Hours: Tues-Fri 10.30-5.30; Sat+Sun 10-5.
Cost: Free
More Info: www.amyvinicombe.carbonmade.com

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@ Kurb Gallery - 214 William Street Northbridge
Becoming Hockney is the first exhibition by Perth photographer Amy Vinicombe. The series is a collection of photographic collages inspired by British Artist 'David Hockney' and his work in photography in the early 80's. The collection is a continuation of Hockney's work but from the perspective of a young Western Australian female in the twenty first century.
Image: 'CameraWorks'

Hours: Thursday & Friday, 6.30pm
Saturday & Sunday, 4.30 & 6.30pm
Cost: $20
More Info: www.pica.org.au/feast

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Fraudulent Behaviour uses prose, invisible friends, a decoy duck and cardboard cut-outs to create a witty and thoughtful performance in response to Nietzsche's assertion 'We need lies in order to live...'

The narrative unfolds using spoken word, movement and a series of objects that play with notions of what may be perceivedas real. Inherent in the work is a humorous use of language, both in delivery and writing style. Ideas, themes and content loop back on themselves to create a dense and evocative theatrical experience. Rosie plays with notions of time and space, interweaving real and imagined worlds to create a compelling and insightful performance about the illusory nature of life

Hours: Thursday & Friday, 5.30 & 7.30pm
Saturday & Sunday, 1pm, 5.30pm & 7.30pm
Cost: $20
More Info: www.pica.org.au/feast

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2 Dimensional Life of Her is a visual performance made of drawing, animation, puppetry, projection and paper. A richly imagined parallel world is awoken where drawings reproduce themselves, drift between surfaces and move in and out of three dimensions. You will be immersed in a world of floor to ceiling projections, mesmerising animations and walls that simply peel away. Standing at the centre of this world of light and shadows, your sense of reality will be teased and blurred.

Hours: Thursday & Friday, 8.15pm
Saturday & Sunday, 2pm & 8.15pm
Cost: $20
More Info: www.pica.org.au/feast

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Writer, academic and performer Paul Dwyer retraces three journeys made by his father Dr Allan Dwyer, a world-renowned orthopaedic surgeon, to Bougainville (PNG) during the 1960s, in which he healed dozens of crippled children.

Family stories become entwined with the larger narrative of Australia's colonial enterprise over the years following the opening of the giant Panguna copper mine, environmental devastation, a brutal civil war funded by Australia that cost the lives of up to 20,000 people, and finally, the post-war reconciliation process.

This one-man performance is politics and performance at its most personal.

Hours: Thursday & Friday 6.15pm & 9.45pm
Saturday & Sunday 3.30pm, 6.15pm & 9.45pm
Cost: $20
More Info: www.pica.org.au/feast

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Hand built by the artists out of scrap metal and old oil-stained canvas, The Tent sits at the crossroads of installation art, puppetry, video and performance. Led by Michael, an audience of 25 is invited to step inside the story of an unlikely male friendship. Brett, a modern day bush philosopher, finds Michael stuck in a hole, still in his pyjamas, in the middle of the bush. Brett takes the twenty-something city kid under his wing and they live together in his tentuntil their friendship falters over what to do with a lost cow.

Created by a young group of Sydney based theatre makers, led by Matt Prest, The Tent is a unique theatrical experience, a strange journey to the muddy crossroads of self- sufficiency and prolonged adolescence. The Tent sets up camp in PICA's main gallery. Come in, get warm, Brett should be back soon.

Hours: 2-4pm every Saturday
Cost: Contribute according to your means
More Info: www.perthpoetryclub.com

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Perth Poetry Club -- where slams meet sonnets. Every Saturday at The
Moon, 323 William Street. Guest poets, short open stage slots, time to
chat. Everyone's welcome. Come and listen. Maybe share some poems.

