Musicals in Town
Music, Musicals, Rare Books & Arts:
Wicked : original Broadway cast recording : a new musical: music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz. The King and I : original cast album: music by Richard Rodgers ;… Read More ›
Rare Books & Arts
Chance encounters with Australian art
A chance encounter at a recent art auction viewing re-acquainted me with the lovely work of Dora Wilson, and I was delighted to find her work well represented in our… Read More ›
The cat
Painting, Rare Books & Arts, Visual arts:
I knew that my post on dogs in art would trigger a feline response….. Spend any time on the internet and you could be forgiven for thinking everyone likes cats… Read More ›
Paris and its people: “La plus ça change…”
Anna Welch from our History of the Book collection whets our appetite for all things Victor Hugo: To complement the library’s upcoming major new exhibition in the Keith Murdoch Gallery,… Read More ›
New Listening: Mozart, Blunt, Buble & Trio
Some new CD arrivals feature on the Listening Posts in Arts. They include recent releases in pop, rock, country, opera and world music. The online catalogue indicates which Listening Post the… Read More ›
Woof woof woof: or the dog in art…..woof
Painting, Rare Books & Arts, Visual arts:
Now for some total self-indulgence! Having just welcomed two beautiful Whippets into the family (don’t get me started…), it seems like the ideal time to explore the central, if under-appreciated,… Read More ›
New soundtracks: Gravity, Cromwell, Superman, and more.
Film, Music, Rare Books & Arts:
New CD arrivals feature on the Listening Posts in Arts. They include some great film soundtrack releases. The online catalogue indicates which Listening Post the CD is available on. There… Read More ›
Music here, there and everywhere: on a stream near you!
Music, Popular music, Rare Books & Arts:
It is simply amazing the type of library we can have in our own homes, and without taking up all that shelf space! This opera gala from Cologne comes… Read More ›
New books: pulps, punks and posters
The mining of popular culture continues apace…… Alternative movie posters : film art from the underground by Matthew Chojnacki No, not posters for “alternative” movies, but alternative posters for mainstream… Read More ›
New ebooks in Arts: Zines, would you believe
Comic books, Music, New books, Popular music, Rare Books & Arts:
A lot of people involved in the zine community would say that digitising zines takes away something intrinsic – the kinesthetic and unique appreciation of the physical object – and… Read More ›
