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THUR-26-AUG: 

♥         PROJECT SPACE RMIT opener,23-27 Cardigan St 5-7pm 

♥         ”disband” opening at NO VACANCY - QV building, 34jane bell lane, off russell…6-9pm 

♥         owl+pussycat 6-9pm -at 30-ish swan st, richmond  ’Melborn ID’  opening w.HaHa & stuff 

♥         20-24 Guilford Lane opener 6-8pm

♥         Blindside opener lvl7,37swanston 6-8pm

♥        ghosthouse,mercatX 456queen st 10pm-4am w. Horse Macguyver, Aoi,,raceless,stack,ivens,baddums,flippo $5, free before 11?

♥         COMFY BEATS ROUND 6-comfy chair 98lygon stWOOSHIE, DYL THOMAS , SIZZLE, FORSUE, ABLE Open decks: 6 till7pm, Open Mic: 7 till 8pm, + Guest MC MANIX 6pm-12am free

♥         firetwatting northcote, look for ‘2′moon+mars on 27aug, 12:30am (tilt head back 30 degrees to see if it IS a hoax or not… if it’s a clear nacht and if you can be bothered)

FRI-27-AUG: 

♥         Sculpture Now!?!Yarra Sculpture Gallery 117 Vere Street Abbotsford  5-7:30pm w.stellarc, etc

♥         Collingwood Gallery 292 Smith st 5-7/ 6-8pm?

♥         SANV3 & THE UNITED STRUGGLE TOUR LAUNCH- GRAFF FOR DA GHETTO-at large gallery 208 high st, 5-9:30pm

♥        Boscia Gallery Lvl 4, 175 Flinders La 6-8pm

♥         Hard rubbish show @ brnswk st gallery lvl 1, 322 brnswk st 6-8pm

♥         ENZYME 14 with special guests from Bene Gesserit-Blue Velvet 60 Smith St Collingwood from 8pm – midnight.$5 with flyer $8 general. 

SAT-28-AUG: 

♥         Alcaston Gallery 11 Brunswick St., Fitz 2-4pm 

♥         Sophie Gannon Gallery 3–5pm 2 Albert St Richmond

♥         NOISTRUCT LAUNCH w. MOTHBALL Z (NSW) /REKA/SADO/MYSTRAL TIDE + MORE TBA BARLEYCORN HOTEL COLLINGWOOD SATURDAY AUGUST 28TH 2010 EARLY START 6:30PM MORE DETAILS SOON… 

♥         Filth  noizekids gig – locale posted on day 

♥         Double Denim Dance Off Anytime Place 20 Ovens St Brnswk 9pm – 4am 

♥         THE LAST BASS PARTY // MERCAT CROCS 456 Queen St 8pm-6am Entry will be $5 b4 midnight and $10 after w.Joe Seven b2b Consequence (UK, NZ) (Exit Records & Non Plus); Finna (BBA); Tobias (BBA); Safire (BBA); Beatski (PBS, BBA); Baddums b2b Aoi (Heavy Innit); JPS b2b Nam (The Operatives); Myst (Too Much!); Same O (Too Much!); AC23 (Wobble); David Bass (Too Much!); A13 b2b Affiks (Heavy Innit); Fooishbar (Too Much!); Baron Von Rotton (Subbass); The Shredder (Subbass); Flip (Juicy Loops); Cammo (Bass High); Bonnita (Stinkin Rich); Deviant (Rock Like This); Citizen.com

SUN-29-AUG: 

Secret screening of Bruce LaBruce’s banned L.A.Zombie! 9-11:30pm For more details as they unfold, visit www.muff.com.au or visit the MUFF XI facebook page  

TUE-31-AUG: 

♥         RMIT 1^st site 5:30-7:30? 

≠       Call for entries, Melbourne Amateur Animation Festival-Post or hand deliver to 1000 £ Bend, 361 Little Lonsdale St, Entries close Aug 31 (planned for September 6), $5 submission fee 

WED-1-SEPTEMB-ART: 

• For Walls @ Miss Libertine 34 Franklin St  6-8pm
• FRIENDS – TCB art 1/12 waratah la. 6-8pm

THUR-2-SEPT: 

• Project Celebration of The West Wing at Melbourne Centra. The West Wing is located on Level 2 of Melbourne Central, opposite Gloria Jean’s Coffee and adjacent to the ‘hanging garden’. 6-8pm
• Handheld opener 6-8pm Suite 18, upstairs Paramount Arcade 108 Bourke St
• Lamington Drive 15-25 Keele Street, Collingwood 6-8pm
• Catherine Asquith Gallery 48 Oxford St 6-8pm
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• RACKET, Thursday 2nd of September, Miss Libertine, 34 Franklin St  Doors open at 6:30 pm with performances starting at 7 pm sharp and finishing at Midnight.Oscar & Martin, Toecutter, Lewis CanCut, Cloudspeaker, Rintrah Blake, Misconceptian, Xian, Bankai, Netzair & Jean Poole. (more info coming soon.)

FRI-3-SEPT: 

• ‘EVERFRESH: BLACKBOOK’  launch at 1000 £ Bend – 361 Lt Lonsdale St on 3rd Sept 6-11pm.

• Nicholas Chamers – Ze Frog and Toad launch- Citylights Projects Cnr Rutledge+Hosier Lane 5-8pm

• “Everyones Show” – The Brood Box Gallery closing night party 6-10pm 8rankins la.

• BITCH ENGINENoise Bar 291-293 Albert St UN CONTROL SPECIES ( iboga ); DOPAMINE ( lot49 – w. meat katie / rogue element ); MARCOTIX; MIYAGI; DYSPHEMIC ( live dubstep ); BASS BIN LADEN; TIAGO OUDMAN ( portugal / berlin / bar 25 / goldengate ); C-MATIC; MITTONS; TIMMUS ( smashbang records ); RUDI; MECHEA; FIBONASTI; UNIT (liv jam) ; SPONEPHEAKER ( musicfromspeakers ); J-DUB; PHENU; LEXIS;JEFFOIRE…more TBA!9pm – 7am -Super special early performances show starting at 8!!$15 for the first 100 $20 in costume*$25 full price

SAT-4-SEPT:

♥        FOOD FOR ROBOTS : INSTALLATION< ROBOTICS >ARTIST TALKS Head Quarters  Rear 55 High St Westgarth 2-8pm

♥        Francis Bear comic book launch.”Feddish” Federation Square 2 Swanston Street Walk,2:30pm – 3:30pm …Francis Bear is an intriguing study of an inventive drunken bear’s pathway to isolation.

♥        RMIT Student Series ‘Dangerous Goods’September 4 · 6:30pm – 10:00pm Melbourne Town Hall – 90 – 120 Swanston, 6.30pm & 9pm  http://www.msfw.com.au/Tickets/Pages/Tickets.aspx

♥        Open Studio (high st) Crazy night of dancing 7:30am – 11:30pm

WED-9-SEPT: 

• Flinders Lane Gallery 137 Flinders Lane,  5:30–7:30pm

• Craft Vic opener 6-8pm 31flinder la.

• AdamJohnCullen, DavidMutch&YakeWeiss|EmmaThomson|EmilyFerretti – West Space 6-7pm? 15-19anthony st

SAT-11-SEPT: Edi-gardens bash

THUR-16-SEPT: 

• Counihan Gallery 233 Sydney Road 6-8pm

FRI-24-SEPT:

• YONE – “SHAKE THAT ASS” Backwoods Gallery lvl 1, 25 Easey St 6-8:30pm?

THUR-30-SEPT: 

• 137 Flinders Lane Gallery 5:30-7:30pm

THUR-1-JULY: 

♥         GORKER GALLERY opener: The40Thieves3: the 3rd offence.  6:30-8:30pm 395 gore st (cnr Kerr) 

♥         no vacancy opener 6-9pm 34jane bell la. QV 

♥         Exhibition launch: WEAPONS OF MASS CONSUMPTION Town Hall Gallery, Hawthorn 

♥         James Makin Gallery opener 67 Cambridge St [3june, 1july, 4aug, 12aug, 9sept, 7oct, 11nov] 

♥         *last ever show 4 w.t.* Wasted Truth, Pathetic Human, Fusinato, Occult Blood. 8:00pm Workers Club, cnr brnswk+Gertrude 

♥         Westspace Opening. Lvl 1, 15-19anthony st. 5-7pm Semantic Clutter refers to the creative detritus generated throughout an artist’s work process. This exhibition is one of three alternating exhibitions as part of the Liquid Architecture Festival of Sound Arts 

♥         Alice Euphemia Crap/OPENING, Shop 6, Cathedral Arcade, 37 Swanston St 

♥         NO op-ening 14raglan st, nth melb. 6-8pm Drew Pettifer, ‘Hold on to your friends’ Drew Pettifer has photographed naked young men in the most hostile terrain of all: regional Victoria 

♥         TOTEopener? I thort it was shit/I mean shut… ? Tote, 71 Johnston St, Collingwood. Doors 8pm. $8 on the door. // Week 1 has some high-end harmonious support from the likes of Otouto, Ev and Shags and Isle Idore, and DJ Mint DJ-uke spinning vinyl until he is forcibly removed from the premises. Don’t miss this housewarming 

FRI-2-JULY: 

♥         Antarctica exhib opener-Michael’s Camera Shop gallery, cnr Eliz+Lonsdale St, 5.30-7.30pm, free 

♥         Ketel One House private opening/vodka launch. Lvl 2, 20-24 Guildford Lane Gallery 6-9pm.2*free vodka. http://www.threethousand.com.au/out/ketel-one-house-private-opening/   “Hi Anna(Davies@DIIRD), You WIN! A double pass to the Ketel One House opening tonight (Friday). It’s at 20 Guildford Lane from 6pm. I’ve sent your name to the publicist Hannah McOwan, and she’ll have you on the doorlist with a plus one. Cheers, PM x Penny Modra-editor 3000mag.” 

