Thursday, May 17, 2012

the reading room :: e-newsletter #75

Hi!

Tonight, not at the reading room, get to 4x4-4 at the Academy - where you will see work by one of our very own volunteers - Angelica Harris-Faull. Another of our super talented volunteers, Bonnie McCrossan, opened her exhibtiion last Thursday and it's a good-un. Still up until the end of May so come on down.

Don't forget we have board games to play, and space to book events. If you're interested in putting on an event with us, just send us an email. We'll soon be launching a Sunday market. Interested stallholders please get in touch.

For the most up-to-date info check the blog
Or the facebook group
Or join the mailing list! Email readingroom.adelaide@gmail.com with 'subscribe' in the subject line.
Or follow us on Twitter
Or like our facebook page

Here's what's coming up at the reading room...
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:: Thursday 10th May - Wednesday 30th May :: Pop Vomit - A Retrospective by Bonnie McCrossan"Hello my lovely ladies and gents! I would like to invite you all to an exhibition opening that will be an absolute shame to miss out on. My entire artistic history will be on show and most pieces are even available to buy! Come, dance, talk, be cultured and drink the wino on offer! Pop Culture is my main inspiration. Pop Culture is at times both the very best and the very worst, its lowbrow acconatations link it towards glossy magazines and tacky tabloid blogs. But at the heart of this incredible topic is the juxtaposition of beauty, trash and glamor. Normal people trying (and at times succeeding) to be more than what they truly are, reaching and pushing to whatever lengths they can to get to the top."
Facebook event

:: Friday 25th May ::
Hardboiled P
oetry Slam  :: from 7:30pm til lateInline image 2
Hard Boiled is a fast paced boisterous night of open mic poetry where the best reader on the night can walk away with $$$ Not bad for 3 poems! If you don’t win, you could walk away with some books, booze or even the coveted Hard Boiled booby prize! Entry is free, the raffle is gold coin donation. It all kicks off 8ish! So iron that turtleneck, dust off the beret & don’t forget your stubbie holder for a night of poetry that will make your toes curl with joy!
Facebook event


:: Mondays & Tuesdays :: Happiness Sessions at the reading room ::
Monday evening, 6pm - 7:30 - Laughing Room
Could your life be any more awesome? An hour a week of serious laughter would almost certainly make it so. Laughter warm ups, laughing hard, and rolling around on the floor laughing are all guaranteed. Come along, even if you've never laughed before, we will make it easy for you. Mental training is like any other form of training - do it once, and it will be fun and have some benefits in your life. Do it often and you become fit, healthy and skillful. Do it often, and you wont be able to stop laughing.
Tuesday afternoon, 12:30 - 1pm - Tuesday lunch destress session
Take 30 minutes of your lunch hour to completely let go with a guided deep relaxation. Bring your workmates and friends.
Tuesday afternoon, 1pm - 1:30 - Inner peace and tranquility session
These personal development sessions will be different each week. This weeks session will involve a journey in our imagination, to a lake of tranquility. There we will cultivate our own inner unshakable ocean of peace.
Payment is by what you think the session is worth - our payment jar is anonymous, and no one is watching. Improving your life is priceless.
Contact Frazer for more info: frazer@unitedvisions.org
or 0413700718.


:: Tuesdays :: Dancing Room!
If you feel like dancing but can't wait for the weekend, try Dancing Room! Tuesday nights, with the location announced Guerilla style on their facebook page. Please note it is not an event that is facilitated by the Reading Room, but a separate commitee. The best way to find out where it is held each week is via their facebook page.

Tues 22nd May :: Dancing Theatre one-off event at Queens TheatreFor a special collaborative Dancing Room event, we are migrating for one night to the beautiful historic Queen's Theatre on Playhouse Lane. We will dance on our regular Tuesday night, starting at our regular time, but have decided to dance before Tuesday night's performance of the new Brink Productions' Land and Sea.
Will you come and make a special occasion even more special? It's an opportunity to dance in a pretty special place, before a pretty special performance. Stick around and see the show, or just dance and perform your own show.
Facebook event


:: Wednesday 6th June ::
May Meeting of the Adelaide Feminists Reading Group :: 6:30 - 9:30

This month we're reading a classic- bell hooks' Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism, and find out how relevant it is in its criticism of white privilege in feminism, forty years later. Happy reading!
Facebook event


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the reading room
153 hindley st :: adelaide
readingroom.adelaide@gmail.com
thereadingroom-renewadelaide.blogspot.com

Monday, April 30, 2012

the reading room :: e-newsletter #74

Hi!

