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Books back in Bangas!

The original much-loved mobile library was destroyed in the floods but now a new library van will take its place on Saturday mornings in Bangalow writes Mary Nelson.

Mobile truck flooded Photo supplied

The music of Tilly Jones

Deep within the beating heart of the Bangalow Music Festival lies the organisers’ commitment to young people across our region, writes Digby Hildreth. Audiences are in for a rare treat at the much loved ‘Locals Night’ when the Bangalow Music Festival returns this month after a two-year COVID-induced interlude.They will hear three quirky and engaging pieces by a young neurodiverse…

Heavenly music ahead

Before La Nina turned our blue skies permanently grey we were able to see the stars at night and gaze at them in wonder. And for millennia before the dismal days of 2022, First Nations peoples also studied the heavens, developing an intimate familiarity with the stellar constellations and a profound understanding of the interconnection between sky and land. Their…

One from the (Chemical) Heart

Bangalow’s Pat Davern from Grinspoon recounts his recent experience playing a free flood relief show for Lismore, a place that’s close to his heart. I’ve been living in the Northern Rivers on and off since 1991. When I finished school, I moved to Lismore, and did a music course there. I spent a lot of time touring with Grinspoon and…