Call Yo Mama!

Spinning Dick's - First floor, Clarence House

"This week, all yo mama's favourites, all night long -
AKA the very best of Mix 94.5's PartyMix -
featuring Whiteman Dingo (in seduction mode)
alongside PCJ and Son of the Father"
*** FREE ENTRY, $5 BAR - 8 PM TILL 1 AM ***

Midlake

play Capitol

Wednesday August 4

Get tix here
 

Fremantle Blues and roots club

The bluesiest, rootsiest wednesday in town!

Wednesday, August 4, the Fremantle Blues and Roots Club presents Ray Beadle, Lightning Jack & Heath Marshall. Entry is $10/$15 for non members from 8pm.  

We all deserve to be loved

at manhattans

Wednesday, August 4, We All Deserve to Be Loved the mid week indie night of the century presents the Kill Devil Hills and Blackmilk . 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.

more about it!
 

Going Solo at the Moon late night café

with woodroofe, swan and stoker

Wednesday, August 4, is Going Solo at the Moon. The artists playing this night will be Grace Woodroofe, Mike Swann & Will Stoker. This week the artists will go on at 8pm. Entry to restaurants is always free! 

HAVE SOCKS

The Bird

Find Rachel and discretely show her your.... socks.

Rach's favourite socks win.

...Rok Riley, Captn K and Nathan J provide the boogaloo

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

Every thursday 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

Manhattans

Manhattans is 10 minute cab ride from Mt Lawley!

Thursday, August 5, Tyranocorp deals big with an ace lineup of rock n roll action & our very first lineup at new venue, Manhattans! The lineup features the Sure Fire Midnights, Chainsaw Hookers, Bible Bashers and the Blazin Entrails.

Entry is $8 and doors open at 8pm. Manhattans is located just over the causeway at 243 Albany highway, it's easy to get to by quick bus ride or cheap as chips taxi. .

Stu Orchard plus special guests at Mojos Bar

Weekend starts here

Thursday, August 5, Stu Orchard headlines the world most dedicated space for any given pursuit, in this case rock and roll, Mojos Bar North Fremantle. Supports are Demi Monde, Handstands for Ants and Buffalo Everything. $7 entry from 8pm.

Central Institute of Technology (formerly Central TAFE)

Gallery Central, 12 Aberdeen St, Northbridge.

More info?:
www.central2010.com

Home is Where My Heart Is 2010

Photo Exhibition

Home is Where My Heart Is is a photographic exhibition capturing the reality of youth homelessness.

Now in its third year, the exhibition is the culmination of a project that partners young emerging photographers with young homeless people, who are asked to take a photo that captures their interpretation of home.

More infohere.

BLOG HUNTERS

The Bird

All info here.

Whitley at Manhattans !

catch him here before he flies east!

Friday, August 6, Whitley plays his final WA solo show. Following on from his critically-lauded debut The Submarine, Whitley returns with stellar follow up, Go Forth, Find Mammoth. Written and produced by Whitley, and engineered in a ramshackle studio on the Victorian Coast, the new album pushes the talented songwriter to his limits. This well-realised follow-up picks up where his debut left off in its warmth, beauty and intimacy, however it carries a much bolder aspiration. Go Forth, Find Mammoth is an engulfing journey filled with flourishes and triumphs. Multiple harmony vocals, strings, pump organ, pedal steel, horns and even a hammer and a bedroom door make up this albums truly rich and exciting sonic palette. After 18 months of touring with the release of The Submarine, including 3 US tours and countless laps around Australia, Whitley is primed to deliver Go Forth, Find Mammoth in a live arena to fans old and new. With a new band and a new sound, Whitley hits the road this November to spread the good word. Whitley will take his five piece band on tour nationally taking to all states and a territory with special guests everywhere. The Go Forth Find Mammoth Tour will be not what you are expecting and everything you have been waiting for. Supporting on the night is Seagull who’s new album Council Tree is bloody great. Entry to this very exclusive night of performance is $20+bf presale thru Moshtix or $25 on the door on the night from 7pm.