♥         Blender Projekt Space opener 6-9pm 110 Franklin St 

♥         Threw A Kiss In The Ocean’, Irene Grishin-Selzer’s  Outré opener 249eliz st, 7-9:30pm 

♥         Criticsmiles opening-rearview Rear 244 Smith St, Collingwood. Opening 7-9pm, free entry // Kez Hughes and David Coles have a new exhibition at Rear View. 

♥         ‘SUB12′ opening The Substation, 1 Market st, Newport. Open 6-8pm, free entry Substation opens its newly renovated galleries for a three-month exhibition series. 

SAT-3-JULY: 

♥         Lovely Ladyease BDAY lina=30. 2-7pm, pennyBlack 420 syd rd. (then ms.Lib after 10) 

♥         Kiffy farcks off back to pooey newy… pinnacle 5pm-> 

♥         Dysphemic launch @MISS LIBERTINE (34 franklin st). 10pm-5am $10. [10-11 KODIAK KID; 11-11:45 WASABI; 11:45-12:45 BARON VON ROTTON Feat MISS ELIZA; 12:45-2:15 DYSPHEMIC; 2:15-3:15 MARK N] 

♥         Lost Machines opening 2pm-> Catherine Asquith Gallery 48 Oxford St, Collingwood 

♥         Karen Woodbury Gallery 4 Albert St Richmond 3-5pm http://www.artabase.net/exhibition/2082-sam-jinks 

♥         ‘SUPER MARKET’ Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, 200 Gertrude St, Fitzroy. 11am-4pm. Free. A currency-free barter with artists and collectives over superfluous wares. Bring along whatever you have to offer, be it a an old shoe, your finger-knitting skills, or a sleazy smile, and swap it for something new. 

♥         Bum Creek, No Zu, Blank Realm and Table Mountain Yah Yah’s, 99 Smith St, Fitzroy, doors 8.30pm, $8//What or where is Bum Creek, exactly? I can’t get a handle on it, but they sure do float my boat. No Zu are also killing it, as are Blank Realm and last but not least, Table Mountain – some interesting one-man Adelaide shit. 

♥         The Native Cats with Super Wild Horses and The UV Race The Birmingham, 333 Smith St, Fitzroy, doors 8pm, $10//The Native Cats are an intriguing blend of stolen basslines, Casiotone beats and what sounds suspiciously like a melodica. They’re playing with the kick-ass Super Wild Horses and wildly entertaining UV Race, so your tenner will be well spent.  

♥         The Shock of the New The Order of Melbourne, Lvl 2, 401 Swanston St, Melbourne. From 9pm-3am, free! // A journey into the “darkest depths of dystopian synth and indie”. Also synthpop, new beat, neue Deutsche welle, electronic body music, dark wave, Krautrock, Italo, Dutch electro, new wave and synthgaze 

SUN-4-JULY 

≠       ‘Death of a Scenester’ issue #2 fundraiser 4th Jul 10 591 High St, Thornbury (opposite Human Powered Cycles). 3pm-8.30pm. $5 donation. // There will be musical endowment to the term of Julia Deans, Jimmy Tait, Little John, and Raul Fuzz, and the bake sale will be back due to popular demand. Bound to be several kinds of delicious. – REJ 

TUE-6-JULY 

≠       flinders lane gall. 6july… ? 137flindersLa.? 

≠       Bus Projects and Craft Victoria present ‘The Sound Playground’ opening night at fortyfivedownstairs, 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne. Opening 5-7pm, free. Bus Projects collaborate with Craft Victoria to present The Sound Playground as part of the Liquid Architecture Festival. Sound art! Artists include Rod Cooper, Albert Mishriki and Ros Bandt, Emma Lashmar and Rowan McNaught. 

WED-7-JULY: 

≠       RMIT ARTmegeddon@ eckersleys 6-7pm 97franklin st 

≠       ‘The Pines’ film premiere 1000 £ Bend, 361 Lt Lonsdale St. 6pm-midnight. Screenings at 6.30pm, 7.30pm and 9pm. Free! // This looks to be one of creepy cautionary tales that do so well on the festival circuit, and you can see it in 1000 £ Bend’s mezzanine cinema space before it starts doing its laps. 

♥        SUNYATA at Guild Theatre, Melb Uni Union Blding.  7:30pm on wed, thur & Fri. 1pm on Saturday 10^th.  Buy fkn tix at www.union.unimelb.edu.au/theatre and click on the buy tix link. ….. \    

THUR-8-JULY: 

♥         Counihan gallery opener,brnswk town hall 233 sydney rd 6-8pm 

♥         Sori yanagi opening/launch 45keele st, Collingwood 6-8pm 

♥         Bindi Cole – Sistagirls opening 6-8pm Nellie Castan Gallery 12 River St Sth Yarra 

♥         Grounded Astronaut Theatre  BENEFIT GIG $7, 7pm->-Open Studio 204 high st,nthcte. With:Good Suns, Inkstain Pro, sean mc ardle, the Bad Heirs. Studios mulled wine & crepes will be available. 

♥         blindside opener Lvl 7, Room 14, Nicholas Building.37 Swanston 6-8pm 

♥         Book Launch 6-8PM The Narrows, Lvl 2, 141 Little Collins Street, Melbourne 

♥         Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, 200 Gertrude St, Fitzroy. 8pm-10.30pm. 

FRI-9-JULY: 

♥         lindberg opener 6-8pm 2/289flinders la. 

♥         Platform opener 6-8pm degraves subway 

♥         broodbox opener 6-8:30pm 8 rankins lane. 

♥         kings ARI opening 171 king st 6-8pm 

♥         Chronox Exhib 4 Liquid Architecture opens 6pm-> Tape Projects 1/81 Bouverie St. (fri, sat & sunday) 

♥         oslo’s cartoon book launch at readings 309lygon 6pm,6:30pm launch 

♥         Gertrude St ProjXn Fest Opener 7-8:30pm Workers cnr brnswk+Gertrude St, Fitzroy 

♥         Grotesque erotique 696 sydney rd 6-9pm 

♥         little memories exhibition 2A Little Breese Street, Brnswk 6pm-> 

♥         Waste of Breath Opening 6-9pm,Light Projects 176 High St Nthcote 

♥         concerned citizens muzak/(f)art/fundrazor 284-286 Albert St Brunswick 4:30pm – 7:00pm 

SAT-10-JULY: 

♥         52 cambridge st opener 4-6pm 

♥           The Brnswk Show(group (f)artists) 2010 donkey wheel house, 673 bourke st (near southern cross station) 7-10pm 

SUN-11-JULY: 

♥         Matthew Barney on Film – ACMI Cinemas, Fed Square, Melbourne. From 3.30-9.42pm, tickets $35. // ACMI screens Matthew Barney’s entire Cremaster Cycle in one sitting. Having done this will give you a quiet confidence you can carry to art fairs for the rest of your life 

♥         Ceramic opener 3pm-> Box Hill Community Arts Centre.470 Station St Box Hill 

♥         4-11pm.. 11th July @11A Hope st Brunswick.Combat Wombat, Agency Dub Collective, Dj Sofire, Monkeymarc, Tinder Box Collective, Comrade Dubs, Burn City Queens, Hobo HiFi, Sam Star $10 donation fundraiser for United Struggle Project 

Tue-13-july: 

♥         ‘Kill Your Darlings’ issue #2 launch!  Bella Union Bar, Trades Hall, 2 Lygon St, Carlton. Starts 6pm, free entry 

WED-14-JULY: 

♥         mossenson indigenart opener 6-8pm 41derby st collingwd 

♥         Magnus McTavish : Opening Until Never, 2nd Floor 3-5 Hosier Lane 6-8pm http://www.untilnever.net/projects/mags-one 

♥         GORKER wineTasting: The 40 Thieves 3 6-7pm 395 gore st (cnr Kerr) 

♥         sensoryoverload launch/phlegm night, 8pm-12am(?) WorkersClub-cnr gertrude&brnswk sts $5 incl: Spool Rellik Vs Projection Obscura, OskrWyldJKat Vs VJiCandy, ExtraSupa Vs CletusEcoBofan, CatGrrl Vs VJinxile, Dark Organics Vs VJKontinuum 

 THUR-15-JULY: 

