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3 May 2006 [Wed] 7:30pm
Gamelan Concert
Location: VisAsia Gallery, Art Gallery of NSW [How to get to the Gallery]
Admission: Free
[Art Gallery of NSW Events Calendar]

- - 18 Mar 2006 [Sat] 3:30pm for 4pm start
Public Forum: The Crisis in Mental Health
Speakers include: Dr Louise Newman (NSW Institute of Psychiatry) Toby Raeburn (Mental Health Workers Alliance) Sylvia Hale (NSW Greens MLC)
Location: Gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe [Map]
- - 13 Feb 2006 [Mon] 6pm
Public Forum: Prisons and Justice - International Perspectives
Speakers: Cassandra Shaylor (Co-Dirctr, Justice Now, Women's Prison Advccy Org., California) Dr Uju Agomoh (Exec. Dirctr Prisoners' Rehabilitation and Welfare Action (PRAWA), Nigeria) Louk Hulsman (Dirctr Rasphuys Institute, Dordrecht, The Netherlands) Brett Collins (ICOPA XI and Justice Action)
Location: Gaelic Club, Level 1, 64 Devonshire St., Surry Hills (across from Chalmers St exit and Devonshire St tunnel at Central Station). Take lift to Level 1
[Justice Action website]
- - 12 Feb 2006 [Sun]
The Sydney Body Art Ride
Raising funds for the Children's Cancer Institute
[The Sydney Body Art Ride website]
- 10 Feb 2006 [Fri] 6:30pm-8:15pm
Public talk: Darwin Day - Evolution or Intelligent Design
Speaker: Prof. Mike Archer
Location: Australian Museum (entry via William St entrance)
Cost: $18 ($12 members)
- - 6 Feb 2006 [Mon] 6pm
Public Talk: Refugee settlement services for profit?
Organised by the Refugee Action Coalition, NSW.
A public meeting discussing the issues raised by the privatisation of refugee resettlement services in Australia.
Location: Level 1, Teachers Federation Building, 23 Mary St, Surry Hills [Map]
Cost: Free
Enquiries: 0421 326 987
- - 3 Feb 2006 [Fri] 6pm-8:15pm
Politics in the Pub: Howard's anti-terror legislation
Speakers: Wendy Bacon (Asst Prof, Dept of Writing Journalism and Social Inquiry , UTS), David Bernie (Vice Pres. NSW Council for Civil Liberties NSWCCL)
Location: Gaelic Club, Level 1, 64 Devonshire St., Surry Hills (across from Chalmers St exit and Devonshire St tunnel at Central Station). Take lift to Level 1
Cost: $5 if employed
[Politics in the Pub website]
--From 18 Jan 2006 [Wed]
Until 28 Mar 2006 [Tue] (Tue-Sun)
Short & Sweet
A season of 10-minute plays
Location: Newtown Theatre, cnr. of King & Bray Sts, Newtown. Cost: $27 ($22 conc)
[Short & Sweet website]
- 14 Nov 2005 [Mon] 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Seminar: Biometrics
Embedding biometric data directly into the public key infrastructure ; ways of reducing identity theft and fraud. Speaker: Paul Watters, Macquarie Uni
Location: Room 136, Building E6B, Macquarie University, North Ryde
More info: [CSIRO IT Trends Seminars]
- 4 Nov 2005 [Fri] 1pm - 2pm
Seminar: Ice domes and ice shelves of Antarctica
Location: Room 119, Building E5A, Macquarie University, North Ryde
Admission: Free
More info: [Events at Macquarie University]
- 2 Nov 2005 [Wed] 6:30pm - 7pm
Kevin Rudd MP introduces the film 'The Poetic Mandarin'
Kevin Rudd, with a passion for Chinese art, outlines his perspective on the hierarchical world of Chinese court society and politics and offers parallels with his own experience of Australia's power structures and bureaucracies. Film follows at 7:15pm.
Location: Art Gallery of NSW [How to get to the Gallery]
Admission: Free
[Art Gallery of NSW Events Calendar]
- - 28 Oct 2005 [Fri] 6pm-7:45pm
Politics in the Pub: IR Legislation
Speakers: John Buchanon, Acting Dir., Aust. Centre for Industrial Relns, Research and Training, Sydney University; Doug Cameron, Nat. Secretary, Aust. Metal Workers' Union; John Robertson, Secretary, Unions NSW.
Location: Gaelic Club, Level 1, 64 Devonshire St., Surry Hills (across from Chalmers St exit and Devonshire St tunnel at Central Station). Take lift to Level 1
[Politics in the Pub website]
- 27 Oct 2005 [Thu] 1pm - 2pm
Public talk: "Green Lead": Oxymoron or Future Vision?
Speaker: Elizabeth O'Brien
Elizabeth OBrien heads a small Australia-based NGO (GLASS) that devotes most of its shoestring resources to providing information and advice about the prevention and management of lead poisoning. If the lead industry (and the State Governments that rake in mining royalties) want to convince the community that they're truly green, O'Brien will argue, shouldn't they look at re-directing some of their resources to supporting services such as those provided by GLASS?
Location: Lecture Theatre 2, Building E7B, Macquarie University, North Ryde
Admission: Free
More info: [Details of talk] [Events at Macquarie University]
- 25 Oct 2005 [Tue] 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Talk: International Humanitarian Law: September 11 and Beyond
Speaker: Samantha Newman, Australian Red Cross
Are terrorists treated in the same way as lawful combatants? Where do private contractors to military forces stand?
Location: Red Cross House, 159 Clarence St, Sydney [Map]
Admission: $15
[Australian Red Cross site]
- - 13 Oct 2005 [Thu] 1pm-2pm
Lunchtime Talk: Stromatolites
How much life is needed to make stromatolites: the Shark Bay astrobiology experiment
Speaker: Dr Brett Neilan, Cyanobacteria and Astrobiology Research Lab, UNSW
Location: Building E5A Room 116, Macquarie University
Admission: Free
[Macquarie Uni Astrobiology colloquium site]
-From 27 Sep 2005 [Tue]
Until 29 Jan 2006 [Sun] 10am-5pm every day
Exhibition: The Cutting Edge: Fashion from Japan
Location: Powerhouse Museum -- Exhibitions -- Opening hours & admission charges
- -From 20 Sep 2005 [Tue]
Until 22 Sep 2005 [Thu]
Sessions at 6pm and 8pm
Film Festival: Wild Spaces presented by the Mineral Policy Institute
Wild Spaces is Australia's only national film festival focused entirely on environmental, social justice and human rights issues.
Location: TAP Gallery, Level 1, 278 Palmer St Darlinghurst
Admission: $12 / $8
[Wild Spaces website and Festival Program ; program on MPI website]
[active.org.au blurb]
- - 18 Sep 2005 [Sun] 9:30am - noon (approx)
Philosophy lecture: Imperfection and Incompleteness
"This talk [...] will bring many examples from the East, particularly Japan, to illustrate and develop an understanding of the subtle and elusive manifestation of imperfection and incompleteness in great works of art and architecture, literature and music."
Presenter: Demetrius Condos
Location: School of Philosophy, Level 1, 141-147 Elizabeth Street, Sydney [Map]
Admission: $5
[Event details on School of Philosophy site]
- -From 10 Sep 2005 [Sat]
Until 18 Sep 2005 [Sun] 10am-5pm every day
Exhibition: Watts 'n' Drops -- Display of water and energy-saving innovations and ideas
Location: Powerhouse Museum -- Exhibitions -- Opening hours & admission charges
- - 10 Sep 2005 [Sat] 1pm
Public Forum: BikeSydney
Is Sydney bike-friendly? It soon will be! Come and hear what's happening from the City Council and BikeSydney.
Location: Reception Room, Sydney Town Hall
RSVP: cityride@bikesydney.org or 0403 999 899
[active.org.au blurb]
- - 10 Sep 2005 [Sat] 4pm - 6pm
Public Talk: Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Australia
Speakers: Julian Burnside QC & Dr Louise Newman
A chance to get together to reflect and discuss social justice and mental health issues that affect our refugees and asylum seekers.
Location: Marrickville Town Hall, 303 Marrickville Rd, Marrickville [Map]
Enquiries: 9564 2188
- - 9 Sep 2005 [Fri] 6pm - 9pm
Public Talk and Discussion: Fundamentalism: A Contemplative Response
Presenter: Sheelah Treflé Hidden.
The talk will trace the development of fundamentalism in the Abrahamic religions looking principally at the Christian tradition. It will examine its origins in Puritanism, will discuss its belief systems,  and its current influence and action in the world crisis. An overview, including Jewish and Islamic fundamentalism, will be followed by questions and discussion to bring the evening to a close.
Location: Level 1, Sydney Mechanics School of Arts, 280 Pitt St, Sydney [Map]

