The '2012' Exhibition
The exhibition is collection of works, some collaborative, by established artists, hobbyists and art students; together depicting what has been and what they anticipate is to come in the New Year. The artists draw inspiration from the possibility of the world as we know it coming to an end as predicted in the Mayan Calender. The ‘2012’ Exhibition is a unique exhibition that takes a nostalgic look back into t...he past and a futuristic and perhaps even apocalyptic vision of the future.
This exhibition is important as it gives up-coming art students, established artists and hobbyists a chance to (re)connect to their art and provides an opportunity to exhibit their works to the art world of Cairns and the Far North. Working together are a number of artists and for some this will be their first exhibition.
This exhbition was made possible thanks to Kylie Burke at Kick Arts, Cell Art Space, Youth Arts Queensland and is a part of the 2011 Starburst programme.
OPENING NIGHT, SAT 3rd September, The Buddha Bar, 6pm
So come and enjoy some nibbles and wine and celebrate these fantastic artists; it's free entry and there will be local musicians playing!
Ever wanted to know what a speech pathologist does? or do you have a family member, son daughter who is struggling with literacy and learning?
Come and celebrate "literacy for life" and speak to a qualified speech pathologist at the Festival on Collins for Speech Pathology week.
The Far North Queensland Speech Pathology Team will be available between 9am to 3pm to discuss issues relating to literacy and learning, and provide useful information for individuals and families who have concerns about their communication.
Event: Team Challenge
Major Sponsor and Naming Rights: CBC Staff Selection
Date: Sunday, 4 September 2011, 7.00am
Venue: Fun Ship, Esplanade
Conditions:
Team must have 4 team members. Other sized teams do not qualify for prizes.
Run or walk 3k, 5k or 8k along the Esplanade.
Age: 16+
Event Categories:
* Team Challenge Cup – this is the major trophy. All team members must be in the 5k.
* Mini Cup – all team members enter and participate in the 3k.
* Mega Cup – all team members enter and participate in the 8k.
* Mixed Distance – team members enter and complete 3k, 3k, 5k and 8k respectively.
Prizes:
$50.00 for the winning team in the Team Challenge Cup category.
Trophy for each winning team in each category.
Random Draw prizes
Best Dressed Team Prize
Largest number of Teams from one company Prize
Who’s coming?
* private companies
* government departments e.g. health, education, council
* community organisations
* sporting clubs
* fitness centres
* etc.
FAQ
1. How fit do we have to be? ….. Anyone is welcome to participate – walk if you want to!
2. Is there any pre-training available? ….. Yes, the Cairns Road Runners meet each Wednesday night on the Esplanade (just north of Muddy’s Playground) at 5.30pm.
3. Can I wear an iPod? ….. Yes– provided it is turned down low enough to hear instructions from marshals, other runners and the general public.
4. Can I push a pram? …… No
5. Can I run with a dog? …… No.
6. Can I enter on the day? …… Cut off is 6.30am. So get there early. A late entry fee applies.
7. Can I change the distance I nominate?….. Yes you can.
8. Is there adequate parking?….. Yes. Parking at the Fun Ship and also along the Esplanade.
9. Is there somewhere to leave my gear?….. No. Organise to lock it in someone’s car.
10. Is breakfast available?…… Fruit and pastries will available immediately after the event.
Family Friendly Event, Brag Bag Giveaway & Lucky Door Prizes.
Yungaburra Book Fair " Books & Cooks'
The annual Book Fair is once again being held in the histiric village of Yungabura sep 10th, 10am-4pm. The theme is 'BOOKS & COOKS'.
A feast for book lovers looking for a good read, rare treasure or special find with 1000s of books for sale from local booksellers.
A smorgasboard of book people-you can meet and talk with the many and varied authors that live in this area. Listen to speakers. Talk with members of writers groups and historic societies. Enjoy good food at the eating houses of Yungaburra and have a great day as the village celebrates Books & Cooks.
Join us for a night of food, music, and fun. Life is a Cabaret is a dance show with dinner and dessert. All proceeds will support local children with cerebral palsy and other physical disabilities.
