We all deserve to be loved

at manhattans - a stone's throw from the city!!

Wednesday, August 11, We All Deserve to Be Loved, the mid-week indie night of the century presents Tomas Ford. DJ’s on the night are the eight-limbed Woody Allen-watching Paranoid Tarantula DJs. If you’re looking for love look no further than Manhattans Bar. Those of you attached with a lover need not suppose that this night is not for you- to the contrary, many couples have come to this night and left even more in love with each other – what a night. Entry is $10 or $5 if you send yours and your friends' names to wealldeservetobeloved@mail.com. Show kicks off at 8pm.

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Going Solo at the Moon late night café

willing, wolves, and love junk

Wednesday, August 11, is Going Solo at the Moon. The artists playing this night will be James Willing, Wolves at the Door and Mitch from the Love Junkies. This week the artists will go on at 8pm. Entry to restaurants is always free!
 

Fremantle Blues and roots club

The bluesiest, rootsiest wednesday in town!

Wednesday, August 11, the Fremantle Blues and Roots Club presents The Party Starters, Justin Walsh, Max White Trio. Entry is $10/$15 for non members from 8pm.

CHROMA

Callaway Auditorium, UWA

Wednesday August 11 is CHROMA at UWA. CHROMA is the second concert curated by composers collective Granular Synthesis. The theme for the night is AUDIO/VISUAL. Expect to see conspiracy films, abstract imagery and video art combined with electro-acoustic explorations, skittering free improv and laptop cacophony. Granular Synthesis goes multi-disciplinary with spoken text and absurdist theatre pieces where the musicians’ acting abilities are put to the test. The result?: definitely challenging and always entertaining.
 

the Fix

jazz night at the Moon Cafe

A whole crew of ace jazz musicians have been jamming at the Moon for years now under the name the Fix. The night is very chilled out and the playing is exceptional. Entry is always free to the moon.

JON MADDS' ROCK'N'ROLL KARAOKE

Devilles Pad

Thursdays at Devilles Pad is getting bigger and better each week. All you budding Nancy Sinatras and Elvis shower singers get down and strut your stuff on the Devilles stage plus Happy Hour in Hell Drink Specials 6 to 7pm and Great Valued Scrumptious $10 DEMON DINNERS till late

Dont Miss it, One Hell of a Night Out with your Vocal Cords

Doors open 5pm - Free Entry

Useless Things

Manhattans is 10 minute cab ride from Mt Lawley!

Thursday, August 12, Useless Things play Manhattans! Supports on the night are the Fags and Clancy! Entry is $6 from 8pm.

Fremantle Records present at Mojos Bar

fremantle records always line up the best local acts

Thursday, August 12, Fremantle Records present a real sweet night of local folk and kooky rock. Grace Woodroofe plays along with James Teague, Oh! You Pretty Things and Echoes of Django. Entry is $6 from 8pm.

KOOL KEITH

SHAPE BAR

Check the facebook event here.

HIP HOP KARA'YO!'KE PART IV!

The Bird

Full list of songs here.

Simone and Girlfunkle launch their debut EP at Manhattans !

be part of something special

Friday, August 13, Simone and Girlfunkle launch their debut EP at Manhattans Vic Park! These women make delicate and powerful harmony based songs that haunt and delight! Supports on the night are 6’s & 7‘s, the Felicity Groom trio and DJ Adam Trainer. Entry is $10 from 8pm OR $15 with an EP.

Hussle Hussle at Mojos Bar

with the next big thing winners; the brow horn orchestra

Friday, August 13, Get ready for another installment of frolicking big beats and madcap antics as some of this city's most infamous hit the Hussle Hussle stage. Next Big thing winners The Brow Horn Orchestra are in the house! Well known for their high energy performance, infusing elements of ska, hip hop, dub and jazz (to name a few) into one infectiously groovy set..this Party Collective Bring the Noise ! Slackjaw , one of Freo's finest wordsmiths steps to the stage to show the fl...ipside of his battle rep.. Laid back tracks containing humorous insights into life as an underground artist. Mad flow over big, fat, dope OG beats.

