Byron Bay

THE BYRON BAY BREWERY BLACK TIE BALL in support of local artists will now be held on Saturday the 10th of July 2010 !!!
This inaugural event offers our colourful community the opportunity to dress up and get down to raise funds for our local artists and entertainers and we invite our funky friends from all over the world to join us !!!
Each corner of THE BYRON BAY BREWERY will offer local Amazing Artists the opportunity to paint and perform live on the night with silent auctions offering works of art for sale there and then !!!
STEVE SAX’S Byron Big Band SOUL’D will headline the event in the ballroom with a 10 piece musical masterpiece and special guests !!!
Local latin dance [...]

It’s Midwinter, the time of year when Persephone travels to the underworld and ritual celebrations follow the shortest day of the year as we head towards spring and times of harvest and fertility. This transformation of the seasons is being mirrored in Laura Skerlj’s debut solo ‘The Exquisite Beast’ and a fantastic group show now on at Retrospect Galleries highlighting metamorphosis, hybridity, folklore, shape shifting and the darkly poetic emergence of the feminine subconscious in art.
We invite you to join us for an exciting panel with four of our beloved women artists who will discuss the inspiration and processes held in their subconscious and what they draw on to create their multi-layered masterpieces. Retrospect Galleries Curator Bree Delian will host [...]

RETROSPECT GALLERIES, A Special Kind of Vision
Contemporary Indigenous art of the Northern Rivers
Retrospect Galleries in conjunction with Arts Northern Rivers are proud to invite you to the opening of A special kind of vision, an exhibition of works by 25 of the region’s premier contemporary Indigenous artists, including:
- Albert (Digby) Moran - painter, winner of the Inaugural People’s Choice Award, National Aboriginal and Islander Art Award Exhibition in Darwin in 2000;
- Karla Dickens - painter, assemblage, installation artist and mixed media artist, recipient of a $20,000 Australia Council Skills and Development grant, 2009;
- Garth Lena - sculptor and ceramicist, winner of the NSW Indigenous Parliament Prize, 2006
-Â Alison Williams - painter, sculptor and ceramicist, recipient of the $15,000 [...]

The Gift that Gives Back.
You can buy The Buttery fundraising CD through our shopping cart on www.buttery.org.au
The double CD package CAUTION: LIFE AHEAD is DIG RADIO’S FEATURE ALBUM THIS WEEK
Tracks from the album including ‘GUIDING STAR’ and ‘HURT” added to the playlist and will also be played on ABC 702 – breakfast with Deborah Cameron – throughout the week.
www.abc.net.au/dig

If you have ever wanted to sleep in a luxurious tree-house with Pacific Ocean views, come to Yarrawa Hill.

With its three self-contained suites you can holiday with friends & family whilst maintaining your privacy, or you can enjoy the whole house to yourself. Yarrawa Hill is situated in the middle of the Southern Highlands, an easy two hour drive (120k) from Sydney.
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Vista Award Winning Architects:

Lennox Head
North Coast New South Wales NSW
Byron Bay Region

The aim of Vista Architects is to continue onto a broader and more contemporary architectural base yet maintaining and even exceeding the high standards established with Bush Pavilions.
Residential Architects.
The house is the single most important entity most people will ever commission and therefore presents the greatest challenge for the designer to get it right!
Commercial Archtiects
The design approach to commercial projects is essentially the same as that of domestic building solutions with the added component of marketing and commercial efficiency playing a prominent part of the overall mix.
Visit Vista Architects in Byron Bay >>

A TASTE OF THE CON @ The Great Northern, Wednesday 22nd October
ROCK NIGHT
This Wednesday at the Great Northern we are serving up main meal of rock.
Defcon1 will kick off the night with some very appetising, cruisy rock sounds.
Dislexsic is sure to up the anti with their crazy blend of punk and reggae. Psycho tunes.
Jack’s Union has been steadily gaining a local following, and it’s no surprise when you hear their music. As headline act for rock night you can expect them to serve up a sizzling show.
DJ Kwame keeps things hot between the acts, making for a solid main course of rock.
Doors open at 8pm. Be there to get your mouth blown apart by the taste of rock.

A Taste of the Con
Wondering what to do with your Wednesday nights in October? Need a bit of excitement, something different? Come and check out A Taste of the Con at the Great Northern in Byron Bay.
For your entree on Wednesday the 15th we will serve up some delicious singer/songwriters. Your main meal, Wednesday the 22nd of October, will consist of a diet of rock, and indie music. By this stage you will be hungry for a desert of jazz and world music on the 29th of October.
Each night kicks off at 8pm. Come along to hear some fresh, new talent, and savor some local acts that have been growing more flavorsome over time. [...]

The residents of Byron Shire have given Jan Barham a massive vote of confidence in electing her for a second term as mayor.
When the counting of primary votes ended on Saturday night she had won in all the booths across the Shire for an overall total of 6,412 votes – a remarkable 50% of the formal votes counted.
Her closest rival, Cr Ross Tucker, who lost the 2004 mayoral election by a whisker, could manage only 28% – 3,559 votes.
None of Tucker’s allies in the mayoral race – those who preferenced him above Barham – achieved a four figure vote. Bob Tardif of the Labor Party received 566, Tina Petroff of the Shirewide Action Group (SWAG) 648, and Tony Heeson of [...]

Inspirational music website of Subway Bhaktis , Rachel Zinman and Nyck Jeanes relaunched today.
Sita Ram is their first album of devotional songs and mantra chants.
On this site you can listen to music samples, find out more about Rachel and Nyck and Subway Bhaktis , and order the CD.

Rachel and Nyck lead Kirtans in Australia, the USA, Germany, Switzerland and Japan. Kirtan is the traditional form of devotional singing practiced in India and in ashrams and yoga studios around the world. This album is a magnificently produced compilation of some of their chants, featuring wonderful musicianship and beautiful harmonies and rhythms.
Devotional song, inspirational poems, healing, massage and relaxation music and chant are all elements of one of the fastest growing genres [...]