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Displaying from Tuesday, November 11, 2014
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November 2014
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Tuesday 11 |
18:00 - PUBLIC TALK - Was self-government for Western Australia based on a betrayal of Indigenous people?
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A public lecture by Ann Curthoys, Honorary Professor of History, University of Sydney and 2014 IAS Short-Stay Visiting Fellow.
The years leading up to the passing of the Western Australian constitution in 1889 (effected in 1890) saw several interlocking public debates in WA itself and in (...)
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Wednesday 26 |
The Westerly Magazine Issue 59:2 will be launched by Kim Scott at the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery. The magazine, produced by the Westerly Centre at UWA, has been publishing lively fiction, poetry and articles over the last 60 years.
This Special WA/Asian Edition celebrates Westerly's (...)
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May 2015
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Friday 15 |
18:00 - FUNDRAISER - Open Mic : It's a chance to tell stories, recite poetry, share reflections and music. The stage is open to all!
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Completely FREE but donations for Nepal are graciously welcome!
If you're a young musician trying to get people to hear your sound, or perhaps a comedian just starting out; performing at an open mic night is a great way to get heard. You never know who may be in attendance. There are 12 Open Mic (...)
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Sunday 17 |
13:00 - SCREENING - The Ukrainians - Documentary Film : The story of the fraternity, the deeds and the betrayals.
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The documentary depicts the struggles which took place at the Donetsk Airport and runs for 82 minutes.
The film is in Ukrainian with English subtitles - a must watch!
Admission: $15 per person for general public and $10 for teenagers and the university students, children 12 y.o. and younger - (...)
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Monday 18 |
19:00 - FUNDRAISER - Fundraising Auction for Nepal Earthquake Apeeal : Let's join hands in providing help to the people of Nepal who have suffered an earthquake of 8 magnitude.
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The 7.9 magnitude earthquake that struck Nepal on 25 April has already claimed the lives of more than 7,000 people with an estimated eight million people affected.
The Red Cross is at the forefront of the international response, sending shelter and water and sanitation specialists, setting up (...)
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February 2016
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Friday 05 |
9:30 - SYMPOSIUM - Veronica Brady, A Living Legacy : A symposium to honour the life and work of Sister Veronica Brady
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You are invited to join an intellectual celebration of a magnificent life that will honour her themes but hopefully also her temperament. This is an all day symposium with a number of different sessions.
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July 2016
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Thursday 28 |
19:00 - Poetry Night - Strumfrei Poetry Night : Poetry with a difference in Perth's hidden spaces.
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Head downstairs to the Studio Underground Foyer at the State Theatre Centre. Listen to Australian poets Paul Hetherington, Amanda Joy and Siobhan Hodge while enjoying a beverage or two. Strumfrei16 will also mark the launch of UWA Publishing's new poetry series, UWAP Poetry.
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Friday 29 |
10:00 - WORKSHOP - Poetry as Painting : In this workshop, critically acclaimed poet Paul Hetherington will demonstrate how visual imagery activates and energies poetry.
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Poetry and painting have been compared since antiquity. John Hollander (echoing Simonides) has said that ‘Works of art are silent; poetry speaks its mind’.
In this workshop critically acclaimed poet Paul Hetherington will demonstrate how visual imagery activates and energises poetry (...)
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Saturday 30 |
10:00 - WORKSHOP - Prose Poetry as a Contemporary Art Form : In this workshop poet Paul Hetherington will introduce you to key prose poetry techniques and provide the opportunity to write your own prose poems.
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Prose poetry is a powerful literary form in the 21st century. It is neither exactly like lyric poetry, nor is it quite like conventional prose fiction.
As Peter Johnson says, ‘the prose poem plants one foot in prose, the other in poetry, both heels resting precariously on banana peels� (...)
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April 2017
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Thursday 06 |
18:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - Chinese Literature and World Literature: Views from the South : This China in Conversation teases out from an Australian and Chinese perspective the issues surrounding interpreting and reading world literature.
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Join in a literature themed China in Conversation - a free public event with refreshments. World literature was long defined in the English speaking world as an established canon of European masterpieces, but an emerging global perspective has challenged this European focus. Now it is better (...)
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