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"B? N &B? 3D7?3 >357 3@47DD3 ;FK 7@FD7 Kicking off Youth Week 09 with wacky photo-booths, air-soccer, live bands, art, hot dancing, games, random activities and STACKS OF FREE STUFF AND AWESOME PRIZES (like a hot-air balloon ride for two!).

Because youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re young and beautiful.

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Create some innovative artwork at school, college, your youth centre or at home AND win some great prizes. Open to 12-18 yearolds from the ACT and Queanbeyan. Entries close 20 May, for more info go to www.hrc.act.gov.au/artaward

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with their wearable art creations. $1000 worth of Canberra Centre vouchers for the winner. Make sure you vote for your favourite â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;cos thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s another $500 worth of vouchers for the Peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Choice winner!

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An expo of classic, retro, chick-magnet bikes from dragsters to custom-build and more!

Free bike cleaning and maintenance and workshops, parts for swap or sale, drop off for your nasty old bike, Cheap and even FREE wheels!

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FRIDAY 27th APRIL

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WITH THE HOLLOW, VERA AND THE PAYBACK 8:00pm @ THE TUGGERANONG YOUTH CENTRE ALL AGES

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To register email lyacc@ywca-canberra. org.au or call 6294 4633

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3? B? -G7 ! 3D5: .@;H7DE;FK A8 3@47DD3 .@;H7DE;FK H7 DG57 Exams freaking you out? De-stress with the crew from headspace! Free shoulder massages, Yoga or Tai Chi class, healthy food and drink and stress-management tips. For more info call 6201 2110 or email Margy.Wylde-Browne@canberra.edu.au

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WEDNESDAY 1 APRIL

Youth Homelessness

Matters Day Every night, across Australia. 100,000 are homeless.

Nearly half of these are under the age of 25. You do not have to be houseless to be homeless.

Homelessness does not just mean sleeping rough on the streets, it is couch surfing, living in overcrowded situations, in unstable situations with friends and extended family or living in youth accommodation services. www.youthhomelessnessmatters.net at More than Photo by Anonymous young homeless person just numbers exhibition at Carriageworks 2008

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Get the full details by hitting Facebook and searching Woden Youth Centre

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Carnival Games! Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all happening at the UC â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s FREE. Come and hang on the concourse and get yourself some cool culture thanks to the over 40 clubs, societies and cultural groups of the UC. In association with SHAG Week.

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Make a Move and register now www. youth.act.gov.au for more information call Youth Interact 02 6205 3064.

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Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll laugh and cry and hang on the edge of your seat. For bookings/info call 02 6242 0232

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WHO: YOU AND YOUR ARTISTIC APTITUDE WHAT: NATIONAL YOUTH SELF PORTRAIT PRIZE 2009 WHERE: NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY WHEN: ENTRIES CLOSE APRIL 30

WHO: HEADSPACE ACT WHAT: ACT’S NEW YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE WHERE: BUILDING 12, LEVEL B, ROOM 40, UNI OF CANBERRA WHEN: STALL AT YOUTH WEEK EXPO, MARCH 27

Do you believe your old girl when she says you’ve a face as pretty as a picture? Moseyed around the National Portrait Gallery and imagined your mug next to Peter Garrett or Chrissy Amphlett? The National Youth Self Portrait Prize is open to artists in the 18 to 25 bracket and is accepting works in any of the following two dimensional media: drawing, printing, painting, traditional or digital still photography and screen based media such as film, video or animation. A selection of entries and the winning work will be displayed at the NPG from July 23 until September 13, and thanks to the Tallis Foundation and the Association of Australian Decorative and Fine Arts Societies, $10,000 will be awarded to the most pleasing portrait! For more info and an entry form, head to portrait.gov.au or phone 02 6102 7000. Just don’t go slashin’ off an ear now!

headspace ACT is a new mental health service and it’ll have an informative and interactive presence at the Youth Week Expo. headspace ACT is a one-stop shop for young people aged 12 to 25, as well as their families, to receive mental health and/or alcohol and other drug support, information and assistance in a youthfriendly environment. It’s based on a world-first model which links existing medical, community and clinical services to ensure young people receive the help they need. If you’re having sleeping or eating difficulties, experiencing alcohol or other drug issues, or if the black black blues are colouring your days in some very dark shades, headspace ACT might be of assistance - and to help you stop feeling down, they’ve got a hot air balloon ride up for grabs! For more info check out the Expo stall, head to headspace.org.au/act, phone 6201 5343 or email headspaceACT@canberra.edu.au.

