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Treasurer struts the Loft next month

Geoff Ebbs /10 October, 2013

The Queensland Treasurer Tim Nicholls will fill local businesses in on the plans of the Newman government over breakfast on Thursday November 7th at The Loft here in West End. As well as the blueprint for the future the treasurer will be trumpeting the acheivements of the government’s year and a half in office. He Continue Reading →

Birdsongs celebrate 61 years of local choir

Geoff Ebbs /10 October, 2013

Pro Musica Singers and the Counterpoint Vocal Ensemble present two concerts next month, singing about creatures of the feathered variety. Pro Musica Singers is celebrating 61 years in the local community. A local community choir which has contributed to the cultural and artistic life of Brisbane, and West End in particular, since the 1950s, Pro Musica Singers specialise in Continue Reading →

Discover the joy of singing

Wan Kerr /9 October, 2013

New “Mantra Room” in Montague Road sets its sights on being Brisbane’s brightest new Kirtan venue. Kirtan is a dynamic call-and-response sacred world music that incorporates the voices of the audience right into the performance. Kirtan is a spiritual journey, a form of bhakti yoga — the yoga of devotion. The Mantra Room, in Montague Continue Reading →

Growth is good … fun

Geoff Ebbs /5 October, 2013

Scott McDonald is a partner in McGarry’s, treasurer of the South West Chamber of Commerce, an advocate of tax reform and a farm boy in the big smoke who still gets a wistful look in his eye when he talks about the land. Westender spoke to Scott about the challenges facing business today as seen Continue Reading →

All fail the Cinebar

Randall /5 October, 2013

Westenders alert. Your correspondent made the grave error last night of leaving the sane madness of 4101 and heading into the suburbs to see the new movie Gravity. I will not mention the movie for the moment, other than to say “I loved it”, because Gina Baker’s review will appear here after she dishes it Continue Reading →

Culture surprises Yarts Minister at Ekka

Geoff Ebbs /3 October, 2013

Queensland Minister for the Yarts, Ian Walker, told balletophiles at the Brisbane City Hall on Monday night (See Queensland Ballet 2014 story) that one of the surprises of becoming responsible for the Yarts has been drinking Chablis, eating oysters and seeing Ballet at that crowning jewel of Queensland culture, the Ekka. “The Ekka sure has Continue Reading →