Newsletter | #148 | What's On this Week Newsletter | #148 | What's On this Week

Welcome to this week's Melbourne events, exhibitions, sports and community guide for Tuesday November 3 to Monday November 9, 2009.

This week.. the race that stops the nation makes its always welcome return, kicking off a fine run of events with the Whittlesea Show offering a weekend of fun as it celebrates a whopping 150 years, the Djerriwarrh Festival in Melton with parades, markets and a lifestyle expo, and coming in by a nose there's also the Melbourne Medieval Fayre and Tourney in Berwick with bearded chaps bearing swords, otherwise known as historical re-enactments.

Cinephiles in need of a fix this week needn't look far what with the Croatian Film Festival and the Arab Film Festival held simultaneously at ACMI Cinemas, while floral enthusiasts and fans of all things zen might want to check out the Buddhist Spring Festival where you'll literally find their stunning gardens where you can stop and smell 2300 rose bushes.

I'd join you for that one, but I have a blocked nose from the cold I can't shake. Not that you want to hear about that. My doctor wasn't interested either, and nor were the other nine doctors I phoned on Monday, who I suspect were all inundated by a sudden demand for medical certificates. Yup... my nose may be blocked, but it certainly smells like Cup Day!



With just a taste further down, check here to view more of the following..
VicRoads New Driving Laws - Monday November 9th



Major Events Guide
The Whittlesea Show, celebrating its 150th Anniversary, showcases the event's long history with special attractions that include horse drawn vehicles and workshops with a touch of yester year to them. Regular favourites also include roving entertainers, rides, animals and special guests.
When: Friday to Sunday, November 6 to 8


The Djerriwarrh Festival, Melton Township's biggest community festival, offers a weekend of fun for the whole family with a carnival atmosphere. With events held across the Shire, attractions include a Grand Street Parade, live entertainment, market stalls, and even a lifestyle expo.
When: Saturday & Sunday, November 7 & 8
Lifestyle Expo Held Monday November 9


A Family Festival will be held in Templestowe at Finns Reserve where people of all ages can enjoy entertainment that includes classic sports car displays, craft activities, food stalls, children's rides and an animal farm. Presented by the Rotary Club of Templestowe, entry is by gold coin donation.
When: Sunday November 8 - 9:30am to 4pm


The Spring Festival, presented by the Austrian Club Melbourne in Heidelberg West, is a day of fun for the whole family with traditional slap dancing, food, music and market stalls. The festival features great fun for kids also with a Jumping Castle, circus performances and more.
When: Sunday November 8 - 11am to 5pm


The Maroondah Festival, held at Croydon's Town Park, brings local community groups together to present hold a festive day with musical performances, food stalls and more. One of Melbourne's biggest community events, the festival includes the Kids Kingdom area and several themed expos.
When: Sunday November 8 - 10am to 5pm


The Marysville Marathon Festival is an event aimed at attracting supporters and tourists, while renewing community spirit. With several marathon walks and runs to enter, ranging from 42km to 3 km, the day includes bands, market stalls, participant showbags and entertainment for all.
When: Sunday November 8 - 9am to 5pm


The Melbourne Medieval Fayre and Tourney, held at Berwick's Old Cheese Factory, brings history to life with the clash of swords, the spatter of musket fire and the boom of cannons! The event excitingly recaptures past periods of world history with a great range of food, music and more.
When: Saturday & Sunday, November 7 & 8


The Buddhist Spring Festival, held at the beautiful Tibetan Buddhist Society's centre in Yuroke, celebrates their faith with a blessing ceremony and free tours of the centre's stunning gardens. The weekend also includes market stalls of Tibetan handicrafts, a photo exhibition and more.
When: Saturday & Sunday, November 7 & 8


The Bright Spring Festival showcases the vibrant sights and attractions found during Spring in Bright (as you may have guessed) with a series of events that include theatre, special dinners, film screenings and more. Highlights include the Halloween Fireworks Spectacular and Concert.
When: Ends Tuesday November 3 - Various Venues