Electro mishcief makers, Pharmacy, prescribing synth techno pop , dubstep filthy enough for nappy san and cameo appearances from acclaimed house trance vocalist Sir David Attenborough Simmo T , top shotta and all round badman , selecting the latest hip hop, electronica, dance, reggae. And locking off the night, Heavy Artillery, young gun on the dnb and dubstep. Entry is $10 from 8pm.
 

Rounds Publication Launch

Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts

On Friday 13 August PICA launch Rounds, a 192-page publication featuring interviews, essays and insights by a group of Perth-based curators, academics, writers and artists on the current Rounds exhibition.

Designed by new WA design group tonne gramme, it features extensive full colour documentation of the Rounds process and the final outcomes of each of the rounds, as well as installation shots of the exhibition at PICA, photographed... by local photographer Traianos Pakioufakis.

The publication will be officially launched by artist and writer, Ric Spencer.
$45 RRP 192 pages, 28 x 23.5cm, full colour images

Books can be purchased at PICA or online at theroundsproject.com
To stock the book, please contact Sarah Rowbottam info@theroundsproject.com

This is a FREE event!
 

you just have your eyes closed

Turner Galleries

13 August till 11 September.
Solo Exhibition by Kyle Hughes-Odgers
Over 100 new paintings on wood and 8 larger works on canvas.
www.creepy.headtank.com

green green green tour de perth

The Den

Check out the facebook here.
http://www.myspace.com/greengreengreenband
http://www.albionblog.wordpress.com/
 

Wolves Head Stateside - U.S Recording Fundraiser Show

Amplifier Bar

Friday August 13 is the Wolves Head Stateside farewell party ay Amplifier. SUpporting will be The Japanese Tongue Sisters, Arms Like Branches, The Joe Kings and Sleepwaker.

Doors at 8pm. Tickets $15 on the door.

black luck friday 13th at devilles pad

one jammin' MOFO of a black friday

A Black Cat Friday with Stompin Badluck, 60s rhythms by those Little White Lies and The Sweet Janes. Plenty of dancefloor action plus the Mojo Workout DJs spinnin' hot vintage tunes, Junxed 60s GoGo with the Les Sataniques. Bad Luck Hour in Hell drink specials 6-7pm.

Great food available and coooooool cocktails.

Doors open 5pm. $10 after 8pm.

green green green tour de perth

Swan Basement

Check out the facebook here.
http://www.myspace.com/greengreengreenband
http://www.albionblog.wordpress.com/
 

Rage Against the washing machine

at leederville laundrobar

On Saturday August 14, Noah Skape (from The FAIM Project) and Ben Elliott (From Montage of Jesus, Coronal Sky) will be playing an acoustic set for you while you wait for your clothes to wash.

The show is free, however please bring along a pile of washing and the $4 required to make a washing machine work. If you wish to dry your clothes, it will cost $1 for 10mins. You will also need to bring your own washing powder or purchase it from the laundrobar. There are nearby cafes to get food and drinks. Its an all ages show, so bring your kids along.

Why have a show at a laundromat? Well, its a long story that stems from my years of idolising Aaron Cometbus. Y'see, back in the day, Cometbus used to organise an annual laundromat show, so we're doing it here in Perth too. It will also give you something to do whilst you wait for your clothes to wash.
 

Manhattans

wednesday on a saturday

Saturday August 14, Blac Blocs return from a hiatus to play Manhattans ! They're stoked to share the stage with The Wednesday Society and the Supergames. Entry is $6 from 8pm.

The Love Junkies launch at Mojos Bar

these amazing musicians will blow your socks off!

Saturday, August 14, the Love Junkies launch their first single Need a light. Having blown away a million people in their mammoth amount of shows at all the best joints in the Perth scene. Supports on the night are Seams and Sugarpuss! Entry is $10 including cd from 8pm.

Make Friend V - Make Girl Friend

Make girlfriend for one night only!

Saturday August 14 is a very special edition of the Norfolk Basement's quarterly exhibition series.

Four very talented ladies have been brought together for an eclectic show featuring a range of styles and techniques. Accomplished New South Wales tattoo artist Millie Love knuckles will join Perth-based impressionist Chloe Tupper, local installation artist Caitlin Talijanich's and the very talented Sydneysider Bridge Stehli.

Make Girlfriend is for one night only. No second chances!

The event will feature some of Perth's finest Lady DJs as well as live tattooing from Miss Loveknuckles.

The show runs between 8-11pm and entry is FREE!!!!!!
 

burger kings at devilles

italian national day celebrations with gogo dancers galore!

On Saturday 14 August get to Devilles Pad this saturday and witness the return of Las Vegas-styled rock'n'roll hipsters the Burger Kings as they pay homage to KING ELVIS get your Hips Swingin' and Feet a Moovin' to their infectious rhythms plus Italian National Day celebrations with Calabrese Disc Jock Francesco Italiano laying down concrete platters of Italian Vintage Beats and more for your dancin and luvin' pleasure, 60's Gogo with the Les Sataniques and Lady Velvet Caberet live on stage. Fantastic With Bar Food available and Cool Cocktails, its going be one hell of a ROCKIN' VIVA ITALIANO.

Doors open 6pm - $10 after 8pm

NANCY NANCY-Free Film Screening.

The Moon

Nancy Nancy - A film by Timothy Spanos
*Winner of the Atlanta Underground Film 2006 for Best Comedy*
Presented by Amicko Films and Little Boy Pictures

On a peaceful evening in Coronet Bay, orphaned siblings Carole and Jim are about to enjoy a "nice clammy broth" for dinner when a maniacal woman named Nancy Nancy (played by Tim Burns) bursts into their home and takes them hostage for no apparent reason. Over the next few days, N...ancy Nancy terrorises the children through a series of bizarre and humiliating acts before eventually assuming the role of loving matriarch.

With generous doses of bad taste, nonsensical dialogue, melodrama, egg-eating, toe-pashing and catchy musical numbers (co-written by the director and Matt Thomas of The Mavis's, who also appears in the film), Nancy Nancy is a true hidden Aussie gem - perhaps what would result if John Waters were allowed to direct an episode of Home and Away.

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdbY88S0_T0

Come down and check out the first of many film nights planned at The Moon on Sunday 15th August @ 8pm SHARP

As always entry is free but it is wise to book yourself a table on 93287474 to avoid any disappointment.
 

Manhattans

Sunday arvo jams

Sunday, August 15, Come to Manhattans for a lovely afternoon and see SonPsilo Circus, Hunting Huxley, Mercy Mercy and the Success of Satan, Hootenanny and The Lammas Tide play beautiful music for our ears. Entry s $5 from 4pm!

James Willing EP launch

Everybody loves James !

Sunday, August 15, James Willing launches his EP at Mojos Bar as a daytime show. This man’s music is perfect for a Sunday, hungover, hearbroken and .. just jokes .. his tunes are wholesome, relaxed and very comfortable. Entry is $10 from midday – show goes thru to 4:30.

the Gold Club

at mojos bar !

Also, a new night will charm its way into all of your hearts. The Gold Club will feature the Wishers, Wolves at the Door, Grace Woodroofe and Cam Avery. Entry is $5 from 6pm. Punters wearing gold or yellow will get in half price ! haha.

Wide Open Mic

Freo's biggest monday!

Monday, August 16, performing at Mojo's for the Wide open mic will be a bunch of ambitious cats who will simply rock up on the night. This night is hosted by Justin Walshe 0408 755 233. Justin and the crew are looking for mymes, small skits, comedians and interpretive dancers - as well as songwriters - as this is the Wide Open Mic - wide open to all manner of performance! Entry is always free at Mojos on Monday’s.
 

