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HIGHLIGHTS: King Street Corner Pocket Festival & Revelation Perth International Film Festival Start Tomorrow | Joyce Yang | NAIDOC Week | The Events Ends Sunday | Howl @ PICA
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Jul 5 - 7, King Street Precinct
WAYJO’s pocket festival starts tomorrow in the heart of the city, and some acts are selling out! Over 30 acts across 3 nights are performing at multiple venues, with everything from duos and trios to full orchestras. Buy tickets to individual shows online, or pick up a pocket pass which lets you drop in to 10 or more shows!
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Jul 5 - 18, Various Venues
If you haven’t got plans for the next 13 days – we’ve got you covered! The Revelation Perth International Film Festival starts tomorrow, and features over 120 international films, 12,000 patrons and 50 guests. If you don’t want to stick to just films, there are plenty of live music events, workshops and kids activities to keep everyone entertained.
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Aug 3 - 4, Perth Concert Hall
Jazz great James Morrison returns to WASO with timeless hits from his latest album, The Great American Songbook. Performing on trumpet, flugelhorn, trombone, tenor sax and piano, Morrison brings his trademark virtuosity to classic tunes by Duke Ellington, Cole Porter, George Gershwin and more.
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Jul 19, Perth Concert Hall
Grammy nominated Joyce Yang is one of the leading pianists in the newest generation of virtuosi. Audiences around the world have fallen in love with her flair, warmth and impressive technique. Join her for a program that any pianists would love to play, and piano lovers will love to hear.
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Feb 19 2019, Astor Theatre
US artist Belinda Carlisle has recently announced she’s returning to Australia to celebrate 30 years of her album, ‘Runaway Horses’. Her long-standing career is proof of her artistry and ability to captivate audiences, so join her and special guest 1927 as they perform their own greatest hits.
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Jul 27 - 28, PICA
Howl celebrates 15 significant moments in art history, including a ritual procession starring a sculpture of Captain Cook, thousands of sunflower seeds and a killer whale name Tilikum. Created by Willoh S. Weiland, Lara Thoms and Lz Dunn, this queer and obscene performance commemorates controversy and invokes reaction.
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NAIDOC Week is an annual celebration of the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. This year's theme, 'because of her, we can', celebrates the essential role that women have played, and continue to play, as significant role models in the community.
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This storytelling event is a response to Hatched artist Mandy Quadrio’s work Holes in History, a sculptural installation that symbolically and metaphorically exposes the erasure of the ‘palawa’ women. Speakers include Brianna Ozies, Esther McDowell and Shirley McPherson.
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Artitja Fine Art welcomes you to an exhibition of paintings, sculpture and objects from remote desert communities. Pieces are on display from Balgo in the East Kimberley, all the way to Indulkana, in the Pitjantjatjara in the South Australian desert region from a wide range of artists.
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This exhibition celebrates the contributions of Aboriginal women, with artworks by Indigenous female artists, to go hand in hand with this year’s NAIDOC week theme, “because of her, we can”. Along with the showing, artist Sharyn Egan is offering a set of free workshops.
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Yirra Yaakin’s Writer’s Group showcases the importance of storytelling and playwriting as it relates to Aboriginal culture. Emerging Aboriginal playwrights, mentored by award-winning playwrights, present their scripts in a day of play reading structured around the NAIDOC week theme.
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The State Theatre Centre is opening its doors to share its beauty and history, as well as to present a documentary on Aboriginal activists and a performance by the all-inclusive Madjitil Moorna Choir. The community choir travels all across WA performing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander songs.
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Local Noongar woman Jasmine Fitzgerald will tell Aboriginal stories while you relax and enjoy mindful Noongar colouring in. South Perth Library holds regular mind lounges to boost creativity, and this special edition is a chance to celebrate the rich history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
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The WA Football League is celebrating the contributions the Aboriginal community has made and continues to make to WA football with the WAFL NAIDOC round this weekend for Round 14. Held at Leederville Oval, East Fremantle Oval, Fremantle Community Bank Oval and Steel Blue Oval.
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This suite of large paintings by Caspar Fairhill draw upon complex spatial structures of late Renaissance and Baroque art, and look at the nature of landscape and our place in geological time. The exhibition is a stunning collection of paintings, video and interactive art, making use of contradiction and paradox to aid an understanding of science and philosophy. Nine Times the Space that Measures Day and Night is one of four exhibitions currently running at Fremantle Arts Centre, all of which end Sunday July 15.
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This extraordinary blend of music and theatre is performed with a different Perth community choir each show. Claire is a vicar and leader of a local community choir. When a young man enters the hall where they meet and opens fire, her beloved community and its ideals are blown apart.
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Australian concert pianist Piers Lane presents a program of the finest piano music, beginning with Scarlatti and Bach, before venturing into Chopin, Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov. Don’t miss the chance to see this talented musician in one of Perth’s most stunning venues.
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ECU's Spectrum Project Space celebrates the last thirty years of comic making in WA, with an exhibition featuring 24 artists who use various materials and tools to make comic pages, illustrations and digital comics. Come and witness the time and effort that goes into producing local comics.
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Co3’s Act-Belong-Commit Co: Youth Ensemble sees a new generation of young dancers take to the stage in an impressive contemporary dance performance packed with energy and creativity. This year, the ensemble has crafted three new works centered around the themes community, natural disasters and surrealist art.
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This performance is a collaboration between visual artist Matthew Thorley and choreographer Brooke Leeder, and merges dancers, space and sound. The exhibition invokes a desire for movement, and encourages contemplation. Visual art and dance collides with visuals and movement working together to invite audiences in.
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Enjoy an eight-course tasting menu with head chef Scott Bridger while he shares his knowledge of cooking delicious and affordable secondary cuts. It’s a culinary journey of WA’s finest local produce prepared in a traditional manner by hand, focusing on the whole animal from nose to tail, paired with matching wines.
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Ken Wadrop, Jon Challen and Jane Martin focus on rural WA, Fremantle and everyday life in these new works. They capture memories and precious moments, juxtapose chaos and order, and celebrate the everyday. Celebrate WA life through stunning scenes and artistry.
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The Little HOO-HAA! is improvised comedy at its finest and funniest, using audience suggestions to create spontaneous sketches, stories and silliness. Two teams battle it out for the audience vote, with both teams providing laughs and guaranteed enjoyment for the whole family.
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This if your chance to celebrate P!NK’s performances on our shores, by coming to learn some of the uber cool aerial skills she performs in her spectacular concerts. No silks experience is required for this two hour workshop, just a sense of fun and challenge!
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Subiaco v Peel Thunder
Leederville Oval, Fri Jul 6, 7:10pm
East Fremantle v West Perth
East Fremantle Oval, Sat Jul 7 2:15pm
Swan Districts v Perth
Steel Blue Oval, Sat Jul 7 2:15pm
South Fremantle v Claremont
Fremantle Community Bank Oval, Sat Jul 7 2:40pm
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Swan Districts v Perth Angels
Steel Blue Oval, Sat Jul 7 12:00pm
Subiaco v East Fremantle
Leederville Oval, Sat Jul 7 5:00pm
South Fremantle v Claremont
Fremantle Oval, Sat Jul 7 5:30pm
Peel Thunderbirds v West Perth
Bendigo Bank Stadium, Sun Jul 8 2:00pm
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State Library of WA Jul 28-29
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Stirling & Duidgee Parks Aug 4
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Regal Theatre Aug 24-Sep 2
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Various Locations Oct 18-21
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