This week sees the end of TenByEight & A4 by Four by Four - come in by Thursday and get yourself something beautiful for your walls. Then next week we are proud to host the opening of the deliciously titled "Pop Vomit" by Bonnie McCrossan. More deets below.

For the most up-to-date info check the blog
Or the facebook group
Or join the mailing list! Email readingroom.adelaide@gmail.com with 'subscribe' in the subject line.
Or follow us on Twitter
Or like our facebook page

Here's what's coming up at the reading room...
_________________

::  Thursday 19th April - Thursday 3rd May :: A4 by Four by Four & TenByEight
:: CLOSES THIS WEEK!
Inline image 1

:: A4 BY FOUR BY FOUR ::
Four Photographers :: Four Prints :: A4 Size :: Fourteen Days
Curated in only four hours, this photographic show explores the idea of format. Four outstanding Adelaide photographers display four prints in only A4 sizing, exploring life in a limited frame. Featuring Meg Cowell, elle d.s., Stephanie Fuller and Genevieve Brandenburg, this whiplash show will only be for fourteen days.
:: TENB
YEIGHT ::
Coinciding with 'A4 by four by four' is 'TenbyEight', a themed photographic exhibition by emerging local artist Vera Ada. Vera's black and white portraiture is highly distinctive and unique. Using a range of multiple effects such as double exposure, long shutter speeds and over-processing she uses film photography to is most expressionistic extent. Highly evocative and haunting, this secondary show promises to complement and inspire 'A4 by four by four' in a subtle mix of beautiful compositions and echoing emotion.
Facebook event


:: Mondays & Tuesdays :: Happiness Sessions at the reading room ::
Monday evening, 6pm - 7:30 - 
Laughing Room
Could your life be any more awesome? An hour a week of serious laughter would almost certainly make it so. Laughter warm ups, laughing hard, and rolling around on the floor laughing are all guaranteed. Come along, even if you've never laughed before, we will make it easy for you. Mental training is like any other form of training - do it once, and it will be fun and have some benefits in your life. Do it often and you become fit, healthy and skillful. Do it often, and you wont be able to stop laughing.

Tuesday afternoon, 12:30 - 1pm - Tuesday lunch destress session
Take 30 minutes of your lunch hour to completely let go with a guided deep relaxation. Bring your workmates and friends.
Tuesday afternoon, 1pm - 1:30 - Inner peace and tranquility session
These personal development sessions will be different each week. This weeks session will involve a journey in our imagination, to a lake of tranquility. There we will cultivate our own inner unshakable ocean of peace.

Payment is by what you think the session is worth - our payment jar is anonymous, and no one is watching. Improving your life is priceless.
Contact Frazer for more info:
frazer@unitedvisions.org
or 0413700718.


:: Tuesdays :: Dancing Room!
If you feeel like dancing but can't wait for the weekend, try Dancing Room! Tuesday nights, with the location announced Guerilla style on their facebook page. Please note it is not an event that is facilitated by the Reading Room, but a separate commitee. The best way to find out where it is held each week is via their facebook page.
Note:
Dear Dancers, this week we are excited to have the debut of Dj Kedemine and DJ Oisima! Tues 1st May. Maydaymayday! Shake your groove thing yeah yeah!

:: Wednesday 2nd May ::
May Meeting of the Adelaide Feminists Reading Group :: 6:30 - 9:30
This month we're reading Stieg Larsson's The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. Ostensibly a crime thriller about corruption, Larsson's novel is known in Swedish as "Men Who Hate Women". Why? You'll just have to come along and find out.
Facebook event


