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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 ---------------------

SEXY MUSIC VIDEOS 'NOT THREATENING CHILDHOOD INNOCENCE' [25/04/2008]
An academic from Queensland's Gold Coast says young girls view suggestive music videos involving women with a critical eye.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/04/25/2227350.htm

BOOK SHINES LIGHT ON THAI-BURMA RAILWAY HORROR [24/04/2008]
The number of surviving Australian prisoners of war who were used as slaves on the Thai-Burma railway in World War II is dwindling.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/04/24/2226064.htm

ORGANISERS DEFEND WOMAD SISTER EVENT [24/04/2008]
The organisers of a new world music festival at a site in the Adelaide Hills believe their neighbours will eventually warm to the plan.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/04/24/2226088.htm

STRYCHNINE, COCAINE, ARSENIC: BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS [24/04/2008]
After a 15 per cent sales commission, an unusual recipe book has cost Melbourne Museum more than $37,000.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/04/24/2226137.htm

AUSSIE BEATS 4,000 GIRLS FOR ELOISE ROLE [24/04/2008]
Eloise - the precocious girl immortalised by author Kay Thompson in the 1950s - is headed for the big screen for the first time in a feature film starring a little-known Australian actress in the title role.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/04/24/2226199.htm

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

------------------ ARTS FEATURES ------------------

ART FOR THE HEART
Members of the local community around Lakes Entrance, Nungurner and Metung are coming together to honour an artist whose beautiful works of art in glass touched many lives.
http://abc.net.au/local/stories/2008/04/25/2227320.htm?site=gippsland

FIRST CUT: GALLIPOLI ART PRIZE AWARDED TO POW'S SON
This year's Gallipoli art prize has been awarded to Sydney artist Tom Carment for a portrait of his father, who was a prisoner of war in Changi during World War II. Arts reporter Adrian Raschella talked to the artist shortly after the prize was awarded in Sydney.
http://abc.net.au/news/video/2008/04/23/2225731.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 ------------------

SMART PEOPLE [24/04/2008]
At the Movies
The talented ELLEN PAGE seems to bring an incredible energy to the films she?s part of.
http://www.abc.net.au/atthemovies/txt/s2213518.htm

BLACK WATER [24/04/2008]
At the Movies
A new Australian film BLACK WATER has a couple of recent local antecedents ? the low budget, no stars nature of WOLF CREEK and thematic similarities with ROGUE.
http://www.abc.net.au/atthemovies/txt/s2213545.htm

2 DAYS IN PARIS [16/12/2007]
At the Movies
The lovely French actress Julie Delpy stars in 2 DAYS IN PARIS which she wrote, directed, produced, edited and scored.
http://www.abc.net.au/atthemovies/txt/s2108149.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 ------------------

FLYING COLOURS [21/04/2008]
Bliss n Eso have returned in such great form that the level that the group have progressed on their third album is remarkable.
http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/review/album/s2220638.htm

POSTCARDS AND DAYDREAMING [21/04/2008]
ABC Wide Bay Qld
Postcards and Daydreaming is an album of winter.
http://www.abc.net.au/local/reviews/2008/04/21/2222349.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

------------------ THEATRE REVIEWS ------------------

RETURN TO THE FORBIDDEN P***T [17/04/2008]
Reviewed by Winsome Denyer for ABC North Qld
Who ever would have thought a science-fiction story based on Shakespeare's The Tempest with a 60s rock'n'roll soundtrack would work?
http://www.abc.net.au/local/reviews/2008/04/17/2219488.htm

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THE DARK LANTERN [18/04/2008]
Reviewed by Sue Gammon for ABC Wide Bay Qld
You can almost feel the damp of the English fog on your cheeks as you read this debut novel.
http://www.abc.net.au/local/reviews/2008/04/18/2220917.htm

NOTHING TO LOSE [18/04/2008]
Reviewed by Sue Gammon for ABC Wide Bay Qld
Reading the latest Jack Reacher thriller is like putting on a comfortable pair of shoes - no surprises, but an enjoyable experience anyway.
http://www.abc.net.au/local/reviews/2008/04/18/2220846.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 --------------------


RN INTO THE MUSIC
26/04/2008
Finnish musicians Kimmo Pohjonen and Iiro Rantala are virtuoso players bursting with imaginative energy, pursuing fresh musical and performance ideas and embracing new technologies.
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/intothemusic/stories/2008/2219545.htm

SINGERS OF RENOWN
26/04/2008
John Cargher has regularly been asked how he came by his love of music and his special appreciation of the human voice, and, how he managed to learn so much about it to keep presenting SINGERS OF RENOWN for so many years?
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/singersofrenown/stories/2008/2205660.htm

THE MUSIC SHOW
26/04/2008
Guests on this week's show: kd lang talks about her new album, the songs and how she writes.
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/musicshow/stories/2008/2220772.htm

THE WEEKEND P***T
26/04/2008
Only on this show would our co-featured artists ever be co-stars! Each is of a different gender, nation, musical background and generation.
nla_internal_2706321.jpg you want more on Radio National's Music programs you can sign up at http://www.abc.net.au/rn/music/maillist/default.htm

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LINGUA FRANCA
26/04/2008 at: 1545
John Hughes reads his essay on the power of all that accretes in language.
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/linguafranca/stories/2008/2226392.htm

POETICA
26/04/2008
Poems of anger, hate, fury and vengeance including works by William Blake, WB Yeats, Dylan Thomas, John Donne, Alexander Pope and many others.
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/poetica/stories/2008/2175139.htm


SHORT STORY
27/04/2008 at: 08:30
Preparing to attend the class reunion prompts memories of schooldays.
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/shortstory/stories/2008/2206838.htm


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AIRPLAY
27/04/2008
A requiem for voices and other sounds.
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/airplay/stories/2008/2175170.htm


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TRIPLE J - Album reviews - http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/review/album/

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------------------ ARTS ON ABC TV ------------------
COLLECTORS
Collectors is not just a showcase for collectables. It's a wonderful expose of people's curious habits and obsessions, offering practical hints on all manner of things - what's hot in the intriguing, world of collecting, how to care for and display one's coveted find, the thrill of the chase, and of course the pitfalls along the journey
http://www.abc.net.au/tv/collectors/


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 ------------------

The May issue of limelight celebrates all things Italian! From the drama of Italian opera, to the sophistication of Italian cinema. From picturesque countryside to that special Italian way of life? We interview David Stratton about Italian cinema, and present the Italian Hall of Fame of artists, scientists and philosophers.
http://shop.abc.net.au/browse/product.asp?productid=840016

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