It's
been fun, but the good folks at The Weimar Room's 'Kabarett'
are exhausted - they're calling it quits after twelve weeks and three
encore performances on Fri 11 Oct, so if you've missed it thus far,
you'd better make sure you're there.
Mojo
West's monthly 'Art On The Walls' exhibition for October is Anthony
Hamilton's 'Paperweight II'. Hamilton's background is largely
based in graffiti culture, claiming to take the 'I can't read that'
element of graffiti art to new levels of detail and complexity in his
quest to deconstruct written language. And you can desconstruct it
with him until the end of the month.
Puffio
sends huge cyber-congratulations to Stephen Goldsmith, Patricia
Ingram, Charmaine Morton, Jason Ramp and Glenn
Scott, who were among the sixteen artists to be chosen from around
the nation to participate in the second National Indigenous School in
New Media Arts. They're currently hard at work at Ngapartji Multimedia
Centre learning new skills in multimedia and internet disciplines.
Feel
like some jazz? The Adelaide Uni Big Band and BecJM &
The Great Escape are joining forces to raise money for both acts
to get to the Wangaratta Festival of Jazz in November at Club 110
(formerly The Office) on Wed 16 Oct. Doors open at 7pm.
Who
killed Qwerty Spellcheck? Will Cherub find her marbles? What happened
to Dazza's hand? These questions and more (or possibly less) are
promised to be answered by them krazy kids of Fish Kiss, who
are presenting their live soap opera 'Passion Point' at the Minke Bar
each Sunday night. It kicked off on Sun 29 Sept, but they promise that
the narrator will get newcomers up to speed in no time - make sure
you're there each Sunday evening as part of Minke's Opera series of
events.
The
Festival Theatre
needs a new curtain, which is likely to cost them around about
$250,000 (well, you try knocking up a heavy, fireproof, soundproof and
durable curtain for less, let alone factor in all the necessary
hydraulics to raise and lower it). Hence they're holding a silent
auction to raise the necessary funds from 10.30am on Sun 13 Oct, and
they've gathered an impressive array of items to bid for, including a
Mitsubishi Mirage, home theatre packages, a signed Mel Gibson
photograph, batting lessons from Darren Lehmann, heaps of
theatre memorabilia and much, much more. You can register (and,
indeed, bid) at www.curtainraiser.com
or by calling 8216 8846, or register in person on the day. Note that
bidding has already beguin online, so you'd better hurry up.
The State
Opera of SA is not a little excited about their upcoming
production of 'Don Giovanni' at the Festival Theatre for four
performances only on Sat 26 Oct, Tues 29 Oct, Thurs 31 Oct and Sat 2
Nov - and since the season is so limited, you'd be well advised to
grab tickets while you can.
It's
fair to suggest that Sydney artist Simryn Gill has found a new
way to explore issues of race and colonialism in her exhibition 'A
Small Town at the Turn of the Century': she's photographed a series of
family, friends and aquaintances from her hometown of Port Dickson in
Malaysia… with tropical fruit (or the skins thereof) over their
heads. Both a surreal fantasy and a subtle reflection on the
perception of non-western populations as exotic objects to be
consumed, it's on display at the Contemporary Art Centre until Sun 3
Nov.
Several
Adelaide institutions have been making a move lately: the Australian
Dance Theatre have made a new home at the Wonderland Ballroom, 126
Belair Road, Hawthorn, while the Wakefield Press have moved
around the corner from their old premises on Rundle St Kent Town to
bigger and better digs at 1 The Parade West.
The Sound
Kilda Music Video Competition (part of the St Kilda Film Festival
2003) is calling for entries, so if you're an aspiring video maker,
log on to www.stkildafilmfestival.com.au
for all the details - but note that entries close at 5pm on Fri 24
Jan.
'Afghanistan
Unveiled'
is the first South Australian exhibition of refugee artists from
Afghanistan, giving insight into life under the Taliban, the horrors
of detention (several of the artists, some only 15 years of age, are
currently being held in Woomera), and their own experiences of fleeing
to Australia. It also contains fabrics and artifacts of the artists,
reflecting their own lives and the history of Afghans in this country.
The exhibition runs until Fri 18 October at the Centre Gallery in the
Department of Education and Children's Services on Flinders St.
The
final ever portrait of former SA Premier Don Dunstan will be
viewed at the opening of an exhibition of the works of Spanish artist,
gypsy, flamenco singer and former bullfighter Salvador Loreto
at Le Zinc Restaurant & Wine Bar on Gouger St. Loreto's exhibition
runs until Sun 10 Nov, with the portrait of Dunstan available to view
from 4pm on Sun 13 Oct.
Art!
War! Theatre! Putting things in boxes and unpacking them in new
places! Soap opera! People with fruit on their heads! Adelaide's got
it all - and so much more - and you can have it too as long as you…
