glen eira storytelling festival - Melbourne Jewish Writers Festival

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glen eira storytelling festival - Melbourne Jewish Writers Festival
13–28 JUNE
2015
GLEN EIRA
STORYTELLING
FESTIVAL
BENTLEIGH BENTLEIGH EAST BRIGHTON EAST CARNEGIE CAULFIELD ELSTERNWICK
GARDENVALE GLEN HUNTLY MCKINNON MURRUMBEENA ORMOND ST KILDA EAST
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MAYOR’S
WELCOME
It gives me great pleasure to introduce the annual Glen Eira Storytelling Festival.
From 13 June, Glen Eira City Council will present a range of events that
celebrate stories and those who tell them.
The Festival has become the centrepiece of Glen Eira City Council’s Arts
and Culture program and in this guide you’ll find exhibitions, historical tours,
films, talks, open mic sessions and even an interactive collaborative art
installation, all of which highlight the different ways we tell and share stories.
Also incorporated will be the longstanding My Brother Jack Awards with prizes
for short story writing, poetry and photography. The My Brother Jack Awards
celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2015 and to mark the occasion, there will
be a special competition category and prize as well as screenings
of My Brother Jack — the miniseries.
The Festival will be held in a range of venues including Glen Eira Town Hall,
Caulfield; Council’s Libraries in Carnegie, Caulfield, Bentleigh and Elsternwick;
local cafés, bars and other venues across Glen Eira; with events to suit all age
groups, budgets and interests.
Storytelling is a common and shared human experience that transcends
culture, language and time. Through storytelling we can come together
as a community, to share our histories, our experiences and the important
stories that have been handed down through generations.
Finally, I’d like to thank all the sponsors and supporters whose support
has made the Festival possible.
FESTIVAL
LAUNCH
Thursday 11 June, 6.30pm
Glen Eira City Council Gallery
Welcome to the 2015 Glen Eira Storytelling Festival. I look forward to seeing
you in June.
Free event
Kind regards
Wheelchair access
Join us for the official opening of the
2015 Glen Eira Storytelling Festival in Glen Eira
City Council’s Gallery.
The launch will feature Glen Eira City Council’s
storytelling exhibition: ARCADIA, which explores
the realms of history; cultural identity; migration;
storytelling and the natural world; immersing
the viewer in constructed, staged landscapes
and utopian environments.
Cr Jim Magee
Mayor, City of Glen Eira
See program details on page 24 for exhibition
and floor talk times during the Festival.
Valerie Sparks
Le Vol 1 2014
Pigment inkjet print
140 x 220 cm
Courtesy of the Artist and This is No Fantasy
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IN CONVERSATION WITH
JUDITH
LUCY
Sunday 28 June, 3pm
ABC Studios, Gordon Street, Elsternwick
Tickets: $35/$30 concession
Book online at www.gleneira.vic.gov.au
Limited spaces available
Please note: this event may not be suitable for children.
MEET THE
STORYTELLERS —
PREMIER EVENT
Judith Lucy is one of Australia’s most popular
comedians. A best-selling author, her work
in television and film and her sellout national
tours have made her a household name.
Join Judith as she discusses her life and career
with journalist Chris Beck (On the couch with
Chris Beck) at the iconic ABC studios in Elsternwick.
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DIAL A STORY —
PENGUIN INTERACTIVE
PHONE BOOTH
13–28 June
Monday–Thursday: 10am–9pm
Friday: 10am–6pm
Saturday: 10am–4pm
Sunday: 12pm–5pm
Carnegie Library
Free event
No bookings required
Wheelchair access
The specially crafted Penguin Phone Booth
will be placed at the Carnegie Library during the
Storytelling Festival. Participants can dial one of five
authors — John Safran, Jamie Durie, Graeme Base,
Maggie Beer or Father Bob Maguire —
and hear a story from the author’s own life.
INTERACTIVE
The authors then invite you to leave your
own message. By sharing a story from your
own life, you join an ever-growing online archive
of wonderful Australian stories.
www.dialastory.com.au
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BUILD YOUR STORY
WORLD —
INTERACTIVE
STORYTELLING
ART PROJECT
13–27 June, 10am –4pm daily
Carnegie Library — Foyer
Free event
No bookings required
Wheelchair access
Come along to Carnegie Library Foyer and
join in the creation of a large-scale story world.
Through the use of recycled materials, pencils,
crayons, and your imagination, you can add
your own creativity to this large scale
community art installation.
You will also have an opportunity to design
and write your own story postcard, which will
be displayed as part of the installation.
All ages welcome!
Please note: creativity can be messy so please
dress accordingly; some art smocks will be available.
School and community groups are welcome
to create items out of recycled materials prior
and bring them along to add to the installation
at any time.
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16TH STREET ACTORS
STUDIO PRESENTS:
THE ACTORS THEATRE
COLLECTIVE
GLEN EIRA
POETRY SLAM
Thursday 25 June, 6pm
Monday 22 June, 7pm
Tuesday 23 June, 7pm
Glen Eira Town Hall — Theatrette
Glen Eira Town Hall — Theatrette
Bookings required online at
www.gleneira.vic.gov.au
Tickets: $10
Free event
Limited places available
Book online at www.gleneira.vic.gov.au
Wheelchair access
Wheelchair access
16th Street Actors Studio is proud to be associated
with The Actors Theatre Collective in its premier
performance for the Glen Eira Storytelling Festival.
PERFORMANCE
The ensemble will perform scenes from selected
works that explore the depth and energy of
heightened text as homage to the past and the
power of theatre that stands the test of time.
The Actors Theatre Collective is a group formed
through the support of 16th Street’s Lab Series,
born out of a desire to perform the work of great
writers; both classical and contemporary.
Come along and ‘word out’ at the Festival’s first
ever Poetry Slam event! Join emcee Emilie Zoey
Baker and performer Mantra MC along with
entrants from across Glen Eira who will battle
for the title of Poetry Slammer 2015.
