Lismore - Nimbin & Villages

Musica Viva Lismore & Northern Rivers Conservatorium Arts Centre have combined to bring you a series of 5 concerts throughout the region.These are top quality national and international classical musicians.

24 March -  Ensemble Liason - clarinet/cello/piano at Lismore City Hall

23 April - Daniel de Borah - piano at Byron community centre

18 June - Divas of song at Lismore City Hall

3 September - Australia Ensemble at Lismore City Hall

23 September - Genevieve Lacey & Karin Schaupp recorder/guitar at St Mary's Anglican Church Ballina.

All concerts start 7.30pm. Tickets $30/$25/$15 available at Lismore Music, La Boutique Ballina, Duck Creek Emporium Alstonville Plaza

Lismore Cafe Exhibitions is a project run by Lismore Tourism in conjuction with Armistead's Gallery and members of Lismore's Cafe and Culture Trail. the project showcases the work of talented local artists in participating cafes throughout the Lismore CBD. The following exhibitions are on in June/July/August:

Luv a Coffee:                    Philippa Leader

Henry's Bakery:               Hannah Massey

Caddies Coffee:             June: Jimmy Willing, July: Indigenous Artists for NAIDOC, August: Small schools exhibition curated by Cath McKeown   

Sweet Pea Cafe:             Cedar Henderson

Invercauld House:           Geraldine Henderson

The Left Bank Cafe:         Located next to the Lismore Regional Gallery

Official opening night 6.30pm, on 11 June, followed by a sumptious dinner ($15 for main, $4 for dessert and a donation for wine). Bookings essential.

The response is as varied and spectacular as possible with Wild Watercolours, graceful gouaches, perceptive pastels, lovely line drawings, phabulous photographs, thrilling 3D creations and who knows what else is possible using this most responsive and malleable of media. Artists who have offered works include Pauline Aherne, Stuart Cussons, Gareth Deakin, Francisco, Janet Hassel, Satchiko Kotaka, Len Martin, Robin Moore, Christine Robinson, Michael Walker and many more. 

The centre stage area will have a suitable array of winter felts and other items of warmth and cheer.

Gallery Hours: Thursday to Sunday, 10am to 4pm.  Evening bookings by appointment.

20 new small works by highly awarded Maclean based artist, Frances Belle Parker. A proud Yaegl woman, painter and installation artist, Frances Bele Parker first came to prominence as the winner of the Blake Prize in 2000, making her the youngest ever winner at the age of eighteen, and the first Indigenous recipient in the prize’s history.

Frances is deeply inspired by the lands and stories of the Yaegl people, in particular Ulgundahi Island in the Clarence River, where her mother grew up. In fact, the island inspired Frances’ most recent solo show Identifying Ulgundahi held at CoFA in Sydney in 2008 and The Dreaming Festival at Wooford in Queensland in 2009.

The works in her new show, My River, are inspired by the Clarence River (Beiirrinba), which Frances says, has always played a huge part in her art making practice, for as long as she can remember. Works included in the show include acrylics on paper and linen, as well as mixed media pieces. Sales from the exhibition will assist Frances during her upcoming residency in China later in 2010. Each work is priced at less than $250.

3 Rivers is open 10am to 4pm, Tuesday to Friday.

Unleash your inner derby girl at the weekly Northern Rivers Roller Derby 'Freshmeat' skating sessions.  Learn to skate and derby FUNdamentals on Thursdays 6 - 7.30pm, Lismore Skate and Putt Putt, 21 Bridge Street, North Lismore. Entry $10.

Lines of Sight and Mind is an exhibition of mixed media and painting by local artists Carl Smith and Cedar Henderson. Cedar and Carl studied together at Southern Cross University. Now they are bringing their complementing styles of work to be tasted together in an exhibition duo. Carl currently works across drawing and painting. Figurative and psychological landscapes are words Carl uses to define his work.........looking at the human body or other figurative forms, often genderless and ageless as a landscape in a blur between reality and imagination. These are works that Carl would rather let speak on their own in whichever way they will. Cedar explores storytelling traditions and the multiple histories and mythologies that surround and inform archetypal narratives in the form of myth and fairytales. Storytelling has become Cedar's passion and fuel for her practice. Her work has developed from a process of sifting through cultural overlays, mapping the complexities of multiple voices and shifting meanings within the stories. Your invited to the opening night for Lines of Sight and Mind on Friday July 9 from 5:30pm the exhibition continues for the month of July.

