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----------------------------------------------------------------- BENEFIT CONCERT FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS ----------------------------------------------------------------- Wear your heart on your sleave, put those sleaves in your pockets and support families fleeing persecution and despotism in their own countries and seeking a better life in Australia. And you get to jump and jive too! Music by Ruby's Grace, Akasa, Eucalypso, 3's Company, Tierra Dulce, Tehai, Isis, Elbow Skin & Robbie Greig Speakers including Diana Greentree from Actors for Refugees All proceeds go directly to Given the Chance Project for Refugees Trades Hall Bar 7:30pm Thursday, November 21st Tickets $12 Full/ $10 Conc - available at the door on the night Enquirees Ph: 9437 0931 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VULGAR WORKING CLASSICS MELBOURNE LAUNCH -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vulgar Press and Montpelier Press have pleasure in announcing the Melbourne launch of the latest Vulgar Working Classics:- Amanda Lohrey's The Morality of Gentlemen, to be launched by Martin Kingham (CFMEU, Victorian Secretary), & Jean Devanny's Sugar Heaven, to be launched by Amanda Lohrey. Established in 1999 The Vulgar Press is dedicated to the publication of working-class and other radical forms of writing. Visit the Vulgar Press web site for further information about these and other great titles. Trades Hall Bar 6:30pm Friday, November 22nd FREE EVENT ---------------------------------------------------------- THE OVERLAND AUCTION and sloshfest ---------------------------------------------------------- The cartoons Johnny doesn't want you to see . . . 20 celebrated Australian cartoonists have donated some of their most prized and contentious artwork for Overland's fundraising auction. With Rod Quantock as auctioneer, this riotous event will raise funds to support the publication of dissenting essays on human rights, social justice and equity issues. This is your chance to rub shoulders with literary dissenters and holler out your bid for original artwork by Rick Amour, Judy Horacek, Hinze, Bill leak, Michael Leunig, Peter Nicholson, John Spooner, Ron Tanberg and many other big names. Historical cultural artefacts will also go under the hammer including signed first-edition books from literary greats and a first pressing cover of Frank Hardy's contraversial Power Without Glory. This is your chance to secure very original Christmas presents . . . Extravagent spending encouraged, but bargains to be found for artworks and artefacts large and small. Bring cash, your cheque book, and credit cards! Trades Hall Bar & Annex Viewing from 4pm - Auction starts 5:30pm, Sunday November 24th Entry $8 -------------------------------------------- BOB ELLIS - THE AGE OF SPIN Final 2002 Overland Lecture -------------------------------------------- At the height of election fever, public commentator, essayist and raconteur Bob Ellis will deliver his customary blend of anger and humour in a powerful polemic against the agents of spin. Bob Ellis has been lately impersonated by Max Gillies and is now a kind of dusty national icon reverenced, affectionately mocked and sometimes disliked by literate Australians of all ages. He carries, amongst his baggage, his experience as a playwright, film director, political speechwriter, mob orator, songwriter, novelist, actor, film critic, essayist, historian and poet. Bob Ellis is the Magazine Publishers Association 2002 Columnist of the Year. This Overland Lecture will be preceded by the Barrett Reid Memorial poetry performances featuring John Jenkins, Shelton Lea, Ashlley Morgan-Shea and Eric Beach, with a special announcement by Richard Llewellyn - presented by Overland and Heide at 6pm. The New Ballroom 7pm Wednesday, November 27th Entry - $10 Full/ $6 Conc (includes copy of Overland 169) -------------------------------------------------------------- RMIT ASYLUM SEEKER CONFERENCE presented by RMIT Community Advocacy Unit -------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday 28 November, 7pm - "Refugees and the Lucky Country" Conference Opening, featuring a panel discussion on the theme of refugees and the impacts on Australian society. New Council Chambers Friday 29 November, 9am - 5pm - "Asylum Seekers and Australian Society", exploring the history and politics of refugees in Australia. Featuring keynote presentations from Peter Mares, author of "Borderline: Australia's Treatement of Refugees and Asylum Seekers"; James Goodman, lecturer at UTS and author of "Protest and Globalisation"; and Paul James, Director of the RMIT Globalism Institute. New Council Chambers Saturday 30 November, 9am - 5pm - "Asylum Seekers and Australian Activism", exploring the rise of the refugee rights movement and debating which way forward. Featuring presentations from Ethnic Communities Council of Victoria; ChilOut; Labor4Refugees; Refugee Action Collective; Rural Australians for Refugees; and the Catholic Commission for Justice, Development and Peace. For further information or to register: visit http://advocacy.tce.rmit.edu.au or contact Gillian at the RMIT Community Advocacy Unit, on 9925 2910 or at [EMAIL PROTECTED] New Council Chambers Thurs - Sat, November 28th - 30th Registration Details: Opening - FREE, One day - $20 Full/$10 Conc, Two days - $35 Full/$15 Conc ------------------------------------------------------------------------ GET IT LIVE - GET IT AT TRADES HALL 54 Victoria St (Cnr Lygon St) Carlton Ph: 9662 3555 Trades Hall Bar - open nightly from 5pm 'til late Friday Happy Hours 4-7pm DRINK OF THE MONTH: ALCOHOLIC GINGER BEER (it's new, its green and it's YUMMY!) ONLY $5 more info visit www.tradeshallarts.com.au ------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Dignity cannot be studied; you live it, or it dies. It aches inside and teaches you how to walk. 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