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ARE YOU THERE
LOUISE LOVELY? —
A HAUNTED HOUSE
EXPERIENCE
25–28 June
Thursday 25 June, 6pm
Friday 26 June, 5pm and 8pm
THE PLAY OF SOUND —
AN AFTERNOON
OF POETRY AND MUSIC
Saturday 27 June, 5pm and 8pm
THE ECHOES
OF HEIRLOOMS
Sunday 28 June, 5pm
Sunday 14 June, 3pm
Monday 15 June, 6pm–7.30pm
Monday 22 June, 6pm–7.30pm
Labassa Mansion
Lamm Jewish Library of Australia
Antique Bar
2 Manor Grove, Caulfield North
304 Hawthorn Road, Caulfield South
218 Glenhuntly Road, Elsternwick
Tickets: $45 full/$38 concession
Tickets: $10
Tickets: $15
Book online at www.gleneira.vic.gov.au
Book online at www.gleneira.vic.gov.au
Book online at www.gleneira.vic.gov.au
The dead are stirring. Something has them spooked.
A presence is missing with no explanation …
Cellist and composer Adi Sappir and author
Lee Kofman celebrate the work of the great
modern Israeli poet Yehuda Amichai, who explored
the grand themes of love, ageing and death with
astonishing freshness. Adi’s and Lee’s readings
in English and Hebrew will be accompanied
by Adi’s music.
Join us for an immersive haunted house experience
at the beguiling historic Labassa Mansion. You are
invited to roam freely around this house of spirits
and uncover the mystery surrounding the
whereabouts of silent film actress Louise Lovely.
Are you there Louise Lovely? is a site-responsive
theatrical event presented by Little Sister Projects
hosted by The National Trust.
www.littlesisterprojects.com.au
www.nationaltrust.org.au
Wheelchair access
Join Miss Roslyn Quin at Antique Bar as she dusts
off a myriad of antiques to weave her original tales
of the preposterous from grandmothers and great
uncles you never had — but on evenings such
as this, and with a teller like her — you can rest
assured that the tales won’t stay safely in the
cabinets and drawers where she found them.
SPECIAL SCREENING
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MY BROTHER JACK —
THE MINISERIES
Friday 19 June, 11am–3pm
Friday 26 June, 11am–3pm
This screening will include the Access Inc.
short film: SUPER
Duration is seven minutes
Please note: program duration is three hours
20 minutes including interval.
Glen Eira Town Hall — Theatrette
Free event
Book online at www.gleneira.vic.gov.au
Wheelchair access
FILM
This acclaimed miniseries is based on the classic
Australian novel, a record of the changing social
mores of the restless time between the First and
Second World Wars. Set in the years following the
First World War and ending in the midst of the
Second World War, this is the story of the Merediths,
a working-class family living in Melbourne.
SUPER is an evocative and quirky exploration into a
team of SUPER heroes working in a SUPER market.
The film aims to celebrate the skills and hidden
talents shared by our community of young people
with disability, as well as highlighting the challenges
they face when attempting to lead independent lives,
particularly with regards to employment, public
transport and bullying. SUPER has been selected
to be a part of The Best of the Fest touring festival
of The Other Film Festival.
S P E C I A L FA M I LY S C H O O L H O L I DAY E V E N T
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JAPANESE ANIMATION
FESTIVAL
THE KINGDOM OF DREAMS
AND MADNESS
THE SONGS THEY SANG
DOCUMENTARY (118 MINS)
Saturday 27 June/Sunday 28 June
Saturday 13 June, 4pm
Sunday 14 June, 2pm and 4pm
Wednesday 24 June, 7pm
Session times below
Classic Cinema, Elsternwick
Glen Eira Town Hall — Theatrette
Tickets: $22/$19 concession
Book online at www.gleneira.vic.gov.au
Glen Eira Town Hall — Theatrette
Glen Eira Town Hall — Theatrette
Tickets: $10
$8 per film/$30 family pass (four people) per film
Tickets: $5
Book online at www.gleneira.vic.gov.au
Book online at www.gleneira.vic.gov.au
Book online at www.gleneira.vic.gov.au
Wheelchair access
Come along as a family and enjoy the magical
stories and wonderful animation of Hayao Miyazaki.
Often referred to as the Disney of Japan, Hayao
Miyazaki has crafted some of the world’s most
captivating and enduring animated feature films.
Miyazaki announced his retirement in 2014 and we
are proud to present a special family event featuring
some of his most popular works. (All films will
be presented in their English language versions.)
Saturday 27 June
10am
12pm
2pm
4pm
Sunday 28 June
Howls Moving Castle (114 mins)
Nausicaa (116 mins)
The Wind Rises (126 mins)
Proudly supported by
MADMAN Entertainment
Wheelchair access
Wheelchair access
Wheelchair access
Kiki’s Delivery Service (108 mins)
Ponyo (100 mins)
My Neighbour Totoro (86 mins)
Princess Mononoke (134 mins)
CINEMA FIASCO
DOCUMENTARY (APPROX. 94 MINS)
10am
12pm
2pm
Studio Ghibli, the brainchild of directors
Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata and producer
Toshio Suzuki, has captivated audiences around
the world with its dreamlike, fantastical animations
such as Spirited Away, Howl’s Moving Castle and
Grave of the Fireflies. This documentary looks
at how they managed such an amazing run,
and what could be next for the beloved studio.
In 2014, Miyazaki and Takahata both directed their
final films, with The Wind Rises and The Tale of the
Princess Kaguya respectively. As Ghibli celebrates
its 30th birthday, award-winning filmmaker
Mami Sunada gives us unprecedented access
into its unique, fascinating world.
Please note: this film will be screened in Japanese
with English subtitles.
The Songs They Sang tells the true story of the
musical performances inside the Vilna Ghetto,
Lithuania during the Holocaust. It explores the
resilience of the Jewish people who created
art in the face of the most horrific persecutions.
The film centres on two poets, Shmerke
Kaczerginski and Avrom Sutzkever, and the songs
composed by them and others encamped in the
ghetto. In the face of a horrendous reality these
artists refused to relinquish their culture and
brought hope to a besieged people.
www.thesongstheysang.com
Cinema Fiasco features bad movies on the big
screen with hilarious live commentary by film
buff comedians Geoff Wallis and Janet A. McLeod.
Bad movies are one of life’s guilty pleasures
and one that should never be enjoyed alone.
Cinema Fiasco has been bringing together fans
of foul films for the past six years and if you’re yet
to experience an evening of awful cinema with
Janet and Geoff, it’s high time you did. You’ll laugh!