COMING UP AT PERTH POETRY CLUB

4 September: National Poetry Week with Sue Clennell & Phil McNamara

11 September: nothing, The Moon being closed

18 September: Open Mike if The Moon is open

25 September: Dick Alderson + Ken Hudson

2 October: Flora Smith (TBC) + Chris Arnold

9 October: Annamaria Weldon

16 October: INTERNATIONAL GUEST - DON'T MISS! African-American Jazz Poet L E SCOTT


Plus 3-minute open mike spots, professional sound, interesting company, and food and drink of various strengths. 2-4pm at The Moon, 323 William Street, Northbridge.

More info on artists and Perth Poetry Club: www.perthpoetryclub.com
Email: perthpoetryclub@gmail.com Phone: Janet 0406 624 578

Hours: 8am-8pm
Cost: Free
More Info: www.freerange.org.au/exhibitions/single/

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A one-day photography installation (with elements of performance) exploring life as a single man.

A single night, a single man, a single photographic stand. Jackson Eaton’s third solo exhibition in Perth, entitled Single, will be a photo presentation, created and exhibited within a 24 hour time frame, examining the idea of the ‘one night stand’.

Eaton will spend the night in the Free Range gallery with a stranger, documenting the experience with Polaroid photographs, before opening the gallery to the public the next day. Photos taken over the course of the previous night will be on display, as part of a site-based installation of the night’s activities.

Single will be open for viewing for one day: Tuesday, August 31, from 8am to 8pm. Audiences are encouraged to visit the gallery more than once throughout the day, as the images will change significantly during the 10 hour time frame.

Donít miss the chance to catch this startling new work from one of Perthís most defiant photographers. The morning afterís never looked so good!

Hours: Doors Open 8.00pm
Laughs Start 8.30pm
Cost: $10
More Info: www.chucklestheelephant.com

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Chuckles Comedy Co is a comedy night like Perth has never seen before.If you've had enough you GONG them off.

If only elections worked that way...

MC - Werzel Montague
$10 entry
Last Monday of every month.


SIGN UP - for the Mailing List OR Facebook.com/chucklescomedy
and get reminders of when it's on - www.chucklestheelephant.com


Up to 15 comedians will throw one liners, characters, audience heckles and more to try and make it past the 5 minute mark.

YOU DECIDE what's funny and what's not by cheering/booing for 3 randomly-chosen audience judges (which may rotate) to make their decision.

The judges can vote the comedian OFFSTAGE by holding up their card.
Once all THREE judge cards go up the comedian is GONGED off stage.

Any comedians who make it to 5 minutes will get to the final 1 minute show-down for the first prize of $100 CASH (!!).

Bring your heckles, grab a beer and join your friends every fortnight for a comedy night to remember.

For more information please go to www.chucklestheelephant.com
OR to register to go on stage please email hey@chucklestheelephant.com

Hours: Daily apart from Mondays, see our profile or website for up to date info on opening hours!
Cost: 0
More Info: www.outregallery.com

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Outré Gallery is excited to be bringing US artist Josh SHAG Agle back down-under for another three city tour of Australia in August 2010. With exhibitions in Melbourne, Sydney and Perth we will be presenting original paintings, super-sized giclee prints on canvas (in especially small editions), new serigraph prints and rare prints.
The Perth exhibition will be the inaugural opening of the new Outré Gallery space in Northbridge. Having been selling and exhibiting artwork in Melbourne for the past 16 years, Sydney for the past 5, Outré Gallery is enthused to be opening a third location in Western Australia.

This exhibition is set to embrace Shag's new direction towards a darker mood, more surreal subject matter and more complex compositions.
Shag takes an artistic sidestep away from the retro iconography and lifestyle that has marked his career, with a whole new realm of crisply rendered dream-scenes, perfectly balanced hues and amazing narratives. These new style works will sit next to a collection of older prints and rare editions from the past.

The name of the exhibition refers to an exclusive (and mysterious) book that the artist has produced to accompany the paintings.

"Inscrutable Mystery Guide" is actually the little book that accompanies each small tiki painting. It's my hope that the books won't be seen by anyone except the person who owns one of those paintings. I want to bring them into my own little cult and tell them some secrets. - Josh Agle aka Shag

Outré will be hosting a series of gala openings across the three cities with the artist out from Los Angeles for the events.

