ALBURY-WODONGA

Live music session featuring young Albury and Lavington musicians, 5.30pm to 6.30pm, Albury Library Museum, Albury

Andrew Kennedy, 6pm, Zodiac Lounge, Commercial Club, Albury

QEII Twilight Markets featuring music from The Timbers, 5pm to 8pm, QEII Square, Albury

Albury-Wodonga Uke Muster, 6pm, first floor, Albion Hotel, Albury

The Border Mail HotHouse Theatre Season 2014: Stories I Want To Tell You In Person: Lally Katz, 11am and 8pm, The Butter Factory Theatre, Wodonga

Monthly Metal Night, free entry, 9pm, One Nightclub, Albury

Karaoke, 7.30pm on, singing, 9pm, Paddy’s Albury

Grooveyard Hammond Combo: soul, grooves, jazz and blues, 7pm, La Maison Cafe, Wodonga

OUT OF TOWN

Rubber Soul: The Beatles Show, 8pm, Benalla Performing Arts and Convention Centre, Benalla

Big Shots Duelling Pianos Dinner Show: Jimmy Mann and Scotty Donaldson, 5.30pm, ClubMulwala, Mulwala

Rodney Vincent, Mulwala Waterski Club, Mulwala

McAlister Kemp: Harder to Tame tour, Montreal Theatre, Tumut

FRIDAY, MARCH 14

ALBURY-WODONGA

Tony Lukav, piano and vocals, 5pm, Q Manhattans, Albury

Paul Gibbs, 5pm, Zodiac Lounge, Commercial Club, Albury

The Other Theatre Company: William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 6pm, Albury Botanic Gardens, Albury

Phil Dalby, 7pm, Lavington Panthers, Lavington

Marion Martin: The Flower of Scotland, 7.30pm, auditorium, Commercial Club, Albury

Infinity Duo, 8pm to 11pm, The Rooftop Bar, The Bended Elbow, Albury

Korey Livy, 8pm, Thurgoona Country Golf Resort, Thurgoona

Dean Haitani, 8.30pm, Northside Hotel, Lavington

Danny Phegan and Brett Shannon, 8pm, Kinross Woolshed Hotel, Thurgoona

The Border Mail HotHouse Theatre Season 2014: Stories I Want To Tell You in Person Lally Katz, 8pm, The Butter Factory Theatre, Wodonga

Flashback The Band, 9pm, Zodiac Lounge, Commercial Club, Albury

Reece Mastin, 7.30pm, SS&A Albury (under 18′s must be accompanied by an adult and tickets must be purchased by an adult)

James Howlett Duo, 9.30pm, Paddy’s Albury

DJ Zuckr, 9.30pm, Beer Garden, Paddy’s, Albury

Club Nation: Raw FM (87.6 FM Albury) Club Nation DJs BZ, Fleggless and Evan McMahon: electro, remixes, mash-ups and Melbourne sound, 10pm, ONE Nightclub, Albury

Refresh Your Friday: DJ spins music from the 1970s to today, 10pm, ZedBar, Albury

DJ Sedgie, 10pm, The Carriers, Wodonga

OUT OF TOWN

JTR & Stu, 6pm, Bright Brewery, Bright 

Rock’n’Roll Music Legends: Roy Orbison and Del Shannon tribute with Dean Bourne and Fallon, 8pm, Wangaratta Performing Arts Centre, Wangaratta

Mystical Groove, 7.30pm, Corowa RSL Club, Corowa

DJ Jarrod, 9pm, Terminus Hotel, Yarrawonga

Maurice Milani Duo, 7pm, ClubMulwala, Mulwala

Ray Macartney, Mulwala Waterski Club, Mulwala

Tumbarumba Street Party: live music, 5.330pm to 10.30pm, The Parade, Tumbarumba

Dragon: The Trilogy Concert, Wagga Civic Theatre, Wagga

SATURDAY, MARCH 15

ALBURY-WODONGA

The Goods Shed Harvest Festival, 11am to 4pm, Junction Place, Wodonga

The Border Mail HotHouse Theatre Season 2014: Stories I Want To Tell You In Person Lally Katz, 3pm and 8pm, The Butter Factory Theatre, Wodonga

The Other Theatre Company: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 5pm, Albury Botanic Gardens, Albury

