2024 marks Mercury Cinema's half-century, so CityMag asked how they're celebrating the past and looking to the future.
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For Art Gallery of South Australia curator Nici Cumpston, working with visual artists is more about using her ears than her eyes.
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Moving directly from a world of worksites and blue singlets to the realm of writer’s festivals and publishing deals, Geoff Goodfellow became that rare thing – an often-read poet.
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When he's not preparing for concerts like tomorrow's performance of Mozart at Elder Hall, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra principal conductor Nick Carter is ruminating on how cities aim higher when they have good art to show them the way.
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Shane Cheek – a venture capitalist specialising in software start-ups – is a rare breed in Adelaide. Despite his uniqueness, the businessman is exactly the remedy recommended by many in Government to cure South Australia’s economic ills – but it’s not an easy task to face alone.
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With a name like Elizabeth Flux, surely the current editor of literary magazine Voiceworks was destined to become a celebrated writer. But despite being as suitably christened for the profession as Danielle Steel, Liz never thought a career with words was an inevitability.
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By blending the sometimes non-complementary skills of imagination and real world application, set and costume designer Ailsa Paterson builds little worlds that give us the chance to slip seamlessly away from reality for a few hours.
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The bar CityMag interviews Deputy Premier John Rau in is not his bar, but he made its existence possible. He was the author of the legislation that brought in the small bar license and gave rise to more than 40 small venues. As we sip on a whiskey sour, we reflect that this is our kind of politics.
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World Gin Day comes just once a year, but most people still don’t make the most of it. In the first of a series of “how to” articles, CityMag recruits gin expert Mark Reginato to give us some pointers on how to fully enjoy the conspicuous occasion this Saturday, June 14.
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At the end of 2013, Julian Cochran boarded a flight to New York. There, Gil Sullivan was preparing to play Julian’s compositions as part of a Carnegie Hall concert that also featured pieces by Mozart and Brahms.
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