, a raft of celebrated

collaborators, and a list of live shows that have taken in intimate venues as well as festival stages, Broads are a two-piece tour de force continually flexing their creative powers.

Sun, Nov 20, Golden Barley Hotel Meet The Orchestra: An interactive family-friendly concert where the music has been arranged specifically for young listeners by the Sydney Youth Orchestra Philharmonic. From classical favourites to nursery rhymes, the Meet the Orchestra daytime program will be a fun, informative and accessible introduction to the orchestra for the whole family.

Sun, Nov 20, Riverside Theatres Sumi Jo: One of the world’s most adored coloratura sopranos, Sumi Jo, presents a tribute to the legendary diva Maria Callas in a one-night only performance to kick-off your work week in delightful fashion.

Mon, Nov 21, City Recital Hall Australian Chamber Orchestra: Lorenza Borrani, the explosive Italian violinist, will make her Australian debut this month joining the Australian Chamber Orchestra as guest director of the Beethoven’s Favourite tour.

Tue, Nov 22, City Recital Hall Sèbastien Giniaux: Giniaux has been at the vanguard of the French gypsy jazz scene for many years, fusing his boundless musical creativity with a vast array of influences such as classical, tango, Eastern European gypsy, modern jazz, rock, and of course the gypsy swing of Django Reinhardt.

Wed, Nov 23, Django Bar

Nick Cody Live at the Enmore Theatre

Fresh from his debut performance on Conan O’Brien’s late night talk show late last month, Melbourne comedian Nick Cody is returning to Sydney to record his new DVD in a live performance format at the Enmore Theatre.

This self-described “soft pandered city boy” now in the “hotel years of his life” (being too old for hostels), has a tale to tell; never failing to find the funny side to the events happening to, and around, him.

This 80-minute show draws on Cody’s last two years on the international comedy circuit.

As he explains, the show will feature tales from his most extreme adventures, such as a trip to

By Jamie Apps When it comes to the pursuit of many creative endeavours, creators want and need to be engulfed in the industry every day.

Musicians however seem to create their best work when they can escape all of those mundane daily pressures. The debut LP, Internal, by Safia really couldn’t highlight this point any more.

As Ben Woolner explained, being based out of Canberra actually worked in the groups favour: “Without the industry pressures of, say, Sydney or Melbourne it allows us to reconnect with real life, which in turn helps with our writing. By detaching from those outside influences we can focus on simply writing for ourselves.”

If Canberra ever needs a spokesman, Ben would be a great candidate as he glowed about the city’s music scene: “Obviously it’s a much smaller scene, but it’s so friendly and supportive. There is a lot of talent down here and without the pressures of the big city it’s helped bands evolve their own sounds.”

Lazy Eye Band – Pocket the Black

Afghanistan, a bomb blast in Kabul, to the comparatively mundane event of moving in with his fiancé.

Cody will be supported by the talented duo of Luke Heggie and Bart Freebairn.

So if you are looking for a night of comedy that features an up and coming Australian comedian, this gig should definitely be on your agenda. It’s on for one night only, so be quick to get your tickets. (RP) Nov 17, 7pm. Enmore Theatre, 118-132 Enmore Rd, Newtown. $30.50. Info: www. nickcody.com.au Tickets: www.ticketek.com. au or 13 28 49

Safia

Safia are obviously one of those bands which has developed their own sound in Canberra, but recently they have made a grand statement on a national level with the release of Internal, topping the iTunes charts and finishing just behind Nick Cave for a top spot on the ARIA chart.

Ben said that Internal “as we know it” has been

If you love old school blues, this is a modern ‘musthave’ album. Lazy Eye Band could be from Tennessee, Mississippi, Chicago – anywhere really – but they arise from Adelaide and are about to tour Australiawide with 10-track album Pocket the Black.

Billed as “Booker T sharing a scotch with BB King at the crossroads after midnight”, this is slow burning, whisky-drenched blues – often 12 bar – at its best.

Fronting the trio playing a dilapidated beast of a Hammond organ is Evan Whitter, with Erica Graf on guitar. Graf can really play too. Her American Strat through a Fender tube amp is warm and clean with no processing. “I figured if I can’t make the guitar sound good without effects, then what’s the point of me playing it?” says Graf – and her sound is fantastic.

