Issue 742
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The Scene - Local Entertainment NewsYouth Show Hurt
To raise funds for a much-needed youth facility in Lismore, North Coast CAMERA and Lismore Youth Interagency will present a film screening of the award-winning film, Hurt, next Friday, November 2 at the Star Court Theatre. Lismore Youth Interagency have been working with Council to ensure the inclusion of a youth facility in the proposed Arts and Cultural Precinct, on the Old Lismore High School site. The evening will showcase young dancers and short films made by local young people before the screening of Hurt. Hurt is a powerful film made by 250 young people from five different towns in Northern NSW and the cast and crew includes 15 car thieves, 23 homeless young people and nine young people with a mental illness. Tickets are $7/5 at the door. The screening starts at 7.30pm.
What the Butler PlayedSo do you want the good news or the bad news? The John Butler Trio returns to the Great Northern this weekend. The bad news is the Saturday night gig is already sold out, so unless you have a ticket, don't bother turning up unless you like listening to blues-soaked rock through a concrete wall. The good news is he's playing a special second show at 7pm on Sunday. Having won the ARIA award for best debut with Three, the JB Trio is bound to be just as popular even if the Liberal Party is holding its policy launch the same night.. Tickets from the Great Northern. But hurry.
Dolphins ShowcaseIn the lead up to the Dolphin Awards presentation night on November 27, a number of showcases will be held, giving people a chance to see the great variety and talent of the entrants. Presented by the North Coast Entertainment Industry Association, the first Dolphin Awards showcase will be held next Thursday, November 1 at Maggie Moores from 8.30pm. The night will feature performances by Byron Bay-based solo artist Ava and former Dolphin Awards winner Luke Vassella. Also included in the line-up is local bands Cheshire Cats, Age6 and funk sensation, Swanky Dee. Entry is by gold coin donation. To book for the Dolphin Awards presentation night phone 6622 0222.
For a TenorThe Ten Tenors return to the North Coast this week with a concert on Sunday at 8pm at the Ballina RSL. Tickets are available from the club. In the meantime, HBM Entertainment has kindly given us five double passes and five Ten Tenors albums to give away. Phone 6622 2888 between 11am & 11.10am this Friday for a chance to go in to the draw to win.
Howzat!Don't forget there's a very special concert under the stars at Thursday Plantation in Ballina this Saturday night when Daryl Braithwaite performs a 90 minute concert in the open ampitheatre. Tickets are $48, which includes supper and light refreshments. To book, phone 6686 7273.
Never says NeverSince last year's debut album A Little Time, Brendon Walmsley has has won two Golden Guitar awards, enjoyed a #1 single with 'Last Of The Big Gun Drovers' and travelled the country with brothers Nathan and Jared performing to growing crowd of fans. Now with an inspired second album Never Say Never, under his belt, Brendon Walmsley is hitting the road and playing a concert at Lismore Workers Club next Friday, November 2. Tickets are on sale from the club now.
Doco DirectionNorth Coast CAMERA will present a one-day workshop, Directing for Documentary with Vanessa Gorman, next Saturday, November 3 at the Clunes Technology Centre. Vanessa will take participants through cinematic options to tell a story, explain who tells the story and how, the art of beginnings, middles and endings as well as how to interview for a documentary. Vanessa has been a documentary director and TV producer for more than 15 years. She has directed three documentaries including her personal video diary, Losing Layla, which was screened on ABC TV in March this year. She currently works as producer with the ABC's half hour biographical series, Australian Story. The workshop will run from 10am-4pm. For information and bookings phone 6621 5444.
Band TogetherTo promote their second CD Reflecting and Refracting, Sydney-based Irrelevant plays tomorrow, October 26 at the Ewingsdale Hall from 6.30pm. An extravaganza of heavy metal and hard rock, the gig will also feature performances by Brisbane band New Settlement Rogue as well as Byron Bay outfits Thinkstr8 and Mourning Tide. Completing the line-up is Lismore band Us Versus Them. Tickets are $7 at the door.
Writers Groups UniteFor new and emerging writers, a writer's group is a wonderful way of joining people with a similar interest and passion on a regular basis and providing the stimulus and support necessary to continue the path as a writer. The Northern Rivers Writers' Centre is a point of contact for these groups. The writers' centre has a list of the major open groups but is looking to make this list more comprehensive. It thus welcomes any new contacts - both of closed groups, and in particular groups open to or looking for new members. The writers centre also welcomes inquiries from writers looking to join with a group and is happy to pass on contact details. The Writer's centre is hosting a workshop called 'Writing Groups: Starting Up, Maintaining Momentum, Shared Ideas' to be run by Carrolline Rhodes. Designed for anyone who wishes to form a writers group, already belongs to a writers group as well as those who would like to. It aims to explore the hows, whys, shoulds and should nots of forming and running a writers group. The workshop is on Saturday November 3, 10.30am-1.30pm, at the Byron Bay Beach Resort. The cost is $11 for NRWC members and $15 for non-members. Contact the writers' centre on 6685 5115 for bookings and details.
