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Puffio Theatro.
A trip which is well worth taking is to the Migration Museum on Kintore Ave in the city, wherein currently resides 'Memory & Hope: Iraqi Women's Quilts', a collection of beautifully crafted quilts by Iraqi women who have resettled in Australia. Politically and socially relevant, this is a creative expression of life, memories, joys, fears and hopes for a group of nineteen Iraqi women living in Melbourne. The exhibition opens on Wed 9 Nov.
Coming up at the Mercury Cinemas is the well titled 'Message
Sticks Film Festival', which is currently traveling the country.
In Adelaide it premieres on Fri 4 Nov, running for the entire
weekend with documentaries and films featuring an indigenous
Australian content, messages and ownership. Here's an opening
night launch party from 7:30pm, and screenings on the night
will feature a series of internationally acclaimed dramas by
Australian Indigenous Filmmakers. A question and answer session
will follow the screenings; the 'Message Sticks Film Festival'
is presented by the Media Resource Centre, Australian Film Commission
and Blackfella Films.
The final performance for this season's 'InSpace' programme at the Festival Centre is 'Touch Wood', a humorous look at the rituals and obsessions we create to maintain our own sense of security in modern times. It also explores our sometimes surprisingly close connection to superstition and spirituality. All this in one performance - high-end operatic-theatre experimentation combining live music and vocal performance with pre-recorded soundtrack and video collages. 'Touch Wood' is being performed for two nights only, Fri 11 and Sat 12 Nov at 8pm in The Space.
In what might be one of the most delightfully tangled metaphors
read by Puffio this year, the Press Release as received asked
the question "Is petrol pricing the tip of the iceberg?". The
topic is 'A Sustainable Planet - A Future For Australia', and
that's the title of a lecture to be delivered by Greg Bourne
(CEO WWF Australia) on Wed 9 Nov at the Adelaide Town Hall.
"Can Australia become a world exporter of sustainability?" he
asks, and presumably, answers. Bourne, who used to work in 'big
oil', delivers the national 2005 Annual Hawke Lecture at 5.30pm
sharp. Icebergs will only be admitted if accompanied by their
adult glaciers... perhaps.
He's back!!! Well, you to can show your age if you smile at the mention of the name Clive Robertson, the East Coast based radio host who once had his own fairly short-lived TV show. Robertson, known for seldom making two gestures where one might suffice, will be bringing his dry wit and inimitable style back to the ABC in a new television series 'Agony Aunts'. Robertson and assorted experts will assist couples "see the wood through the trees and step out of their comfort zone to embrace life" in their relationships. Sound enthralling? Don't worry: only six episodes have been commissioned thus far.
In a not completely dissimilar way, should you remember the
name John Safran - he who bobs up periodically with enticingly
interesting television shows generally something to do with
religion - he's backkkkk! 'Speaking In Tongues' is the new John
Safran show, wherein he teams up with old sidekick Father Bob
- on SBS from Monday 7 Nov at 9pm. This is a twelve part series
in which Bob and Safran examine the trivial things in religion,
such as intra-denominational dating and witnessing inexplicable
events.
Larrikin Theatre are currently in residence at The Bakehouse, with Chris Bunworth performing 'Trio', the one man show which examines the life and death of virtuoso violinist Karl Munch. Bunworth plays three roles: Munch's lover, agent and brother, who meet for the first time on the anniversary of his demise. 'Trio' performs Wednesdays to Saturdays at 8pm until Sat 12 Nov.
'a day to celebrate ancestors, culture and land as one...',
'Wodliparri' is indigenous family day at the Adelaide Festival
Centre, noted as an important gathering of South Australia's
Indigenous communities celebrating and sharing their stories,
art and culture together On Sat 5 Nov the Festival Centre and
surrounds will ring to the joys of 'Wodliparri', a day filled
with family activities including live music (Catherine Summer,
Andrew Stennet and the band Merge), cultural performances, dances
(Indigenous Youth Performing Arts group Kurruru) and theatre
(Vitalstatistix' 'Wakaid Girl, Lyndhurst Kid'), and a whole
lot more. It's all free.
