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Don’t miss the 2010 Melbourne Fringe Festival from 22 September to 10 October.
For bookings and more information go to www.melbournefringe.com.au
Don’t miss the 2010 Melbourne Fringe Festival from 22 September to 10 October.
For bookings and more information go to www.melbournefringe.com.au
As Victoria heads into the state elections, plot, plan and get inspired with exciting speakers from Socialist Alliance, the Greens and community campaigns...
Public interest vs private profits in Victoria
AMWU offices, 251 Queensberry St, Carlton South
Oct 2nd
Registration from 9.30am $15/10 concession (full day) $7/3(half day)
10.00-11.20am Population, urban sprawl and Melbourne’s infrastructure
Join Alex
Bhathal, Greens federal election candidate and Trent
Hawkins, Socialist Alliance federal election
candidate to discuss, "Does Melbourne have too many people? Is this why
our trains are overcrowded? Can Melbourne increase its population and still
have green spaces?"
11.30 –12.45pm: Workshops:
(a) Water, forests and climate change: How to meet Victoria’s challenges
Presented by Steve Meacher, Climate Emergency Network; Mitch Cherry, climate activist and Geelong Socialist Alliance
(b) Beat the car: putting public transport back on track
Tony
Morton, Public Transport Users Association and Natalie
Zirngast, No Freeway 4 West Footscray and
Socialist Alliance will discuss the campaign for better public transport that meets people's needs
(c) Victoria’s housing crisis – what are the solutions?
Speaker: Public
housing activist (TBA); Sibylle Kaczorek, former housing worker and Socialist Alliance member will examine housing and homelessness issues
(Introduction to Socialist Alliance workshop during lunch 12.45-1.30pm)
1.30—2.45pm Feature session: Law and order – Where does justice fit in?
What is the motivation behind the Liberal and Labor parties’ campaigns to increase police powers? Should drugs be decriminalised?
Speakers: Rob
Stary, civil liberties lawyer; Margarita
Windisch, Socialist Alliance federal
election candidate
Followed by presentation of Socialist Alliance state election candidates; and discussion and voting on policies in the forthcoming state election, including on the following: Environment - climate change and green jobs, water, rivers, industrial pollution, toxic waste dumps; bushfire and fire protection; industrial relations & Work Cover; transport – public transport, rail freight, tollways/freeways; population, urban sprawl and Melbourne’s infrastructure; Indigenous; justice/drugs; housing; education; health;
Election of state executive; and conference close at 5pm
Don’t miss the 2010 Melbourne Fringe Festival from 22 September to 10 October.
For bookings and more information go to www.melbournefringe.com.au
Don’t miss the 2010 Melbourne Fringe Festival from 22 September to 10 October.
For bookings and more information go to www.melbournefringe.com.au
Don’t miss the 2010 Melbourne Fringe Festival from 22 September to 10 October.
For bookings and more information go to www.melbournefringe.com.au
Offset - Creative Arts Journal 2010Launch
Offset, Victoria University’s Creative Arts Journal goes big time, celebrating its tenth anniversary witha dazzling gala launch and exhibition, on the 5th of October atLevel 17 Artspace, Victoria University City Campus,
300 Flinders Street, Melbourne.
Showcasing works from Victoria University’s up and coming artists,writers and multimedia creators, this edition promises to be entertaining, hardhitting and at times confronting.
Nazeem Hussain, director of the Islamic Council of Victoria, as well asone half of the comic duo Fear of a Brown Planet,is this year’s controversial feature writer. “I am thrilled to be involved with a publication thatshowcases ideas that boldly challenge and provoke the status quo. This is arare publication and a launch not to be missed.”
The Offset 2010 galalaunch and exhibition is non-ticketed. The exhibition runs till the 8thof October between the hours of 10am to 5pm Monday to Friday.
Please RSVP launch to offset@students.vu.edu.au
Don’t miss the 2010 Melbourne Fringe Festival from 22 September to 10 October.
For bookings and more information go to www.melbournefringe.com.au
Offset - Creative Arts Journal 2010Launch
Offset, Victoria University’s Creative Arts Journal goes big time, celebrating its tenth anniversary witha dazzling gala launch and exhibition, on the 5th of October atLevel 17 Artspace, Victoria University City Campus,
300 Flinders Street, Melbourne.
Showcasing works from Victoria University’s up and coming artists,writers and multimedia creators, this edition promises to be entertaining, hardhitting and at times confronting.
Nazeem Hussain, director of the Islamic Council of Victoria, as well asone half of the comic duo Fear of a Brown Planet,is this year’s controversial feature writer. “I am thrilled to be involved with a publication thatshowcases ideas that boldly challenge and provoke the status quo. This is arare publication and a launch not to be missed.”
The Offset 2010 galalaunch and exhibition is non-ticketed. The exhibition runs till the 8thof October between the hours of 10am to 5pm Monday to Friday.
Please RSVP launch to offset@students.vu.edu.au
Don’t miss the 2010 Melbourne Fringe Festival from 22 September to 10 October.
For bookings and more information go to www.melbournefringe.com.au
Offset - Creative Arts Journal 2010Launch
Offset, Victoria University’s Creative Arts Journal goes big time, celebrating its tenth anniversary witha dazzling gala launch and exhibition, on the 5th of October atLevel 17 Artspace, Victoria University City Campus,
300 Flinders Street, Melbourne.
Showcasing works from Victoria University’s up and coming artists,writers and multimedia creators, this edition promises to be entertaining, hardhitting and at times confronting.
Nazeem Hussain, director of the Islamic Council of Victoria, as well asone half of the comic duo Fear of a Brown Planet,is this year’s controversial feature writer. “I am thrilled to be involved with a publication thatshowcases ideas that boldly challenge and provoke the status quo. This is arare publication and a launch not to be missed.”
The Offset 2010 galalaunch and exhibition is non-ticketed. The exhibition runs till the 8thof October between the hours of 10am to 5pm Monday to Friday.
Please RSVP launch to offset@students.vu.edu.au
Don’t miss the 2010 Melbourne Fringe Festival from 22 September to 10 October.
