Band performs blend of musical influences Heval » MUSIC Oz's 2006 World Music category award-winning band, Heval, performs at Riverside Theatres on September 12. Heval, Kurdish for "friends", brings together players whose love of creating exciting new music is matched by their explorations of other musical traditions. The result is a unique blend of world music, Anatolian and Kurdish melodies along with Jazz, fusion and funk influences that has impressed audiences at a large number of venues, festivals and celebrations in Australia. Raffertys, Riverside Theatres, September 12 at 3.30pm. $28/$25. Café Carnivale members $22. Bookings: 02-8839-3399 or riversideparramatta.com.au.

Ravi Varma Press, c1880, Durga killing the buffalo, chromolithograph Competing narratives in exhibition of Indian art » THE Indian Empire: Multiple Realities exhibition at the Art Gallery of New South Wales introduces the competing narratives that emerged following the first European encounters with India. The exhibition, shaped by a promised gift of significant works from the Portvale Collection, comprises prints, photographs, posters and textiles, including images of the India of the European imagination together with images created under the patronage of foreigners overwhelmed by a totally different country and culture... (more Jokovich exhibition at Breathing Colours Pivotal works of pioneers of modernism Specifically 'American' art in Stieglitz work Nolan painting finds its permanent home

Tomorrow, When the War Began Beattie film debut brings Marsden novel to screen » AUSSIE screenwriter Stuart Beattie, probably better known for his screenplay of three Pirates of the Caribbean films (The Curse of the Black Pearl, Dead Man's Chest, At World's End), has turned his hand to film direction. His cinematic debut, Tomorrow, When the War Began, translates into film the novel of the same name by noted Australian children's author John Marsden. It is the story of eight high school friends in a remote country town whose lives are abruptly changed with the onslaught of an unforeseen war. They are cut off from family and friends and now must learn to escape, survive and fight back.

Pink Revue kicks off Girlicious Sophie Cook » THE Pink Revue, a night of cabaret and pink champagne, kicks off the Sydney Fringe umbrella event, Girlicious, on September 10. The Pink Revue, hosted by Sophie Cook, is a fundraiser to boost awareness of breast cancer research. All funds raised go to The Pink Ribbon Foundation. Girlicious comprises 16 productions and 74 shows in 16 days — including a day program for children — at Newtown Theatre... (more) Wicked creator is New Musicals patron Verdi tells tale of the fallen woman Dinner with a Princess It's footy time on the musical stage

Hyde Park Barracks Sydney sites added to World Heritage list » FOUR Sydney sites are among the latest additions to Australia's World Heritage sites. They are Old Government House and Domain in Parramatta, Hyde Park Barracks in central Sydney, Cockatoo Island on Sydney Harbour and Old Northern Road near Wisemans Ferry... (more)

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