Control of the Game

Control of the Game

The playlist in the hall rocks along to Johnny Cash’s ‘Ring of Fire’ and Creedence Clearwater Revival’s ‘Down on the Corner’.  Someone must like their old classics. Volunteers packing hampers inside the Addi Road Food Relief Hub pick up on the musical tempo. They’re...
Our Island Home

Our Island Home

Wonderful feature story in today’s SMH Good Weekend about the photography exhibition ‘We Bleed the Same’, which made its debut here at the Stirrup Gallery in Marrickville.   Addi Road was integrally involved in sponsoring the exhibition and helping...
Raising Voices

Raising Voices

Justo Diaz is a legend of the Latin American music scene, and a pioneer in Australia of what became known as World Music long before the term was invented. He was one of the key creators behind La Peña in Newtown, a seminal Sydney venue that deserves a book being...
Faces of Addi Road: Paul

Faces of Addi Road: Paul

‘Ten minutes?! Can we make it five?” For such a languid seeming guy, Paul is sure not keen on wasting any time. He apologises and says they’ve just got their ticket to go shopping at Addi Road Food Pantry Marrickville. Social distancing and health regs means the...
White Crosses

White Crosses

Day ends at the Addison Road Community Organisation. Gurwinder starts to take the chairs from the road, leaving only the white crosses that now mark out the social distance needs of our times. Addi Road’s Food Pantry works as a super low-cost supermarket for people in...