For bookings and more information go to www.melbournefringe.com.au
Offset - Creative Arts Journal 2010Launch
Offset, Victoria University’s Creative Arts Journal goes big time, celebrating its tenth anniversary witha dazzling gala launch and exhibition, on the 5th of October atLevel 17 Artspace, Victoria University City Campus,
300 Flinders Street, Melbourne.
Showcasing works from Victoria University’s up and coming artists,writers and multimedia creators, this edition promises to be entertaining, hardhitting and at times confronting.
Nazeem Hussain, director of the Islamic Council of Victoria, as well asone half of the comic duo Fear of a Brown Planet,is this year’s controversial feature writer. “I am thrilled to be involved with a publication thatshowcases ideas that boldly challenge and provoke the status quo. This is arare publication and a launch not to be missed.”
The Offset 2010 galalaunch and exhibition is non-ticketed. The exhibition runs till the 8thof October between the hours of 10am to 5pm Monday to Friday.
Please RSVP launch to offset@students.vu.edu.au
Don’t miss the 2010 Melbourne Fringe Festival from 22 September to 10 October.
For bookings and more information go to www.melbournefringe.com.au
Hip Hop Corroboree is the official after party for Melbourne Music’s Urban Roots program Saturday afternoon at City Square and is part of Songline’s ongoing commitment to support Aboriginal musicians and to promote reconciliation and healing.
Hip Hop Corroboree will feature some of the best up and coming hip hop artists in the country. Radical Son from Sydney will bring his brand of soulful hip hop to Melbourne after wowing audiences around the country with his powerful stage presence. Lady Lash, who is nominated for the Most Promising New Talent for the 2010 Deadly Awards, fuses jazz, soul and hip hop to make the stage her own. The Yung Warriors have been Melbourne’s premier Aboriginal hip hop group for a few years now and have recently graced stages such as the Big Day Out, Rod Laver Arena and Dreamtime at the G opening ceremony. Massive will showcase some of their best talent as well as featuring performers from Polynesia, Africa and beyond. Hungry for the limelight individual young artists from Massive Hip Hop Choir flex their unique flavas. Expect soulful solos, R’n’B collabs, straight up lyricism straight outta Melbourne's west feat. MCK, Tenicee, Fina, and Mary Napa'a and friends.
The evening will be held together by DJ sets from PBS FM’s Sista Savage. Bertha Brown, 562 Flinders St, Melbourne 8pm - $10/$5
Oct 9th
www.songlines.net.au
info@songlines.net.au
Don’t miss the 2010 Melbourne Fringe Festival from 22 September to 10 October.
For bookings and more information go to www.melbournefringe.com.au
- The urgent decommissioning of Hazelwood Power Station.
- Replacing its capacity with renewable energy and energy efficiency measures.
- A just transition for coal workers through the development of renewable energy and energy efficiency manufacturing facilities in the Latrobe Valley.
Gardeners will be gathering at Victoria Gardens in High Street, Prahran, to celebrate all things Spring at Spring Into Gardening, one of Council’s most popular events. Activities include the ever-popular plant giveaway, the Future Spark Bike Trailer where people are encouraged to generate their own electricity by pedal-power with prizes from Yarra Trams up for grabs and there will be live music by Louie Prez and the Stonnington Brass and roving entertainment by The Connies. Children will also have plenty of activities to keep them occupied throughout the day including face painting, animal farms, the well-loved Jack Russell terrier racing and an opportunity to participate in creating a mural from recycled materials which will be displayed in the City of Stonnington’s Service Centres in November. This is a great event for the whole family. More info
COMMUNITY LUNCH
Tuesday 12 October 2010 at AAL (Aborigines Advancement League, Watts St, Thornbury) 11 to 1pm.
NO CHARGE. Is it really a free lunch?
The Residential Homes project is an attempt to tell the unknown history of the many indigenous people who lived in out-of-home care in the part of Melbourne that is now Whitehorse during the twentieth century.
Whitehorse covers Box Hill, Blackburn, Nunawading, Mitcham , Vermont and Vermont South, Burwood and East Burwood.
Some of the homes we know about include
Burwood Boys Home [later Burwood Childrens Home]
Tally Ho Village,
Orana,
Allambie,
Box Hill Boys Home,
and Blackburn South Cottages.
If you lived in ,or know about any of these places, we are interested in hearing from you.
You are invited by The City of Whitehorse, and Whitehorse Friends For Reconciliation [WFFR] to share a lunch and get to know members of the Homes Project Committee. Telling the stories will not be required – that might come later.
We think that the end result might be in the form of a video, which will be of interest to indigenous and non-indigenous people alike, but first we want to hear your ideas.
Child care and transport will be provided, but it is essential that you complete the RSVP form and send it to howardtankey@iprimus.com.au or Box 248, PO Kerrimuir, 3129 by October 7, 2010.
Enquiries: Phone 9898 2514 or 9480 7777
Secret Wars Australia Is rolling into 2010 with the ultimate of artistic challenges.
After a massive 7-month series with some serious battle action it is time for the long awaited Secret Wars to hit
Melbourne. Secret Wars is the worldwide phenomena that showcases the amazing artwork of the world’s best
artists in a way that has rarely been seen.
Series 2 of Secret Wars includes that following amazing Melbourne artist’s – PHIBS, SCALE, DEB, PIERRE LLOGA, DREW FUNK, BRADDOCK, KEN TAYLOR & BRYAN ITCH. Paint will spill. This is history in the making, are you ready to be a part of it?
WWW.SECRETWARS.COM.AU
Secret Wars is the World’s premier live art battle – working in similar ways to Fight Club, Secret Wars battles
are set up and promoted through word of mouth and by people that are in the know.
Entering a brand new venue, Secret Wars will take over 1000 £ Bend at 361 Lt Lonsdale Street Melbourne VIC 3000. Round 1 will begin on Wednesday the 13th October 2010. Doors open at 6.30pm, with the Battle due to kick off at 8:30pm.
SCALE vs BRYAN ITCH
Tickets available through moshitix.com.au with a limited number available on the night.
Tickets $12 + booking fee or $15 on the door.
Monorex Australia, 29B Botany Road,
Redfern,NSW 2016
PRESS RELEASE
Monorex presents Proudly supported by Asahi
Secret Wars began back in 2006, it was small and intimate, yet had the potential to be so much more.