♥         the Narrows opener 6-8pm 2/141flinders la.  www.thenarrows.org 

♥         ‘Paul Garrett: Brand Standing’ Opening: 6-8pm at VCA’s Margaret Lawrence Gallery, 40 Dodds St Southbank  

♥         George Whelan “Brown Magic” exhibition 6- 10:30pm Thousand Pound Bend Gallery 361 Lt Londsdale St 

 ♥         FoodNotBombs filmy phlegm nyt fundraiser 7-11pm irene, 5pitt st 

♥         Shisha Tea Party @ The Owl+the Pussycat, 34 Swan St Richmond. 6-9pm 

FRI-16-JULY: 

♥         fracture gallery fed Sq Opening night, 6-8pm 

♥         “EMBOLISM”@ the Mercat X basement 10pm-6am DISLASYSTEM [syd]; SADO; ERRORIST; SEMTEX DISRUPTOR; TODDAK [ex autonomous]; DJ EARBLEEDER; NULL HYPOTHESIS; more TBA ; Live video art by VJ iCandy; Sculptures by Futurelic. $10 entry 

♥         The Inaugural Australasian Ginger Festival Where: Jules Bar, 81 High St, Westgarth When: Fri Jul 16 and Sat Jul 17, 8pm How much  Free. Description: The IAGF is offering free cocktails to redheads all weekend 

♥         Surviving Sustainability. Y3K Gallery, 205 Young St, Fitzroy. Opening 6-8pm, free entry. Rob McKenzie + James Deutsher present part of a three-venue State of Design Project exploring the complicated idea of sustainability. As the title suggests, Surviving Sustainability:___________ is an open-ended proposition. One that seeks to examine what sustainability actually means in relation to the production and use of design products in our lives. As a collaboration, the project is divided into two parts across three cities. Part 1 includes ffiXXed, Rob McKenzie and James Deutsher at Y3K Gallery and part 2 will also involve architecture collective Sibling, Condiment Magazine, World Food Books & Free School at West Space’s West Wing at Melbourne Central. Over this brief four-day period the events will include various outcomes from art to food to fashion before packing up & trailing its carbon footprint all the way to Shenzhen and Hong Kong for further events.

♥         Clairy Browne & the Bangin’ Rackettes fundraiser Anytime Place, 20 Ovens St, Brnswk. 8pm. $15 // A marvellous soiree of sultry swaying and cocktail shaking in a sweaty circa 1964 dancehall re-created especially for the evening, with: Jelly Tub Rollers, Treasure Island & Sweet Jelly Roll DJ’s

SAT-17-JULY:

♥          Brendan Parkes, ‘Paintings’ exhibition opening-Kent Street, 201 Smith St, Fitzroy. 6pm. Free. Brendan Parkes uses an amalgamation of media images, found objects & storybook illustrations, and then paints or crayons over them to create a series of visual conversations that explore what it means to be human in the 21st century.

♥         Amiel Courtin-Wilson, an interview and an open casting call for ‘Hail’ – Hail HQ, 6/650A Nicholson St (entry via Bik Lane), Fitzroy North. Casting call from 10am-9pm. Free entry. No booking required but be prepared to maybe wait a little.Amiel Courtin-Wilson (Bastardy) is holding an open casting call for his new feature film-in-the-making ‘Hail’. People of all looks/ages welcome.

♥         Design Diary #2 – AGDA’s Design Fete-Royal Exhibition Building, 9 Nicholson St, Carlton. From 10am-5pm, $10 entry. AGDA presents a design fete-Featuring Alter, Round, Studio Pip & Co, Chase & Galley and more. All with shonky fete-style stalls, including a science experiments booth & a kerning gallery.

♥         Gertrude Street Projection Festival Closing Party afterparty with Mick Turner, The Spheres, Great Earthquake with Riverriver The Workers Club, 51 Brunswick St, Fitzroy, doors 8pm, $12//Topping off the Gertrude St Projection Fest, this party includes live performances from audiovisual ensemble The Spheres and a collaboration between visual artist Riverriver and Great Earthquake for starters.

♥         Paper Plane Academy 17th Jul 10 – 18th Jul 10  Royal Exhibition Building, 9 Nicholson St, Carlton, sessions at 9.30pm, 10.30pm, 11.30pm, 1.30pm, 2.30pm, 3.30pm, Free//Any children must be immediately shanghaied and used to gain entry to the paper plane academy. Help them make badass paper aeroplanes and fly them through an obstacle course in the sky

♥         The Inaugural Australasian Ginger Festival 16th Jul 10 – 17th Jul 10  Jules Bar, 81 High St, Westgarth, 8pm, free. The IAGF is offering free cocktails to redheads all weekend, ginger DJs including the fresh off the plane skills of Caroline ‘George Street Clowns’ Anderson + much more.

.SUN-18-JULY: 

♥        100 Proofs the Earth is Not a Globe – The Results Are In  2-4pm Incinerator Arts Complex,180 Holmes Rd Moonee Ponds 

MON-19-JULY: 

♥         “‘The secret of life’ group show ARTISTS WANTED” ENTRIES DUE ?mon 22 JULY ?[ Tues, Aug 3 at 6pm, SJS GALLERY] – costs dumb $40 to enter. 

♥         MelbWriterFesty =volunteers wanted? http://www.mwf.com.au/2010/content/mwf-2010-home.asp?, http://www.threethousand.com.au/out/melbourne-writers-festival-call-for-volunteers/  ,  http://www.mwf.com.au/2010/content/mwf-2010-standard.asp?name=volunteer 

TUE-20-JULY:

♥         fortyfivedownstairs 45 Flinders Lane opener ?6-8pm? 20july

WED-21-JULY:

♥         C3 Contemporary Art Space, Abbottsford Convent, 1 St Heliers St, Abbotsford. Opening from 6pm

♥         The Big Issue fiction edition launch Readings, 309 Lygon St, Carlton. From 6.30pm, free -The Big Issue launches its highly anticipated fiction edition

THUR-23-JULY: 

♥         RMIT fancy gallery 344swanston Upstairs 6-8pm ‘stony rises’

♥         devils mountain opener@ westspace 15-19anthony st 6-8pm

♥         gorker gallery opener 6.30-8.30 395 gore st, nr corner kerr

♥         3 x 2D and Weird Heavy 00 launch-No Vacancy gallery opening 6-9pm.34-40 Jane Bell Lane, QV building

♥         Positive Posters launch. The Workers Club, 51 Brunswick St, Fitzroy, doors 7pm, free.Come down & party in the name of getting posters shilling shitty energy drinks off of the walls of Melbourne’s streets

FRI-23-JULY:

♥         SOMETIMES MAGAZINE LAUNCH The Royal Arcade 314 Little Collins 6-9pm

♥         Jeremy Bakker, ‘i is another’ exhibition opening Light Projects, 176 High St, Northcote. 6-9pm

♥         The Brunswick Show Donkey Wheel House, 673 Bourke St. Screening 7-9pm, free entry. It’s a screening on the last night of the inaugural ‘Brunswick Show’ exhibition. An evening of local short film curated by Darcy Gladwin. In a spooky building.

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***       State of Design Festyville Eco-House/-Home/-Studio : check www.ARTKIT.com.au – 13-14/7=habitation; 16/7 houseparty (by invite lah-di-dah); book launch 20/7; 22/7-projector bike; pop-up shop23/7/      ***

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SAT-24-JULY:

♥         Catherine Asquith Gallery 48 Oxford St, Collingwood Opening 2-4pm

WED-28-JULY:

≠       For Wallsopener @ Miss Libertine 34 Franklin St 6-8pm

THUR-29-JULY: 

♥        PROJECT SPACE RMIT opener, 23-27 Cardigan St 5-7pm

♥         flinders la. gallery  opener 5:30-7:30pm 137flinders la. 

♥         RMIT fancy gallery 344swanston up-stairs 6-8pm ‘help me I’m blind’

♥         michael koro opener (/blender studios) 110 franklin st 6:30-8:30pm

♥        HandHeld gallery opener 6-8pm Suite 18, upstairs Paramount Arcade 108 Bourke St

♥         Sarah Scout Gallery opener Level 1 1a Crossley St 6-8pm

♥         No No Gallery opening 14 Raglan St,6-8pm

♥         Pigment opener.Lvl 2 Nicholas Building,37 Swanston St 5:30-7:30pm

FRI-30-JULY:

♥        Off The Kerb Gallery opener 66B Johnston Street, Collingwood 6-8pm ”A Dialogue with ERo” debut Melb solo show

♥         Broodbox opener 8 Rankins Lane 6-9pm

♥        Brunswick St Gall opener 322 brnswk st 6-8 pm every friday

♥         “HARD RUBBISH” 11pm-5am secret whorehouse location. The unarsestralians, DJ binliner, cat grrl, sado, xian.  $Donation$  publicdisgracepa.wordpress.com

SAT-31-JULY:

♥         John Buckley Gallery 8 Albert St 2-4pm …

->        ♥        Karen Woodbury Gallery 4 Albert St 3-5pm

♥         ZOND ALBUM LAUNCH with Beaches & Snawklor. 31 July. John Curtin bandroom.

