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February 2008
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January kicked off with The Aurealis Awards, celebrating Australia's best science fiction and horror novelists. It was a weird and wonderful night.....
Whats On in February!
The Necks Sat 2 Feb
We launch into February this Saturday with The Necks who are among the most respected and in-demand muscians in Australia, working in every field from pop to the avant-garde.
The deceptive simplicity of their music throws forth new charms on each hearing. Not entirely avant-garde, nor minimalist, nor ambient, nor jazz, the music of The Necks is possibly unique in the world today.
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Emma Dean and Tara Simmons Fri 8 Feb
Be swooned by two of Brisbane’s hugely talented singer-songwriter-musicians, Emma Dean and Tara Simmons, as they share the bill for this all-girl blast of quirky folk/pop dusted with cool electronica.
Tara will showcases her unique band configuration of multiple cellos, double bass, keys, electro-laptop, voice and kit,"a Brisbane talent worth keeping an eye on." Richard Kingsmill, Triple J.
As Emma a singer, songwriter, pianist and violinist will share her clever yet soulful, beautiful and funky melodies.
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Loooooping Live Sat 9 Feb
Cycology – a new solo work with Linsey Pollack!
Professor Squealy Deetbum is the world's leading researcher in Cycology (the art of playing the bicycle). He will be delivering a lecture demonstrating the fundamental principles of bicycle music using a clarinet made from a bicycle seat stem, gear cable cello, tuned wheel spokes, handlebar harmonic flute, water bottle foonki and bicycle pump panpipe!
Their sounds are recorded and mixed as you watch to create exciting original compositions.
Professor Deetbum will take you past the expected, and onto new musical imaginings.
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The Compassionate Mandala Tour Mon 11 - Sat 16 Feb
In celebration of the Tibetan New Year The Compassionate Mandala Tour brings us a week long festival of concerts, meditation and workshops centred on the creation of a sand mandala. This festival features performance by Terika, Two Horseman and the Tashi Lhunpo Monks.
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Megan Washington and Paul Grabowsky Sat 23 Feb
An exciting new musical collaboration is born.
Composer/pianist, Paul Grabowsky is one of Australia’s most distinguished artists having founded and directed the Australian Art Orchestra since 1994. The AAO is a truly unique and important contemporary ensemble, renowned for its collaborations with myriad artists including Paul Kelly and Archie Roach.
Grabowsky first heard Queensland Conservatorium of Music graduate, Megan Washington perform while she was studying. Part indie, part folk, part jazz focused, singer/songwriter Washington won the James Morrison Generations in Jazz Vocal Scholarship in 2004.
Washington and Grabowsky found common threads and have collaborated since 2006 to create this exciting performance.
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Bell Tower II Tue 26 - Wed 27 Feb
The first Bell Tower II program for 2008 features “Sonnets”, an evening of new performance works by Lisa Wilson, in collaboration with some of Queensland’s finest established and emerging artists, across dance, music and videography.
Three evocative dance works are tied by the common thread of falling; a contrasting collection of original works, where traces of human stories remain intact within detailed and distinctive choreography. A series of connected yet un-connected pieces – of gravity, fragility and our constant search for stillness.
FREE please phone 3872 9000 for tickets
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The Emerge Project commence another year of new writing and performance with a Double Feature of Inmates by David McCartney and The Kid Knows Somethin' by Karlo Bran.
Inmates tells the story of a young man's progression through a profound mental collapse. To escape and as a means of understanding his ordeal, the man pens a play recording the changes taking place in his inner world. The boundaries between the two worlds however, and the characters created take on a life of their own to the torment and confusion of their author.
After the success of 2006’s The Kid Knows Nothin’, performer Karlo Bran and writer/director Errol Bray present the second part of The Kid Cabaret trilogy. Again, the beautiful voice of Karlo Bran performs songs from a wide range of composers including Wainwright, Dylan, Lloyd Webber and Robbie Williams, all interspersed with witty, quirky “Kid” humour.
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MOVIE SNEAK GIVEAWAYS!
This month, thanks to Hopscotch Films we’ve got 50 double passes for 50 winning Judy members to catch a sneak preview of BELLA.
To enter, send an email to info@jwcoca.qld.gov.au with the film title in the subject line by Thursday 31st January @ 5pm. Make sure you include your postal address details and be first to win!
Tickets are valid at all participating cinemas the weekend prior to release – valid Feb 15, 16, 17 only.
Screenings @ Dendy Portside, BCC Chermside and Balmoral Cinemas
Bella took the Toronto Film Festival’s People’s Choice Award, a distinction which has put it in the company of films such as American Beauty, Life Is Beautiful and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Inspired by a true story, this feature debut shows how one day in New York alters the lives of two people forever.
The movie follows Jose, a handsome soccer star (Eduardo Verástegui) who is on his way to sign a multi-million dollar contract when a series of events unfold that bring his career to an abrupt end. Having retreated from the world, the once-famous athlete now works as a cook at his brother Manny’s Mexican restaurant in Manhattan. A beautiful waitress, Nina, (Tammy Blanchard), struggling to make it in New York City, discovers something about herself that she’s unprepared for. In one irreversible moment, their lives are turned upside down… until a simple gesture of kindness brings them both together, turning an ordinary day into an unforgettable one.
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