Tony Lukav, piano and vocals, 5pm, Q Manhattans, Albury

Ray Macartney, 5pm, Zodiac Lounge, Commercial Club, Albury

Glenn Starr, 8pm, Soden’s Hotel, Albury

Midnight Roar with DJ Denni from Bowens Entertainment, 8pm to midnight, Lavington Panthers, Lavington

Jim Keays, 10pm (support entertainment from 9pm), SS&A Albury

Flashback The Band, 9pm, Zodiac Lounge, Commercial Club, Albury

DJ Candy B, 9.30pm, Beer Garden, Paddy’s Albury

James Howlett Duo, 9.30pm, Paddy’s Albury

ONE Saturday: Biggest Saturday Night Party in town with resident and guest DJs playing commercial dance, RnB, Top 40 remixed and electro, 10pm, ONE Nightclub, Albury

DJs, 10pm, Groove Saint, Albury

Saturday Night Fever: Best Party Mix, 10pm, ZedBar, Albury

OUT OF TOWN

2014 Melbourne Fashion Film Festival, 6.30pm, followed by barbecue tea and The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert, 8.30pm, Star Theatre, Chiltern

Nick Fletcher, 8pm, Telegraph Hotel, Chiltern

Spectrum — 1970s Aussie rock band, 7.30pm, supported by supported by Dean Haitani, 6.30pm, Gerogery Hotel, Gerogery

Combo Dance, 7.30pm, Club Savoy, Myrtleford

St Patrick’s Day Garden Party: Irish music and refreshments, 1pm, Christ Church, Beechworth

Two-day Pre St Paddy’s Day Celebrations: Bhan Tre plus local Celtic musicians and Cathies Celtic Dancers — fund-raiser to help form a Celtic Collective, 8.30pm (meals from 6.30pm), Hotel Nicholas, Beechworth

Raymond Crowe: The Unusualist, 7pm, Wangaratta Performing Arts Centre, Wangaratta

Tastes of Rutherglen: food, wine, music and more – see rutherglenvic.com/events/tastes-of-rutherglen

Overtime, 7.30pm, Corowa RSL Club, Corowa

The Original Mustangs, 8pm, Club Mulwala, Mulwala

The Melbeats, Mulwala Waterski Club, Mulwala

DJ, 10pm, ClubMulwala, Mulwala

GOLD: The Ultimate ABBA Show — The New Arrival Tour, Wagga Civic Theatre

SUNDAY, MARCH 16

ALBURY-WODONGA

Music in the Gardens: Galapagos Duck, 1pm to 3pm, Albury Botanic Gardens, Albury

Highway 31 Blues and Roots Music Club Albion Hotel opening gig: The Highway 31 Blues Band plus Joel Sulman and Mike Gorman playing the final gig of their three-month east coast tour, 3pm to 6pm, The Long Room, Albion Hotel, Albury

Flashback The Band, 4pm, Zodiac Lounge, Commercial Club, Albury

Music On the Deck, 4pm, Paddy’s Albury

Aluka, 4pm to 7pm, The Rooftop Bar, The Bended Elbow, Albury

Iain Archibald Band (TBC), 7.30pm to 10.30pm, The Rooftop Bar, The Bended Elbow, Albury

OUT OF TOWN

Live Music: plus open mic — singers and musos welcome (meals available), 2.30pm to 6.30pm, Gerogery Hotel, Gerogery

JD & The Kat, 3pm to 6pm, Bright Brewery, Bright

Hard Cab, 11am, Beechworth Bakery

Liv Cartledge, 2.30pm to 5.30pm, Bridge Road Brewers, Beechworth

Two-day Pre St Paddy’s Day Celebrations: Bhan Tre plus local Celtic musicians and Cathies Celtic Dancers — fund-raiser to help form a Celtic Collective, 8.30pm (meals from 6.30pm), Hotel Nicholas, Beechworth

Tastes of Rutherglen: food, wine, music and more – see rutherglenvic.com/events/tastes-of-rutherglen

Open Mic, 7.30pm, Upper One Bistro, Wangaratta Club, Wangararra

Anthony Tenace, 2pm, ClubMulwala, Mulwala

MONDAY, MARCH 17

ALBURY-WODOINGA

St Patrick’s Day at Paddy’s: An all-day party featuring Irish dancers, bagpipes, live music from Tripping Nails & Rusty Nails and heaps of giveaways, Paddy’s, Albury

Arts Space Echoes: Classic Keys with Roman Turewicz, piano, performing classical selections with a Celtic twist for St Patrick’s Day, 10.30am, Arts Space Wodonga

