TS Publicity invites you to
Melbourne Festival 2017

DATES: 5-22 October 2017
LOCATION: assorted locations
WEB: www.festival.melbourne/‎

ABOUT
Provoking and inspiring, Melbourne Festival seeks to connect art forms, people and ideas. At the heart of Melbourne's culture of creativity, we curate unique experiences that bring people together and break new ground in culture and the arts.
Melbourne Festival is one of Australia's leading international arts festivals and has an outstanding reputation for presenting unique international and Australian events in the fields of dance, theatre, music, visual arts, multimedia, free and outdoor events over 17 days each October.

First staged in 1986 under the direction of composer Gian Carlo Menotti it became the third in the Spoleto Festival series—joining Spoleto, Italy, and Charleston, United States. Known as Spoleto Melbourne – Festival of the Three Worlds, the Festival changed its name to the Melbourne International Festival of the Arts in 1990. In 2003, the Festival was renamed Melbourne International Arts Festival, and is now commonly known as Melbourne Festival.

​Thanks to our friends at TS Publicity Bohemian Rhapsody Club and Online Magazine will be proudly covering some assorted festival events and The Melbourne Festival Launch 2017 presented by The MF Board of Directors, Artistic Director Jonathan Holloway, and Executive Director Kath Mainlandwith special guests Martin Foley MP, Minister Of Creative Industries at the Melbourne Recital Centre 3 Sturt Street Southbank (the media for the latter: Maggie Beresford, Maggie Beresford and Paul Beresford at Beresford Productions; the festival events media to be announced separately). Please stay tuned for more details.
image below: The Age - theage.com.au

added 140 new photos to the album: MISS WORLD National Finals and Crowning 2017 — at Grand Hyatt Melbourne.

· Miss World Australia / Beauty with a purpose

National Finals and Crowning Ceremony 2017 July 14 at Grand Hyatt Melbourne

photos: Erkin Kalayci / Erkin Kalayci Independent Photographer at Cheers Melbourne Photography
Winner: Esma Voloder (VIC) / Esma Voloder - Miss World Australia 2017, 1st runner up Amy-Lee Dixon (WA), 2nd runner up La'Ace de Vries (QLD), 3rd runner up Venine Palm (WA) and 4th runner up #LaviniaWhite (NSW)

Bohemian Rhapsody Club and Online Magazine expresses it special thanks to everyone who organised and ran the show, and personally to Debby Deborah Miller )Miss World manager) and Jessica Barnes for having us and for the opportunity to cover the event as well as to Erkin for this fabulous coverage. Please stay tuned for the review to be released shortly and much much more...

Bryanna Reynolds and Fabrizio Evans at Group 42 video: 

The Melbourne Magic Festival presents 
Simon Coronel: Things By Simon 
Starring Simon Coronel
at Northcote Town Hall

review: Maggie Beresford at Beresford Productions
http://bohemianrhapsodyclub.weebly.com/travelling

​Bohemian Rhapsody Club and Online Magazine expresses its special thanks to #MMF2017 marketing management and personally to the director,#TimEllis for this amazing opportunity to cover the festival events and Maggie Beresford for the review

added 14 new photos to the album: Melbourne Magic Festival 2017: three shows — at Northcote Town Hall.
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​The Melbourne Magic Festival presents three shows:
Anthony DEMASI I Love Magic
Josh Staley at the Melbourne Magic Festival Enigma
Lawrence Leung Very Strange
all at Northcote Town Hall
photos and press release: Erkin Kalayci / Erkin Kalayci Independent Photographer at Cheers Melbourne Photography . please check it out: http://bohemianrhapsodyclub.weebly.com/travelling
Bohemian Rhapsody Club and Online Magazine expresses its special thanks to #MMF2017 marketing management and personally to the director,#TimEllis for having us there and for this fabulous opportunity to cover the festival events and Erkin for the sets of magnificent images.

i guess this is not that time of the year to mention "ice cream" of any kind (or anything to do with "ice") but the flavours at Mövenpick Ice Cream / Movenpick Melbourne Central are so unbelievably divine it is hard not to say "Si" - that's sampling I guess - and it is on the go:

​BTW, your Entertainment Book has two vouchers for the triple and double baskets and they will be half price - just check the pages and love your ice cream too no matter what the season is: https://www.entertainmentbook.com.au/orderbooks/182v887

on the pictures below - sorry , we partially destroyed ours and there is also a nice watercolor picture of the puppy from the talented girl, the artist who was sitting next to us and who was very keen to share her album:

Crazy Horse Paris and The Peach & Pineapple Co. PR invite you to
Crazy Horse Paris Forever Crazy

DATES: From Tuesday 8 August – Sunday 20 August 
LOCATION: The Palms At Crown Casino, Crown Melbourne
WEBSITE: http://www.crazyhorseparis.com.au/ 
TICKETS: http://www.ticketmaster.com.au/Crazy-Horse-Paris-…/…/1354441
TEASER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHAJPPJiCRM

The iconic and legendary Parisian Cabaret premiers in Australia for the first time in August 2017.

Crazy Horse Paris – also commonly referred as #LeCrazy – was founded by Alain Bernardin in 1951. For 65 years this famous Parisian Cabaret has entertained over 15 million patrons in its luxurious Paris theatre. Inspired by the endless theme of femininity, Le Crazy has perfected its creation of shows combining creativity and audacity with a stunningly beautiful cast of classically trained female dancers, performing bathed in rich coloured lights. The show presents itself as a unique kaleidoscope of beauty, grace, passion and precision.

The French press hails the show as “…spectacular!” (20 Minutes), while it qualifies it as a “feast for the senses” (Paris Match), and “the most beautiful show Paris currently has to offer” (Le Parisien).
Since its inception, Le Crazy Horse Paris has been dedicated to celebrating “la Femme” in a unique and creative way. Over the years it has acquired an impeccable reputation for presenting women in an incomparable, sensual and sophisticated way. Its rich artistic legacy is recognized especially among international creators, artists and designers. Over the past years Le Crazy Horse Paris has collaborated with Christian Louboutin, David Lynch, Miuccia Prada, Roberto Cavalli, Kylie Minogue, Ellen von Unwerth official, Jean Paul Gaultier to name just a few.

For over the past 65 years, its various shows have seduced an endless list of international celebrities, including ELVIS PRESLEY, Elizabeth Taylor, President #JohnFKennedy, Madonna, Christina Aguilera, Kylie Minogue, Kanye West, Beyoncé, Steven Spielberg, Marc Jacobs, Rhianna, Sting, Prince de Monaco just to name a few… The show is surrounded with International celebrity, designers and fame.
Christian Louboutin hailed Le Crazy as, ‘a monument to Paris’. The history, the unique artistic signature, the celebrity, the sophistication and sheer entertainment makes Forever Crazy a night at the theatre unlike any other.

​Thanks to our friends at Crown Towers Melbourne and The Peach & Pineapple Co. Publicity Bohemian Rhapsody Club and Online Magazine is proudly covering the official red carpet and the opening of the show (media: Rouben Dickranian / Natasha Marchev) Please stay tuned for more information coming up soon

teaser: 

added 39 new photos to the album: SHREK THE MUSICAL IN MELBOURNE July 2017 — at Union Theatre.
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Stage School Australia, Young Australian Broadway Chorus, Union Theatre, University Of Melbourne, Parkville and Make A Difference (MAD) PR invite you to Shrek the Musical Jr. https://stageschool.com.au/sho…/current/shrek-the-musical-jr - RUSH IN it is the last day today July 15!

photos: Glen Wilson at GW Photography & onstage pix
review and video by Bryanna Reynolds are coming up to our special page - please stay tuned! http://butterflyandfox.weebly.com/interviews-with-shrek.html

​Bohemian Rhapsody Club and Online Magazine expresses its special thanks to all the talents who created the Shrek and personally to #SashaIwanick at #StageSchoolAustralia for the spectacular production, to Make A Difference (MAD) PR and personally to Michael J Wilkie for the opportunity to cover the interviews, photos and to film on stage and Bryanna Reynolds Multimedia Journalist & Producer and #GlenWilsons for their marvelous job!

i am very excited to add these associates to our list: http://bohemianrhapsodyclub.weebly.com/our-sponsors-and-sup…

Hokusai Exhibition at National Gallery of Victoria from 21 July https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/exhibition/hokusai/

Dandyman July 29 at The Box Map 57 St Kilda Winter Gardens // Prue Bassett Publicity https://map57.com/what-s-on/dandyman

