Stories lurk in the shadows of Howe House, but if you can wait until nightfall then the truth can emerge from the darkness. Revealed will be local tales of death by fire, flood, knife and pestilence, or opportunities seized and hopes dashed, of multiple marriages, true love, and past lives kept secret until now.
The Sydney Mechanics School of Arts are introducing a new lecture series in 2019, Speaking of Music. The series will present occasional lectures with guest lecturers examining music, its relationship to the world and its profound power to affect us – sometimes in surprising ways.
The first lecture will be “Speaking of Music and Democracy” presented by Dr Wesley J. Watkins, IV, the Founder of The Jazz & Democracy Project, an innovative integrated music curriculum that utilizes jazz as a metaphor to cultivate a profound understanding of American democratic ideals.
Inner West Council Libraries are hosting author and journalist Amal Awad to discuss her book Fridays With My Folks at Marrickville Library.
Join the City of Sydney Historical Association as they discover the history of illustrious boat building Halvorsen family.
For the seventh successive year, the Chinese Heritage Association of Australia will present an informative and entertaining illustrated talk on the Yin & Yang of the Chinese Zodiac.