AC/DC quiet and boring or loud and wild?

AC/DC performing at Marana Auditorium, c.1970s.
Image courtesy of Rob Walker

"...the crowd failed to raise the roof and the evening missed out on the climax promised earlier." Rolling Stone, 214, June 1976.

This is how one of AC/DC's many gigs at the Hurstville Council's Civic Rock dances was described by Rolling Stone Magazine in 1976.

Did you attend gigs at Marana Auditorium? Were they really so quiet and boring? Or were they loud and wild as Australian rock and roll performances tend to be? We'd love to hear your memories.

To find out more about other great bands who performed at the Civic Rock concerts visit Hurstville City Museum & Gallery's Let Me Entertain You exhibition, on display until 22 October at 14 MacMahon St, Hurstville.

Amy Winehouse; young, talented and gone

So much talent wasted. Go back and listen to where it all started with Frank and then the classic Back to Black.

Amy, Amy, Amy: the Amy Winehouse Story will give you a glimpse of her troubled past.

Hurstville Wins The RH Dougherty Award

We are thrilled to have received a prestigious RH Dougherty Award for our quarterly publication Dragonfiles.

Awarded at the 2011 Local Government Week Awards on Wednesday night, the RH Dougherty Award is the highest accolade a NSW council can recieve in the area of communications.

Over the past few years the publication has undergone a complete transformation which has resulted in it's fresh new look and wider appeal.

The current issue of Dragonfiles and an archive of previous issues are available for viewing on our website at http://lmg.hurstville.nsw.gov.au/Dragonfiles-Archive.html

Which is your favorite Dragonfiles cover?

Let Me Entertain You exhibition now open!

Guest speaker Rick Lum enthralls visitors with his recollections
of playing in the band Hush.

Guests enjoying the audio-visual display in the exhibition.

While Robbie Williams may not have been in attendance, the official opening of Let Me Entertain You last Saturday was a great day's entertainment for all ages.

Special guest speaker Rick Lum, bass player of the band Hush, talked candidly about his experiences performing in suburban Sydney during the 1970s. Rick recalled performing up to three gigs a night and commented that he liked Hurstville Entertainment Centre as 'they had actual dressing rooms'.

Guests were then treated to a showcase of local talent including two vocal numbers by
Katherine Sharpham from Rockdale Musical Society's upcoming production of Avenue Q and dance and singing performances by two students from Harlow School of Dance @ Jump Street.

Exhibition highlights include a large prop jukebox from The Regals' production of Leader of the Pack, original theatre seats from Shopfront Theatre, ephemera from Hurstville Entertainment Centre's civic rock dances, original vinyls from Spin Records recorded in St George, and a Skyhooks costume made from Australian tea towels.

Exhibition on display until 22 October 2011 at
Hurstville City Museum & Gallery, 14 MacMahon St, Hurstville.

Nick Earls at Hurstville Library

Nick will be speaking and signing copies of his books at Hurstville Library at 6:30pm on Monday 1st August.
I can't wait to read "The Fix" having really enjoyed "The Thompson Gunner".
There's 1 hour free parking opposite the library in the Medica Centre on Dora St.
Don't forget to ring 9330 6142 to book your seat.
Nick is touring in association with Get Reading!: a celebration of books and reading.

UNFORTUNATELY THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

Wedding Magazine's @ Hurstville Library.

Check out Hurstville Library's Wedding Magazine Collection for your Big Day.

Cosmpolitan Bride

Martha Stewart Weddings

Studio Bride

Wedding Style Guide

These titles are available for loan throughout 2011

Check out Hurstville City Library's new magazine titles.





Colors


Stage Whispers





These will be available throughout 2011.