Back from Memphis, this recording is live before a studio audience. Clarity is exceptional with the live show vibe.

Buy it, play it – preferably late at night with a glass of something – and you could be anywhere. (GW) WWWW

in the pipelines for “a bit under a year”, however some of the “early incarnations and demos date back to before we were even Safia”.

For Ben, Michael Bell and Harry Sayers, the hardest part of producing the LP was changing their workflow from focusing on individual songs to writing 12 simultaneously.

“It was difficult at the start, working out how we work best and how you finish 12 songs at the same time while still investing that same love and energy into them as we did with singles in the past,” explained Ben. In October this year Safia performed in Sydney as part of the Internal tour, but they will return this week due to an overwhelming demand and the fact it was such a standout show for them, which Ben beamed about: “The last Sydney show for us was incredible. It felt like we were one with the crowd and to be honest it’s actually been one of our favourite gigs ever so we can’t wait to get back there.”

Nov 18, 7pm. Enmore Theatre, 118-132 Enmore Rd, Newtown. $45.90.

Tickets & info: www.enmoretheatre.com.au

Josh Rennie-Hynes – Furthermore

A finely crafted follow up to an acclaimed debut record that unfortunately drifts by a touch too quietly.

Filled with sympathetic, emotive, soulful folk and alternative country, this is a record that has clearly been shaped by his surroundings in the Queensland outback. Rennie-Hynes’ ability to convey such emotion through his songwriting is a testament to his talent and this record is certainly filled with great examples of that.

Despite all of the positive elements, the album as a whole left me feeling slightly unsatisfied, it was almost like going to a fancy restaurant which serves tiny portions of decadence, but they just aren’t filling, and you leave feeling hollow. (JA) WWW

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THE NAKED CITY

THE CHRONICLES OF NADYA

With Coffin Ed Singers and musicians come from all different backgrounds, some of them quite mundane by today’s standards – others from environments that would stifle any burgeoning artistic ambition. In the case of Sydney singer Nadya Golski, her upbringing was not only extraordinary but paved a most unusual path to her current status as one of this city’s most exceptional vocalists.

This remarkable journey began with Nadya growing up in the suburbs of Canberra. She remembers that she had always sung and used to make up songs when she was very young, sometimes looking in the mirror and crying, imagining that she was the dramatic lead in a Hollywood movie. However what was an innocent, creative and joyful childhood took both a tragic and fortuitous turn when Nadya was sill very young.

“I was nearly 11, when my father was killed riding his bike in Canberra. My mother remarried a Polish explorer, who for his anthropological fieldwork chose to relocate his new family (us and my new born little brother), to a remote village in the Western Highlands of Papua New Guinea, where the tribespeople had enjoyed very little contact with white people.”

Nadya recalls that originally she did not want to move to PNG and opted to stay instead at boarding school, but when she went there, soon fell in love with the place and its people.

“I found being there took me so far away from our lives in Canberra, the loss of our father and brought us into the new life in a really amazing way, where everything was new and interesting, even our new father.”

Living in a remote village, Nadya soon learned to speak Pidgin English, a language in which she would later record and regularly perform, even scoring a number one hit across the PNG airwaves. After a number of years in the wilds of the Western Highlands she returned to finish high school in Australia, after which she moved to Lublin in Poland, singing with an avant-garde theatre company.

During both her childhood and later years Nadya has always maintained an enormous affection for Gypsy music and the culture of the Balkans.

“My parents were very into Gypsy music, and had old records,

and I loved the Gypsies in the stories that were read to me, and found the idea of them, their freedom, the life style that was portrayed in poems and stories and their music, and felt somehow that I needed to be there with them dancing around the fire singing.”

The current manifestation of these years of delving into the Gypsy tradition is the ‘101 Candles Orkestra’, a collaboration between Nadya and the dynamic Zoran Todorovic, a stunning virtuoso on the accordion. Together with an all star group of Sydney based musicians they have established themselves as one of the world’s leading purveyors of the genre loosely termed ‘Gypsy Jazz” – but one that incorporates many different styles from French Chanson, through Balkan rhythms to Russian and Polish influences. The group has toured extensively in and around Europe and across Australia with standout festival appearances at Montreux, Edinburgh, Womadelaide, Cziget and, Woodford.

