Adele, U2 & more new music
New CDs arriving in Arts include a few re-releases by Irish supergroup U2, all with a bonus disc. The recent multi-Grammy award winning English singer, Adele, features on her 2011 multi-planinum release… Read More ›
Rare Books & Arts
From the real to the surreal, with a few stops in between…
A few new books on our shelves celebrating some radically different approaches to the visual arts. Sea of dreams : the lure of Port Phillip Bay 1830-1914 This catalogue from… Read More ›
Arts on Film Screening
Dance, Music, Performing Arts, Rare Books & Arts:
The Arts on Film series (formerly Music & Dance on Film), commences for 2012 this Wednesday March 14. It will feature music and theatre performances, and arts documentaries. A great… Read More ›
Love and Devotion in music and words
To celebrate the opening of the Library’s magnificent new exhibition, Love and Devotion: from Persia and beyond, I thought it might be interesting to highlight some of the material we… Read More ›
Videos galore on Naxos, and a great trivia question!
Dance, Music, Performing Arts, Rare Books & Arts, Theatre:
Drum roll, fanfare, marching band, etc., etc.! I’m really pleased to be able to tell you that, along with the Naxos Music Library, we are now able to offer our… Read More ›
Movies, backlots, a bit of art and a gust of wind!
A mixed bag from the new books shelf this week; just the way I like it! That movie book : awesome, weird and wonderful movies for every weekend of the… Read More ›
May I quote you?
I’ve been watching some old Mae West movies lately, and her snappy way with a one-liner (“His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork“) got me thinking… Read More ›
World Radio Day….can you hear me?
International commemorative days come thick and fast, but I can’t let World Radio Day on February 13th slip by without some kind of celebration! Out of the bakelite box :… Read More ›
Popular culture, sometimes it ain’t pretty!
Just in case you thought things were getting a little straight-laced on the Arts Blog….. Allied Artists horror, science fiction and fantasy films by Michael R. Pitts If, like me,… Read More ›
Down to the sea in ships
Painting, Photography, Rare Books & Arts:
An enquiry from a customer regarding maritime painting uncovered a watery treasure-trove! The sun rising through vapour : Turner’s early seascapes by Paul Spencer-Longhurst Difficult to go past Turner’s astonishing… Read More ›