♥         MINDSNARE, PISSCHRIST, EXTORTION, IR… Artshouse?

TUE-3-AUG:

≠       Unrep’d/ craftVIC craft-cubed comp 45 downstairs flinders la. 5-7pm $10ENTRY

?        ARCone gallery opener? 6-8pm, 45flinders lane.      ? 

WED-4-AUG:

♥         RMIT school of art gallery opening ’creme’  2 bowen lane. 5-7pm 

♥          James Makin Gallery opener 67 Cambridge St [8apr, 6may, 3june, 1july, 4aug, 12aug, 9sept, 7oct, 11nov]

THUR-5-AUG: 

♥         colour factory opener-cnr gore+kerr st 6-8pm?        

♥         No Vacancy gallery  – acorn show 6-9pm  http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=126166927413203 

♥         NOTFAIR 2010 79 Stephenson Street Richmond THUR 11- 4, FRI 12- 8, SAT 11-7, SUN 11-5 www.notfair.com.au

?     “‘The secret of life’ group show ?OPENS? 5th aug 6-9pm SJS gallery 120 alexandra pde ? 

Fri-6-AUG 

♥         At Large Gallery opener-208 high st, nthcte 6-9pm

♥         Hoofkake Grand Opener Party 6pm – 9:30pm 284-286 Albert St Brunswick

♥         Conical opener 3 Rochester St, Fitzroy  6-8pm

♥         Th Sideshow ‘art’ Competition @ 696 Ink,closes fri 6 aug (no larger than A2). 

SAT-7-AUG:

♥         Rendezvous in Wrongtown Opening 2pm-4pm? Rendezvous in Wrongtown is the perfect excuse to indulge in the wrong side of art on the wrong side of town.For one day only, Sat7Aug, twenty five of Melbourne’s most provocative and creative space invaders will be moving into an empty house at a secret location and making it their own. The one catch is, the location is secret.In order to visit Wrongtown, you will need to get off the number 8 tram (heading south from the city) at stop number 32. Look towards the nearby park and you will see a flower stall in ‘Rockley Gardens’. It is here that you must wait for directions to the house, at 2pm on Saturday the 7th of August, 2010. All late-comers can ask directions at the flower stand. Artists: The Agents, Tom Civil, Hotham Street Ladies , Andy Hutson, Ash Keating, Bonnie Lane, Jonathan Leahy and Vexta, Matt Morrow, Simon Pericich, Kiron Robinson, Robbie Rowlands, Neale Stratford, Hiroyasu ‘TWOONE’ Tsuri, Urban Village Melbourne, Danae Valenza, Theresa Harrison (curator), Tai Snaith (curator), Vexta (curator)

♥         PAN opener 142-144 weston st, brnswkEast 2-4pm

♥         Opening saturday 3-5pm  Gilligan Grant Gallery 1B Stanley Street, Collingwood.

♥         No No Gallery 14 Raglan Street, North Melbourne Sat, August 7, 5pm – 7pm

MON-9-AUG:

≠       distributed urbanism book launch-RMIT fancy gallery 344swanston 6-8pm

RMIT.DistribUrban.Evite

TUE-10-AUG:

≠       Fix Your Loot, Nicholas Building , 21-47 Swanston st- 2nd Tues every month, 6.30pm:, just bring a plate of food or drink to share. RSVP essential as spaces are limited. Please mail enquiries@emmagrace.com.au for studio location & further details.

THUR-12-AUG:

♥         Counihan gallery opener 6pm – 8pm, 233 Sydney Rd

♥         Catherine Asquith Gallery 48 Oxford St, Collingwood Opening 6-8pm

FRI-13-AUG: 

≠       696 sydney rd   /696ink tattoo opener 6-9pm *(?)

THUR-19-AUG:

♥         137 Flinders Lane Gallery opener  5:30pm – 7:30pm

SUN-22-AUG:

♥         Ochre Gallery  6pm – 8pm.32-34 Wellington Street, collingwood

THUR-26-AUG:

♥         PROJECT SPACE RMIT opener,23-27 Cardigan St 5-7pm

TUE-1-JUNE:

♥         skepsi opening 6-8pm? 670swanston st [16march, 12apr, 11may, 1june]

♥         arc1 openings 45flinders la. 6-8pm  [1 june 29june 27july]

WED-2-JUNE:

♥         TRAILS studio 10 Seed Factory Studios, Ground floor-1 Parslow st Clifton Hill. Bring your own anything & draw w/ others. *2010 MEETINGS: 2/6/10, 7/7/10, 4/8/10, 1/9/10, 6/10/10, 3/11/10, 1/12/10

♥         PAN Opening 6-8pm with artist talk at 6.30pm 144weston st brnswk east

♥         “ink and lead – Life Drawing. FITZROY”Gertrude’s Brown Couch at 7:00pm.

♥         Buster Keaton screenin at anytime place,20ovens st 8-11pm with live film score from the Blue Grassy Knoll lads,

THUR-3-JUNE:

♥         RMIT project space opener 5-7pm 23 cardigan st, carlton

♥         Hand Held Gallery opener 6-8pm Suite 18(upstairs) Paramount Arcade 108 Bourke St

♥         lamington drive-chronox- opener 89 george st 6-9pm

♥         VCA opening 6-8pm 40dodds st, sthbank

♥         NoNo gallery Opening: 6-8pm, 14 Raglan St, nth melb

♥         James Makin Gallery opener 67 Cambridge St [3june, 1july, 4aug, 12aug, 9sept, 7oct, 11nov]

♥         nine on seven presents BEN HUTCHINGS — FROM INSIDE A COMIC MIND 6-Xpm nine on seven artspace Rooftop Bar Curtin House

♥         Colour Factory Gallery opener 409 – 429 Gore St 6-8pm

♥         westspace opener 6-8pm 15-19anthony sy

♥         pigment gallery opener 5:30-8  lvl 2, 37swanston

♥         town hall gallery, burwood rd Glenferrie or something?

FRI-4-JUNE:

♥         platform opener 6-8pm degraves subway-da shity

♥         696 sydney rd opening 6-9pm

♥         ‘Body-X’ (x-ray based art?) Brnswk st gallery 322 brnswk st 6-8pm

♥         collingwd gallery opener 6-8pm 292smith st

♥         rearview opener Rear 244 Smith St, 6-10pm

♥         robots>humans-hogan gallery 310smith st 6pm-> (art+sneakers by sekureD)

♥         kings ARI opener 6-8pm Level 1/171 King St

♥         corrosive thoughts opener – at large gallery 208 high st 6-10pm

♥         Street/Studio Launch Night + Exhibtn (from No Vacancy Gallery), The Atrium, Federation Square 7-9pm

♥         CAUTION EXPOSURE – 6PM to 8.30PM Friday June 5 Headlining stencil Artists KA’a from France, with Paul Spadaro, FAM and Anthea da Silva @broodbox 8 rankins la. off little bourke/ near eliz

♥         infinite decimals + Dylan Martorell + Eko Eko Azarak + Dominic Kavanagh@sunshine + grease-queens pde, 7:30-11pm

♥         WTEM & SIMO SOO  TOECUTTER &BAADDDD @ discobeans gig 238 high st nthcote 6-11:30pm

SAT-5-JUNE

♥         WOLVES ‘N BRATS book-y read-y thing; 2-5pm 361 sydney rd Brnswk (Fikaris next solo showing comicbook, paintings, drawings…)

♥ Window 99 launch, 99brnswk st, fitz 6-9pm

? Check Flinders Lane Gallery opener 5:30-7:30pm, 137 flinders la. ?

♥         Wonderful and Frightening: A Tribute to The Fall The Workers Club, Brunswick+Gertrude St.$10, Fell Over: 10:30; Breaker Morant: 9:40; YIS: 8:50

♥         3CR benefit – BEACHES, RUBBISH THROWERS, INTERZONE …JOHN CURTIN BANDROOM

♥         PISSBOLT, COLLAPSED TOILET VIETNAM, TRUE RAD+BIRMINGHAM,smith+johnston. 8pm-1am

SUN-6-JUNE:

♥         Banksy presents to us “Exit Through The Gift Shop” – ACMI 2-5pm $11/14

♥         Off world at MyAeon/syd rd bar

TUE-8-JUNE:

♥         1st site opening 344 swanston 5:30-8:30pm XXXXXXXXYAYXXXXXXXXXX

♥         Fix Your Loot, Nicholas Building , 21-47 Swanston st- 2nd Tues every month, 6.30pm: bring jewellery/op-shop finds to fix/remake. Brooch backs, catches etc  available for a small donation or BYO.Class is FREE, just bring a plate of food or drink to share. RSVP / email enquiries@emmagrace.com.au for studio location and further details.

WED-9-JUNE:

♥         RMIT schoolOfArt opener 2bowen lane 5-7pm

♥         Chloe Vallance opening (awesome chick who does crazy miniature people paintings) REDgallery-157 St Georges Rd opener 6-8pm

THUR-10-JUNE:

♥         Sutton gallery opener 230young st 6-8pm?