Years of hard work, dedication and a strong following has meant Secret Wars has pushed the boundaries and
raised the bar for artists and promoters alike around the world. Shannon McKinnon, the Australian agent for
MONOREX and Secret Wars Australia, felt that the timing was right for Secret Wars to shine down under.
With a massive following already in England, Europe and with the start of the Secret Wars Euro league, it was
time to get the ball rolling and Sydney is the place it’s all happening. Secret Wars showcases the artists and
their art in the form of a live battle using simple but dynamic techniques. Artists are encouraged to have fun,
think outside the square and use the platform to play off one another.
RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE COMPETITION
On the night
• On the night
• 90 minutes on the battle clock
• Only black markers and black acrylic paint can be used to paint
• No pencils/sketches should be on stage or used (loose rule)
• Each artist has to stay within the allocated space
• Battles are judged by 2 nominated and neutral guest judges + crowd vote
The judges each award a single vote to the artist of their choice. The third vote is the CROWD vote with the
use of a decibel reader to make it all official. The artist with the most votes wins.
For media enquiries about Secret Wars and any other related material Please
contact Secret Wars HQ by email on or 0416 819 405
or visit the site at www.secretwars.com.au
PUBLIC MEETING
6:30pm Thursday 14th October
Trades Hall
Corner of Lygon and Victoria Streets, Carlton
LES TWENTYMAN, OAM from the 20th MAN FUND
STEPHANIE MENDIS from the HOTHAM MISSION ASYLUM SEEKERS PROJECT
A representative from the COUNCIL OF SINGLE MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN
Screening of THEIR VOICES, a documentary about homelessness
All speakers will discuss how the housing crisis is hurting Victorians, outline the solutions that are urgently required and take questions from the audience. Housing Minister Richard Wynne has been invited, but has stated he will be unavailable.
Join us for the End The Housing Crisis Rally at Housing Minister Richard Wynne’s electoral office at 112 Smith St, Collingwood from 4.30pm on Friday November 12th to demand:
to demand:
• Greatly expanded investment in public housing
• Legislation to limit rent increases
• An end to illegal evictions
• An improvement in standards for rooming houses & the prosecution of rogue operators
• Increased funding for housing cooperatives
• Support for green housing
• More research into sustainable infrastructure improvement and alternative living options (such as housing cooperatives)
• An end to privatisation and the corporate control of housing
Presented by City Is Ours
Events endorsed by Community Radio 3CR, Communications Workers Union Victoria, Friends of the Earth, Green Renters, Earthsharing, Socialist Party, Homeless Front, Socialist Alliance, 20th Man Fund, Freedom Socialist Party, Food Not Bombs, Fitzroy Legal Service, Revolutionar Socialist Part. Unitarian Church.
Come and learn about the Rushall Garden and of the importance and joy that can be gained from growing and sharing fresh produce from the garden. Members of the North Fitzroy Community Garden Group will communicate experiences of the Rushall Garden throughout the day from an information table and short-guided tours around the garden. Features of the open day will include guided tours, sausage sizzle, plants and over 20 different varieties of tomato seedlings ready to plant and kitchen produce. Acknowledgement will be given on the day of the ongoing support of the City of Yarra. Further information is available from http://rushallgarden.wordpress.com/ or contact Tony Milton, 0418 38 55 00
Where: Rushall Garden Thomas Kidney Reserve on Rushall Crescent. (behind the grassy knoll at the end of Kneen St. Follow the signs)
When: Saturday 16th October 2010 Time: From 1.00pm – 4.00pm
Cost: Free Event
What: Fundraiser to help people from the West Papuan community present their case for indepenence to the UN in New York.
Where: Fitzroy Town Hall
When: Saturday 16th October, 8m - 1am
Who: Bands - Pataphysics, Lady Lash
Djs - SoFire, Comrade Dubs, Binghi Fire
and the Casuari Dancers
http://www.freewestpapua.com.au/
FILM SCREENING
Surplus: Terrorised Into Being Consumers
7pm Sunday, October 17
Loophole Community Centre
670-672 High St, Thornbury
(Stop 38 on 86 tram)
About the film
Featuring George Bush’s famous “go-shopping-speech”; Castro responding with hymns to the anti-consumerist, advertising-free island of Cuba; Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer preaching that the computer will give us peace on earth, and “bring people together rather than isolate them”, Adbuster Kalle Lasn warns that advertising pollutes us mentally, that over-consumption is unsustainable, that we are running out of oil and there is a coming global economic collapse.
All of this needs to be dismantled says John Zerzan, anarcho-primitivist philosopher and author whose call for property damage has inspired many to take to the streets. “That is not mindless violence. Sitting there doing dope and watching MTV, then you go and get a job, just schlep along — to me that is violence,” he says. “We’re terrorised into being consumers.”
High School for Coburg are a passionate bunch of residents, parents, friends, teachers, Councillors, organisations, businesses, associations and grandparents who seek the re-instatement of an open-entry Year 7 to 12 public secondary school to fill the educational blackhole that exists in and around the suburb of Coburg. HSC invites the citizens of Coburg and surrounding suburbs to the State Election Candidates Conference to find out where each candidate sits as it relates to public education and secondary school options in the area.
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Wednesday the 20th of October 2010 Coburg Concert Hall (Moreland Civic Centre) 90 Bell Street Coburg 3058 www.highschoolforcoburg.org
highschool4coburg@gmail.com MC - Shane Maloney
Pay inequity in Australia is getting worse. In 2009, Equal Pay Day was held on September 1st, symbolising how long into the year a woman must work in order to earn what a man made in the previous financial year. This year, the date was even later: the gender pay gap increased from 17% to 18%. Equal pay was formally “won” in 1960, 1969 and 1972, but it remains as elusive as ever. This discussion circle will explore why the stark gender-based pay disparity exists and persists. We’ll learn about decades of struggle to close the gap. We’ll explore current campaigns and look at what is ultimately needed to achieve equal pay. Everyone is welcome!
Commences Thursday, 21 October and then every second Thursday until Thursday,16 December.
Dinner at 6:30 pm for an $8 donation, session at 7 pm.