You’ll scream! You’ll realise how important nudity,
explosions and gorilla suits are to the world
of cinema! So, for a genuinely hilarious night out,
get along to Cinema Fiasco to see Reptilicus.
Reptilicus (1961)
Denmark’s first ever monster movie!* A piece
of defrosted fossil flesh regenerates into a massive,
pus-spewing dinosaur and goes on a rampage,
trashing a good portion of wonderful, wonderful
Copenhagen. There is plenty of screaming
Scandanavians, shoddily dubbed dialogue, and
jaw-droppingly hilarious special effects. (Reptilicus
makes the original Godzilla look like something
from Jurassic Park.) Also features a bonus musical
item by two-time Danish Eurovision representative
Birthe Wilke (we don’t know why either).
*
Still the only one.
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BABYTIME
STORYTIME
11am
11am
Bentleigh Library — Mondays and Fridays
Bentleigh Library — Thursdays
Carnegie Library — Mondays and Tuesdays
Carnegie Library — Wednesdays and Fridays
Caulfield Library — Mondays
Caulfield Library — Thursdays
Elsternwick Library — Tuesdays
Elsternwick Library — Wednesdays
2pm
2pm
Bentleigh Library — Wednesdays
Bentleigh Library — Tuesdays
Carnegie Library — Tuesdays and Thursdays
Start children on their reading journey
with StoryTime. Together with stories chosen
especially for preschoolers, the sessions
include music, songs and rhymes.
Elsternwick Library — Wednesdays
Stimulate young minds with songs, rhymes,
puppets and mini stories. BabyTime enhances
babies’ senses, promotes word association,
introduces the rhythm of language and is fun!
Suitable for babies and toddlers under three years.
CHILDREN’S
PROGRAM
For preschool children aged three to five.
WEEKEND STORYTIME
2pm
All events are free
Wheelchair access
Carnegie Library — Saturdays
Caulfield Library — Sundays
Bentleigh Library — Sundays
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FESTIVAL
CLUBS
Drop into one of the official festival
clubs for a drink and a snack after
one of our storytelling events
or come along to the clubs for the
open mic sessions (see page 37).
Boundary Hotel — Cider Bar
ARCADIA EXHIBITION —
INTERACTIVE CHILDREN’S
ACTIVITY — TELLING TALES
ARCADIA EXHIBITION —
CHILDREN’S ACTIVITY —
TELLING TALES WORKSHOPS
22 May–12 July
22 May–3 July
Monday–Friday: 10am–5pm
Friday 22 May, 10am–11.30am
Saturday–Sunday: 1pm–5pm
Saturday 27 June, 2–4pm
Glen Eira City Council Gallery
Friday 3 July, 2–4pm
Antique Bar
Free event
Glen Eira City Council Gallery
No bookings required
Free event
Wheelchair access
Come along and explore this vibrant interactive
component of the ARCADIA exhibition.
Children are invited to create their own
artworks and add them to the display
throughout the duration of the exhibition.
Coloured pencils and paper will be available
for younger children.
A comfortable blend of country and
modern style, with more than 10 different
types of local and imported ciders on tap and
in bottles. The Cider Bar at the Boundary Hotel
in Bentleigh East is the perfect venue for your
post-storytelling drinks, or to tell your own
stories with friends.
Book online at www.gleneira.vic.gov.au
Limited places available
Age group: primary school children
(four to 12 years of age)
Wheelchair access
Children and their families can explore this vibrant
interactive activity designed and facilitated by
local artist Madeleine Grummet from Do Re Me
Creative. Children are invited to create their own
artworks and add them to the display throughout
the duration of the exhibition by interacting
with the exhibition themes of storytelling,
identity and the natural world.
Unassumingly perched on the edge of Elsternwick
is a little bar that will take you back in time.
Antiques, candlelight and chaise lounges provide
the perfect ambience to a night of good times or
casual conversation over a bottle of red. Take a seat
around the bar and get to know the friendly staff.
Either way you won’t be disappointed with our
extensive range of boutique wines, premium spirits,
seasonal cocktails and craft beers on tap.
Antique Bar — it’s not vintage, it’s memorable!
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ARCADIA
22 May –12 July
Monday–Friday: 10am–5pm
Saturday–Sunday: 1pm–5pm
Glen Eira City Council Gallery
Free admission
No bookings required
Wheelchair access
ARCADIA explores the realms of history,
cultural identity, migration, storytelling and the
natural world, immersing the viewer in constructed,
staged utopian landscapes, and local environments.
Works by established Australian artists including
Valerie Sparks, Michael Cook, Polixeni Papapetrou
and Abdul-Rahman Abdullah are featured.
ARCADIA exhibition — interactive children’s activity
— Telling Tales
EXHIBITIONS
The ARCADIA exhibition will also include an
interactive component and workshops for children
and families. Please see page 20 for more details.
Michael Cook
Civilised # 7 2012
Inkjet print on archival Hahnemuhle cotton paper
100 x 85 cm
Courtesy of the artist and This is No Fantasy + Dianne Tanzer Gallery
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BELIEVE NOT
EVERY SPIRIT,
BUT TRY THE SPIRITS
ARCADIA —
MEET THE ARTIST
ARCADIA —
MEET THE CURATOR
FLOOR TALK WITH VALERIE SPARKS
FLOOR TALK WITH DIANE SOUMILAS
GUEST CURATORS: LARS BANG LARSEN
AND MARCO PASI
MUMA —
PUBLIC PROGRAM
SPECTRAL STORIES: A MELBOURNE SPIRITUALIST’S
CARTE-DE-VISITE ALBUM
Saturday 13 June, 2pm–3.30pm
22 April–27 June
MUMA — Monash University Museum of Art
Friday 19 June, 12.30pm
Friday 26 June, 1pm
MUMA — Monash University Museum of Art
Free event
Tuesday–Friday: 10am–5pm
Bookings required at
muma.rsvp@monash.edu or 03 9905 4217
Glen Eira City Council Gallery
Glen Eira City Council Gallery
Saturday: 12pm–5pm
Free event
Free event
Free admission
No bookings required
No bookings required
Wheelchair access
Valerie Sparks is a leading Australian photo
media artist whose works are represented
in major public gallery and private collections.