Prepared Like A Bride: Overcomer tour with special guests Vices and Rivalries, 6pm, Wodonga Masonic Hall, Wodonga

OUT OF TOWN

Morning Melodies: Mick Tenace, 10.30am, Yarrawonga Mulwala Golf Club Resort, Mulwala

TUESDAY, MARCH 18

ALBURY-WODONGA

Free Morning Show: Don Costa, 10.30am, Zodiac Lounge, Commercial Club, Albury

David Crean, university organist at Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio: music by Marcel Dupre, Paul Hindemith, Leon Boellmann, Felix Mendelssohn and Andrew Guilmant, 7.30pm, St Matthew’s Church

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19

ALBURY-WODONGA

Mark Haze, 6pm, Zodiac Lounge, Commercial Club, Albury

Open Mic, 6pm, Kinross Woolshed Hotel, Thurgoona

Open Mic, 8pm, Albion Hotel, Albury

DJ Candy B, 9.30pm, Paddy’s, Albury

Marcus Gett, 9.30pm, Paddy’s Albury

Uni Night: DJ Franco, 10pm, Groove Saint, Albury

OUT OF TOWN

Irish Jam Session, 8pm, Star Hotel, Yackandandah

Market Day: Don Costa, 11.30am, Corowa RSL Club, Corowa

Trevor Doddridge, 6.30pm, Border Bistro, Yarrawonga Mulwala Golf Club Resort, Mulwala

TIME OUT FREE ONLINE GUIDE: Email music, comedy, theatre or exhibitions details to play@bordermail.com.au or phone (02) 6024 0548. Deadline for listings 10am Wednesdays. A fresh Time Out is posted at bordermail.com.au every Thursday.

MARCH

20

A Different Telling: A one-act play by Leisa Whyte, The Jazz Basement, Wodonga

21

A Different Telling: A one-act play by Leisa Whyte, The Jazz Basement, Wodonga

John Waters with Stewart D’Arrietta: Looking Through a Glass Onion — John Lennon in Words and Music, Albury Entertainment Centre

Jason Singh, SS&A Albury

DJ Reece Low, 10pm, ONE Nightclub, Albury

The Baby Animals: Feed the Birds Part II Tour, Kinross Woolshed Hotel, Thurgoona

Yackandandah Folk Festival, Yackandandah – visit yackfolkfestival.com or see the four-page Yackandandah Folk Festival feature in the Thursday, March 13 edition of The Border Mail’s Play entertainment guide

Harmony Day, food, children’s activities and music, 6pm to 9pm, King George Gardens, Wangaratta

Stayin’ Alive: The Australian Bee Gees Show, 8pm, Wangaratta Performing Arts Centre, Wangaratta

22

Invenio Singers — Melbourne a cappella group, 7.30pm, St Matthew’s Church, Albury

Angry Anderson, 10pm (support entertainment from 9pm), SS&A Albury

Yackandandah Folk Festival, Yackandandah – visit yackfolkfestival.com or see the four-page Yackandandah Folk Festival feature in the Thursday, March 13 edition of The Border Mail’s Play entertainment guide

Beechworth Bakery Camp Street Carnival and 30th Birthday Party, 11am to 3pm, Camp Street, Beechworth

John Waters with Stewart D’Arrietta: Looking Through a Glass Onion — John Lennon in Words and Music, Wagga Civic Theatre

23

Sunday Blues: The Blues Mountain Trio, 2pm to 6pm, Edwards Tavern, Wodonga

Yackandandah Folk Festival, Yackandandah – visit yackfolkfestival.com or see the four-page Yackandandah Folk Festival feature in the Thursday, March 13 edition of The Border Mail’s Play entertainment guide

Jingellic Show

Play School Live in Concert: Prince of Bears, 10am, St Patrick’s Hall, Wangaratta

Raymond Crowe: Unusualist, 8pm, Benalla Performing Arts and Convention Centre

24

Play School Live in Concert: Prince of Bears, 10am, auditorium, Commercial Club, Albury

25

Free Morning Show: Howie Brothers, 10.30am, Zodiac Lounge, Commercial Club, Albury

Play School Live in Concert: Prince of Bears, Yarrawonga-Mulwala Golf Club Resort, Mulwala

26

Debra Byrne: Ripe, 11am, Benalla Performing Arts and Convention Centre, Benalla

27

Albury Gold Cup Carnival, Albury Racecourse

28

Albury Gold Cup Carnival, Albury Racecourse

Loaded Gunz with special guest Brent Shirley, 7pm until late, Boomerang hotel, Lavington

