AC/DC Australia’s Family Jewels, a new exhibition celebrating the history, music, performance and creativity of one of the world’s greatest Rock’n’Roll bands, will open at the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney on 11 September 2010. AC/DC have sold more than 200 million albums worldwide since 1975 and continue to perform and record to great acclaim. Their [...]
Starting in Anti-Poverty Week (11-17 October) and running throughout October 2009, Rise Up is giving you the chance to make a real difference by buying a business shirt to help alleviate global poverty and reduce your environmental impact. These beautifully tailored business shirts are 100% Fairtrade Certified Organic cotton, carbon neutral and made in Australia [...]
Hundreds of people turned up at the Rethreads giant clothes swap on 19th September to surrender unworn clothes and dig around for some new favourites. Regardless of whether you are driven by the serendipity of a chance find, the principals of recycling or the satisfaction of cleaning out your wardrobe, these clothes swapping events are [...]
According to Fairfax’s urban affairs reporter Paul Bibby, A GREEN ban has been imposed on the site the State Government has chosen for the CBD Metro station in Pyrmont. The ban, by the Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU), places quite considerable pressure on David Campbell, the Transport Minister, to find another site. Paul [...]
Support your local community and charities Pyrmont people and go along to the Pyrmont Community Centre on Saturday, 11 July 2009. The Charity Fundraiser will include an inaugural Book Fair with books on sale from booksellers including Cornstalk Books in Glebe. Enjoy a delicious sausage sizzle for only $2 or sip a Devonshire Tea for [...]
It might be the middle of winter but that’s no excuse for staying bundled up inside. Sydney is full of parks and green spaces to explore, many of them in or nearby Pyrmont. The City of Sydney recently opened a new park at the old water police site at the end of the Pyrmont peninsula [...]
Check out The Finders Keepers Markets at Carriageworks in Eveleigh, Redfern on 15 and 16 May 2009. This event is held twice a year and showcases emerging artists and designers locally and around Australia. These independent artists and designers offer original and highly creative pieces. The upcoming Autumn/Winter markets will feature over 70 stalls. And [...]
The 10th Annual Message Sticks Indigenous Film Festival was incredibly popular this year. So much so that I was one of a crowd of people funnelled into the outdoor area where flat screens were set out so we could watch this years offerings. It was worth enduring the chill and the constant dinging of the [...]
There are some great events on this weekend Pyrmont People. Check them out below. And with Mother’s Day on Sunday, we here at Pyrmont Village would like to wish all Mum’s a wonderful day. Celebrate World Fair Trade Day in Glebe: 9 May The Fair Trade Coffee Company (also known as the Fair Trade Cafe) [...]
The 10th Surry Hills Festival is on this Saturday, 18 April. Take a stroll over the Pyrmont Bridge, through town and into Surry Hills to enjoy this fun day out. Or if you cycle, park your bike for free at the Valet Bicycle Parking Station located at the southern end of Prince Alfred Park (near [...]