Transport: Bus or train to Museum or Town Hall stations
[Sydney Mechanics School of Arts website]
- - 7 Sep 2005 [Wed] 6pm-8pm
Public Forum: "Striking The Balance, Women, Men, Work and Family"
Join Sex Discrimination Commissioner Pru Goward for a community forum on paid work and family responsibilities.
This series of forums, in conjunction with written submissions, will be used to inform the final paper to be released in 2006. You are encouraged to participate in these discussions to present your opinions, experience and priorities.
Location: Main Hall, Parramatta Town Hall, 182 Church St, Parramatta [Map] [another map]
RSVP: Erin Fish (02) 9284 9757
- - 6 Sep 2005 [Tue] 12:30pm
Discussion: "From the Tampa to Vivian Alvarez - Connections or simple dysfunction?"
[Organised by The Sydney Centre for International Law and Amnesty International]
Speakers: David Marr (journalist & author), Professor Ivan Shearer, Assoc. Professor Mary Crock, Dr Jane McAdam, Azadeh Dastyari.
Admission: ?Free?
Contact: (02) 9217 7670
Location: USyd Law School, Assembly Hall, Level 4, 173 Phillip St, Sydney
[active.org.au blurb]
- - 2 Sep 2005 [Fri] 7:00pm
Public Forum: End Detention Cruelty
[Organised by Bennelong Friends of Refugees]
Speakers: Dr Louise Newman (Director of NSW Instituteof Psychiatry), Susan Connelly (Assistant Director of Mary MacKillop Institute), Phil Glendenning (Director of Edmund Rice Centre), George Newhouse (Solicitor for Vivian Alvarez Solon)
Location: Ryde Civic Centre, 1 Devlin St, Ryde.
[Full details]
- - 2 Sep 2005 [Fri]
The Great Australian Vanilla Slice Triumph
Location: Oke Street Ouyen, VIC
Newsflash! 2005-07-14 Police hunt for stolen 'vanilla slice man'!
Update! 2005-07-18 'Vanilla slice man' returned!
- 30 Aug 2005 [Tue] 6:30pm for 7pm start
Book Talk: Nowhere People
Henry Reynolds talks about his new book "Nowhere People - How International Race Thinking Shaped Australia's Identity"
Location: Gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe [Map]
Cost: $9 ($6 concession)
Bookings essential: (02) 9660 2333
- - 28 Aug 2005 [Sun] 9:30pm
Philosophy lecture: Virtues
Virtues and the importance of teaching them to children.
Speaker: Elizabeth Vincent
Location: School of Philosophy, Level 1, 142-148 Elizabeth Street, Sydney
Admission: $5
[Event details on School of Philosophy site]
- 28 Aug 2005 [Sun] 2:30pm
Cross-city Tunnel Walk
Walk through the new Cross-City tunnel prior to it being taken over by cars.
Cost: Free. Voluntary donations to the Salvation Army can be made.
Reservations: Phone (02) 9033-3999
[Event details from Cross-City Tunnel site]
- 27 Aug 2005 [Sat] 1:30pm
Rally in support of the Block

Protest Frank Sartor's vision to gentrify Redfern
Speakers: Lee Rhiannon (Greens MLC) Geoff Turnbull (RED Watch), Saeed Khan (Marrickville Councillor), Verity Firth (City of Sydney Councillor), Michael Mindine (CEO of Redfern Aboriginal Housing Commission) & others.
Location: Alex Travillion plaza, 276 Marrickville Rd (Opposite Marrickville Post Office).
Contact for further information: Peter Valilis 0400-804-022
[Full details from active.org.au]
-From 26 Aug 2005 [Fri]
Until 27 Aug 2005 [Sat]
Tibetan Film Festival
Location: Chauvel Cinema, Paddington Town Hall, Oxford St, Paddington.
[Details from Aust-Tibet Council website]
--25 Aug 2005 [Thu] 7:30pm
A Journey to East Timor - A multimedia experience.
Films and animations by: Max Stahl, Martin Wesley-Smith, Adam Gartrell, Christian Tancred & Kat Morgan, live music by Ros Dunlop.
Proceeds to support Arte Moris free arts school & C.A.M.S film archive Dili, East Timor
Location: Leichhardt Town Hall, Leichhardt.
Cost: $20
Contact: Christian on 0423-289-273
[Flyer for event (JPG image)]
[Martin Wesley-Smith's website]
- - 23 Aug 2005 [Tue] 6:00pm
Susan Greenfield chats with Bob Carr
Brain specialist Baroness Professor Susan Greenfield in conversation with Bob Carr.
Location: Sydney Town Hall, George Street
Tickets: $20/$15 - All bookings (02) 9252 7729
[Susan Greenfield on "Enough Rope" with Andrew Denton - Transcript & video (WMV format) (67 Mbyte)]
[The Sydney Writers Festival website has more background on Susan Greenfield]
- 18 Aug 2005 [Thu] 6:30pm
Nova Camerata concert
Location: ANZ Conservation Theatre, Taronga Zoo
Tickets: $25/$20 - Phone Margaret Leong (02) 9144 2026 or William Chen (02) 9489 2407
[Nova Youth Orchestra website]
-From 15 Aug 2005 [Mon]
Until 7 Sep 2005 [Wed] 9am-5pm Mon-Fri
Exhibition: Beijing Botanicals
Location: Red Box Gallery, Royal Botanic Gardens, enter via gallery receoption from Mrs Macquaries Rd
Admission: Free
[Events & activities at the Botanic Gardens]
- - 11 Aug 2005 [Thu] 6:30pm for 7pm start
Public Talk: Sydney's Water Future
Speakers: Author John Archer, water expert Dr Charles Essery, journalist June Webster and SMH cartoonist Alan Moir discuss the future of the water supply for the City of Sydney
Cost: Free, but Bookings are essential Ph Gail Quirk (02) 9262 7300
Location: Level 1, Sydney Mechanics School of Arts, 280 Pitt St, Sydney [Map]