:: Thursday 10th May - Wednesday 30th May :: Pop Vomit - A Retrospective by Bonnie McCrossan
Opening Night :: Thursday 10th May
:: 6pm - 8pm
"Hello my lovely ladies and gents! I would like to invite you all to an exhibition opening that will be an absolute shame to miss out on. My entire artistic history will be on show and most pieces are even available to buy! Come, dance, talk, be cultured and drink the wino on offer! Pop Culture is my main inspiration. Pop Culture is at times both the very best and the very worst, its lowbrow acconatations link it towards glossy magazines and tacky tabloid blogs. But at the heart of this incredible topic is the juxtaposition of beauty, trash and glamor. Normal people trying (and at times succeeding) to be more than what they truly are, reaching and pushing to whatever lengths they can to get to the top."
Facebook event

:: Friday 25th May ::
Hardboiled P
oetry Slam  :: from 7:30pm til lateInline image 2
Hard Boiled is a fast paced boisterous night of open mic poetry where the best reader on the night can walk away with $$$ Not bad for 3 poems! If you don’t win, you could walk away with some books, booze or even the coveted Hard Boiled booby prize! Entry is free, the raffle is gold coin donation. It all kicks off 8ish! So iron that turtleneck, dust off the beret & don’t forget your stubbie holder for a night of poetry that will make your toes curl with joy!
Facebook event

__
the reading room
153 hindley st :: adelaide
readingroom.adelaide@gmail.com
thereadingroom-renewadelaide.blogspot.com

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

the reading room :: e-newsletter #73

Hi!

Last week we had a great opening for Ten By Eight & A4 by Four by Four - both shows are up until the end of the month, so come on down and take a look.

For the most up-to-date info check the blog
Or the facebook group
Or join the mailing list! Email readingroom.adelaide@gmail.com with 'subscribe' in the subject line.
Or follow us on Twitter
Or like our facebook page

Here's what's coming up at the reading room...
_________________

::  Thursday 19th April - Tuesday 3rd May :: A4 by Four by Four & TenByEight

Inline image 1

:: A4 BY FOUR BY FOUR ::
Four Photographers :: Four Prints :: A4 Size :: Fourteen Days
Curated in only four hours, this photographic show explores the idea of format. Four outstanding Adelaide photographers display four prints in only A4 sizing, exploring life in a limited frame. Featuring Meg Cowell, elle d.s., Stephanie Fuller and Genevieve Brandenburg, this whiplash show will only be for fourteen days.
:: TENB
YEIGHT ::
Coinciding with 'A4 by four by four' is 'TenbyEight', a themed photographic exhibition by emerging local artist Vera Ada. Vera's black and white portraiture is highly distinctive and unique. Using a range of multiple effects such as double exposure, long shutter speeds and over-processing she uses film photography to is most expressionistic extent. Highly evocative and haunting, this secondary show promises to complement and inspire 'A4 by four by four' in a subtle mix of beautiful compositions and echoing emotion.
Facebook event


:: Mondays & Tuesdays :: Happiness Sessions at the reading room ::
Monday evening, 6pm - 7:30 - 
Laughing Room
Could your life be any more awesome? An hour a week of serious laughter would almost certainly make it so. Laughter warm ups, laughing hard, and rolling around on the floor laughing are all guaranteed. Come along, even if you've never laughed before, we will make it easy for you. Mental training is like any other form of training - do it once, and it will be fun and have some benefits in your life. Do it often and you become fit, healthy and skillful. Do it often, and you wont be able to stop laughing.

Tuesday afternoon, 12:30 - 1pm - Tuesday lunch destress session
Take 30 minutes of your lunch hour to completely let go with a guided deep relaxation. Bring your workmates and friends.
Tuesday afternoon, 1pm - 1:30 - Inner peace and tranquility session
These personal development sessions will be different each week. This weeks session will involve a journey in our imagination, to a lake of tranquility. There we will cultivate our own inner unshakable ocean of peace.

Payment is by what you think the session is worth - our payment jar is anonymous, and no one is watching. Improving your life is priceless.
Contact Frazer for more info:
frazer@unitedvisions.org
or 0413700718.


:: Tuesdays :: Dancing Room!
If you feeel like dancing but can't wait for the weekend, try Dancing Room! Tuesday nights, with the location announced Guerilla style on their facebook page. Please note it is not an event that is facilitated by the Reading Room, but a separate commitee. The best way to find out where it is held each week is via their facebook page.
Note: Tuesday 24th April:
we'll be blasting off at the Reading Room with dj jewel and dj maka, so come down from 6 til 7:30pm. Dance, sing, get up and do your thing!