The High Country Festival, held at various venues in Mansfield, has a program that celebrates innovative ideas and cultural activities with a diverse variety of events that include art exhibitions, unique and quirky community events, horse shows and a concert performed by local schools.
When: Ends Tuesday November 3


Film Festivals
The Arab Film Festival, held at ACMI Cinemas, is a travelling showcase of audience favourites from the annual festival held in Parramatta. With films that are entertaining, exciting and moving, the festival shows the beauty, diversity and complexity of the Arab world through film.
When: Thursday to Saturday, November 5 to 7


The Croatian Film Festival, making its debut at Federation Square's ACMI Cinemas, features a program of thirteen of the country's finest films with features, documentaries and animations, highlighting the resurgent, flourishing Croatian film industry since 2000's War of Independence.
When: Thursday to Sunday, November 5 to 8


Upcoming Events
NEW LIVE CALENDAR
To find out about future events in Melbourne, have a look at our new calendar, with details about many more events that lie ahead so you can jot them down on the to-do list , including Exhibitions, Live Gigs, Theatre, Markets, Expos and more..
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Exhibitions - Art | Festival | Show
Behind the Seams, held at the Swinburne University of TAFE in Prahran, is a special exhibition of work by graduates of the university's Diploma of Costume course, showcasing skills that include pattern drafting, draping, art finishing, millinery, make-up, wig making and much more.
When: November 5 to 7 | Bookings Required


Super Human: Revolution of the Species is an exhibition of collaborations between artists and scientists, investigating what it means to be human both now and in the future. Held at the RMIT Gallery on Swanston Street, the exhibition exposes our aspirations and fears about our bodies.
When: Nov 5 to Dec 5 - Monday to Sunday


140 Hours of Fame, presented by New York's Galerie St. George, features 'Way of the Golden Horse' (pictured) by local painter, Sue Stergo, one of only a few Australian artists accepted for what is the world's first Twitter Art Auction, held to introduce emerging artists to a global marketplace.
When: Online Auction Runs November 5 to 11


Nightmare on Swan Street is the first exhibition of Melbourne's newest Gallery, The Owl and the Pussycat in Richmond. The exhibition of haunting works by Nicholas Ives evoke a strange sense of missing persons with his portraits seeming more like shadows caught between worlds.
When: Runs Until Nov 15 - Wednesday to Sunday


Art Break, presented by Joint Councils Access for All Abilities, is an exhibition featuring self-portraits, installation, paintings, prints and painted silk. Held at Gasworks Arts Park, the exhibition is a showcase of visual art created during JCAAA's Holiday Arts for Adults program.
When: Runs Until November 15


China Daily, held at fortyfivedownstairs in Flinders lane, features artwork by Deng Ying, Cui Qiang and Chen Yu that offers a mixed view of China with work by Deng and Cui celebrating the country's everyday life, while Chen's artwork presents a very jaded view of China's incessant queues.
When: Runs Until November 21 - Tuesday to Saturday


The Berwick Artists Society, a collective of professional artists, emerging artists and hobby artists, will be holding their Spring Art Exhibition at Narre Warren Library. One of two yearly exhibitions they hold, the show includes work in various mediums and with a variety of subject matter.
When: Runs Until November 13


The Satirist & the Social Realist, held at Melbourne's Adam Galleries, is an exhibition of works by Noel Counihan and Eric Thake. Featuring prints of street scenes and social demonstrations, social commentary and portraits, the exhibition includes a selection of Australian Protest Posters.
When: Runs Until November 18 - Monday to Saturday


Chelle Macnaughtan will be showing works at Red Gallery in Fitzroy North, with an of exhibition aluminium constructs, etchings and more. The recipient of numerous awards and scholarships, her work draws influences from her combined studies in music, interior design and architecture.
When: Runs Until November 7 - Wednesday to Saturday


HotHouse, showing at Australian Galleries in Collingwood, is an exhibition of large contemporary oil paintings by Christine Johnson. Featuring imagery of flowers seen in close-up, her work is an explosion of beauty with the luminous paintings created in a unique style derived from classical oil painting.
When: Runs Until November 8


