Brisbane Music: Madeleine Page
This video is of Brisbane acoustic pop/folk singer Madeleine Page singing a cover version of the song Dry Land.
If you like what you hear, you can listen to more at Madeleine Page’s MySpace page, or click here to see her videos at YouTube. Madeleine will be launching her EP this Sunday, April 26th at the Brisbane Powerhouse, at the end of Lamington St in New Farm. Click here for a Google Map.
Brisbane Festivals: Buddha Birth Day Festival 1st – 3rd of May 2009
The Brisbane Buddha’s Birthday festival 2009 is on from Friday May 1st to Sunday May 3rd. It’s the celebration of Buddha’s Birthday (you never would have guessed, would you?), and you can see lots of information at the official website. All events are free, and some of the highlights include:
A Bodhi Tree blessing ceremony at 10am on Friday May 1
William Wei-Liang Lin, a Taiwanese world champion of Diablo juggling.
Talks on meditation and Buddhism.
The Taiwan Koahshiung Folk Arts Group performing traditional dance.
And a fireworks show at 7.30PM on Sunday May 3 2009.
It all happens at the Suncorp Piazza at Southbank – click here for a Google Map.
Click here to see the full program.
UPDATE:
These photos were taken by a friend of mine at the festival:
And this YouTube video by deovahni shows some of the happenings as well:
Brisbane Giant Puppet Photos: Giant Puppet seen in Queen Street, City
This rather odd giant girl marionette has been seen in Brisbane’s Queen Street over the last few days. Apparently, the giant girl doll is all part of a TV commercial being made for Allens Lollies – click here to see an article at the Brisbane Times about it.
The picture above was taken by flickr user Dylan-K and the one below was taken by a.lex
There’s more pictures of the giant girl puppet from flickr users zombietron, shonkathan and rockfotze.
UPDATE: rockfotze also made a video of the giant girl puppet which gives you a good idea of just how tall she was:
The story of the giant marionette has also been blogged at The Bludger and Spirits Dancing.
Brisbane Festivals: Urban Country Music Festival, May 1-4 2009, Caboolture
There’s a list of all the artists here, with links to their MySpace pages or websites so you can check out their music. This video clip shows one of the artists, BIND Australia, playing their song “Save You” at the Tamworth Country Music Festival.
Brisbane Impro: Brisbane Playback Theatre Friday April 24th 2009
On their website, Playback say:
The material for the performance comes from the audience. Assisted by the conductor, who holds a performance, people in the audience share moments and stories from their lives, which are then immediately re-enacted or “played back” spontaneously by a troupe of usually four actors and a muscian.
The actors and muscian then take on roles in a dramatic form and, using dance, movement, mine, music, dialogue, sound and imagination, the story or moment is played back in a creative and magical re-enactment. No Playback performance is like any other and no-one quite knows what to expect when they walk through the doors. That is the spontaneous nature of Playback, for actors and audience alike.
Click here for a map showing where the Merthyr Uniting Church is. Tickets are $15 for adults, $12 concession and $22 for a family – to find out more you can call Deb Driscoll on 0422 809 195 or Jen Barrkman on 0405 110 955.
Brisbane Art: @definatalie and @yukister in the Works on Paper exhibition at KILN Gallery
This work by Natalie Perkins from the exhibition is called Blueberry and Watermelon. You can see Natalie Perkins’ artistic blog here, her fan page on Facebook is here, and you can buy her artwork here from her RedBubble site.
And this work by Yuki Nanako is called “venesia”. Yuki Nanako’s own website is here, including her blog, and you can buy her artwork here on RedBubble or here at Etsy.
The Kiln Gallery is at the corner of Latrobe Terrace and Enoggera Terrace, Paddington – click here to see a Google Map. You can contact the gallery on
07 3879 6903, and they are open on Wednesdays from 10am – 4pm, Thursdays and Fridays from 10am to 6pm, and Saturdays and Sundays from 10am – 4pm.
Brisbane Exhibitions: Timeless: The Art of Cressida Campbell at QUT Art Museum to April 19 2009
There’s an exhibition on at the QUT Art Museum in Brisbane City, near the Botanic Gardens and Parliament House – it’s called Timeless, and it features the artwork of Cressida Campbell, who is apparently very influenced by Japanese woodblock paintings:
This work is called “Knives”, and is copyright of Cressida Campbell – you can see it on her website.
The exhibition is on until April 19th 2009, and because it’s so popular, the QUT Art Museum will be open on Saturdays and Sundays from 10am till 5pm – normal opening hours are Tuesday – Friday 10am – 5pm , and on Wednesday nights until 8pm.
There are free guided tours of the exhibition on Friday April 3, Friday April 10 and Friday April 17th 2009, at 12.30pm.
Click here for a map showing the location of the QUT Art Museum.