:: Wednesday 2nd May ::
May Meeting of the Adelaide Feminists Reading Group :: 6:30 - 9:30
This month we're reading Stieg Larsson's The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. Ostensibly a crime thriller about corruption, Larsson's novel is known in Swedish as "Men Who Hate Women". Why? You'll just have to come along and find out.
Facebook event


:: Friday 25th May ::
Hardboiled P
oetry Slam  :: from 7:30pm til lateInline image 2
Hard Boiled is a fast paced boisterous night of open mic poetry where the best reader on the night can walk away with $$$ Not bad for 3 poems! If you don’t win, you could walk away with some books, booze or even the coveted Hard Boiled booby prize! Entry is free, the raffle is gold coin donation. It all kicks off 8ish! So iron that turtleneck, dust off the beret & don’t forget your stubbie holder for a night of poetry that will make your toes curl with joy!
Facebook event

__
the reading room
153 hindley st :: adelaide
readingroom.adelaide@gmail.com
thereadingroom-renewadelaide.blogspot.com

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

the reading room :: e-news #72

Hi!

Thanks to everyone who responded to our call out for a last minute exhibtion! We have been overwhelmed by the response and I'm pleased to announce not only an exhibition by the lovely Vera Ada 'Ten by Eight', but also a group show 'A4 by Four by Four'. Both shows open tomorrow night at 6pm - be there!

For the most up-to-date info check the blog
Or the facebook group
Or join the mailing list! Email readingroom.adelaide@gmail.com with 'subscribe' in the subject line.
Or follow us on Twitter
Or like our facebook page

Here's what's coming up at the reading room...
_________________

::  Thursday 19th April - Tuesday 3rd May :: A4 by Four by Four & TenByEight
:: A4 BY FOUR BY FOUR :: :OPENING NIGHT :: Thursday 19th April, 6pm
Four Photographers :: Four Prints :: A4 Size :: Fourteen Days
Curated in only four hours, this photographic show explores the idea of format. Four outstanding Adelaide photographers display four prints in only A4 sizing, exploring life in a limited frame. 
Inline image 1Featuring Meg Cowell, elle d.s., Stephanie Fuller and Genevieve Brandenburg, this whiplash show will only be for fourteen days.
:: TENB
YEIGHT ::
Coinciding with 'A4 by four by four' is 'TenbyEight', a themed photographic exhibition by emerging local artist Vera Ada. Vera's black and white portraiture is highly distinctive and unique. Using a range of multiple effects such as double exposure, long shutter speeds and over-processing she uses film photography to is most expressionistic extent. Highly evocative and haunting, this secondary show promises to complement and inspire 'A4 by four by four' in a subtle mix of beautiful compositions and echoing emotion.
Facebook event

:: Mondays & Tuesdays :: Happiness Sessions at the reading room :: 
Monday evening, 6pm - 7:30 - Laughing Room
Could your life be any more awesome? An hour a week of serious laughter would almost certainly make it so. Laughter warm ups, laughing hard, and rolling around on the floor laughing are all guaranteed. Come along, even if you've never laughed before, we will make it easy for you. Mental training is like any other form of training - do it once, and it will be fun and have some benefits in your life. Do it often and you become fit, healthy and skillful. Do it often, and you wont be able to stop laughing.

Tuesday afternoon, 12:30 - 1pm - Tuesday lunch destress session
Take 30 minutes of your lunch hour to completely let go with a guided deep relaxation. Bring your workmates and friends.
Tuesday afternoon, 1pm - 1:30 - Inner peace and tranquility session
These personal development sessions will be different each week. This weeks session will involve a journey in our imagination, to a lake of tranquility. There we will cultivate our own inner unshakable ocean of peace.

Payment is by what you think the session is worth - our payment jar is anonymous, and no one is watching. Improving your life is priceless.
Contact Frazer for more info:
frazer@unitedvisions.org
or 0413700718.


:: Tuesdays :: Dancing Room!
If you feeel like dancing but can't wait for the weekend, try Dancing Room! Tuesday nights, with the location announced Guerilla style on their facebook page. Please note it is not an event that is facilitated by the Reading Room, but a separate commitee. The best way to find out where it is held each week is via their facebook page.


