NEW LIFE RESIDENCY is the world’s first non-visual residency program for artists. The residency is organized by Wooloo as a work of Manifesta 8, the European Biennial of Contemporary Art, and will take place this fall in the Region of Murcia, Spain.

Artists are invited to apply for participation in the residency at www.wooloo.org/residency with the deadline for work proposals is AUGUST 15th, 2010.

Don’t look now, but Gallery Burlesque “just got darker” with this latest exhibition from the new and very cool mixed media show that supports local arts from the walls to the stages.

Featuring art from talented emerging artists Jordan Clarke, as well as Emily Moore, Umut Ince, Daisy Jaw, Robert Fedrick and Dolly Sheep.

Combine this with the heart thumping moves of burlesque beauties Ruby Riccadonna, LaBec, Sapphire Blue, Cherry Lush & Venus Vamp and debuting the voice of Stanmore Phoenix.

There’s simply nowhere else for you to be but SOL SUTRA (239 Oxford Street Darlinghurst) on JULY 21st, Wednesday @ 7.30PM

Entry by DONATION

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If anyone has been watching SBS Sports coverage of the Fifa world cup, you will no doubt have heard the most annoying phenomenon to hit the sound waves since Lady Gaga, that’s right, its the mighty Vuvuzelas.

According to Wiki, “The vuvuzela (English pronunciation: /vuːvuːˈzeɪlə/) , sometimes called a “lepatata” (its Tswana name) or a stadium horn, is a blowing horn up to approximately 1 m (3 ft 3 in) in length. It is commonly blown by fans at football matches in South Africa”

But according to the millions of people watching the games in the comfort of their homes, the noise (which sounds like buzzing bees) is unbearable, with many people either turning the sound off and or turning the TV off altogether.

So what can we do to get FIFA to ban the Vuvuzelas ?

1. Contact SBS Television and complain

Phone: 1800 500 727 (toll free)
Email: comments {at} sbs.com(.)au

2. Go to www.banvuvuzelas.com and sign the petition

3. #Vuvuzelas in your twitter posts and make NOISE!

Here at Two Flat Whites, we’re all about giving creative types the chance to share their talent with the world. Two Flat Whites focuses on discovering, promoting & nurturing Australian talent. Whether you are a budding young writer, fashion designer, artist, photographer, musician, restaurateur, chef or film maker this is the network for you!

Two Flat Whites are launching a series titled “Supporting the wider community”. The aim of this series is to help promote the need for the more fortunate to help out the less privileged in our society. We will be doing this by showcasing a number of charity organisations that Two Flat Whites supports.

We kick off with CARE Australia. They joined the CARE International family in 1987, led by former Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser. Today, CARE Australia manages programs in over 20 countries. They focus on feeding the hungry in developing countries, pioneer primary health programs and respond with both emergency relief & long term agro-forestry projects.

Finding it a little difficult to find a present for someone special & want to step out of the box? CAREgifts are a fantastic solution. A CAREgift really does keep on giving. Your gift could provide endless benefits for a community and help alleviate poverty. With CAREgifts, lives are changing, people are becoming healthier, children are better educated and families are benefiting from higher incomes

Visit the CARE Australia website here.

Vivid Sydney is back to shine light, music and ideas across the city in the biggest festival of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere. From large-scale light installations and projections through to music performances, ideas, creative summits and beyond, Vivid Sydney pulls out all the stops across every creative field. From art lovers and creatives through to families and first-timers to Sydney, everyone will find something illuminating about Vivid Sydney!

The Sydney Writers’ Festival 2010 celebrates the year’s literature and welcomes the writers, both local and international, who have produced it. This year will bring to you a galaxy of writers who will excite, inspire, inform and, perhaps, even enrage you. Many of these writers are well known names, others you will be meeting for the first time. All of them have important things to say.

The literary endeavour is at the heart the festival and this year the festival welcomes the likes of Colm Tóibín, Peter Carey, Lionel Shriver, Yiyun Li, Les Murray, Alex Miller and a host of newer novelists, as well as the swag of poets who complete the literary roundup. You will also see space for poets and international writers to read their work but this year there will also be a series of Reading Musters, giving you the chance to hear a great number of local fiction writers read.

The program is exciting, and comprehensive; with over 300 events, many are free. There is something for everyone at this year’s festival. So strap yourself in and enjoy the Sydney Writers’ Festival which will run from the 15th May to 23rd May 2010. See you there!

We are all doing it tough, it’s hard times out there! This may be the case, but remember, there are always people out there a little less fortunate than yourself. So dig deep and support one of the Charities that Two Flat Whites supports. You will find a list of these below and on the Two Flat Whites front page.

Care Australia

The Exodus Foundation

The Big Issue

The Salvation Army

The Smith Family

Royal Flying Doctor Service

Street Smart – helping the homeless

The Surry Hills Neighbourhood Centre is proud to present the Surry Hills Festival for 2010. The festival’s regular home of Prince Alfred Park is undergoing extensive renovations, so this year the festival will be finding a temporary new home and a new shape. The 2010 festival will be creative, intimate and have a community picnic feel with the entertainment stages limited to two small parks – Ward Park (Devonshire Street) & Shannon Reserve (Crown Street), and possibly other satellite venues.

The festival will present a mosaic of live entertainment and djs, 60 market stalls, free fun activities for kids and families, tasty international food, amusement rides and the famous Surry Hills Dog Show, in a miniature version of the usual festival. Festival goers are also encouraged to take the opportunity to explore other activities and venues around the suburb on festival day.

Getting There

Surry Hills is accessible by bus, train and light rail and local venues are within walking distance. Ward Park is just a short stroll up Devonshire Street from Central Station and Railway Square. Once you’re there, Surry Hills is the perfect walking suburb as there’s something to uncover on every corner – and plenty of pubs and cafes to take a load off from a long day’s walk.

Date and time: Saturday 10th April 2010 from 9:30am to 6:00pm

Location: Ward Park, Shannon Reserve, Surry Hills and various other venues across Surry Hills (only for 2010 – back in Prince Alfred Park in 2011.)

Internationally recognised for propelling authors into the literary spotlight, the shortlist for the regional winners from South East Asia and Pacific has been unveiled in the race to win the influential 2010 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize. Offering an exceptional opportunity for new writers to demonstrate their talent and for authors already on the literary scene to strengthen their reputation – writers across the region – are in pole position to compete with the best authors from, Africa, Caribbean and Canada and South Asia and Europe to win the coveted prizes of the Commonwealth’s Best Book and Best First Book. Read who was shortlisted»