You know the name, you've seen his face on bus shelters all across the metropolis - Nick Parnell is the percussionist who is a hit everywhere (sorry). In any case, 'World Rhythms' is the third and final concert in the Menage series for 2005, and sees a dynamic performance presented by outstanding marimba soloist Nick Parnell with guest percussionists Tim Irrgang and Joe Fragnito at The Wheatsheaf on Thurs 10 Nov, from 7.30pm.
Down in the Port!!! To celebrate 21 years of ongoing commitment
by Port Youth Theatre Workshop (now Kurruru Indigenous Youth
Performing Arts), Port Life (now Port Community Arts Centre)
and Dale Street Women's Health Centre and Vitalstatistix Women's
Theatre Company, an exhibition will be held from Tues 8 until
Thurs 20 Nov in the newly-named Black Diamond Gallery at the
Port Community Arts Centre, (next to Visitor Information Centre),
in Port Adelaide.
'Do well with nothing, do better with little; and do it now.' Apparently, this was the mantra in 1998 for the newly fledged Canadian film collective Kino, based in Quebec. This sage advice has been taken to heart by the Adelaide chapter of Kino... November marks the eighth month of short film screenings from short film makers involved in KinoAdelaide. Starting at 7:30pm at the Garage Bar on Thurs 3 Nov is an hour's assembly of short films from here in Adelaide and a special treat of international Kinoite's films as well. Admission is free, and interested persons should get along as the Kinophiles begin organising for a significant presence at next year's Fringe Festival. More news as it comes to hand (or eye).
Seven Arty Things To Do This Fortnight
1. In their final production for this year Independent Theatre promise a lavish and spectacular visual affair in their stage version of EM Forster's 'A Passage To India', at the Odeon Theatre in Norwood from Sat 1 Nov.
2. Internationally acclaimed Australian pianist Michael Kieran
Harvey presents a concert as part of the Opening Night of Adelaide's
Gay and Lesbian Cultural event, the 2005 Feast Festival. Playing
an eclectic program of piano pieces by Beethoven, Graham Hair
and Carl Vine, Michael Kieran Harvey performs just the one show,
on Fri 11 Nov at Pilgrim Church, Flinders Street, Adelaide at
8pm.
3. Something to do!! Pick a quiet half hour or so, pick up a copy of the Festival '06 Programme and pick the shows you really must get along to. Do it soon, make the bookings, get the tickets. A lot of these performances are going to sell out very soon and there'll be lots of very sad people around.
4. And as the academic year draws to a close and a young artist's
thoughts turn to... a career... it's worth noting that 'Locate'
is the Graduating Exhibition by Adelaide Centre for the ARTS
visual arts and applied design students. The exhibition is to
be opened by Greg Mackie, Executive Director Arts SA, on Wed
16 Nov. Roughly speaking, 'Locate' follows a theme in which
the students explore their sense of place within the cultural
landscape.
5. Meanwhile, down at the Art Gallery of SA you can see Adelaide through the eyes of our earliest artists, from the first landing at Holdfast Bay to tents pitched along the River Torrens, and the city's first Royal Ball in the new Town Hall only 50 years later... 'Visons Of Adelaide: 1836-1886' is exactly as described: and contains 117 watercolours, oil paintings, drawings and prints by some of Australia's most renowned colonial artists and by talented amateurs. There's even a painting by Colonel William Light himself.
6. The front window of Sym Choon in Rundle St currently hosts
an unusual exhibition entitled 'Seventy 7 Pairs Of Shoes' -
and that's exactly what it is. 77 pairs of shoes loaned by well
known and famous Australians (Malcolm Fraser, Cathy Freeman,
Senator Natasha Stott-Despoja, Meryl Tankard...) who are lending
their names and making a stand against domestic violence. Each
pair is accompanied by a short statement which provides some
fascinating insights.
7. Currently on display at Urban Cow Gallery (Frome Rd, city) is an exhibition of the works of Ken Baker, Meredith Russell and Koruna Schmidtmumm, featuring mixed media, textiles, and tactile imagery.
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