:: Wednesday 2nd May ::
May Meeting of the Adelaide Feminists Reading Group :: 6:30 - 9:30
This month we're reading Stieg Larsson's The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. Ostensibly a crime thriller about corruption, Larsson's novel is known in Swedish as "Men Who Hate Women". Why? You'll just have to come along and find out.
Facebook event


:: Friday 25th May ::
Hardboiled P
oetry Slam  :: from 7:30pm til late
Inline image 2 Hard Boiled is a fast paced boisterous night of open mic poetry where the best reader on the night can walk away with $$$ Not bad for 3 poems! If you don’t win, you could walk away with some books, booze or even the coveted Hard Boiled booby prize! Entry is free, the raffle is gold coin donation. It all kicks off 8ish! So iron that turtleneck, dust off the beret & don’t forget your stubbie holder for a night of poetry that will make your toes curl with joy!
Facebook event

__
the reading room
153 hindley st :: adelaide
readingroom.adelaide@gmail.com
thereadingroom-renewadelaide.blogspot.com

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

the reading room :: e-news #71

Hi!Tonight! Come for Swing Dancing! More info below.

Opportunity: As of the 13th of April Fruzi and Steph's show, Living a life that I can’t leave behind is coming down (*sad), and the next exhibition isn't until the 1st of May. If you want a last minute two-week art show on our beautiful white walls, email us at readingroom.adelaide@gmail.com!

For the most up-to-date info check the blog
Or the facebook group
Or join the mailing list! Email readingroom.adelaide@gmail.com with 'subscribe' in the subject line.
Or follow us on Twitter
Or like our facebook page

Here's what's coming up at the reading room...
_________________
:: Swing Dance Class :: TONIGHT! 7pm!
Tonight at the Reading Room; SWING DANCING! Yes, you heard me SWING DANCING. We'll be shipping couches out and pretty dresses in for the Adelaide Uni Swing Dance Club FREE dance social! Kicking off with a (yes, FREE) beginners class at 7pm, then a FREE for all dance party at 8pm!



:: Thursday 22nd March - 12th April :: Living a life that I can’t leave behind’ – Fruzsi Kenez and Stephanie Lyall 
To feel tied to somewhere you cannot be is as crippling as it is thrilling. Fruzsi is tied to Hungary (her birthplace), the Netherlands and Germany; places she has travelled, lived and loved in. Stephanie is tied to Denmark; she lived there in 2008 and fell in love with its bikes, its design, its pastries, its funny little (impossible) language and its cosiness. Fruszi and Stephanie hope to exorcise their nostalgia by sharing these things with you.
Fruzsi Kenez is storyteller, traveler and curious fan of the unusual and the strange; an illustrator, ceramist and photographer.
Stephanie Lyall is a jill of all trades who is constantly dreaming of Scandinavia. Sometimes she takes photographs.

:: Mondays & Tuesdays :: Happiness Sessions at the reading room :: NOT ON NEXT WEEK MON 9TH OR TUE10TH APRIL
Monday evening, 6pm - 7:30 - 
Monday night laughter sessions!
Ever tried happiness meditation, or laughter yoga? A laughter session with Frazer is a mixture of the two. Some weeks we do a few exercises to get in a great mood, and then bliss out, and probably start laughing from overflowing joy. Most weeks we laugh for laughter a sake, and after a few minutes the harder you laugh, the better you feel, and many people find them self in that state where any and everything seems hilarious.
It's all guided, to make it easy to laugh or bliss out. Come laugh and spread the joy.

Tuesday afternoon, 12:30 - 1pm - Tuesday lunch destress session
Take 30 minutes of your lunch hour to completely let go with a guided deep relaxation. Bring your workmates and friends.
Tuesday afternoon, 1pm - 1:30 - Inner peace and tranquility session
These personal development sessions will be different each week. This weeks session will involve a journey in our imagination, to a lake of tranquility. There we will cultivate our own inner unshakable ocean of peace.

Payment is by what you think the session is worth - our payment jar is anonymous, and no one is watching. Improving your life is priceless.
Contact Frazer for more info:
frazer@unitedvisions.org
or 0413700718.

:: Tuesdays :: Dancing Room!
If you feeel like dancing but can't wait for the weekend, try Dancing Room! Tuesday nights, with the location announced Guerilla style on their facebook page. Please note it is not an event that is facilitated by the Reading Room, but a separate commitee. The best way to find out where it is held each week is via their facebook page.