Valerie will discuss her most recent series of works
Le Vol, containing bird specimens photographed
in European Natural History Museums and her
use of digital photographic techniques to explore
the construction of utopian hybrid landscapes.
Valerie Sparks
Le Vol 1 2014
Pigment inkjet print
140 x 220 cm
Courtesy of the Artist and This is No Fantasy
Wheelchair access
Curator Diane Soumilas will discuss the
exhibition themes and the work of the different
artists included in the ARCADIA exhibition.
This exhibition focuses on a forgotten artist
from the Victorian era, Georgiana Houghton
(1814–1884). Starting in 1861, and continuing
up to her death, Houghton developed a complex
aesthetic practice as a practicing spiritualist
medium, based on automatic drawing and the
perceived communication with spiritual entities.
On the basis of her experiences, she produced
a series of abstract watercolors meant to convey
important spiritual messages to humanity.
Martyn Jolly is the head of Photography
and Media Arts at the ANU School of Art,
and fascinated by the craze for spirit photography
in the late 19th century. For this program,
he will discuss forgotten Victorian era artist
Georgiana and her presence in Melbourne
via the carte-de-visite album of a spiritualist in
the collection of the National Gallery of Australia.
In most carte-de-visite albums, portraits of intimate
friends rubbed shoulders with portraits of famous
personages, but in this album, these images
also rubbed shoulders with portraits of spirits.
Georgiana Houghton
The Tenderness of the Lord c. 1861–c.1869 (detail)
Courtesy of the Victorian Spiritualist Union, Melbourne
Frederick Hudson
Mrs Houghton and Spirit. ‘October? 1872
spirit photograph Georgiana Houghton
photographs, albums, albumen silver photograph
cartes-de-visite
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
NGA Photography Fund: Farrell Family Foundation donation
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THE MURRUMBEENA
BOYDS —
A WALKING TOUR
WITH LOCAL HISTORIAN
COLIN SMITH
If you can’t attend the guided tour, using your
smart phone with a QR reader installed, you will
be able to unlock the self-guided tour narrated
by Colin Smith, through QR codes placed along
the tour route. The narrated tour is also available
at www.gleneira.vic.gov.au search Boyd walking tour.
Sunday 21 June, 11am
Sunday 28 June, 11am
Springthorpe Gardens — meet at corner of
Neerim Road and Tuckett Street, Murrumbeena
Free event
No bookings required
TALKS
AND TOURS
Join local Murrumbeena Boyd expert Colin Smith
on a leisurely walking tour of Murrumbeena
where you will discover fascinating insights into
the Boyd family, their art, creativity, passion and
how they influenced Murrumbeena and the
Australian art world.
Merric Boyd and Doris Boyd’s family
and friends, Open Country, Murrumbeena.
Photographer: Albert Tucker. Image courtesy
of State Library of Victoria www.slv.vic.gov.au
Colin’s book Merric Boyd and Murrumbeena:
The life of an Artist in a Time and a Place is
available from the Murrumbeena newsagency
and various online outlets.
Save the date: the Murrumbeena Boyds,
exhibition in Glen Eira City Council’s Gallery:
25 September–6 December 2015.
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GLEN EIRA TOWN HALL
HISTORICAL TOURS
Sunday 14 June, 3pm
Wednesday 17 June, 3pm
SHOW AND TELL —
GLEN EIRA’S HISTORY
AND HERITAGE
SURVIVOR STORYTELLING
Monday–Thursday: 10.30am and 1.30pm
Friday: 10am and 12.30pm
Thursday 25 June, 10.30am
ALICE IN
WONDERLAND —
150 YEARS
Saturday 13 June, 1pm
Jewish Holocaust Centre
Glen Eira Town Hall — meet in Service Centre
foyer off main car park
Free event
Book online at www.gleneira.vic.gov.au
Carnegie Library
Entry by donation
Glen Eira Town Hall — Theatrette
Free event
Phone: 9528 1985
Free event
Book online at www.gleneira.vic.gov.au
Please call the number above prior to attending
to confirm the approximate time at which
a Holocaust survivor will be speaking.
For further information visit
www.gleneira.vic.gov.au
Limited places available
Limited places available
Wheelchair access
When was Town Hall built and by whom?
What is it used for? Did it always look like this?
This unique building holds many fascinating stories
that are just waiting to be heard. Join Council’s
history and heritage programs officer on an
informative walk within and around the building.
Using early images you will discover how this local
icon came to be and hear about the many special
events that have been held within its walls.
Every object tells a story and the ‘real thing’
has the power to illuminate aspects of both past
and present communities. Join Council’s history
and heritage programs officer alongside
representatives from Glen Eira and Moorabbin
historical societies, as they share fascinating
tales behind some of the most significant
historical objects in their collections.
Wheelchair access
The program includes: an introduction to the
Holocaust; a brief documentary; a survivor’s
testimony; a guided tour of the museum displays;
and reflection in the Memorial Room.
On days when the education program takes place,
visitors are welcome to attend part of, or the entire
program or only to hear the testimony presented
by a Holocaust survivor and visit the exhibition.
Wheelchair access
The Monash Fairy Tale Salon will be hosting
a curious afternoon of madness and muchness
as we go down the rabbit hole in celebration
of the 150th anniversary of Lewis Carroll’s classic
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Come along
and learn about the author and illustrators
who shaped literary history and gave us such
wonderfully uncommon nonsense. For the bold
at heart (or the Queen of Hearts), come dressed
as your favourite wonderland character! This event
is open to anyone who has a love for nonsense.
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FORGOTTEN REBELS —
WITH CLARE WRIGHT
Tuesday 16 June, 7pm
Free event
Glen Eira Town Hall — Theatrette
Book online at www.gleneira.vic.gov.au
Wheelchair access
The Eureka Stockade is one of Australia’s
founding legends — but until now, it’s been based
on a band of rebel men, defending their rights
amidst a barrage of bullets. Historian Clare Wright
reveals there were thousands of women on the
goldfields, and some inside the Eureka Stockade.
Clare will talk about these forgotten women and
look at who writes history and how that dictates
the main story. The Forgotten Rebels of Eureka
won the 2014 Stella Prize.
