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A conversation about ‘Queensland Style’

Does Queensland have a distinctive style? How has it changed over time, and how does a notion of Queensland style translate across different disciplines?
Join fashion curator Nadia Buick with artist Michael Zavros, architect Stephen Cameron, academic Dr Courtney Pedersen, and “jeweller to the lost” Barbara Heath for a conversation about the aesthetics, themes and distinctiveness (or lack of) in Queensland’s sub-tropical design.

Part of Mercedes Benz Fashion Festival 2013, in partnership with The Fashion Archives.

Date: Tue 27 Aug 2013
Time: 6.30pm – 7.30pm
Venue: Auditorium 1

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Live! with Katie Noonan

Join Brisbane’s music darling, Katie Noonan, in conversation with Noel Mengel, exploring her musical influences and offerings.

Katie’s technical mastery and pure voice has made her one of Australia’s most significant and beloved vocalists.

A mother, singer, producer, songwriter, pianist and business woman, Katie is four times ARIA Award winning and six times platinum selling songstress who first came to prominence as the pure-voiced songstress of indie pop band George.

George’s diverse musical influences (opera, jazz and underground rock) heralded a new maturity in Brisbane’s sound. The bands first album, Polyserena, debuted at number 1 in the national charts, achieving double platinum status and spending 36 weeks in the Top 50 charts. George’s final show was performed on the steps of the Sydney Opera House in 2005.

Katie has gone on to success with her folk trio Elixir and continues to extend herself creatively by composing for physical theatre through Circa, and working with classical guitarist Karin Schaupp.

Part of Live! Queensland band culture exhibition program

Date: Thu 15 August
Venue: Auditorium 1

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A night in the JOL: Bittersweet Queensland

2013 marks 150 years since the arrival of South Sea Islanders in Queensland.

Today, more than 20,000 descendants identify as Australian South Sea Islanders and continue to enrich Queensland’s cultural diversity with their unique identity, spirituality and history.
 
Dr Kate Evans, together with Imelda Miller, Assistant Curator of Torres Strait Islander and Pacific Indigenous Studies at Queensland Museum, and John Waldron, Curator of The Australian South Sea Islanders exhibition and Project Coordinator of ASSI 150 SEQ, share their personal and professional experiences of telling sensitive, confronting, and powerful stories of Australian South Sea Islanders.

When: Wed 21 Aug 2013, 6:00 pm - 08:00 pm
Venue: John Oxley Library Reading Room, level 4, State Library

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Jazz - the ongoing revolution

From the hot sounds of New Orleans to the cool, hybrid forms of the contemporary era, discover the many facets of jazz, and how they influence our lives today.

President Queensland Jazz Archive and Lecturer in Jazz History at the Queensland Conservatorium, Neville Meyers facilitated a conversation with Lynette Irwin, Artistic Director of the inaugural Brisbane International Jazz Festival, musician and jazz time-traveller Tony Ashby, and swing era devotee Barry Ralph.

This talk was part of the Live! Second Saturday festivities in August, celebrating All That Jazz. 

When: Sat 10 Aug 2013, 4:00 pm - 05:00 pm
Venue: slq Auditorium 2, level 2

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A time for telling: Creative memory

Australian South Sea Islanders have a unique identity and heritage that has been enriching Queensland’s cultural diversity for 150 years. 2013 marks a time for telling and sharing memories, stories, and ideas. Listen to a compelling conversation with Australian South Sea Islanders about their remarkable history and contemporary identity.

Available in segments from the day-long seminar:

Introduction

A history not forgotten

Knowledge and recognition

Island connections

Creative memory

Presented as part of Memories from a Forgotten People: 150 years of Australian South Sea Islander contributions to Queensland.

When: Sat 17 Aug 2013, 10:00 am - 03:00 pm
Venue: slq Auditorium 1, level 2

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