:: Wednesday 2nd May ::
May Meeting of the Adelaide Feminists Reading Group :: 6:30 - 9:30
This month we're reading Stieg Larsson's The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. Ostensibly a crime thriller about corruption, Larsson's novel is known in Swedish as "Men Who Hate Women". Why? You'll just have to come along and find out.
Facebook event


:: Friday 25th May ::
Hardboiled Poetry Slam  :: fropm 8pm til late
Hard Boiled is a fast paced boisterous night of open mic poetry where the best reader on the night can walk away with $$$ Not bad for 3 poems! If you don’t win, you could walk away with some books, booze or even the coveted Hard Boiled booby prize! Entry is free, the raffle is gold coin donation. It all kicks off 8ish! So iron that turtleneck, dust off the beret & don’t forget your stubbie holder for a night of poetry that will make your toes curl with joy!

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

the reading room :: e-newsletter #70

Hi!

If you feeel like dancing but can't wait for the weekend, try Dancing Room! Tuesday nights, tonight at the Elder Park Rotunda. P
lease note it is not an event that is facilitated by the Reading Room, but a separate commitee. The best way to find out where it is held each week is via their facebook page.

Do you have some books that need a new home? We are always on the lookout for books, magazines and zines for the space. If your books are in good condition and are of interest to basically everyone, come in a make a donation.

For the most up-to-date info check the blog
Or the facebook group
Or join the mailing list! Email readingroom.adelaide@gmail.com with 'subscribe' in the subject line.
Or follow us on Twitter
Or like our facebook page

Here's what's coming up at the reading room...
_________________


:: Thursday 22nd March - 12th April :: ‘Living a life that I can’t leave behind’ – Fruzsi Kenez and Stephanie Lyall 
To feel tied to somewhere you cannot be is as crippling as it is thrilling. Fruzsi is tied to Hungary (her birthplace), the Netherlands and Germany; places she has travelled, lived and loved in. Stephanie is tied to Denmark; she lived there in 2008 and fell in love with its bikes, its design, its pastries, its funny little (impossible) language and its cosiness. Fruszi and Stephanie hope to exorcise their nostalgia by sharing these things with you.
Fruzsi Kenez is storyteller, traveler and curious fan of the unusual and the strange; an illustrator, ceramist and photographer.
Stephanie Lyall is a jill of all trades who is constantly dreaming of Scandinavia. Sometimes she takes photographs.

:: Mondays & Tuesdays :: Happiness Sessions at the reading room :: NOT ON NEXT WEEK MON 9TH OR TUE10TH APRIL
Monday evening, 6pm - 7:30 - 
Monday night laughter sessions!
Ever tried happiness meditation, or laughter yoga? A laughter session with Frazer is a mixture of the two. Some weeks we do a few exercises to get in a great mood, and then bliss out, and probably start laughing from overflowing joy. Most weeks we laugh for laughter a sake, and after a few minutes the harder you laugh, the better you feel, and many people find them self in that state where any and everything seems hilarious.
It's all guided, to make it easy to laugh or bliss out. Come laugh and spread the joy.

Tuesday afternoon, 12:30 - 1pm - Tuesday lunch destress session
Take 30 minutes of your lunch hour to completely let go with a guided deep relaxation. Bring your workmates and friends.
Tuesday afternoon, 1pm - 1:30 - Inner peace and tranquility session
These personal development sessions will be different each week. This weeks session will involve a journey in our imagination, to a lake of tranquility. There we will cultivate our own inner unshakable ocean of peace.

Payment is by what you think the session is worth - our payment jar is anonymous, and no one is watching. Improving your life is priceless.
Contact Frazer for more info:
frazer@unitedvisions.org
or 0413700718.