Gallery Hours: Tues ? Fri 10am to 4pm & Sat 10am to 12:30pm

Spectators are welcome and entry is FREE! Racing starts at approximatley 9.30am/10.00am

Lismore Theatre Co's next production will be Edward Albee's classic 1960's drama Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf. In its day, the play polarised audiences with its intense unraveling of the private lives and secrets of two couples thrown together for an evening of fun and games, which soon turns into a sparring match. The film version, made famous by the then controversial couple Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor was nominated for a record number of Oscars. 
Time: Evenings 8pm; Matinee 2pm Sunday 18th
Tickets: Adults $20; Concession $15. Available from Kay's Second Hand Music and Uncle Peter's Books phone 02 6621 8030; Tickets also available at the door.

A thought-provoking exhibition by Robyn Cerretti contemplating roadside memorials. This installation has responded to the space within Lismore Regional Gallery, from its original showing at Manningham City Gallery in 2008, by incorporating new works that provide a multi-sensory experience to engage viewers, particularly young adults, to consider the serious issue of road trauma. Gallery Opening Hours: Tuesday to Saturday: 10am to 4.pm, Thursday: 10am to 6pm. 

Image: Extreme Speed, 2008 (detail) video still, 35min, looped, dimensions variable, courtesy the artist and Manningham Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria.

A Lismore Regional Gallery exhibition of works by the internationally acclaimed photographer, Roger Ballen, presenting an uncertain world of rural South Africa. These grim but humorous images twitch between documentary photography and theatre, animal and human, the lived and the imagined, the natural and the performed, the clean and the unclean, the animate and the inanimate. A Lismore Regional Gallery exhibition curated by Kezia Geddes.  Gallery Opening Hours: Tuesday to Saturday: 10am to 4.pm, Thursday: 10am to 6pm. 

Image: Roger Ballen, Eugene on the phone, 2000, from Outland, ed. exh, silver bromide fibre paper, 40 x 40cm, © Roger Ballen, image courtesy of the artist and Stills Gallery Sydney.

Splendid TV consists of footage of when 10 emerging artists; Alice Lang, Kristy Ayre, Carl Scrase, Shakthi Sivanathan, Mish Grigor, Dario Vacirca, Lachlan Tetlow-Stuart, Lauren Brincat, Daniel Tanner and Dominic Finlay-Jones came together in Lismore with 10 established artists and mentors to collaborate, discuss, debate and initiate cutting edge artistic projects to be presented at Splendour in the Grass 2010. Gallery Opening Hours: Tuesday to Saturday: 10am to 4.pm, Thursday: 10am to 6pm. 

2010 is the year of Biodiversity. Five SCU visual arts students respond to research by Professor Peter Harrison on coral reef ecology. Peter Harrison is Director of the SCU Coral Reef Research Centre. Gallery Hours: Tuesday to Friday 10am - 4pm & Saturday 10am - 12 noon.

The recently established Myocum School of Sculpture specialises in teaching traditional methods of sculpture, including the crafts of modeling, mould making, casting, carving and fabrication. The teacher, Damien Lucas studied under and worked with Tom Bass in Sydney and continues the lineage of centuries of sculpting masters promoting the values and knowledge of this art form. The school is set in a studio in picturesque private grounds in Myocum.  Classes on offer include Sculpture Workshops and Life Study. Class sizes are small and open to all levels from beginners to advanced. Time is taken with each student to ensure that fundamental concepts are understood in each process.

