The Arts

Our Place @ CRAG
Date: 24 July to 29 August 2010
Category: Exhibitions
Our Place is an exhibiton of prints, paintings and textile pieces created by five local artists in response to their engagement with the landscape of the Hunter Valley including Jaqui White, Linda Greedy, Pamela Ireland, Amanda Davies and Pamela Fitzsimmons.

August at the WCC with Fiona Bateman, Ron Royes and Julia Francis
Date: 6 to 29 August 2010
Category: Exhibitions
Opening on Friday 6th August, at 6pm with drinks and nibblies.

Fiona Bateman, Ron Royes and Julia Francis will all be exhibiting landscape-inspired, new works.

The Rock Show with Jon English @ CPAC
Date: 6 and 7 August 2010
Category: Performances
Join Jon English and a unique troupe of multi-talented, multi- instrumentalist young rockers on a journey through the 1960s and 70s to rediscover the music that shaped a generation. This extraordinary group of performers will bring life to some of th e greatest legends of the rock'n'roll era.

This production has played to packed houses across NSW and returns to CPAC after an acclaimed success with the audience begging for more in 2009. Tickets will go fast so don't miss your chance - Book today!

The Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare
Date: 6 to 14 August 2010
Category: Performances
A magical comic fable of madness and love

A Reamus Youth Theatre Production
Directed by Rod Ansell - August 6 to 14

Shakespeare's beautiful comedy, The Winter's Tale is a magical and mysterious romantic fable of love, adventure, insanity, folly and redemption.

A mighty king, driven insane by jealousy, tears his family apart. His beautiful daughter grows up in a fairy-tale far-off land, unaware of how a strange and miraculous destiny will re-unite them.

The Winter's Tale contains Shakespeare's most famous stage direction - "Exit, pursued by a bear".

Shakespeare's humour and wisdom shine through in Reamus Youth Theatre's hilarious and moving production.

Gasland - A film by Josh Fox [WAGE]
Date: Wednesday 11-Aug-10 at 7:15 pm
Category: Film
Hunter Valley Protection Alliance is pleased to invite you and your friends to a special preview screening of Josh Fox's controversial & award-winning documentary GASLAND

7:15pm 11 August 2010
Majestic Cinemas Singleton
21 Ryan Ave

Tickets $10 each (plus $1 booking fee)
Purchase at www.gasland.com.au/huntervalley

Limited tickets available - on sale now and selling fast

Offenbach Down Under @ CPAC
Date: Friday 13-Aug-10 at 7:30 pm
Category: Performances
Scott Blick and Blue Bottle Productions return to CPAC following the success of the SHREWD MAID in 2009 with an evening of opera excerpts from some of the Offenbachs well known operas, and the Australian premiere of his short chamber opera - PEPITO

Sydney Male Choir at Mercy Convent
Date: Sunday 15-Aug-10 at 2:30 pm
Category: Performances
Sydney Male Choir of about 50 singers performing accompanied (keyboard) and unaccompanied songs such as choral ballads, musical theatre, love songs, Welsh hymns and more, under the direction of Alan Thrift.

ADFAS: Architectural Trompe L'oeil ('Trick the Eye') - Mr Stephen Taylor, NADFAS
Date: Monday 23-Aug-10 at 7:00 pm
Category: ADFAS Lecture
At Cessnock Performing Arts Centre, corner of Aberdare Rd and Vincent St, Cessnock. Evening Lectures start promptly at 7 pm, followed by wine and sandwiches.

Laguna Public School P&C Art Show
Date: 28 and 29 August 2010
Category: Exhibitions
19th Annual Art Exhibition

This year's art show will begin, as always, with a gala Opening Night on Friday 27 August. The exhibition will be open to the public all weekend (28 and 29 August) from 10am to 4pm.

Governor Macquarie's Favourites: the Music of Scotland
Date: Sunday 29-Aug-10 at 2:00 pm
Category: Performances
Chris Duncan - renowned Scottish fiddler, Catherine Strutt - piano and Jennifer Strutt - Cape Breton Step Dancer, present an afternoon of Scottish music in the Reception Room of the Sisters of Mercy Convent.