FRI-11-JUNE:

♥         “IRENE underground arts festival”, 7pm-sun 13 6pm.5pitt st

*gosh, is that all? is dat it? geez-suss… nightmare BORE project(-ile vomit)

SAT-12-JUNE:

≠       Street | Studio: Book Launch with Ghostpatrol, MISO, Alison Young & friends 1-4pm Outré Gallery 249eliz St.

♥         69smith st gallery opener 4-6pm

♥         BRUNSWICK ARTS fundraiser, 2A LITTLE BREESE ST FLYING SCRIBBLE, BUTCHER BLADES, CURE MOTEL, CALL ME PROFESSOR, and TRJAEU 5-10pm, $8 bucks

≠       the world at large solo exhibition by Ahmarnya Price. Opening saturday 12th June 3-5pm  Gilligan Grant Gallery 1B Stanley Street, Collingwood.

≠       Umlaut vs. Dr El Suavo 2010 Tour!SAT 12 THE SPANISH CLUB, 8-11pm

TUES-15-JUNE:

≠       45downstairs (flinders la.) opener 5-7pm

≠       Friends of the Earth/ACE Art Auction Hogan Gallery, 310 Smith St 6:30-11pm (auction starts at 8pm)

THUR-17-JUNE:

♥         ochre gallery indigenart exhib, 32-4 wellington st

♥         Craft VIC opening 31flinders la. 6-8pm

♥         Adaptation opener 6-9pm 20-24guildford la.

Fri-18-JUNE:

♥         ‘Sexhibitionist’ collingwd gallery opener 6-8pm 292smith st

♥         IA A3 show comes to Melbourne! Room 2, Northcote Town Hall.High st 6-9pm

♥         COOH, XIAN, BINARY DISTORTION, XEHPA, SADO, ctoafn=$15 PORTLAND HOTEL Cnr Russell & Little Collins

SAT-19_JUNE:

≠       VOYEUR Performance Installation Exhibn WHITE ELEPHANTARTS,284–286 Albert St Brnswk Cost: $15

≠       Alejandra Salinas and Aeron Bergman, ‘Quick Economic Assumptions’ Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces 200gertrude st 6-7pm

TUE-22-JUNE:

♥         Electricty from lemons Part2 (=play)  at Lot 5\29  Tinning street 7:30-9:30pm

WED-23-JUNE:

≠       RMIT schoolOfArt opener 2bowen lane 5-7pm

≠       Candle Ends Festival 2010 Brunswick Arts Space,2a Little Breese St-Doors=6.30pm 4 nights only! Wed23June; Thur24June; Fri25June; Sat26June $15 Full/ $10 Concession

≠       c3 abbotsford opener 6-8pm 1 St. Heliers Street

≠       Magic Silver White – June residency Builders Arms 211 Gertrude St June23rd: Flying Scribble & Ai Yamamoto – Doors at 8:30, $6.

THUR-24-JUNE:

♥         Owl & the Pussycat opener 6-9pm 34swan st Richmond

SAT-26-JUNE:

♥        dianne tanzer 3-5pm 108gertrude st

♥          pigment opener 2-4pm -lvl 2, 37swanston

♥         BUNYIP – tape projects 8pm-1:30am bouverie st? = YES!!! tape projex ‘bunyip’ 1/81 bouverie 8pm-> morn 1:30am>

♥         Crack – at whorehaus somewhere

♥happy b’day chickface♥xph

TUE-29-JUNE:

♥         ? arc1 openings (29june) 45flinders la. 6-8pm ?

WED-30-JUNE :

≠       WALLS OPENING 34 franklin st 6-8pm f

july     (anyway…)

THUR-1-JULY:

♥         Wasted Truth, Pathetic Human, Fusinato, Occult Blood. 8:00pm Workers Club, cnr brnswk+gertrude

FRI-2-JULY:

≠             Outré opener 249eliz st,

SAT-3-JULY:

♥         Dysphemic launch @MISS LIBERTINE w. MARK N, WASABI, BARON VON ROTTEN, KODIAK KID. 10pm-5am $10.

THUR-8-JULY:

≠       Counihan opener!

≠       The Sound Playground  45 Flinders La Thursday July 8, 5:45-7:15pm; Wednesday July 14, 5:45-7:15pm; Friday July 16, 5:45-7:15pm; All tickets $15.

FRI-9-JULY:

≠       Grotesque erotique 696 syd rd 6-9pm

≠       little memories exhibition 2A Little Breese Street, Brnswk 6pm->

SAT-16-JULY:

MON-22-JULY:

♥         “‘The secret of life’ group show ARTISTS WANTED” ENTRIES DUE mon 22 JULY [ Tues, Aug 3 at 6pm, SJS GALLERY] – costs dumb $40 to enter.

THUR-5-AUG:

≠       “‘The secret of life’ group show OPENS 5th aug 6-9pm 120alexandra pde

Fri-6-AUG

♥         The Sideshow ‘art’ Competition @ 696 Ink,closes fri 6 aug (no larger than A2).

THURS-1-AartPRIL:

♥         outre opening 249 elizabeth st 7-9pm

♥         go font yr self,No Vacancy opener 6pm-> 34jane bell la. QV blding

♥         nextwave films@ fed sq. 5:30-6:30 each thur til end April

♥         fortnightly(-ish) Per Square Metre /PM2 opener DABS/MYLA 191johnston st [7-10pm ]

♥         platform opener 6-8pm degraves subway

♥         Stained Sheets 3.1 launch-Sunshine and Grease, 9 Queens Parade, Clifton Hill 6-9pm

♥         French Ogre opener-6-8pm At Large Gallery 208 High St. Nthcote

♥         Mathew invited you to “Racing Daphne Live 8pm-John Curtain Hotel

♥         CURSE OV DIALECT; Kaigen(japan); TWELVE LB -bar open brnswk st 10pm-1am

FRI-2-APR

♥         696syd rd opener 6-9pm

SAT-3-APR

♥         The Thousands Shop, Lvl 6 252 Swanston St. Launch 4-6pm free. New food+form journal ‘Condiment’,

♥         creation+destruction SKILLSHARE” loophole community center, 670 high st, thornbury 12pm-6pm

SUN-4-APR

♥         Sneaker Freaker Swapmeet Rose st artist market off BrnswkSt. 11am-5pm: trade or buy clothing, vinyl, toys, vintage BMX parts, fixies, hip-hop jewellery, accessories, trinkets, live B-Boys (not for sale), live painting from Drewfunk. To organise a table contact with this guy ASAP!trade or buy clothing, vinyl, toys, vintage BMX parts, fixies, hip-hop jewellery, accessories, trinkets, live B-Boys (not for sale), live painting from Drewfunk. As well as shoes, stallholders will be offering clothing, vinyl from DJ Peril and co, toys, bike parts and assorted collectables. also photoshoot happening 4 Melbourne leg of Girls Got Kicks,

♥         MY FRIEND ROBOT: EASTER SUNDAY!! Escobar, 189 Lonsdale st. CBD 10pm-> Entry $10, $5  Glitch, futurebeats, hiphop, grime, dubstep=guest DJs JPS (The Operatives), SHIKUNG (Glitch This), plus ever robotic residents RINTRAH, NO NAME NATH & CUT’N'PASTE

TUE-6-APR:

♥         Y3K opening 205young st, fitz 6-8pm

WED-7-APR

♥         Gorker gallery wine-tasting/art 6-7pm cnr Gore+Kerr

♥         RMIT fancy gallery openers 6-8pm 344swanston

♥         mossenson indigenart opener 6-8pm 41derby st, collingwd

♥         TCB opener 1/12waratah plc 6-8pm

♥         ?101 collins st opening? 6-8?

♥         DrawingOut2010 ’Linearis Light’ Casey Plaza Theatre, Bowens Street RMIT 7:30-11pm  Drinks=gold coin donation.

THUR-8-APR

♥         TOLARNO exhib 8/4-8/5   level 4, 104 exhibition st

♥         Rmit project space opening 23 cardigan st 5-7pm

♥         opener 5:30pm-7:30? 253 flinders lane

♥         James Makin gallery opener 6-8 67cambridge st c’lgwd

♥         Hand Held Gallery opener 6-8pm Suite 18(upstairs) Paramount Arcade 108 Bourke St

♥         Neon parc opener 6-8pm 1/53bourke st

♥         lot 5, 29 tinning st brunswick opener 6-9pm

♥         blindside opening, lvl 7, rm14, 37swnston

♥         SuMMA SuMMA PARTY#2 7pm-1am, discobeans 238 high st nthcote [w. Kaigen (japan), p&ie, the wackness,DJraceless]

♥         trails parslow st, clifton hill 6pm->

♥         CARBON BLACK opener 5:30-7:30pm 188 High St (nr Chapel) Prahran

♥         Townhall gallery opening 6-8pm rear, 358 Burwood Rd

♥         plugN play horseBazaar

FRI-9

♥         RMIT schoolOfArt opener 2 bowen lane 5-7pm

♥         Michael Koro Galleries opener 6-9pm 110 Franklin St

♥         Paperwork launch -1000 Pound Bend, 361 Little Lonsdale St, Melbourne. 6–9pm+free drinks

♥         Circlepit exhib Somewhere Store- Gallery Lvl 2 Royal Arcade, 314 Little Collins St, Melbourne. Opening 6-8pm

♥         lindberg gallery relocate opener 6-8pm 2/289flinders la.

