what’s on in Adelaide SA

Moonlight Cinema

Cinema in the Botanic Park opens tomorrow night with the outdoor screening of Volver. This year, Moonlight Cinema is showing some of the latest releases and contemporary and classic films until February at Botanic Park, Adelaide. Gates open at 7pm and screenings start at sundown, approximately 8.30pm. Botanic Park, Hackney Road, City. Details: 1300 551 908 or online.

THE HANDSOME FAMILY (USA) Australian Tour – Feb 2007
All the way from Albuquerque, New Mexico, The Handsome Family return to Australia to appear at The Perth International Arts Festival and headline shows around the country.

The world’s favourite gothic country duo made their first trip down under to appear in Hal Wilner’s Leonard Cohen tribute concert ‘Came So Far For Beauty’, which saw them perform alongside Nick Cave, Cave, Jarvis Cocker and Antony to name a few.

Husband and wife duo Brett and Rennie Sparks return to promote their new record, ‘The Last Days Of Wonder’ (Spunk Records). The album is a collection of love songs sung in airports, garbage dumps, drive-thru windows and shark-infested waters as imagined by Rennie, the lyricist of the band - lyrics that critic Greil Marcus hailed as having “no parallel in modern writing”. Their previous records have been consistently praised by critics, earning them a cult following around the globe, and ‘Last Days Of Wonder’ is no different:
 TICKETS ON SALE THURSDAY DECEMBER 7
Adelaide, Grace Emily
Wednesday 21st February
Tickets $35+b/f from Venue tix (Ph: 08 8225 8888 or www.venuetix.com.au and the venue

SA Unions says it hopes an Advertiser campaign to stir up controversy about the “Your Rights at Night” union sponsored radio show (Radio Adelaide 101.5FM Every Thursday night from 6 til 7pm) will boost the program’s listenership and encourage more people to take in interest in the independent local music scene.
 The newspaper is trying to take SA Unions to task over the lyrics in a song performed by a cross dressing musical polymath about 2 months ago. The quirky performer Lord Stompy appeared on the program with a smorgasbord of satirical offerings, including a song which contained the lyrics “die Johnny die”. The Advertiser is demanding that SA Unions state whether it endorses the phrase as calling for the death of the Prime Minister. “Of course we don’t want the PM dead – we don’t want anyone dead!” SA Unions secretary Janet Giles says. “We would however like to see the PM’s political demise, and are actively campaigning to try to achieve that – in particular with our national day of community action this Thursday November 30, 8am Elder Park and country venues.” “We can only assume the ‘Tiser doesn’t get the satire and has lost its sense of humour, because the alternative - that it wants to suppress freedom of artistic expression - is frightening.” “It’s curious that the Advertiser is trying to hold us somehow responsible for the artistic expression of an independent Adelaide performer. SA Unions believes in freedom of expression, and has no desire to censor this or any other artist.” “Lord Stompy has a commercially released album, is listed on the MusicSA website (http://www.musicsa.com.au/artists/lordstompy/), has appeared at prominent venues such as the Gov and Higher Ground, and generally revels in pushing the boundaries.” “Believe it or not, his Lordship isn’t the first performer in history to use satire and political incorrectness to attract attention – yet his album has not been banned by the nation’s moral guardians; it hasn’t even received a content warning rating.”

 “This self-confessed lunatic master of wackiness has appeared on radio during tours of Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, New South Wales and the ACT – and has been listed in the Advertiser’s own gig guide. Need we say more?” Ms Giles says.

Domestic violence happens everywhere. It affects someone near you. At least 1 in 3 women has been beaten, coerced into sex, or otherwise abused in her lifetime. Usually, the abuser is a member of her own family or someone known to her.

Kicking off on November 25 - International Day Against Violence Against Women – until December 10 - Human Rights Day – you can take a different action every day. Tell the world about this human rights scandal and make governments act on their obligations to women.

There are a number of ways you can take action:

- Stay informed: if you haven’t done so yet, check out the video and see why domestic violence *is* a human rights issue.

- Play the game: choose an avatar and join Amnesty’s virtual march against domestic violence! Gather virtual marchers and points and get more info on Amnesty’s Stop Violence Against Women campaign.

- Add your voice:  from Mongolia to the USA, read from 16 stories of women’s shelters across the world and take action to make a difference on the ground. 

The Make Some Noise Team,http://www.amnesty.org/noise, http://myspace.com/msnoise

EXCITEMENT MACHINE’s first ever fundraiser show. Featuring DAN V, AVIATOR LANE and MATT BANHAM, THE POTTERPHONIC SOUND SYSTEM.
Doors open at eight, $5. Get out and support Adelaide’s newest arts and culture magazine! THIS FRIDAY December 1 @ Level 2 of the old Tattersalls Building, 14 Grenfell St.

Wednesday 29th November  TEDDY THOMPSON    the gov

Celebrate years gone by at the Adelaide Festival Centre’s Fezbah this New Year’s Eve with the New Romantics offering The 80s Experience.
 Dust off your best 80s outfit, get all your old mates together, practice your best dance moves and see in the New Year like you did in 1986. It will make you feel twenty years younger.  From ABC to WHAM the New Romantics recreate the essence of the world’s top selling and most successful 80s artists. Formed in 1993 by guitarist David Pagano and bassist Angelo Granozio, the New Romantics offer a powerful rhythm section, scorching guitars, a dynamic front man and three part vocals. New Year’s Eve at the Fezbah are offering a 2 course dinner with the show or you can simply enjoy the show only later in the night
What:             New Year’s Eve at the Fezbah with the New Romantics
Venue:            Fezbah, Festival Theatre Piano Bar
Season:          31 December 2006 Time:              Dinner from 8pm show, from 10pm
Cost:               $75 reserved table 2 course dinner & show           $36 show only.
Following the success of Dusty’s Bar in July and August the Piano Bar will be transformed from the Fezbah into the Pirate’s Bar every Friday and Saturday night during the Adelaide season of The Pirates of Penzance in January 2007. And during the Fringe ’07 the Piano Bar will host a Fringe-fabulous late night series.

‘No Strings Attached’, celebrates the year’s accomplishments and showcases the talents of workshop members on a public stage tomorrow. The party is joined by performers from sister disability arts organisations, professional musicians and puppeteers. Linde Reserve, Nelson Street, Stepney, 11am - 2pm. Details 8363-5970

7:30 Tues 28 Nov TONIGHT mercury cinema

Dir: Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, Thomas Bangalter US, 2006, 74′ Digital

A visual and musical odyssey about two robots and their quest to find what it is that would make them human.
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