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Arts feast for 2014

Geoff Ebbs /20 November, 2013

Westender has assiduously attempted to attend every season opening in postcode 4101 in an attempt to keep up with the inside goss on what’s coming up in the Arts during 2014. The good news is that there is so much planned for the new year that we’ve barely managed to keep up. Here’s what we’ve found Continue Reading →

Win tickets to the Asia Pacific Screen Awards

media /19 November, 2013

  Film lovers can win tickets to the prestigious Asia Pacific Screen Awards in Brisbane next month at free open-air screenings of past nominees. Lord Mayor Graham Quirk said the first screening would be in the Chinatown Mall at 7pm, Thursday 21 November and feature Gattu from India. Nominated for Best Children’s Feature Film in Continue Reading →

Walk the walk and talk the talk!

Wan Kerr /18 November, 2013

On Monday 25th November, community members from across Brisbane are invited to join in the activities helping to raise awareness and important funds for White Ribbon.  All attendees at the events will participate in the ’My Oath’ campaign for White Ribbon, by ’swearing’ to stop violence against women. White Ribbon Day is the world’s largest Continue Reading →

Budget cuts to the arts cut deep – QCP

media /14 November, 2013

The Westender received this statement from the Quensland Centre for Photography today, and thought it important that we share it with you. QCP FUNDING CUTS STATEMENT On the 31st of October the Queensland Government announced it would no longer provide triennial funding for the Queensland Centre for Photography from the start of 2014. The Government Continue Reading →

Typhoon Haiyan – is climate change to blame?

media /14 November, 2013

Just days after Haiyan made landfall in the Philippines, the 2013 UN Climate Change Conference kicked off in Warsaw, prompting a big message from Philippines delegate Yeb Sano. At the opening of the two-week conference, Sano vowed to fast voluntarily until a “meaningful outcome” was in sight, in solidarity with those who do not have Continue Reading →

Unimaginable energy of black holes

Wan Kerr /13 November, 2013

High-speed ‘jets’ spat out by black holes pack a lot of power because they contain heavy atoms, astronomers have found. Black-hole jets recycle matter and energy into space and can affect when and where a galaxy forms stars. “Jets from supermassive black holes help determine a galaxy’s fate — how it evolves,” said CSIRO’s Dr Continue Reading →