Solidarity Salon, 580 Sydney Road, Brunswick
Hosted by Freedom Socialist Party
For more information, contact or9388-0062
Presentation and Fundraiser by the Eritrean Australian Humanitarian Aid Inc
Sat 23 Oct 2010
7.30pm North Melbourne Community Centre
for more info contact Berhan 0431 366 181
Nestled in the foothills of the Dandenong Ranges lies the studio of the Treefern Potters. A group formed in 2005, of passionate potters and sculptors, from the amateur, the part-time, and the full time ceramic artist, come together at the Ferntree Gully Community Arts Centre for their 5th Annual Exhibition and Open Studio. Held in conjunction with the Dandenong Ranges Pottery & Sculpture Open Studios weekend, visitors will have the opportunity to meet ceramic artists both in their working environment and exhibition space.
The potters will be happy to share their love of clay and demonstrate the various techniques and methods used to create the many different forms of ceramic art. The Treefern Potters’ work ranges from tiny native animals to large tribal sculptures; from delicate porcelain vessels to chunky stoneware urns; from simple sushi plates to elaborate tea pots and from intricate jewellery pieces to recycled ceramic wall art and all are available for sale. The weekend will also feature the foothills newest indoor art & craft market.
The Treefern Craft Market offers the highest quality, locally hand made art and craft with a variety of items such as soy candles and soaps, patchwork, handmade bags and cards, jewellery, knitted items and much more including face painting. Visitors can enjoy Devonshire Teas and a sausage sizzle while enjoying views of the Dandenong Ranges.
WHAT: Treefern Potters Annual Exhibition and Treefern Art & Craft Market
WHEN: Saturday 23rd & Sunday 24th October 2010 WHERE: Ferntree Gully Community Arts Centre, 1010 Burwood Highway, Ferntree Gully 3156
For more information, high-resolution photos & media enquiries, please contact us at: or call Joanne Maggs Sarah Winter President Secretary/Treasurer 0421 699 282 0407 586 232
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The Macedonian Orthodox Community of Melbourne & Victoria
The AMHRC is the guardian of the Australian Macedonian community, acting to defeat discrimination wherever it occurs. All funds raised on the night will go toward supporting the AMHRC's initiatives in the areas of history, education and human rights. This is a great opportunity for Macedonians to come together with their families, support a worthy cause, and celebrate being part of the broader Macedonian community. MUSIC | DANCING | CHILDREN'S ENTERTAINMENT & ACTIVITIES
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Nestled in the foothills of the Dandenong Ranges lies the studio of the Treefern Potters. A group formed in 2005, of passionate potters and sculptors, from the amateur, the part-time, and the full time ceramic artist, come together at the Ferntree Gully Community Arts Centre for their 5th Annual Exhibition and Open Studio. Held in conjunction with the Dandenong Ranges Pottery & Sculpture Open Studios weekend, visitors will have the opportunity to meet ceramic artists both in their working environment and exhibition space.
The potters will be happy to share their love of clay and demonstrate the various techniques and methods used to create the many different forms of ceramic art. The Treefern Potters’ work ranges from tiny native animals to large tribal sculptures; from delicate porcelain vessels to chunky stoneware urns; from simple sushi plates to elaborate tea pots and from intricate jewellery pieces to recycled ceramic wall art and all are available for sale. The weekend will also feature the foothills newest indoor art & craft market.
The Treefern Craft Market offers the highest quality, locally hand made art and craft with a variety of items such as soy candles and soaps, patchwork, handmade bags and cards, jewellery, knitted items and much more including face painting. Visitors can enjoy Devonshire Teas and a sausage sizzle while enjoying views of the Dandenong Ranges.
WHAT: Treefern Potters Annual Exhibition and Treefern Art & Craft Market
WHEN: Saturday 23rd & Sunday 24th October 2010 WHERE: Ferntree Gully Community Arts Centre, 1010 Burwood Highway, Ferntree Gully 3156
For more information, high-resolution photos & media enquiries, please contact us at: or call Joanne Maggs Sarah Winter President Secretary/Treasurer 0421 699 282 0407 586 232
Whether you're young, old, with dog or without… if you love animals and want to help support your local community, then we need you to join us for the Bridges Connecting Communities Paws for a Cause dog walk along the EastLink Trail and around Koomba Park, Wantirna, Victoria. Get ready to have a fantastic, energetic day with plenty to do for the whole family. It’s just around the corner on Sunday the 24th of October 2010 and we are getting ready to have a fantastic, energetic day of healthy fun. The walk kicks off at 10.00am from Koomba Park, Wantirna and follows the EastLink trail up to High Street, Knoxfield.
For those of you who are feeling the morning zest, the walk will be continuing around the Koomba Park boardwalk. After walking up an appetite, a scrumptious sausage sizzle and cool refreshing drink will be available, as well as plenty to do and many competitions to be won!! Prizes will be awarded to the best dressed dog, dog and owner look-alikes, and the cutest puppy. There will also be a raffle and plenty of spot prizes. Make sure you get your pooch’s photo with Santa. You can register on the day at Koomba Park or why not register early to receive your FREE show bag! Registrations are $10.00 per person or $20.00 per family. Please visit the ConnectEast website at www.connecteast.com.au, phone Bridges Connecting Communities on 9729 9499, or email
All funds raised will benefit the community programs and services run by Bridges Connecting Communities Inc. This event is proudly supported by ConnectEast, the owners and operators of EastLink and Linking Melbourne Authority.
Be enthralled by the tale of a brilliant scholar, traveller and public figure, as the Royal Historical Society of Victoria presents a new play by Peter Hepworth, “Velvet Rebel” – a girl’s own adventure.
To be performed on the 26th and 30th October as part of History Week 2010, this enchanting play re-enacts the life of an extraordinary woman who broke with the convention of her time – Jessie Stobo Watson Webb.
Performance: “Velvet Rebel” – a girl’s own adventure
Showing: Tuesday 26th October - 5.15pm for a 5.45pm performance Saturday 30th October - 7pm for a 7.30pm performance
Venue: Royal Historical Society of Victoria 239 A’Beckett Street, Melbourne
Cost: RHSV members - $15; Non-members - $20.
