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Cultural icons - what happens when they're gone?
Cultural icons are mortal like the rest of us, but who ought to decide what happens to their legacy after…
Art smart?
The Creative Industries have been touted as the saviour of cities and economies. But is their prevailing definition too narrow?…
Opera Queensland remembers John Dingle
Opera Queensland will dedicate its October season of 'Lucia di Lammermoor' to the memory of John Dingle, the Company’s Chorus…
The Legacy of Lisa Bellear
The late Lisa Marie Bellear, a Goernpil woman of Minjerribah (Stradbroke Island) was busily attending to NAIDOC (National Aborigines and…
All music is world music
The venerable philosopher Confucius stated “if one should desire to know whether a kingdom is well governed, or if its…
Quiet please...
In recent years increasing numbers of actor/audience conflicts and difficulties have led writers, actors, social commentators and web loggers to…
Bigger than bling
It's taken root everywhere in the world. What is the reason for hip hop's phenomenal success and is it really…
To have and to have not
One of the current buzzwords in the cultural world centres around the notion of a rising “Pro-Am class, aka the…
Museum of Liverpool – Vision into Reality
Project Director of the National Museums of Liverpool and the new $65m Museum of Liverpool, Tim Evans, lays out the…
Choo$ing My Religion
Christian themes, often marginalized in the past, are becoming increasingly present in pop culture. So what lies at the heart…