♥         Preview (spaceopera inspired pieces) 6pm-> Laneway side entrance of 90 Moor street, Fitzroy.

♥         off the kerb opener 6-9pm 66B johnston st, collingwd & broodbox?

♥         Rearview opener rear 244 smith (off Stanley st) 6pm->

♥         Extended Play Gallery opener 547 High St, Nthcte (Alcohol by Kitty Somerset, 565 HighSt)

SAT-10-APR

-          Laura St, brnswk garage sale Sat 9am – mon 12pm

-           (Inaugral” Auburn Ave “Diverse Dance party 8pm)’

-          Speech & What Archive, Stolen Library, World Food Books opening party – Y3K Gallery, 205 Young St, Fitzroy. Opening 6-8pm, free entry! // This is a triple-barrel opening at Y3K

-          Spontaneous Combustions warehouse party-Irene whorehouse, 5 Pitt St, Brnswk. 5–11pm. Co$t?=Bargain.The Paul Kidney Experience,The Gruntled, Rubbish Throwers, Penguins Band, Slocombe’s Pussy, and Aux Assembly

♥         IS WHAT IS opener Stephen McLaughlan Gallery Level 8 Room 16 Nicholas Blding 37 Swanston 2-4pm

♥         perSqMtr opener 6-9pm

♥         Face down ass up ,33 Victoria Pde, Clingwd 9pm->

SAT-17:

♥         comicanothology opening- 2-4pm-Brunswick Bound, 361 Sydney Rd

WED-21-APR:

♥         George Paton gallery opening 6-8pm lvl2 Union House melbUni

THUR-22-Apr

♥         Nior opener 6pm-> No Vacancy 34jane bell la. QV blding

♥         Narrows gallery pubic-lick-ation launch 6:30pm->   at 24 Moons, AC/DC Lane, MelbShityCentre . Launch from 6.30pm, free.

♥         The Owl+The Pussycat opening, 34 swan st, Richmond…6-9pm

♥         Simo Soo; BAADDD; Keith! Party; Mesa Cosa@pony 8ish –wif. l projection+sound performance by Kharkov.

FRI-23-Artpril:

-          Omeko Nite at Disco Beans 238 high St [Cat-Grrl=7-7:30pm; Kt Spit 7:30-8pm; Xian 8-8:45pm; BAADDD 9-9:30pm; Binary Distortion 9:30->11pm-ish? )

-          collingwood Gallery human rights exhibit opening, 292 Smith St …7:30pm->

-          ‘SIMS / simz  art opener AtLarge Gallery 208high st, 6-9pm

-          Hell Gallery, 5a Railway Place, Richmond. 6pm->… give generously/Jess+Jordy are invited to swinging London Tate Modern Thing. Butt/thing is/ they need some cash. Come see the Ooga Boogas, Duck Juggler, Jensen Tjhung and Cinnamon Dynamo LIVE

-          Circle Pit and Lost Animal at M+N Lunchbox #3  1000 £ Bend, 361 Little Lonsdale St 1000 £ Bend, 361 Little Lonsdale St, Melbourne. From 1pm, fre e/ With Lost animal (aka Jarrod Quarrell) on bass, Angie+ Jack will play songs from ‘Bruise Constellation’ at the third Mess + Noise Lunchbox show

SAT-24-APR

♥        free SimoSoo cd party Performance 6pm-12am discobeans, 238high st nthcote - w: simo Soo (sydney), The Wackness (spook mc +ultra violet mc), Kt Spit, In the Vogue CLoset

♥         Loophole gig  5-9pm 670 high st, thornbury

♥         Aggressive Audio/hiphopThe Johnston, 62 Johnston st 8pm-3am. ? Co$t ? (Los Theory; Anon MS Yellow with Ol’ Scoobs and Obsessed; Ill Figures; Primary Source; B-Rock)

♥         Melbourne ‘burning man’ thing at Pipemakers park, melb. 1pm-> 12am  $10?

♥         Drawing Out, Drawing In: Spotlight on Graphic Novels The Wheeler Centre, 176 Little Lonsdale St, Melbourne. Oslo Davis panel 3-4pm, free

♥         SHuSH party II (A night of death pop in Melbourne’s abandoned spaces) Click on http://www.musicfrominnerspace.com/gigs.html to check location. Starts 8.30pm sharp, $7 entry, first 50 people get free beer! Otherwise BYO. // The SHuSH team are taking things into the sewers with a drain party this Saturday. The Bunyip Moon, Niko Niko and Repairs live! DJs ‘Disco’ and ‘Minimal Techno’ (that can’t be right) and installation art by Jade Burstall and ‘the crate man’. Wear sensible shoes you sluts! Also, bring a torch.  Due to the temporary construction works on the drain and the weather forecast (if it rains, NO DRAINS) we are postponing SHuSH 2 to the 1st of May. New venue same line up! Venue announced shortly. Keep your ear to the ground. Playing: The Bunyip Moon; Niko Niko; Repairs…Disco, Dance and Techno DJs until we get kicked out

♥         The Sticky Romalang 17 Stapler Benefit – Pony, 68 Little Collins St, Melbourne. Doors 10pm, entry $7. All proceeds go to buying the Romalang 17 Stapler Sticky needs. Go to their fundraiser and see bands like Ouch My Face and Go Genre Everything, the members of which are zinesters

♥         TOTE memorabilia4sale = 374 Gallery, 374 High St, Nthcote (opens Saturday, ends Monday). To recoup some much-needed funds after the Tote’s closure, former owners Bruce and James Milne are exhibiting and selling lots of old fixtures including the jukebox and signed photos. (And carpet.)

SUN-25:

♥         Where The Wild Things Are- forest fundraiser festival. J studios artist community 100 Barkly St nth fitzroy 4pm-12am with 2 stages and a courtyard in an old primary school that is now an artist community. $10/$15 suggested donation 4pm til Midnight with:The Barons of Tang; Combat Wombat; DJ Bass Bin laden; ; Rapskallion; Matt Kelly; Hugo and Treat; Oblique industries; El Moth and the turbo rads

WED-28:

♥         C3 opener Abbotsford Convent, 1 St Heliers St 6pm->

♥         TCB gallery  level 1, 12 waratah place in da shity/ Opening 6pm->

≠          Junkies Stole Our Shit – Fundraiser Gig - A fine example of prejudice, discrimination, stereotyping and general douche-i-ness. ‘Junkies’ (not heroin addicts, substance users or abusers) seem to be fair game & many ‘forward-thinking’, left-leaning, politically savy & usually intelligent people become narrow-minded generalising bigots when it comes to this particular minority group. As a non-thieving person with a ongoing polysubstance addictions i take offence at such statements. Not so much at the assumptions that indirectly affect me (frustrating, yesd-but easily dismissed), but just at how dumb + hypocritical so many people are…  Addiction is a legit medical condition. Most people have one. If discrimination on the basis of race, religion, gender & sexual identity/preference is not okay, then why is this?                 

THUR-29-APR

♥         Craft Vic opening 31 flinders la. 6-8pm

♥         VCA opening 4 dodds st, sth melb. 6-8?

♥         guildford lane opener 7-10pm

♥         Ironlak team art opener (w.Puzle, Sirum One, Aeon, Jorz, Greco+Zode). 11a Highlander Lane, 6pm->

FRI-30-APR:

♥         696 sydney rd group show 6-8/9pm

♥        Eagle’s Nest Theatre Benefit Gig 24 Hardy St, Brnswk 8-11pm: $10 get you in to the fun house of Theatre & Music. Drinks are cheap, cheapedy CHEAP! If your a performer ie singer, dancer, juggler, comedian, actor etc and want to get in on the fun,

GENERAL APRIL ARTMUZAKSTUFFETC

♥         Various projected films can be seen from outside the CityLights gallery (hosier lane) from 8:30 – Midnight Sat 3/4-mon12/4

♥         www.breakdownpress.org Seeking ‘Peace Poster’ Submissions due: 1st MAY 2010 – designs to be published on the following topics: • Peace Building • The Arms Trade • Redirection of Resources Towards a Peaceful Society • Militarisation of Everday Life • Global Harmony • Human & Environmental Impact of War. GE

MAY

SAT-1-MAY:

♥         exhibit opening (www.amymills.com.au) Galerie Tara 72 Willsmere Rd Kew 6:30-9:30pm. And yes, there are drinks and snacks there.