Daryl Braithwaite, SS&A Albury

The Bushwackers: Gold Rush Tour, 8pm, Wangaratta Performing Arts Centre, Wangaratta

29

Ukulele Workshop — all welcome, 10am to noon, The Cube Wodonga Courtyard, Wodonga

Lachy Doley Group, bar, Albion Hotel, Albury

Melbourne Singers of Gospel and the Strange Weather Gospel Choir, from Canberra, 7.30pm. St Matthew’s Church, Albury

Rock’n’roll Music Legends — Roy Orbison and Del Shannon tribute, 8pm, Albury Entertainment Centre, Albury

Pete Murray: Feeler 10th Anniversary Tour, Kinross Woolshed Hotel, Thurgoona

Rural Lifestyle Fair and Wodonga Show, 9am to 4pm, Wodonga Showgrounds, Wodonga

Australian Boys Choir and Vocal Consort, 7pm, Mansfield Performing Arts Centre, Mansfield

Daryl Braithwaite, 9pm, Corowa RSL Club, Corowa

Matt Finish, Mulwala Waterski Club, Mulwala

30

The Beechworth Singers, tenor Robert Boyd and organist Sandra Williams present Sacred Music including selections from Handel’s Messiah and Mendelssohn’s Elijah, 2.30pm, Uniting Church, Beechworth

APRIL

1

The Wiggles Apples and Bananas tour, 10am and 12.30pm, Albury Entertainment Centre

2

Albury Entertainment Centre 50th Anniversary Theatre Season - 2014: Melbourne Chamber Orchestra Virtuosi — Viva Vivaldi!, Albury Entertainment Centre, Albury

3

Albury Entertainment Centre 50th Anniversary Theatre Season - 2014: Tashi and the Mountain of White Tigers and Tashi: Lost in the City, 9.30pm and 12.30pm, Albury Entertainment Centre, Albury

4

The Vibe, 6pm to 9pm, Arts Space Wodonga

Jazz Albury-Wodonga presents the Hot Jazz Alliance — direct from the US, 8pm, The Jazz Basement, Wodonga

Man from Snowy River Festival, Corryong

When Dad Married Fury, 7.30pm, Wangaratta Performing Arts Centre, Wangaratta

4-13

RedFEST youth festival, Wodonga

5

Saturday Student Concert, 10am, Murray Conservatorium, Albury

The McClymonts, 7.30pm, auditorium, Commercial Club, Albury

Man from Snowy River Bush Festival, Corryong

6

Sunday Blues: Blue Eyes Cry, 2pm to 6pm, Edwards Tavern, Wodonga

Live on stage: The Wizard of Oz, 3pm, Commercial Club, Albury

Man from Snowy River Bush Festival, Corryong

7

Arts Space Echoes: Journey featuring Jenny O’Hara, flute, and Peter Cominos, guitar — a musical journey around the world, 10.30am, Arts Space Wodonga

8

Free Morning Show: Dale Hooper, 10.30am, Zodiac Lounge, Commercial Club, Albury

9

An Evening with Kris Kristofferson, SS&A Albury

10

Arts Mansfield presents Controlled Falling Project acrobatics show, 8pm, Mansfield Performing Arts Centre, Mansfield

11

ThisSideUp Acrobatics:  Controlled Falling Project, 7pm, The Cube Wodonga

When Dad Married Fury, 7.30pm, Wangaratta Performing Arts Centre, Wangaratta

12

ThisSideUp Acrobatics:  Controlled Falling Project — workshop 1pm (ages 10 years plus), performances 11am and 6pm, The Cube Wodonga

People’s performance: Stainer’s The Crucifixion, St Matthew’s Church, Albury

Australian Classic Movie Nights: The Odd Angry Shot, 7pm, Star Theatre, Chiltern

13

Culcairn Country Music Club: Live music and walk-up artists very welcome, 1pm to 5pm, Culcairn Bowling and Recreation Club, Culcairn

People’s performance: Stainer’s The Crucifixion, Holy Trinity Cathedral, Wangaratta

14

Controlled Falling Project, 6.30pm, Benalla Performing Arts and Convention Centre, Benalla

15

Free Morning Show: Kings of Soul with Issi Dye, 10.30am, Zodiac Lounge, Commercial Club, Albury

16

Spare Parts Puppet Theatre: The Deep, based on the book by Tim Winton, 6pm, The Cube Wodonga

