Only a week till the next newsletter so if you want the word spread........Here are some items...mostly in Brisvegas..... At The Powerhouse Into The Fire by Australian Art Orchestra and Sruthi Laya Ensemble Begining Tuesday, July 24, 2001 VISIONARY IMAGES - showing until 19 August by Access Arts Begining Tuesday, July 24, 2001 PLAYING BY NUMBERS by Interactive Performance Space Begining Friday, July 27, 2001 visit the Powerhouse website (http://www.brisbanepowerhouse.org) for complete details Critical Mass - a series of musical compositions, vocal recitations, pre-recorded audio and visual projections looking at the issue of homelessness - is being performed at St Mary's Church in South Brisbane this weekend (Friday 27 & Sat 28 at 6.30 pm, and Sun 29 at 5 pm). Apparently it does take the form of a contemporary Mass, but it has been created as part of the Queensland Biennial Festival of Music. (source: The Big Issue, ed. no. 129) On Saturday the 4th of August there will be TripleZ benifit at the Metro Arts (109 Edward St, Brisbane). Going from 8pm to 1am, the benifit will feature five local acts improvising live soundtracks to movies. The Bands/Movies playing are: The BadNitz - Microcosmos Blue Wine - Metropolis Cherry Cherry & the Export Data - Tron The Negative Trio - M Coda - THX-1138 There will be DJ intermission sets by Tara Pattenden (Vario Air)(and Art Jam Caloundra) The cost is $5 for Zed subscribers, $6 for non-subscribers and there will be cheap drinks available. Blues enthusiasts may be interested in attending the inaugural acoustic blues guitar workshop at Samford Valley in August. Situated amongst rainforest at the beautiful Cedar Creek Forest Retreat, you're guaranteed to at least love the environment, even if you don't learn anything new (which you probably will). There's plenty of information and a registration form at http://www.cedarrain.com.au, but you can always email Al at [EMAIL PROTECTED] if you have any questions. Get your application in soon because places are limited. Apparently the Sacred Harp Concert at Mapleton this weekend past was SOLD OUT...Congratulations! Yet to hear how the Kenilworth Workshops went, Look out for FluroFunction at an Art Jam near you.....more next week! MarziSpan -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archived at http://www.cat.org.au/lists/leftlink/ Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink