Arts & Travel

By Elise Hawthorne Liane Rossler’s exhibition inside. outside. upsidedown. is a beautiful example of pottery re-imagined. To my sensibility, I know when I love pottery when I want to touch…

By Elise Hawthorne Reg Livermore, a living legend of the stage gives his all in his hilarious new one-man play The Widow Unplugged now showing at the Ensemble Theatre in…

By Elise Hawthorne Visiting from Tsfat, Israel, David Friedman, Kabbalah artist and meditation teacher together with Rabbi Dr. Orna Triguboff will be presenting unique Kabbalah Art seminars when David visits…

By Elise Hawthorne When two worlds collide at Centrelink, a mad mad world opens up to Felicity (Catherine Moore) and Joanne (Genevieve Hegney). The new Australian comedy, UNQUALIFIED, by playwrights…

By Elise Hawthorne Sydney’s Head On Photo Festival, 5 – 20 May, is a creative force in the cultural life of Australia, presenting the work of over 900 local, international,…

Presenting Artist Maurice Schlesinger Retiring from full-time work gives seniors the opportunity to spend quality time following passions that were possibly, for one reason or another, set aside in their…

By Elise Hawthorne Arriving at Tel Aviv’s airport propelled me towards what would become a very personal spiritual journey which also felt like a homecoming of sorts. I was also…

Mona Helen Preuss Floating in the Pacific Ocean, our heads just above the water, we’re eye-to-eye with a tropical penguin standing on a rocky outcropping. He shifts from foot to…

Mona Helen Preuss You stand at the river’s edge, the thunderous water shaking the ground at your feet. Tilting your head back, way back, you take in the sight, both…

Elise Hawthorne I love to know what lurks inside the minds of artists whom I admire, to understand their motivation, what inspires them and how it all began; Peter Griffin…