Fisherman Style #50 at Mojos Bar

a birthday party you're all invited to!

Friday, August 6, sees the 50th instalment of Fisherman Style. This month EarthLink presents regulars Sabata Sound (boom Dancehall and up to di time Roots), local legend DJ Deruki (playing classics through the ages) alongside the Kiwi connection DJ Dubheap . Also appearing for the very first time at Fisherman Style will be one of Perth’s young up and coming African crews Ras Movements bringing their own unique style to Perth’s longest running regular night. With a vibe second to none it’s bound to be another night filled with good times and much dancehall niceness. Running from 8pm - 1am with Free entry before 9pm and then $10/$5 conc. Food available from the Mojo's Pizza Oven.
 

PVT (formerly Pivot)

The Rosemount hotel

With Astral Travel & Predrag Delibasich.
Tickets - http://www.moshtix.com.au/event.aspx?id=37278
Ticket & album pre-order bundle for cheeaaap - http://bit.ly/bt1Vqi
 

The Body, Art & Bioethics

William Lambden Owen Room, Moot Court, Law Building, The University of Western Australia

More Info: www.bodyartbioethics.symbiotica.uwa.edu.au

STEAMWORKS feat. Mightyfools, Flight Facilities + Sharkslayer

Villa Nightclub

More info here.

Yellow Moon - The Ballad of Leila and Lee

PICA

Featuring the 2010 HotBed Ensemble: actors Austin Castiglione, Adriane Daff, Melanie Munt and Tim Solly, and creatives Fiona Bruce, Peter Dawson, Mia Holton and Tess Reuvers, and Stage Manager Genevieve Jones, as well as Movement Director Claudia Alessi.

Director: Adam Mitchell

A gritty contemporary tale of young love, looming tragedy and the unexpected.
...
Lee is a cocky teenager who seems to attract trouble, Leila's a 17 year-old Muslim girl looking for a way to fit in. She spends her Friday nights lost in the blurry universe of glossy celebrity magazines, Lee stealing booze from the supermarket.

They never meant to get mixed up in a murder, but after Billy Logan is killed, the teenagers are on the run and need a place to hide. As the winter closes in, Leila and Lee take flight to the Scottish Highlands. The caretaker Frank, full of drink and deceit, offers them shelter in a hunting lodge. Just as the pair find refuge, the first guests of the season begin to arrive.

David Greig is one of the most exciting contemporary playwrights working today. Yellow Moon - The Ballad of Leila and Lee is set to be the most inventive and vital storytelling of the season.

Duration: approx. 1 hour (no interval)
Warning: Yellow Moon contains frequent strong language.

At PICA from 6 - 22 August, 8pm (also 2.15pm 21 Aug and 5pm 22 Aug)
Post Show Q&A Tue 17 Aug 8pm

Please note: Late admittance to the theatre will not be possible, so please make sure you give yourself plenty of time to get to the venue.

Tickets: Standard $29.50, Concession $21.50, Previews $21.50, Students $17.50, Student Rush $14.95 (subject to availability from the box office 30 mins prior to show)

Tickets from BOCS Ticketing at 9484 1133 or www.bocsticketing.com.au, or from PICA at 9228 6300 or www.pica.org.au

http://bsstc.com.au/yellow-moon/

Manhattans

the grooviest joint in vic park!

Saturday August 7, the Unstoppable Glue night returns to everyones lives at Manhattans. This week this totally good time gfree entry indie club night presents AZ, Cale Herbert plus Tom Fom and FKN MIDAS. These guys welcomer crews that run Dj nights all over the city so each week it’s the same amount of fun but a slightly different type. Entry is free and the night kicks off at 7:30pm

The Devil Rides Out at Mojos Bar

the circus, carnies, and the devil

Saturday, August 7. The heavy hombres of The Devil Rides Out and sinister ladies of Carnies With Candy make for a very sexy combination for a special event dubbed 'Hot August Night'. This eclectic invocation of gritty rock'n'roll and dark performance is fleshed out by the powerfully psychedelic rock of Sonpsilo Circus, burning hot hellbilly blues of The Automasters and visceral vinyl of the mysterious DJ Moogy. Between each band, the devilish Carnies With Candy sirens will seduce you with sizzling cabaret from the edge. Tickets are $12 at the door from 8pm. The Devil Rides Out's acclaimed new album 'The Heart & The Crown' will be on sale at the show.