Transport: Bus or train to Museum or Town Hall stations
[Sydney Mechanics School of Arts website]
- 10 Aug 2005 [Wed] 7pm
Eco Village Open Meeting
Discussion of plans to establish an eco-village on the NSW Central Coast.
Location: 16-18 Meagher St, Chippendale [Map]

[active.org.au blurb]

- 6 Aug 2005 [Sat] 8:00pm
Bruce Mathiske in Concert
Location: Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle NSW
Tickets: $25/$20 - Phone (02) 4947-7443
[Bruce's Website]
-From 1 Aug 2005 [Mon]
Until 3 Sep 2005 [Sat]
Darling Park Sculpture Exhibition
Location: Darling Park Gallery, 201 Sussex St, Sydney [Map] (you can also enter gallery from corner of Market St & Sussex St)
Admission: Free
Opening Times: Every day (? hours ?)
[NSW Sculptors Society -- Exhibition calendar]
- Fred's photos from the exhibition
-From 29 Jul 2005 [Fri]
Until 23 Oct 2005 [Sun] 10am-5pm Daily
Exhibition: Margaret Preston, Art & Life
Location: Art Gallery of NSW
Admission: $12 adult, $8 conc
[exhibition website]
- - 20 Jun 2005 [Mon] 6:30pm
Launch of Campaign to End Indefinite Detention
[Organised by Amnesty International]
"Join Amnesty International Australia NSW for the launch of its campaign to end Indefinite Detention addressing how Australia's mandatory detention policy leads to the indefinite detention of asylum seekers and refugees."
Speakers: Dr. Mary Crock (Assoc. Professor Univ. of Sydney, Faculty of Law) Salim Jafari (Former Afghani refugee) Brett Solomon (Coordinator for Amnesty International refugee campaigns in Australia)
Location: University of Sydney Law School, 173-175 Phillip St, Sydney
[active.org.au blurb]
- - 17 Jun 2005 [Fri] 6:00pm
Public forum: Business v. Protest Groups: stiffling dissent the legal way
[Organised by Greens MP Lee Rhiannon and Legal Observers Project Sydney]
"The legal limits of political protest in Australia are being squeezed by law reforms and SLAPP suits (Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation) which pit corporate interests against community groups."
Speakers: Bob Brown (Gunns 20 defendant, Greens Senator) Peter Cashman (General Counsel, Maurice Blackburn Cashman) Robin Banks (Director, Public Interest Advocacy Centre)
Location: Committee Room 2, Level 2, NSW Law Society, 170 Phillip St, Sydney [Map]
[active.org.au blurb]
-From 10 Jun 2005 [Fri]
Until 25 Jun 2005 [Sat]
Sydney Film Festival

Festival Website

- 15 May 2005 [Sun] 10am-4pm
NSW Embroiderer's Guild Open Day
Collections open for viewing, demonstrations of needlework, sales table, refreshements available. Location: NSW Embroiderer's Guild, 76 Queen Street, Concord West [Map]
Transport: The Guild is a very short walk from Concord West railway station.
Cost: Admission is free. [NSW Embroiderer's Guild website]
-From 5 May 2005 [Thu]
Until 4 Sep 2005 [Sun] 10am-5pm every day
Exhibition: Greek treasures: from the Benaki Museum in Athens
Location: Powerhouse Museum -- Exhibitions -- Opening hours & admission charges
- 28 Apr 2005 [Thu] 8:30pm
Blindman's Holiday
Location: Side On Cafe, 83 Parramatta Rd, Annandale [Map]
Cost: $15 ($12 conc)
Bookings: Side-On Cafe, (02) 9516 3077
[More info: Kim Sanders' Gigs, Blindmans Holiday Gigs]

- [Fred's comments on the show]

-From 8 Apr 2005 [Fri]
Until 10 Apr 2005 [Sun]
Folding Australia 2005 - Origami Convention
Location: Latrobe Regional Gallery (LRG), 138 Commercial Road, Morwell, VIC
Cost: Convention: Adults $55, Children $33 ; Saturday night dinner: $25-$30
[More information from conference website]
- -From 7 Apr 2005 [Thu]
Until 16 Apr 2005 [Sat]
Rough Crossing, a farce by Tom Stoppard
Production by Woodstock Players
Where: Woodstock Park, Church St, Burwood
How much: $20 adults ; $15 conc ; $10 preview (Apr 7 only)
Bookings essential: (02) 9715 7669
Thu7 Apr14 Apr8pm
Fri8 Apr15 Apr8pm
Sat9 Apr16 Apr8pm
Sun10 Apr 2pm

[Synopsis of play can be found at the Woodstock Players website]

- 20 Mar 2005 [Sun] 12:00noon
Protest against the war in Iraq
Location: Hyde Park, Sydney
[active.org.au blurb]
- 20 Mar 2005 [Sun] 2:00pm
Palm Sunday march against the war in Iraq
Location: Prince Alfred Park, Parramatta. March to Parramatta Town Hall.
[active.org.au blurb]
- - 12 Mar 2005 [Sat] 10:30am
Seminar: Terrorism and ASIO laws
Discussing the government's revision of anti-terrorism laws. Organised by AMCRAN, Community Law Centre at UTS & the SW Sydney Legal Centre. Location: Cabravale Senior Citizens Centre McBurney Road, Cambramatta (Behind the Library, 3 mins walk from Cambramatta train station)
[active.org.au blurb]
- 21 Feb 2005 [Mon] 5:45pm
Debate: Aid - Where is your money going?
Speakers: Sharan Burrows (President ACTU), John Austin (Australian Executive Director of the World Bank) Kevin Rudd (Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs) Dr Tim Anderson (Sydney University)
Cost: $15 ($8 conc)
Location: LMHU Hall, 187 Thomas St, Haymarket [Map]
[active.org.au blurb]
- - 13 Feb 2005 [Sun]
Riders assemble from 9am, ride begins 11:30am
The Sydney Body Art Ride
Raising funds for the Children's Cancer Institute
Location: Meet at Royal Randwick Racecourse, Wansey Rd Gate. Ride proceeds to Arthur Byrne Reserve (Maroubra beach)
Admission: Donation - $2 or more (tax deductible)

[The Sydney Body Art Ride website]

