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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

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NATIONAL INSTITUTIONS NEED FUNDING GUARANTEE: HUMPHRIES [14/03/2008]
The ACT Liberal Senator Gary Humphries is calling on the Federal Government to confirm whether Canberra's national institutions will lose their depreciation funding.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/03/14/2189927.htm

PRATCHETT FUNDS ALZHEIMER'S RESEARCH [14/03/2008]
Best-selling British author Terry Pratchett, who is battling Alzheimer's disease, has donated $US1 million ($1.05 million) towards research into the debilitating brain disease.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/03/14/2189270.htm

'SELFLESS' ARCHITECT JOHNSON WINS GOLD MEDAL [14/03/2008]
The winner of Australia's top architecture prize has called for a more generous approach to the design of our cities - one that emphasises public spaces and pedestrians.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/03/14/2189766.htm

NEWLY DISCOVERED DINOSAURS ENTER SYDNEY [14/03/2008]
Sydneysiders will become the first Australians to see the skeletons of a number of recently discovered dinosaurs tomorrow, when a new permanent exhibition opens at the Australian Museum.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/03/14/2190047.htm

NORTHERN LIGHTS EXTENDED [14/03/2008]
Adelaide's Northern Lights exhibit that has been illuminating buildings on North Terrace will be extended for another two weeks.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/03/14/2189466.htm

'PRISCILLA' HOTEL OWNER WALKS FREE AFTER FAILED COVER-UP [14/03/2008]
The owner of the Broken Hill hotel made famous by the movie, Priscilla: Queen of the Desert, has been given a suspended jail term for possessing drugs and ammunition.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/03/14/2189227.htm

CHOIR GIVES HOPE TO DOWN AND OUT TASMANIANS [13/03/2008]
A Tasmanian choir are getting ready to perform at Hobart's Royal Theatre in April.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/03/13/2188339.htm

REGIONS TREATED TO OPERA ON THE BIG SCREEN [13/03/2008]
People in eight regional centres across the country have tonight been able to watch a full-scale opera at their local cinema.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/03/13/2188057.htm

AUSSIE ACTOR LANDS LEAD IN US PILOT [13/03/2008]
Three months ago, Australian actor Josh Lawson came to Los Angeles to take a shot at a Hollywood career.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/03/13/2188222.htm

COREY, CHASER BOYS SHARE MTV NOD [13/03/2008]
Melbourne party boy Corey Worthington will go head-to-head with the pranksters from ABC TV's The Chaser's War On Everything at the 2008 MTV Australia Awards.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/03/13/2188619.htm

TURNER, MONET ON DISPLAY IN CANBERRA [13/03/2008]
Paintings by the world's best 19th Century landscape artists are on display for the first time in Canberra.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/03/13/2188736.htm

HARTNETT WINS CHILDREN'S LITERATURE PRIZE [13/03/2008]
Australian author Sonya Hartnett has won the 2008 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, named after the Swedish creator of Pippi Longstocking.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/03/13/2188046.htm

MESS HALL CLAIMS TOP AUST MUSIC GONG [13/03/2008]
Sydney rock duo The Mess Hall has taken out the $25,000 Australia Music Prize (AMP).
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/03/13/2189032.htm

BASHING WON'T STOP INDIGENOUS ART REFORM: TOYNE [12/03/2008]
The former Northern Territory attorney-general says an attack on him earlier this year may be linked to his involvement in the Indigenous art industry.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/03/12/2187411.htm

FRINGE SALES UP DESPITE HEATWAVE [12/03/2008]
Adelaide's prolonged heatwave has failed to deter people from embracing the Fringe.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/03/12/2187643.htm

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

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JARS OF CLAY FOR EASTERFEST
It's not everyday a three time Grammy award winner comes to town to play a concert in the park. But that's exactly what's happening in Toowooomba this Easter when Jars of Clay take to the stage at Easterfest. The band has been making waves in the Gospel music scene for more than ten years, and member Matt Odmark says they are excited about visiting the garden city, "since the beginning of our career we've been invited to Australia. And since we've been at this for a few years and as most of us have families and young ones the amount of international travel is less and less.".
http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2008/03/14/2189980.htm?refer=artsnewsletter


DIG COUNTRY
If you appreciate the range of music that constitutes the country genre, then you'll find dig COUNTRY irresistible. dig COUNTRY offers a diverse mix of contemporary, progressive and alternative styles of country music, with a smattering of traditional, heritage, bluegrass and old-timey material thrown in. http://www.abc.net.au/dig/country/

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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THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL [14/03/2008]
ABC North Qld
Royal intrigue, bloody history and fictional family soap opera mix freely in The Other Boleyn Girl.
http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2008/03/142189444.htm

WE OWN THE NIGHT [13/03/2008]
ABC Tasmania
Writer/director James Gray made his first film Little Odessa (1994) at the age of twenty-four, which seems unfair, somehow.
http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2008/03/13s2188337.htm

DEATH DEFYING ACTS [13/03/2008]
At the Movies
The year is 1926, and the world-famous illusionist, Harry Houdini, (GUY PEARCE), is on a world tour including Sydney, Australia, where the Harbour Bridge is nearing completion.
http://www.abc.net.au/atthemovies/txt/s2178132.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