Perth Jazz Society @ The Charles Hotel

'SOUNDS' AUSTRALIAN TO ME - ADRIAN KELLY

Monday 16 August: Trumperter, Adrian Kelly is one of those jazz artists that steps outside his comfort zone and explores the possibilities. Inspired by the artwork of his father, Robert John Kelly (1935 - 2010), Adrian will create platforms for improvisation that explore the colours, sound and textures that our incredible Western Australian landscape has to offer. Adrian will be joined by Victoria Newton, Peter Jeavons on bass, and guitarist Simon Jeans, in presenting these new compositions and improvisations while displaying on screen, images by Robert Kelly.

This will be a truly sensual experience.

 Entry is from 8pn and admission costs are Members $10 Student members $8 Non-members $15

Hand Stands at mojos

tuesdays need not be quiet nor accoustic. let there be dancing!

Tuesday, August 17, Hand Stands for Ants play Mojos Bar. These guys are bloody legend round the Norh Freo area particularly at Mojos. Supports include Rachel and Henry Climb a Hill, the Farthing Woods and Hootenanny. Entry is $5 from 8pm. Sweet show !

OPEN PIANO NIGHT AT X-WRAY

EVERY TUESDAY

Tuesday brings you Open Piano Night at X-Wray, in Fremantle. The talent is high and the entry is free on these relaxing nights.

Youth ballet wa fundraiser at the perth concert hall

culture with a cause

Following the HUGE success of last years Fundraising Gala, Youth Ballet WA are back to do it all again - this time TWICE.

Tuesday the 17th of August @ 6:30pm and Wednesday the 18th of August @ 6:30pm. Tickets range from $17 (children) to $55.

TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE THROUGH BOCS TICKETING
PHONE: 9484 1133 or
http://www.bocsticketing.com.au/events/ybwa_fundraising_gala.shtml

The YBWA Fundraising Gala 2010 will showcase dance in its many forms. Featuring excerpts ranging from the romantic classical ballet La Bayadère set in legendary India to the dynamic male dancers performing The Polovtsian Dances from the famous Russian opera Prince Igor (performed for the first time ever in Perth). Former New York City Ballet dancer Briana Shepherd, will astound you with the famous Dying Swan solo and along with flamboyant Spanish and innovative contemporary works choreographed by the well known Tim O'Donnell the night will be one for all ages to enjoy.

Dr Sketchy's Anti-Art School

LIFE DRAWING WITH A TWIST

On Wednesday August 18, a special "anti-art" class will be held in Northbridge. Dr Sketchy's is a non-intimidating life drawing class that features elaborate costumes and stunning models including burlesque artists, acrobats and contortionists. It's a fantastic opportunity for artists and non-artists alike to hone their skills in addition to winning fun prizes and meeting other local creatives!

This month's masterclass stars the ravishing Sugar Blue Burlesque artiste Cécile Mimieux.

Fremantle Blues and Roots Club

The wednesday nighter rolls on..

Wednesday, August 18, the Fremantle Blues and Roots Club presents the Electromen, That Velvet Echoe & Harry Moore. Entry is $10/$5 for members from 8pm.

Going Solo at the Moon

next wednesday!

Wednesday, August 18, is Going Solo at the Moon. The artists playing this night will be Benny Mayhem, Luke Dux and Amanda Merzdan. This week the artists will go on at 8pm. Entry to restaurants is always free!

We all deserve to be loved

at manhattans

Wednesday, August 18, We All Deserve to Be Loved the mid week indie night of the century presents Naik. DJ’s on the night are the eight limbed Woody Allen watching Paranoid Tarantula DJs. If you’re looking for love look no further than Manhattans Bar. Those of you attached with a lover need not suppose that this night is not for you- to the contrary many couples have come to this night and left even more in love with each other – what a night. Entry is $10 or $5 if you send you and your friends names to wealldeservetobeloved@mail.com. Show kicks off at 8pm.

