Review: Queensland Symphony Orchestra presents Tchaikovsky and Beethoven
The Queensland Symphony Orchestra performance of Tchaikovsky and Beethoven that featured violin soloist Nemanja Radulović was quite the night. On November 1st, 2019 at 7:30pm the Concert Hall became utterly quiet as Craig Whitehead announced the news that there was a change of events in relation to the night’s program. It appeared that unfortunately Alondra de la Parra was unable to conduct the following performance and was making her way to a nearby hospital.
Review: Antigone presented by Queensland Theatre
Written by Sophocles, adapted by Merlynn Tong and directed by Travis Dowling
A successful adaptation of an Ancient Greek tragedy, exploring the intricacies between ideology and morals through family relationships in a politically inflamed society
Sudan Archives: Athena
<span>- <strong>Brittney Parks</strong>, better known by her stage name Sudan Archives, has been a regular musical presence since 2017, so it may come as a surprise that <em>Athena</em> is actually her debut album; and although her alias may suggest she’s some kind of ethnomusicologist a la <strong>Alan Lomax</strong>, Sudan Archives is in fact a singer and violinist who makes a classically-informed style of modern R&B.
Obscura Hail: Zero
- Classic songwriting: it can be a sledge, a way of saying ‘there’s nothing new or interesting happening here’, faint praise to cover up the boredom. When you run into really classic songwriting, however, it’s something else altogether. It’s a kind of alchemy, a conjuring of the power of chord progressions, harmony and dynamics that can turn a simple pop tune into a thing of power and beauty and in some cases something a little more again.
Refused: War Music
- “They say the classics never go out of style, but they do. Somehow baby, I never thought we would too.” So went the opening line from The Shape Of Punk To Come, the iconic album released in 1998 by Swedish hardcore band Refused.
Shortly after releasing that album, Refused split up. Their final offering to the world though was a breakup communique that only added to their legend.
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3 Year Old to Attend Primary School in New Trial
The Queensland Government is going to trial sending 3 year old’s to primary school in 2020.
The pilot program is going to be called KindyLinQ and will be trialled across 40 schools.
Specially designed sessions that will go for approximately 6 hours a week will help the very young children develop essential skills in language and communication, with Education Minister Grace Grace saying the aim is to have children better prepared for their early primary school years.
Gold Coast Tradies Unearth Stash of Cash
A group of tradies working on a suburban development site at Runaway Bay on the Gold Coast unearthed $200,000 worth of old-style cash notes, preserved in several plastic containers.
The Criminal Investigation Branch of the Queensland Police are currently undertaking forensic testing on the notes, which are presently understood to be $100 bills of an unknown currency.
Internet addiction in teenagers leading to mental health problems in adulthood
Internet addiction is being described as the “drug of this generation” with Australian research finding that it can lead to mental health problems in teenagers that will continue into adult-hood.
Compulsive gaming and social media usage is having a direct impact on sleep, leading to increased levels of violence and low self-esteem, leading many teenagers refusing to go to school and disengaging with society.
Outrage Sparked as Jetstar family kicked off flight
A young family was kicked off a Jetstar flight after a little boy broke a dress code rule and the decision has left another passenger furious.
A mother and her two young children were booted off the flight because her toddler-aged son did not have shoes on.
Isobel Mebus, from the North Island of New Zealand, was left shocked and angry after witnessing the incident on Thursday afternoon.
Mebus said, “a woman passenger came up with a pair of shoes and put them on the boy and said, ‘There you go’ and they still wouldn’t let him on.”