The Arts with Flair Exhibition, held at the galleries of Mont De Lancey in Wandin North, is a collection of works by gifted artists from the Yarra Valley surrounds. Presented by the Two09 Group, the exhibition features diverse subjects from the abstract to the realistic and other styles.
When: Runs Until December 13 - Wednesday to Sunday


Hook, Line and Sinker, an exhibition by Mona Ryder at Fitzroy's Alcaston Gallery, explores the social, cultural and religious influences that shape psyche and memory. Using unexpected objects such as crutches to form a crucifix, her work examines a diverse range of social and cultural issues.
When: Runs Until November 7 - Tuesdays to Saturdays


Kathy Temin, a highly acclaimed Melbourne-based artist, is being exhibited at Heide Museum of Modern Art in Bulleen. Reflecting her personal history and Jewish heritage, her work uses unconventional materials that playfully capture the trash and treasure aesthetics of global pop culture.
When: Runs Until November 8 - Tuesdays to Sundays


The House of Hallmarcos, held at Melbourne's Until Never, celebrates thirty years of practice by bespoke jeweller, Marcos Davidson. Featuring three major bodies of his work, Sonic Selectors, Head Takers and Lapidem, the exhibition includes an installation of paintings exploring his family tree.
When: Runs Until November 15 - Wednesday to Saturday


Monster Zoo, an exhibition by jeweller Justine Austen, will be held at Pieces of Eight in North Fitzroy. Consisting of strange and curious creatures, her menagerie is meticulously handcrafted from sterling silver and a diverse range of materials including gemstones, bone and coral.
When: Runs Until November 14 - Tuesday to Saturday


Anatomy to Robots, showing at Southbank's Queensbridge Square, is a remarkable exhibition that brings the designs of Leonardo da Vinci to life. One of the world's greatest and inventive minds, the exhibition shows his passion for nature, science and art with life size recreations of his works.
When: Runs Until January 31, 2010


Strike a Pose with Lee Lin Chin is a photographic exhibition held at the Victorian Archives Centre in North Melbourne. Showcasing the Australian fashion scene of the 1960's and 70's, the show co-curated by Lee Lin Chin, host of Fashionista, explores the influences that shaped Australian fashion.
When: Runs Until November 20 - Tuesday to Friday


Open Days, Expos & Launches
The Melbourne Bead Expo, held at the Camberwell Centre, features exhibitors from across Australia selling beads, gems, findings, tools and more. With workshops held for beginners and advanced beaders, the expo includes exhibits of fine wearable art and beadwork with many pieces for sale.
When: Friday to Sunday, November 6 to 8


The Eltham & District Woodworkers will be holding their annual Woodwork Exhibition at the Eltham Community Centre, showcasing the work of members with extensive displays and many items for sale. The exhibition includes free hands-on workshops for kids across the weekend.
When: Saturday & Sunday, November 7 & 8


The Castlemaine & District Festival of Gardens will hold a special open garden series during the Melbourne Cup long weekend, with eight established and diverse gardens open to the public offering a taste of the ten-day festival held next year with local gardens renowned for their roses and irises.
When: Ends Tuesday November 3


Performances & Theatre
Edges, performed at South Yarra's Cromwell Road Theatre by Why Not? Production Company, brings the new musical that captured the heart of America to Australia for the first time. With humour and drama, the show is a musical journey of stories that capture life's highs and lows.
When: November 3, 5, 6 & 7 - Shows Held 8pm


Spring Awakening, adapted from Franz Wedekind's tragic German play, focuses on eight adolescents and the adults in their lives. As controversial today as it was in 1891, the play deals with themes like physical abuse, sexual awareness and suicide. It's held at Eltham College Performance Centre.
When: Thursday to Saturday, November 5 to 7 - 8pm


South Pacific, presented by Nova Music Theatre at Nunawading's Whitehorse Centre, is the classic musical by Rogers and Hammerstein. One of the greatest musicals of all time, the show weaves the drama of James A. Michener's novel with tunes that have become worldwide standards.
When: Thursday to Sunday, November 5 to 8


