By Fiona McIntosh Public art comes in many guises. At its core, its role is to encourage a more meaningful experience for a community of its shared public spaces. It provides a focus to publicly commemorate an event, or person, or express a collective sentiment. It enhances our architectural and environmental surrounds and, at its […]
From Priscilla to Mardi Gras, Sydney’s history has always had rainbow-coloured undertones. But the hit American show RuPaul’s Drag Race has well and truly catapulted drag culture into the mainstream, Sydney-based drag queen Hannah Conda told Urban Village. Once existent only on society’s cultural fringe, drag artists and performers are now highly sought after by […]
Local lady Elly May Barnes is a veteran of the Surry Hills music and fashion scenes. She met me for a coffee on Crown Street after dropping her son Dylan off at pre-school. “Dylan – like Bob Dylan, but a child,” she laughs as she sits down. What have you been up to lately? I […]
The healing power of good food. Ouroboros Wholefoods Cafe draws its name from one of the world’s oldest mystical symbols. The snake eating its own tail means infinity, wholeness and continuous renewal, and as owner Manny Tzirtzilakis adds: “you are what you eat.” Manny took over the Devonshire Street cafe in 2015 after the decision to […]
Photo by Amal Tofiali Head On Photo Awards – a celebration of photography Meet Moshe Rosenzveig: an intense, talkative person who believes in the power of the photo to challenge the world, introduce ideas and make conversation through visual storytelling. Each year his small, creative and hard-working team works day and night on a shoestring […]
By Tess Scholfield-Peters Rum has been a part of our culture since the conception of modern Australia. From the first settlers using it as currency, to it being outlawed and then traded on the black market, rum has a century-old history that is very much alive today. Australians have grown up with rum, yet many […]
On transforming Surry Hills Shopping Village By Tess Scholfield-Peters Adam is the director of SJB Architects on Crown Street, and has lived and worked in the area for eighteen years. His passion for unifying urban and natural environments is evident in his award winning and globally acclaimed Cleveland Street apartment. We spoke to Adam about […]
Photo credit | Walter Maurice If you’ve been to a pub in inner Sydney, chances are Dean’s worked there at some point. He’s worked his way up from bartender, to manager, to licensee of venues like The Erko, The Courthouse, Darlo and Kings Cross Hotel. Now Dean runs The Clock, and spoke to me about […]
Hearing couple’s love stories gives Surry Hills marriage celebrant Melissa Soncini “goosebumps.” She explains more to Lachlan Colquhoun After being a marriage celebrant for just on ten years, Melissa recently conducted her first same sex marriage. “When I had to say that marriage is between two people I couldn’t continue speaking because there was such […]
by Lachlan Colquhoun The actor and cabaret artist Paul Capsis is Maltese and Greek, but he’s also as Surry Hills as you can get. Paul Capsis has been in Malta, performing his play Angela’s Kitchen at the Malta Arts Festival. He was even interviewed on Maltese television on a chat show, speaking fluently in Maltese. […]
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