Contemporary musicians, actors and entertainers online!
We live in a wonderful age when all of this…. can become just this! Not to mention all of this…… becoming just this!! Now don’t get me wrong, I love… Read More ›
Rare Books & Arts
Superheroes, Supernatural and Surf; all in a day’s work for the Arts Library
Film, New books, Rare Books & Arts, Television:
A selection of books proving that there’s more to popular culture than meets the eye…… Shazam! : the golden age of the world’s mightiest mortal by Chip Kidd and Geoff… Read More ›
Outside-in Cinema and Babies: Beyond the Odessa Steps
The first thing that comes to my mind when thinking of babies in films is pretty harrowing: the Odessa Steps sequence in Sergei Eisenstein’s epic, Battleship Potemkin (which was famously… Read More ›
Arts on Film: Ashkenazy double-bill
A double-bill screening featuring Russian-Icelandic conductor and pianist, Vladimir Ashkenazy, is the next program in the Arts on Film series to be screened this Wednesday 6 June in Arts. Allegro… Read More ›
New Listening Post Sounds: Annie, Australian Pop & more.
Music, Musicals, Rare Books & Arts:
Some great Australian recordings feature on new CDs arriving in Arts. All of these and many more are currently available on Listening Posts 7 & 8 in Arts. There are… Read More ›
The Naxos Video Library: another stream to jump into!
Music, Performing Arts, Rare Books & Arts:
You know how much I love the Naxos Music Library? Well the same can be said for the Naxos Video Library, which continues to build its content with an interesting… Read More ›
The surface of things
Last July, one of my housemates and I spent three nights together in New York City. We were both at the end of our holidays, and winding down in our… Read More ›
Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet Screening
Romeo & Juliet : a play in five acts by William Shakespeare is the next program in the Arts on Film series to be screened this Wednesday 23 May in… Read More ›
Jumping into the Naxos music stream
I just LOVE the Naxos Music Library (one million tracks and counting!), and it’s always worthwhile checking in to see what’s been added recently. Available to one and all via… Read More ›
The pleasures of browsing…..I live for the theatre!
Musicals, New books, Performing Arts, Rare Books & Arts, Theatre:
We used to call them “open access” collections, but they have been transformed into the far more appealing “browsing shelves”; a pleasant notion which carries with it the possibility of… Read More ›
