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THURSDAY, APRIL 4
Morning Melodies: Glenn Starr, 11am (CHK) St Ives, Wodonga
Smithers, 6pm, Zodiac Lounge, Commercial Club, Albury
Albury-Wodonga Uke Muster, 6pm, first floor, Albion Hotel, Albury
Garry O’Brien: Soft Rock Classics, 6.30pm to 8pm, North Albury Sports Club
Sounds of the Border Open Mic Nights hosted by Larry Caton: for all ages and music styles, 7.30pm, register at 6pm, bistro, Astor Hotel, Albury
Grooveyard Hammond Combo: soul, grooves, jazz and blues every Thursday, 7pm to 9.30pm, La Maison Cafe, Wodonga
Open Mic Night with Dave, Kelvyn and the Wednesday crew, 8pm, Albion Hotel, Albury
Karaoke Showtime! Registrations 7.30pm on, karaoke starts from 9pm, Paddy’s Albury
Twin Cities Rock’n’Roll Club Weekly Dance, 7.30pm, auditorium, Commercial Club, Albury
The Man From Snowy River Bush Festival, Corryong – see bushfestival.com.au
Blues Club: Nine Below Zero, 7pm, Avalon House, Harrietville
Karaoke, 9.30pm, Alpine Hotel, Bright
One Mic open mic night with Aron McLean, ex-lead singer of The Pigs, 7.30pm, Tanswell’s Hotel, Beechworth
360 Allstars: Reinventing Traditional Circus, 6.30pm, Wangaratta Performing Arts Centre
Wangaratta Ukulele Band, 7pm, Vine Hotel, Wangaratta
Thirsty Thursdays Acoustic Night featuring five up-and-coming acoustic acts, 8pm to midnight, First Lounge Bar and Nightclub, 1 Victoria Street, Wangaratta
Open Mic: Kane Mills, 7.30pm, Royal Hotel, Corowa
Rodney Vincent, ClubMulwala
Gemini, Mulwala Waterski Club
FRIDAY, APRIL 5
Friday Night Seafood Buffet and Jazz Night, 4pm bar opens 5pm music, buffet 6pm, Fresco’s Restaurant Bar, Rydges Albury
Phil Dalby, 5pm, Zodiac Lounge, Commercial Club, Albury
Tony Lukav, 5pm to 10pm, Q Manhattans, Albury
Grooveyard Hammond Combo, 7pm, Rastus Watermelon Cafe Bar, Wodonga
Denise Thorman, 6pm, Sevens Bistro, Commercial Club, Albury
Gemini, 7pm, Lavington Panthers
Grooveyard Hammond Combo, 7.30pm, Rastus Watermelon Cafe Bar, Wodonga
Live Music, Rooftop Bier Garden, The Bended Elbow, Albury
Damn That River, 8pm, The Long Room, Albion Hotel, Albury
Josh McKellar, 8pm, Kinross Woolshed Hotel, Thurgoona
Joe Galea Band, 9pm, Zodiac Lounge, Commercial Club, Albury
Giant 440, 9pm, SS&A Albury
Live music, 9pm, Boomerang Hotel, Lavington
Sonic Loader, 9.30pm, Paddy’s, Albury
DJ Zuckr, 9.30pm, Beer Garden, Paddy’s, Albury
Sonic Loader, 9.30pm, Paddy’s Albury
Famous Fridays: Party Music from the 1970s to the 2000s plus Today’s Top 40 Hits, 10pm, ZedBar, Albury
DJ Sedgie, 10pm, The Carriers, Wodonga
DJ Franco, 10pm, Groove Saint
DJ, 9pm, Birallee Tavern, Wodonga
Murray Music Club: The Ellis Collective, 7.30pm to 10.30pm, Yackandandah Courthouse
The Man From Snowy River Bush Festival, Corryong – see bushfestival.com.au
Alibi, 8pm, Corowa RSL Club
Mystical Groove, Mulwala Waterski Club
Strings of Thunder, Barooga Sports Club
Kim Ritchie, 8pm, Main Lounge, Deniliquin RSL Club
SATURDAY, APRIL 6
Garry O’Brien, 5pm, Zodiac Lounge, Commercial Club, Albury
Tony Lukav, 5pm to 10pm, Q Manhattans, Albury
John Gratton, 6pm, Sevens Bistro, Commercial Club, Albury
Trent Hamilton, 8.30pm, Soden’s Hotel, Albury