Bookings: (03) 9326 9288 e:
The City Is ours is holding a series of meetings in the suburbs to bring together those affected by the Housing Crisis in order to discuss their experiences and what can be done to solve issues such as homelessness, rising rents, rooming house closures and the privatisation of housing. This meeting will feature Les Twentyman OAM from the 20th Man Fund plus other speakers.
St Albans Meeting
7pm Tuesday 26th October
Grantham Green Community Centre
Grantham Pde, St Albans
Melway 26 F3
Be enthralled by the tale of a brilliant scholar, traveller and public figure, as the Royal Historical Society of Victoria presents a new play by Peter Hepworth, “Velvet Rebel” – a girl’s own adventure.
To be performed on the 26th and 30th October as part of History Week 2010, this enchanting play re-enacts the life of an extraordinary woman who broke with the convention of her time – Jessie Stobo Watson Webb.
Performance: “Velvet Rebel” – a girl’s own adventure
Showing: Tuesday 26th October - 5.15pm for a 5.45pm performance Saturday 30th October - 7pm for a 7.30pm performance
Venue: Royal Historical Society of Victoria 239 A’Beckett Street, Melbourne
Cost: RHSV members - $15; Non-members - $20.
Bookings: (03) 9326 9288 e:
Use of public space is being restricted by privatisation.Earlier this year, the managementof Barkly Square shopping centre in Brunswick stopped Green Left Weekly from operating its regular Saturday stalls. Acommunity campaign resulted in Green Left Weekly winning limited access. While Green LeftWeekly is happy to allow other communitycampaigns to distribute materials, access to this social space is restricted.
Events at Barkly Square are part of a disturbing patternaround the country. Community is being shut out of ever-diminishing publicareas. Social spaces, such as shopping centres, are being taken over by bigbusiness whose only concern is making a profit.
Passing out information, collecting signatures on communitypetitions, distributing election material, holding speakouts or engaging inother activities are essential democratic rights. People increasingly find thatthe spaces where the public congregate are defined as corporate no-go zones.Even where permission is given by the gatekeepers, requirements — such asdemands for huge public liability insurance coverage — rule out many communitygroups.
A panel of community activists and experts will describe howthey see free speech, freedom of assembly and the right to organise beingeroded by this creeping privatisation. They’ll discuss current campaigns andexplore the tools for resistance that community members can use to reclaim ourspaces. Brunswick has a proud history of community activism to defenddemocratic grassroots organising. The meeting will spotlight both historicaland contemporary examples of those who have fought back and won.
Speakers
Brian Walters, civil libertarian, Greens candidate forMelbourne
David Nichols, lecturer in Urban Planning, University ofMelbourne
Debbie Brennan, Melbourne Organiser, Radical Women
Meghan Fitzgerald, solicitor, Fitzroy Legal Service
Sharon Firebrace, Yorta Yorta woman and activist
Trevor Dobbyn, Victorian Branch Secretary, Rail Tram and BusUnion
Wednesday 27 October, 6:45 pm for a prompt 7 pm start
Brunswick Town Hall,
233 Sydney Road, Brunswick
This event is supported by Australian Sex Party, Campaignfor Women’s Reproductive Rights, Freedom Socialist Party, Green Left Weekly,Indigenous Social Justice Association – Melbourne, Moreland Greens, RadicalWomen and Socialist Alliance.
For more information call 9388-0062 or e-mail freedom.socialist.party@ozemail.com.au
Be enthralled by the tale of a brilliant scholar, traveller and public figure, as the Royal Historical Society of Victoria presents a new play by Peter Hepworth, “Velvet Rebel” – a girl’s own adventure.
To be performed on the 26th and 30th October as part of History Week 2010, this enchanting play re-enacts the life of an extraordinary woman who broke with the convention of her time – Jessie Stobo Watson Webb.
Performance: “Velvet Rebel” – a girl’s own adventure
Showing: Tuesday 26th October - 5.15pm for a 5.45pm performance Saturday 30th October - 7pm for a 7.30pm performance
Venue: Royal Historical Society of Victoria 239 A’Beckett Street, Melbourne
Cost: RHSV members - $15; Non-members - $20.
Bookings: (03) 9326 9288 e:
Be enthralled by the tale of a brilliant scholar, traveller and public figure, as the Royal Historical Society of Victoria presents a new play by Peter Hepworth, “Velvet Rebel” – a girl’s own adventure.
To be performed on the 26th and 30th October as part of History Week 2010, this enchanting play re-enacts the life of an extraordinary woman who broke with the convention of her time – Jessie Stobo Watson Webb.
Performance: “Velvet Rebel” – a girl’s own adventure
Showing: Tuesday 26th October - 5.15pm for a 5.45pm performance Saturday 30th October - 7pm for a 7.30pm performance
Venue: Royal Historical Society of Victoria 239 A’Beckett Street, Melbourne
Cost: RHSV members - $15; Non-members - $20.
Bookings: (03) 9326 9288 e:
National Protest on 29th of October. It's all coming together!
But! We could do so much more if you were involved. Seriously. So why not come along to our next meeting on Monday night, 6.30pm at Trades Hall? Or drop us a line at melbourneaic@gmail.com to ask us what you can do in your community to support the event.
It's people on the ground that make these actions a success. So grab some posters and leaflets from outside the New International Bookshop to put in your workspace, so as many people know about it as possible. It's a great way to get a conversation happening and spread the word to people who might not ever think about Aboriginal politics.
Let's make this protest a big one and show the government that the Aboriginal rights struggle is not going anywhere.
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AMHRC recommends attending the return Melbourne performance of Mr. Balkan |
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SPEAKERS AND INITIAL CONFERENCE AGENDA
Building Solidarity, Combating Occupation and Apartheid
National Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions conference
Melbourne, 29 - 31 October 2010
- activism in support of Palestine -
Endorsed by the Palestinian BDS National Committee
Our confirmed speakers so far include:
Rafeef is a Palestinian activist, unionist and spoken word artist. She is a member of the steering committee of the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) Rafeef is also a founding member of the Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid (CAIA) promoting the Palestinian-led Boycott, Divestement and Sanctions (BDS) campaign in Canada and an organizer of the international Israeli Apartheid Week. Rafeef is a member of the Canadian Union of Public Employees and was a member of the CUPE’s international solidarity committee for 3 years
Samah Sabawi
Samah is an Australian-Palestinian writer and social justice activist. She is co-author of Journey to Peace in Palestine and a former executive director of the National Council on Canada Arab Relations.