More ViewsAlong with Christine Porter's exhibition (see Art News) Lismore Regional Art Gallery has other new exhibitions on show. Art for Health's Sake is a celebration of mental health. Three local mental health clinics have united to present a collaborative exhibition of client-based art. Looking Through You by Bob Bird is a garden installation of glass totems from kiln formed glass and stone. Signifying timelessness and a connection to our past the artist portrays the vulnerability and fragility of the environment and the link between nature to spiritual growth and an understanding of the need to protect this environment. The exhibitions run until November 25. At tonight's opening, the winner of the $1000 Northern Rivers Echo people's choice award will be announced.
Art AuctionIn may be the stuff they smoke, but we've had an email from the HEMP Party people telling us there's an art auction at the Rainbow Café in Nimbin on Friday, September (sic) 26. We think they mean tomorrow. They're asking supporters of HEMP to bring along a piece of art to auction. They'll also have art supplies on the night so people can do their own art work on the spot, then have it auctioned.
It's the Blues Smithers
'My Eric Clapton' is what Bonnie Raitt calls Chris Smither, legendary Louisiana blues and roots songwriter, singer and guitarist. Simther wrote her signature song 'Love Me Like A Man', as well as other hits for Emmy Lou Harris. Regarded as a 'musicians' musician' he plays the Great Northern this Friday October 26. The son of a New Orleans uni professor, Chris was taught the rudiments of instrumentation on his mother's ukulele starting at the age of four. After winning music competitions down south as a teen, he headed north to hone his performing skills in the vibrant 60's folk scene in Boston. He released his first album 30 years ago - working with Dr John and Lowell George to produce Honeysuckle Dog - for which he won best Folk recording. A lifetime of non-stop solo touring around the globe has helped Chris Smither refine and define his distinctive style of gut-wrenching singing, intricate guitar work, and storytelling finesse. You can hear his songs on the soundtrack to The Horse Whisperer, which features Emmy Lou singing 'Slow Surprise'. But the critics, and fans are really delighted when Chris Smither plays live. Rollingstone.com says 'Chris Smither delivers one of the most riveting live shows you're ever likely to see. His growling vocals, bad-ass finger picking and uniformly brilliant songs are here in spades', while New York's Village Voice reckons 'Chris Smither, whose grand voice, stomping foot, blues-drenched guitar and abiding interest in the problem of evil packed more power than the bands of Tracy Chapman and John Martyn combined'. Tickets for Chris Smither live at the Great Northern, Byron Bay, this Friday are $15 at the door.
Exam Time for MusosIn a very public examination, Southern Cross University 3rd year music students will perform for the public and examiners in the Union bar next Tuesday, October 30. Local funk/fusion group Raswak kick start the night at 5pm, playing their music which pleased the punters at the recent Soup Kitchen benefit. All the music that night will be under exam conditions, so get along and support our budding local musos.
Chill out at the Canberra
Chilblain will perform their usual brand of heavy rock, with support from local band Shade and Gold Coast rockers King Mungi. The gig starts at 10pm (entry if free before 10pm).
Caught on a Snag
Four-piece Melbourne jazz band, Snag, perform a one-off gig at Maggie Moores next Wednesday, October 31, from 8.30pm. With its members hailing from Australia, Sweden and Argentina, Snag has a wide range of different styles to draw on and their music is a eclectic blend of jazz combined with world music and popular western influences. The band is led by guitarist Stephen Magnusson, who was co-winner of the 2000 Wangaratta Jazz Festival Jazz Guitar Award (along with James Muller) and other members include Julien Wilson on saxophone, Bjorn Meyer on bass and Sergio Beresovsky on drums. The gig starts at 8.30pm. Tickets are $5 at the door.
The Bard is BackThe cast from The North Coast Theatre Company's production of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, get ready for opening night at Lismore Workers Club. The Bard is back with a vengeance in a fantastic new production of his best loved comedy A Midsummer Night's Dream. The North Coast Theatre Company production, under the direction of former Royal Shakespeare Company member David Addenbrooke. Featuring the inaugural graduates of Wollongbar TAFE's theatre program, it is an all-singing, dancing, juggling and iambic pentametering affair. The Lismore Workers Club has been transformed into a big top - complete with clowns, acrobats, dancers and a five piece live band for the play. The 10 show season opened last night, with a gala charity preview raising funds for the Lismore SES. A Midsummer Night's Dream will play nightly at 8pm from tonight, October 25, until Saturday, November 3. There are additional matinee performances on Tuesday and Wednesday, October 30-31. Tickets are $17.50 from the Workers Club or at the Northern Rivers Ticket Centre (phone 6621 5600). Local Gig Guide
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A scene from Hurt, which screens at the Star Court Theatre next Friday.
Blues master craftsman Chris Smither plays the Great Northern this Friday. 
Local four-piece band Chilblain (pictured) will headline a gig tomorrow, October 26, at the Canberra Hotel. 
Melbourne jazz band, Snag, will perform at Maggie Moores next Wednesday.