Joe Galea Band, 9pm, Zodiac Lounge, Commercial Club, Albury
Absolutely Live The Doors Show, live and free, 9pm, SS&A Albury
Brock Shirley, 9pm until late, Kinross Woolshed Hotel, Thurgoona
DJ Debz, 9.30pm, Albion Hotel, Albury
Take Cover, 9.30pm, Paddy’s, Albury
DJ Candy B, 9.30pm, beer garden, Paddy’s, Albury
Franco and Bomshell, 10pm, Groove Saint, Albury
Albury’s Biggest Club Party, One Nightclub, The Bended Elbow, Albury
The Man From Snowy River Bush Festival including the Country Rock Concert featuring Adam Harvey and 14-year-old The X-Factor Australia 2012 contestant Vendulka, Danny Phegan and the Longreach band and more, Corryong – see bushfestival.com.au
Music on the Murray: Paul Carey and Julian Scheffer, 12.30pm to 4pm, St Leonards Vineyard, Wahgunyah
The Rumour, 8pm, Corowa RSL Club
DJ Jarrod Elliott, ClubMulwala
Bad Influence, Mulwala Waterski Club
Cheap Thrillz with DJ Jarrod, 8.30pm, Terminus Hotel, Yarrawonga
Strings of Thunder, 8.30pm, Barooga Sports Club
Outback Theatre for Young People Theatre Sports, 7pm, Deniliquin Club
Cloud 9, Main Lounge, 8pm, Deniliquin RSL Club
SUNDAY, APRIL 7
Overtime, 4pm to 8pm, Zodiac Lounge, Commercial Club, Albury
Deckchair Sundays: Brent & Bella, acoustic music, DJ Zuckr, 4pm, Paddy’s, Albury
Live music, 4pm, Rooftop Bier Garden, The Bended Elbow, Albury
Live music, 7.30pm, Rooftop Bier Garden, The Bended Elbow, Albury
Live music: Kissin’ Cousins plus Open Mic — singers and musos welcome, 2pm to 6pm, Gerogery Hotel
Beer, Beef’n’Blues: Round Hill Roll-ins, 1pm, Round Hill Hotel, Morven
Liv Cartledge, 2pm, Tallangatta Hotel
Open Stage Acoustic Open Mic with Michael Franklin — PA and microphones provided, 2pm to 5pm, MJ’s Bakery, Tallangatta
The Man From Snowy River Bush Festival, Corryong – see bushfestival.com.au
Open Mic: Rudi Katterl, 2pm, Bright Brewery
Music on the Balcony: Zoot Suit Trio, 11am, Beechworth Bakery
Sunday Acoustic Sessions: Liv Cartledge, Noon to 2.30pm, Gigi’s of Beechworth
Open Mic with Mel Tompkins, 5pm, Hotel Nicholas, Beechworth
Wrecked on Sunday, 3pm, Vine Hotel, Detour Road, North Wangaratta
TUESDAY, APRIL 9
Free Morning Show: Dale Hooper – Music from Johnny Cash and Marty Robbins, 10.30am, Zodiac Lounge, Commercial Club, Albury
Australia’s Got Talent Auditions, 11am to 6pm, Albury Entertainment Centre
Brains and Ballbusters: trivia with attitude, 7pm, Kinross Woolshed Hotel, Thugoona
Jam Session, 7.30pm, McEvoy Tavern, Eldorado
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10
Mark Haze, 6pm, Zodiac Lounge, Commercial Club, Albury
Open Mic with Aron McLean, ex-lead singer of The Pigs, 6pm, Kinross Woolshed Hotel, Thurgoona
New Direction, 9.30pm, Paddy’s, Albury
DJ Candy B, 9.30pm, beer garden, Paddy’s Albury
Uni Night: DJ Franco, 10pm, Groove Saint, Albury
Irish Jam Session, 8pm, Star Hotel, Yackandandah
Herman’s Hermits, 8pm, Wangaratta Performing Arts Centre
Trevor Doddridge, 6pm, Border Bistro, Yarrawonga Mulwala Golf Club Resort, Mulwala
FREE TIME OUT ONLINE GUIDE: Email music, comedy, theatre or exhibitions details to play@bordermail.com.au or phone (02) 6024 0548. Deadline: noon Wednesdays. A fresh Time Out is posted at the bordermail.com.au every Thursday.
