Culture

  • No More Secrets

    No More Secrets SYDNEY — An installation aimed at uncovering the secrecy of the two Aboriginal artists' identity, family and indigenous heritage is being held at Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre from July 2 to 26. No More Secrets traces how the two

  • Poem: Jabiluka 1

    Jabiluka 1 The ground it was sodden, the grass it was greenWhen first I did hear of something obsceneTo mine Jabiluka, to sink down a mineFor what use is a portal, without a decline? Oh dread for the future, and cry for the earthWeep for you

  • Stones in a long path

    Stones in a long path Urban Clan: A portrait of the Page Brothers and the Bangarra Dance TheatreDirected by Michelle MahrerMusicArtsDance films Review by Claudine Holt The title of this documentary is apt. Three urban indigenous Australians,

  • A mixed but interesting bag

    Battlers and Stirrers: Journal of Australian Studies 54/55, 1997Edited by Richard NileAdvisory editor Ross FitzgeraldUniversity of Queensland Press Review by John Nebauer Battlers and Stirrers is a collection of essays on "an alternative group of

  • Why the South African revolution stalled

    Why the South African revolution stalled The ANC and the Liberation Struggle: A Critical Political Biography By Dale T. McKinley Pluto Press, 1997 175 pp., $34.95 (pb) Available at Resistance Bookshops (see page 2)  

  • Marsinah's song heard around the world

    Marsinah's song heard around the worldOn March 10, Indonesian playwright Ratna Sarumpaet was arrested along with her daughter and eight others for organising a protest against the "re-election" of Suharto for a

  • A voice in the dark night

    Three DollarsBy Elliot PerlmanPicador, 1998. 381 pp., $16.95 (pb) Review by Phil Shannon For a few short years, Eddie and Tanya, fresh young husband and wife university graduates, seemed to be making their way through life securely and serenely. In

  • From Hollywood to Ouagadougou

    From Hollywood to OuagadougouFor decades, Hollywood has busily churned out images of Africa that are both ludicrous and racist. Africa is usually portrayed as "wild and untamed", its majestic wildlife taking centre stage. African

  • Community theatre on Tasmania's west coast

    Community theatre on Tasmania's west coastROSEBERY — The "Big hArt" community theatre company is developing a theatre project with young people here. With funding from DEETYA and the Arts Council, two Melbourne community

  • Benefit gig for Indonesian prisoners

    Benefit gig for Indonesian prisoners BRISBANE — The fall of Suharto and his replacement by B.J. Habibie, while not representing fundamental democratic change in Indonesia, have led to the release of a small number of political prisoners. Despite

  • Quantock's 'maiden' speech

    Double DisillusionWritten and performed by Rod QuantockMelbourne Trades Hall — Wednesday to Saturday, 8pm, until at least July 11 Review by Bronwen Beechey Recently, comedian Rod Quantock was interviewed for the Australian newspaper. At the end