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Retire to the eclectic environs of the RN Drive Drawing Room, for music, musings and unexpected conversations. The Drawing Room is equal parts performance space, salon, and kitchen table confessional.

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    • Society & Culture
    • 4.0 • 5 Ratings

Retire to the eclectic environs of the RN Drive Drawing Room, for music, musings and unexpected conversations. The Drawing Room is equal parts performance space, salon, and kitchen table confessional.

    PJ Morton on soul, sermons and Stevie Wonder

    PJ Morton on soul, sermons and Stevie Wonder

    With five Grammy awards under his belt, he’s written music for Disney and sung and performed with Stevie Wonder … New Orleans-born PJ Morton drops by on his way to play the Byron Bay Blues Festival.

    • 15 min
    Is the whole housing system a hoax?

    Is the whole housing system a hoax?

    One of Australia’s leading housing economists has taken a deep look at the way we do housing and believes the whole system is a hoax and a myth.

    • 16 min
    New series celebrates Bush Tukka cuisine in FNQ

    New series celebrates Bush Tukka cuisine in FNQ

    Bush food is diverse and plentiful in Far North Queensland, and in a new series premiering on SBS, Samantha Martin, the Bush Tukka Woman, embarks on a hunt and forage through this extraordinary region for fresh local ingredients from the sea to the trees and the land.

    • 12 min
    Kyle Chayka: How the algorithm filters our world

    Kyle Chayka: How the algorithm filters our world

    Kyle Chayka's new book Filterworld asks the question, are you really thinking for yourself or are the algorithms doing it for you?

    • 16 min
    Is West Side Story just an opera with dancing?

    Is West Side Story just an opera with dancing?

    Soprano singer Nina Korbe is playing Maria in Opera Australia's production of West Side Story, she speaks with us about what the character means to her.

    • 12 min
    Mona Lisa: Representation of a mother

    Mona Lisa: Representation of a mother

    You may have seen The Mona Lisa, but few have been as up close and personal as Optical Engineer and consultant to The Louvre Museum, Pascal Cotte who was given unprecedented access to the painting by the French Ministry of Culture. 

    • 12 min

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