:: Wednesday 4th April ::
April Meeting of the Adelaide Feminists Reading Group :: 6:30 - 9:30
If you thought feminism was just about men and women, think again: this month, we're reading Viviane Namaste's 'Sex Change, Social Change: Reflections on Identity, Institutions, and Imperialism', which addresses the less- discussed topic of how feminism relates to transsexual politics.
Looking forward to seeing you there!
Facebook event


:: Sunday 15th April- Monday 30th::  'Compendium- 11th Pacific Arts Festival' - Artist's Association of the Solomon Islands::
Opening night Sunday 15th April 6pm (TBC!)
Three visual artists from the Solomon Isalnds come together to showcase their art before the 11th Pacific Arts Festival. It is expected that more than 3000 artists and cultural practitioners from 27 Pacific countries will travel to Honiara, Solomon Islands to showcase their arts and cultures making it Solomons' largest tourism event ever. On the way, these artists drop into Adelaide for a two week exhibition displaying art and craft from their region.

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

the reading room :: e-newsletter #69

Hi!

After a beautiful night of arts and cookies (see here for recipe) for the opening of Steph Lyall & Fruzsi Kenez's exhibition last Thursday, we are pleased to say the work will be up for another few weeks. Make sure you pop in and have a look.

Feeling lost after the festival period? Come on down to the Happiness Sessions - laughter, positivity and smiles abound. Things aren't really that bad! Also if you feeel like dancing those post-festival blues away, try Dancing Room! Tuesday nights, at various locations, please note it is not an event that is facilitated by the Reading Room, but a separate commitee. The best way to find out where it is held each week is via their facebook page.

For the most up-to-date info check the blog
Or the facebook group
Or join the mailing list! Email readingroom.adelaide@gmail.com with 'subscribe' in the subject line.
Or follow us on Twitter
Or like our facebook page

Here's what's coming up at the reading room...
_________________


:: Mondays & Tuesdays :: Happiness Sessions at the reading room ::
Monday evening, 6pm - 7:30 - Room for Positivity
Come explore how awesome you can make yourself feel, and experience the therapeutic effects of laughing as hard as you can for as long as possible
Tuesday afternoon, 12:30 - 1pm - Tuesday lunch destress session
Take 30 minutes of your lunch hour to completely let go with a guided deep relaxation. Bring your workmates and friends.
Tuesday afternoon, 1pm - 1:30 - Inner peace and tranquility session
These personal development sessions will be different each week. This weeks session will involve a journey in our imagination, to a lake of tranquility. There we will cultivate our own inner unshakable ocean of peace.
Payment is by what you think the session is worth - our payment jar is anonymous, and no one is watching. Improving your life is priceless.
Contact Frazer for more info: frazerkirkman@gmail.com.
 

:: Thursday 22nd March - 12th April :: ‘Living a life that I can’t leave behind’ – Fruzsi Kenez and Stephanie Lyall 
To feel tied to somewhere you cannot be is as crippling as it is thrilling. Fruzsi is tied to Hungary (her birthplace), the Netherlands and Germany; places she has travelled, lived and loved in. Stephanie is tied to Denmark; she lived there in 2008 and fell in love with its bikes, its design, its pastries, its funny little (impossible) language and its cosiness. Fruszi and Stephanie hope to exorcise their nostalgia by sharing these things with you.
Fruzsi Kenez is storyteller, traveler and curious fan of the unusual and the strange; an illustrator, ceramist and photographer.
Stephanie Lyall is a jill of all trades who is constantly dreaming of Scandinavia. Sometimes she takes photographs.


:: Wednesday 4th April ::
April Meeting of the Adelaide Feminists Reading Group :: 6:30 - 9:30

If you thought feminism was just about men and women, think again: this month, we're reading Viviane Namaste's 'Sex Change, Social Change: Reflections on Identity, Institutions, and Imperialism', which addresses the less- discussed topic of how feminism relates to transsexual politics.

Looking forward to seeing you there!
Facebook event


:: Sunday 15th April- Monday 30th::  'Compendium- 11th Pacific Arts Festival' - Artist's Association of the Solomon Islands::
Opening night Sunday 15th April 6pm
(TBC!)
Three visual artists from the Solomon Isalnds come together to showcase their art before the 11th Pacific Arts Festival. It is expected that more than 3000 artists and cultural practitioners from 27 Pacific countries will travel to Honiara, Solomon Islands to showcase their arts and cultures making it Solomons' largest tourism event ever. On the way, these artists drop into Adelaide for a two week exhibition displaying art and craft from their region. "

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the reading room
153 hindley st :: adelaide
readingroom.adelaide@gmail.com
thereadingroom-renewadelaide.blogspot.com