Blue Sky Brewery Gravitate Festival 2011
10-18th September
Blue Sky Brewery Gravitate Festival, is what cycling life in Cairns is all about. The choice is yours if you want to rev it up with a competition event or kick back and join the crew in one of the social rides; the week is jammed pack with action. You will be able to enjoy some spectacular trails which incorporate our stunning scenery from the depths of the rainforest to our beautiful bushland that surrounds the tropical city of Cairns. Multi disciplines such as cross country, all mountain, downhill and freestyle BMX are on offer.
The birthplace of mountain biking in Australia was right here in Cairns Far North Queensland! Join some of the legendary riders from past and present and help Celebrate Mountain Biking ‘Gravitate’ to Cairns! For more information and to enter go to cairnsmtb.com
Saturday 10th
**GOOD FOR SPECTATORS SHOW THE KIDS WHAT CROSS COUNTRY MOUNTAIN BIKING IS ABOUT**
Race: Xc 4 hour Day/Night Pony Express
Smithfield Mtb Park
Cost: $25 per rider—teams of two
Register Online, Racing at 4.30pm
BBQ n drinks all night
Social Practice : Bowl Jam , Dirt Jumps
& Pump Track
Get some practice in before the Big Night!
from 4pm Cost: FREE
Sunday 11th
Social: Pines to Pines Challenge
All Mountain Ride
One of Qld’s Longest & Steepest Descents
Suitable for dh or all mtb bikes
Cost: $22 Bus Leaves for Saddle Mountain 8.15am
Register Online
Race: Vintage Downhill
Smithfield Mtb Park Access Road
Australia’s First and Only Vintage Race!
Cost: $10 Racing at 1.45pm
Register Online
Monday 12th
Social: Chill out Day—Behana George Swim
Tuesday 13th
Social: Secret Epic Trail Ride
Suitable for dh & xc Riders, yes we’re doing both!
Shhh.. Can’t say too much but it’s an awesome ride
Cost: $22 Bus Leaves Little Mulgrave Pub at 8am
Finishes apx: 11.30am—Register Online
Wednesday 14th
Social Fundraiser: Good Old Night Time Street Thrash
Cruz the Nard on your choice of push bike..
5.30pm Meet at Trinity Wharf car Park
Finishes: 7.45pm at Blue Sky Brewery
Costs: Gold Coin Donation To Harold House
Thursday 15th
Skills Clinic: Nathan Rennie’s Dh Clinic
Get the goods with world cup experience!
Smithfield Mtb Park Starts 9.30am-1.30/2pm
Costs: $75 intermediate & advanced riders
Numbers limited: Enter events@cairnsmtb.com
Skills Clinic Xc: Local Lad Will Bird
subject to interest Cost: $45, Will’s got the skills for you!
Suitable for beginners & intermediate riders Limited
numbers register interest now: events@cairnsmtb.com
Thursday 15th
Evening event
**SPECTATORS WELCOME 6PM BBQ DRINKS AND JUMPING ACTION UNDER LIGHTS!**
Bowl Jam, Freestylers & Pump Track Competition
North QLD’s most anticipated Free Styler Dirt Event!
Smithfield Mountain Bike Park-under lights
DJ will be pumping out the tunes & BBQ
The major talent scouts will be there!
Cost: $20 Register: On the Day from: 4.30pm
Friday 16th
Social: Sunrise to Sunset Downhills
How many iconic dh trails can you handle in a day?
Ride n chill out with Rennie & the crew..
Cost:$40, Register Online
5.45am meet at Mc Gregor Road Trail Head
includes Bus all day, BBQ lunch n swim
Saturday 17th
AM Skills Clinic: Nathan Rennie’s Dh Clinic
AM & PM Xc Skills Clinic: Local Lad Will Bird
Sessions 8am & 1.30pm
Race Practice: Dh 4 from: 2-4pm
Sunday 18th
**SPECTATORS WELCOME!! RACING FROM 12 NOON BBQ DRINKS AND REMEMBER THE CAMERA FOR ACTION SHOTS!!****
Race: Dh 4 Join in Cairns Mtb Club race finals!