DREAM-ING 2

DREAM REHEARSAL STUDIO

Check it all out here.

IRIS AWARDS 2010

Perth Centre for Photography

(apologies for cross-posting members of Short Circuit who are also members of PCP)

IRIS AWARD 2010

...The Perth Centre for Photography invites all photo media artists to enter the IRIS Award 2010.

First Prize
PCP and Crumpler
$3000 cash

Judges commendation prize
Fitzgerald Photo Imaging
$500 cash & Crumpler Bag (Value $155)

Student Prize
Minter Ellison Youth Foundation
$500 cash & Crumpler Bag (value $330)

The IRIS Award is a national prize recognising new and outstanding portraiture in
photo-based media offering over $4000 in cash and prizes.

The criteria for selection focuses on portraits that are unique, original and engaging
whilst also maintaining excellence in photo-media quality

Closing date for entries
Wednesday 28 July 2010

Official opening
Friday 27th August 2010

Exhibition dates
28th August - 19th September

For more information email coordinator@pcp.org.au.

DOWNLOAD AN ENTRY FORM AT www.pcp.org.au

Perth Centre for Photography
91 Brisbane Street Perth
enquiries: info@pcp.org.au

Image: Winner of 2009 Iris Award, Title: Emma
Artist: Elizabeth Devereux

'Beat Speak' The Community and Flowlab International Fundraiser Vol. 1

The Velvet Lounge

The Community and Flowlab are bringing Sage Francis to our nook. But this is only just the beginning.

On Saturday the 7th of August, The Community and Flowlab present volume 1 of the International Fundraisers series, with the night featuring:

Beni Chill
...Slackjaw
Coin
The Colab Jam Band
Sibalance
Mr Starks

Come on down and support good local talent and help bring some awesome internationals to our isolated hood.

$5 entry + merch stand.

Volume 2 will feature the live exploits of Naik and Diger Rokwell, Mathas, Cartoon Hell and the return of Maxy Bills at Mojos late August. Watch this space.

Pigeonhole Vintage Shop Launch w/1950s Afternoon Tea

PIGEONHOLE

Guess what? Pigeonhole has taken over Shop 10 in the Bon Marche Arcade and, on Saturday August 7, we are set to introduce ANOTHER member to the flock…Pigeonhole Vintage!

The new Pigeonhole Vintage shop will be filled with quality vintage at very reasonable prices. As well as offering a range of sweet vintage threads, our girls will gladly give a helping hand to offer in-store styling and possibly some basic alteration services ...once the store up and running!

To celebrate, we are taking a trip back in time with a 1950’s afternoon tea to rival the Stepford Wives! In true domestic fashion there will be some yummy choc chip cookies, ‘aunty daph’ sugar-dusted cake and lovely cupcakes for you to devour whilst you peruse our unique vintage finds.

So please join us in 1950s bliss for some yummy treats and vintage dress-ups!

When: Saturday August 7 @ 1pm-5pm

Where: Shop 10 Bon Marche Arcade (next door to Cabin Fever!)

What: Pigeonhole Vintage Shop Launch w/ 1950s Afternoon Tea

P.S. Be sure to keep your eyes peeled on our blog early next week as we will have another exciting announcement to do with the launch of Pigeonhole Vintage ;)

http://pigeonhole.com.au/news/

Manhattans

Sunday arvo jams

Sunday, August 8, Jack Doepel and his band of very merry and preposterously skilled jazz dudes will wow, swoon and just be marvelklous! Expect super edgy versions of absolute jazz classics and don’t be surprised if you find some of these players rather handsome – oooo weee. Entry is $5 from 3pm goes till sundown.. Manhattans is theonly joint running these Sunday arvo jazz sessions so don’t look nowhere else!

