Brisbane Steampunk – Prometheus Bound, Sat May 16 2009
It’s $12 to get in, or $8 if you have a concession card or if you have a stamp from another club on your hand.
This collection of pictures from previous Prometheus Bound events in Brisbane is from the Prometheus Bound MySpace page
Performers on the night include The Wretched Villains and burlesque artist Miss Kitty Conquest (pictured above in this photo from Flickr)
I found out about this event from the Brisneyland LiveJournal community. If you want to keep track of future Prometheus Bound events, you might want to check out the Brisbane Steampunk community on LiveJournal
Brisbane Festivals: Redcliffe Kite Festival 2009 Sat May 16th and Sun May 17th
The Redcliffe Kitefest is on Saturday 16th May 2009 from 10am to 4pm and Sunday 17th of May 2009 from 9am to 4pm.. It’s at Pelican Park in Clontarf – click here for a Google Map.
The photo of the shark above at last year’s Kitefest was taken by Flickr user ponieprice. Below you can see a slideshow of 90 photos taken by Brisbane photographers of the Kitefest and put on flickr:
One of the features of the event is Japanese Edo kite master Mikio Toki: this video shows him making a traditional Japanese kite:
For more info, see the Redcliffe Kite Club’s website or call 07 3889 3384 or 0415 437 982.
Brisbane Time: What time is it now in Brisbane, Australia?
This handy clock comes from timeanddate.com. If you can’t see it click here to visit their page about Brisbane, Australia, which also has info on sun and moon times, weather, Australian and Brisbane dialling codes and some handy planners if you’re on holiday in Brisbane from overseas and want to work out the best time to call home.
Remember that if you’re in Brisbane from about October to March, the other eastern states have Daylight Savings while Brisbane doesn’t (as of May 2009). So if you’re dealing with business between Brisbane and Sydney or Melbourne you’ll have to remember that they are an hour ahead. This can be confusing because the State border between Queensland and New South Wales runs right through the middle of the Gold Coast’s Coolangatta/Tweed Heads twin town, so people on one side of the street are an hour ahead of the others.
Look, don’t waste time trying to understand the ins and outs of Australian timezones in summer. Just click here for a clock at timeanddate.com that shows you exactly what the time is in each Australian capital – Coolangatta is on Brisbane time, and Tweed Heads is on Sydney Time.
Brisbane Art: Latin American Art at Circle Gallery May 8-14 2009
Artistas Latinos, a group of Latin American artists in Brisbane, is putting on its first exhibition, Brush Strokes, at the Circle Gallery, 274 Montague Rd, West End, on the corner of Scott St (click here for a Google Map) from tonight, Friday May 8 to Thursday May 14 2009. The poster above gives you an idea of some of the art that will be on display.
The Circle Gallery is open from 10am to 5pm daily. It’s a small gallery in West End where artists can put on their own shows for a short time. The gallery doesn’t collect any commission for work that you sell – click here to find out more information about putting on an exhibition there.
Brisbane Art: Museum of Brisbane’s Temperature 2: New Queensland Art
Paul Adair‘s Rock Pool from Three-Hole Mountain Inn
The Museum of Brisbane, in the Brisbane City Hall at King George Square (click here for a Google Map), has an exhibition at the moment called Temperature 2: New Queensland Art. As you can probably guess, it’s about the work of 22 Queensland artists who are making art right now.
If you’d like to see more of the work that’s on display at the exhibition, visit the exhibition’s page here at the MoB’s website, and you’ll see an animated slideshow of some of the work.
The Museum of Brisbane is open seven days a week from 10am to 5pm and it’s free to get in. The Temperature 2: New Queensland Art exhibition is on until Monday June 8 2009.
Brisbane Jazz: Valley Jazz Festival 12-17 May 2009 – 39 free gigs
To find out the details of one of the 39 free gigs that are happening at festival time, click here – you’ll find a list of events. You’ll see the word “Type” in red – just click it, and all the free gigs will be listed separately from the paid ones.