The Time of Their Lives Film http://au.rialtodistribution.com/the-time-of-their-lives.ht… // Rialto AU / RIALTO DISTRIBUTION AU / #NedAndCoPr

#LooseEnds 11-16 July https://map57.com/what-s-on/loose-ends // Prue Bassett Publicity

Peter Combe: Live it up and bellyflop into a pizza 29 July at The Box Map 57St Kilda Winter Gardens // Prue Bassett Publicity https://map57.com/…/peter-combe-live-it-up-and-bellyflop-in…

Map 57 and Prue Bassett Publicity invite you to
#LooseEnds

DATE: 11-16 July 2017
LOCATION: The Box Map 57 
WEB: https://map57.com/what-s-on/loose-ends

The 2013 Adelaide Fringe Award winner is coming to Melbourne with this wonderful and magical family show full of wacky thingamabobs. Tie up some ‘Loose Ends’ when this adventurous one-man show full of groovy gadgets, playful puppets and skillful clowning lands in St Kilda. A tale about friendship, jealousy, loyalty and meaningful connections... and all the messy bits in between.
Built from hard rubbish and op-shop treasures, 'Loose Ends' is a celebration of the capricious and full of unexpected situations, set in a quirky and madcap world with a touch of Wallace and Gromit and Mr Bean. “an outstanding piece of children’s theatre” The Mercury

"a fanciful journey of friendship with raw emotion and laugh out loud comedy” What’s on Adelaide ; "really draws you in, encourages you to use your other senses and engages your imagination.” Play and Go
Nominated for Best Children's Show Adelaide Fringe 2017
This performance contains:
No Coarse Language
No Sexual References
Rated G
Presented by: #WackanicalFamilyTheatre

Thanks to our friends at Prue Bassett Publicity Bohemian Rhapsody Club and Online Magazine will be covering the July 14 performance (media: Maggie Beresford/ Maggie Beresford at Beresford Productions) please stay tuned for more information to be published soon.

added 56 new photos to the album: FUN 4 KIDS 2017 — in Warrnambool, Victoria.

 · Fun4Kids Festival and Remark Marketing presented one more exciting event this year at Warrnambool, Victoria http://www.weebly.com/weebly/main.phplast weekend
review and photos: Natasha Natasha Aksenova 
http://bohemianrhapsodyclub.weebly.com/travelling

​Bohemian Rhapsody Club and Online Magazine expresses its special thanks to Fun4Kids Festival organisers and participants, Remark Marketing PR and personally #KaterinaDassios for this opportunity and to Natasha for her magnificent coverage.

Entertainment Book special: 
at Kin Vietnamese Restaurant Prahran
this is one of my favorite places in the area - the food is very delicate and cooked with lots of love - anyone can feel it - we did! having chargrilled chicken w/salad and rice; 
Cost: $14 for two. Pleasure: Priceless.
Do I make you envy? No? But anyway: https://www.entertainmentbook.com.au/orderbooks/182v887 
Buy your book but you do not have to go anywhere - let the book stay on your book shelves - there is nothing wrong with it... but obviously it will be something wring with You as you will miss out on so many great newly discovered places around Melbourne.

http://butterflyandfox.weebly.com/banjos-boots-and-beyonce.…

our press release today on Butterfly and Fox pages:
Banjos, Boots & Beyoncé – St Martins at St Martins presented by The SUBSTATION:

https://thesubstation.org.au/what…/banjos-boots-and-beyonce/

video and interview: #GlenWilson at GW Photography & onstage pix
article: #IrinaIvanova

http://butterflyandfox.weebly.com/banjos-boots-and-beyonce.…

Bohemian Rhapsody Club and Online Magazine expresses its special thanks to the organisers, the talented production team, esp. to the director Luke Kerridge and to Prue Bassett Publicity -
personally Prue Bassett and Michaela Hall for having us and to Glen and Irina for this fabulous press release.