WHO: YOU AND YOUR YOUTHFUL INSIGHTS WHAT: YOUTH INTERACT CONFERENCE WHERE: AINSLIE ARTS CENTRE WHEN: APRIL 3 The Annual Youth Conference is an interactive forum for sharing ideas and providing feedback to the ACT Government, and if you thought it couldn’t get any better than this, there’ll also be a horizontal bungee, jumping castles, chill out tents, lives performances by local bands and emcees and a swag of vouchers and prizes to be won. Topics to be addressed during the conference include the perception of youth in the media, Australia’s binge drinking culture, mental health and well-being, cyber bullying and climate change, with Ronan Sharky from triple j as one of the facilitators. Add to this some workshops on drumming, hiphop moves, circus skills and stencil art, as well as a free lunch, and you’ve got yourself one massive day of youth-oriented madness and having your opinions heard. Register now to avoid missing out! Head to youth. act.gov.au or call Denise Bridges on 6205 3064. Get Interactive!

WHO: YOU AND YOUR CONTEMPORARIES WHAT: NATIONAL YOUTH WEEK EXPO WHERE: GAREMA PLACE WHEN: MARCH 27 While the humble spud was celebrated internationally for the entirety of last year (’08 was indeed the Year of the Potato), Australia’s youth have to settle for a mere seven days devoted to their talents and contributions. But what a cracking super fun week it’s set to be - and it’ll be potato free! The Youth Week Expo will set this big bouncy ball rolling with everything your sharp young mind could possibly imagine being featured at a youth oriented exposition. Live bands, dance displays, market stalls and games will see Garema Place go off from four ‘til eight like a spud in a dark, dank cupboard. Young entrepreneurs also have the opportunity to have their own stall for no charge at all. For more info email youthweek@youthcoalition.net or call 6247 3540.

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WHO: YOU AND YOUR DEADLY TREADLY WHAT: RECYCLERY RETRO BIKE EXPO AND SWAP MEET WHERE: THE FRONT GALLERY AND CAFÉ, LYNEHAM WHEN: MARCH 28 You got it for your fourth birthday and it made you the envy of all your playgroup pals: your shiny red and yellow tricycle with novelty horn saw you cruising your cul de sac with the air of a toddler who was just too cool for preschool. And then you turned five. Your Ninja Turtles themed sparkling silver two-wheeler had all the kids in your street lining up for a turn. Remember these days like they were yesterday? Then the Retro Bike Expo is most definitely for you - an expo of classic, retro, chick-magnet bikes from dragsters to custom-built and more. There’ll be free maintenance workshops, parts for swap or sale including sweet wheels, you can drop off your neglected bikes and there’ll be free takeaway bikes that need fixing up (you’ll be shown how). Create your own green, mean, two-wheeled machine! Hit the National Youth Week site, youthweek.com, for more info.

WHO: MULTICULTURAL YOUTH SERVICES ACT WHAT: LIV’N & MOV’N PHOTO EXHIBITION WHERE: OFFICE OF MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS FOYER, LEVEL 2 THEO NOTARAS CENTRE, LONDON CIRCUIT WHEN: APRIL 2 TO 9 Multicultural Youth Services ACT provides free support services to migrants and refugees aged from 12 to 25 who are starting a new life in Canberra. These services include accommodation, employment, education, finance and English language and homework support, while holiday programs and skills development workshops are also held regularly. As part of National Youth Week, MYS are holding a photography exhibition which will showcase the work of young people involved with MYS. Emigrating to or seeking refuge in another country is arguably one of the most traumatic experiences a young person could ever go through, and the exhibition gives these culturally diverse, newly arrived young people an opportunity to share their stories and showcase their talents to their family, friends and the wider community through the accessible medium of photography.

