| By Lauren Mitchell - Bendigo Life
Exhibition
WHAT Abracadaver
WHEN Now untill May 25
WHERE Allan’s Walk Artist Run Space
A new exhibition opening at Allan’s Walk is sure to cause a stir among the living and the dead.
Called Abracadaver, the exhibition is about death, magic and artifice.
It includes objects, illustrations and photographic works that draw on aspects of the macabre and the sombre, as well as fun and whimsy.
The exhibition features work by Linda McRae, a photographer and graphic designer whose work lives in the depth of the shadow and is revealed in the light and Lauren Brown, whose work revolves around structure/deconstruction and largely uses the colour red as her motif.
Abracadaver focuses on that which is precious being hidden and then revealed in art, death and magic.
The exhibition will also include a cemetery walk on Saturday, May 17, beginning at 11am from Allan’s Walk Artist Run Space.
– Karl Henry
Music
WHAT Ash Grunwald
WHEN Friday, May 9 at the Palias, Hepburn Springs, or Saturday, May 10 at the Golden Vine Hotel
TICKETS $15 at either venue
It is too simplistic to describe Ash Grunwald as just a blues musician.
His music is steeped in the Delta blues tradition of the legendary acoustic musicians who proliferated in pre-World War II America’s deep South and the giants of electric blues who shaped rock and roll.
But it’s the young Victorian’s willingness to combine these influences with grooves and sounds common in contemporary music that sets him apart.
With 2008 looking to be another monster year of international and national touring, Ash Grunwald is warming up with a couple of intimate Victorian regional shows.
They are likely to be his only shows in the area for quite some time.
Now, taking time off from putting the finishing touches on his new studio album (due for release in August this year) Ash is looking forward to entertaining audiences with all his favourite tunes and stories of his recent adventures.
Concert
WHAT Bendigo Chorale presents Tudor Music
WHEN Sunday, May 4 from 2.30pm
WHERE Bendigo Town Hall
TICKETS $18, $15
The beautiful Bendigo Town Hall is an appropriate setting for this concert of sacred and secular pieces by King Henry VIII, Byrd, Tallis, Morley and Dowland.
The Chorale will be accompanied by John Snowdon, local classical guitar player and Elizabeth McIntyre.
John will also play some early 16th century solos that were originally written for the renaissance lute.
The concert features the first performance of a new madrigal by Bendigo Chorale’s Musical Director, Rohan Phillips.
Festival
WHAT Castlemaine Peace Festival
WHEN May 10 and 11
WHERE Venues around Castlemaine
DETAILS www.castlemaine.peacefestival.com.au
Castlemaine’s inter faith community are leading this weekend festival, which includes an art exhibition, workshops, international food, teddy bears picnic and meditation, among other activities.
Castlemaine Uniting Church, Christ Church Anglican Church, Atisha Buddhist Centre and Castlemaine Community House are presenting the festival.
Speakers over the weekend will include representatives of the Islamic and Buddhist communities, who will speak about peace-making in their own faith tradition.
There will be both Christian and Buddhist meditation services throughout the festival, a Mass for Peace at 6pm on Saturday and at 10.30am on Sunday a combined Worship Service of Peace and Hope at Christ Church Anglican Church, Castlemaine.
It’s a one in, all in event that will show the unity and diversity of Castlemaine.
Visit the above website for the full program.
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