​http://butterflyandfox.weebly.com/banjos-boots-and-beyonce.…

somehow I knew these will be the best pictures: and who can say no to the cacti... when cacti say yes to you!
before that day we also thought that burritos are made out of spikes... we also thought they would be so hot and feeling like you swallow the snake, the iron and the hedgehog at the same time... no, they (burritos if you forgot what I was talking about) are actually not hot - they are mild and taste amazing... 
bill: $17 for two for the biggest ever lunch (or should I say: avalanche!) 
at Bay City Burrito Hawthorn with Yoshi Lis spying for the Entertainment Book
want to try yours? https://www.entertainmentbook.com.au/orderbooks/182v887 but be careful the burritos are addictive like everything Spanish.

The Melbourne Magic Festival presents Simon Coronel (USA) at Northcote Town Hall VENUE: STUDIO 1 and #TheLadiesGuideToDeceitAndDebauchery starring Carisa Hendrix (Canada) at Northcote Town Hall VENUE: STUDIO 3

press release (photos and reviews): Erkin Kalayci at Cheers Melbourne Photography. : http://bohemianrhapsodyclub.weebly.com/travelling

​Bohemian Rhapsody Club and Online Magazine expresses its special thanks to #MMF2017 marketing management and personally to the director,Tim Ellis for having us at the festival and for this sensational opportunity to cover and Erkin for his 2 days work at the festival. Please stay tuned for more information coming up soon.

Geelong Gallery​ present a new exhibition #FredWilliamsInTheYouYangs

DATES: 19 August 2017 to 5 November 2017
LOCATION: Geelong Gallery Little Malop Street Geelong VIC 3220
WEB: www.geelonggallery.org.au and http://www.geelonggallery.org.au/…/fred-williams-in-the-you…
T: 03 5229 3645 | Open daily 10am – 5pm
ENTREE: Adult $16.00 | Concession $12.00 | Child $7.00 | Members $10.00 | Group (over 10) $14.00

Fred Williams in the You Yangs, the largest major in-focus exhibition of a single subject in Williams’ oeuvre. One of Australia’s most important painters, Williams irreversibly changed the way we consider the Australian landscape. In this first exhibition curated by Jason Smith since he became Director of the Geelong Gallery in May 2016, Fred Williams in the You Yangs features more than fifty paintings, drawings and prints that mark the revolutionary turning point in Williams’ art and beyond. Viewed together, they reveal the way his observation of, and work in, the You Yangs altered his – and our – ideas on how landscape could be represented. The spectacular You Yangs range lies just over 20 km north of Geelong, and is a sacred site of the Wadawurrung (also Wathaurong) people, whose traditional clan lands encompass the You Yang and Geelong. The name #YouYang comes from Aboriginal words Wurdi Youang or Ude Youang, which may have a number of meanings from ‘big mountain in the middle of a plain’, to ‘big or large hill’. Williams first spotted the range in 1957 from the deck of the ship on which he was sailing home to Melbourne from London. He commenced working in the You Yangs in 1962, and the geography provided him with various vantage points to focus on the distinctive rocky outcrops of the place, and the vast expanses of country that opened before him. The exhibition presents the groundbreaking moment that won him wide acclaim as his feeling for the landscape distilled from representation to remarkable painterly abstraction – what we now consider Williams’ indelible interpretation of the Australian landscape, instantly recognisable for their spots, dabs and dashes – underscored by his studied observations of and deep engagement with the geology and geography of the You Yangs.

​Exhibition curator and Geelong Gallery Director Jason Smith, “Fred Williams in the You Yangs focuses on the turning point in Williams’ vision of the Australian landscape, which went on to define his ‘classic’ interpretation of the Australian landscape. Exclusive to Geelong Gallery, this major exhibition reveals Williams’ enduring fascination with the You Yangs, and surveys in marvellous depth the artist’s working method.”

​Thanks to our friends at Miranda Brown Publicity​ Bohemian Rhapsody Club and Online Magazine​ is proudly covering the official opening (18 July by invitations; media: Gab Grech​ ) Please stay tuned for more information
image below: 
Fred Williams
You Yang Pond 1963
oil on composition board
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
Gift of Godfrey Phillips International Pty Ltd 1968
© Estate of Fred Yoanna Bella

added 10 new photos to the album: MELBOURNE MAGIC FESTIVAL July 6 — with Simon Coronel at Northcote Town Hall.
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The Melbourne Magic Festival presents Simon Coronel: Simon Coronelstarring Simon Coronel (USA) at Northcote Town Hall VENUE: STUDIO http://melbournemagicfestival.com/simon-coronel-thi…/running till July 8
photos: Erkin Kalayci at Cheers Melbourne Photography . please stay tuned for the upcoming review: http://bohemianrhapsodyclub.weebly.com/travelling

