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

OUTBACK QLD HOSTS KIDS REALITY TV SHOW [09/05/2008]
The BBC has teamed up with one of Australia's big television networks to produce a reality-style children's program in outback Queensland.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/05/09/2239721.htm

LEDGER PORTRAIT WINS ARCHIBALD PEOPLE'S PRIZE [08/05/2008]
A portrait of actor Heath Ledger has been declared the people's favourite in this year's Archibald prize, with 32,000 people voting.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/05/08/2238858.htm

ADVENTURER RELIVES MAWSON'S LEGENDARY ANTARCTIC JOURNEY [07/05/2008]
It remains one of the most extraordinary stories of human endurance.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/05/07/2238148.htm

WINTON DRAWS ON OWN EXPERIENCES FOR BREATH [06/05/2008]
Award-winning Australian author Tim Winton has learnt from his past mistakes.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/05/06/2236555.htm

EX-FESTIVAL DIRECTOR JOINS ASO BOARD [06/05/2008]
A former Adelaide Festival artistic director Anthony Steel has joined the board of Adelaide Symphony Orchestra (ASO).
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/05/06/2236599.htm

TSO'S NEW DIRECTORS NAMED [06/05/2008]
The Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra has two new board members.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/05/06/2237204.htm


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

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WONDEROUS WINTERMOON
Tucked away in Cameron's Pocket, north Queensland, the 12th Wintermoon Festival wowed and amazed a sell-out crowd on the may day long weekend. Be guided through some of the wonders of Wintermoon by festival manager, Chris Cann, and Nadia Sundae, musician and festival-goer for 12 years.
http://abc.net.au/local/videos/2008/05/08/2239410.htm

A BUSH GATHERING FOR YOUNG WOMEN
West of Alice Springs on the edge of the beautiful West MacDonnell Ranges a hundred young women from remote Aboriginal communities in Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory gathered for the Kungas Career Conference. Singer songwriter, Kerrianne Cox from Broome comes to Kungas to pass on some of her career lessons to the younger girls. "The aim is for deadly young women from the desert who are so isolated to meet women of excellence and find out about their journey and how they were able to reach their successes in life."
http://abc.net.au/local/photos/2008/05/08/2239399.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 ------------------

IRON MAN [08/05/2008]
ABC Tasmania
Billionaire arms dealer and all round genius (there are real hints of Howard Hughes here) Tony Stark is taking a joyride in a Hummer down in Afghanistan when something Very Bad happens.
http://www.abc.net.au/local/reviews/2008/05/08/2238898.htm and http://www.abc.net.au/local/reviews/2008/05/05/2236098.htm

WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS [08/05/2008]
At the Movies
Joy, (CAMERON DIAZ), is very publicly dumped by her fianc?, Mason, (JASON SUDEIKIS).
http://www.abc.net.au/atthemovies/txt/s2229416.htm

MADE OF HONOUR [05/05/2008]
ABC Canberra
I have a rule about romantic comedies...
http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2008/05/05/2235643.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 ------------------

ORACULAR SPECTACULAR [05/05/2008]
Out of Brooklyn come the highly talked about and massively hyped (for good reason) MGMT - their debut album has probably the best album title of the last year a lot of diversity and layers upon layers of beautiful sounds - and they are a two piece!! get excited about MGMTs debut record Oracular Spectacular!.
http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/review/album/s2233696.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 ------------------

RABBIT HOLE [07/05/2008]
Reviewed by Nigel Munro-Wallis for ABC Brisbane
Every now and then a play comes along that transcends the purely theatrical experience and speaks to the heart, the soul, and while this is what theatre should, in essence, be all about it all too often is not.
http://www.abc.net.au/local/reviews/2008/05/07/2237656.htm

LA LA LAND [06/05/2008]
Reviewed by Martin Corben for ABC Sydney
Hollywood - it attracts actors like blokes to the barbie.
http://www.abc.net.au/local/reviews/2008/05/06/2237036.htm

SUMMER OF THE SEVENTEENTH DOLL [02/05/2008]
Reviewed by Nigel Munro-Wallis for ABC Brisbane
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll is, without doubt, an Australian classic that did more to set the tone for contemporary Australian playwriting in the latter half of the twentieth century than perhaps any other single work.
http://www.abc.net.au/local/reviews/2008/05/07/2237621.htm

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CHILDREN'S BOOK REVIEWS [07/05/2008]
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/local/reviews/2008/05/07/2238202.htm

CREATING LOVELY PAPER-FLOWER DOLLS [06/05/2008]
Reviewed by Ann Maree Dyer for ABC Capricornia
Kusudama is a traditional Japanese craft whereby a colourful ornamental ball is covered with tiny fabric decorations.
http://www.abc.net.au/local/reviews/2008/05/06/2236992.htm

JG BALLARD'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY (REVIEW) [05/05/2008]
David Astle: Any novelist scoring his own adjective in the dictionary is a writer worth knowing about.
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/bookshow/stories/2008/2235504.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 MUSIC SHOW
10/05/2008
On The Music Show this week, two theatre works about girls and words; a female jazz drummer and a book of poems about songs.
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/musicshow/stories/2008/2238834.htm

THE WEEKEND P***T
10/05/2008
When in Rome ...
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/weekendp***t/stories/2008/2225748.htm

RN INTO THE MUSIC
10/05/2008
In their own words, Lez Zeppelin are 'all girls' and 'all zep'.
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/intothemusic/stories/2008/2222640.htm

THE P***T
15/05/2008
On her latest CD, The One Love Movement on Bantu Biko Street, modernistic fashion icon and vocal-harmony loving Simphiwe Dana sings her songs inspired by Steve Biko’s philosophy.
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/dailyp***t/stories/2008/2237212.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

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SHORT STORY
11/05/2008 at: 08:30
A Russian man is preparing to leave the residence where he has lived for many years.
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/shortstory/stories/2008/2233772.htm

SHORT STORY
11/05/2008 at: 15:30
A series of snapshots of the goings-on in town on the occasion of a holiday.
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/shortstory/stories/2008/2233775.htm

STREET STORIES
11/05/2008
Claude Ranger was a legendary Canadian jazz drummer who disappeared into thin air seven years ago.
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/streetstories/stories/2008/2234394.htm

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------------------ ARTS ON ABC TV ------------------

SOME MEANING IN THIS LIFE
the Logie Award winning story of the much admired singer and actor Belinda Emmett told through the eyes of her closest circle of family and friends. Belinda Emmett's family speaks publicly for the first time since her death from cancer in November 2006. Belinda's husband Rove McManus is interviewed, as are her parents, her best friend and her musical collaborators.
http://www.abc.net.au/austory/specials/somemeaning-repeat/default.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 ------------------

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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