Megaphone Contributor Archive

Short+Sweet is back with its smorgasbord of 140 short plays from January 9 until early March. Now in its 12th season the festival held at the King Street Theatre, Newtown – as well as a People’s Choice finalists week at the Sidetrack …

Bell Shakespeare bumps in on George Street with creative pop-up space: 9 January – 25 February 2013 Bell Shakespeare is taking up residence of a great new pop-up space in The Rocks. Opening its doors last Wednesday (January 9), Bell Shakespeare’s Closet …

Billed as one of the world’s most sustainable, small footprint events, the Peats Ridge Sustainable Arts & Music Festival, is so much more than your run-of-the-mill music festivals. Jessica de Boer gives it a whirl this New Year’s. Call me crazy but I can’t think of …

A large scale malaria prevention program, consisting of intermittent distributions of anti-malaria medicines, appears to be drastically reducing the number of new cases of the disease among young children during peak transmission season, according to preliminary results from projects run by the …

Many artists are wondering what to do to increase sales of authentic and original artworks at the Cairns  (CIAF) next year. But one artist from Badu Island in the Torres Strait knows exactly what to do next — more of the same! …

Sophia Bashford investigates whether we’re getting our money’s worth for free-range eggs. I’m standing in Aisle 4 of the supermarket – the eggs section. Staring at the shelves in front of me, I’m met with a familiar dilemma. Do I pay the extra …

Nearly two million people a year die of AIDS due to lack of funds, writes KELLY NICHOLLS.  As world leaders gather in Washington DC this week for the International AIDS Conference they will face the stark reality that we are only reaching half the …

They say a picture paints a thousand words. But as I fixed my gaze upon Kamalesh’s harrowing oil painting, I began to wonder whether the age-old idiom did this work enough justice, writes Anusha Menon. We’d talked about his time at Villawood …

The internet is playing an increasing role in converting people to atheism according to the Australian Atheist Foundation, writes Vanessa Schlenert. Atheist forums are extremely popular online and are becoming a large factor in getting religious people to question their faith. The …

Parramatta Council has rejected claims that plans for the $1.6 billion development of the city’s business district fell through due to financial mismanagement, writes Renee Attard. The council has also refused to detail how much the botched planning process has cost ratepayers, …