Sculpture Workshops - Mondays starting July 19, term runs for ten weeks. 10am to 1pm; or 1.30pm to 3.30pm; or all day 10am to 3.30pm.
Cost: One class per week for ten weeks $385; Two classes a week for ten weeks $600.

Life Study - Wednesdays starting July 21, term runs for six weeks. 10am to 3.30pm.
Cost: $655 for six weeks.

Enjoy a leisurely evening of Bundjalung Seafood and Wild Bush Tucker at Gunnawannabe Cafe. Bookings for 6.30pm or 7.00pm start.  Cost: $30.  Bookings are Essential.

7 pairs of prints, begun in Scotland and completed at home, represent parts of the body which have two halves. Paper napkins stained by the act of eating record meals taken in significant places. Collected and re-imagined they serve as backgrounds upon which the tensions of cultural identity are explored. Exhibition opening on 24 July from 2pm to 4pm.

You are invited to the opening of The Tea Towel Exhibition 6pm Friday the 30th of July 2010. The Tea Towel Exhibition explores the gastronomic theme of 'the art and science of food' Artists use the teatowel as a canvas that can be ripped, stitched, painted, folded, sculptured, screen printed, drawn on... Basically anything goes! The exhibition runs from the 27th of July tot he 11th of August. Gallery Hours: Mon - Wed: 9am to 5.30pm. Thurs & Fri: 10am to 5.30pm.

Every week somewhere in Australia news headlines proclaim yet another tragedy of young lives lost in a car wreck. Communities are shocked, families torn apart, questions are asked that can not be answered. People call for changes to the laws, politicians duck for cover, fellow students set up roadside shrines and parents are left with memories.

Set a month after a crash, Engine is the story of "Grumpop" who lost a grandson and Natasha who lost a brother and how they deal with their grief and try to get on with the future. Natasha wants to remember Stevie by finishing the project car he was working on before the crash. Grumpop is a retired mechanic and he could help but he just wants to put it all behind him.

Two actors play all the characters: counsellors, driving instructors, parents, ghosts and survivors. However, joining them at every performance are students from local high schools who will devise and perform key scenes. Over the year NORPA will work with students and teachers to build these unique and authentic contributions. While the actors' text remains constant, the input from these young people means that every performance will be nuanced and reflect their own real-life experiences.

Engine is a story of young people and cars; of fixing what's broken and celebrating life. Highly theatrical, it's a funny and moving roller-coaster ride that will break your heart and mend it. Ticket Prices: Adult, $37.00. Concession, $30.00. Under 18, $16.50. 10 Students + 1 Teacher (Free), $140.00. Additional School Students, $14.00.

Jump aboard for the ride of your life when the true Australian outback comes to Lismore for an unforgettable season from Friday 30^th July - Sunday 8^th August, 2010. Featuring some of the most magnificent horses in Australia and alongside a menagerie of other four-footed pals, international horse master Rene Gasser’s says his new show; The Horseman from Snowy River will delight every generation who seek action packed entertainment.

Thrill to the sights and sounds of six horses and Drizabone-clad riders thundering into the arena to recreate a spectacular Olympics opening routine. And that just sets the tone for what follows – see the giants of the horse world, the majestic Clydesdales, performing comedy routines with miniature ponies.

Every true outback show features high energy trick riding and The Horseman from Snowy River is no exception. This combined with two majestic Lipizzaner Stallions displaying their skills under the long rein and a comedy act with Tam the wonder dog as he demonstrating his skills with his unruly four-legged friend presents a show designed to entertain the whole family.

There is a range of seating prices to suit every pocket, and also available to the horse enthusiast a Horse Training Clinic on the 2nd Thursday at 7,30pm to demonstrate first-hand how these magnificent horses are trained plus a additional meet and greet (VIP stable tour) after every performance.

If you only choose one special event to go to each year, The Horseman from Snowy River is the one that will live on in your memory forever as a great night out.

