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Each week this newsletter brings you information on coverage of the arts across ABC Online, TV and Radio. Find out how to subscribe to this newsletter at http://abc.net.au/arts/mail.htm

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Latest Arts News | Arts Features | Latest Reviews | Arts on Radio | Arts on TV

----------------- LATEST ARTS NEWS ---------------------

CODE BOLSTERS INDIGENOUS ARTIST PROTECTION [15/02/2008]
Aboriginal artists will have more commercial protection with the finalisation of a National Code of Conduct on Indigenous Art.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/02/15/2163432.htm

DUNSTAN ARTWORK ON SHOW AT PLAYHOUSE [15/02/2008]
The first stage of a refurbishment of the Festival Centre's Dunstan Playhouse will be unveiled today.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/02/15/2163371.htm


MENTAL AS ANYTHING DRUMMER WINS COMPO CLAIM [14/02/2008]
The remaining members of Mental As Anything have been ordered to pay compensation to their drummer for throwing him out of the band.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/02/14/2162788.htm

YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN, JUDGE TELLS GIBSON [14/02/2008]
Oscar Award-winning film star Mel Gibson, who made worldwide news by unleashing an anti-Semitic tirade during his 2006 arrest for drink-driving, has received a judge's approval to serve the rest of his probation without appearing in court again.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/02/14/2162733.htm

ICONIC CINEMA MAKES WAY FOR OFFICES [14/02/2008]
One of Brisbane's oldest cinemas - the Regent Theatre - is set to close its doors with an office tower earmarked for the site.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/02/14/2162173.htm


MUSIC LEGEND SMOKY DAWSON DIES [14/02/2008]
Australian country music legend Smoky Dawson passed away this morning at the Hornsby Hospital in Sydney's north.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/02/14/2162398.htm


More arts news at http://abc.net.au/news/arts/default.htm

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1GUY AND ONE INTRUMENT CREATE A REAL BUZZ
A former professional jazz musician has turned his talent with the upright bass into a globe-touring one man band show with a real difference, as we found out first hand.
http://www.abc.net.au/perth/stories/s2163162.htm

NATIONAL MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL
This year's National Multicultural Festival has it all: incredible live music acts, eclectic (and free!) fringe events, theatre, lakeside opera, community events, workshops, films and of course, plenty of lipsmackingly good food. Online coverage includes: map of event venues, festival photo gallery, stories, audience event reviews, recipes, and program highlights.
http://www.abc.net.au/canberra/features/nmf/default.htm

More arts features at http://abc.net.au/arts/default.htm

------------------ ENTERTAINMENT AND ARTS BLOGS ------------------

ARTICULATE
ABC News Online's daily take on arts news and events in Australia and throughout the world.
http://blogs.abc.net.au/articulate/

THE SHALLOW END
Casting a critical eye over entertainment news from Australia and the world.
http://blogs.abc.net.au/theshallowend/

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------------------ FILM REVIEWS ------------------

DARJEELING LIMITED [14/02/2008]
ABC Tasmania
Wes Anderson is a genuine original, consistently defying Hollywood conventions ? and audience expectations.
http://www.abc.net.au/tasmania/stories/s2162483.htm

JUMPER [14/02/2008]
At the Movies
JUMPER is the new film from director Doug Liman, it?s an adaptation of a sci-fi novel by Steven Gould.
http://www.abc.net.au/atthemovies/txt/s2144763.htm

THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY [14/02/2008]
At the Movies
On December 9, 1995, Jean-Dominique Bauby, the editor of Elle magazine, suffered a massive stroke which left him with "locked-in syndrome" ? he is almost entirely paralysed ? the only thing he can move is his left eyelid.
http://www.abc.net.au/atthemovies/txt/s2144702.htm


More Film Reviews at http://www.abc.net.au/arts/review/film/default.htm If you are interested in RSS feeds of movie reviews, they can be found at http://www.abc.net.au/backyard/rss.htm

------------------ MUSIC REVIEWS ------------------

CRUEL GUARDS [12/02/2008]
Reviewed by Jarrod Watt for ABC Ballarat
Is this the best album in Australia right now?
http://www.abc.net.au/ballarat/stories/s2157895.htm

PILGRIMS PROGRESS [12/02/2008]
Reviewed by Jarrod Watt for ABC Ballarat
For fans of Australian music who were not present in Melbourne's inner city music venues in the late 1980s, and who may not have ever owned a paisley shirt or pointed suede boots in their life, this is perhaps one of the greatest Australian re-issues you could lay hands on this year.
http://www.abc.net.au/ballarat/stories/s2151489.htm

BEAT PYRAMID [11/02/2008]
Prepare your ears for some great, new, angular indie rock from Southend-on-sea UK - TNPT are four 19yr olds, recently signed to Domino Records, who have created mass hype from their new brand of edgy indie.
http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/review/album/s2158915.htm

More Music Reviews at http://www.abc.net.au/arts/review/music/default.htm If you are interested in RSS feeds of music reviews, they can be found at http://www.abc.net.au/backyard/rss.htm