There will be book signings with the artist on the first Saturdays in each city for his title "Autumn's Come Undone".

This exhibition will mark our first major international exhibition at our brand-new Perth Gallery in the freshly revitalised area of William Street, Northbridge.

Cost: FREE!
More Info: www.propel.org.au/projects/amplifier

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Amplifier is back in 2010 with an array of sessions to get those creative ideas on the move! Covering topics such as Marketing know-how, Growing Money on Trees – How to get that Grant, Arts Finance, Event 101 and much more.

Forums on Creative Collaborations and Community Cultural Development will also be a part of this years jam packed program.

Registrations are open online now @ www.propel.org.au – register early to avoid missing out, as places are limited!

Amplifier is a FREE arts business workshop and forum program designed to sharpen the arts business skills of emerging Perth metro artists and arts workers Amplifer workshops are open to young people aged 18-30 years and Amplifier forums are open to all ages. The program is aimed to provide professional skills development, networking opportunities and the chance to explore current arts issues with leading industry professionals.

Amplifier 2010 is proudly supported by Foundation for Young Australians, Central Institute of Technology and the Department for Communities’ Office for Youth.

Hours: Mon-Fri 10am-4.45pm
Sat 10am-2pm
Cost: 0
More Info: www.gallerycentral.com.au

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14 Aug to 4 Sept
Ceramic Arts Association of WA - Annual Selective Exhibition
This exhibition showcases the diversity of ceramic work produced across the state from Broome to Kalgoorlie and south to Albany. Selected by AGWA’s Director, Dr Stefano Carboni, award winning members show their latest creations alongside less famous potters.

Hours: 6pm till 12.30am
More Info: www.themoon.com.au

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$11.95 pizza or pasta.
$3 house wine
$2 soft drinks

How could you resist??

For the complete list of entertainment and food specials join our facebook group
http://www.facebook.com/#!/group.php?gid=432536205186&ref=ts

Hours: open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week!
Cost: 0
More Info: www.bravenewworldclothing.com

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The ethos of Brave New World has always revolved offering distinctive styles, labels and service that will push the boundaries and create a novel experience for their clients. In keeping true to this, Brave New World presents you with a new addition to their retail world in the form of an online store.

The online store offers a greater range of products and the ease of shopping from anywhere you happen to be… (we fervently endorse shopping on the sly while you pretend to work!) . All items are handpicked and eclectic as ever in the style that Brave New World is renowned for.

Just take yourself to the existing Brave New World website and enter the store by clicking ‘online store’ in the store description, or by pressing the ‘online store’ button located above where you can join our mailing list.

www.bravenewworldclothing.com

Cost: 0
More Info: www.propel.org.au/projects/yculture

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YCulture Metro is a funding program that provides arts grants of up to $3,000 for young people aged between 12-26. YCulture Metro targets young metropolitan artists who are at an entry level in their arts practice and have had limited experience in grant application writing as well as initiating and coordinating projects.

YCulture can provide funds for projects (such as all-ages gigs) and skills development initiatives (such as workshops and creative developments).

Applications are open all year with a guaranteed 10 day turn around.

Contact Propel Youth Arts WA (08) 9328 5855 suzy@propel.org.au or Visit: www.propel.org.au/projects/yculture

YCulture is proudly supported by Healthway to promote the Drug Aware message.

Hours: 5.15pm
Cost: $15
More Info: www.futureshorts.com/index.php?site=45

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Future Shorts Perth + 1UP Microcinema have joined forces and have one fab weekly gig for you, now every Sunday start Aug 7th.

Pre sale tickets are a must! Pre buy your ticket for FS and get free entry for any other film that day!

Sundance to Cannes, Berlin to New York. FS is a global monthly short film festival which screens the world's freshest content. This is fresh cinema and we want you to be a part of it!

Buy tickets: http://www.insertcoins.com.au/microcinema/
More on FS: http://www.futureshorts.com/index.php?site=45