♥         SHuSH party II (A night of death pop in Melbourne’s abandoned spaces) Click on http://www.musicfrominnerspace.com/gigs.html to check location. Due to the temporary construction works on the drain and the weather forecast (if it rains, NO DRAINS) we postponed SHuSH 2 to 1st of May. New venue same line up! Venue announced shortly. Keep your ear to the ground. Playing: The Bunyip Moon; Niko Niko; Repairs…Disco, Dance and Techno DJs until we get kicked out

SUN-2-MAY:

♥         2010 Melbourne International Jazz Festival present..OVERGROUND-A Festival Within A Festival: SUNDAY 2 MAY 2010, 2PM-8PM. $30 MELBOURNE TOWN HALL Featuring: PETER BROTZMANN (GERMANY),HAN BENNINK (HOLLAND), BRIAN CHASE (YYYs, USA); SETH MISTERKA (USA), KIM SALMON (AUS), MICK TURNER (AUS); OREN AMBARCHI (AUS), PAUL GRABOWSKY WITH SEAN BAXTER (AUS), PIKELET AKA EVELYN MORRIS,JOEL STERN WITH DIRK DE BRUYN (AUS), COR FUHLER (HOLLAND), SNAWKLOR (AUS), BUM CREEK (AUS) KRAM…

TUES-4-MAY:

♥         Flinders lane gallery opener? 137 flinders la. 5:30/ 6pm->

WED-5-MAY:

♥         RMIT schoolOfArt opener 2bowen lane 5-7pm

♥         George Paton Gallery opening 6-8pm, lvl2 Union House melbUni

♥         Narrows opener  2/ 141 flinders la. 6-8pm

♥         mOSsenson indigenART 6-8pm 41 Derby Street, Collingwood

THUR-6-may

♥         RMIT project space opener 5-7pm 23cardigan st

♥         James Makin Gallery opener 67 Cambridge St

FRI-7-MAY:

♥         Lots N lots of Next Wave exhibition openings… Next Wave festival program http://2010.nextwave.org.au/festival/program

SAT-8-MAY

♥         Electronic Picnic/Switch off hazelwood benefit 1pm-> secret MerriCreek locale – go to publicdisgracepa.wordpress.com – w: monkeymarc; keith!party; BAADDD; extrasupa; oskr.

♥         creation+destruction SKILLSHARE II-loophole community center, 670 high st, thornbury 11:30am-6:30pm

♥         “skillshare AFta PaRty !!! – ALL WELCOME! 9:25pm->

JUNE

♥        ”IRENE underground arts festival” on Friday, June 11, 7pm-sun 13 6pm. 5 pitt st

M*ART*CH 2010     

♥ RMIT gallery endless machine knit garmet’ exhibition until 21 march    

TUE-2-MartCH    

♥ The unaustralians book launch – Friends Of the Earth shop-312 Smith St Collingwood 6-8/9pm    

 ♥ bus opener 6-8pm 117 lil Lonsdale    

 WED-3- MartCH    

 ♥ dickerson opener 6-8pm 44oxford st,c’lingwd    

 ♥ exhibition opening : a place to be, ellequa martin c3 contemporary art space abbotsford convent 6-9pm    

 ♥ SHIFTED gallery opener Albert St, Richmond 6pm->    

 ♥ Karen Woodbury Gallery opener 4 Albert St Richmond 6pm->    

 ♥ SLABALONG opener Sophie Gannon Gallery 2 Albert st, Richmond 6-8pm    

♥ Ali Hogg/Equal Love exhibition & Fundraiser 6:30pm-> The Tenth Muse-365 Brunswick st fitzry    

♥ Red gallery opener 6-8pm 157St Georges rd    

THUR-4-MartCH    

♥ Counihan gallery opener 233sydRd 6-8pm    

♥ Hawthorn town hall gallery opener 6-8pm    

♥ Neon Parc opening(bourke st) 6-8pm neonparc.com.au    

 ♥ Urban Archaeology 409-429 Gore Street, Fitzroy 6-8pm    

 ♥ TotemTetris art exhibition opening – Sutton Gallery-254 Brnswk St Ftzry 6-8pm    

 ♥ Luke Sciberras Exhibition Opening 6-8pm. James Makin Gallery 67 Cambridge St    

♥ Light Projects opener 6-8pm 176 High St Nthcote    

 ♥ OutsideIn Exhibition RMIT Kaleide Theatre Foyer Building 8, level 2, 360 Swanston St 5:30pm – 8:30pm    

 FRI-5-MartCH    

 ♥ 696 Ink Gallery Grand Opener 6pm – 696 Sydney Rd, Brnswk.    

 ♥ When all your friends leave you and you miss the last bus home. Off the Kerb, 66 Johnston St 6-9pm    

 ♥ rearview opener 7-10pm rear 244 Smith St    

 ♥ MyGirls opener 6pm-12am 25 Eastment St, Nthcote    

 SAT-6-MartCH    

 ♥ mossenson opener 2-4pm 41derby st    

 ♥ 52cambridge st – opening 5-7pm      

 ♥ Pigment gallery opener lvl 2, 37 swanston    

♥ Dianne tanzer gallery opener 108gertrude st    

 MON-8-MartCH     

♥ Kings Relaunch Party 6-9pm 1/171 king st 

WEDNESDOS-10-MartCH:      

♥ Twoone tasting-gorker (gore+kerr Sts) 6-7pm     

♥ UNWEARABLES Catwalk Extravaganza/Interactive Show. Doors open 6pm,Show 7-9pm, $10/8.    

♥ Aliceeuphemia opening 6-8pm 37swanston st    

♥ Rat vs Possum @Triple R Performance Space, 221 Nicholson St, East Brunswick 6–6.30pm. Free to air.    

 ♥ yarra sculpture gallery opener 117 Vere Street, Abbotsford 6-8pm   

THUR-11-mARTch:  

♥ RMIT project space opener 5-7pm 23cardigan    

♥ Kill Your Darlings journal launch-Trades Hall 2 LygonSt Carlton. 6.30pm->    

♥ Unwearables Order of Melbourne, Level 2/401 Swanston Doors 6pm, show 7pm, $10/8.    

 ♥ craftVic opener 6-8pm 31flinders lane    

 ♥ dandruff opener @no vacancy 6-9pm    

 ♥ handheld opener 6-8pm Suite 18, upstairs,Paramount Arcade, 108 Bourke st    

 ♥ kick opener 239high st 7-9pm    

 ♥ at large gallery opener, 208 high st nthcote 7-9pm    

 ♥ drawing blood opener, greenwood gallery 6-9pm    

 ♥ Guildford lane gallery opener 6-9pm    

 ♥ opening Level 1, 1a Crossley St, 6-8pm    

 ♥ Black dress invite-only-opener (colour factory) georges, lil collins    

 ♥ ? The Narrows lvl2,141 flinders lane. 6-8pm? possible openings march 11th, 18th   

♥ postponed.. PASSION VICTIMS presents DESIRE Somewhere Gallery Level 2 314 Little Collins St 6-8pm    

  FRI-12-MartCH      

♥ Launch 2010 Brunswick Arts 2a Little Breese st brnswk 6-9pm    

 ♥ INSERT COIN HERE opening 7-11pm at 1000 £ Bend (361 lil lonsdale)    

 ♥ Awkward opener 99 Melbourne St, Southbank 6-9pm    

♥ collingwood gallery opener 12march 6-8pm 292 smith st    

♥  Auction&foods&dancing 7pm-> …20A LUSCOMBE ST    

SAT-13-MAR    

 ♥ Sutton Gallery,254 Brunswick St 4-6pm      

♥ Edible Garden City Square cnr Swanston+Collins.10am free veggie swapFood+Wine Fest’s    

♥ Worn Wild Mercat Cross Hotel 456 Queen St $5, 1-6pm    

 ♥ ‘Ladies Luv’ Sketch City Dazzleland Studios, 25 Eastment St, Nthcote 4pm onwards    

 ♥ Rollerderby Burn Your Brass- toxic Avengers vs Dolls Au-Go-Go.Puckhandlers Cnr Blake+davis St 7-10pm    

 ♥ jerks at 289 lygon st, east brnswk gig in evening:Puta Madre Bros, Suitcase Royale, This War      

SUN-14-MAR   

♥ You are not what you Eat -discobeans 238 high st nthcote   

MON-15-MAR     

 ♥ opener @ Fo Guang Yuan Art Gallery 141 Queen St 6:30pm->     

TUES-16-march     

♥ RMIT First Site Gallery Opening Flock: fashion & textiles exhib 344 swanston 6-8pm  

♥ skepsi opening 6-8pm? 670 swanston st [16march, 12apr] 

♥  Lamington Drive Opening  6-9pm 89 george st, fitzroy 

WED-17-mar     

♥ issey miyake workshop $10/20 6-8pm 344swanston     

♥ TCB opener 1/12 waratah lane, da shity 6-8pm 

♥ Launch party 6pm RMIT Alumni Court, Old Melb Gaol, 377 Russell St 

♥ citylights/ UntilNever opening 6-8pm  lvl 3, 5 hosier lane  

♥ 101 collins st gallery, opener 6-8pm ?  