Cost: $40, Register: Online (includes grab cash)
Race: Gravitate Grab for Cash
Race down the fire road avalanche style
Cost: $12 Register on day before 11am
Sunday Night: Blue Sky Brewery After Party!!
This is a national event that is held every year to promote sustainable design principles and sustainable living practices. This year there will be 9 houses open to the public in our region, each displaying a different array of sustainability features. The list of houses on display are in the Cairns area, Kuranda, Cape Tribulation, Tully and Mareeba.
the new workplace safety laws are coming, is your business ready? The Civil Contractors Federation are hosting an information session for the civil industry. Free for members, $80 for non members. Contact 07 3360 7933 for more information
So you have never tried speed dating…. Well that’s okay, because now you can..
In this Speed Dating event, you will meet single guys or girls. When you arrive, you will be greeted and given your date card for the evening.
Once all the guests have arrived, the girls will be allocated a table where each guy will come around and spend 6 minutes chatting with you.
This will give you enough time to decide if you would like to see them again.
The following day you are sent the contact details of the people that liked you as well and you take it from there.
A great way to get out and meet lots of other singles in one night while having some fun and trying something different…
Details of the Night…
Start time – 7.30pm (please arrive at 7pm as it will commence at 7.30pm)
Cost – $30.00 (payment must be made prior to attending. We need to confirm that we have 10 guys and 10 girls.. its only fair to everyone!)
This includes drink on arrival and finger food
For payment, please go to the website www.cairnssocialevents.com.au (please ensure you provide first and last name with payment)
Please note, bookings and payment must be made prior to the event
For any further inquiries, please email info@cairnssocialevents.com.au
The Reef City Rollergirls 3rd Intraleague bout between the Cane Sugars and Monsoon Maidens is on Saturday September 17th at the Cairns Recreation Centre, 44 Behan Street, Manunda.
Come along for a night of great entertainment and fun for the whole family.
Tickets are $12 each or $35 for a family (2 adults, 2 kids) available at the door or via OzTix.
Food, Drinks, Live Band, DJ and Merchandise available.
Please bring cash, there are no EFTPOS or ATM facilities on-site.
The Reef City Rollergirls are a not for profit sporting organisation and need your support. Spread the word and get involved in one of the fastest growing women's sports in the world!
14 Sept is the 10 year anniversary of the collapse of Ansett. Former Ansett employees of the Cairns base are gathering at Yorkeys Knob Boat Club on Sunday 18 September from midday onwards to reminisce over the good times. Former employees will be travelling from around Australia. Guests have been asked to wear their old unifroms (if they fit them!) and name badges and to bring any photos or memorabillia. Former Ansett staff members such as pilots, flight attendants, baggage handlers, aircraft engineers, catering and cleaning staff, ground staff, check-in, sales, reservations and managers and their families are all welcome.
A one-day program for those affected by type 2 diabetes,
which aims to empower people to improve their self-management and
raise awareness of support services and health care professionals.
To see the future one must only look to the past. Like many who came before him, and after him, Julius Caesar had the support of the people but the loathing of the players. They conspired. They persuaded. They whispered it was for the good of the country. All they needed to succeed was Brutus. Poor patriotic Brutus. He was like a son to Caesar and a poster boy for the republic. But not even a front-man of such unimpeachable integrity could avert the total and utter disaster their daggers set in motion. Peter Evans, Bell Shakespeare's new Associate Artistic Director, takes this momentous piece of Roman history and transports it to the corridors of backroom politics. This time, when Caesar gets the axe, it's the media who roar like an angry mob. This sharp political drama puts friendship to the test and reveals a stark contrast between our intentions and our actions. With Alex Menglet as Caesar and Kate Mulvany as the conniving Cassius, we go behind the scenes as yet another leader is forced from office.