17

Spare Parts Puppet Theatre: The Deep, based on the book by Tim Winton, 10.30am, The Cube Wodonga

The Wizard of Oz Show, 10.30am, Wangaratta Performing Arts Centre, Wangaratta

Nick Fletcher, Benalla Bowls Club, Benalla

18 – GOOD FRIDAY

Golden Horseshoes Festival, Beechworth

Cutest Little Monster, 1pm to 4pm, Gapsted Wines, Gapsted

Boogie 8, Bruzzy’s Farm, Tallarook

19 – EASTER SATURDAY

Sean and Liv Cartledge, 11am, Brown Brothers Milawa Winery, Milawa

Kev Haggerty, 1pm to 4pm, Gapsted Wines, Gapsted

Golden Horseshoes Festival, Beechworth

Boogie 8, Bruzzy’s Farm, Tallarook

2013 Australian Billy Cart Championships featuring V8 Supercars driver Nathan Pretty – racing from 10.30am, Sanger Street, Corowa

Second Deni Blues & Roots Festival: John Mayer, Elvis Costello & The Imposters, Dr John & The Nite Trippers, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Grace Potter & The Nocturnals, Russell Morris, Neil Murray, Harry Hookey, Owen Campbell, Peter McWhirter, Joel Sulman, Mick Gorham, Deni Ute Muster site, Deniliquin

20 – EASTER SUNDAY

Music in the Gardens: Janet Seidel Trio, 1pm to 3pm, Albury Botanic Gardens, Albury

Sunday Blues: Mike Elrington, 2pm to 6pm, Edwards Tavern, Wodonga

Sean and Liv Cartledge, 11am, Brown Brothers Milawa Winery, Milawa

Folk with Poke, 1pm to 4pm, Gapsted Wines, Gapsted

Golden Horseshoes Festival, Beechworth

Boogie 8, Bruzzy’s Farm, Tallarook

The Andrew Wishart Band, 9pm, Mulwala Waterski Club, Mulwala

Second Deni Blues & Roots Festival: The Doobie Brothers, Gary Clark Jr, Steve Earle & The Dukes, Boz Scaggs, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, The Soul Rebels, The Wailers, Cash Savage & The Last Drinks, Shaun Kirk, Jackson Firebird, Jasmine Rae, Frank Macias, Deni Ute Muster site, Deniliquin

21 – EASTER MONDAY

Liv Cartledge, 1pm to 4pm, Gapsted Wines, Gapsted

MARKETS: THIS WEEK

THURSDAY, MARCH 13

QEII TWILIGHT MARKETS

5pm, QEII Square, Albury

SATURDAY, MARCH 15

HUME MURRAY FARMERS’ MARKET

8am to noon, Gateway Island, Wodonga

MAKE IT. BAKE IT. GROW IT.

8am to 1pm, Howitt Park, Bright

(Not Easter Sunday or Queen’s Birthday Long Weekend)