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Lismore: Lismore Showgrounds Dunoon Rd

From Friday 30^th July – Sunday 8^th August, 2010

Friday 30^th July & 6^th August @ 8pm,

Saturday 31^st July and 7^th August @ 2pm and 8 pm,

Sunday 1^st August & 8^th August @11am,

Bookings: Ticketmaster - www.ticketmaster.com.au or 136 100

Direct & Group Bookings and Horse Training Clinic: 1300 365 700

www.thehorsemanfromsnowyriver.com.au

Staff & families of Southern Cross University's Children's Centre welcome everyone to their massive plant and garage sale. There will be native plants, second hand goods, face painting, home baked goods & a sausage sizzle. All proceeds to the refurbishment of the centre's playground.

You are invited to join in the 7th birthday celebrations from 8am till 11am. There will be a free sausage sizzle for customers, special food tastings, prizes drawn every half hour - from the lucky shopper docket box, Birthday cake, Activities for the children including candle making with Happy Flame Candles, face painting, live music and much more.

Music provived by the Thrill Billy Stomp band.  Lots of fun and novelties. Free light supper with tea and coffee provided.  Hosted by Larnook Public School. Tickets available at Larnook School, Rock Valley Post Office, Cawongla Store or on the night. Family $25, Adult $10, Child 45. Proceeds to Larnook Public School.  Starts at 6pm.

Summerland Drags are held at the Casino Airport. The strip is a 1/8th mile track and all street cars and motorcycles are welcome to compete. The track is fully ANDRA sanctioned. The next meeting will be held the 31st July 2010. This meeting will be run as a "heads-up, rung what you brung" meeting. That means that ALL cars and motorcycles are eligible to attend. Classes include: 4 Cylinder Street, 6 Cylinder Street, 8 Cylinder Street, Turbo/Super Charged/NOS, Motorcycle, Exhibition Class. Enter on line at: www.summerlanddrags.com  Nomination costs $50 and includes one vehicle entry and admission for the driver. Competitors gate opens at 9am, First run 12 Noon Admission $20, Kids Under 12 are FREE Gates Open 10am.

Image: Mick Cook Driver at The Summerland Drags

The annual Nimbin Performance Poetry World Cup is a community sponsored event that each year grows in popularity not only with the performers but the audience who attend.  Performers travel from all over Australia to be part of their gruelling poetry marathon. Poets have eight minutes to perform one or more original poems throughout the weekend. Heats are run on the Saturday with up to 30 poets vying for a position in the semi-finals, which are run on Sunday. The Grand Final is held on Sunday evening at the Nimbin School of Arts. The total prize pool is $6000 and the People's Choice Award is selected by the audience and is worth $500. Heats are held all day Saturday, semi-finals kick off from 12noon on Sunday and the Grand Final of 8 poets starts in the School of Arts Hall from 7.30pm. Dinner and supper will be available on the veranda from 6.30pm. Tickets available at the door - $15. Check out last years performers on www.nimbinpoetry.com  

Truck Parade commences at 10.00am along Molesworth Street. TAB race meeting commencing 1.30pm. Entry is by gold coin donation. Supporting St Vincents Palliative Care Unit and Northern Rivers Fire Service. Family friendly atmosphere with plenty of activities for the kids. 

Convoy along Molesworth Street followed by Truck Show and horse racing at the Lismore Turf Club including the Truckies' Long Haul Handicap.  Starts at 10.00am to 6.00pm. 

Lismore's Living Library 'books' are people.  Come along and borrow one of our 'Living Books' for a half hour chat to learn more about the people in our diverse community.  You can borrow a book from 11.00am to 1.00pm.

The Lismore Farmers Market  - Locally grown and farmed produce sold by the farmer direct to you.

The Rainbow Region Organic Markets - Locally growm, organic produce sold by organic farmers direct to you.

All weather undercover.  Local Arts and Crafts, produce and bric-a-brac Market held under the Lismore Shopping Square.

Australia's oldest art and craft market is held in the picturesque village of The Channon.  There's 250 stallholders offerring arts, crafts, fresh produce, plants, bric-a-brac, therapies, clothing, children's activities and rides, live music and buskers.  The Channon is 20 minutes drive from Lismore's CBD in the heart of the Rainbow Region hinterland.

