...and the Red Empire Orchestra - Micah P. Hinson

By Chris Peken

Micah P Hinson is not much to look at, and a quick search will reveal a background of pain, addiction and time served - all before the age of twenty; but here on album number three he continues a remarkable musical

BY ALEX MCDONALD

The National Trust has thrown its support behind Wrought Artworks, the blacksmithing workshop at Australian Technology Park (ATP) threatened with eviction by the Redfern-Waterloo Authority.
National Trust conservation director for NSW, Graham Quint, said the September eviction contravenes

BY FERGUS GRIEVE

In celebration of National Tree Day, the Glebe Society and City of Sydney have joined ranks to organise a tree-planting event at the Arthur (Paddy) Grey Reserve in Glebe.
The event, to be held this Sunday (July 27), will focus on planting shrubs and trees that provide habitat for the Superb

BY ANDREW NEWMAN

The Royal Botanic Gardens have employed the services of a large, loud man to scare flying foxes from native trees.
The smiling 'Mr Inflatable' is usually used to spruik used-cars, but his contract with the gardens is to protect vulnerable trees from grey-headed flying foxes.
"The

BY DAN BISHTON

Dr Lesley Lynch will be building on a long history of political engagement when she runs as part of the Clover Moore Independent Team in the Sydney City Council elections.
As an undergraduate in the early 1960s, she was an early campaigner for gay and lesbian rights, racial equality, and an early

The building that gave inspiration to Arthur Stace's famous message 'Eternity' is opening its doors today (July 26) to celebrate the completion of its first stage of restoration.

The historic Burton Street Tabernacle in Darlinghurst, which was built as a Baptist Church in 1887, fell into disrepair in the late 1990s before it

BY AMELIA GROOM

Now in its 12th year, the Sydney Design festival is on again, celebrating excellence in home-grown and international design. The program includes exhibitions, symposiums, talks, tours, markets, films and other events at the Powerhouse Museum and satellite venues around the city, for 17 days from August

Compiled by MEGAN PALIN

Patricia Forsythe
Executive Director of Sydney Chamber of Commerce, Sydney

In a time when tourism is generally down it was a bright spot for many in the tourist industry. Sydney has demonstrated that it can organise and manage major events, second to

Come September 13, residents of the City of Sydney will not only be voting for their next Lord Mayor and team of councillors, but they will also decide on the future of local government elections.

A referendum will be held to ask voters if they want the City of Sydney Council to be divided into wards, so that the 10 elected

A 19-year-old man from Newcastle was arrested by police last Saturday as World Youth Day pilgrims clashed with anti-Pope protesters.

There was an alleged confrontation between the two groups at around 2:30pm, as pilgrims were walking through Moore Park towards Randwick Racecourse for an evening vigil with Pope Benedict