FLIX FIX: Willy Wonka
& The Chocolate Factory
Fri 11 Jan | Shirley Burke Theatre
Daytime session: 10.00am
Evening session: 8.00pm
PERFECT FOR SCHOOL HOLIDAY FUN!
Enter a world of pure imagination – join us for a scrumdidleyumptious screening of the ‘70s classic Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory.
TICKETS JUST $10
Includes: Golden Ticket Door Prizes, Chocolate Fountain Fun in the Foyer, Candy-Themed Challenges PLUS prizes for (optional) dress up. Arrive early!
Book now click here
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Information Night: IYSFF
International Silent Youth Film Festival
Mon 25 Feb | 5.00pm - 6.30pm | Kingston City Hall
What is the International Youth Silent Film Festival (IYSFF)? The IYSFF is a competition that originated in the US for filmmakers aged 20yrs and under and it's coming to Kingston!
Call out for entries! Kingston Arts is opening its program to Australian residents living in Victoria, NSW and Queensland. Filmmakers will select from original scores composed for the festival to accompany their film (visit www.makesilentfilm.com to hear the scores).
Come along to the information evening on Feb 25 and learn about the IYSFF, watch films from past winners and pick up some hot tips, classroom activities, curriculum links and other handouts.
Register: iysff@kingston.vic.gov.au
More information visit our website
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FLIX FIX: Cabaret
Fri 22 Feb | 8.00pm (doors open at 7.00pm)
Shirley Burke Theatre
Marking the 30th anniversary of this winner of 8 – yes 8! - Academy Awards) the musical masterpiece, Cabaret, arrives in Parkdale to transform the Shirley Burke Theatre into a decadent pre-war Berlin underworld. The extraordinary energy and style of Bob Fosse’s direction and choreography, plus the remarkable historical drama make this not just a spectacular musical, but a powerful film experience.
So leave your troubles outside! Life is disappointing? Forget it! Willkomen, bienvenue, welcome…
Divine decadence darling!
Optional fancy dress: prizes on the night, make sure you arrive early for some pre-film entertainment in the foyer...
Don't miss out click here to book
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Artscape Autumn 2013
Out NOW!
Want to see what's coming up in our jam-packed Autumn season?
Take an exclusive peek into our Autumn Artscape, click here.
(*n.b. bookings for our Autumn season open Mon 14 Jan via our Box Office or our website).
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Figure It Out
Gregg Wilson, Ann Dormau, Robert Hempel & Michael Rigg
G1, Kingston Arts Centre
Fri 18 Jan – Tues 5 Feb
Join us for Opening drinks: Sat 19 Jan, 2pm – 4pm
Figure It Out is a celebration of queer identity and forms part of Midsumma 2013, the annual GLBTI community festival in Melbourne.
Artist Gregg Wilson has gathered together a collective of gay artists who examine queer indentity, figuratively in their work, across a range of mediums.
Each artists’ work is informed by their own experience of being gay, and thematically the works span a broad spectrum, from intrinsic beauty to isolation.
Click here for more info
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One Woman's Journey
Margaret Gurney
G1 & G2, Kingston Arts Centre
Fri 8 – Weds 27 Feb
Join us for the Opening event: Thur 7 Feb, 6pm - 8pm
Celebrating the work of local artist and pioneer Margaret Gurney, One Woman’s Journey features a fascinating range of works produced during the artist's time as one of the only female Graphic Designers (and later Art Directors) to work in the male-dominated environs of Australian TV in the 1960s.
Also featured in the exhibition are Gurney's more recent works depicting her passion for the natural beauty of the Australian landscape.
Click here for more info
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Beach Rd's Ribbon of Highs & Lows
Nigel Clements
G3 Artspace, Shirley Burke Theatre
Fri 15 Feb - Wed 13 Mar
Join us for the opening: Fri 15 Feb, 6pm - 8pm
Nigel Clements’ photography masterfully captures the unaware and unguarded human in everyday settings. His disarmingly intimate portraits capture the splendour of our coastline against the vulnerability of the subjects captured therein.
This exhibition is a visual love-letter to the landscape that so enchants the artist, and will delight viewers who are familiar with the area, as well as those who are strangers to it.
Click here for more info
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Lens Mist 2013
Photographic Award & Exhibition
Entries close on 31st January 2013
Capture the wonder of Port Phillip Bay this month and enter Kingston Arts' popular photographic competition, Lens Mist 2013.
Brief: Photographers should provide a creative response to Victoria's Port Phillip Bay, employing originality, creativity, imagination and vision.
Junior Lens Mist brief: Submit a photograph of your favourite beach along Port Phillip Bay.
Prizes include:
$5000 - Best Photograph
$2000 - Peoples' Choice Award
$500 - Junior Lens Mist (13-17 years)
$250 camera pack - Junior Lens Mist (12 and under)
Make sure you submit your photo online here before Jan 31!
Full details are on our website, click here.
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Kingston City Hall - 50th anniversary
Share Your Memories!
Did you bop along to Norman Rowe, or swoon and scream when Bon Scott took the stage at the Kingston City Hall (formerly the Moorabbin Town Hall)?
With the venue approaching its first half-century in 2013, we would love you to get in touch and share your memories and/or any photographs you may have.
Got something rock 'n' roll to share?
Email info@kingston.vic.gov.au with your stories!
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Artz Blitz 2013 - register now
Kingston Arts annual 24-hour visual arts and creative writing competition.
Creative chaos round the clock for anyone who's ever dreamed of being an artist!
If you’ve not already submitted your application then NOW IS THE TIME. Registrations close on Friday 8 Feb (or when fully booked).
There are over $3000 in prizes to be won this year, and don’t forget the competition has expanded to include not just visual arts, but creative writing now too.
Get involved, and if you know someone who would like to, spread the love and forward this message onto them so they don’t miss out.
Competition rules and details
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Kingston Arts Centre & Kingston City Hall
979-985 Nepean Hwy, Moorabbin
Cnr South Road and Nepean Hwy,
100 metres from Moorabbin train station
Melway Ref 77 D5
www.kingstonarts.com.au