COMING UP: TOURS AND FESTIVALS
APRIL
12: Grinspoon, Capital, Wagga
12: Sammy Owens Blues Band, Marc Paola Trio, SS&A Albury
13: Dreamfields Festival: DJ Helena, Peking Duk, Popcorn Thieves, Motocross Stunt Show, Riverina TAFE National Environment Centre, Thurgoona
13: The Whitlams, SS&A Albury
13: DJ Helena, Groove Saint, Albury
14: REDfest: Kingswood, James Scott Memorial Skate Park, Wodonga
14: Tim Guy, Albion Hotel, Albury
14: Grinspoon: Black Rabbits Tour 2013, Kingswood, Paddy’s Albury
15: Boxman, Benalla PACC
16: Boxman, Wangaratta Performing Arts
18: The Girls in Grey, Wangaratta PAC
19: Frankie 4 All Seasons, Commercial Club, Albury
19-21: Mount Beauty Music Festival
20: The Eagles Story, Howlong Country Golf Club
21: The Sousaphonics, Albury Botanic Gardens
23: Lest We Forget with Margaret Dennis, Commercial Club, Albury
23: House vs Hurricane, Albury Entertainment Centre
24: Last Man Standing: Debra Byrne and Nick Barker, Albury Entertainment Centre
24: AcO2, 8pm, Benalla Performing Arts and Convention Centre
26: Evermore: Hero Tour 2013, SS&A Albury
26: Janet Seidel Trio, Jazz Basement, Wodonga
26: Very Hairy Canary, Gapsted Wines
26-28: Great Alpine Pick, Harrietville
26-5: Bright Autumn Festival
26: Absolutely ’80s Show, Corowa RSL Club
27: To Be There: Pru Goward, Albury Art Gallery
27: Scarecrow: The Mellencamp Show, SS&A Albury
27: Wandilgong Nut Festival
27: Evermore: Hero Tour 2013, Mulwala Waterski Club
27-29: Festival of the Falling Leaf, Tumut
28: Extorsion Wind Quartet and Faraway Quartet, Benalla Performing Arts and Convention Centre
28: Rod Gregory: The Old Fella, Myrtleford Savoy Sporting Club
MAY
3: Cafe Culture Series: Alex Burns and Jen Hawley, Vine Hotel, Wangaratta
3-5: Thredbo Jazz Festival
4: Cafe Culture Series: Alex Burns and Jen Hawley, Bright Art Gallery
5: Cafe Culture Series: Alex Burns and Jen Hawley, Arts Space Wodonga
7: Remember Cabaret with The Hoffmans, Commercial Club, Albury
8: The Twoks, 8pm, Benalla Performing Arts and Convention Centre
9: The Kransky Sisters: Piece of Cake, Wangaratta Performing Arts Centre
10: The Kransky Sisters: Piece of Cake, Albury Entertainment Centre
VISUAL ARTS AND HISTORY: EXHIBITIONS AND EVENTS
ALBURY ART GALLERY
ALBURY ART GALLERY
MORE SEEING IS NOT UNDERSTANDING: PONCH HAWKES
UNTIL APRIL 7
Odd scenarios emerge from the night: a woman abandons a baby as she rushes through a train station, a man skips rope in a drive-through bottle shop, a couple perform ballroom dancing in a deserted arcade. These scenarios beg for a narrative that would explain why they came about and how they unfolded, however, photographer Ponch Hawkes is more interested in savouring the ambiguity, offering enigmatic glimpses that excite the imagination. Free event.
