October |
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| Wed 8 Oct | David Marr: The Henson Case |
| Thu 9 Oct | Christine Manfield: Fire, Spice, Adventure |
| Thu 15 Oct | You Can’t Always Get What You Want: My Life With the Rolling Stones |
| Sun 19 Oct | Uncovered: Moreton Bay Penal Settlement |
| Sun 19 Oct | A high impact afternoon with Matthew Reilly: The Six Sacred Stones |
| Tue 21 Oct | A night by the fire with... Yvette Walker |
| Thur 23 Oct | Reforming women: Social activism and the Brisbane Women’s Club |
| Sat 25 Oct | Queensland Poetry Slam Final |
November |
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| Thur 13 Nov | Richard Flanagan: Wanting |
| Thu 13 Nov | Pioneers Uncovered |
| Tue 18 Nov | A night by the fire with... the clowns! |
| Tue 25 Nov | Tea and Music: Women in song |
| Sun 30 Nov | Music and Words |
Listen to past talks held at the State Library
Deepen the Conversation...
Creators, thinkers and leaders will inspire and challenge in this series of conversations that invite you to listen, talk, discuss and share ideas.
Design Discipline
Come along to a series of weekly lectures from a broad range of design disciplines including architecture, landscape architecture, industrial and interior design.
Each week will feature two leading Brisbane and interstate designers showing and discussing their practice. The weekly schedule will be posted here shortly.
“Design is art people use” Ellen Lupton.
| 7 Oct | Rowan Opat (Architect, Melbourne) and Linda Marie Walker |
| 14 Oct | Tanya Court (Landscape Architect, University of Adelaide) and Craig Moursey (CMD Design) |
| 21 Oct | Joanne Jackovich plus Special Guest to be announced |
When: Every Tue 22 Jul-21 October (excluding 2, 16, & 30 Sep), 6:30pm-8pm
Where: slq Auditorium 1, level 2
Tickets: Free, bookings qtix 136 246
Presented by State Library and QUT School of Design
David Marr: The Henson Case
The Australian Prime Minister called them ‘absolutely revolting’. Their removal from a Sydney art gallery was hailed by the Daily Telegraph as a ‘Victory for Decency’. Cate Blanchett and members of the arts community claimed charges laid over them would affect Australia’s cultural reputation.
In what promises to be a thought-provoking conversation, author and journalist David Marr draws from his exclusive interview with Bill Henson, members of the NSW police force, child abuse campaigners and important figures in the Australian arts scene to examine the pornography/art debate.
When: Wed 8 October, 6.30pm–8pm
Where: slq Auditorium 1, level 2
Entry: $15/$12, bookings qtix 136 246
Presented by Brisbane Writers Festival and State Library of Queensland
Christine Manfield: Fire, Spice, Adventure
Gastronomic traveller, presenter, teacher and international ambassador, Christine Manfield is one of Australia's most celebrated chefs. A perfectionist inspired by strong flavours, a creative spirit whose generosity and skills have inspired young chefs, and a writer whose successful books have spiced up the lives of keen cooks.
Join her at the State Library for stories of her travels through the Middle East in search of the perfect hummus, across steamy and sensual Singapore slurping bowls of Nonya laksa, and through the tiny villages of Italy collecting recipes for the creamiest risotto.
Christine has published four award-winning books: Stir, Spice, Christine Manfield Originals and Christine Manfield Desserts. Her new book Fire - culinary adventures of a curious traveller is due for release in August 2008.
When: Thu 9 Oct, 6.30pm
Where: slq Auditorium 1, level 2
Entry: $10, bookings qtix 136 246
You Can’t Always Get What You Want: My Life With the Rolling Stones
‘As the rotors created an ungodly racket above, I sat there crammed into the helicopter with the Stones, their management and various hangers-on. What the hell had happened? The free concert at Altamont was meant to be a peak in the career of the Rolling Stones. It was intended to be a celebration of not just the music, but the thriving peace and love counter-culture of the sixties. Rather it had descended into a bloody chaotic mess of violence, death and despair. And we were on the run.’
Sam Cutler has been at the centre of some of the most exciting developments in the music industry, and has worked with the two largest grossing live artists in the world, the Rolling Stones and the Grateful Dead. He briefly owned the Rock’n’Roll Hall of Fame and has been involved with the production and touring of many bands over the last four decades including Janice Joplin, The Band and the Allman Brothers.
Don’t miss him in conversation with Noel Mengel as he shares his titillating stories, now captured in a behind-the-scenes tell-all rock memoir.
When: Wed 15 October, 6.30pm – 7.30pm
Where: slq Auditorium 1, level 2
Entry: Free, bookings qtix 136 246
Uncovered: Moreton Bay Penal Settlement
Join senior Librarian, Brian Randall as he takes you on a journey into the past, to the time when the first settlers arrived in Queensland. Brian will focus on the famous Moreton Bay Penal Settlement of 1824. Originally established at Redcliffe as a place of secondary transportation, the settlement was later moved to a location on the Brisbane River which is now known today as the Brisbane City Centre. Around 2,280 convicts resided in the settlement before its closure in 1839.
Learn more about the Moreton Bay Penal Settlement and other materials housed in our Heritage Collections that help us to uncover our past.
When: Sun 19 Oct, 1– 2:30pm
Where: Fox Family White Gloves Room, level 4
Entry: Free, bookings qtix 136 246
A High Impact Afternoon with Matthew Reilly: The Six Sacred Stones
The end of the world is here... Unlocking the secret of the Seven Ancient Wonders was only the beginning. The world is in mortal danger. For Jack West Jr and his loyal team of heroes, the challenge now is to set six legendary diamonds known as the Pillars in place at six ancient sites around the world before the deadline for global destruction arrives. The locations of these sites, however, can only be revealed by the fabled Six Sacred Stones.
Join Matthew Reilly for an afternoon of conversation as he discusses his latest action-packed thriller The Six Sacred Stones; the long anticipated sequel to Seven Ancient Wonders.
Born in Sydney in 1974, Matthew Reilly was not always a big fan of reading. His passion was for action films and fast-paced thrillers. Inspired by his heroes Stephen Spielberg and Michael Crichton, Matthew soon began creating stories of his own and began writing his first novel, Contest, at age 19. He is now the international bestselling author of several novels including: Ice Station, Temple, Area 7 and Scarecrow. His books are published in over 20 languages, and he has sold more than 3 million books worldwide.
When: Sun 19 Oct, 2.00pm
Venue: slq Auditorium 1, level 2
Entry: Free, bookings qtix or 136 246
Presented by the State Library of Queensland and The Courier Mail Big Book Club
A night by the fire with… Yvette Walker
Come and enjoy a night by the fire with local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people at kuril dhagun, the State Library's Indigenous Knowledge Centre. Sit and yarn with local artists and enjoy the glow of the fire surrounded by city lights.
In October come and chat with Yvette Walker. Born in Cloncurry Yvette grew up between North Queensland and Brisbane; with a Scottish father and mother of Aboriginal, Indonesian and Chinese decent. Her heritage is with the Waanyi people of North East Queensland.
At 28 years of age Yvette Walker is fast becoming one of Australia’s most impressive young Indigenous creative arts professionals. Making her professional acting debut in 1996 with Kooemba Jdarra in Jack Davis' ‘The Dreamers’, Yvette went on to study at the Aboriginal Centre for Performing Arts. She has gone on to appear in several stage productions, including 23rd Productions ‘Motortown’ which she will be appearing in this August.
When: Tue 21 Oct, 6.30pm
Where: kuril dhagun, level 1
Entry: Free, no booking required
Reforming Women in the 21st Century
Inspired by the exhibition Reforming women: Social activism and the Brisbane Women’s Club, this talk explores what it means to be a ‘reforming woman’ today.
Trailblazers such Margaret Ogg, Freda Bage, & Daphne Mayo continue to offer inspiration and challenge to contemporary women who work to change the way we regard social and cultural issues.
How have these concerns changed and evolved since the days of the Suffragettes and subsequent waves of feminists? What are the priorities for women today?
Queensland women who have achieved great significance in the fields of law, politics, social welfare, medicine, environment, and the arts join in conversation to share their stories and ponder on the impacts of reforms by women past, present and future.
Featuring Dr Cherrell Hirst, Davida Allan and Zoe Rathus and facilitated by Elizabeth Jameson
When: Thu 23 Oct, 6.30pm–7.30pm
Where: slq Auditorium 1, level 2
Entry: Free, bookings qtix 136 246. Enquiries 3840 7768
Image: Mona Elliott 1872-1964, National Mutual Chambers Interior [The Brisbane Women’s Club Dining Room] C.1930. Collection of The Brisbane Women’s Club. Oil on Canvas. 380mmx490mm
Australian Poetry Slam Queensland State Final
In 1985 construction worker and poet Marc ‘So What’ Smith crammed poets into Chicago jazz bar, Get Me High, for his new creation the Poetry Slam. Experimenters in this new style of poetry presentation gyrated, rotated, spewed, and stepped their words along the bar top, dancing between the bottles, bellowing out the backdoor, standing on the street or on their stools, turning the west side of Chicago into a rainforest of dripping whispers or a blast furnace of fiery elongated syllables, phrases, snatches of scripts, and verse that electrified the night.