​Bohemian Rhapsody Club and Online Magazine expresses its special thanks to #MMF2017 marketing management and personally to the director,Tim Ellis for having us there and for this fabulous opportunity to cover and Erkin for a set of magnificent images.

added 10 new photos to the album: MELBOURNE MAGIC FESTIVAL July 5 — with Daz Buckley and Carisa Hendrix in Northcote, Victoria, Australia.
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The Melbourne Magic Festival present #TheLadiesGuideToDeceitAndDebauchery starring Carisa Hendrix (Canada) at Northcote Town Hall VENUE: STUDIO 3 http://melbournemagicfestival.com/the-ladies-guide-to-dece…/ running till July 9

photos: Erkin Kalayci at Cheers Melbourne Photography .please stay tuned for the upcoming review: http://bohemianrhapsodyclub.weebly.com/travelling

​Bohemian Rhapsody Club and Online Magazine expresses its special thanks to #MMF2017 marketing management and personally to the director,Tim Ellis for having us there and for the opportunity to cover and Erkin for a set of marvelous images.

http://butterflyandfox.weebly.com/funatorium-mad-hatters-te…

TODAY ON OUR Butterfly and Fox pages:
Map 57 St Kilda’s Winter Garden and Prue Bassett Publicity present The Funatorium Mad Hatters Tea Party running till July 9: https://map57.com/what-s-…/funatorium-mad-hatter-s-tea-party

press release: Bryanna Reynolds / Bryanna Reynolds Multimedia Journalist & Producer at Reynolds Sister Productions

http://butterflyandfox.weebly.com/funatorium-mad-hatters-te…

​Bohemian Rhapsody Club and Online Magazine expresses its special thanks to the actors of this special show, the organisers, the hosts and the management team as well as Prue Bassett Publicity and personally Michaela Hall and Prue Bassett for this wonderful opportunity to cover the performance and to Bri for her (as always) highly professional work.
​
http://butterflyandfox.weebly.com/funatorium-mad-hatters-te…

Bri's video:

with Alex and Ned at the TGI Fridays Australia for Ned's late birthday dinner. It is an Entertainment Book ultimate spot: two vouchers of 50% off in your book. plus we had a pleasure of observing Ned being happy taking photos of his food. 
all i like about it is there Jack Daniel's sauce (Ned secretly thinks it is made out of 55° Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey - the spirit? yes - which I believe is just his ultimate dream - to eat and drink at the same time - he probably has never tried the 360° russian samogon) - with Ned Vorkapic and Yoshi Lis

​your book is here (digital or hard copy):https://www.entertainmentbook.com.au/orderbooks/182v887 or you can pick up the hard copy from us - we still have some left!

Entertainment Book special: at #HummingBirdElwood. our dinner $32 for two (using the 50% off voucher) and we both had the same thoughts with Alex: 
​
'I should not have ordered the fish with that name 'hapuka"'
...and there are many reasons for that:
~ firstly there is no such fish, nor such name of the fish I guess.. if there is no fish, there is no name... if there is no name, there is no fish..
~ well, I finely found it in the very very rare dictionary: "Hapuku or Hapuka, a deep-water Maori marine fish". 
~ i guess the word itself was not right as this fish probably ate half of our portions that appeared extremely small on our plates - way too little for such price (I guess this is also cos "hapuga" means "greedy" in Russian) 
~the french owner did not want to talk french with us. not sure we will go there again - the place looked empty and abounded by locals - the neighbours' cafes were all chocolate block full nevertheless the #HummingBird was full of people who were not there... the owner was preoccupied with his laptop not with his customers (3 or 4 there) - we talked and laughed that he probably was looking at the new recipes of hapuka-the-no-name-fish to surprise us... 
~ no website either - very hard t check what they serve before going there .. .we were just in the area and popped in - otherwise we would not go there... 
~ Alex was sad: he did not want to look at his plate... 
~ and lastly, the food was extremely, and i highlight the word "extremely" tasty so neglecting the size we left full. 
~ PS. finely, I figured out what PS means - no, it is not Post Scriptum as many would think - it is on the contrary: Pepper and Salt and it should be clean I guess. I tried to clean it - at least for the sake of good photos - not with much success. I guess no PS - no Positive Sound... me Profoundly Sorry...