When Nadya and Zoran and the 101 Candles Orkestra play it’s a real event and opportunity for both the musicians and the audience to unleash their passion, both on stage and on the dancefloor. There is so much more to Nadya’s incredible story, with film rights to a bio pic already optioned and an autobiography imminent. Capture just a part of this amazing musical odyssey when Nadya & Zoran’s 101 Candles Orkestra play the Camelot Lounge in Marrickville on Saturday.

Nadya, Zoran & The 101 Candle Orkestra – Nov 19; 7.30pm doors, 9pm show. Camelot Lounge, 19 Marrickville Rd, Marrickville. $25-$30.

Tickets & info: www.camelotlounge.com

Afro-Brazilian Conference 2016 Fundraiser Party During the 16th Century, African slaves were captured and brought to Brazil, bringing with them beliefs and practices that gradually permeated the Brazilian culture. One such practice was Capoeira Angola, a discipline that combines dance, music, meditation and non-combative martial arts.

Project Bantu is a program for troubled and disadvantaged youth that uses Capoeira Angola as a form of intervention therapy.

Founded in Australia in 2006 by Mestre Roxinho, the movement has slowly gained momentum and is being introduced to schools and communities that have issues with adolescent behaviour.

To raise funds to continue Project Bantu’s valuable work, this Saturday you’re invited to shake your body to superb afro-tropical rhythms at the Red Rattler. The night will feature exquisite Brazilian food, live music and tropical sounds spinning from famous DJ collective Afrobrasiliana Soundsystem.

This event will help to recoup costs from the eighth annual

STARTTS Youth Capoeira Angola Encounter, a five-day workshop held earlier this month, which brought together participants and teachers from several countries to meet, learn and interact.

When asked how the practice actually helps young people, Mestre Roxinho explains that it is a gentle process that encourages them to open up, without judging, without questioning: “When they come to the point where they open themselves and participate it means something’s changed.”

Communication and respect are inherent in the practice of Capoeira Angola and this then translates to the wider world.

All are welcome to celebrate the joy of Capoeira and AfroBrazilian culture at the fundraiser. (RB) Sat Nov 19, 8pm–1am. Red Rattler Theatre, 6 Faversham Street, Marrickville. $10.

Tickets: www.eventbrite.com.au Info: www.projectbantu.org

Lara Klark –

Values On My Way To Consciousness Lara Klark, one of Russia’s leading ethereal surrealist artists, will present her fourth Australian exhibition at the TAP Gallery to close out November.

Born in Siberia and living in Moscow for the majority of her life, Lara Klark worked as a professional theatre actress. She studied fine art on silk in Moscow and participated in many exhibitions and publications.

Since moving to Australia, Lara has discovered her interest in acrylic painting on canvas and continued her work on silk. Since then Lara has gone on to win the TAP’s Real Refuse Exhibition prize in 2013 for her exhibition Journey With Friends.

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which inspired her to create a collection revolving around ‘consciousness’ and the important steps on the way to discovering its values. Expanding her understanding of the concept to more than just the conventional definition, Lara views her body of work as an ongoing dialogue; each exhibition adding new findings and continuing the same primary themes of love, beauty, connections and alternatives of hardship Values On My Way To Consciousness will be Lara’s fourth solo exhibition, and she is incredibly excited to have achieved this milestone. (JA) Until Nov 27; 12pm-6pm, Mon-Sun. TAP Gallery, 259 Riley St, Surry Hills.

Info: www.tapgallery.org.au

Arrival is an alien invasion film unlike any we’ve ever encountered before. Rather than being an action-packed, fast-paced affair, it deliberately puts its foot on the brake and instead has the audience focusing on the reaction of humanity and our interpersonal interactions.

Arrival follows Louise Banks (Amy Adams) a linguistics expert who has been tasked with learning the language of the aliens – who have landed at 12 seemingly random sites across the globe – in order to answer the three big questions: Why are you here? What do you want? Where do you come from?

With this as the key driver for the narrative, Arrival is obviously much slower than the atypical invasion film, however the destination it is ultimately headed towards is

German Film Fest Until Nov 29. Palace Norton Street & Chauvel Cinema. $20-$80 (5 film pass).