-From 31 Jan 2005 [Mon]
Until 25 Feb 2005 [Fri] 11am-5:30pm Mon-Fri
Exhibition: Japanese Contemporary Clay Work
Location: The Japan Foundation Gallery, Level 1, Chifley Plaza, 2 Chifley Square, Sydney [Map]
Admission: Free?
[More information on events from the Japan Foundation Sydney website]
-From 22 Jan 2005 [Sat]
Until 26 Jan 2005 [Wed]
Lifeline Bookfest (Brisbane)
Location: Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre, Southbank. Admission: Free
-From 8 Jan 2005 [Sat]
Until 30 Jan 2005 [Sun]
Festival of Sydney
[Festival website]
- - 19 Dec 2004 [Sun] 1pm & 5pm
Leunig's Carnival of the Animals
Saint-Saens' music "Carnival of the Animals" with Michael Leunig's poems and drawings
Location: Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House
Tickets: $45 Adult, $27 Under 30yo & children
[Opera House page for the event]
-From 14 Dec 2004 [Tue]
Until 6 Mar 2005 [Sun] 10am-5pm daily
Bridget Riley Exhibition
Location: Museum of Contemporary Art, Circular Quay
Admission: Free (at least the lunchtime tours of the exhibition are)
- - 14 Dec 2004 [Tue] 6:30pm
What future for Yudhoyono's Indonesia?
Speakers: MAX LANE Research Fellow, Asia Research Centre, Murdoch University ; Dr ED ASPINALL Lecturer, Southeast Asian Studies, University of Sydney
Location: Activist Centre, 23 Abercrombie St, Chippendale
[active.org.au blurb]
- - 7 Dec 2004 [Tue] 6pm for 6:30pm start
Dr. Andrew McNaughtan Memorial Lecture
Speaker: Clinton Fernandes, Military History PHD candidate from Deakin University
Clinton Fernandes speaks about Australia's complicity in the occupation of East Timor.
Location: Gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe [Map]
Cost: By donation to the Andrew McNaughtan East Timor Foundation RSVP: Phone 9660 2333 to reserve a seat
- - 4 Dec 2004 [Sat] 7:00pm
Music for Timor
Benefit concert to purchase desperately needed medical supplies to the Bairo Pite Clinic, Dili, to help the people of East Timor. Performers include: The Gak, The Modernists, David Campbell, Tammin Sursok
Location: Petersham RSL Club, 52 Enmore Rd, Newtown (Tel 9557-5044)
Tickets: $20 at the door (or through moshtix.com.au, incurs a booking fee)
[Flyer for the event]
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28 Nov 2004 [Sun] 3pm
Gamelan Concert
Location: Old Darlington School, Maze Crescent, the University of Sydney
Cost: Admission by donation
- - 26 Nov 2004 [Fri] 6pm-7:45pm
Politics in the Pub: Aceh & West Papue
Speakers: Dr Nurdin Rahman and John Martinkus
Location: Gaelic Club, Level 1, 64 Devonshire St., Surry Hills (across from Chalmers St exit and Devonshire St tunnel at Central Station). Take lift to Level 1
[Politics in the Pub website]
-From 24 Nov 2004 [Wed]
Until 28 Nov 2004 [Sun]
Australian Craft Show
A collection of top-notch artists working in ceramics, metal, glass, paint, textiles, etc, plus gourmet food exhibitors.

Location: Hordern Pavilion, Fox Studios
Opening times: 10am-6pm daily except for Wednesday 24th 10am-9.30pm
Cost: $10 at the door, $8 conc, humans under 12yo free.
How to get there: Bus 339 from Circular Quay or Central (Eddy Ave), or bus 335 from Bondi Junction
[website]
- [Fred's comments on the show]

- - 24 Nov 2004 [Wed] 8:00pm
Public speaking: Timor & its resources
Location: Humanist Centre, 10 Shepard St, Chippendale
Transport: Off broadway, opposite the old Grace Bros. building
[active.org.au blurb]
- - 23 Nov 2004 [Tue] 6:30pm
Public Lecture: Consumption & Sustainability
Speaker: Professor Stuart White, Director of the Institute for Sustainable Futures
A not-to-be-missed free public lecture that challenges us to contrast our present consumption with a future using fewer resources and sharing those we have more equitably - a real sustainable future?
Location: Guthrie Theatre, UTS, 702 Harris St, Ultimo [Map]
[active.org.au blurb]
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21 Nov 2004 [Sun] 2pm
Concert - Waverley Randwick Philharmonic
Program: Mozart - Symphony No.35 (Haffner); Eccles - Sonata for Bass and Orchestra; Rossini - The Italian Girl in Algiers Overture; Rameau - Concert cinq, wind ensemble
Location: Mary Immaculate Church, 45a Victoria St, Waverley [Map]
Cost: $15 ($10 conc)
Transport: Buses 313,317,378 from Bondi Junction station (to Bronte nr Carrington & walk approx 60 metres) or walk from Bondi Junction station (east along Oxford St Mall, Bondi Jn, then turn right along Bronte Rd and walk about 1.5 km to Charing Cross, then turn left into Victoria St, church on right)
[Waverley Randwick Philharmonic Calendar]
- - 18 Nov 2004 [Thu] 7pm
Our Home Iraq fundraising party
"Our Home Iraq" is a grassroots aid group working on the ground in Iraq alongside Iraqi people. Its aim is to improve conditions for disadvantaged children in Iraq and provide opportunities for them to heal from trauma and reach their full potential. Australian woman, Donna Mulhearn, will return to Iraq in November to continue this work.

Great live music, delicious cocktail food, drink on arrival, raffles, games, great prizes, project info, farewell Donna before she leaves.
Location: Roxbury Hotel, 182 St Johns Rd, Glebe
Cost: $30 RSVP: Christian 02-9818-8422

- - 14 Nov 2004 [Sun]
Newtown Festival
- 13 Nov 2004 [Sat] 9:30am-4:30pm
Public Forum: Manufacturing Fear - the politics of anti-terror
Speakers: Vicki Sentas, Community Law Centre, UTS; David Bernie, NSW Council for Civil Liberties; Agnes Chong, Australian Muslim Civil Rights Advocacy Network; Joo Cheong Tham, Civil Rights Network Victoria; Micheal Head, UWS; Michael Humphrey, UNSW; Jude McCulloch, Monash University; Stephen Hopper, solicitor; Ratna Dewi, Legal Aid Institute, Indonesia + lots of others
Cost: Entry by donation
Location: Room 429, Building 2, Entrance from ground floor of Broadway Tower, University of Technology, Sydney
[website]
- - 11 Nov 2004 [Thu] 6:30pm
Films from East Timor and Afghanistan
Carmela Baranowska has been invited to speak and show excerpts of her films from East Timor and Afghanistan in a panel discussion with Jonathon Holmes (Four Corners).They are speaking on "The Fine Line Between Journalism and Documentary"
Location: Australian Film Commission, 150 William St, Woolloomooloo, NSW
Contact: Carmela 03-9534-7026 or 0408-210-769
- - 11 Nov 2004 [Thu] 6:30pm-11pm
East Timor Kids Benefit
Benefit to send color-in books, pencils & other materials to Timor. Performers include Jimmy Barnes
Location: Carlton & United Brewery bar and function centre, Broadway (opp.UTS)
Tickets: $65 (limit 300 people) - includes food, drinks, stalls, auction, music
-From 8 Nov 2004 [Mon]
Until 19 Nov 2004 [Fri]
Exhibition: 'Arte Moris' - Living Art from East Timor
An exhibition of student art work from Timor Leste
Location: UNSW College of Fine Arts, Corner of Oxford St & Greens Rd, Paddington, NSW. [Map] The exhibition is on the Ground Floor in 'E' block, in the corner near Napier St.
Contact the UNSW College of Fine Arts on (02) 9385 0888
[Gallery web page for the exhibition]
-From 6 Nov 2004 [Sat]
Until 6 Feb 2005 [Sun] 10am-5pm Daily
Exhibition: The art of Japanese screen painting
Location: Art Gallery of NSW
Admission: Free
- 3 Nov 2004 [Wed] 6:30pm
City of Sydney Peace Prize Lecture
Arundhati Roy, recipient of the 2004 Sydney Peace Prize, speaks.
Location: Seymour Theatre Centre, corner of City Rd & Cleveland St, Chippendale.
Cost: $30 ($20 concession)

Mixed reactions:

- [Transcript of Arundhati Roy's speech]

-From 28 Oct 2004 [Thu]
Until 14 Nov 2004 [Sun]
"Australia's largest annual outdoor free-to-the-public exhibition of contemporary sculpture staged along Sydney's spectacular Bondi to Tamarama coastal walk. [...] exhibits approximately 100 works by artists from Australia and overseas."