Blue Planet Public Relations present 
Oz Comic-Con / Oz Comic Con Melbourne / Oz Comic-Con Melbourne 2017 - THEY ARE BACK WITH MORE IN 2017!
CELEBRATING TV shows, movies, comic books, graphic novels, gaming and anime, Oz Comic-Con comes to the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC) in July.

DATES: 1-2 July 2017
LOCATION: MCEC, 1 Convention Centre Pl, South Wharf VIC 3006
WEB: http://www.ozcomiccon.com/

It's the new year and more Oz Comic-Con is headed your way! Don your capes, gather your comic books, assemble your squad and get ready to meet your favourite celebrities as they travel across Australia in 2017!

Featuring appearances by film and television stars, comic book artists and voice actors, Oz Comic-Con is the place to release your inner geek and celebrate all that is cool, awesome and nerdy. Come meet your favourite celebrity guests, check out stalls full of the latest merchandise, game on in the gaming zone, don your favourite cosplay and bring the kids for a family day out. This year’s Melbourne Oz Comic-Con features Sherilyn Fenn from the original Twin Peaks, Aly Michalka and Rahul Kohli from iZombi and Bill Farmer, the voice of Goofy.

Oz Comic-Con is the destination for pop culture fans. For more information, go to ozcomicon.com

Thanks to our friends at Blue Planet Public Relations Bohemian Rhapsody Club and Online Magazine is proudly covering both dates (media: Bryanna Reynolds at Reynolds Sister Productions, Fabrizio Evans at Group 42 and #JacEvans ). Please stay tuned for more information

I am especially pleased to add the following associates to our list:http://bohemianrhapsodyclub.weebly.com/our-sponsors-and-sup…

Scarletto's fashion shoes by Candice Bernardoni http://scarlettos.com.au/

The Melbourne Magic Festival July 3 to 15, 2017 every day from 10am to 11pm at The Northcote Town Hall and beyond! #MelbMagicFesthttp://melbournemagicfestival.com/

​Multicultural Arts Victoria Inc.: Emerge in Yarra 2017 29 Jule - 8 July http://multiculturalarts.com.au/event/einy/ at assorted lcations // Progressive PR

please make sure these events and dates are marked in your diaries:

THURSDAY June 29
Emerge in Yarra 2017 by Multicultural Arts Victoria Inc. presented by Progressive PR till 8 July http://multiculturalarts.com.au/event/einy/

SATURDAY, July 1
#SimonMoss Burger Making Master Class presented by Meat Market South Wharf Restaurant Bar / South Wharf Restaurants / #HospitalityOne01/07/2017 to 26/08/2017 1000am till 1200pm at #MeatMarket 
53 South Wharf Promenade Melbourne https://tickets.myguestlist.com.au/…/burger-making-master-…/

MONDAY, July 3
The Melbourne Magic Festival starts till 15 July at Northcote Town Hall and other locations http://melbournemagicfestival.com/

TUESDAY, July 4
Simon Coronel: Things By Simon at 9.30pm at Studio 1. Northcote Town Hall http://melbournemagicfestival.com/simon-coronel-things-by-…/

Joshua Jay as part of #MMF2017 from 4 July till 8 July http://melbournemagicfestival.com/joshua-jay-the-show/

WEDNESDAY, July 5
#TheLadiesGuideToDeceitAndDebauchery by Carisa Hendrix as part of #MagicFestival2017 till 09 July 0815pm at Studio 3. Northcote Town Hall, VIC http://melbournemagicfestival.com/the-ladies-guide-to-dece…/

FRIDAY, July 7
Osono: Our Culture 0630pm start (45min show)
at Richmond Theatrette, 415 Church St, Richmond
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/osono-our-culture-tickets-3… // as part of Emerge in Yarra 2017 / Multicultural Arts Victoria Inc. // Progressive PR

SATURDAY, July 8
#TheBestOfTheMagicFest Hosted by Nicholas J Johnson at 9.30pm at STUDIO 3 Northcote Town Hall http://melbournemagicfestival.com/the-best-of-the-magic-fe…/