THE TRAVELLING
PARABLES SHOW —
A WEEK AND A MONTH,
A YEAR AND A DAY
Saturday 13 June, 2pm
Saturday 27 June, 2pm
St. John’s Uniting Church, 567 Glenhuntly Road,
Elsternwick
Tickets: $5
CEMETERY TOURS —
BRIGHTON GENERAL
CEMETERY
CLASSIC CINEMA
TOUR AND
HISTORICAL TALK
Saturday 13 June, 2pm —
Famous storytellers, artists,
entertainers and writers
Sunday 21 June, 10am
Free event
Monday 22 June, 7pm —
Torchlight tour
(please bring your own torch)
Book online at www.gleneira.vic.gov.au
A collection of parables from various cultures
and countries, all describing journeys which
in some way speak of the journey of life.
Parables are stories with meanings subtly woven
through the story. In this collection, some stories
and songs from the silly to the sombre.
Classic Cinema, Gordon Street, Elsternwick
Brighton Cemetery, corner North
and Hawthorn Roads, Caulfield South
Free event
Bookings: phone 9558 4248
Limited places available
Join the Brighton Cemetorians as they take
you on a guided tour of the renowned Brighton
General Cemetery. Hear tales tall and true about
the famous and infamous resting in peace right
here in Glen Eira.
Book online at www.classiccinemas.com.au
Wheelchair access
Join the guided tour and learn all about the historic
Classic Cinema.
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BOOK, MUSIC AND COMIC
MARKETPLACE
WELCOME TO TERRY
PRATCHETT’S DISCWORLD
Sunday 28 June from 10am
Sunday 28 June from 11am
Carnegie Library — Foyer
Carnegie Library — Boyd Room
Free event
Free event
Stallholders $30: please register online
www.gleneira.vic.gov.au
Limited places available
Wheelchair access
Preloved records, books, CDs and comics
for sale or trade.
Wheelchair access
Discover the amazing world of Terry Pratchett
through activities and storytelling by his most
ardent fans. This fun group comes together to
discuss and pay tribute to the late Terry Pratchett,
Discworld and everything else he has written
or been involved with.
Facebook/Victorian Discworld Klatch
READING
AND LISTENING
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SPIN A STORY
VINYL LP
STORYTELLING
EVENT
Saturday 20 June, 3pm
Saturday 27 June, 3pm
SOUNDAIR HiFi
137 Hawthorn Road, Caulfield
Free event
Book online at www.gleneira.vic.gov.au
Vinyl is back!
Join Brad and the staff at SOUNDAIR HiFi,
Caulfield for an afternoon of pure music
and storytelling using the best sound equipment
available. Bring along your favourite LP
(one in good condition please), turn off your
mobile phone and settle in to play your favourite
track and tell the story of how the music
changed or influenced your life.
OPEN MIC
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MUSIC, COMEDY, READINGS
AND PERFORMANCE
Various dates, times and locations as below
Free events
No bookings required
Whether a poet, writer, singer, playwright,
performer or any kind of storyteller,
come along to one of our open mic
events and have your story heard!
Join fellow storytellers at Santucci’s Café,
Mr Burch Café, Antique Bar, Caulfield RSL,
and the Boundary Hotel — Cider Bar,
for the Festival’s open mic events.
Sessions run for approximately two hours
and are hosted by the inimitable Janet McLeod.
Please limit each reading/performance
to 10 minutes or less so that everyone
has an opportunity to participate.
TELL YOUR
STORY
Sunday 14 June, 3pm
Wednesday 24 June, 7pm
Mr Burch Café
129 McKinnon Road, McKinnon
Antique Bar
218 Glenhuntly Road, Elsternwick
Wednesday 17 June, 7pm
Thursday 25 June, 7pm
Antique Bar
218 Glenhuntly Road, Elsternwick
Santucci’s Café
94 Koornang Road, Carnegie
Thursday 18 June, 7pm
Friday 26 June, 7pm
Santucci’s Café
94 Koornang Road, Carnegie
Boundary Hotel — Cider Bar
730 Centre Road, Bentleigh East
Friday 19 June, 7pm
Saturday 27 June, 3pm
Boundary Hotel — Cider Bar
730 Centre Road, Bentleigh East
Mr Burch Café
129 McKinnon Road, McKinnon
Sunday 21 June, 3pm
Sunday 28 June, 3pm
Caulfield RSL
4 St Georges Road, Elsternwick
Caulfield RSL
4 St Georges Road, Elsternwick
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TRUE STORIES,
SAID, NOT READ —
ADULT WORKSHOP
TRUE STORIES,
SAID, NOT READ —
PERFORMANCE
GLEN EIRA CITY COUNCIL
MY BROTHER JACK
AWARDS 2015
Saturday 20 June, 10am–1pm
Saturday 20 June, 5pm
Sunday 21 June, 2pm
Carnegie Library — Boyd Room
Free event
Tickets: $30/$20 concession and SAV Members
No bookings required
Book online at www.gleneira.vic.gov.au
Santucci’s Café, 94 Koornang Road, Carnegie
The 2015 My Brother Jack Awards are open to people
who live, work or study in the City of Glen Eira.
There are prizes for short stories and poetry in
the categories of Primary School, Junior Secondary
School, Senior Secondary School and Open.
There is also an Open Photography category.
Limited places available
Please bring pen and paper
Wheelchair access
Learn how to craft stories from your life or from
the lives of others. Develop skills to speak from
the heart, rather than read, and deliver your story
in a way that moves and entertains. You will be
helped to identify events and characters to create a
personal narrative beyond anecdote, to a satisfyingly
shaped piece for telling. Wouldn’t you like
to step up to the mic and share a story?
The workshops will culminate in a performance
at Santucci’s Café Carnegie — see next listing.
Curated personal storytelling events have
never been so popular. In the United States
there is The Moth (New York), This American Life
and in Australia there is the ABC’s Now Hear This.
In Melbourne, people gather throughout the
year at thematic nights of story: The Cock and Bull,
Rocket Clock, Storytelling Nights at The Elwood
Lounge and Laborastory.