Ofer Neiman
Ofer Neiman is a co-editor of the Occupation Magazine, and one of the activists in the Israeli support group for the BDS campaign, “BOYCOTT! Supporting the Palestinian BDS call from within”. He works as an editor and a translator. He believes that Israeli peace and anti-occupation groups will not be able to change reality from within, without support from the outside.
Alex Whisson
Alex is a long time Palestine solidarity activist. He is the former convenor of Friends of Palestine in Western Australia and is currently the Public Advocate for Australians for Palestine in Melbourne
Yousef Alreemawi
Yousef is a Palestinian academic and advocate for Palestinian and refugee rights. Yousef also presents Palestine Remembered, Australia’s only English language program on Palestine, on Radio 3CR. He is also the founder of ASPIRE – the Australian Society for Palestinian Iraqi Refugees Emergency – an humanitarian project which seeks to resettle in Australia, Palestinian-Iraqi refugees living in refugee camps on the Iraq/Syrian border.
Kim Sattler
Kim is a long-time unionist, who was active in the South African anti-apartheid campaign. Kim is currently the Secretary of Unions ACT in Canberra. Kim has recently returned from Palestine, where she participated in the Union Aid Abroad APHEDA Middle East Study Tour 2010
Ginny Adams
Ginny is an organiser with the Health and Community Sector Union. Ginny has been active in the Palestinian and refugee rights campaigns for more than 10 years. She recently returned from Palestine, where she participated in the Union Aid Abroad APHEDA Middle East Study Tour 2010
Ken Davis
Ken is a long-time unionist and social justice campaigner. He is a member of the Coalition for Justice and Peace in Palestine in Sydney.
INITIAL CONFERENCE AGENDA
Conference Registration: All weekend $30/22 (incl: Conference launch meeting) Daily $15/$10 Conference Launch meeting $5
Conference registration: email ausbds@gmail.com
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FRIDAY – 29th October |
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TIME |
PUBLIC MEETING - LAUNCH |
SPEAKERS |
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7pm – |
International Boycott campaign and the struggle for a Free Palestine |
Kim Sattler (Secretary, Unions ACT) Rafeef Ziadah (Palestinian BNC) Yousef Al Reemawi (Palestinian academic) |
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SATURDAY – 30th October |
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TIME |
SESSION |
SPEAKERS |
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9am |
Welcome/Opening |
Conference Organising Committee |
|
9.15am – 10.30am |
Taking it to the streets: a short history of civil disobedience movements for boycott, divestment sanctions |
Alex Whisson – Australians for Palestine Julia Terreu - Action for Palestine |
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10.30-11am |
Break |
|
|
11am – 12.30pm |
Struggle and Solidarity: Lessons from Palestine Solidarity work internationally |
Samah Sabawi – Palestinian writer/former Executive Director of National Council on Canada Arab Relations Rafeef Ziadah - Palestinian BNC |
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12.30pm-1.15pm |
Lunch |
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1.15pm – 2.15pm |
National Targets Proposals |
Conference organising committee |
|
2.15pm – 3.45pm |
Discussion of proposed National Targets |
Break into sectoral groups – Unions Campus/Faith based/ Community/Culture |
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3.45pm – 4.15pm |
Break |
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4.15pm – 5.30pm |
Education Workshops
|
Workshops to be confirmed |
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6.30pm - midnight |
CONCERT FOR PALESTINE AND DINNER Featuring: Fear of a Brown Planet, The Brothahood, The Conch, Phil Monsour Band and Rafeef Ziadah $25/$20 |
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SUNDAY 31st OCTOBER |
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TIME |
SESSION |
SPEAKERS |
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9.30pm – 10.45am |
Apartheid: South Africa, Israel and international law. |
Ken Davis - Coalition for Justice and Peace in Palestine Ginny Adams – union organiser |
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10.45am- 11.15am |
Break |
|
|
11.15am-12.15pm |
Discussion of proposed National Targets |
Continued solidarity sector discussion from the day before |
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12.15pm 1pm |
lunch |
|
|
1pm – 2.15pm |
Hasbara busting: Countering Israel’s propaganda war and attempts to delegitimise BDS. |
Samah Sawbawi - Palestinian writer/former Executive Director of National Council on Canada Arab Relations Kim Bullimore – International Women’s Peace Service-Palestine |
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2.15 –2.45 pm |
Break |
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2.45 pm – 4.30pm |
Decision on National BDS target |
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4.30pm – 5pm |
Closing of conference |
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Be enthralled by the tale of a brilliant scholar, traveller and public figure, as the Royal Historical Society of Victoria presents a new play by Peter Hepworth, “Velvet Rebel” – a girl’s own adventure.
To be performed on the 26th and 30th October as part of History Week 2010, this enchanting play re-enacts the life of an extraordinary woman who broke with the convention of her time – Jessie Stobo Watson Webb.
Performance: “Velvet Rebel” – a girl’s own adventure
Showing: Tuesday 26th October - 5.15pm for a 5.45pm performance Saturday 30th October - 7pm for a 7.30pm performance
Venue: Royal Historical Society of Victoria 239 A’Beckett Street, Melbourne
Cost: RHSV members - $15; Non-members - $20.
Bookings: (03) 9326 9288 e:
SPEAKERS AND INITIAL CONFERENCE AGENDA
Building Solidarity, Combating Occupation and Apartheid
National Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions conference
Melbourne, 29 - 31 October 2010
- activism in support of Palestine -
Endorsed by the Palestinian BDS National Committee
Our confirmed speakers so far include:
Rafeef is a Palestinian activist, unionist and spoken word artist. She is a member of the steering committee of the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) Rafeef is also a founding member of the Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid (CAIA) promoting the Palestinian-led Boycott, Divestement and Sanctions (BDS) campaign in Canada and an organizer of the international Israeli Apartheid Week. Rafeef is a member of the Canadian Union of Public Employees and was a member of the CUPE’s international solidarity committee for 3 years
Samah Sabawi
Samah is an Australian-Palestinian writer and social justice activist. She is co-author of Journey to Peace in Palestine and a former executive director of the National Council on Canada Arab Relations.