Multicultural Arts Victoria Inc. and Progressive PR present Emerge in Yarra 2017
A celebration of Yarra’s diverse arts and culture

DATES: from 29 June till July 8, 2017
LOCATIONS: assorted in suburbs located close to the CBD 
WEB: http://multiculturalarts.com.au/event/einy/ 
PLEASE NOTE: there are ticketed as well as FREE events
Facebook #multiculturalartsvic
Twitter: @multiartsvic
Instagram: #multiculturalarts

Emerge in Yarra will ignite the cultural landscape of Melbourne’s inner north with a vibrant multi arts program taking place from June 29 – July 8. Now in its fourteenth year, Emerge in Yarra will continue a long tradition of unearthing and celebrating amazing new creative talents from Melbourne’s emerging refugee and culturally diverse communities. With 10 events over 10 days following Refugee Week, the festival will include commissioned works and new collaborations across visual arts, multimedia, theatre, dance, music, storytelling, spoken word, poetry and more.

The festival will officially launch on June 30 with #Submerge, an immersive, subterranean arts experience featuring multimedia projection work by African Australian artists Guled Abdulwasi and #AyshaTufa, electronic soundscapes by #FilmSchool, and spoken word by Common Ground artists.
A festival favourite, Cookin’ Up Community will see artists and creative entrepeneurs, Neda Rahmani with Saba Alemayoh, and #JaimeWilson – Ramirez with Oscar Jiminez, collaborate over two sessions on July 4 and 5, to cook up a feast of music, songs, stories and cuisine from distant homelands.

Emerge in Yarra will feature two stunning contemporary visual arts exhibitions from respected Kurdish Australian artist Rushdi Anwar, and collaborators I-Yen Chen and #YumemiKiraki, will evoke themes of home and history, both remembered and forgotten.
For music lovers, the Black Orchid Stringband will continue the legacy of legendary West Papuan musicologist #ArnoldAp with their debut album launch on July 1. The Visible Project Showcase on July 2 will launch some fine new music by upcoming artists who have participated in MAV’s Visible Music Mentoring Program including: #NeilMorris, #Semina, #KaiitWaup, #CyprienKagorora and Koraly Dimitriadis.

For musicians who want to hone their business skills, the B4U Play Forum on July 1 will be a great chance to network and hear from industry experts, while the Campfire Stories: Arise will be a relaxed and intimate evening on July 4 with storytelling and spoken word from around the globe.

The festival will culminate on July 7 with a captivating new work, Osono, created by Our Culture, fusing West African and First Nations traditions of music, dance, theatre and storytelling, exploring the journey from grief and loss, to unity and celebration.
Produced by Multicultural Arts Victoria (MAV), Emerge provides a platform in different locations around Victoria, to celebrate and acknowledge the important contributions of emerging refugee, culturally diverse and First Nations artists and communities. Emerge in Yarra is an outcome of MAV’s Emerge program which aims to empower and connect artists and communities through culture.

Thanks to our friends at Progressive PR Bohemian Rhapsody Club and Online Magazine will be covering assorted events during the event (media:Erkin Kalayci at Cheers Melbourne Photography for OSONO: OUR CULTURE Friday 7 July; Bryanna Reynolds - tentative) .Please stay tuned for more details.

IT IS ALL BECAUSE YOU MISS A LITTLE BIT OF MAGIC IN YOUR LIFE!

The Melbourne Magic Festival 2017 is back and to celebrate its TENTH BIRTHDAY they’ve pulled everything out of their sleeves and laid all their cards on the table to create the biggest magic event ever seen in Australia.

DATES: July 3 to 15, 2017 every day from 10am to 11pm at 
LOCATIONS: The Northcote Town Hall and beyond! #MelbMagicFest
WEBSITE FOR TIMES/SHOWS AND DETAILS: http://melbournemagicfestival.com/

INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS
Over 10,000 magic fans will appear at The Northcote Town Hall to enjoy over 300 shows and free events from July 3 to 15 with performances from Australia’s top magicians and International Superstars of Magic including Asia’s celebrity TV magician #EGLee (Korea), star of ‘Penn & Teller Fool Us’ Joshua Jay (USA), and the world’s greatest card expert Dani DaOrtiz (Spain).