The Joe Kings at Mojos!

back on their home turf

Sunday, August 8. The Joe Kings play Mojos Bar. The Joe Kings are a true local music success story especially at - the Spiritual home of guru like songwriter man Jack ‘Saturday Night’ Stirling - Mojos Bar. Supports on the night are the inimitable and very much on the rise Tracksuit. Cool gentle indie posters Pins and Ladles will kick off this Sunday sesh. Entry is $10 from 5pm.

Nacho Grande- the Art show

The Moon CafE

 
Arms- painting
Zoe Anderson- photography
Michael Katchan- illustration

Wide Open Mic

Freo's biggest monday!

Monday, August 9, 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

MISS YOU MR. MERCER

Mon 9 Aug 2010 @ 8:00pm

Admission Members $10 Student members $8 Non-members $15

‘MISS YOU MR. MERCER’ is a labour of love by two of WA’s finest exponents of words and music - Ali Bodycoat and Libby Hammer - along with guitarist, Kim Anning, pianist, Glyn MacDonald, Shane Pooley on bass and Michael Perkins on Drums they will bring to the PJS audience an unforgettable evening of ‘Mercer Magic’.

Formerly a vocalist with the Benny Goodman and Paul Whiteman orchestras, Johnny Mercer collaborated with such celebrated tune makers as Jerome Kern, Harry Warren, Vernon Duke, Henry Mancini Richard Whiting, and Harold Arlen.
A renowned lyricist, Mercer won four Academy Awards for On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe (The Harvey Girls) Moon River (Breakfast at Tiffanys) In the Cool Cool of the Evening (Here Comes the Groom) The Days of Wine and Roses (The Days of Wine and Rose) and was nominated for many more e.g. My Shining Hour, That Old Black Magic, Charade.

Kosmic Sound & Jack Daniels Mojo Rising at Mojos Bar

this band comp final has talent oozing out if it!!

Tuesday, August 10, Kosmic Sound & Jack Daniels Mojo Rising present the Grand Final!!!!. Playing a kick ass show with a view to winning first prize in August 10’s Grand Final earning themselves a recording session with Blackbird engineer Dave Parkin and a $1,500 gift voucher at Kosmic Sound are the Love Junkies, Hunting Huxley, Sonpsilo Circus, The Escape Artists and The Moltens. The five criteria that judges will be focussing on throughout this band comp are 1. Musicianship 2. Level of innovation 3. Richness of influences 4. Crowd response 5. X factor. Entry to these Tuesday’s for the next 11 weeks including the Grand final is always $5 from 8pm.

OPEN PIANO NIGHT AT X-WRAY

EVERY TUESDAY

Tuesday August 3 brings you Open Piano Night at X-Wray, in Fremantle. The talent is high and the entry is free on these relaxing nights.

Fremantle Blues and Roots Club

The wednesday nighter rolls on..

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.

We all deserve to be loved

at manhattans

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 you and your friends names to wealldeservetobeloved@mail.com. Show kicks off at 8pm.

more about it!

Going Solo at the Moon

next wednesday!

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!

Rounds Publication Launch

Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts

On Friday August 13, join us for the launch of 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!

August Hussle Hussle at Mojo's Bar

this one's gonna be biiiiggg!!!

On 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 stage.. 

The Brow Horn Orchestra 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 flipside 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 ...

$10 Entry from 8pm

Simone and Girlfunkle Ep Launch

Manhattans Bar Victoria Park

On Friday August 13, this will be a fun night of fine and dandy bands!

Acts will include SIMONE AND GIRLFUNKLE, ...6'S AND 7'S, FELICITY GROOM TRIO with ADAM TRAINER DJ-ING!

There will be crazy merch and carrot cake!!!
Do it or DIE DIE DIE.... just kidding.

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

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

On Saturday August 14, Blac Blocs return from a hiatus - they're gearing up towards their CD Launch later in the year... 

They'll be sharing the stage with The Wednesday Society and the Supergames...

Witness the Radical Rock Fitness!

green green green tour de perth

The Den on the 13th & Swan Basement on the 14th august

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

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!!!!!!

