Body Canvas 2010 helping the National Breast Cancer Foundation #Melbourne #geekgirl

Saturday 27th March 2010 – Body Canvas invites you and your guests to celebrate a spectacle of art and colour in an extraordinary event brought to Melbourne for the first time.

Body Canvas is Australia’s largest body paint festival. The event features artists from around Australia who come together to showcase their talent and support a charitable cause. This year’s event is proud to support the National Breast Cancer Foundation.

The festival is organised as a competition that will include professional and amateur artists fighting it out in front of a packed crowed and panel of celebrity judges for thousands of dollars in cash and prizes. Artists will create their masterpieces in the public forum at the St Kilda Sea Baths, followed by an exhibition and a catwalk parade. There will be a range of category winners announced from most creative to the most outrageous which will be decided by recognised judges from within the entertainment, fashion and artistic community.

Body Canvas festival is open free to public from 12pm to 6pm. The finals will run at the St.Kilda Sea Baths from 6pm to 1am, tickets for the finals cost $35.

Tickets can be purchased on the website http://www.bodycanvas.com.au/.

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Black Harmony Gathering 2010, Sun 21st March, Fairfield Amphitheatre #Melbourne #mysuburb

Multicultural Arts Victoria Presents…
Black Harmony Gathering 2010
1pm – 5pm Sunday 21 March
The Fairfield Amphitheatre
Heidelberg Rd, Fairfield (Melway 30 J12), Melbourne

Held in the heart of Aboriginal land under the gum trees, on the banks of the tranquil Yarra River, at the Fairfield Amphitheatre Multicultural Arts Victoria presents the Black Harmony Gathering; a unique event with the message say no to racism! With Indigenous and multicultural communities coming together in a spirit of reconciliation for Cultural Diversity week. This year the Black Harmony Gathering will launch the first Black Harmonies CD.

Black Harmony Gathering is a showcase for premium professional and talented emerging Indigenous, African and refugee
artists It is strongly supported by Indigenous and non-indigenous artists and communities alike. The Black Harmonies CD will cross the cultural boundaries to create a cultural revolution in the Australian music scene and features artists Kutcha Edwards, Peter Rotumah, Casey Atkinson, Tjimba Possum-Burns, Selwyn Burns, Ajak Kwai, Aminata Doumbia, Michelle Belesy, Joe Geia and Diafrix.

The Black Harmony Gathering will also feature a Cultural Stage led by Indigenous artists Koori Youth Will Shake Spears, Skye Taikato and Friends, Meriki Hood, Johnny Mac and more. With friends from our multicultural music and dance scene, the African Royal Drummers, Narasirato Pan Pipers from the Solomon Islands, Shiamak Bollywood dance group and the soul pumping vibes of African band Blak Roots. MC’s Shiralee Hood and Neda.

The day will be opened with youth forum Skillz at 12pm, a traditional Welcome to Country by Aunty Joy Murphy and a smoking ceremony by Robbie Thorpe, followed by the Black Harmonies CD launch and Cultural Stage. There is a Koori BBQ of Kangaroo and Emu sausages, cultural food stalls, children’s activities, workshops and a market place of Indigenous and African wares plus more performers. People from all cultures come together for the Black Harmony Gathering a positive community celebration that is very special and important for the community well being.

Black Harmony Gathering is proudly supported by City of Yarra, Victoria Rocks, Koori Justice Unit, APRA, Victorian Multicultural
Commission, Besen Family and Triple R.

www.multiculturalarts.com.au

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FOLD a/v collaborative platform Wed March 10 #Melbourne #HorseBazaar

• HOLY BONER AV SET – Lovers of horror and noise, HOLY BONER feat. Brad Smith (drumkit/screams of agony) & Nik Kennedy (electronics/voices from the grave) reprise their collaboration with visual artist Grand Guignol AKA Tina Douglas.  + special guest victims Zev Langer (zombie groans) and Diana Szabo (bloodcurdling screams) make the noise to go with it. Lionel will get his revenge!
• EARLE STUART / SEAN BAXTER – Legendary outsider Hip Hop MC, Earle Stuart (from the incredible Curse Ov Dialect), joined by percussion nut Sean Baxter.
• DJ CRUMBS (Max Kohane) between the acts!

