ALBO UNCUT
REVISIT… On Thursday the 15th August 2013, Ciao’s Nigel Bowen interviewed Deputy Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at his Marrickville office for Issue #217’s cover story. Here is a transcript of the conversation. Nigel Bowen: So […]
Community Life
Giveaway: How to Please a Woman
Gina is not feeling fabulous. She has lost her job and feels stuck and frustrated in a passionless marriage. She has always lived life on the sidelines – that is, until she is met with […]
Blp at Articulate
Store_Blp is a new site-specific installation made at Articulate to help work out relationships site specific artworks could have with their (live) site while the artworks are dormant (uninstalled). It has three main elements: the […]
Gecko and the Mermaid
Last Few Days….Don’t miss it. If you haven’t made time to take yourself and your children to the wonderous The Gecko and the Mermaid: Djerrkŋu Yunupiŋu and her sister, exhibition at the NGV. Now is […]
The Hunter goes Italian
It is time to hit the road from the inner west again. Destination: the Hunter Valley. For one weekend a year a small corner of the Hunter adopts a serious Italian accent, Winsor Dobbin reports. […]
Giveaway: The Good Boss
Blanco (Academy Award winner Javier Bardem), the charismatic owner of a family-run scale factory, is under pressure as he covets a local award for business excellence. Everything needs to be perfect! But the veneer of […]
Ricordi di Sanremo
The Sanremo Song Festival has captured the hearts of all Italians in Italy and abroad. A catalyst for the Eurovision Song Contest, Sanremo has been a must watch spectacular on the international music calendar for […]
A Film for our time
Words: Winsor Dobbin Inner West-based Master of Wine Andrew Caillard is credited with having one of the best wine palates in Australia. Annandale-based Caillard, a wine writer and educator, is the associate producer of the […]
BLAK DOUGLAS CURATES NYE
Adam Hill aka Blak Douglas has been selected to curate the 9pm Fireworks and Welcome to Country. An all round good guy and artist, Blak Douglas has surfaced in Ciao a number of times for […]
Recovered Denim
“Denim is such a sturdy, diverse textile that has the transformative ability to look incredible even when it’s worn and threadbare. Its shape-shifting quality was the starting point for the designers,” says Alison Jose, Director […]