Irving Berlin's White Christmas, performed at Elwood's Phoenix Theatre, is an adaptation of the classic 1954 film. Presented by MLOC, the performance features seven additional songs that were omitted from the film about four entertainers who revive an inn that's left without snow.
When: November 6 to 8, 13, 14 & December 18 to 20


RENT The Musical, presented by Fab Nobs Theatre in Bayswater, brings to the stage the hit rock musical that tells the story of impoverished young artists and musicians struggling to survive and create in New York's Lower East Side in the thriving days of Bohemian Alphabet City.
When: November 6 to 21


A Dinner to Die For, held at the Retreat Hotel in Abbotsford, is a wickedly funny Murder Mystery Dinner set in 1928 as Lord Quinten Daventry hosts his party bash. Dinner guests are allocated a role and encouraged to indulge their inner artiste by dressing and behaving in character.
When: Saturday November 7 | Bookings Required


The Dame on the Ten Dollar Note, performed by Beverley Dunn, celebrates the author, journalist, poet and activist Dame Mary Gilmore. Held at Melbourne Theatre Company's Lawler Studio in Southbank, the performance draws from Mary Gilmore's own writing from poetry, diaries and more.
When: Runs Until November 7 - Wednesday to Saturday
Forum Held with Thursday Matinee Performances


Lost in Yonkers, Neil Simon's popular coming of age tale, will be performed by Epping's Chester Street Theatre. Part of Simon's trilogy which includes Brighton Beach Memoirs and Biloxi Blues, the inspiring play focuses on two brothers left in the care of their Grandma in Yonkers, New York in 1942.
When: Runs Until November 21 - Various Dates


Saturday Afternoon Soap Opera, presented by SNAFU Theatre, is a serialized performance with an ongoing plot developing each week. Held at Mirrors Lounge Bar in Fitzroy, audiences are invited to experience the comic dizzying highs and despicable lows of Soap Opera like never before.
When: Runs Until December 5 - Saturdays, 4pm


Picasso at The Lapin Agile, the absurd comedy penned by Steve Martin, examines science, art and many other fine points of life when Pablo Picasso and Albert Einstein meet in a small bar in France well before they become household names. Shows are held at Chapel Off Chapel in Prahran.
When: Runs Until November 7 - Thursday to Saturday


When the Rain Stops Falling, performed by Melbourne Theatre Company at their Southbank theatre, is Andrew Bovell's award-winning play about the relationship between a father and son, and how a rain of fish from the sky could signal the end of a rift that began eighty years earlier.
When: Runs Until November 22


Classical, Choral & Recitals
The Camberwell Chorale together with the Camerata Orchestra will present a twilight performance of Handel's Messiah. Established in 1944 and formed by local people, the community choir will perform along with Sun Aria finalist Lauren Oldham at Williamstown Town Hall.
When: Saturday November 7 - 6.30pm


Music for Meditation, held Federation Square's BMW Edge Theatre, is a biannual evening meditation concert of music designed to promote relaxation, rejuvenation and inspiration. Exploring the health benefits of sound, the concert features a performance by master percussionist, David Jones.
When: Sunday November 8 - 7pm


Entertainment & Nightlife
Live Concerts & Gigs
Breaking Orbit, formerly known as 'Nucleus', will be performing their first show under their brand-spanking new moniker at The Toff in Town on Swanston Street. Helping them begin the new leg of their musical journey, they'll be supported by special guests, The Violet Flames.
When: Wednesday November 4 - Doors Open 8pm


Jeudi Jazzy, held at the cellar of Alliance Fran�aise in St Kilda, is a live performance by the New Impromptu Quartet. Featuring Alexander Nettelbeck, Khari Cabral Simmons and Ben Kosi Karsay, the band performs Jazz, Latin and Soul standards alongside their own original compositions.
When: Thursday November 5 - 8pm