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Science Ninja Van (part of National Science Week)

Bar 459 at Rosemount

Thursday August 19 from 7pm...

Science Ninjas rocking up in a van at pubs? What next?!!

The Science Ninjas will show you how to play with your food in the name of science.

Ninja Nina, Mega Megan and Professor Garry Lee, food scientist and rumoured inventor of that extra coffee smell in a jar will sabotage your tastebuds by messing with your eyes, ears and nose.

Presented by Scitech, CSIRO Education and The University of Western Australia.

It's free!

SubStandard - An evening of Dubstep

MOJOS BAR

Thursday August 19 is an evening of Dubstep at Mojos Bar.

Benedict Moleta Band

at the lounge, the bird, and the kurb

Friday August 20 @ The Velvet Lounge Mount Lawley. Entry $5 from 8 pm. With Craig McElhinney, Andrew Ewing and Chris Cobilis

Sunday September 5 @ The Bird, William Street Northbridge. Entry from 7pm. With Simone and Girlfunkle and Miranda Pollard.

Saturday October 16 @ The Kurb Gallery, 310 William Street Northbridge. Free entry from 7pm. No support act.  Benedict plays with Jonathan Brain. Jonathan has worked with Benedict on two of his previous albums, and will be playing a significant part in Benedict's next album. Songs from the next album will be featured at the Kurb gig. This will be an opportunity to hear quiet songs with minimal amplification in a nice acoustic setting.

Image by Dan Grant.

YOKOHOMOS EP LAUNCH w/ THE FAGS, CAT BLACK AND HOOTENANNY

The Den

Saturday 21 August: The Yokohomos is here!!!

Please come support the Homos! It is sure to be an exteme evening of unimaginable funk punk crunk.
Great bands in support: The Fags, Cat Black and Hootenanny.

Free EP at the door from 8pm. $10 entry.

Photo Cat

Meet At Hyde Park

Saturday August 21 will be a point race meeting at Hyde Park. The manifest will contain 10 locations. The locations will be weighted based on their distance and obscurity. You will need to plan a route to hit go to the location and take a picture with your bike in it at the spot. The spots will be spread out through the perth CBD. Hitting all 10 spots will be possible but not under the 1 hour time limit. After 1 hour you will need to find the end point of the rac...e. There will be a half hour window to finish. Bring a camera or a camera-phone.

KNOWLEDGE FIRST BIRTHDAY feat DJ MARKY

VIILLA NIGHTCLUB

On Saturday August 21. For more info, please see the facebook or the myspace.

BRASH AND SASSY'S "NOW" EP LAUNCH

MANHATTANS

Friday August 21.

All details here.

STAY IN BED FUNDRAISER

norfolk basement

We will soon be back from another tour of Canada in a couple of weeks and we are having a fundraising night to raise funds for the Australian Mitochonrial Disease Foundation.

The condition afflicts my sister Pippa plus countless other people, both children and adults.

So please, grab your tickets for the STAY IN BED FUNDRAISER ...Sunday August 22nd 6pm to 10pm at the Norfolk Hotel Basement in Freo.
...
We will be joined by the beautiful Prita, Simon Kelly and Blue Shaddy.

Tickets are available from Kul Kul 435 Hay St Subiaco 10am to 5.30pm or 12noon to 4pm on Sundays. Please drop in to grab your tickets @ $20 each or ring 9388 7900 and we will arrange for payment and distribution. Alternatively, there may be tickets available at the door on the night for $25 . (if not already sold out!)

More details are here.

single

Free Range Gallery

On Tuesday August 31 between 8am and 8pm, a one-day photography installation (with elements of performance) explores life as a single man.

A single night, a single man, a single photographic stand. Jackson Eaton’s third solo exhibition in Perth, entitled Single, will be a photo presentation, created and exhibited within a 24 hour time frame, examining the idea of the ‘one night stand’.