Location: Bondi (How to get there)
[Website: www.sculpturebythesea.com]

- 28 Oct 2004 [Thu] 12:30pm
Public Forum: Immigration Law - Where To From Here
Important changes were made to the Temporary Protection Visa Scheme at the end of August. This public forum attempts to explain those changes and their impact on refugees.
Location: Sydney University Law School, 173-175 Phillip St, Sydney, NSW
[active.org.au blurb]
- - 13 Oct 2004 [Wed],17 Oct 2004 [Sun] (8pm Wed-Sat, 5pm Sun)
CMI (A Certain Maritime Incident)
A play based on transcripts from the Senate Inquiry. Produced by David Williams. "Passionate, often humorous, & ultimately disturbing" (Mark Hopkins, Sydney Morning Herald)
Location: Sydney Performance Space, 199 Cleveland St, Redfern [Map] Ph. (02) 9698 7235
Cost: $25 ($15 conc), $20 for groups of 6 or more.
[active.org.au blurb]
--From 7 Oct 2004 [Thu]
Until 24 Oct 2004 [Sun]
Gulpilil
David Gulpilil tells his life story.
Location: Belvoir St Theatre, Surry Hills
Cost: $45 ($30 conc)
-From 7 Oct 2004 [Thu]
Until 10 Oct 2004 [Sun]
Craft Makers Fair
Craft exhibits & supplies
Cost: $10 (Adult) $8 (Conc)
Location: Penrith Panthers Club Exhibition Centre, Mulgoa Rd, Penrith
More info: Craft Makers Fair Website or phone (02) 4572 6099
- 20 Sep 2004 [Mon] 12:00noon-2:00pm
Timor Sea Justice - Rally in Canberra