ALBURY LIBRARY MUSEUM
HOME/ON COUNTRY (2011-2013)
UNTIL MAY 12
An exhibition by Sydney based photographer Sarah Rhodes, depicting indigenous elders of the region wearing their language group’s possum skin cloak. The images celebrate the role of the possum skin cloak in strengthening cultural identity, connection to Country and the Elders’ pride in the revitalisation of this traditional cultural practice. The project was inspired by the two reproduction possum skin cloaks on display in the National Museum of Australia collection and the original cloaks in Museum Victoria. This show is accompanied by short films made by local indigenous young people. Opening: Saturday 30 March at 2pm. RSVP: (02) 6023 8333. Free event.
ON THEIR OWN: BRITAIN’S CHILD MIGRANTS
UNTIL APRIL 28
From the 1860s, more than 100,000 children were sent from Britain to Canada, Australia and other Commonwealth countries through child migration schemes. They were sent by charitable and religious organisations, with government support, in the belief that their lives would improve, and that they would provide much-needed labour and increase the population. Few were orphans; many came from families who were unable to care for them. The lives of these children changed dramatically and fortunes varied. Some succeeded in creating new futures. Others suffered lonely, brutal childhoods. All experienced disruption and separation from family and homeland. Child migration schemes received criticism from the outset, yet continued until the 1960s. Formal apologies were made by the Australian Government in 2009 and the British Government in 2010 but many former child migrants and their families are still coming to terms with their experience.
CROSSING PLACE— A STORY OF ALBURY
PERMANENT EXHIBITION
Weaving together the story of Albury from its first contact with the Wiradjuri people, traditional owners of the land, to the city we know today, this world-class exhibition, told through an engaging collection of objects, oral stories and film, is on permanent display in the main galleries of the Albury Library Museum.
WIRADJURI TALKBACK
UNTIL JULY 1, 2014
A celebration of the perspectives and traditional knowledge of the Albury-Wodonga region’s Aboriginal people, showcasing a powerful and thought-provoking blend of traditional and contemporary elements illustrating the rich cultural traditions of Wiradjuri country. Alongside traditional Riverina bark paintings and tools are sketches by 19th century Aboriginal artist Tommy McRae, a local identity famed for his depictions of traditional Aboriginal life.
ARTS SPACE WODONGA
ARTS SPACE WODONGA
WEARABLE ART AWARD 2013
APRIL 5 TO MAY 4
Featuring this year’s entrants in the Wearable Art Award as part of Carnivale Wodonga 2013. The exhibition brings together works by regional artists who have used a variety of media to create their wearable pieces. Official opening 5.30pm Friday, April 5, artist talk 10.30am Saturday, April 6. Phone (02) 6022 9600.
GIGS FINE ART GALLERY, WODONGA
SEGMENTS BY GIGS STUDIO ARTISTS
UNTIL APRIL 21
This exhibition brings together the diverse artwork of GIGS studio artists Tracie MacVean, Steve Edwards, Janene Castillo, Natalie Ward, Sigrid Condon and Kylie Quinlivan. Their exhibition also celebrates the fourth anniversary of the opening of GIGS Artists’ Studios within the Gateway Village arts precinct. GIGS Art Gallery is in Gateway Village, Lincoln Causeway, Wodonga. Open 10am to 4pm Tuesday to Sunday. Opening: 5.30pm, March 28, Meet the Artists: 10am to noon. Phone (02) 6021 3073 or visit artswodonga.org.au for more information.