Ofer Neiman
Ofer Neiman is a co-editor of the Occupation Magazine, and one of the activists in the Israeli support group for the BDS campaign, “BOYCOTT! Supporting the Palestinian BDS call from within”. He works as an editor and a translator. He believes that Israeli peace and anti-occupation groups will not be able to change reality from within, without support from the outside.
Alex Whisson
Alex is a long time Palestine solidarity activist. He is the former convenor of Friends of Palestine in Western Australia and is currently the Public Advocate for Australians for Palestine in Melbourne
Yousef Alreemawi
Yousef is a Palestinian academic and advocate for Palestinian and refugee rights. Yousef also presents Palestine Remembered, Australia’s only English language program on Palestine, on Radio 3CR. He is also the founder of ASPIRE – the Australian Society for Palestinian Iraqi Refugees Emergency – an humanitarian project which seeks to resettle in Australia, Palestinian-Iraqi refugees living in refugee camps on the Iraq/Syrian border.
Kim Sattler
Kim is a long-time unionist, who was active in the South African anti-apartheid campaign. Kim is currently the Secretary of Unions ACT in Canberra. Kim has recently returned from Palestine, where she participated in the Union Aid Abroad APHEDA Middle East Study Tour 2010
Ginny Adams
Ginny is an organiser with the Health and Community Sector Union. Ginny has been active in the Palestinian and refugee rights campaigns for more than 10 years. She recently returned from Palestine, where she participated in the Union Aid Abroad APHEDA Middle East Study Tour 2010
Ken Davis
Ken is a long-time unionist and social justice campaigner. He is a member of the Coalition for Justice and Peace in Palestine in Sydney.
INITIAL CONFERENCE AGENDA
Conference Registration: All weekend $30/22 (incl: Conference launch meeting) Daily $15/$10 Conference Launch meeting $5
Conference registration: email ausbds@gmail.com
|
FRIDAY – 29th October |
|
|
|
TIME |
PUBLIC MEETING - LAUNCH |
SPEAKERS |
|
7pm – |
International Boycott campaign and the struggle for a Free Palestine |
Kim Sattler (Secretary, Unions ACT) Rafeef Ziadah (Palestinian BNC) Yousef Al Reemawi (Palestinian academic) |
|
SATURDAY – 30th October |
|
|
|
TIME |
SESSION |
SPEAKERS |
|
9am |
Welcome/Opening |
Conference Organising Committee |
|
9.15am – 10.30am |
Taking it to the streets: a short history of civil disobedience movements for boycott, divestment sanctions |
Alex Whisson – Australians for Palestine Julia Terreu - Action for Palestine |
|
10.30-11am |
Break |
|
|
11am – 12.30pm |
Struggle and Solidarity: Lessons from Palestine Solidarity work internationally |
Samah Sabawi – Palestinian writer/former Executive Director of National Council on Canada Arab Relations Rafeef Ziadah - Palestinian BNC |
|
12.30pm-1.15pm |
Lunch |
|
|
1.15pm – 2.15pm |
National Targets Proposals |
Conference organising committee |
|
2.15pm – 3.45pm |
Discussion of proposed National Targets |
Break into sectoral groups – Unions Campus/Faith based/ Community/Culture |
|
3.45pm – 4.15pm |
Break |
|
|
4.15pm – 5.30pm |
Education Workshops
|
Workshops to be confirmed |
|
6.30pm - midnight |
CONCERT FOR PALESTINE AND DINNER Featuring: Fear of a Brown Planet, The Brothahood, The Conch, Phil Monsour Band and Rafeef Ziadah $25/$20 |
|
|
SUNDAY 31st OCTOBER |
|
|
|
TIME |
SESSION |
SPEAKERS |
|
9.30pm – 10.45am |
Apartheid: South Africa, Israel and international law. |
Ken Davis - Coalition for Justice and Peace in Palestine Ginny Adams – union organiser |
|
10.45am- 11.15am |
Break |
|
|
11.15am-12.15pm |
Discussion of proposed National Targets |
Continued solidarity sector discussion from the day before |
|
12.15pm 1pm |
lunch |
|
|
1pm – 2.15pm |
Hasbara busting: Countering Israel’s propaganda war and attempts to delegitimise BDS. |
Samah Sawbawi - Palestinian writer/former Executive Director of National Council on Canada Arab Relations Kim Bullimore – International Women’s Peace Service-Palestine |
|
2.15 –2.45 pm |
Break |
|
|
2.45 pm – 4.30pm |
Decision on National BDS target |
|
|
4.30pm – 5pm |
Closing of conference |
|
SPEAKERS AND INITIAL CONFERENCE AGENDA
Building Solidarity, Combating Occupation and Apartheid
National Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions conference
Melbourne, 29 - 31 October 2010
- activism in support of Palestine -
Endorsed by the Palestinian BDS National Committee
Our confirmed speakers so far include:
Rafeef is a Palestinian activist, unionist and spoken word artist. She is a member of the steering committee of the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) Rafeef is also a founding member of the Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid (CAIA) promoting the Palestinian-led Boycott, Divestement and Sanctions (BDS) campaign in Canada and an organizer of the international Israeli Apartheid Week. Rafeef is a member of the Canadian Union of Public Employees and was a member of the CUPE’s international solidarity committee for 3 years
Samah Sabawi
Samah is an Australian-Palestinian writer and social justice activist. She is co-author of Journey to Peace in Palestine and a former executive director of the National Council on Canada Arab Relations.
Ofer Neiman
Ofer Neiman is a co-editor of the Occupation Magazine, and one of the activists in the Israeli support group for the BDS campaign, “BOYCOTT! Supporting the Palestinian BDS call from within”. He works as an editor and a translator. He believes that Israeli peace and anti-occupation groups will not be able to change reality from within, without support from the outside.