Protest Australia's unilateral development and profit from East Timor's resources. Pressure the Australian Government negotiate in good faith with East Timor.
Location: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) R.G. Casey Building, John McEwen Crescent, Barton, Canberra, ACT
Contacts: Bobi Meyer (02) 6249 7951 (Canberra), Trish Woodcroft-Lee 0407 580 777 (Melbourne)
[More info]
- 19 Sep 2004 [Sun] 7:15pm
Movies: Short Films - Women in Film & Television
Includes: Cate Shortland's "Flowergirl", Sarah Watt's "Living with Happiness", Jane Mannings "Delivery Day", Susam Kim Danta's animation "Driving Home", Susan Stamp's animation "The Windwheel", Kate Cawley's claymation musical on ice "Les Grenouilles"
Restrictions: 18+ years old entry only
Cost: $13 (no concessions) Call 0402 107 043 to book tickets
Location: Valhalla Cinema, 166 Glebe Pt Rd, Glebe [Map], Ph (02) 9552-2456
- - 17 Sep 2004 [Fri] 6pm-7:45pm
Politics in the Pub: East Timor Oil
Speakers: Sr Susan Connolly, Mary McKillop Institute of East Timorese Studies; Dr Tim Anderson, Political Economy Uni Sydney, activist with Aid Watch
Location: Gaelic Club, Level 1, 64 Devonshire St., Surry Hills (across from Chalmers St exit and Devonshire St tunnel at Central Station). Take lift to Level 1
[Politics in the Pub website]
- 16 Sep 2004 [Thu] 12:30pm
Public Talk: A reappraisal of Governor Ralph Darling 1775-1858
Speaker: Professor Brian Fletcher
Professor Brian Fletcher shares his findings which shed new light on this much maligned figure of colonial NSW. Location: Sydney Mechanics School of Arts, Level 1, 280 Pitt St, Sydney [Map]
Cost: Free, but Bookings are essential Ph 02 9262 7300
Transport: Bus or train to Museum or Town Hall stations
[active.org.au blurb]
- 15 Sep 2004 [Wed] 7:30pm
Movie: Letters to Ali
Clara Law's film about an Australian family writing to a 15yo Afghan boy detained alone at Port Hedland. Clara Law will be on-stage after the screening for discussion about the film and audience Q & A.
Cost: $15 ($13 conc) Tickets on sale at cinema from 6:30pm
Location: Valhalla Cinema, 166 Glebe Pt Rd, Glebe [Map], Ph (02) 9552-2456
[More details from popcorntaxi.com.au site]
- - 11 Sep 2004 [Sat] 2pm-5pm
Public Meeting: Anti-terrorism laws
Speakers invited include: Stephen Hopper [lawyer for Mr Mamdouh Habib], Scott Poynting [UWS, author Bin Laden in the Suburbs], NSW Council for Civil Liberties,Islamic Association of Western Sydney, Afroz Ali [Muslims for Peace], Australian Muslim Civil Rights Advocacy Network [AMCRAN], Canterbury-Bankstown Teachers Federation, Greens Senator Kerry Nettle
Location: Bankstown Town Hall gallery, corner Chapel St & Rickard Rd
[active.org.au blurb]
- - 10 Sep 2004 [Fri] 6pm-7:45pm
Politics in the Pub: The Sudan Crisis
Speakers: Andrew Vinson Director of Centre for Middle Eastern and North African Studies at Macq Uni; Geoff Hawker and Noah Bassil, Politics and International Rels Macq Uni
Location: Gaelic Club, Level 1, 64 Devonshire St., Surry Hills (across from Chalmers St exit and Devonshire St tunnel at Central Station). Take lift to Level 1
[Politics in the Pub website]
-From 30 Aug 2004 [Mon]
Until 25 Sep 2004 [Sat]
Exhibition: Bougainville Revolution - Evolution
An exhibition of oil paintings by MARILYN HAVINI and photogaphy by TALOI HAVINI reflecting their experiences
Location: Tripod Gallery Cafe, 262 Abercrombie Street, Redfern.
Contact the Tripod Gallery Cafe on (02) 9698 8677
- 30 Aug 2004 [Mon]
John Safran vs. God - SBS TV
- - 27 Aug 2004 [Fri] 7:00pm
Public Forum: Aladdin Sisalem speaks
Cemmemorating 3 years since the Tampa. Forum with Aladdin Sisalem, Julian Burnside the lawyer who helped him win his freedom and Kate Durham one of the few refugee supporters to visit the refugees imprisoned on Nauru.
Location: Guthrie Theatre, UTS, 702 Harris St, Ultimo [Map]
[active.org.au blurb]
- - - 24 Aug 2004 [Tue] 6:30pm
Public Talk: Eyewitness report from Israel and Palestine in images
Presented by Vivienne Porzolt. Vivienne is a Jewish peace activist from Sydney, and a founding memberof Jew's Against the Occupation.
Location: Newtown Neighbourhood Centre (Opp. Newtown Station)
- Comment from Fred: When I heard her speak on this issue before, Vivienne portrayed day-to-day life in both countries. I found it much easier to understand and relate to her stories of individuals than the "this side / that side" view found in the news, which concentrates on violent events from this region.
- - 23 Aug 2004 [Mon] 7:00pm
Public Forum: Refugees and Indigenous People in Howard's Australia
Speakers include Senator Aden Ridgeway, Merlin Luck, Farshid Kerohallpour, Phil Glendenning
Location: St Marys Memorial Hall, Cnr Great Western Hwy and Mamre Rd, St Marys.
Transport: From St Marys station, walk south along Queen St to the Great Western Highway (about 700m). St Mary's Memorial Hall is just across the highway.
[active.org.au blurb]
- 20 Aug 2004 [Fri] 6:00pm
Public Talk: The Right to Security vs. the Right to Know
Speakers: David Marr, Kathleen Burns, Dr Ilan Pape and Wendy Bacon address the opening night theme
Location: Guthrie Lecture Theatre, UTS (University of Technology, Sydney)
Transport: Bus or train to Central Station
Cost: Free
[active.org.au blurb]
- 19 Aug 2004 [Thu] 12:30pm
Public Talk: Can we tell if an organisation is acting ethically?
Speakers: Richard Boele and Peter Caldwell
Location: Sydney Mechanics School of Arts, Level 1, 280 Pitt St, Sydney [Map]
Transport: Bus or train to Museum or Town Hall stations
Cost: Free
[active.org.au blurb]
-
14 Aug 2004 [Sat] 3pm
Gamelan Concert
Location: Old Darlington School, Maze Crescent, the University of Sydney
Cost: $10 ($5 conc)
- 6 Aug 2004 [Fri] 5-7pm
Hiroshima Never Again - Candlelight Vigil
Location: Church St Mall, Parramatta
[Parramatta Peace Group - Ph. 0405-244-070]
-
1 Aug 2004 [Sun] 2:30pm
Concert - Waverley Randwick Philharmonic
Program: Hadyn Symphony 101 "Clock" ; Beethoven overture "Ruins of Athens" ; Castenuovo-Tedesco Guitar Concerto 1 ; M. Flanagan Peasant Dance ; assorted traditional & modern choral music
Location: Mary Immaculate Church, 45a Victoria St, Waverley [Map]
Cost: $15 ($10 conc)
Transport: Buses 313,317,378 from Bondi Junction station (to Bronte nr Carrington & walk approx 60 metres) or walk from Bondi Junction station (east along Oxford St Mall, Bondi Jn, then turn right along Bronte Rd and walk about 1.5 km to Charing Cross, then turn left into Victoria St, church on right)
[Waverley Randwick Philharmonic Calendar]
- 31 Jul 2004 [Sat] 1pm or 1:30pm
Protest at Villawood detention centre
Speakers include Zachary Steele (psychiatrist) Najeeba (former child detainee) Mohsen (former Villawood detainee) Marlene Obeid (Greens candidate for Blaxland) Location: gather at Leightonfield Station at 1pm or at the main gates (Birmingham Ave) at 1.30pm
[active.org.au blurb]
- - 23 Jul 2004 [Fri] 7:00pm
Public Meeting: Human Rights and the 'War on Terror'
A public meeting examining the impact of U.S. military interventions and policies on the human rights of civilian populations in countries such as Palestine & Cuba.
Location: Tom Mann Theatre, AMWU Building, 136 Chalmers Street, Sydney (Near Central Station)
[active.org.au blurb]
-From 1 Jul 2004 [Thu]
Until 15 Aug 2004 [Sun]
Exhibition: No Ordinary Man. Sydney's Quong Tart
Location: Level Three (Town Hall End), Queen Victoria Building, Sydney
Cost: fred
[QVB Events Notice]
- 30 Jun 2004 [Wed] 5:30pm
Richard Woolcott + Phillip Adams
Location: Metcalfe Auditorioum, Macquarie St Wing, State Library of NSW
Admission: $16.50 ($11 conc)
Booking essential: Phone 02-9273-1770
- 28 Jun 2004 [Mon] 5:30pm
Timor Sea Justice Committee meeting
Location: Ground floor, Labor Council Building, 377 Sussex St, Sydney [Map]
- - 24 Jun 2004 [Thu] 7:00pm
Ethics & truth in Howard govt policy - Wilkie & Newman
Location: Hornsby RSL Club, 4 High Street, Hornsby (near station)
[active.org.au blurb]
- [Transcript & audio of Louise Newman's speech]
- - 22 Jun 2004 [Tue] 6:30pm
STEALING TIMOR'S OIL: Sister Susan Connelly speaks
Location: Activist Centre, 23 Abercrombie St, Chippendale
[active.org.au blurb]
- - 17 Jun 2004 [Thu] 7:00pm
Information Night: "International Volunteers for Peace (IVP)"
IVP places Australian Volunteers on short term volunteer projects (workcamps) abroad and also organises workcamps in Australia. There will be a chance to chat to some of the IVP overseas and office volunteers. Location: Sydney Central YHA, Corner of Rawson Place and Pitt Street
[active.org.au blurb]
- - 15 Jun 2004 [Tue] 7:30pm
Public Meeting: "Asylum Seekers and Mental Health"
Zachary Steel, Clinical Psychologist, has repeatedly spoken out about the mental distress suffered by detained populations, including the impact on children exposed to sights and experiences that should play no part in childhood; and the mental health costs of Australia's refugee policy.
Location: "The Cloisters Hall", behind St Patrick's Cathedral, 1 Marist Place, Parramatta. 1 Marist Pl, Parramatta [Map]
[ChilOut events]
-From 2004 Jun 11 (Fri)
Until 2004 Jun 26 (Sat)
Sydney Film Festival

