Culture

Canto Coro in DecemberMELBOURNE—Canto Coro, which last year performed the acclaimed Little City to audiences around Australia, is performing a new program of choral works this month. The 50-voice mixed choir was formed five

Understanding Multiculturalism and Australian IdentityBy Andrew C. TheophanousElikia Books1995, 466 pp., $16.95 (pb) James Vassilopoulos Theophanous attempts to write the definitive book on multiculturalism. Instead, he drowns in his own rhetoric.

The Larry Sanders ShowChannel 1011.55pm, Wednesdays Reviewed by Al McCall It's not that I find gullibility objectionable in itself. A certain simple credulousness goes a long way. Without it, reality may be just too coarse for the constitution and,

One Million StrongVarious artistsThrough Shock Records Review by James Vassilopoulos This hip hop CD was released on the second anniversary of the Million Man March in Washington DC in October 1995. The mobilisation, initiated by Nation of Islam

Mongrel Melodies — 63 Burlesque BalladsPublished by Sheep Thrills, 1997 — Send $9 per copy to 25 London St, Enmore 2042. Cheques to Greg Snook.Phone (02) 9557 5924. Review by Alex Bainbridge As the title Mongrel Melodies suggests, this is a

Green Left Weekly plays a unique role in providing Australians with a true picture of what's happening here and abroad, as our media becomes increasingly controlled by fewer people and the ABC buckles under subtle and not so subtle political

A New Australia: Citizenship, Radicalism and the First RepublicBy Bruce ScatesCambridge University Press, 1997261 pp., $29.95 (pb) Review by Phil Shannon Have you been lashed into a coma by the debate over the Constitutional Convention and whether

details = The Sacred Balance: Rediscovering our Place in NatureBy David Suzuki and Amanda McConnellAllen and Unwin, 1997250 pp., $24.95 (pb) Review by Dot Tumney Any other author's name under this title would have ensured this book stayed in the

Jabiluka: the struggle of the Mirrar people against the Jabiluka uranium mineFrontline Film FoundationProduced and directed by David BradburyChauvel Cinema, Sydney on December 12-13, 7pm and Dec 14, 5pm. State Film Centre, Melbourne on December

Disconsolate Ascending the skyscrapersin the top end of townto offices where each daythe monopoly deeds are done.Where dwells the state's powerto plan, punish, pollute and persecutemaking misery global. Here the compliant take their orders,push

SYDNEY — One of the more pleasant things about Sydney during the summer holidays (apart from the fact that one-third of Sydneysiders evacuate the place) is the Sydney Festival in January and February. Despite attempts to turn the 1998 festival into

Ups and downs of scaffolding Over the last few months, scaffolder and rigger John Tognolini and ABC Radio National's Radio-eye show have made what is probably the first radio documentary about scaffolding. In The Up and Downs of the Scaff Game,