MOYHU FARMERS’ MARKET

8am to noon, Moyhu Lions Park, Moyhu

MYRTLEFORD PRODUCE MARKET

8am to noon, St Paul’s Anglican Church, Myrtleford

MANSFIELD PRODUCE SWAP

10am to noon, Snowgum Nursery, Mansfield

TOCUMWAL REGIONAL FARMERS’ MARKET

8am to 1pm, Anglican Church grounds, Tocumwal

SUNDAY, MARCH 16

ALBURY-WODONGA COMMUNITY MARKET

8am to noon, Wilson Street Carpark, Wilson Street, Albury

LITTLE ME MARKET

10am to 2pm, The Cube Wodonga, Wodonga

YACKANDANDAH LIONS CLUB COMMUNITY MARKET

9am to 1 pm, Wellsford Street, Yackandandah

DEDERANG MONSTER MARKET FAMILY DAY

10am to 3pm, Dederang Recreation Reserve

TOLMIE CRAFT AND FARMERS’ MARKET

8am to 1pm, Tolmie Recreation Reserve, Tolmie

WANGARATTA TRASH AND TREASURE MARKET

8am to 1pm, Wareena Park Swimming Pool carpark, Wangaratta

LIONS CRAFT MARKET

8am to 1pm, High Street median strip, Mansfield

YARRAWONGA ROTARY MARKET

8am to 1pm, Yarrawonga Showgrounds, Yarrawonga

ALBURY LIBRARY MUSEUM

GODS AND MONSTERS

UNTIL APRIL 7

Howard Daniel was an avid and eclectic collector.  A true renaissance man, Daniel’s passion to collect inspired his research for writing books and acquiring diverse sculptures and exotic figurines. Daniel was an empathic individual, advocating for human rights and became involved in international affairs. This took him into many countries; South America, Africa, Eastern Europe, particularly in Romania and Yugoslavia and China at the time of the Revolution. The Daniel Gift Collection came to AlburyCity through the offices of Mr. Justice J.F. Nagle, a long-time friend. The gift includes a Tang dynasty ceramic horse and rider, Chinese ivory figurines, Tibetan gilt bronze sculptures depicting fearsome-looking deities and Ashanti Gold weights from West Africa. This exhibition showcases these stunning Gods and Monsters.

THE REAL STORY OF SUPERHEROES

UNTIL MARCH 23

This internationally acclaimed exhibition is the work of photographer Dulce Pinzón, showcasing 20 colour photographs of Mexican immigrants dressed in the costumes of popular American and Mexican superheroes. The tough realities of Hispanic immigrant life in New York and the heroic fantasy of comic-book characters fuse to create a powerful and humane critique of contemporary global economics. Each photo depicts the subject in their every-day work environment, and is accompanied by a short commentary including name, hometown, years working in New York and the amount of money sent to Mexico each week.

ENTER THE PHANTOM

UNTIL MARCH 16

This enthralling exhibition explores the phenomenon of The Phantom, an American comic-strip character, popular throughout the world for over 75 years. Through a fascinating array of objects from private collectors, including posters, ceramics, rings, weapons, syroco figurines, comics, a throne and the submarine from the movie The Phantom; Slam  Evil (1996), visitors will engage with the supporting cast and constantly changing story line and messages that has kept The Phantom legend alive over the decades.

WIRADJURI TALKBACK

UNTIL JULY 1, 2014

Wiradjuri Talkback is 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.

ALBURY ART GALLERY

TEMPORARILY CLOSED

REOPENING JUNE 2015

After 32 years, the Albury Art Gallery has temporarily closed its doors to make way for a $10.5 million redevelopment. For more information about the gallery’s history, and its future, go to www.alburycity.nsw.gov.au/leisure-and-culture/albury-regional-art-gallery/redevelopment-plans.

LAVINGTON LIBRARY

MUSEUM EXPOSED!

UNTIL MARCH 30

Photography at the Australian Museum. From a Lion wrapped in plastic to a man with an aerial in his hand and a bird on his head, photographers of the Australian Museum in Sydney are exposed to many unique visual opportunities in their daily working lives. Museum EXPOSED! provides an opportunity to put forward images from the museum’s photography department which may have never seen the light of day. The Lavington Library in on the ground floor of Northpoint Tower, Griffith Road, Lavington. Free entry.

ARTS SPACE WODONGA

MY SECRET ART LIFE

UNTIL MARCH 22

Quirky collections and amazing artworks have taken over Arts Space Wodonga as the gallery showcases the “secret art life” of Wodonga Council staff. The exhibition, titled My Secret Art Life, showcases the creative side of the council’s staff, identifying, familiarising and introducing to the community a personal side to the people who work for the council. Staff members were asked to display their artistic endeavours, skills or practice, or their personal collections of significance. More than 30 staff have loaned their work for the exhibition which includes everything from nature photography, vintage cameras collections, Aboriginal art and a collection of egg beaters. Manager for marketing, tourism and cultural development Simone Hogg said the exhibition included staff from across all areas of the organisation.

GIGS ART GALLERY, WODONGA

WE LOVE PHOTOGRAPHY

UNTIL MARCH 23

More than 30 local photographers from the Albury-Wodonga Photography Group, all passionate about this medium, will come together showcasing a variety of subjects and techniques. GIGS Art Gallery is in Gateway Village, Lincoln Causeway, Wodonga. Open 10am to 4pm Tuesday to Sunday. Visit gigs.org.au for more information or phone (02) 6021 3073.

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. 

ELVERY FINE ART GALLERY, CHILTERN

SHE MAKES THINGS — HE JUST PAINTS

UNTIL MARCH 31

An exhibition of works featuring 52 paintings and 15 sculptures by by Bright artists Frank Burgers and Katharine Martin. The gallery is in the old Chiltern Masonic Hall.