Festival Website

- - 7 Jun 2004 [Mon] 6:30pm
Public Meeting: "Democracy US style: Eyewitness from Iraq"
DONNA MULHEARN was a human shield in Iraq, and was briefly taken hostage. She will describe to the meeting what the situation in Iraq is really like + JOYCE SEEMAN, from the Sawiyan organisation for Palestine
Location: Parramatta Town Hall, 182 Church St, Parramatta [Map] [another map]
[active.org.au blurb]
- [Fred's notes from the meeting]
- - 5 Jun 2004 [Sat] 10am-12noon
Composting & Worm Farming
Cost: Free (Course code 2401ESA)
Location: Eastern Subs Comm Garden
cnr Newland & Keiran Sts, Bondi Junction [Eastern Suburbs Community College]
- - 1 Jun 2004 [Tue] 6:30pm-8pm
Household Water Conservation
Cost: Free (Course code 2406ETU)
Location: Waverley Council Chambers
cnr Paul Street & Bondi Road, Bondi
[Eastern Suburbs Community College]
- - 30 May 2004 [Sun] 2pm
South Sydney Speaks - "Iraq for Iraqis?"
Speakers: Kerry Nettle (Greens Senator), Waratah Rosemarie Gillespie (Author and Human Shield) and Tanya Plibersek (Labor MP)
Location: Tudor Hotel, corner of Redfern St & Pitt St, Redfern
[Event blurb from active.org.au]
- - 29 May 2004 [Sat] 6pm
Public Meeting: Justice for Hicks & Habib
Location: Granville Youth & Recreation Services, 3 Memorial Drive, Gramville
[active.org.au blurb]
- [Fred's notes from the meeting]
- - 25 May 2004 [Tue] 6:30pm-8:30pm
Gardening with Native Plants
Cost: Free (Course code 2402ETU)
Location: Waverley Council Chambers
cnr Paul Street & Bondi Road, Bondi [Eastern Suburbs Community College]
- - 21 May 2004 [Fri] 6pm
Timor Leste - Strength, Dignity & Spirit
Celebration of the anniversary of independence for Timor Leste
Location: Creative Arts Centre,
64 Pine St, Chippendale
[active.org.au blurb]
- - 18 May 2004 [Tue] 6pm-8pm
Green Cleaning
Cost: Free (Course code 2405ETU)
Location: Waverley Council Chambers
cnr Paul Street & Bondi Road, Bondi
[Eastern Suburbs Community College]
- 16 May 2004 [Sun] 6:00pm
Politics in the Pub: From Spain to local council elections - fighting war & terrorism
Location: Newington Inn Hotel, 292 Stanmore Rd, Petersham [Map]
- 15 May 2004 [Sat] 12noon
Departure of Flotilla of Hope
Location: Old Water Police Base, harbour end of Harris St, Pyrmont
Transport: 443 bus from Circular Quay / QVB ; OR Light-rail Tram to John Street and walk down Harris Street
Draw attention to the plight of asylum seekers fleeing from war, yet incarcerated by the Australian Government on Nauru where 264 refugees (93 of them children) languish for want of justice. [active.org.au blurb]
-From 14 May 2004 [Fri]
Until 23 May 2004 [Sun]
Landmine Action Week
[AustCare Website]
- 10 May 2004 [Mon] 7:30pm
Timor Sea Justice campaign meeting
Location: Newtown Neighbourhood Centre, King St
(opp. Newtown Station)
[active.org.au blurb]
- 3 May 2004 [Mon] 7:30pm
Forum: Secrets and lies destroy democracy?
Location: Willoughby Town Hall,
409 Victoria Ave, Chatswood
[www.sydneypeace.com website]
[PDF Flyer from active.org.au page]
- - 2 May 2004 [Sun] 10:00am
International Volunteers for Peace Garage Sale
Location: 499 Elizabeth St, Surry Hills [Map]
[active.org.au blurb]
- - 24 Apr 2004 [Sat] 10:30am
Low Cost EnviroTips for Your Home
Free workshop (bookings essential ph. 9519 6366)
Location: 218 King St, Newtown [Map]
(between Brown & Church Sts)
[active.org.au blurb]
- - 22 Apr 2004 [Thu] 6pm
Report from Women's March through Israel/Palestine
Vivienne Porzsolt presents slides and a report on her recent journey through Israel/Palestine with an international group of women to witness the situation in Israel/Palestine.
Location: 377 Sussex St, Sydney 2000
Near Goulburn St
[active.org.au blurb]
- 21 Apr 2004 [Wed] 6pm
View from Iraq - Senator Kerry Nettle reports on Iraq
Location: Sydney Uni Chem Lecture Theatre 1
Closest to City Rd Entrance
[active.org.au blurb]
- - 21 Apr 2004 [Wed] 7pm
East Timor Tribute Night
Entertainment incl choirs & CNNNN.
Location: Town Hall, Sydney.
Cost: $29.50 ($17.50 conc) incl booking fee
[active.org.au blurb]
- 2004 Mar 31 (Wed) 9am-2pm
Book Sale!!
Location: Chatswood public library
- 2004 Mar 30 (Tue) 7:30pm
Seminar: A 'Fair Go' in an Age of Terror
Speaker: "In each state Frank Brennan will
be joined by a well-informed local panel."
Location: St Patrick's Church,
Allawah St, Blacktown
[active.org.au blurb]
- -From 2004 Mar 25 (Thu)
Until 2004 Apr 4 (Sun)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Production by Woodstock Players
Where: Woodstock Park, Church St, Burwood
How much: $20 adults ; $15 seniors & conc ; $10 students
Bookings: (02) 9715 7669
Thu25 Mar1 Apr8pm
Fri26 Mar2 Apr8pm
Sat27 Mar3 Apr8pm
Sun28 Mar4 Apr6:30pm
- 2004 Mar 20 (Sat) 12:00 noon
Anniversary of Iraq War -- Anti-War march
Location: Hyde Park North
[active.org.au blurb]
- 2004 Mar 16 (Tue) 6:30pm
Seminar: A 'Fair Go' in an Age of Terror
Speaker: "In each state Frank Brennan will
be joined by a well-informed local panel."
Location: St Aloysius' College,
Jeffrey St, Milsons Point
[active.org.au blurb]
- 2004 Mar 10 (Wed) 10:00am
Protest against occupation of Tibet
Location: outside the Chinese Consulate,
39 Dunblane Street, Camperdown
[active.org.au blurb]
- 2004 Mar 7 (Sun) From 10am
Walk for Tibet
Assembling at Bondi Pavillion from 10:00am
Walk to Bronte starts at 10:30am
[active.org.au blurb]
- 2004 Mar 7 (Sun) From 2:30pm
Public forum - "Out of Sight, Out of Mind"
Assorted speakers on refugee issues
Location: Granville Town Hall, Carlton St Granville
[active.org.au blurb]
-From 6 Mar 2004 [Sat]
Until 14 Mar 2004 [Sun]
Sydney Harbour Week