Slam is an electric live event and poetry competition open to all people and includes all forms of poetry welcomes verse, comic, hip hop, spoken word monologues, beat and any other style you can imagine! Each poet gets two minutes to read one of their own poems – the poet may not use props or musical instruments – just them, slamming their words to a live audience who act as judges.
When: Sat 25 Oct, 7pm
Where: Queensland Terrace, level 2
Entry: $15, bokings qtix or 136 246
AUSTRALIAN POETRY SLAM NATIONAL FINAL WILL BE HELD AT THE SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE STUDIO ON THU 4 DEC.
Richard Flanagan: Wanting
It is 1837. A young Aboriginal girl, Mathinna, is running through the long wet grass of an island at the end of the world to get help for her dying father, an Aboriginal chieftain. Twenty years later, on an island at the centre of the world, the most famous novelist of the day, Charles Dickens, realises he is about to abandon his wife, risk his name, and forever after be altered because of his inability to control his intense wanting any longer.
Don’t miss this unique opportunity to hear one of Australia’s pre-eminent novelists Richard Flanagan, as he shares tales from and about his latest book Wanting.
Based on historic events, 'Wanting' is a novel about art, love, and the way in which life is finally determined never by reason, but only ever by wanting.
Richard Flanagan’s multi-award winning novels, Death of a River Guide, The Sound Of One Hand Clapping, Gould’s Book Of Fish and The Unknown Terrorist have been published to popular success and critical acclaim in twenty-five countries.
Praise for Gould’s Book of Fish
"Ferocious in its anger, grotesque, sexy, funny, violent, startlingly beautiful and, above all, heartbreakingly sad. I urge you to read it"
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When: Thu 13 Nov, 6.30pm
Venue: slq Auditorium 1, level 2
Entry: $10, bookings qtix or 136 246
Pioneers Uncovered
Join Heritage Collections librarian Brian Randall as he takes you on a journey through
the trials and tribulations faced by Queensland’s early settlers. This is a wonderful opportunity to experience the Making Do – Pioneering Gentry in North Queensland exhibition and see first hand some of the other magnificent items from this collection.
When: Thu 13 Nov, 1.30pm-2:30pm
Venue: Talbot Family Treasures Wall, level 4
Entry: Free, bookings qtix 136 246
A night by the fire with... the clowns!
Come and enjoy a night by the fire with local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people at kuril dhagun, the State Library's Indigenous Knowledge Centre. Sit and yarn with local artists and enjoy the glow of the fire surrounded by city lights.
In November, come in and that with Mark Sheppard and Allen Laverty. The pair have spent the last two years performing together in DeBase’s critically acclaimed two man production of “The Clown from Snowy River.”
Join them as they recount their travels across Australia and share their experiences working cross culturally, bringing a better understanding to the truthful process of reconciliation through theatre.
When: Tue 18 November, 6.30pm
Venue: kuril dhagun, level 1
Entry: Free, no booking required
Tea and Music: Women in song
Tea and Music is a series of high teas and performances that present and perform music from, and inspired by, the State Library’s sound-recordings collection. In November, Brisbane’s elegant and entertaining female vocal ensemble Paisley Lane will charm you with a beautiful, polished performance of light classics, popular favourites and Christmas highlights.
Paisley Lane is a collection of creatively inspired women with a passion for singing and music. All professionally trained singers, Paisley Lane performs classic favourites, loved by all ages, in glorious vocal harmony. Elegant, charming, graceful and supremely gifted, eight-piece female vocal ensemble Paisley Lane distinguishes itself simply – through beautiful singing. Catch up with your friends on the Queensland Terrace after the concert for a delicious morning tea and celebrate the festive season.
When: Tue 25 Nov, 10:30am to 12 noon
Where: slq Auditorium 1 and Queensland Terrace, level 2
Tickets: $11.50 (includes light refreshments and booking fees), qtix 136 246
Music and Words
One Award-wining poet + 23 Poems + 23 Brisbane composers = one incredible performance!
Music and Words is an exciting series of three performances by the Southern Cross Soloists. The series celebrates the bond between music and the written/spoken word and the fascinating interactions between the two artforms. Award-winning Brisbane poet Samuel Wagan Watson joins the Soloists in an exhilarating new performance piece based on his cycle Smoke Encrypted Whispers. The 23 poems in this breathtaking cycle will be accompanied by interludes especially commissioned from 23 Brisbane composers.
When: Sun 30 Nov, 3pm
Where: slq Auditorium 1,level 2
Tickets: $28 concession/$48 full price, bookings 3735 6351
Presented by Southern Cross Soloists
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