Fragments and tears; big feelings in each silence that falls between the words. Maria Fotiadis has had a long history with Addi Road, going back to the early 1970s when the Greek community began gathering here in Marrickville, bringing to life what would be formally established as the Addison Road Community Centre in 1976. She remembers the other communities that allied with them, the Turkish and Yugoslav and Italian people in particular, the nights they’d organise to sing, play music and dance and celebrate each nation’s unique culture and history...

‘Here Comes the Night’ sings out over the road out front of the Addi Road Food Pantry in Marrickville. A low-flying plane is coming in to land, adding to the Inner West soundtrack. The old Them song is a 1960s classic, with Van Morrison’s voice exultant and oddly melancholy, as if all of us somehow got lost in an old radio for a little while.

Tune in to Dr Tanya Paterson explaining how Tradeswomen Australia and Addi Road are combining forces to inspire and help women to consider the possibility of becoming tradespeople and apprentices. She speaks here with Kate Saap of FBi Radio's morning program 'Up For It!' 

Community can be a strange and unexpected thing. You can't always advertise and promote or express it easily. Then something special happens – like last night – and everything about what do and who we are comes together without us even trying. We hope you feel some of that spirit in our newly-formed and somewhat loosely gathered 'Addi Road Band' doing their fine version of Waltzing Matilda.

Audrey is the teenage force behind our Addi Rock youth music festival on September 16. Curated and run by a group of 16-year-olds the event will feature eighteen bands and solo artists. Audrey explains what inspired her to launch the event.