Entries were received between 17 March
and 27 April in the categories of:
Avenue Bookstore
Open Short Story Award
Caulfield Park Community Bank Branch
Open Poetry Award
Benn’s Books
Senior Secondary School Short Story Award
Benn’s Books
Senior Secondary School Poetry Award
Hardie Grant Egmont
Junior Secondary School Short Story Award
To commemorate the 20th anniversary of the
My Brother Jack Awards and the Centenary of the
Gallipoli landing, there is a special award for short
story or poem set in or around World War One.
Grill’d Healthy Burgers Carnegie
Junior Secondary School Poetry Award
The winners of each category will be announced
at the Awards Ceremony to be held at Glen Eira
Town Hall on Sunday 21 June.
Grill’d Healthy Burgers Elsternwick
Primary School Poetry Award
The winning pieces will be published on Glen Eira
City Council’s website after the Awards Ceremony.
Hardie Grant Egmont
Primary School Short Story Award
Glen Eira City Council
Photographic Award
Caulfield and Bentleigh RSL
Special Award
Event
Thu 11 June
Festival Launch
Sat 13 June
Build your Story World
Dial a Story
Believe not every spirit, but try the spirits
Alice in Wonderland
ARCADIA Exhibition
ARCADIA Exhibition — Telling Tales
Brighton Cemetery Tour
The Travelling Parables Show
Spectral Stories
Weekend StoryTime
Cinema Fiasco
Sun 14 June
Build your Story World
Dial a Story
ARCADIA Exhibition
ARCADIA Exhibition — Telling Tales
Weekend StoryTime
The Songs They Sang
Open Mic
Glen Eira Town Hall Historical Tour
The Play of Sound
Mon 15 June
ARCADIA Exhibition
ARCADIA Exhibition — Telling Tales
Build your Story World
Dial a Story
Survivor storytelling
BabyTime
The Echoes of Heirlooms
Tue 16 June
ARCADIA Exhibition
ARCADIA Exhibition — Telling Tales
Believe not every spirit, but try the spirits
Build your Story World
Dial a Story
Survivor storytelling
BabyTime
StoryTime
BabyTime
Forgotten Rebels
Wed 17 June
ARCADIA Exhibition
ARCADIA Exhibition —Telling Tales
Believe not every spirit, but try the spirits
Build your Story World
Dial a Story
Survivor storytelling
StoryTime
BabyTime
Glen Eira Town Hall Historical Tour
Open Mic
Thu 18 June
ARCADIA Exhibition
ARCADIA Exhibition — Telling Tales
Believe not every spirit, but try the spirits
Build your Story World
Dial a Story
Survivor storytelling
StoryTime
BabyTime
Open Mic
Time
Venue
Price
Page
6.30pm
Glen Eira City Council Gallery
Free
03
10am
10am
12pm
1pm
1pm
1pm
2pm
2pm
2pm
2pm
4pm
Carnegie Library — Foyer
Carnegie Library
Monash University Museum of Art
Glen Eira Town Hall — Theatrette
Glen Eira City Council Gallery
Glen Eira City Council Gallery
Brighton General Cemetery
St John’s Uniting Church
Monash University Museum of Art
Carnegie Library
Classic Cinema
Free
Free
Free
Free
Free
Free
Free
$5
Free
Free
$22 full/
$19 concession
09
07
25
29
23
20
31
30
25
19
17
10am
12pm
1pm
1pm
2pm
2pm and 4pm
3pm
3pm
3pm
Carnegie Library — Foyer
Carnegie Library
Glen Eira City Council Gallery
Glen Eira City Council Gallery
Bentleigh and Caulfield Libraries
Glen Eira Town Hall — Theatrette
Mr Burch Café
Glen Eira Town Hall
Lamm Jewish Library
Free
Free
Free
Free
Free
$10
Free
Free
$10
09
07
23
20
19
17
37
28
13
10am
10am
10am
10am
10.30am and 1.30pm
11am
Free
Free
Free
Free
Donation entry
Free
23
20
09
07
29
19
6pm
Glen Eira City Council Gallery
Glen Eira City Council Gallery
Carnegie Library — Foyer
Carnegie Library
Jewish Holocaust Centre
Bentleigh, Carnegie
and Caulfield Libraries
Antique Bar
$15
13
10am
10am
10am
10am
10am
10.30am and 1.30pm
11am
2pm
2pm
7pm
Glen Eira City Council Gallery
Glen Eira City Council Gallery
Monash University Museum of Art
Carnegie Library — Foyer
Carnegie Library
Jewish Holocaust Centre
Carnegie and Elsternwick Libraries
Bentleigh Library
Carnegie Library
Glen Eira Town Hall — Theatrette
Free
Free
Free
Free
Free
Donation entry
Free
Free
Free
Free
23
20
25
09
07
29
19
19
19
30
10am
10am
10am
10am
10am
10.30am and 1.30pm
11am
2pm
3pm
7pm
Glen Eira City Council Gallery
Glen Eira City Council Gallery
Monash University Museum of Art
Carnegie Library — Foyer
Carnegie Library
Jewish Holocaust Centre
Carnegie and Elsternwick Libraries
Bentleigh and Elsternwick Libraries
Glen Eira Town Hall
Antique Bar
Free
Free
Free
Free
Free
Donation entry
Free
Free
Free
Free
23
20
25
09
07
29
19
19
28
37
10am
10am
10am
10am
10am
10.30am and 1.30pm
11am
2pm
7pm
Glen Eira City Council Gallery
Glen Eira City Council Gallery
Monash University Museum of Art
Carnegie Library — Foyer
Carnegie Library
Jewish Holocaust Centre
Bentleigh and Caulfield Libraries
Carnegie Library
Santucci’s Café
Free
Free
Free
Free
Free
Donation entry
Free
Free
Free
23
20
25
09
07
29
19
19
37
Fri 19 June
ARCADIA Exhibition
ARCADIA Exhibition — Telling Tales
Believe not every spirit, but try the spirits
Build your Story World
Dial a Story
Survivor storytelling
BabyTime
StoryTime
My Brother Jack — The Miniseries
ARCADIA — Meet the Artist
Open Mic
Sat 20 June
Build your Story World
