section: Arts And Culture
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- John Battle
- 30 October 2009
3 Comments
'Prophets' don't predict the future; they read the complex signs
that spell out how structures and systems generate
poverty. Dom Helder Camara's words still speak to the financial crisis and the need to bring justice for the poor.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Tim Kroenert
- 29 October 2009
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Three of the most prolific guitarists of the past four decades gather in a warehouse. Three more diverse
musicians you could not hope to find. Most important are the moments that simmer celebrity and artistic pretension down to basic humanity.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Jennifer Harrison
- 27 October 2009
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on my way to the gospel gig, I watch .. the bible buskers Trucking for Jesus on Sackville Street
... Once, I heard a priest say, perhaps in a dream, .. It's useless to nail oneself to the wall.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Tim Kroenert
- 22 October 2009
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The characters speak dutifully of Mass and Confession, but their Catholicism does not seem to pervade deeply, and contrasts with their unethical lifestyles. The adults, busy jealously guarding their own needs and desires, are oblivious to what their kids are up to.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Brian Doyle
- 21 October 2009
6 Comments
From Pullman's His Dark Materials and Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings to Lewis' Narnia novels or the tale of Mr H. Potter, the series is often where young readers enter the seething and
delightful universe of books, in a way that sets them up for life as
readers.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Jesse Shipway | Maria Takolander | Rodney Williams
- 20 October 2009
uneasy in its valley of ghosts .. this gold town lives on beyond bust .. graves cut steep and deep through stone .. some folk buried here standing up
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Pat Mullins
- 16 October 2009
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In Mt Druitt lives one of the largest groups of Aboriginal people in Australia. Gillian Cowlishaw shows the hope and despair, the visions and realities, of life in this youthful, growing, struggling and fascinating part of
Australia.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Tim Kroenert
- 15 October 2009
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Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm creator Larry David plays a lovable misanthrope in Woody Allen's latest film. The character's fatalistic views on romance take on an uncomfortable air when you recall the seedy aspects of Allen's personal life.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Lerys Byrnes | John Falzon
- 13 October 2009
1 Comment
We drink. We dance with openly dark angels, strain our ears and wings to listen
to the wisdom of the broken and the lost. We will discern the sudden
dust we've come from beatifically.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Brian Matthews
- 07 October 2009
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The one thing more potent than the anticipation of seeing your team in a grand final is the misery of seeing them defeated. A wet, bedraggled lamb glimpsed en route to Melbourne proved to be an ill omen for one footy fan.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Ian C. Smith
- 06 October 2009
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The kiss of peace in the Eucharist .. Judas' kiss of death, CPR's of life .. Georgie Porgie's, spin the bottle's .. the kiss of a rolling billiard ball .. Gene Simmons' great tongue Kiss
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Margaret Simons
- 02 October 2009
2 Comments
An alliance of traditional owners in the Murray Darling Basin is seeking to assert their role in decisions concerning water management.
In Murray River Country, Jessica K. Weir shows how their view for a healthy river could bring
economics and ecology into alignment.
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