Wan Solwora pre-show cooking demonstration/performance

I GIR

COOKING DEMONSTRATION / PERFORMANCE

TOURED AND PRESENTED BY KULTOUR

Lisa Hilli and her mother Cathy Hilli guide and demonstrate a celebratory feast melding Australian and Papua New Guinean cultures, where members of the public participate in the preparation, cooking and eating of I Gir, a traditional vegetable and chicken dish cooked in banana leaves with hot river stones and served with rice. Literally meaning 'to steam with hot stones' I Gir is a traditional Tolais dish from Papua New Guinea . While much of the time consuming food preparation will be done in advance of the demonstration participants are encouraged to try scraping coconuts, softening banana leaves and assisting Cathy in other aspects of the process. Then participants sit down and share I Gir with Lisa and Cathy.

“As a critical focal point of this project, I feel it is important to maintain my cultural inheritances and continue to practice them even if they are not truly in the traditional sense. By applying these cultural histories and traditions through a contemporary context, I believe my ideas and knowledge of my New Guinean culture are being delivered in a way that appeals to an audience within popular culture yet fulfils my needs to maintain my specific New Guinean / Australian individuality”.

Lisa Hilli, Artist: Make sure you don’t miss out on seeing Lisa’s exhibition, Just Like Home, in The Well, Brisbane Powerhouse from Wednesday 31 March – Sunday 11 April. Just Like Home is an exhibition, a meal, a film and a biography, which explores artist Lisa’s Hilli’s New Guinean and Australian heritage.

Wan Solwora featuring George Telek, David Bridie and Band and the Narasirato Pan Pipers from the Solomon Islands will commence at 7.30pm in the Powerhouse Theatre, Brisbane Powerhouse.

Planet is the Brisbane Powerhouse dedicated world music and dance program. This project has received financial assistance from the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland. This is a Kultour presentation developed in partnership with Multicultural Arts Victoria and BEMAC with the assistance of the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body.

DATE Wednesday 31 March 2010 TIME 6pm – 7.15pm

VENUE Plaza (outside the main building near the entrance), Brisbane Powerhouse

CAPACITY Maximum 25 participants – however people are free to watch and learn!

BOOKING tanyahirokom@brisbanepowerhouse.org

Wan Solwora MUSIC

Brisbane Powerhouse Presents Planet:
Wan Solwora MUSIC

Featuring George Telek And The Narasirato Pan Pipers, Directed By David Bridie. Wan Solwora translates as One Ocean, One People and is an unforgettable celebration of the sound, the music and the spirit of the Melanesian islands of Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. With a captivating blend of bamboo pipes, bush bass, the polyrhythmic pulse of the ukulele and soaring traditional voices, ARIA Award winning George Telek and his band are joined by the Narasirato Pan Pipers and special guest Jeremy Jongsma in this energetic and joyous concert. Telek is a band, a man and, in some parts of the world, a legend. He has been at the forefront of the Papua New Guinea music scene for more than twenty years. Surrounded by virgin rainforest and idyllic lagoons, the Narasirato Pan Pipers live at the end of a mangrove forest in the Solomon Islands. Their swooping vocals, wooden drums, conch shells and dance create an uplifting and unique performance, praised by audiences for its pure energy. Together they create the magical energy, beauty and sound of the islands right here in Brisbane.
Wed 31 Mar 7.30pm
$32 (f) $28 (c) $26 (groups 10+)
Powerhouse Theatre
For more information go to www.brisbanepowerhouse.org





Saturday Sessions
Brisbane Powerhouse and Bemac Present
Planet MUSIC

Do you have a taste for the exotic but can’t afford a world trip? That’s ok. We’re bringing the world to you. From Latin to Reggae, Indian to African, Planet, on the first Saturday of every month will transport your musical senses literally to another world. With each session you might find Brazilian rhythms crossing paths with Eastern delights or cool island drums coming face to face with the heat of Salsa. World music and world class acts. With a true globe-trotting experience like this, you won’t need a holiday.
Saturday 3 Apr, 5pm
FREE
Turbine Platform
For more information go to www.brisbanepowerhouse.org

Harvest Festival with our friends at Northey Street

In 2010 Harvest will occur in March for the first time, coinciding with the Autumn Equinox. The Harvest program will reflect the earthy undercurrent of the Autumn season celebrating the culture, food, and art of First Nations communities and Brisbane's broader multicultural communities. Harvest will feature sustainability and organic farming workshops, Bollywood and hiphop dance workshops, an exciting kids program and much more. Harvest will feature diverse acts such as Maharani, Spacifix, Tautoko, and many more.

Brisbane's Melting Pot

A WORLD OF FREE MUSIC




There’s a world of music bubbling away in Brisbane’s diverse communities. This melting pot of multi-culturalism will be celebrated during the monthly series of free entertainment and activities to be held at QPAC’s Cascade Court and Melbourne Street Green.

Traversing the globe from Asia to Europe, Africa and the Americas, Brisbane’s Melting pot will feature an array of ethnic delicacies from local communities including traditional fare, arts and craft, new world music and dance.

Gather your family and friends and join the global citizens of Brisbane’s new world city as we celebrate diversity, community and culture through the universal languages of food and music.