TRUE STORIES, SAID, NOT READ —
Adult Workshop
Dial a Story
Believe not every spirit, but try the spirits
ARCADIA Exhibition
ARCADIA Exhibition — Telling Tales
Weekend StoryTime
Spin a story
TRUE STORIES, SAID, NOT READ — Performance
Sun 21 June
Build your Story World
Classic Cinema tour and historical talk
The Murrumbeena Boyds
Dial a Story
ARCADIA Exhibition
ARCADIA Exhibition — Telling Tales
My Brother Jack Awards Ceremony
Weekend StoryTime
Open Mic
Mon 22 June
ARCADIA Exhibition
ARCADIA Exhibition — Telling Tales
Build your Story World
Dial a Story
Survivor storytelling
BabyTime
The Echoes of Heirlooms
16th Street Actors Studio
Brighton Cemetery Tour
Tue 23 June
ARCADIA Exhibition
ARCADIA Exhibition — Telling Tales
Believe not every spirit, but try the spirits
Build your Story World
Dial a Story
Survivor storytelling
BabyTime
StoryTime
BabyTime
16th Street Actors Studio
Wed 24 June
ARCADIA Exhibition
ARCADIA Exhibition — Telling Tales
Believe not every spirit, but try the spirits
Build your Story World
Dial a Story
Survivor storytelling
StoryTime
BabyTime
Open Mic
The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness
10am
10am
10am
10am
10am
10am and 12.30pm
11am
11am
11am
12.30pm
7pm
Glen Eira City Council Gallery
Glen Eira City Council Gallery
Monash University Museum of Art
Carnegie Library — Foyer
Carnegie Library
Jewish Holocaust Centre
Bentleigh Library
Carnegie Library
Glen Eira Town Hall — Theatrette
Glen Eira City Council Gallery
Boundary Hotel — Cider Bar
Free
Free
Free
Free
Free
Donation entry
Free
Free
Free
Free
Free
23
20
25
09
07
29
19
19
15
24
37
10am
10am
Carnegie Library — Foyer
Carnegie Library — Boyd Room
09
38
10am
12pm
1pm
1pm
2pm
3pm
5pm
Carnegie Library
Monash University Museum of Art
Glen Eira City Council Gallery
Glen Eira City Council Gallery
Carnegie Library
SOUNDAIR HiFi
Santucci’s Café
Free
$30 full/
$20 concession
and SAV Members
Free
Free
Free
Free
Free
Free
Free
07
25
23
20
19
34
38
10am
10am
11am
Carnegie Library — Foyer
Classic Cinema
Murrumbeena
(Springthorpe Gardens)
Carnegie Library
Glen Eira City Council Gallery
Glen Eira City Council Gallery
Glen Eira Town Hall — Theatrette
Bentleigh and Caulfield Libraries
Caulfield RSL
Free
Free
Free
09
31
27
Free
Free
Free
Free
Free
Free
07
23
20
39
19
37
12pm
1pm
1pm
2pm
2pm
3pm
10am
10am
10am
10am
10.30am and 1.30pm
11am
Free
Free
Free
Free
Donation entry
Free
23
20
09
07
29
19
6pm
7pm
7pm
Glen Eira City Council Gallery
Glen Eira City Council Gallery
Carnegie Library — Foyer
Carnegie Library
Jewish Holocaust Centre
Bentleigh, Carnegie
and Caulfield Libraries
Antique Bar
Glen Eira Town Hall — Theatrette
Brighton General Cemetery
$15
$10
Free
13
11
31
10am
10am
10am
10am
10am
10.30am and 1.30pm
11am
2pm
2pm
7pm
Glen Eira City Council Gallery
Glen Eira City Council Gallery
Monash University Museum of Art
Carnegie Library — Foyer
Carnegie Library
Jewish Holocaust Centre
Carnegie and Elsternwick Libraries
Bentleigh Library
Carnegie Library
Glen Eira Town Hall — Theatrette
Free
Free
Free
Free
Free
Donation entry
Free
Free
Free
$10
23
20
25
09
07
29
19
19
19
11
10am
10am
10am
10am
10am
10.30am and 1.30pm
11am
2pm
7pm
7pm
Glen Eira City Council Gallery
Glen Eira City Council Gallery
Monash University Museum of Art
Carnegie Library — Foyer
Carnegie Library
Jewish Holocaust Centre
Carnegie and Elsternwick Libraries
Bentleigh and Elsternwick Libraries
Antique Bar
Glen Eira Town Hall — Theatrette
Free
Free
Free
Free
Free
Donation entry
Free
Free
Free
$5
23
20
25
09
07
29
19
19
37
16
Event
Time
Venue
Price
Page
Thu 25 June
ARCADIA Exhibition
ARCADIA Exhibition — Telling Tales
Believe not every spirit, but try the spirits
Show and Tell
Build your Story World
Dial a Story
Survivor storytelling
StoryTime
BabyTime
Glen Eira Poetry Slam
Are you there Louise Lovely?
10am
10am
10am
10.30am
10am
10am
10.30am and 1.30pm
11am
2pm
6pm
6pm
Glen Eira City Council Gallery
Glen Eira City Council Gallery
Monash University Museum of Art
Carnegie Library
Carnegie Library — Foyer
Carnegie Library
Jewish Holocaust Centre
Bentleigh and Caulfield libraries
Carnegie Library
Glen Eira Town Hall — Theatrette
Labassa Mansion
23
20
25
28
09
07
29
19
19
11
12
7pm
Santucci’s Café
Free
Free
Free
Free
Free
Free
Donation entry
Free
Free
Free
$45 full/
$38 concession
Free
10am
10am
10am
10am
10am
10am and 12.30pm
11am
11am
11am
1pm
5pm and 8pm
Glen Eira City Council Gallery
Glen Eira City Council Gallery
Monash University Museum of Art
Carnegie Library — Foyer
Carnegie Library
Jewish Holocaust Centre
Bentleigh Library
Carnegie Library
Glen Eira Town Hall — Theatrette
Glen Eira City Council Gallery
Labassa Mansion
7pm
Boundary Hotel — Cider Bar
Open Mic
Fri 26 June
ARCADIA Exhibition
ARCADIA Exhibition — Telling Tales
Believe not every spirit, but try the spirits
Build your Story World
Dial a Story
Survivor storytelling
BabyTime
StoryTime
My Brother Jack — The Miniseries
ARCADIA — Meet the Curator
Are you there Louise Lovely?
