$2 Book Fair
Book Fair at Newcastle Community Arts Centre
Thousands of secondhand books including modern fiction, childrens, literature, cooking and gardening, humanities etc. A great range for all readers, collectors and resellers.
All at two dollars each.
Opens Friday evening at 6pm on the 28th November 2008.
Runs Saturday and Sunday from 9-5pm
Entry is Free
Cold Front Exhibition
Cold Front
Ice landscapes have a cultural autonomy and ambivalence quite unlike any other on earth. Inaccessible, visually spellbinding and treacherous, they exert an equally primitive and ethereal power; hence their inexhaustible fascination and frustration for artists. Global warming has further intensified responses, as humankind looks to the glacial regions to herald climate change.
Icebreaker by Elaine Campaner
Elaine Campaner
Icebreaker 2006
archival inkjet print
103.5cm × 140.5cm
Poetry Workshop - New Angles and Directions
Jan Owen, 2008 Newcastle Poetry Prize Judge, will be presenting a special
workshop at the Hunter Writers Centre in November.
New Angles and Directions: poems and prose poems with Jan Owen
We can travel further, deeper, darker with our poems. There is a place for
the irrational, the weird, and the oblique in the poetic plot. Following
intuition, the weird logic of the image and the quiet subversions of words
themselves we can create alternative realities, odd fables, surreal
scenarios, word play in free verse and traditional forms as well as in prose
poems. Taking an unusual angle on the ordinary; resisting rational closure
Literary Award Winners Announced
Local poets have taken out the major awards in the 2008 Lake Macquarie Literary Award (formerly Roland Robinson Literary Award), with Kylie Rose winning first prize for her poem Bluebottles.
Bluebottles focuses on the relationship between mother and child while something much darker simmers under the surface. In 2006, Kylie received second prize in the Roland Robinson Literary Award for her poem Shark Egg. She is currently collaborating with poets and composers on a project commissioned by the Hunter Writers Centre.
The inaugural Roland Robinson Local Poet’s prize went to Martinsville poet, Magdalena Ball, for her poem Grandpa’s Birds.
National Art Prize
The University of Newcastle creative arts student Hugh Doyle won the national tertiary art prize in the photography,m photomedia and electronic media catagory.
The winning photo titled Lonely Fridge was part of a series that portrayed a student's garage.
In its 16th year, the art prize is the number one art competition and is run by the Australasian Association of Campus Activities.
Kings of Leon in Newcastle
The Kings of Leon will be coming to town in March next year. They have chosen Newcastle as their only non-capitol city show for their upcoming Australian tour.
This years 'Only By The Night' has reached No1 on the Aria Charts and is close to notching up triple platinum sales.
Kings of Leon rock the Newcastle Entertainment Newcastle Entertainment Centre on Sunday March 22. Tickets available from Ticketek when they go on sale November 24.
Shirley Valentine
Lambton's Newcastle Theatre Company, formerly Newcastle Repertory Club, this month unveiled its 2009 subscription season of, now, six plays and a season of one-acters.
The planned season opener, and major fund raiser for the year, the traditional pantomime, Cinderella, has been postponed until january 2010.
The Willy Russel classic Shirley Valentine will open the year on January 14. Directed by Leslie Wiles, the soul actor in the play is Cheryl Sovechles in the title role.
New-comer to the company, Michael Fiddian, is directorof the second production, An Inspector Calls by J.B Priestly.
Sweat Fest
One of the heaviest tour line-ups to hit Australian shores will wash over Newcastle on December 13.
The aptly titled summer tour, Sweat Fest, features Byron Bay's Parkway drive, US Acts Suicide Silence, A Day to Remember, Acacia Strain and Melbourne's Confession.
Sweat Fest will hit Newcastle Panthers on Saturday, December 13.
AAA Access All Areas Travelling Film Festival
AAA
Access All Areas - Fully Accessible Travelling Film Festival
Glendale 23-24 November 2008
Sun 23 Nov 12pm - The Castle
Mon 24 Nov 12.30pm - Cactus
Mon 24 Nov 10am - All my Friends are Leaving Brisbane
Greater Union, Stockland Supercentre
387 Lake Rd, Glendale
Cost $5
Free for people with disabilities and their carers
For more info:
Call 02921845608 or email: marianne@thefestivalists.com
30th CONDA Awards
Civic Theatre Newcastle
This year is the 30th anniversary of the City Of Newcastle Drama Awards (CONDAs).
They are now the longest continuously running theatre awards in the country.