SPIRITUS GALLERY, YACKANDANDAH

RESONANCE AND DISSONANCE — RECENT WORKS BY PAUL MILLER

MARCH 15 TO APRIL 6

This sequence of works is about looking at the rhythms, forms and tones of our everyday environment whether figurative or landscape-based. In essence these abstractions are about the tensions and harmonies created through the constant change, timbre and flux of our lives and our environment. Spiritus Gallery is at 2 High Street, Yackandandah and is open 10am to 4.30pm Wednesday to Monday. Phone (02) 6027 1797 or visit spiritusgallery.com.au for more information.

WOOLPACK IN  MUSEUM, HOLBROOK

HOLBROOK’S HISTORICAL TREASURES

OPEN DAILY*

This large, unique and varied display of historical treasures includes the best collection of submarine artefacts in Australia. There’s also an exhibition on the Holbrook bypass. The Woolpack Inn Museum is a two story heritage listed historic building located in the main street of Holbrook. The original Woolpack Inn was opened in 1839 by John Mitten and continued trading until it was destroyed by fire in 1895. All of the items on display have been donated by local residents over many years and now fill 22 rooms,  depicting life in the 19th century include bedrooms, dining room, sitting room, kitchen, pantry and laundry, along with a number of other rooms filled with interesting items from bygone years. Relocated and erected in the grounds is a drop slab school house, built in about 1872, a replica of the old Holbrook bakery, a blacksmith’s shop and a large collection of old machinery, wagons and coaches. The museum is at 83 Albury Street, Holbrook. Phone: (02) 6036 2131 or go to woolpackinn.com.au for more information.

*The Museum is open daily from 9.30am to 4pm at a cost of $5 per head for adults, $3 concession and $1 for children. Closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year’s Day and Good Friday. Catering for morning or afternoon tea or light lunch for groups of 20 or more by arrangement.

MAN FROM SNOWY RIVER MUSEUM AND RILEY’S VILLAGE, CORRYONG

LIVE THE LEGEND

OPEN DAILY

This 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.

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

UNTIL MAY 11

THE GATHERING II

A survey exhibition of Australian sculpture, The Gathering II presents sculptures by some of Australia’s leading artists working in three dimensions including works by Jan King, Robert Klippel,

Norma Redpath, John Meade, Gwyn Hanssen Pigott, Stephen Benwell and Paul Selwood. Comprising late modernist and contemporary works, this exhibition celebrates formal elements of form, mass, positive and negative space, movement and articulation of space as well as conceptually based art, as represented in works by Linde Ivimey and Patricia Piccinini.

MARK STONER: THE SHAPE OF THE LAND

UNTIL APRIL 16

“The shape of land is evocative of our imaginings of landscape and poses several questions. What is land, its form and material? Do we imagine verdant rolling hills, an infrared mineralogical survey map, a topographical map of the high country, or a degraded saline ancient drainage basin? Is landscape a romantic vista of plains and far off mountain peaks or an analytical outcome of complex interactions of time, geomorphic forces and weathering?” - Mark Stoner 2013. This exhibition explores these themes bringing together various installation pieces for the first time. Mark Stoner has exhibited nationally and has received several grants and residencies. His work is held in the collections of state and regional galleries including the National Gallery of Australia and he has also completed many public commissions.

UNTIL APRIL 23

FAMILIAR ENVIRONMENTS: ANTHEA KEMP:

Anthea Kemp focuses on her reaction to an introduced urban environment in which she now lives, in comparison to the familiar natural landscape she grew up in. With the Warby Ranges at her back door for 18 years, Kemp then moved to Melbourne. It is through her subconscious reaction to the urban and the natural, the organic and the geometric, that she has juxtaposed an abstract landscape in her paintings.

WANGARATTA VISITOR INFORMATION CENTRE EXHIBITIONS SPACE

SWEET DREAMS

UNTIL MARCH 31

A new exhibition of photography and digital art by Wangaratta artist Linda Lees. Open 9am to 5pm. The Wangaratta Visitor Information Centre is at 100 Murphy Street, Wangaratta.

10 TO 4 GALLERY, GLENROWAN

LOCAL ARTISTS AND CRAFTSPEOPLE

OPEN DAILY

Enjoy a diverse variety of textiles and wood, iron and other handcrafted items created by local artists and craftspeople. The gallery is at 32 Gladstone Street, Glenrowan and is open from 10am to 4pm.