Lorna Wall Exhibition @ WCC
Date: 3 to 12 September 2010
Category: Exhibitions
Details to follow

Theatrefest Hunter 2010
Date: 3 and 4 September 2010
Category: Performances
This fun and exciting unique event, brings together Theatre Groups and Students from Year 9, 10, 11 and 12 throughout the region, in a competition to be held at the Cessnock Performing Arts Centre on Friday 3rd and Saturday 4th of September 2010.

Awabakal to Wonarua @ CRAG
Date: 4 September to 17 October 2010
Category: Exhibitions
An exhibition of indigenous artworks that explore the culture, lives and stories of the original Hunter Valley inhabitants, informed by oral history, archaeological research and anecdotal evidence. The exhibition will be supported by community forum, story telling and outreach program.

This exhibition follows on from the very successful exhibition story.art.history.place, and will include works by Les Elvin and Leslie Salem.

Maitland Repertory Society Presents - Kid Stakes
Date: 15 September to 2 October 2010
Category: Performances
Kid Stakes by Ray Lawler, Directed by Noel Grivas

The first part of the Doll Trilogy. A joyful portrait of the summer of the first doll, in which a chance encounter brings Olive and Emma, Roo and Barney, into the shabby Carlton terrace to begin a seventeen year journey of seasonal love and argument. Kid Stakes introduces the fun-loving Nancy, who has left the scene by the seventeenth summer, adding a new poignancy to the story.

Peter Williams Exhibition at WCC
Date: 17 to 26 September 2010
Category: Exhibitions
Details to follow

ADFAS: Cooking for Kings (Napoleon, The Prince Regent and Tsar of Russia) - Mr Ian Kelly
Date: Monday 27-Sep-10 at 7:00 pm
Category: ADFAS Lecture
At Cessnock Performing Arts Centre, corner of Aberdare Rd and Vincent St, Cessnock. Evening Lectures start promptly at 7 pm, followed by wine and sandwiches.

Emerging Artist Awards 2010
Date: 1 to 10 October 2010
Category: Exhibitions
Call for entries for the 5th EMERGING ARTISTS AWARDS

The Wollombi Valley Arts Council (WVAC) invites entries from all emerging artists of any age in any medium!

This award is open to all artists who haven't had a solo exhibition in a commercial gallery (not-for-profit galleries including artist-run spaces not included).

Wollombi Valley Short Film Festival
Date: Saturday 02-Oct-10 at 7:00 pm
Category: Performances
Since 1998, the Film Festival has encouraged locals and the rest of the world to show their video activities to a most enthusiastic audience.

Driving Miss Daisy @ CPAC
Date: Saturday 09-Oct-10 at 8:00 pm
Category: Performances
The relationship between Miss Daisy, a stubborn elderly Southern woman of priviledge and Hoke, her loyal and patient chauffeur, makes this one of the best dramas of all time. This is a play of wonderful spirited characters, people who demopnstrate sassiness, independence, tolerance, admiration and eventually, respect for one another.

Movies by Moonlight - Singleton
Date: Friday 15-Oct-10 at 7:00 pm
Category: Film
Enjoy a night out like no other at Hunter Street this October. Stretch out on the grass and watch a family favourite on a massive six metre by three metre outdoor screen.

A Musical Journey for Cello and Soprano
Date: Sunday 17-Oct-10 at 2:00 pm
Category: Performances
Rachel Scott, cello and Nicole Thomson, soprano, perform in the stunning Sisters of Mercy Chapel.

Performance commencing at 2.00pm.

Reservations are recommended. Limited tickets will be sold at the door.

ADFAS: The Splendour of Hampton Court Palace - Ms Linda Collins BA (Hons), MA Dip Francais, NADFAS
Date: Monday 25-Oct-10 at 7:00 pm
Category: ADFAS Lecture
At Cessnock Performing Arts Centre, corner of Aberdare Rd and Vincent St, Cessnock. Evening Lectures start promptly at 7 pm, followed by wine and sandwiches.

Kaye Lovie and Mary Francis Exhibition
Date: November 2010
Category: Exhibitions
Kaye Lovie and Mary Francis return to the WCC