...Eaton will spend the night in the Free Range gallery with a stranger, documenting the experience with Polaroid photographs, before opening the gallery to the public the next day. Photos taken over the course of the previous night will be on display, as part of a site-based installation of the night’s activities.

In line with Eaton’s previous work, Single explores themes of intimacy and identity, boldly questioning wherein the appeal of ‘playing the field’ lies. Treading the hazy line between fiction and reality, Single aims to take a tangible approach to life after the demise of a significant relationship.

Critically, Eaton will use rare Polaroid Fade-to-Black film for the show. The film itself is a discontinued experimental material which, following development, drifts through different colour schemes before finally turning to blackness after 24 hours. Having been created over the course of the night the works in the exhibition will range from near full-colour to near total black and continue to change over time, offering a different viewing experience for each patron.

For more information please contact:
Jackson Eaton
jackson.lawlor.eaton@gmail.com
0450 683 276
http://jacksoneaton.com/

Chris Abrahams (The Necks) - Sydney

Life is Noise presents...

Play Scar Perth Album Launch
Wednesday September 1, 8pm
The Ellington Jazz Club, 191 Beaufort St, Perth

Chris Abrahams launches his new album Play Scar (Room 40), at Perth's premier jazz venue, The Ellington Jazz Club, on Wednesday September 1 from 8pm. Support comes from local guitar/noise maestro Craig McElhinney.

Chris Abrahams is best known for his work as the pianist for The Necks. In addition to his work with the Sydney-based jazz trio, Abrahams has a career stretching back over 25 years, including solo albums, several collaborations with Melanie Oxley, as well as in soundtrack composition.

Play Scar rolls from minimalism to musique concrete as Abrahams builds sweeping aural landscapes and hypnotic rhythm. Despite being full of diversity and juxtaposition, the record still manages to form a complete and coherent whole. Play Scar has rightly received brilliant reviews - it is a challenging, complex and breathtakingly beautiful body of work.

Book presale tickets at http://www.ellingtonjazz.com.au
$20 Standing/$25 Seated /more on the door on the night if available.
 

Llama Live

llama bar, 468 Hay Street, Subiaco

It’s a gig Jim, but not as we know it. “Llama Live” is the newest innovation to the local live music landscape - a weekly showcase of the crème of the scene from Perth and beyond. Every Thursday will see a new handpicked selection of bands from 80’s synth pop to dance punk to everything in between. Drinks, tapas, music and you – the ultimate weekend warm up at the Llama Bar, Subiaco every Thursday night. Kicks off on 2nd September with Good Little Fox & Resort and throughout September look out for Sneaky Weasel Gang, the Brow Horn Orchestra, and Brash & Sassy and ‘ The Domnicks’ featuring Dom Mariani and Nick Shepherd. $10 entry. $20 for table seating (including a drink). Free entry before 7.30pm. Dress cool.

Nadja and Aiden Baker

play Mojos with boss local line up

The show will occur on Thursday the 14th October at 8pm at Mojo’s Bar.

Nadja will be joined by ambient noise artist, Craig Mcehlinney, experimental noise/dub rockers Injured Ninja and post-rocker juggernauts Tangled Thoughts of Leaving. Aidan Baker from Nadja will also be playing a special solo set.

FASHION TALKS 2010

Fremantle Arts Centre

www.fac.org.au

life is noise and Cool Perth Nights present...

OUCH MY FACE (MELBOURNE)

Friday, October 22, at Manhattans.
AND
Sunday October 24, at Mojos.