Assorted activities -- see Website & Calendar of events

- 2004 Mar 6 (Sat) From 1pm
Parade for Peace in Newtown
[active.org.au blurb]
- 2004 Mar 4 (Thu) 6:30pm
Open Public Meeting:
Community against racism & police violence
Location: South Sydney Leagues Club
265 Chalmers St, Redfern.
[Event blurb from active.org.au]
- 2004 Feb 23 (Mon) 7:30pm
Film - "Message from Moree"
Where: Fred Hutley Hall,
North Sydney Council Chambers,
200 Miller Street, North Sydney.
Admission: $10
- 2004 Feb 13 (Fri) 8am
At Dentist
- 2004 Jan 22 (Thu) 6pm-9pm
Amnesty Int'l Australia FREEDOM Art Award
Where: TAP Gallery, Level 1, 278 Palmer St Darlinghurst
[active.org.au blurb]
- 2003 Dec 28 (Sun) 9am-5pm
Vietnamese Food & Cultural Festival
Where: Fairfield Showground, Fairfield
- 2003 Dec 20 (Sat) 11am-late
Mike Doyle's place
- 2003 Dec 19 (Fri) ?Afternoon
OptusNet Christmas party
- 2003 Dec 19 (Fri) 5pm-7pm
Vigil for David Hicks & Mamdouh Habib
Where: Sydney Town Hall Steps
[active.org.au blurb]
- 2003 Dec 14 (Sun) 3:00-5:30pm
Ecopella, World Music & Rainbow Choirs
Where: UNSW Community Garden, rear 12 Arthur St, Randwick, Sydney
How Much: $3 plus plate of nibblies
How to get there: Bus routes 370, 400; from Central: 372; from Circular Quay: 373
[active.org.au blurb]
- 2003 Dec 11 (Thu) 7:00pm
Public discussion: Building Social Justice - How To Save Indonesia's Forests
Where: Tap Gallery, Level 1, 278 Palmer Street, Darlinghurst
[active.org.au blurb]
- [Fred's notes from the talk]
- 2003 Dec 11 (Thu) 6:30pm
Eyewitness report from Palestine
A Jewish activist with the International Women's Peace Service in Palestine offers an audio-visual presentation on the daily life of Palestinians under Israeli Occupation
Where: 1.04.06 (Room 6, Level 4, Building 1) UTS, Tower Block, Broadway
[active.org.au blurb]
- 2003 Dec 10 (Wed)
International Human Rights Day
- 2003 Dec 04 (Thu)
Big storm over Sydney
[Photo here]
- 2003 Dec 04 (Thu) 6:30pm
Women In Black fundraising dinner
Where: Thai Tha Hai, 1010 Cleveland St, Chippendale
How much: $35 / $30
Confirmations: See active.org.au blurb for contact details
-From 2003 Nov 26 (Wed)
Until 2003 Nov 30 (Sun)
Australian Craft Show
A collection of top-notch artists working in ceramics, metal, glass, paint, textiles, etc.

Where: Hordern Pavilion, Fox Studios
When: Wed-Sun 26-30 Nov, 10am-6pm (10am-9:30pm on Wed 26th)
How much: $10 at the door, $8 conc, humans under 12yo free.
[website]
- [Fred's comments on the show]

- 2003 Nov 26 (Wed) 2pm
UTS Information Technology Seminar
Talk: "Distributed Coordination of Autonomous Mobile Entities"
Location: 10.4.460 (Room 460, Level 4, Building 10) UTS Campus
[More info]
- -From 2003 Nov 25 (Tue)
Until 2003 Nov 29 (Sun)
Guards! Guards!
Production based on Terry Pratchett's book.
Where: Fig Tree Theatre UNSW [How to get there]
How much: $15 ($10 conc or groups of 10 or more)
[Website]
- 2003 Nov 12 (Wed) 6:30pm
Talk by David Suzuki about his new book
Location: Verbrugghan Hall, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Macquarie St
[active.org.au blurb]
- 2003 Nov 10 (Mon) 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Talk: Bioinformatics for proteomics: an integrated platform for high-throughput research
Location: Room 102, Building E6A, Ground Floor, Macquarie University, North Ryde
More info: [Seminar abstract] [CSIRO IT Trends Seminars]
- 2003 Nov 9 (Sun) 1:00pm
Protest at Sydney Town Hall against the 'Apartheid' wall in Palestine.
[active.org.au blurb]
-From 2003 Oct 30 (Thu)
Until 2003 Nov 16 (Sun)
"Australia's largest annual outdoor free-to-the-public exhibition of contemporary sculpture staged along Sydney's spectacular Bondi to Tamarama coastal walk. [...] exhibits approximately 100 works by artists from Australia and overseas."

Location: Bondi (How to get there)
[Website: www.sculpturebythesea.com]

-From 2003 Oct 10 (Fri)
Until 2004 Jan 26 (Mon)
Gold and Sacrifice -- "An ancient tale of eroticism, human sacrifice, unimaginable treasures, supernatural deities, ancient power struggles and one of the world's greatest unsolved mysteries [...] Spanning 3,000 years, the exhibition unearths the beauty, colour and vibrancy of the enigmatic civilisations that went on to become the Inca Empire."

Location: Australian Museum
-- Exhibitions
-- Opening hours & admission charges
-- Getting there

- 2003 Oct 22 (Wed) 6pm
March to protest against various unsavoury aspects of US foreign policy, including:Location: Town Hall, Sydney City
Date: Wed 22 Oct
Time: March around 6pm, There will be speakers from around 5pm.
[Website: www.stopdubya.org]
- 2003 Oct 19 (Sun) 2pm
South Sydney Speaks - regular forum.
Topic this time: Ethics in business, politics & the church
Speakers: Bill Moss (Macquarie Bank), Rev Bill Crews, Meridith Burgman (Pres NSW upper house)
Chair: Alex Mitchell (Sun Herald journalist)
Location: Tudor Hotel, corner of Redfern St & Pitt St, Redfern
More info: Trevor Davies 0416 347 501
[Event blurb from active.org.au]
- 2003 Oct 19 (Sun) 2pm
Don't Be Bush Whacked! World's First Protest Linedance!
Prince Alfred Park (walk south from Central Station)
Speakers, comedy and entertainment (including CNNN, and Ends 'n Means). Day of Mass Ridicule. Best Western Dress Competition. World's First Protest Linedance.
[Event blurb from active.org.au]
-From 2003 Oct 17 (Fri)
Until 2004 Jan 27 (Tue)
Treasures of Palestine Exhibition -- "a wide selection of traditional material ranging from costumes, embroidery, jewellery and ceramics to mother-of-pearl inlay work, posters, photography and olive wood sculptures"

Location: Powerhouse Museum
-- Exhibitions
-- Opening hours & admission charges

- 2003 Oct 12 (Sun) 10am
Talk: John Shelby Spong, "Why the Church Must Change", Uniting Church, 10am 264 Pitt St, Sydney
- 2003 Sep 24 (Wed) 9:30pm
Global Roots playing at The Basement in Circular Quay.
- 2003 Sep 22 (Mon) 5:30pm
March from Town Hall to Darling Harbour to protest against Mr. Ruddock's behaviour as federal immigration minister.
- 20 Sep 2003 [Sat]
Di goes on rally-car couse at Oran Park with Sideways Action
- [Photos of the day]
- - 2003 Sep 20 (Sat) 7:30pm
The Tales of Hoffmann (opera in English - assured it's "great fun" by someone in it)
7:30pm Seymour Centre
Tickets: $20 from at ACCESS office (Manning Building, Sydney Uni)
or (with $1.10 booking fee) from www.madrigal.org.au/hoffmann
- [Fred's snide comments]
- 2003 Sep 15 (Mon)
Stop The War Coalition meeting, 7pm Spanish Club, Liverpool St, City.
[active.org.au blurb]
- - 2003 Sep 14 (Sun)
Burwood Festival of Cultures, 10am-5pm Burwood Park [PDF Flyer]
2003 Sep 14 (Sun)
Table Tennis Championships, Market City Shopping Centre, Chinatown, Sydney (near Central) From 10am.
- 13 Sep 2003 [Sat] 10am
Talk: "Fair Trade and Peace: how the WTO undermines peace"
Location: Uniting Church 264 Pitt St, Sydney
[active.org.au blurb]
- [Fred's notes from talk]
- 2003 Sep 13 (Sat) 2pm
March protesting behaviour of WTO.
[active.org.au blurb]
- [Fred's observations of the march]
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