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You don’t need to be a musician to feel the beat

Man's head with a tambourineLast month, around fifty people, singers, non-singers, and everyone in between, came together for our inaugural Cobargo Music Art and Culture (CoMAC) weekend workshop. ‘Voices in Cobargo’ was a singing workshop led by two wonderful humans, Rachel Hore OAM and Geoffrey Badger.

What happened over the weekend was very special, uplifting, inspirational and deeply satisfying. That same magic is coming back to Cobargo, this time through rhythm. We’re hosting the second CoMAC workshop with the … Read more »

Let’s talk body image – SOAPI’s Life Drawing 301

Sketches of the torsos of two menWhat does it mean to feel comfortable in your own skin?

That’s the question at the heart of SOAPI’s new production, Life Drawing 301 – a bold, funny and, at times, confronting play set in a life-drawing studio.

The story opens with a reflection on nudity in art – from historical acceptance to modern-day taboos – and the effect these shifting attitudes have had on body image. In this context, artists … Read more »

Good Things Are Happening at Four Winds (again)

Photo of musicians with their instruments with the shoreline and mountain in the background.If you’ve driven past Four Winds lately and thought, I should really get up there more often – this is your nudge. There are a couple of gatherings coming up that feel less like ‘events’ and more like the kind of things our community does best: music, stories, a bit of hanging around on the grass and bumping into half the people you know.

… Read more »

Flesh

Cover of Flesh, David SzalayFlesh
by David Szalay

Reviewed by Wendy Tucker

This novel of restrained, realist fiction is the winner of the prestigious and lucrative Booker Prize for 2025. Not unusually, it caused controversy with its extremely pared-back prose that follows the life of one man from adolescence to late middle age.

David Szalay was born in Canada to a Canadian mother and Hungarian father, grew up in London, lived in Hungary and is now based in Vienna. He … Read more »

Proteus would be proud

Close up of protea flower headby Mark Evans

Proteus, the Greek sea god who could change shape at will, gave his name to the plant family Proteaceae, via the genus Protea. When Carl Linnaeus encountered plants that varied wildly in flower, leaf and habit, he knew exactly what to call them.

The Proteaceae family now includes around 83 genera and some 1,700 species. Australia is the great stronghold, holding roughly half the genera and the majority of … Read more »

Roast miso chicken

Chicken in a roasting pan.I live in Central Tilba and I’m a food writer and stylist, yoga teacher, Ayurvedic practitioner, counsellor and tour guide. These Japan-inspired recipes come from firsthand knowledge of this cuisine – I lived there for several months and now take food tours to Japan. My next one is in October. For details go to jodyvassallo.com.

1.6 kg free range chicken
2-3 tablespoons ghee
1 heaped tablespoon shiro miso (white)
2 tablespoons … Read more »

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