"This band is the kind of genetic mutation that makes rock feel fun, exciting and a little unhinged in the most appealing of ways" Time Off

Melbourne three-piece Ouch My Face bring their own brand of raw, experimental punk westward for the first time for two sure-to-be-outrageous live shows on Friday, October 22 at Manhattans, and Sunday, October 24 at Mojos.Fronted by the diminutive Celeste Potter, the band has earned a reputation as one of those bands that you simply must see live, destroying stages and leaving burst eardrums, open jaws and blown minds in their wake. This kind of visceral live show has seen Ouch My Face earn opening slots for the likes of The Bronx, Shonen Knife and Handsome Furs, as well as receive glowing reviews by the truckload.With local support coming from Wind Waker and Seams at Manhattans, and The Love Junkies and Hootenanny at Mojos, the stage is set for two face-meltingly awesome nights of chaotic funtimes.Tickets - $17+bf from heatseeker.com.au, Mills and Planet.

THE BEAUFORT STREET FESTIVAL 2010

Life is Noise, The Beaufort Street Network and Town of Vincent present...

Saturday, November 27 in Beaufort Street, Highgate and Mount Lawley.

Beaufort Street has always been at the heart of cool, alternative, independent culture in Perth, so its high time that we got a festival to celebrate the music, art, fashion and food that make the precinct so special.

The Beaufort Street Festival will showcase the cutting-edge talent and diversity of Perths musicians, artists, designers and culinary tastemakers on Saturday November 27.

Perth's cultural hub will come alive with unique, quirky and stylish displays of bands, temporary art exhibitions and fashion parades, with the action taking place on the streets, in shops, cafes, bars and laneways.

The festival is the brainchild of the Beaufort Street Network, a collective of local businesses and residents, and they're looking for help to make the event a representation of all that the Beaufort Street precinct has to offer. Accordingly, the Network is putting the call-out for community involvement.

If there's something youd like to see be part of the festival, or if youd simply like to volunteer your time, contact Festival Director Dave Cutbush on 0400 498 362 or at festival@beaufortstreet.com.au.

NewNoise Agency and 2fast4loveMusic present

THE MISFITS

The Misfits play at the Rosemount Hotel on February 1 2011 with special guests: Perth's own Blazin' Entrails.

TICKETS AVAILABLE 16th August 2010.
For more information visit www.newnoiseagency.com

The Blue Room & Side Pony Productions Present

the pride

From the director of 2009's Heart of Gold, independent production house Side Pony Productions present their sixth theatrical production, The Pride at The Blue Room Theatre from 1 - 18 September, before touring to Brisbane Festival's BF10 Under The Radar curated fringe festival.

Mapping the social patterns of a lion’s life onto human characters dressed as lions (impressively crafted by Esther Sandler), The Pride further cements Side Pony Productions’ signature style: visually striking, black comedy at its darkest.

The Pride is directed by Zoe Pepper, whose previous works include Heart of Gold, The Manic Pony, Scarecrow, and Motor City Blues; and features the talents of Brendan Ewing (The Red Shoes, Antigone), Russell Leonard (Equus) and Adriane Daff (BSSTC’s 2010 HotBed Ensemble, Yellow Moon, The Shape of Things).

CHICKEN SHACK BOOGIE

HULA BULA tiki bar

The Chicken Shack is open for business! On the second Thursday of every month, your hosts Razor Jack & Rockin' Rhys invite you to take a ride to the other side of the tracks for a night of wild 50s rockin' sounds... down home blues, stompin' black R&B, primitive rockabilly and hillbilly boogie, crazy western swing and a whole lot more!

This launch night will also feature a special live guest spot from the fantastic RUSTY PINTO an...d a savage new cocktail called Hillbilly Swampwater - yeowww!! Toons kick off at 8pm and go right though till midnight - free entry. Hope to see ya'll there!
 

Schvendes have a new vdeo clip

It's for their new tune Lay the noose

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxnYFo_Ys3I

Schvendes are a bunch of ghostly murder balladeers from Western Australia. This time round, they're offering a creepy tale set in one of Australia's most notorious worker's clubs. If you think you know where this clip is going, I assure you a surprise awaits. Delightful or damming - whatever you make of this, we hope you enjoy.