Twilight at the Terrace, held at the Royal Botanic Garden's Terrace tearoom, showcases the best performers from a wide range of genres. With exquisite views and food, they'll be presenting a performance of unique hypnotic rhythms by Invention in Time, a marimba and vibraphone duo.
When: Thursday November 5 - 6.30pm


The Koorie Heritage Trust Fundraising Gala, held at Melbourne's Athenaeum Theatre, brings together a broad range of talent to raise funds to support Koorie Youth projects. With song, dance, magic and comedy, the gala features a line-up of performers from many backgrounds.
When: Monday November 9 - 7pm to 9pm


Burlesque & Cabaret
Friday Night Burlesque, held at Fitzroy's Burlesque Bar, is a scintillating night of live performance, capturing the long and varied history of Burlesque entertainment in all its cheeky, saucy glory featuring established acts as well as some of the hottest up and coming performers in the Burlesque scene.
When: Every Friday Night | Doors Open 6pm


Comedy & Spoken Word
More Details Here


Community
African Drumming Classes - Ray Pereira, one of Australia's best performers and teachers in African Drumming, offers classes that teach great hand technique and how to hear and play inspiring West African rhythms on a variety of drums and instruments that include djembe, bells and shakers.
When: Mondays, Wednesdays & Thursdays


Speakers Forum | Soapbox Oratory - Soapbox orators (that means you if you've something to say) can take turns speaking on various topics and viewpoints on the State Library Lawns. Questions, comments, heckling and interjections are welcome from all, simply turn up to participate or listen.
When: Each Sunday Afternoon - 3pm to 6pm


You Can Help
There are many social causes that are relevant to people from all walks of life, many of which rely on public support to better the community or assist those who are less fortunate or to benefit others. This week we ask you to consider the following..

Movember returns for another year to bring back the soup-strainer and raise money for men's health partners, the Prostate Cancer Foundation and beyondblue. By simply growing a moustache in November and finding sponsors, Gala Parties are held at month's end to thank all involved.
Top Wines Australia offer Award Winning wines at great prices with wines sourced from 4-5 star vineyards. With wines for sale at half the price of similarly rated wine you can even buy 6 wines get and get 6 FREE for Only $85 while also going into the draw to win a $3000 Wine Giveaway!
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Curry Leaf Cafe in Elwood offers authentic Tandoori Barbecue Platters with an exotic ambience and friendly attentive service.
SPECIAL DINING OFFER!!
Book Through Menulog and enjoy the Spring Finger Food Special with a tasty platter & a Glass of Wine for just $17!
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Dining in Melbourne offers a splendid range of food styles to enjoy. Here are just a few classic food styles to choose from..

Modern Australian Cuisine
Chinese Restaurants
Italian Restaurants
Seafood Restaurants
French Restaurants
More Restaurants at onlyMelbourne's Dining Directory


Dining Gift Vouchers
Menulog Gift Vouchers are the perfect way to treat someone special to a great dinner with vouchers available for a wide range of participating restaurants in Melbourne and across Australia. There's even the option to buy a voucher and let the lucky recipient decide which restaurant they'd like to dine at!
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OnlyMelbourne Welcomes..
Each week we highlight some of the latest additions to OnlyMelbourne's ever growing guide to services, businesses and information sites for your community.

This week we suggest the following:
Susan May Celebrations - Celebrant for Weddings & all occasions...
Soni Bollywood - Dynamic dance entertainment for special events...
Dizzy's Castle - An exciting Indoor Play Centre in Maribyrnong...
Australian Football Skool - Soccer Programs for Kids...

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Sporting Events
The Trots with the Lot!
Melbourne Cup Carnival sees Flemington Racecourse come alive this week with the biggest race day in the world, the Melbourne Cup! Mind your fascinator on the way in, ladies!
Emirates Melbourne Cup Day - Tuesday November 3
Crown Oaks Day - Thursday November 5
Emirates Stakes Day - Saturday November 7


Victoria's Spring Racing Carnival showcases 50 days of premier world-class thoroughbred racing with 85 race meetings across the Victoria, including 20 Country Cups at ve 
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