Wed March 10, 2010

8:30pm

$10 (full) / $5 (conc)

@Horse Bazaar
397 Little Lonsdale Street
Melbourne

www.myspace.com/stuttermelb

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Women of Letters – Melbourne’s news literary event curated by Marieke Hardy and Michaela McGuire #geekgirl

Women of Letters, Melbourne’s newest literary event, is an afternoon that celebrates a diverse range of strong female talent whilst simultaneously raising funds for Victorian animal rescue shelter, Edgar’s Mission. Women of Letters will be held at Bella Union in Trades Hall on Sunday, March 28, 2010 beginning at 2.30 pm.

Curated by Age writers Marieke Hardy and Michaela McGuire, this monthly occasion will bring together five of Melbourne’s best and brightest writers, musicians, politicians and comedians in celebration of the beautiful lost art of letter-writing. 

The afternoon will bring the traditionally private endeavour of letter writing into the public arena, seeing each woman address the topic with their unique blend of insight, humour, lewdness and warmth.

The inaugural March Women of Letters will see musician Angie Hart, Black Text publisher Caro Cooper, the Green Guide’s Lorelei Vashti, television’s Myf Warhurst and respected comedian Judith Lucy each reading a letter they have penned to “The Night I’d Rather Forget.”
 
A rotating roster of the city’s finest musicians and DJ’s will provide a musical interlude, during which time the audience are encouraged to indulge in some letter writing for themselves.

Stamps and envelopes will be provided, and in the spirit of participation attendees are further encouraged to pen short notes to Women of Letters themselves. Michaela McGuire will then use these points of discussion as the basis of a free-wheeling panel chat to conclude the afternoon.

Tickets are just $10 and available at the door – Sunday March 28 at 2.30 pm at Bella Union, Trades Hall, corner of Victoria & Lygon Streets, Carlton South, Melbourne.

Edgars Mission

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Fresh Science 2010 #Melbourne. Are you a Fresh Scientist? Enter now!

This national event brings together scientists, the media and the public to:

§  enhance reporting of Australian science

§  highlight and encourage debate on the role of science in Australian society

§  provide role models for the next generation of Australian scientists.

Fresh Science 2010 will be held at Melbourne Museum from Monday 7 to Thursday 10 June, 2010. Stories will be released to the media during the event and in the weeks following. The Fresh Scientists need to be available to talk to the media during this time.

Nominations are now open for Fresh Scientists and close Thursday 25 March 2010. More information and the online nomination form are at http://www.freshscience.org.au/

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Second #Experimenta Artist Lab #Melbourne #UtopiaNow #fb

Due to popular demand and overwhelming success, Experimenta will be running a second Experimenta Artist Lab as part of Experimenta Utopia Now, International Biennial of Media Art.

Experimenta Artist Lab is a space for innovation, experimentation, creative collaborations and learning new skills. The ‘workshop’ style lab is designed to give artists, designers and other creative types the tools and skills they need to move their existing practice into the interactive realm introducing them to the basic technology needed to produce physically interactive artworks. The second Experimenta Artist Lab will be run by Jesse Stevens and Tim Humphrey
who both have extensive experience running workshops as well as working with interactive technology in a variety of artistic and creative contexts will facilitate the workshop.