To see the future one must only look to the past. Like many who came before him, and after him, Julius Caesar had the support of the people but the loathing of the players. They conspired. They persuaded. They whispered it was for the good of the country. All they needed to succeed was Brutus. Poor patriotic Brutus. He was like a son to Caesar and a poster boy for the republic. But not even a front-man of such unimpeachable integrity could avert the total and utter disaster their daggers set in motion. Peter Evans, Bell Shakespeare's new Associate Artistic Director, takes this momentous piece of Roman history and transports it to the corridors of backroom politics. This time, when Caesar gets the axe, it's the media who roar like an angry mob. This sharp political drama puts friendship to the test and reveals a stark contrast between our intentions and our actions. With Alex Menglet as Caesar and Kate Mulvany as the conniving Cassius, we go behind the scenes as yet another leader is forced from office.
Based on the acclaimed book by ecologist and cancer survivor Sandra Steingraber, Ph.D., Living Downstream is an eloquent and cinematic feature-length documentary. This poetic film follows Sandra during one pivotal year as she travels across North America, working to break the silence about cancer and its environmental links.
“Handsomely photographed and powerfully argued… an arresting portrait.”
- Ann Hornaday, The Washington Post
“An absolute must-see.”
- Don Schwartz, CineSource Magazine
www.livingdownstream.com
Doors Open 6pm
Movie Screening 7pm
Entry $15 (Cash only)
The Beautiful Bras for Breast Cancer Exhibition will be officially opening at 5:30pm at Festival Cairns HQ, 105 Lake Street so drop by to see some impressive, weird and wacky bra art, plus raffle and drinks before movie!
The Beautiful Bras for Breast Cancer exhibition puts on a creative spin on one of our much loved wardrobe essentials ~ the brassiere.
Join us on Friday 30th September at 5:30pm for the Official Opening of the Beautiful Bras for Breast Cancer Exhibition at Festival Cairns HQ, 105 Lake Street.
Contributing artists include: Hayley Gillespie; Caroline Mudge; Coral Wilkinson; Pip Miller; Betty Oliver; Louisa Ennis-Thomas; Velvet Eldred; Sharone Spannenburg; Kylie Berke; Amanda Designed; Janine Bucklar; Claire Heathcock; Heather McGiffin; Paloma Ramos and Elizabeth Barton.
The bras will be displayed from Monday 26th September until Friday 21st October where they will then be auctioned off at the Pink Ribbon High Tea on Sunday 23rd October at the Shangri La Cairns.
The Bras Opening will be followed by a movie screening 'Living Downstream' at the Centre of Contemporary Arts, 96 Abbott Street. Tickets $15 available at the door.
~ Sharing creativity with a purpose ~
Returning to Australia in 2011....Imperial Russian Ballet Company’s “Festival of Russian Ballet”.
The Festival of Russian Ballet features a diverse and stunning programme in three awe-inspiring acts.
Act One – Don Quixote
Don Quixote was first performed in Moscow’s Bolshoi Theatre in 1869. Since then it has been performed all over the world by Russian and International companies.
Former Bolshoi soloist and head of the Imperial Russian Ballet Company, Gediminas Taranda, has taken the four acts of the original ballet with its gradual evolution and transformed it into one impetuous act.
Act Two – Bolero
Bolero is a striking and dramatic ballet. Ravel was inspired to create this masterpiece after visiting a large industrial factory. There he noticed the slow regular movement of the assembly lines and the crash of machine and materials. Bolero is regarded as one of the world’s music masterpieces.
Act Three – Highlights from the world’s great ballets including Giselle, Carmen, The Dying Swan and Le Corsaire. Also in Act Three, Gopak and Ne Me Quittes Pas, Can Can Surprise
The Imperial Russian Ballet Company have performed this three-hour ballet extravaganza all around the world, thrilling audiences and impressing critics. Richard Mays writing in The Evening Standard wrote:
Ballet virtuosity stuns audience
AN ASTOUNDING and exhilarating three-hour programme brought most ballet fans to their feet last night.
Perhaps the few who remained seated were simply stunned by excess, as this touring ballet treasure trove heaped pleasure upon delight, capping virtuosity with even more outstanding steps, leaps and turns.
www.russianballet.com.au
Informal group of amateur artists meet every Wednesday 11am-3pm BYO materials, lunch
cost $4.oo to assist the hire of the hall and coffee
every one welcome
contact YMCA Ph 40577507