Exhibitions Opening

Fremantle Arts Centre

Friday 23 July, 6:30pm
To be opened by Josh Byrne, Environmental Scientist and Presenter/Writer for ABC’s Gardening Australia.

Exhibitions continue until Saturday 19 September.

Fashioning Now: changing the way we make and use clothes

Australian designers Romance was Born, Issey Miyake and other high-profile practitioners prove that sustainability and fashion can coexist in this international exhibition.

Sustainability is becoming integral to the way clothing is produced, used and discarded. Fashioning Now explores various methods that are rooted in low-impact production. Fashioning Now includes garments, textile objects, photography, illustration and video.

Curated by Alison Gwilt, Course Director, Fashion and Textile Design, University of Technology, Sydney, and Timo Rissanen, Assistant Professor, Fashion Design and

Sustainability, Parsons the New School of Design, New York. With contributions by Alex Martin; Alison Gwilt; Bijan Sheikhlary; Helen Story, Issey Miyake (from the collection of Dr Gene Sherman); Jennifer Shellard; Kate Fletcher; Mike Betts and Mark Holt, Better Thinking; Anna Plunkett and Luke Sales, Romance was Born; and Timo Rissanen.

Nairn Scott: The Glomesh Project

Gold is the ultimate status symbol which resonates across history and all cultures. Valuable gold fob watches and lavish candelabra sit alongside gloriously cheap nick-nacks from the Two Dollar Shop. Meticulously printed on hand-gilded paper, Scott bestows an elegance on the enduring and the disposable, the real and fake. The playful interchange of Scott’s ‘pick-and-mix’ aesthetic exposes the folly of equating good taste with social status.

Scott is represented by James Dorahy Project Space, Sydney

Mark Parfitt: Dream Bore

Inspired by the humble bore, Perth artist Mark Parfitt celebrates the life supply of more than 80,000 suburban backyards. His own bore made redundant, Parfitt seeks alternative uses for this Western Australian icon. Assuming the self-reliant mindset of so many ‘can-do’ homeowners, Parfitt converts his home-made bore into an underground garden. Dream Bore is a fond and humorous application of recycling and reinvention to this backyard staple. The garden is accompanied by his exploratory drawings and diagrams and an artists’ book by Jamie Macchiusi (WA) and Gemma Weston (WA).

Parfitt is represented by Galerie Düsseldorf, Perth. Supported by the Janet Holmes à Court Artists’ Grant which is a NAVA initiative, mad e possible through the generous

sponsorship of Mrs Janet Holmes à Court and through the support of the Visual Arts Board, Australia Council for the Arts

Vera Möller: darkrooming

Vera Möller (VIC) creates an eerie and luminous installation in which over 3,000 components glow and oscillate. In what Möller has characterised as a ‘museum of fictional species’, strange, organic forms are withered and calcified, accentuating the alien qualities of nature. Informed by her studies in theology and microbiology, Möller’s fantastical work is simultaneously bathed in an atmosphere of decline while predicting the emergence of new aberrant life.

Represented by Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane; Sophie Gannon Gallery, Melbourne; and Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney

gasp

blue room theatre

Begins Thursday August 3rd.

More info here.

PICA's Winter Exhibitions

loads coming up at pica ..

PICA is pleased to present three exciting new exhibitions over the winter months.

Rounds is a group exhibition, featuring works by some of Western Australia's most exciting young artists. Curated by Sarah Rowbottam, this exhibition takes over PICA's ground floor and deals with the idea of peer influence.

Upstairs in the Westend Gallery is a solo exhibition by respected WA artist Bevan Honey, which include massive structures knitted out of cray pots, drawings and a burn-out machine!

In the screen space is the first ever screening in Australia of Spanish/German artist Ignacio Uriate's work: The History of the Typewriter Recited by Michael Winslow. Winslow may be familiar to some as the star of the 80s Police Academy films with the unique 'sound effects' talent. This film is accompanied by a series of prints.

i demand to know the dates of these exhibitions!