Other international magicians performing include star of the documentary ‘Girl on Fire’ Carisa Hendrix (CAN), living legend of magic #ChuckFayne (USA), Rockstar Magician John Fung (Hong Kong), FISM award winner Simon Coronel (USA), and from New Caledonia #MonsieurEtMadameRaguin.
Interstate performers include Pierre Ulric - Mysteries (WA), Daz Buckley (NSW), and Robert Bremner (NSW) is bringing his Flea Circus to Melbourne for the first time ever.

AS SEEN ON TV
You’ll recognise many magicians from TV including ‘Gentlemen of Deceit’s Alex de La Rambelje (Australia’s Got Talent), Nicholas J. Johnson (The Real Hustle), Anthony DEMASI (KidsWB), Tim Ellis (In Gordon Street Tonight), Lawson Reeves (Big Brother), and Lawrence Leung (Maximum Choppage).

JUST FOR KIDS
As it’s the school holidays, kids are spoiled for choice with shows including Catch the Reading Bug (Sarah Jones), Have You Ever, Ever Heard? (David Chandler), The Fairy Magic Show (Lee Cohen), Learn To Fly (Dom Chambers), Mister Mike’s Wanderful Show (Mike Fields), Tricky Extravaganza (Micky Trickstar), Smoke & Mirrors (Richard Wibberley), Family Magic Show (Tim Credible), Tricky Nick is a Super Bad Guy (Nicholas Johnson), and Professor Googalfitz Explains It All (Tim Ellis).

MAGIC AFTER DARK
But in the evening it’s a mind reading, sleight of hand, grand illusions as adults can become kids again as they feast on the impossible often seeing three shows every night including A Night of Variety 2 (Raymond Truong), Welcome to the Movies 3 (Peter Nguyen), Conjure Woman (Cath Jamison), Alien Mind (Shane Hill), Gone Girl (Dom Chambers & Bayden Hammond), The Confidence Artist (Nicholas Johnson), I ♥ Magic (Anthony DeMasi), This Is Magic! (Tim Ellis), and Surreal (Josh Staley), Enigma (Josh Staley), and The Comic Conjurers: Despicable (Josh Staley - with Lawson Reeves).

SECRETS REVEALED!
If the thought of actually performing magic intrigues you, take a peek behind the velvet curtain and try a Magic Class. There’s a huge selection for kids and adults taught by Tim Credible, Lee Cohen, John Fung, Simon Coronel, Dani Da Ortiz, Chuck Fayne, and Joshua Jay.

MAGIC CENTRAL
Between shows, you’ll catch magicians jamming in Magic Central where you can grab snacks and drinks and check out the magic shop, play giant chess, Instagram in the interactive illusion, peruse the photo exhibition and be dazzled by free pop up shows.

SPECIAL EVENTS
Special events this year include Carl’s Story (presented by Vincent Care Victoria). After 30 years alone on the streets, Carl discovered magic and it changed his life. Carl’s story is true, it’s free, and it will inspire you. Also at Northcote Town Hall are MagicSports (TheatreSports for magicians), The Best of The Magic Fest (different performers every night), The Kids Magic Gala (a host of different entertainers), The Close Up Magic Gala (14 magicians on the one show!), and The Australian Junior Championships of Magic (the search for the next top magician).

Plus, for 2017 the Festival has expanded beyond the Town Hall with Moulin Beige (at the Wesley Anne), The Charles Waller Cup (an annual Magic Competition at The Magic Zone), Magicians: The Exhibition (paintings, photographs and live magic at Tall Dark & Art in Moorabin), Top Hat Tuesday (Adults only magic at The 86 in Collingwood), The Magic Workshop ( Arts Centre Melbourne), The Psychology of Magic (presented by Swinburne University Psychology Association - SUPA), and free shows and workshops in High Street, Northcote.

Thanks to our friends at the Melbourne Magic Festival Bohemian Rhapsody Club and Online Magazine is proudly covering the selected festival shows (media: Erkin Kalayci at Cheers Melbourne Photography, Bryanna Reynolds/ Bryanna Reynolds Multimedia Journalist & Producer at Reynolds Sister Productions, Jeanette Russell and Maggie Beresford at Beresford Productions) Please stay tuned for more details!

from Pen and Teller Fool Us show - Joshua Jay :