Kings Cross Arts Guild

WHAT'S ON THIS MONTH
May 2012
16		Trip to Wilberforce For details, contact Kings Cross Community Centre on 9357 2164.

PURE INDEPENDENT PICTURES A new independent filmmaking initiative, dedicated to supporting only purely independent Australian films. Visit: www.pureindependentpictures.com KINGS CROSS PHOTOGRAPHY PRIZE 2011 Character of the Cross: People and Place / Past and Present Exhibition Dates: October 5–23 2011 Entries due: Friday 23 September, 6pm, by email The Kings Cross Photography Prize is an exciting project run by the Kings Cross Arts Guild. This is its second year of exhibition. Last year’s Competition was titled Images of the Cross. The Guild has a history of supporting artists in particular local artists. This year photographer/curator Sandy Edwards of ARTHERE is Guest Curator. Click here for full details CROSS PROJECTIONS 2011 Now in its 9th screening season, this community run event Cross Projections is a sell out photographic event held at the Royal Australian Institute of Architects theatre, Tusculum, in Potts Point, Sydney. Cross Projections is a multimedia, cinematic screening of sixteen photographers personal essays. Their work practice encompasses social documentary and fine art photography, photojournalism, teaching, critique and exhibition. Cross Projections 2011 is screening 6th, 7th and 8th October 2011. Click here for full details. MEMORY LANE Discuss your life in Kings Cross. Listen to ‘insiders’ tell their Kings Cross stories and present their memorabilia. For more details, click here. POETRY AND SPOKEN WORD AT THE KINGS CROSS ORGANIC MARKETS One Saturday a month, John August and Christian Carter (of Garden Games) host Kings Cross Poets at the Kings Cross Organic Markets, next to the el-Alamein fountain. The sessions are normally 10.30-11 and 12.00-12.30 with "Speaker's corner" from 1.00-1.30. If you'd like to get involved, contact John August at 0419 683 353 or johna@babel.apana.org.au THE SYDNEY SHOVE The Sydney Shove is an economics and politics discussion group, which has previously hosted discussions by Wayside Pastor Graham Long and Dr. Marianne Jauncey, Medical Director of the Medically Supervised Injecting Centre. It is held monthly, usually on the last Tuesday of the month, at The Sydney Swans Club, 28 Darlinghurst Road Kings Cross 2011. Attendance is free; we ask you purchase something to eat and/or drink. See more at www.sydneyshove.org SYDNEY BOOK FAIR Attention: collectors, scholars and bibliophiles! Browse through out of print, rare and antiquarian books, magazines, and ephemera. Every conceivable topic, from Australiana to zoology, from the decorative arts to military and local histories, from fiction to philosophy. The Sydney Book Fair takes place in Kings Cross twice a year. See this page for full details on the most recent event (March 2009). For info on the next Sydney Book Fair, phone Gavin Harris, THE CROSS Art + Books, on (02) 9357 2038 or email gavinharris@nexon.com.au WOOLLOOMOOLOO FILM SOCIETY We regret to advise that the Woolloomooloo Film Society will not be be screening movies for the time being. SENIOR CITIZENS’ ANNUAL LITERARY CONTEST Kings Cross Community Centre hosts this competition in conjunction with Seniors Week to encourage and promote our older and wiser community. This contest takes place each year. For further details, ring Robyn on 9357 2164. KINGS CROSS COMMUNITY AND INFORMATION CENTRE Outings in our bus, gentle exercise classes, shopping service for the housebound, knitting group. Weekly bargain stall. Typing service; fax and photocopying facilities. You are welcome to drop in and ask about our activities. Where: Suite 1, Rex Centre, 50-58 Macleay Street, Potts Point 2011 (on the ground floor of the Rex Building -- right next to Maggie's Restaurant) Telephone: 9357 2164

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PO Box 1287, Potts Point NSW 1335
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