Alex Whisson
Alex is a long time Palestine solidarity activist. He is the former convenor of Friends of Palestine in Western Australia and is currently the Public Advocate for Australians for Palestine in Melbourne
Yousef Alreemawi
Yousef is a Palestinian academic and advocate for Palestinian and refugee rights. Yousef also presents Palestine Remembered, Australia’s only English language program on Palestine, on Radio 3CR. He is also the founder of ASPIRE – the Australian Society for Palestinian Iraqi Refugees Emergency – an humanitarian project which seeks to resettle in Australia, Palestinian-Iraqi refugees living in refugee camps on the Iraq/Syrian border.
Kim Sattler
Kim is a long-time unionist, who was active in the South African anti-apartheid campaign. Kim is currently the Secretary of Unions ACT in Canberra. Kim has recently returned from Palestine, where she participated in the Union Aid Abroad APHEDA Middle East Study Tour 2010
Ginny Adams
Ginny is an organiser with the Health and Community Sector Union. Ginny has been active in the Palestinian and refugee rights campaigns for more than 10 years. She recently returned from Palestine, where she participated in the Union Aid Abroad APHEDA Middle East Study Tour 2010
Ken Davis
Ken is a long-time unionist and social justice campaigner. He is a member of the Coalition for Justice and Peace in Palestine in Sydney.
INITIAL CONFERENCE AGENDA
Conference Registration: All weekend $30/22 (incl: Conference launch meeting) Daily $15/$10 Conference Launch meeting $5
Conference registration: email ausbds@gmail.com
|
FRIDAY – 29th October |
|
|
|
TIME |
PUBLIC MEETING - LAUNCH |
SPEAKERS |
|
7pm – |
International Boycott campaign and the struggle for a Free Palestine |
Kim Sattler (Secretary, Unions ACT) Rafeef Ziadah (Palestinian BNC) Yousef Al Reemawi (Palestinian academic) |
|
SATURDAY – 30th October |
|
|
|
TIME |
SESSION |
SPEAKERS |
|
9am |
Welcome/Opening |
Conference Organising Committee |
|
9.15am – 10.30am |
Taking it to the streets: a short history of civil disobedience movements for boycott, divestment sanctions |
Alex Whisson – Australians for Palestine Julia Terreu - Action for Palestine |
|
10.30-11am |
Break |
|
|
11am – 12.30pm |
Struggle and Solidarity: Lessons from Palestine Solidarity work internationally |
Samah Sabawi – Palestinian writer/former Executive Director of National Council on Canada Arab Relations Rafeef Ziadah - Palestinian BNC |
|
12.30pm-1.15pm |
Lunch |
|
|
1.15pm – 2.15pm |
National Targets Proposals |
Conference organising committee |
|
2.15pm – 3.45pm |
Discussion of proposed National Targets |
Break into sectoral groups – Unions Campus/Faith based/ Community/Culture |
|
3.45pm – 4.15pm |
Break |
|
|
4.15pm – 5.30pm |
Education Workshops
|
Workshops to be confirmed |
|
6.30pm - midnight |
CONCERT FOR PALESTINE AND DINNER Featuring: Fear of a Brown Planet, The Brothahood, The Conch, Phil Monsour Band and Rafeef Ziadah $25/$20 |
|
|
SUNDAY 31st OCTOBER |
|
|
|
TIME |
SESSION |
SPEAKERS |
|
9.30pm – 10.45am |
Apartheid: South Africa, Israel and international law. |
Ken Davis - Coalition for Justice and Peace in Palestine Ginny Adams – union organiser |
|
10.45am- 11.15am |
Break |
|
|
11.15am-12.15pm |
Discussion of proposed National Targets |
Continued solidarity sector discussion from the day before |
|
12.15pm 1pm |
lunch |
|
|
1pm – 2.15pm |
Hasbara busting: Countering Israel’s propaganda war and attempts to delegitimise BDS. |
Samah Sawbawi - Palestinian writer/former Executive Director of National Council on Canada Arab Relations Kim Bullimore – International Women’s Peace Service-Palestine |
|
2.15 –2.45 pm |
Break |
|
|
2.45 pm – 4.30pm |
Decision on National BDS target |
|
|
4.30pm – 5pm |
Closing of conference |
|
World Vegan Day, one of the most eagerly anticipated cultural events in Melbourne is occurring on October 31 at the Abbotsford Convent. World Vegan Day 2010 Melbourne is a chance for those interested in food, the environment and animal welfare to explore a healthy lifestyle that is becoming increasingly popular. This year’s event will see more significant use of the Convent facilities and will offer the traditional favourites such as food, culture and campaign stalls, music, cooking demonstrations, raffles, and speed-dating (always a hoot) – with the addition of a regular shuttle-bus taking attendees from Victoria Park station to the venue. The event is kid friendly and there will also be great live music all day! Young Heretics will headline the event, with electrockers 8 Bit Love, Keshie, John Flanagan & the Begin Agains, Jade Leonard, Kev n Tom, Joe Sampson and the Australian School of Meditation will also perform.
Details: World Vegan Day 2010 Melbourne Sunday October 31, 2010 - 10am onwards Abbotsford Convent 1 St Heliers Street, Abbotsford, VIC 3067
A regular shuttle bus will take commuters from Victoria Park railway station directly to the venue.
Here at UGC HQ, we disagree that Halloween is just an American tradition, in fact, we firmly believe it deserves to be celebrated. After all, dressing up in outrageous costumes and planning never before experienced events is what we do best! This time around, guests will be transported to a perilous world, where criminals and gangs rule, and Law and Order is nonexistent. It’s dangerous to walk down the street, let alone venture out to a film screening in a mysterious location, so we strongly urge all guests to take extra caution and leave any valuables at home. You should come in costume, 90s Goth or your Halloween finest, to ensure you blend In. Trust us, this is one screening where you won’t want to stick out.
We can’t reveal the secret location of course, but we can promise you these screenings will sell out fast, so make sure to purchase your tickets early to avoid disappointment.
Next Event
Date: Sunday 31st October
Time: 3:30 - 9:30pm
Location: To be revealed 3 days before
Theme: Halloween
Cost: $30
Dress: Halloween or 90s goth
Bring: A torch
Genre: Action
Purchase tickets: http://www.moshtix.com.au/event.aspx?id=41144
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