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THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA REVIEW [13/02/2008]
Reviewed by Nigel Munro-Wallis for ABC Brisbane
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA.
http://www.abc.net.au/brisbane/stories/s2160097.htm

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CHILDREN'S BOOKS WITH LAURINE CROASDALE [15/02/2008]
Reviewed by Laurine Croasdale for ABC Canberra
Author and reviewer Laurine Croasdale is a regular guest on 666 Drive, talking about the latest books for children.
http://www.abc.net.au/canberra/stories/s2163673.htm

BEHIND THE BESTSELLERS [14/02/2008]
Reviewed by Sue Gammon for ABC Wide Bay Qld
Bearing in mind that the subtitle says "true stories behind the world's 'favourite' books", the avid reader will find a lot of amusing and interesting trivia in this collection.
http://www.abc.net.au/widebay/stories/s2157967.htm

ENGLEBY [13/02/2008]
Reviewed by Anne-Maree Dyer for ABC Capricornia
'My name is Mike Engleby, and I'm in my second year at an ancient university'.
http://www.abc.net.au/capricornia/stories/s2161383.htm

DEATH AT DAWN [11/02/2008]
Reviewed by Sue Gammon for ABC Wide Bay Qld
There's nothing like a good royal conspiracy to whet the appetite of an aspiring writer, and the debut novel from Caro Peacock owes much to the rumours concerning the death of Princess Charlotte in 1817.
http://www.abc.net.au/widebay/stories/s2159653.htm

SCAR REVISION BY TRACY RYAN (REVIEW) [11/02/2008]
Geoff Page: That poem, 'First Burn', is one of the more direct in Tracy Ryan's new collection, Scar Revision.
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/bookshow/stories/2008/2159225.htm

More reviews at http://abc.net.au/arts/review/default.htm ]

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------------------ RADIO NATIONAL ------------------ http://abc.net.au/rn

------------------ RN Music Highlights --------------------

SINGERS OF RENOWN
16/02/2008
Singers include tenors Helge Roswaenge and Alfredo Kraus, sopranos Majella Cullagh and Jeanette MacDonald, mezzo-soprano Shirley Verrett and baritone Giuseppe Taddei.
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/singersofrenown/stories/2008/2111293.htm

THE MUSIC SHOW
16/02/2008
On The Music Show this week: two great voices: veteran British singer songwriter with the 'velvet voice' Bob Fox & increasingly popular and accomplished Australian Lior- both have new albums and both talk to Andrew Ford this Saturday.
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/musicshow/stories/2008/2162967.htm

RN INTO THE MUSIC
16/02/2008
Kind Of Blue by Miles Davis stands as a timeless masterpiece and has sold more copies than any other jazz release in history.
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/intothemusic/stories/2008/2141895.htm

THE WEEKEND P***T
17/02/2008
Tonight's show revolves around a definitely-Brazilian album for classical guitar, solo.
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/weekendp***t/stories/2008/2152672.htm


if you want more on Radio National's Music programs you can sign up at http://www.abc.net.au/rn/music/maillist/default.htm

------------------ RN Book highlights ------------------

STREET STORIES
16/02/2008
There are more than 40 million widows in India today and for a large proportion of these women, their lives are what some have referred to as a living sati, a reference to the now outlawed practice of widow burning.
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/streetstories/stories/2008/2151526.htm

SHORT STORY
17/02/2008 at: 08:30
An ageing actor subjects himself to yet another audition but finds the standards required in the profession have slipped.
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/shortstory/stories/2008/2159534.htm

RN BOOK SHOW
17/02/2008 at: 1905
Listeners to Radio National on Sunday nights will be familiar with today's guest -- Garrison Keillor, creator and star of the popular radio program A Prairie Home Companion.
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/bookshow/stories/2008/2162855.htm

THE BOOK READING
18/02/2008
Between 1922 and 1925, Virginia Woolf began an outline for a book, which had the working title of 'At Home' or 'The Party'.
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/bookreading/stories/2007/2104957.htm

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AIRPLAY
17/02/2008
The new thinking in Czechoslovakia is putting pressure on Martin.
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/airplay/stories/2008/2141636.htm

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------------------ ARTS ON ABC TV ------------------
ANDY WARHOL
We take a look at the first major retrospective of Andy Warhol ever to be held in Australia. An exhibition that bring together more than 300 art works, including: paintings, drawings, prints, sculptures, photographs, films, videos and installations.
http://www.abc.net.au/tv/sundayarts/txt/s2163130.htm


more details about arts programs on ABC Television across the next few days at http://www.abc.net.au/tv/

------------------ LIMELIGHT: ABC ARTS IN PRINT ------------------

In the February issue of limelight, we talk to Nigel Kennedy, the enfant terrible of the classical world, upon his return to Australian shores. PLUS from Vladimir Ashkenazy in Sydney to Paul Daniel in Perth, we recommend the top 20 conductors you must see live in 2008. We also take you on a cultural tour of Townsville and Andre Rieu updates us on his latest travels in his exclusive monthly column.
http://shop.abc.net.au/browse/product.asp?productid=602280

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