♥ Sustainability opening 6-8pm George Paton Gallery, lvl2 Union House melbUni     

♥ the yellow war opener @ Per Square Metre gallery, 191 johnston st 6-8pm     

♥ Vialka frenchectropunk at OldBar 9pm & Pony > 2am 

♥       .Aust.Crappy.Contempt4.Art  ‘New010’  opener 6-8pm 111 Sturt Street, Southbank  http://www.accaonline.org.au/MediaReleaseNEW010  

♥       TCB opener 1/12 waratah lane, da shity 6-8pm 

♥       FAT Launch party 6pm RMIT Alumni Court, Old Melb Gaol, 377 Russell St 

THUR-18-mar     

♥ 137  flinders lane gallery opening 5:30-7:30pm   

♥ FIGMENT launch (Emma Goodsir+Fleur Watson) invite-only 6pm 167flinders la.     

♥ Six pack art exhibition highlander gallery, 11a highlander lane 6-9pm     

♥ westspace opener 6-8pm 15-19anthony st  

♥ KICK gallery new collingwoood space at: 4 PEEL ST. COLLINGWOOD opener 6-9pm 

♥ Imagining Darwin preview evening, Abbotsford Convent, Mercator Building, studio MF3, side entrance, upstairs 1 St Heliers st 6-8pm 

(?) Narrows gallery lvl2,141 flinders lane. 6-8pm? possible openings march 11th, 18th     

♥ Free gig at BAR OPEN (fitz)-VULTURES OF VENUS – 11pm,THE FILTHY BOURGEOIS – 10pm ,ELECTRIC EDEN – 9pm 

FRI-19-march     

♥ Platform opening 6-8pm degraves subway     

♥ nine0seven Rooftop bar, level 7 Curtain House, 252 Swanston     

♥ Stick it! Collage in Australian Art opener @ The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia     

♥ MARS port melb fashionfoto opener 7:30pm->     

♥ ‘http://www.hellgallery.blogspot.com/‘ HELL gallery opening 6-8pm 5A RAILWAY PLACE, RICHMOND 

♥ 100 Proofs TAPR Talk “Science Faction” 7-10 1/81bouverie st studios

♥ ItsFeetWereTied…Murray White Room Sargood Lane Off Exhibition St. 7-9pm

♥ ‘You are not what u eat’ launch at discobeans238 high st w. DIE ROTEN PUNKTE, 6pm-1am

♥ National Indigenous Hip Hop & RnB Bump Music Awards 170russell st 7pm-3am

♥ Spill Collective present HOT MESS DOWN UNDER  trannyfest at geddes lane $10-dress up OR arrive before 10.30, $15 for the lazy www.realhotmess.com

♥       Gig at Anytime Place 20 Ovens St Brnswk 8pm-11:55pm w. Toydeath, dieRotenPunkte, PutaMadreBros   ♥ www.atlargegallery.com opening 208 high st, Nthcote-Artists welcome 2-4pm to whip something up. Open to public 7-9pm for drinks & chance to win some of the panels

♥ Carbon Black gallery opener 188 High St (nr Chapel) 2-5pm

♥  wobble gig at Night Owl 33 ElizabSt $15, 10pm-7am

♥  BUS closing party $10 4pm-11 117 Lt Lonsdale  http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=361583579010

♥    Jules‘ grand opening performing poodle party81 HighSt Westgarth: frenchy delicious shit to eat emporium; Yes, we did say performing poodles. In real life, not a Disney movie. Plus sparkling ‘vin’ with cassis, little ht dogs, extra sultry tunes. 8pm-> free

♥ Poetry in Fashion-Wheeler Centre, 176 Little Lonsdale St, 2–4pm Free! Reserve your seat here

♥ ♥ ♥ SUN-21-MartCH: Happy wed-ding-ly mister & missus dudes ♥ ♥ ♥ *enjoy it whilst you canst… 

TUE-23-mar     

♥ First Site opener 344swanston 5/7 or 6-8pm 

♥ Westspace ‘highlife’ rooftop art crawl: Sarti 5.30pm, Rooftop Bar 6.15pm, OrderofMelb 7pm, MadameBrussels 7.45pm 

WED-24-martch     

♥       RMIT 2 bowen st opener, 5-7pm 

THURS-25-march     

♥  Pigment gallery opening 5:30-7:30pm, lvl 2 nicholas blding, 37 swanston

♥   gorker gallery opening cnr Gore + Kerr st’s 6-9pm 

♥   TAKE#2 PASSION VICTIMS presents DESIRE Somewhere Gallery Lvl2, 314 LittleCollins 6-8pm

♥ SEW bags launch-Readings,309 lygonSt Carlton. 6pm-> (100% recycled bags 4sale from SEW 'Supporting+Empowering Women'. The initiative supports HIV+ women in Tanzania)

 ♥ Holes In The Wall 276 Station st, Carlton North 7-10pm

♥  Plug'N'Play muzak+visuals-y's, Kent St Cafe, Smith St, 8:30pm->  
     
 
 
 

fri-26-mar 

♥   collingwood gallery opener 6-8pm 292 smith st

♥       Thread Den Fitzroy opening 422 Brunswick St, Fitzroy. Opening party 6-10pm, free champagne soiree

♥       Beatbox Kitchen Neighbourhood Jam  Corner of Rathdowne St and Park St, Nth Carlton. From 6-9pm. // The Raph Burger is nothing less than a work of art. As is his mobile diner, the literally titled, Beci Orpin-decorated Beatbox Kitchen. Mini block party

♥  You Are Not What You Eat closing w/THE ONCE OVERS 6pm-> discobeans 238 high st, nthcote 

♥  Plastic Knife#5 zine launch 6-7pm at Stickyshop 10 campbell arcade (degraves subway)

♥       WHO’S THAT KNOCKING AT MY DOOR @ SHADOWS 8:40pm – 11:40pm ABC Gallery 127 Campbell St

♥       enzyme@60smithSt 8pm-> $8 w.DJ INFECTIOUS UNEASE,MANTICLE, CHIRON, CASSANDRA’S MYTH, MYSTRAL TIDE

♥       Geko /w Fluent Form & Discourse-Fri 3:40am-1:30am,The Johnston,62 Johnston St

♥       Anthony Pateras B-day concert: THIRST ANAM (old South Melbourne Town Hall 210 Bank St 7-9pm

SAT-27-MAR 

♥       Complex Infrastructure The BAck doOR @ suek-artist 658 Plenty Rd, Preston 

♥       Miso and Ghost Patrol open studio+sale-Studio 2,Lvl 3, 329collinsSt.11am–3pm.Ca$h only

 ♥ First Site opener 344swanston 5-7pm or 6-8pm 

♥  Pieces of Eight gallery opening 6-9pm 635 brunswick st, Nth fitzroy  

♥ Not Today & Kids in Berlin Window Launch 472 Victoria St Nth Melb 6-8pm 

♥  opener? 2 Albert Street, Richmond 

♥  ?? ARC1 opening ?? 45 flinders lane 6-8pm; ?? ‘45 downstairs’ lane.

♥ SMUT launch Dantes,gertrude st 7pm->

♥ Colour Factory art opener 6-8pm, 409-429 gore st, fitzroy (cnr Kerr)

WED-31-march       

♥ George Paton Gallery, opening 6-8pm lvl2 Union House melbUni

♥       dickerson gallery opening 6-8pm 44oxford st, collingwd

♥       dianne tanzer opener 108gertrude st 6-8pm

♥   C3 abbotsford convent opener -st heliers rd. 6-8pm

♥       RESPOND exhibition and closing gig Seventh Gallery 155 Gertrude St, Fitzroy. Bands start 6pm, free closing gig for exhibition w.Houlette, The Artifishal Limb&Pissy Paw live

♥       Melbourne Horror Film Society March screening-Loop, 23meyers Plc. Screening 7.30pm, $20 Mini Membership=next 3 consecutive monthly screenings. Double bill=Shinya Tsukamoto’s Tetsuo: Iron Man and Tetsuo II: Body Hammer.

THURS-1-AartPRIL       

♥ Outre gallery opening 249 elizabeth st 6-8pm..     

♥   Platform degraves subway opening 6-8pm

♥ fortnightly(-ish) Per Square Metre (PM2) opener DABS/MYLA 191johnston st 6-8/9pm

♥  Curse of Dialect at Bar Open ?co$t?

♥ Racing Daphne 8pm-> John Curtain Hotel ?co$t?    

 FRI-2-APR   

♥     696 sydney rd opener 6-9pm

SAT-3-APR   

∞       creation+destruction SKILLSHARE” loophole community center, 670 high st, thornbury 11am-7pm

SUN-4-APR

∞       Sneaker Freaker SWAP-MEAT Rose st artist market off BrnswkSt. 11am-5pm: Trade or buy clothing, vinyl, toys, vintage BMX parts, fixies, hip-hop jewellery, accessories, trinkets, live B-Boys (not for sale), live painting from Drewfunk. To organise a table contact: hans_dc@sneakerfreaker.com 

∞       MY FRIEND ROBOT: EASTER SUNDAY-Escobar, 189 Lonsdale st. CBD 10pm-> Entry $10, but if you follow this link and join our Facebook page, IT’S ONLY $5  Glitch, futurebeats, hiphop, grime, dubstep=guest DJs JPS (The Operatives), SHIKUNG (Glitch This), plus ever robotic residents RINTRAH, NO NAME NATH & CUT’N'PASTE