ARMY MUSEUM BANDIANA
EXTENSIVE MILITARY DISPLAY
MONDAYS TO SATURDAYS
The Army Museum Bandiana is among Australia’s best army museums where 190 army vehicles, dozens of field guns, weapons, uniforms, medals and items dating back as far as the 18th century are displayed in about 5000 square metres of display space. The museum is at the Gaza Ridge Barracks, Anderson Road, Bandiana, just out of Wodonga. Open 9.30am to 4pm Monday to Saturday but not on New Year’s Day, Good Friday and Anzac Day or from December 24 to 28. Phone (02) 6055 2525.
SPIRITUS GALLERY, YACKANDANDAH
A MILD CASE OF THE EXOTIC
UNTIL APRIL 14
Colourful, strange and exciting, this exhibition features a full range of creative and original mixed media works that celebrate Yackandandah’s rich abundance of artists including Ellen Engwerda, Karen Gray, Jan Clements, Sue Lamour, John Dermer, Charles Sluga, Gordon Dickson, Ben Gilbert and many more. Phone (02) 6027 1797.
CHILTERN STUDIO-GALLERY
OUTDOOR ARTISAN SHOWCASE
APRIL 7
Browse and buy art and craftwork by local and visiting artists and makers in an outdoor market-style setting. Entry via donation through the Conness Street gates. 10am to 4pm/ New exhibitors welcome. Email: meaghan@meaghanart.com.
MAN FROM SNOWY RIVER MUSEUM AND RILEY’S VILLAGE, CORRYONG
LIVE THE LEGEND
OPEN DAILY
A diverse and colourful exhibition that celebrates the history of the Upper Murray and its people. Learn about the legend of Jack Riley. Open 10am to 4pm, September to May and 11am to 3pm, June to August. Closed Good Friday and Christmas Day. The Man From Snowy River Museum and Riley’s Village is at 103 Hansen Street, Corryong. For more information visit manfromsnowyrivermuseum.com. Phone (02) 6076 2600.
KHANCOBAN ARTISAN GALLERY AND WORKSHOP
OPEN DAILY
ARTS AND CRAFTS EXHIBITION AND SALE
OPEN DAILY
Local artists and craft people are invited to display and sell their creations in this new gallery, which can be found in the Khancoban General Store. The workshop is opposite, on the Community Technology Centre. Twenty per cent of sales will fund local events programs. To find out more phone Ann-Maree de Wit on (02) 6076 9099 or email her at annalby57@gmail.com or phone Louise Werrett on (02) 6076 9408. Open daily.
BRIGHT ART GALLERY
51ST ANNUAL AUTUMN EXHIBITION AND SALES
UNTIL MAY 17
This diverse exhibition will feature about 900 paintings, and will be formally opened at 8pm on Wednesday, March 27. Well-known artist Malcolm Beattie will be the judge this year and a special display of artworks by Melbourne artist David Chen will be featured. Prize-winning artist Ross Paterson has donated a painting for the raffle prize. With artists coming from near and far, there should be something to appeal to all tastes, all displayed in the beautifully refurbished gallery. Admission is $5, children admitted free. The gallery is at 28 Mountbatten Avenue, Bright. Phone (03) 5750 1660.
OLD SCHOOL HOUSE GALLERY, BEECHWORTH
WORKS BY LOCAL ARTISANS
OPEN DAILY
North East painters, jewellery makers, textile artists, woodworkers, glass artists and more display their works in the 1863 building that once housed a school. 1 Loch Street. Open 10am to 4pm daily. Visit oldschoolhousegallery.biz.
WANGARATTA ART GALLERY
ELEMENTAL
UNTIL APRIL 21
Mary-Rose Riley responds to a desire for a direct engagement with the natural environment and the endlessly changing elements — air, water, earth. The selective gaze of the artist uncovers the subject’s qualities, imbuing subsequent imagery with potential meaning. Barbel Ullrich explores dualities and the flux, energy, rhythms, textures, forms and movements of nature throughout time. Light and dark, night and day, dark places, light spaces, physical versus psychological, perception versus intuition.