BENALLA ART GALLERY

REGIONAL ART AND DESIGN — VCE 2013

MARCH 15 TO APRIL 5

Victoria’s most inspiring and high achieving 2013 VCE artists will showcase their work in the annual exhibition, Regional Art & Design (RAD). RAD is an exhibition of painting, photography, sculpture, mixed media, ceramics, film, animation, textiles, drawing, installation and printmaking produced by VCE Art and VCE Studio Arts students. Education programs include introductory lectures, folio viewings, floor talks, sessions with exhibitors and the curator. With a dynamic approach to presentation, which includes the exhibition of student preparatory support material such as folios and notebooks, Regional Art Design provides students the opportunity for artistic recognition in a public art space. RAD also gives fellow upcoming students a chance to view selected works in the lead up to their own VCE studies, providing insight, education and inspiration for their years ahead. Visit benallaartgallery.com.

ALBERT TUCKER — PORTRAITS

UNTIL JUNE 29

Albert Tucker was a major figure in the Australian modernist movement, which challenged the foundations of traditional art practice and adopted a spontaneous and visionary approach to the creative process. Throughout his career, he painted significant portraits of his contemporaries and loved ones. Sitters included Tucker’s colleagues in the so called Angry Penguins group or ‘Heide circle’ — Joy Hester, Sidney Nolan, Arthur Boyd and John Perceval. This exhibition presents 10 of Tucker’s most important portraits that transition through various periods of his artistic development, leaving a thread that connects a great portion of his oeuvre. Visit benallaartgallery.com.

PERMANENT COLLECTION

UNTIL MAY 5

The Benalla Art Gallery permanent collection is one of the most important public collections of Australian art in regional Victoria and surveys Australian art history across the periods of the colonial, indigenous, impressionist, modernist and postmodernist eras. The Benalla Art Gallery collection includes a significant collection of historic and contemporary Australian landscape paintings, prints and works on paper, sculpture, ceramics and a growing collection of Australian contemporary art. This exhibition includes works by Arthur Streeton, Tom Roberts, Frederick McCubbin, John Peter Russell, J.A. Turner, Eugene Von Gerard, Freda Robertshaw, Margaret Preston, Arthur Boyd, Leonard French, Danila Vassilieff, John Brack, Jeffrey Smart, Fred Williams, Albert Tucker, Sidney Nolan, John Perceval and Charles Blackman.

PAST & PRESENT— OUR COUNTRY 

UNTIL APRIL 6

This exhibition is an exploration of contemporary artworks in the Benalla collection that relate to a culture and story of the Australian landscape by Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists. The subject of the land is a response to the site and purpose of the place in relation to the culture of Australian people within urban and rural dwellings. See benallaartgallery.com.

BENALLA COSTUME AND PIONEER MUSEUM

LOVELY IN LACE 1750-1980

CONTINUING INDEFINITELY

Benalla Costume & Pioneer Museum is open from 9am to 5pm and is at 14 Mair Street, Benalla. Phone (03) 5762 1749. For more information, visit www.home.vicnet.net.au/~benmus. $8 entry.

RUTHERGLEN MEMORIAL HALL

RUTHERGLEN AND DISTRICT ARTISTS’ SOCIETY 21ST BIRTHDAY ART AND PHOTOGRAPH EXHIBITION

MARCH 7 TO 16

Open to all artists and photographers and featuring works by award-winning artists Barbara Beasley-Southgate, Helen Cottle and Jill Rietmeyer. Opening night 6.30pm to 9.30pm Friday, March 7 with the official opening by Indigo Council mayor Bernard Gaffney. Opening night $10, includes “lucky program”, light supper, and wines by Winemakers of Rutherglen. All artwork will be for sale.

GALLERY 294

COROWA AND DISTRICT ARTISTS’ WORKS

DAILY

Gallery 294 contains a wide range of arts and crafts of a very high standard. The work is by the talented artists and craftspeople of Corowa and the surrounding region with works representing a diverse range of media. The gallery is at 294 Honour Avenue (the Albury road), Corowa, and is open daily from 9am to 4pm. For more information, visit gallery294.org.au or phone (02) 6033 5086.

COROWA SHIRE ART SPACE

COROWA COLLECTION

OPEN DAILY

The Corowa Collection showcases the prize winners in all sections of the annual Federation Art Show that have been acquired by the Federation Art Show Committee and held in trust by Corowa Council for the past 14 years. This is the first time that these art works have been displayed together as a collection and for many of these works it is the first time they have been on public display. The gallery is open 11am to 4pm weekdays, 11am to 3pm Saturdays and 11am to 1pm Sundays.