Free
Free
Free
Free
Free
Donation entry
Free
Free
Free
Free
$45 full/
$38 concession
Free
37
23
20
25
09
07
29
19
19
15
24
12
Open Mic
Sat 27 June
Build your Story World
Dial a Story
Japanese Animation festival — Kiki’s Delivery Service
Japanese Animation festival — Ponyo
Believe not every spirit, but try the spirits
ARCADIA Exhibition
ARCADIA Exhibition — Telling Tales
The Travelling Parables Show
Japanese Animation festival — My Neighbour Totoro
Weekend StoryTime
ARCADIA Exhibition — Children’s activity
Spin a story
Open Mic
Japanese Animation festival — Princess Mononoke
Are you there Louise Lovely?
10am
10am
10am
12pm
12pm
1pm
1pm
2pm
2pm
2pm
2pm
3pm
3pm
4pm
5pm and 8pm
Carnegie Library — Foyer
Carnegie Library
Glen Eira Town Hall — Theatrette
Glen Eira Town Hall — Theatrette
Monash University Museum of Art
Glen Eira City Council Gallery
Glen Eira City Council Gallery
St John’s Uniting Church
Glen Eira Town Hall — Theatrette
Carnegie Library
Glen Eira City Council Gallery
SOUNDAIR HiFi
Mr Burch Café
Glen Eira Town Hall — Theatrette
Labassa Mansion
Free
Free
$8/$30 family pass
$8/$30 family pass
Free
Free
Free
$5
$8/$30 family pass
Free
Free
Free
Free
$8/$30 family pass
$45 full/
$38 concession
09
07
16
16
25
23
20
30
16
19
20
34
37
16
12
Sun 28 June
Book, Music and Comic Marketplace
Japanese Animation festival — Howl’s Moving Castle
Welcome to Terry Pratchett’s Discworld
The Murrumbeena Boyds
10am
10am
11am
11am
Carnegie Library Foyer
Glen Eira Town Hall — Theatrette
Carnegie Library — Boyd Room
Murrumbeena
(Springthorpe Gardens)
Glen Eira Town Hall — Theatrette
Free
$8/$30 family pass
Free
Free
33
16
33
27
Japanese Animation festival — Nausicaa of the Valley
of the Wind
Dial a Story
ARCADIA Exhibition
ARCADIA Exhibition — Telling Tales
Japanese Animation festival — The Wind Rises
Weekend StoryTime
In conversation with Judith Lucy
12pm
12pm
1pm
1pm
2pm
2pm
3pm
Open Mic
Are you there Louise Lovely?
3pm
5pm
Carnegie Library
Glen Eira City Council Gallery
Glen Eira City Council Gallery
Glen Eira Town Hall — Theatrette
Bentleigh and Caulfield Libraries
ABC Studios,
Gordon Street, Elsternwick
Caulfield RSL
Labassa Mansion
37
$8/$30 family pass 16
Free
Free
Free
$8/$30 family pass
Free
$35 full/
$30 concession
Free
$45 full/
$38 concession
07
23
20
16
19
05
37
12
VENUES
Glen Eira Town Hall
Caulfield Library
Labassa Mansion
– Theatrette
– Glen Eira City Council Gallery
Are all located at corner Glen Eira
and Hawthorn Roads, Caulfield
Tram Route 64 to stop 54
Corner Glen Eira and
Hawthorn Roads, Caulfield
Tram Route 64 to stop 54
2 Manor Grove, Caulfield North
Tram Routes, 3, 3a, 16 to stop 32
Caulfield RSL
13–15 Selwyn Street, Elsternwick
Tram Route 67 to stop 44
Sandringham Line train
to Elsternwick
Classic Cinema
9 Gordon Street, Elsternwick
Sandringham Line train
to Elsternwick
Tram Route 67 to stop 44
Jewish Holocaust Centre
4 St Georges Road, Elsternwick
Tram Route 67 to stop 45
Elsternwick Library
Bentleigh Library
4 Staniland Grove, Elsternwick
Tram Route 67 to stop 55
Sandringham Line train
to Elsternwick
161 Jasper Road, Bentleigh
Frankston Line train to Bentleigh
Santucci’s Café
Boundary Hotel — Cider Bar
Official festival bar
94 Koornang Road, Carnegie
Tram Route 67 to stop 68
Monash University Museum
of Art, MUMA
Caulfield campus
Ground Floor, Building F
900 Dandenong Road, Caulfield East
Tram Route 3, 3a to stop 57
Frankston, Pakenham
and Cranbourne Line trains
to Caulfield Station
730 Centre Road, Bentleigh East
Mr Burch Café
Brighton General Cemetery
129 McKinnon Road, McKinnon
Frankston Line train to McKinnon
Corner North and Hawthorn Roads,
Caulfield South
Tram Route 64 to stop 68
Antique Bar —
Official festival bar
St John’s Uniting Church
Carnegie Library
218 Glenhuntly Road, Elsternwick
Tram Route 67 to stop 43
567 Glenhuntly Road, Elsternwick
Tram Route 67 to stop 48 or 49
7 Shepparson Avenue, Carnegie
Tram Route 67 to stop 68
Lamm Jewish Library
ABC Studios
304 Hawthorn Road,
Caulfield South
Tram Route 67 to stop 51
or Tram Route 64 to stop 57
8 Gordon Street, Elsternwick
Sandringham Line train
to Elsternwick
Tram Route 67 to stop 44
SOUNDAIR HiFi
137 Hawthorn Road, Caulfield
Tram Route 64 to stop 52
BOOKINGS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
All events can be booked
at www.gleneira.vic.gov.au
unless otherwise indicated.
Glen Eira City Council thanks the
following for their support of the
Glen Eira Storytelling Festival:
For further information
contact 9524 3333
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ABC Studios, Elsternwick
Madman Entertainment
Antique Bar, Elsternwick
SOUNDAIR HIFI,
Caulfield
/gleneiraarts
Caulfield RSL
Andrew Best
Justine Falleti
Sam Falleti
Julianne Goss
Elizabeth Hunt
Marlene Kar-Ng
Rachel MacKay
Brad Melki
Stephen Murray
Mel Nichols
Sherredan Nuthall
Rita Santucci
Colin Smith
Danielle Spalding
Peter Spalding
Michelle Zhao
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