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ALAS I CANNOT SWIM [10/03/2008]
Presenting the new breed of indie folk from the UK - Laura Marling who's only 18 years old.
http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/review/album/s2183782.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 FEMALE OF THE SPECIES [11/03/2008]
Reviewed by Nigel Munro-Wallis for ABC Brisbane
By Joanna Murray-Smith.
http://www.abc.net.au/brisbane/stories/s2163897.htm

THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA REVIEW [11/03/2008]
Reviewed by Nigel Munro-Wallis for ABC Brisbane
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA.
http://www.abc.net.au/brisbane/stories/s2160097.htm

HOLDING THE MAN [10/03/2008]
Reviewed by Nigel Munro-Wallis for ABC Brisbane
HOLDING THE MAN.
http://www.abc.net.au/brisbane/stories/s2182078.htm

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FRIDAY NIGHT [14/03/2008]
Reviewed by Liz Adams for ABC North Coast NSW
Joanna is a much loved English writer, who writes about women and their relationships.
http://www.abc.net.au/northcoast/stories/s2170044.htm

THE WORLD ENCYCLOPEDIA OF TRACTORS AND FARM MACHINERY [13/03/2008]
Reviewed by Anne-Maree Dyer for ABC Capricornia
Fordson, Case, John Deere, Ferguson, John T Brown, New Holland, Nuffield, Zetor and Deutz are just some of the many tractors included in this comprehensive encyclopedia by US based motoring journalist, John Carroll.
http://www.abc.net.au/capricornia/stories/s2019802.htm

THE 27TH ANNUAL AFRICAN HIPPOPOTAMUS RACE [12/03/2008]
Reviewed by Ann-Maree Dyer for ABC Capricornia
On the cusp of the Beijing Olympics, this delightful children's novel, first published in 1969 still stands as one of the most uplifting and inspiring stories for young readers celebrating the theme of good sportsmanship.
http://www.abc.net.au/capricornia/stories/s2186096.htm

DEAR HUNTING WITH JESUS [12/03/2008]
Reviewed by Liz Adams for ABC North Coast NSW
The people of America are not a homogenous lot and Joe Bageant takes us to his hometown, Winchester, Virginia to explain the customs and beliefs of that particular region.
http://www.abc.net.au/northcoast/stories/s2141194.htm

AMERICAN JOURNEYS [12/03/2008]
Reviewed by Liz Adams for ABC North Coast NSW
Don Watson takes us on a wonderful journey, mainly by train, to try to discover what it is that makes America tick.
http://www.abc.net.au/northcoast/stories/s2178891.htm

LAST NIGHT [12/03/2008]
Reviewed by Liz Adams for ABC North Coast NSW
When oil fields are sabotaged in the Middle East and Venezuela, and shipping ***s are rendered useless, Andy Sutherland, a petro-chemist workin in Iraq, realises that the civilisation will quickly collapse.
http://www.abc.net.au/northcoast/stories/s2165625.htm

REMEMBER ME [12/03/2008]
Reviewed by Liz Adams for ABC North Coast NSW
Lexie has had a great night out with her girlfriends until she slips over, hits her head and wakes up in hospital, three years later.
http://www.abc.net.au/northcoast/stories/s2165572.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 --------------------

THE WEEKEND P***T
16/03/2008
Jonas Simonson is an uncommonly fine, distinctive, imaginative and powerful player of various flutes.
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/weekendp***t/stories/2008/2170331.htm

THE P***T
17/03/2008
Sam Baker’s brush with death from a guerilla bombing in Peru in 1986 gave him a thankfulness to be alive and a desire to ‘do one great piece of art’ - his debut CD Mercy - which is now joined by the equally beautiful Pretty World.
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/dailyp***t/stories/2008/2187884.htm

SOUND QUALITY
21/03/2008
We start with more from my new best firend...
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/soundquality/stories/2008/2186871.htm

MUSIC DELI
21/03/2008
Jon Cleary and the Absolute Monster Gentlemen are on tour in Australia at the moment, thrilling audiences with their New Orleans soul, funk and blues.
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/musicdeli/stories/2008/2189423.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 ------------------


RN BOOK SHOW
17/03/2008 at: 10:05
The New York Times and The Japan Times recently reported that half of the best selling novels in Japan last year were originally composed on mobile phones.
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/bookshow/stories/2008/2187414.htm


RN BOOK SHOW
20/03/2008 at: 1005
In Geraldine Brooks' new novel People of the Book a young Australian book conservator travels to Bosnia to begin restoring the Sarajevo Haggadah, a Jewish prayer book.
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/bookshow/stories/2008/2189689.htm

POETICA
22/03/2008
The program features a selection of poems representing the hope and despair of drought in Australia, including the works of John Griffin, Judith Wright, Sidney Nolan, Flexmore Hudson, John Kinsella, Dorothy Hewett, and several others.
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/poetica/stories/2008/2165544.htm

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AIRPLAY
16/03/2008
'Dying Words' is an unusual Airplay featuring a little-known boutique publishing house.
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/airplay/stories/2008/2165673.htm


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