WHO: ENVIRONMENTALLY-MINDED YOUTH WHAT: ACT OTHERWISE WORKSHOP WHERE: THE GRIFFIN CENTRE WHEN: MARCH 25, APRIL 1 AND APRIL 8

WHO: YOU SEX GOD, YOU WHAT: UC SHAG WEEK TWIGHLIGHT FAIR WHERE: UC CONCOURSE WHEN: APRIL 1, AT TWIGHLIGHT It’s most certainly not a sexpo, but it is a sex-themed carnival! As part of National Youth Week and UC’s Sexual Health and Guidance Week (SHAG - gotta love those amazingly apt acronyms) Sexual Health and Family Planning ACT are sponsoring this super sexy occasion which will feature burlesque dancers, fire twirlers, DJs, jugglers and some seriously tasty, and free, food. There’s a semi-serious side to it though; the carnival style games and activities are designed to get young people to share their opinions, thoughts and ideas which will be used to inform, support and promote current and future health promotions. Games include floating ducks, where players will fish the ducks out of the water not with a rod but with a lubricated speculum, and there’s also the ol’ ring toss, but the poles will be replaced by dildos and condom demonstrators. Bet you didn’t play that in sex ed. For more info call 6201 2133.

WHO: INDIGENOUS AND MULTICULTURAL YOUTH OF THE ACT WHAT: UP YOUR ART 4 - SHOW US YOUR ROOTS! WHERE: ANCA GALLERY WHEN MARCH 24 TO APRIL 5 Show Us Your Roots is the fourth in a series of annual exhibitions which offers indigenous and multicultural youth of the ACT the opportunity to express their cultural heritage though art and exhibiting. The launch will include free traditional foods that reflect the backgrounds of the exhibiting artists.

WHO: THE STUDENTS OF ROCK SCHOOL WHAT: ROCK SCHOOL BANDS PERFORMING LIVE WHERE: YOUTH WEEK EXPO, GAREMA PLACE WHEN: MARCH 27 Music For Everyone is an ACT community arts organisation that provides musical tuition, performance opportunities and workshops for people of all ages, backgrounds and abilities, and it appears they’ve been inspired by the Jack Black classic and taught some kiddies how to play. The students of the Rock School holiday programs will be flaunting their musical flair at the National Youth Week Expo, performing much loved rock anthems as well as their own originals.

Do you shower with buckets round your ankles? Have a stinking ice cream container of compost under your sink? Cycle everywhere you go and consider yourself a bit of a Captain Planet? Think the air on the moral high ground sweet? What? None of the above? Then you better make your way (by bicycle or on foot) to ACT otherWISE’s three sessions of workshops to learn how your lifestyle affects the planet.

WHO: LOVE CUPBOARD AND GHOST TOWN DAYS WHAT: DIY THEATRE DOUBLE BILL WHERE: BELCONNEN THEATRE, BELCONNEN COMMUNITY SERVICES SWANSON COURT WHEN: APRIL 3 AND APRIL 4, 7pm Like theatre? Like seeing it for free? As part of National Youth Week ‘09, two local writer/directors are bringing you the DIY Double Bill: Love Cupboard and Ghost Town Days. And to encourage the ‘yoof’ to go check it out, the show is free. Absurd! Speaking of which... Ghost Town Days, written and directed by Aj Biega, is an absurdist play about death, ammo, love and nice cannibals. When hitman Phil ends up shot in a desert ghost town, he must confront his inner psyche and the troubles of small business. From absurd to quirky, Emma Gibson’s Love Cupboard centres on a teenage runaway who has been hiding in her boyfriend’s cupboard for a year and a half. A black comedy about romance, fantasy and philosophy, Love Cupboard asks ‘Just how far would you go for love?’

