Monthly Archive: December 2011

Dec 31

RAW: Heatwave Music Festival – All Ages – 12-15th Jan – Middleton

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Australia’s hottest new national hip hop festival is here – Australia, meet HeatWave. Originating in South Australia where they burst upon the scene last year with Xzibit headlining their debut event.

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Dec 22

RAW: AI Guitar Festival Calls For Entries For Comp

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After its tremendous success in 2010 the International Classical Guitar Competition returns and is open for applications from 2 January, 2012. Emerging players compete for a share of total prizes to the value of $31,000, making it one of the most prestigious guitar competitions in the world.

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Dec 22

RAW: Leigh Warren & Dancers To Play Edinburgh and NY Festivals

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Leigh Warren and Dancers’ Christmas has come early with the confirmation of two of its major dance works programmed for the prestigious Edinburgh Festival and New York’s Summer Stage festival in 2012.

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Dec 22

RAW: Laneway Festival Announces Partnership with Music SA and ‘Alleyway’ band competition

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The St Jerome’s Laneways Festival today announced an exciting new partnership to assist emerging artists. See post for details.

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Dec 19

RAW: Two Kats With More Exhibition Lives Ahead Of Them

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While both artists display images about their relatively young lives, the people and objects around them, whether pretty or not, both Kats take us on a journey beyond what may otherwise be well trodden territory, drawing us in intrigued and causing us to be moved by what we see.

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Dec 13

RAW: State Budget Mid Year Update – What Needs To Be Revealed

We project the State Budget loss for this year will go from $263m to $400m. Going out to 2014, the result will go from a $655m surplus to at best break even. On all of the State’s financial liabilities, these should increase by $1b in debt by end of 2014 and the unfunded State Super liability will increase by $1.4 billion. All up total State liabilities will increase from the projected $19.5b to around $22b.

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Dec 08

RAW: Our Mob 2011 – Festival Theatre Artspace and Foyer – Till 11 Dec

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Our Mob 2011 is in its 6th year at the Festival Centre but has but four days to run. Upfront, let me stress, get along to have a look before this weekend ends.

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Dec 05

RAW: ASO 75th Gala Concert Review

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As a worthy cause for celebration, a 75th Anniversary fits the bill and the gala concert was certainly enjoyable but none would say it was a landmark moment.

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Dec 05

RAW: Bill Henson In Conversation – Review

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A common reflection on Bill Henson’s work is that it attempts to capture moments in transition of the subject matters depicted such as between,  childhood and adulthood or night and day. The recent excellent In Conversation with Bill Henson, moderated by Paul Grabowsky, before a packed house at the Samstag Auditorium at UniSA, perhaps gives …

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Dec 05

RAW: Future Music -2nd LineUp Announcement

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A lot of acts are described as “needing no introduction” these days, but when it comes to New Order it actually rings true. See post for more details on Future’s 2012 Line Up

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