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Chris Downes & Joshua Santospirito: The Shipwright and the Banshee

Will be attempting to pop along to the Long Gallery tonight to see Chris Downes draw glow in the dark banshees to music tonight. $12 @ 8 – 10pm. Looks like fun!  

Hobart Winter Bus Stop Blues

I’ve* assembled a crack team to take out this year’s Salamanca Arts Centre Tasmania to Antarctica themed Quiz Night, and in honour of the month have donated the above ink and watercolour Hobart/Antarctic July-inspired drawing for the silent auction. …And as the meta-theme for this post is themes, to keep with the charity theme I’m [...]

Kevin flies again!

No, it’s not the greatest political comeback since Lazurus’ triple bypass, but the above Be Free, Kevin! just won the People’s Choice Award for the Behind the Lines 2010 exhibition at the Riverside Theatre in Parramatta after winning it previously in Canberra, proving that both Parramattans and Canberrans have excellent taste. The exhibition is travelling to Perth next, so [...]

Concert for Queensland

You may have heard there was a bit of rain up in Queensland a few weeks back. The man who brought you World Party, that all-round good guy (despite being a lawyer) Stephen Estcourt has leapt to the rescue and organised a little soiree at the Hobart Town Hall in aid of the cleanup. It’s [...]

Fred Smith and the Spooky Men’s Chorale inbound to Tasmania

Fred Smith has just finished a stint working with the ADF attempting to bring prosperity and peace to Afghanistan and is now back saving the world through the medium of folk singing. For those who don’t know, Fred is a bit like Paul Kelly if Paul Kelly were Fred Smith and moonlighted for the Department of [...]