Tickets & info: www.palacecinemas.com.au/ festivals

Festival guests participating in Q&A’s are always major drawcards to film festivals and this year Jella Haase, one of Germany’s most promising young actors who stars in three films at the festival (4 Kings, Heidi, and Looping) will be attending.

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By Mark Morellini This film festival marks its 15th year of celebrating German culture.Avid film festival enthusiasts should be lured by its diverse program of 36 films and gala events including the opening and closing nights.

German language cinema has had an extremely successful year with a combined total of 250 German productions and co-productions. It’s also been an inspiring year for women in front and behind of the cameras, and surprisingly comedies have also fared well at the box office.

“Germans are not well known for comedies as their sense of humour can be rough, offensive and difficult to translate,” explained festival director Sonja Griegoschewski.

“Toni Erdmann is a funny film based on a funny book and was extremely successful at Cannes. This film is also a German Oscar hopeful”.

Moviegoers who enjoy retro classics should be captivated by Ali: Fear Eats The Soul, a romance drama produced in 1974 which surrounds the relationship between a young Moroccan migrant worker and a 60-yearold German widow.“This story of life as an immigrant is still relevant today and is very touching and personal.”

well worth the journey.

Director Denis Villeneuve has become the master of slowly ratcheting up the tension in his films before an incredibly satisfying payoff, and he has done just that again here. Upon learning the true meaning of this film, you will immediately want to rewatch it from your new enlightened perspective.

This film couldn’t be anymore timely, as we’re seeing geopolitical mistrust and tension on the news every single day. Perhaps it is time for us all to take heed of Arrival’s message and reconsider how we interact with those around us on a daily basis. (JA) WWWW1/2

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German born Clemens Schick will also be in attendance, he starred in last years thriller Point Break, 4 Kings and sci-fi film Hidden Reserves.

“By watching some of our films Australian audiences should not only learn that Germans make good films, but they will also get an idea of what’s happening in Germany. International film festivals are all connected.They all showcase human stories with very universal themes, but ours are from a German perspective”.

TOP PICKS A HEAVY HEART – A heart wrenching drama about a dying man who tries to reconnect with his daughter.

24 WEEKS – Upon learning their unborn child has a 98% chance of having Down Syndrome, a couple must make an agonising decision. Hard-hitting and heartfelt.

THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK – The true story of a girl who documented her experiences whilst in hiding from the Nazis with her family. This is the first German version produced for the big screen.

Palestinian Film Festival In The Future,They Ate From the Finest Porcelain

By Rita Bratovich Compared with other international film festivals, The Palestinian Film Festival is shorter and has a smaller selection, but that in no way reflects the quality and range of the program.

The four days of Sydney screenings includes feature films, documentaries and shorts, covering diverse subject matter and genres. The quality of the filmmaking is exceptional and the script concepts reveal creativity, imagination, depth and charm that is unexpected and delightful.

Nun Wa Zaytoun is a cinematic feast, taking the viewer from one dusty, dry town to another, introducing personalities that reflect the psyche of the nation, silhouetting solitary trees against a burnt orange sky and setting it all to an evocative soundtrack.

The pivotal consequences of the 1967 Israeli-Palestinian war are examined at the human level in Villa Touma.

Three sisters seclude themselves in a villa, maintaing a facade of normalcy based on denial, until their visiting niece begins chipping away at their wall of pretence.

A visually beautiful film with complex characters and speckles of humour in amongst the solemnity.

In a more thoughtful approach to the prison drama genre, 3000 Nights tells the story of a woman wrongly imprisoned for terrorism activities, who gives birth to a child and raises it while incarcerated. The film looks at conflicting morals and the volatility of emotion and reason in an unnatural, dehumanising environment.

The collection of shorts is a package of all-sorts.

Ave Maria is a hilarious juxtaposition of nuns who have taken a vow of silence trying to assist an Israeli family who have crashed their car into the convent wall, and who are observing the restrictions of The Sabbath.

In The Future,They Ate From The Finest Porcelain is a sci-fi fantasy/political commentary on the manipulation of truth in historical records. Seemingly shot through a sepia filter, it uses live action, CGI and historical photographs.

It is definitely worth trying to catch one or two or more of these films if you can.

Nov 17-20. Palace Norton Street, 99 Norton St, Leichhardt. $16-$102 (multi-event pass).

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