Where Cascade Court and Melbourne Street Green, QPAC
When 11.30am to 5pm

Immerse yourself in the sounds and aromas of mystical Asia with rhythmic Bhangara, bamboo flutes, exotic strings, driving percussion and the phenomenon of contemporary Bollywood.
Saturday 13+Sunday 14 February
Saturday 13+Sunday 14 March

Folkloric traditions, classical compositions and contemporary pop music come together to mark the European influence on a western culture steeped in delicious diversity.
Saturday 10+Sunday 11 April
Saturday 8+Sunday 9 May

Return to the roots of all music with an exciting world of song and dance beating a trail from tribal Africa to the idyllic rhythms of the South Pacific.
Saturday 5+Sunday 6 June
Saturday 10 + Sunday 11 July

Traverse the globe footloose and carefree with a gypsy gathering drawing from the Mediterranean, the Baltics, the Middle East and Central Asia to create an energetic celebration of a colourful life of travels.
Saturday 7 + Sunday 8 August
Saturday 18+ Sunday 19 September

Party with the sounds of the streets as we shake up the music that has inspired revolutions, celebrated freedom and opened our hearts and minds to the ryhthms of carnivale.
Saturday 16+Sunday 17 October
Saturday 13 + Sunday 14 November



Presented by QPAC with the support of BEMAC

VIEUX FARKA TOURÉ

Big Planet

Tue 19 - Wed 20 Jan 2010



This January sees the first time visit to Australian shores for African guitarist/singer/songwriter, Vieux Farka Touré who is set to perform an intimate show at Brisbane Powerhouse.

Mixing reggae, funk and R&B, Vieux Farka Touré breaks new ground as one of the first world music artists to embrace the sounds of rock. The son of African music legend, the late Ali Farka Touré, he draws on West African Malian traditions, and incorporates his father’s signature desert style blues to create his own unique style and sound.

Please note BEMAC's operating hours for 2010 will be Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 10am - 4pm. BEMAC reopens for business on Tuesday 19th January.

Media Release: BEMAC hosting Multicultural Arts Round Table

Monday, November 9th 2009

Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts

2pm-6pm


Multicultural Arts and Mobility: A Queensland Perspective

BEMAC are honored to announce that they will be hosting a Multicultural Arts Round Table at Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts next Monday, November 9th 2009.

The theme for the roundtable is “Multicultural Arts and Mobility: A Queensland Perspective”

In attendance will be delegates from around Australia that make up the board of Kultour (the national touring body for Multicultural Arts) alongside representatives from government agencies including Brisbane City Council, Logan City Council, Arts Queensland, Australia Council for the Arts, regional Queensland, venues and presenters.

The roundtable has been designed as to provide a key opportunity to air and discuss the issues and opportunities that Queensland's culturally and linguistically diverse artists face. This is in conbination with the opprtunity for artists to ask questions of and listen to a panel of key industry representatives and artists with a range of touring experiences.

It is anticipated that this mini-conference will open up the dialogue for Multicultural Arts here in Queensland and that

some on-going relationships and opportunities will develop that see Queensland artists with more national and international opportunities.

The event will also feature showcase appearances by some of Qld’s finest multicultural artists inclduing “Dheeraj” Showcase (music), “Paradise” Showcase (theatre), “Anthony Garcia” Showcase (music), “Walisuma” Showcase (music) and “Baala Baajo” Showcase (music), as well as photography and visual art from Salaam Elmerebi and Tewodros Fekadu. Panelists will include:

Anthony Garcia (Musician) - MULTICULTURAL ARTS QLD AND ACCESS

Salam Elmerebi (Visual Artist) - MULTICULTURAL ARTS QLD AND ACCESS

Tanya Martin - Brisbane Powerhouse – PARTERNERSHIP MODEL FOR MULTICULTURAL ARTS QLD

Sebastian Flynn – Events Manager, Department of Communities, Director, Qld Multicultural Festival – FESTIVALS AND CULTURAL PLATFORMS FOR CULTURALLY DIVERSE ARTS IN QLD

Ruth Hodgman – Director, The Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts – DIVERSITY IN AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT

Jo Pratt – Director, BEMAC – ROLE OF BEMAC AS PEAK BODY – REGIONAL AND METROPOLITAN

Michael Whiticker - Artistic Director, Music Centre North Queensland – REGIONAL PERSPECTIVE MULTICULTURAL ARTS

Denise Foley – CEO, Q Music – FUNDING and other support, TOURING, Q Song, AWME etc

Jill Morgan – CEO, Multicultural Arts Victoria – GETTING OUT OF QLD

World by Night

BEMAC (Brisbane ENTERPRISING MULTICULTURAL ARTS Centre) is proud to announce its inaugural WORLD BY NIGHT FESTIVAL. Held 6pm till 10pm, Fri Nov 20th in the beautiful world heritage listed waterfront gardens @ Yungaba in Kangaroo Point, World By Night is a free entry, family friendly festival featuring contemporary world music, dance, cuisine and craft.



Performances: The View From Madeleine's Couch, Vessels, Tibet 2 Timbuk 2, Walisuma

Workshops: Beat Boxing, Latin Salsa Dance, African Drumming, Mordern Contemp Dance w Black Dove, Tai Chi - QIGONG and Bollywood Dhamaka dance.

Held under the stars, World By Night will see the historic waterfront gardens and buildings underneath the Story Bridge come to life for the last time before private development; with music, dance, workshops, foods stalls, arts & crafts and information stalls in an exquisite celebration of the important arts, cultural and cuisine benefits that migrants and refugees have brought to Queensland culture.

Stalls will feature foods from around the world, including Pacific, African, Asian, western European, Eastern European, and the America’s. There will also be a fresh food stall which stock unusual foods from Indian spices to exotic vegetables and fruits. Stalls will have information available on the dishes sold about the ingredients and their origins, how these traditional dishes might have been made 150 years ago and how they might have changed to suit the Australian version.

Art and Craft stalls will also feature across the market’s with high quality diverse craft from numerous world cultures on display- the perfect Christmas shopping alternative!! There will also be free Henna Tattooing all night.

The festival opening also will feature an Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony and a welcome to country from the local indigenous community.

FRIDAY 20TH NOVEMBER

6PM – 10PM @ Yungaba

120 Main St, Kangaroo Point (Free Entry Family Event)