The Nimbin Market features locally grown produce, pre-loved trash and treasure, buskers and entertainment.

The markets on the 4th Sunday of every month are a gathering of locals; a get-together of artists, artisans, bakers, victuallers, therapists, farmers and friends. And from afar visitors are welcomed to join the day.

Byron Bay's craft and produce market, held at the Butler Street reserve on the first Sunday of the month. Covering an area of a few acres and arranged in orderly rows, the market offers a vast array of handcrafted wares, locally-grown produce, and artworks of every kind. It's best to get there early and allow a few hours to take in all the stalls, indulge in some fresh nourishment and feel the culture.

Local community market with a focus on local arts, crafts and produce.

The first Blue Knob Farmers Market will commence on 3 July and will run weekly on Saturdays from 9am to 1pm. Produce will change with the seasons.  Some of the delectable foods you can expect to find include fresh organic bread in wood fired ovens, raw organic honey, citrus and avocados, eggs, local cheeses, macadamias, local preserves and jams, a range of winter vegies, some bushfood condiments and traditionally brewed soft drinks. There will be an open stage for musicians with some great acts coming up.  Fresh local coffee, cakes and delicious meals are available at the Cafe and browse through the gallery at their ongoing exhibitions of art and craft works from talented local artisans. 

Spend a leisurely Sunday strolling around the Lennox Market set around Lake Ainsworth only metres from Lennox's Main Surfing Beach. Local's flock to the Lennox Market to stock up on local produce and buy that unique gift for that special someone or to just treat themselves.

Local Art, craft and produce

Handmade furniture & woodcraft, knitted items, toys, windchimes, native palnts & herbs, essential oils, home baking, vintage clothing & jewellery & much more. Farmers Market outside will be selling fresh local vegetables & herbs.

Local arts crafts and produce.

The Artist and Friends Lunch is held on the last Thursday of every month. Enjoy a main course and dessert in beautiful surroundings with interesting company and conversation.  Lunch starts at 12.30pm.  Cost is $15 per person for main course and dessert.  Bookings essential. Gallery Hours: Thursday to Sunday 10am - 4pm.

The Channon Folk Club holds an open mic on the 4th Sunday of the month from 2pm till dusk, held outdoors when weather permits, otherwise undercover. This ia a family friendly event, bring a song, bring a verse and bring a friend!

Serpentine Gallery is proud to be able to offer a friendly and relaxed life drawing group. We have a diverse variety of models of all ages, bodytypes and genders. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced drawer, this is a great opportunity to put life on to paper. Bring your own materials. $10/$8 Held in the gallery every Tuesday evening from 6pm - 9pm & every Saturday from 10.30am-1pm. All Welcome. Gallery Hours: Monday to Wednesday 9am - 5.30pm & Thursday & Friday 10am to 5.30pm.

Sunday Art, Food and Music - A new feature at Blue Knob Gallery is occasional Sunday lunchtime music, with local violinist, Julie Metcalfe who will sometimes be joined by musician friends. Performance details will be available from the gallery on the Saturday. Gallery & Café hours are Thursday to Sunday 10am—4pm.

Lismore Theatre Company holds monthly social play reading nights and everyone is welcome - no experience necessary.  An opportunity to have a go at reading a part in a play in an informal round table session without having to get up on stage.  The evenings are a great way to meet other people interested in theatre and have a bit of fun reading aloud.  Doors open at 6.30pm and the reading starts at 7.00pm.  Entry is free.  Nibblies are provided and tea/coffee/wine is available for a gold coin donation.  Just turn up at the door on the night.

Social dancing at the Italo Club is held every Friday night at 7.30pm with New Vogue, Old Time, Modern & Latin dancing. Supper included, lucky spots Monte Carlo, great vocals and lots of fun. All welcome!

Swing dance lessons with the Summerland Rockers held 1st & 3rd Wednesday nights at The Lismore Heights Bowling Club from 7pm for beginners & 7.45pm for intermediate.