Don’t miss out on your FREE ticket. Book on 6264 0232.

WHO: JUMPTOWN SWING WHAT: SWING DANCIN' FOR ALL AGES WHERE: SPACE DANCE STUDIO, EAST ROW, CIVIC WHEN: MARCH 27 Can you picture yourself as a modern-day Astaire or Rogers? Well, with their new series of classes for kids, Jumptown Swing can set you on the right track. Jumptown’s new classes for 9 to 15 year-olds will be kicking off next school term, offering an opportunity to develop dance skills at a young age, as well as good posture, balance, rhythm, musicality, social skills (working in groups), self-confidence and coordination. But most of all, they’re fun! There’s a free taster class on Thursday April 23, while regular classes start April 30 for an 8 week term, running between 5.15 and 6.15pm at The Space Dance Studio (downstairs at Civic Bus Interchange, next door to IGA supermarket). Look for Jumptown Swing at the launch of Youth Week on Friday March 27 with swing dancing demonstrations and a mini-workshop to try it on for size. For more info and registration, email classes@jumptown.org or call Oren on 0407 770 728/Liam on 0412 127 168. bma magazine 27

ALL AGES

Canberra’s all ages scene is really lacking at the moment, but we have new, unknown names popping up over the next couple of weeks, all of which show some real talent. We've been producing some amazing local bands with shitloads of potential lately, so read on to see where you can feast your collective eyes and ears on some home grown talent.

Hardcore phenomenon 50 Lions will be playing at the Tuggeranong Youth Centre on Friday March 27 from 6pm. Prepare to bleed from the ears, biatches, because when these guys play, they play hard. Attracting hordes of screaming fans along their way, 50 Lions are sure to impress with their spine-tingling breakdowns and crushing vocals. Straight from Australia’s fastest-growing hardcore scene, the Byron Bay lads play an energetic and aggressive brand of hardcore. Having toured with such legendary bands as I Killed the Prom Queen, Comeback Kid and Evergreen Terrace in the past, it shall be a show of epic proportions - and is sure to be one of the biggest circle pits Canberra has seen in yonks.

50 LIONS Shannon Noll’s goatee has been kept intact for us all these years, and on Sunday March 29 the goatee itself will be making an appearance at the Southern Cross Club, Woden. Word on the street is that Shannon himself may also be there. Argueably Australia’s favourite idol contestant, he has carved an name for himself in our music industry. You’re either in for a legendary night of county-tinged rockin', or a night of a watching a drunken yobbo embarrass himself. Whichever way it goes, you’re going to have a good time. Tickets are $45 for the show and $85 show and dinner.

For all you budding hip-hop move-busters out there, get yourselves down to the very first Australian Hip-Hop Dance Championships, which will feature special guest appearances from some of the top 20 finalists on So You Think You Can Dance. Hosted by MC KG and featuring DJ Rush, there will be performances from some of Australia’s freshest-in-tha-hood hip-hop artists such as Kash Boys, Still Cool and K1, as well as showcases from Kulture Break, Urban Lava and Fresh Funk. You'll also be treated with one-on-one battles, with prizes of up to $1,000 in prize money, plus plenty of free giveaways. Canberra crews can sign up now at www.hiphopdance.com.au .Tickets are available from sixonethree clothing, Garema Arcade, Civic, and Savannah Restaurant & Café at the Tuggeranong Hyperdome. So make sure you fresh, hip, wiggitty-whack dawgs are there on Thursday March 26 at 6.30pm pm at The Auditorium, Vikings Club, Erindale.

So get out there guys and support some up-and-coming local talent, bring some mates and have a laugh. Canberra’s all ages scene can always do with a helping hand and by going to these shows, supporting the local bands and showing the big guns how much we appreciate them coming to Canberra, we can keep it alive and kicking for a bit longer.

LIZ ROWLEY bma magazine 28

elizabeth_rowley@live.com.au

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