Sunday 14 March, 10am — 5pm
$85 (lunch and all equipment provided)
Melbourne venue – TBC
No experience with microcontrollers/sensors needed

Places are limited, so BOOK NOW  – call: (03)96509977 or email:
experimenta@experimenta.org
Visit experimenta.org for more information

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Robert Forster at PolyEster Books #Melbourne

Robert Forster  will be in Melbourne for a gig but here’s your opportunity to see him up close and personal at PolyEster Books; between 1-2pm on Wednesday 10th March, 2010. Robert will be signing copies of his new book The Ten Rules of Rock and Roll.

Best known as the founder member of the Go-Betweens with Grant McLennan, Robert has released 5 solo albums and reguarly writes for The Monthly and other publications. This promises to be a stimulating lunch hour at PolyEster Books.

Polyester Books
330 Brunswick St
Fitzroy VIC 3065
Tel 03 94195223
http://www.polyester.com.au/

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Mary and Max: The Exhibition #ACMI #Melbourne

Free & open daily.

For further details, check out www.acmi.net.au/exhib_mary_max.aspx

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Author, David Finkel and Tom Hyland – converse – #Melbourne

Pulitzer-winning journalist and author of The Good Soldiers, David Finkel, in conversation with The Sunday Age’s Tom Hyland at Readings Hawthorn (Melbourne) on March 9 – presented by The Walkley Foundation.

Finkel followed the young, optimistic army infantry soldiers of the 2-16, the battalion nicknamed the Rangers, as they put into action President George W. Bush’s “surge” strategy for the Iraq war. Fifteen months later, the soldiers returned home forever changed. In The Good Soldiers Finkel asks, what is the true story of the surge? And was it really a success? The book has been critically acclaimed as an unforgettable work of reportage, and an eternal tale – not just of the Iraq War, but of all wars, for all time.

Leigh Sales described The Good Soldiers as “not only the best non fiction book I’ve read this year, but one of the best I have ever read.

“It was riveting, unputdownable journalism at its very finest. David Finkel, a Pulitzer Prize winning Washington Post journalist, spent the best part of a year with a US army unit sent to Iraq at the very beginning of the surge. It makes no judgment on the merits of the surge as a policy; it simply tells the soldiers’ stories. A masterpiece.”

The Walkley Foundation is proud to support this discussion about reportage and the importance of great journalism.

Tuesday, March 9, 2010
6.30pm
Readings Hawthorn
701 Glenferrie Rd, Hawthorn, Victoria
Free, but please book your place
Bookings: 03 9819 1917 or email events@readings.com.au

About David Finkel:
David Finkel is the national enterprise editor of The Washington Post. He joined the Post in 1990 and has worked for the paper’s national, foreign, and magazine staffs. He has reported from Africa, Asia, Central America, Europe, and throughout the United States, and was part of the Post’s war coverage in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Kosovo. Among Finkel’s journalism honours are a Pulitzer Prize for explanatory reporting in 2006 for a series of stories about U.S.-funded democracy efforts in Yemen. He has been a Pulitzer finalist three other times, for both explanatory reporting and feature writing.

About Tom Hyland
Tom Hyland is International Editor at The Sunday Age, where he reports on foreign affairs and defence issues. He’s been a journalist for the past 30 years and joined The Age in 1997. He co-ordinated The Age’s coverage of the war in Kosovo, the East Timor crisis, the September 11 attacks, the Afghanistan war, the Bali bombings and the Iraq war. He’s been on The Sunday Age since 2006, writing news, features and commentary. He has a particular interest in Afghanistan

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Free seminars on social media marketing by Keren Flavell #geekgirl endorsed!

Creator of wholesome media, Keren Flavell is offering free seminars on using social networking for promoting your social cause.

Hosted at CERES Environment Park (Melbourne) from 7PM – 8PM on Thursday evening (Feb 25th & March 4th) – contact Keren to reserve your place!

First session, will focus on how to set-up and use a Facebook Fan Page. The following week she’ll be talking about Twitter and other social networking sites.

Keren is committed to assisting people who are seeking to create positive change in our world. Be part of the magic.!!

http://wholesomemedia.wordpress.com/

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