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.

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

"Abrahams may be challenging expectations, but in Play Scar he has produced a record which will certainly exceed them." Mapsadaisical

"A magnificent piece of experimental music which is so vast and complex in scope that it never appears twice in the same light." 5/5 The Milk Factory

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 concr�te 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.

Craig McElhinney's new album Be Water My Friend is a stunning mixture of shimmering folk and mesmerising drone that confirms his reputation at the forefront of Perth's musical innovators.

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

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.

Perths 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 theyre 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 theres 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

AT THE ROSEMOUNT HOTEL ON FEBRUARY 1 2011 WITH SPECIAL GUESTS: BLAZIN' ENTRAILS.

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

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!

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.

Young Enough to do it anyway

August - November 2010, proudly supported by the City of Perth

Key to the City: 21 years of adventurous WA theatre making

The Blue Room Theatre, celebrating 21 years as Perth’s home to independent theatre, continues its milestone year with a brand new season of original, risk-taking performance: Young Enough to do it anyway, proudly supported by the City of Perth, launching on 22 July 2010.

Following the current season, Old Enough to know better..., Young Enough to do it anyway (August - November 2010), cements The Blue Room Theatre’s place as a leading performing arts resource organisation in Australia with six world premiere productions and multiple cross-continent collaborations by established and emerging professional theatre makers.

In August we start by welcoming back locals Hook in Eye Productions (Alaska, 2009) with the debut of Gasp by WA playwright Suzanne Rofe - award-winning designers combine steampunk stylings with Perth’s hottest acting talent to spotlight the flaws and fiction in our mental health system; while Perth’s own Zack Adams (Shane Adamczak) reacquanits himself with The Blue Room Theatre in his solo exploration of love, loss and ginger beards LOVE SONGS FOR FUTURE GIRL - a comedic musical journey in search of ‘The One’.

September begins with The Pride, a surreal and dark domestic comedy by Side Pony Productions (Heart of Gold, 2009, Scarecrow, 2006) that projects the characteristics of lions onto humans, co-created by director Zoe Pepper and an ensemble cast; and Jack & Jill by writer/director Jessica Craig-Piper brings a new team of creatives together in a portrait of morality and obsession - when a father dies, the small-town son seeks out the urban-dwelling sister he’s never met, only to be adopted by her friends as their latest art project.

October brings an exploration of extended lifespan and A.I. technologies by Canberra cross-artform collective Last Man To Die in their self-titled blend of drawing, percussion and performance - transforming the theatre into a museum from the future where your interaction with each ‘exhibit’ determines a unique performance; and celebrating Pride month is John Aitken’s latest offering R & J as performed by William Shakespeare and the Earl of Southampton, seeing the Bard and his muse lock horns workshopping a tale of ‘star-crossed lovers’.

November rounds out the season with Dawn Albinger’s solo No Door On Her Mouth - a philosophical answer and performative response to the question of how to say “I love you” without it meaning “I wonder if I am loved”, featuring dramaturgy by Margaret Cameron (VIC) and video art by Sam James (NSW); and drawing it all to a close, emerging writer/director Nate Doherty’s House of fun! incorporates real-life stories into a humourous new play that mirrors and dissects the modern phenomenon of share-house living.

Subscriptions to this 21st birthday season are available from as little as $48 and can be purchased through The Blue Room Theatre’s new online ticketing system which attracts absolutely no booking fees!

Still with some of the lowest priced drinks in Northbridge, The Blue Room Theatre bar (cool in summer, heated in winter) is the place to hang out before and after shows. Make your night complete with our drink and toasted sandwich deal for only $8! And yes, you can take your drinks into the theatre.

Break the rules, not the bank, and take your friends on a theatrical adventure to The Blue Room Theatre: Old Enough to know better... Young Enough to do it anyway, August – November 2010, proudly supported by the City of Perth.

Bookings & info: www.blueroom.org.au / 9227 7005
Media contact: Dianah Star 9227 7005 / di@blueroom.org.au

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).

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.

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!