REMEMBERING THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918
UNTIL MAY 19
Photographs and memorabilia from the Wangaratta Museum Collection recall the involvement of the Wangaratta Community in The Great Was and the erection of the commemorative Cenotaph unveiled 90 years ago at the Memorial Reserve on the corner of Docker and Ovens Streets. The exhibition coincides with the Annual Anzac Day celebrations and the WPAC performance of Girls in Grey, the story of Australian Army Nurses on active service.
BENALLA ART GALLERY
ANGRY PENGUINS AND THE ANTIPODEANS
UNTIL MAY 26
Cups of tea, painting in the countryside, the wool price is good, things are good “back home” in England, Robert Menzies’ Academy of Australian Art is building exaggeration, true, but the late 1930s to early 1940s provided the perfect environment for new ideas and different values. Enter “Angry Penguins”, named after the Adelaide magazine published by a young Max Harris, the artists whose core group of Arthur Boyd, Sidney Nolan, Albert Tucker and Joy Hester were occasional complemented in idea and image by members of the Contemporary Art Society. The time was ripe for change and the fuel came from Europe and the US - surrealism and modern poetry. It was going well until the Ern Malley hoax. Ironically, many of the same artists formed the “Antipodeans”, a group of artists reacting to the “threat” of abstract images from America and Europe. This show is a celebration of works within the Benalla Art Gallery’s own collection and of a time when every painting had a story to tell. The exhibition is in the Ledger Gallery.
AN AIRMAN’S DREAM: ARCH SIMPSON’S PIN-UPS
UNTIL MAY 5
Take a privileged glimpse, both very human and very intimate, into what helped one man survive World War II. Arch Simpson was part of the 78th Fighter Squadron. During his years of service, his maiden aunt sent him pin-up images of beautiful women. This is a wonderful story, laced with an irrepressible spirit for life and a celebration of beauty that even the darkest of circumstances could not suppress. Arch was a long-time volunteer and champion of the Benalla Art Gallery. The gallery in which this work is presented is named in his honour. The Benalla Art Gallery is fortunate to have access to the greater part of Arch’s pin-ups through his family, complimented by additional material from the Australian War Memorial in Canberra. This complete presentation is the story of one of Benalla’s heroes and firmly locates these pin-ups in their important and original context.
GALLERY 294, COROWA
WORKS BY COROWA AND DISTRICT ARTISTS
OPEN DAILY
See a wide range of arts and crafts by Corowa and district artists who are members of the Gallery 294 co-operative.
Gallery 294 is at 294 Honour Avenue (the Albury Road), Corowa. Open 10am to 4pm daily. For more information visit gallery294.org.au or phone (02) 6033 5086.
COROWA SHIRE ART SPACE
COROWA COLLECTION
OPEN DAILY
The 2013 winners of Corowa Federation Art Show have now been added to the Corowa Collection at the Corowa Shire Art Space. With these recent additions, the Corowa Collection has now grown to 50 art works and showcases 14 years of winners of the Corowa Federation Art Show. Judged by artist and past winner at the Federation Art Show, Ern Trembath, who chose Jan Long’s Against the Rocks, Barbara Beasley-Southgate’s Golden Splendour on Delitate, Jan Lawler’s Country Wisdom” and Geoff Paynter’s Natures Abstract as the winners. The Corowa Collection exhibition can be seen at Corowa Shire Art Space, Civic Centre, Ball Park, Corowa. The gallerry is pen 11am to 4pm weekdays, 11am to 3pm Saturdays and 11am to 1pm Sundays.
DENILIQUIN PEPPIN HERITAGE CENTRE
REFLECTIONS
UNTIL APRIL 27
A vibrant series of paintings based on water and colour by Sharon Mackey, 9am to 4pm daily. Entry by gold coin donation. The heritage centre is in George Street.