If you go to the front page of the festival’s website, there’s a built-in music player with 13 tracks by some of the artists at the festival, including Elixr (featuring Katie Noonan), Toby Wren and Way Out West.
And if you go to the Festival program by clicking here you’ll see that the name of each artist/group (and each venue) is in red. Click on the band names and you’ll get taken to a page that will play you two tracks of that band’s music (for some of the bands), so you can get a taste of what each artist is like. If the band has a myspace page there’s a link to that as well, so you can sample a bit more of their music.
Two of the artists performing for free who appealed to me are:
Ubique Trio:
and the Gemma Turvey Trio.
If you have a poke around the festival website, you’ll find a lot to listen to.
Brisbane Museums: Queensland Military History Museum
medals from the New Zealand (Maori) Wars to presentdays, photographs from pre-Federation Queensland, weapons from an 1800 ‘brown Bess’ musket to modern firearms and swords including Queensland Defence Force bandsman’s items, trench and convalescence art, and other memorabilia of pre- Federation Queensland Defence Force personalities.
If you click here, you can see some photos of the QMMM’s collection.
The QMMM is open every Sunday from 12 midday to 4pm and it costs $2 for adults to get in, or $5 for a family (2 adults and 2 children). It’s at 28 Church St, Fortitude Valley (click here for a Google Map) and if you want to organise for a group to go during the week just call the museum on 07 3852 3565 (+61 7 3852 3565 from overseas) from 9am till midday on Tuesday or Friday.
Brisbane Burlesque – come and try Burlesque at Scoundrelles At Play, Fri May 8 2009
For an idea of what you’ll be learning, this video show some of Scoundrelles’ students performing to “The Bomb” – it’s not safe for work and you might not want to show it to your young children:
Don’t worry, everyone at the open night class will be fully clothed – it’s just about learning a few fun moves, not pushing you past your comfort level. IF you plan to go along, click here to read some instructions for how to prepare for the class, and what you can expect.
By the way, I found out about this event on Twitter from @divabat, who’s a good person to follow if you’re on Twitter and want to know more about burlesque in Brisbane.
You can also follow the Brisbane Blog’s Twitter account and you’ll get updated every time there is a new story on the Brisbane Blog. Or if you want more, follow my personal account (David Jackmanson) and find out what I’m up to.
Brisbane Music Sales: Butter Beats $2 record sale, Sunday May 9th 2009
It’s $10 to get in from 8-10am, $5 to get in after 10am. 4ZZZ-FM subscribers get in free, and the doors will be open for free late in the afternoon. There’ll be food and alcohol for sale after 11am.
The bloke I talked to at the Butter Beats store in the Valley told me that there’s lots of music available, not just in the genres that Butter Beats usually stock – for instance one of the stallholders has picked up an old radio station’s collection so he will have heaps of 70s and 80s music for sale. He also said that music dealers won’t get any special treatment – they have to pay to get in like everyone else and won’t get let in early – so if you’re an ordinary music lover you’ll get just as much chance as them to get yourself some music.
Brisbane Art: Urban Grind coffee shop in Brunswick St offers commission-free hanging space
Urban Grind offers a free AND commission-free hanging space for two weeks. If you’re interested, email art@urbangrind.com.au and include a description of what you’d like to show, and please include some examples in the email.
And if you’re on Brunswick St at the border of New Farm and the Valley (near the laundromat and Burger Urge), you might want to drop into Urban Grind, drink coffee and play their awesome free table-top video game:
The video machine has dozens of different classic games on it, like Dig Dug, Qix, Scramble and Frogger.
If you’re on Twitter, a service that lets you find out what people are doing, you might want to follow the Urban Grind twitter account, or if you follow the Brisbane Blog’s Twitter account you’ll get updated every time there is a new story on the Brisbane Blog. If you want more, follow my personal account (David Jackmanson) and find out what I’m up to.
