Erskineville’s Johnny Lewis is regarded the heart and soul of Australian boxing. On June 12 he was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame.
The Aboriginal Housing Company (AHC) held the “Leading the Way” Cultural Race Day on Saturday, June 10 at the Royal Randwick Turf Club. The event launched the AHC’s Leading the Way fund, the core focus of which is to encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to enhance their career paths through further education, training and employment opportunities.
The Redfern & Waterloo Volunteer Awards, presented by the Redfern & Waterloo Neighbourhood Advisory Board Events Group, will be held at the Erskineville Bowling...
Choir director Gary Smith from Acappella Central will lead a two-hour workshop channeling the spirit of “Aloha” he experienced by playing music with the...
On the night of March 9 the upstairs room of the Redfern Community Centre was packed with people mostly keen to hear the Aboriginal Housing Company (AHC) explain proposed changes to the student housing component of the Pemulwuy Project.
Community lawyers, gagged and dressed as “Lady Justice” figures, gathered at Belmore Park on March 29 to protest for Community Legal Centres, which are facing 30 per cent cuts to their Commonwealth funding.
The creative possibilities of ageing were clear to all who joined in the festivities for the recent NSW Seniors Festival, a two-week celebration held in early March, and now in its 59th year. The festival (formerly NSW Seniors Week) is the largest of its kind in the southern hemisphere, with up to 500,000 people taking part in more than 1,000 free or discounted events.
This month artist Guy James Whitworth unveils his latest solo exhibition, Cries for Attention, at the M2 Gallery. It is shown as a part of both the Mardi Gras Arts Festival and Sydney Art Month.
Elisabeth Drake, Janet Kossy and Alana West, all of Newtown, South Sydney Herald subeditor Miriam Pepper of Redfern and dozens of others from across...
Although we understand there are many reasons why people wait, such as not realising their vision is limiting their mobility, relying on family members...
Nganampa Kililpil: Our Stars is the first major survey exhibition from the artists of the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunyjatjara (APY) Lands of central Australia – and it’s...
A mesmerising mix of music, movement and colour captured the hearts and hips of more than 120 patrons at a fundraiser for a dynamic program that helps young indigenous people and refugees recover from torture and trauma, held on November 19.
From her gleaming Palace of Wonderment, ink artist Flutter Lyon captured stories told to her by Newtown Festivalgoers on November 13 to create a large pressing for the Newtown Neighbourhood Centre.
Help the world see something new this Boxing Day by supporting the first-ever Indigenous crew to compete in the 71-year history of the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race.
Michael Shreenan from The Factory anchored the morning, which was opened with an Acknowledgement of Country by Auntie Millie Ingram and closed by the...
Ross Smith SSH Distribution co-ordinator collapsed on Waterloo Green on October 4 as he was preparing to start distribution of the October issue of the paper.
Back home the students attend the Nangala Project’s John Moriarty Football (JMF) program, which uses sport as a vehicle for positive change. Through football...
