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Illusions, delusions, confusions and conclusions, slights, fights, delights and insights – this week’s got it all going on…
E ARIES: Choosing who and what to rely on is a must as trust levels fluctuate. Ditto accepting disappointments without bitterness. Private writing or debriefing to relieve frustration is definitely preferable to public venting. While results take another week to ripen, no matter what others do, you be scrupulous. F TAURUS: With joker Mercury wild, watch out, child – anything can happen this week including disputes, discrepancies, dummy spits and plans going pear-shaped. If people’s invitations are last minute, don’t take it as personal discourtesy and launch a blame-storm, because going with the flow will be much more fun. G GEMINI: Being in too much of a hurry works against you during Mercury retrograde when mistakes are most likely to be made, so slow down. This week’s emotions aren’t accessible through linear thinking; as child genius Gemini Blaise Pascal observed, the heart has its reasons that reason doesn’t get. H CANCER: Some things are way easier to achieve this week than you expected, others the total reverse. So try considering the idea that communication confusions, mixed messages, travel hassles and mechanical glitches are all divinely designed for you to find the love behind what’s not going right.
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I LEO: Anger management’s a valid response to this overcommitted, underfunded and volatile week – along with retiring to the Lion’s den to replenish your energy reserves and lower those stress levels. Ambiguous signals are easy to misread so it’s advisable to proceed slowly, softly, with controlled restraint. J VIRGO: Retro Mercury dares you to find the silver lining in this week’s array of high-maintenance complainers, incessant interruptions and nervous outbursts. Saint Catherine of Sienna said all the way to heaven is heaven; I say there is light, love and understanding at the end of this month’s tunnel. K LIBRA: Sometimes we can’t rely any more on what supported us in the past. Noticing when you’re projecting your own expectations onto others triggers insights this week, which suggests taking commitments seriously, handling emotional dramas calmly and resolving difficulties with grace, imagination and signature Libran finesse. L SCORPIO: This week recommends an eyes-wideopen look at the gap between how you want things, the way they actually are, and what you want to do about that. The process of refining personal connections requires a mature resolution of issues through forgiveness and renewed resolve. M SAGITTARIUS: This week anything could
New Kat in Town THIS WEDNESDAY SEES THE OPENING OF THE BLUE KAT AT BYRON’S SOHO LOUNGE. CURATED BY AMANDA BENNETT, AKA BURLESQUE QUEEN AND SINGER BELLE BENNETT, AMANDA CHATTED WITH SEVEN ABOUT WHAT TO EXPECT!
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ACROSS 1. Period in one day cricket (5,4) 6. Medicated (5) 9. Illness (7) 10. Brief, terse (7) 11. Child’s musical instrument (5) 12. Nameless (9) 13. Short piece of sacred music (8) 14. Forbidden (4) 17. Capital of Italy (4) 18. Beaten back, repelled (8) 21. Parodic, ironic (9) 22. Funeral song (5) 24. Notoriety, bad repute (3,4) 25. Accoutrements of royalty (7) 26. Approaches, draws closer (5) 27. Chew food (9) DOWN 1. Length of wood (5) 2. Famous Australian song, lyrics by Banjo Paterson (8,7) 3. Intense style of speaking, often exaggerated (8) 4. In a deadly manner (8) 5. Primary colour (6) 6. Metrical measure: long short short (6) 7. Patriotic song once a candidate for national anthem (4,2,9) 8. Short breed of dog (9) 13. Member of a religion (9) 15. Aristocratic heads of the Royal Navy (3,5) 16. Town famous for incident involving a dog (8) 19. Wood nymphs (6) 20. Cry out, usually in terror (6) 23. Rub out (5)
ACROSS 1. Provisional drama about debtor is an integral part of one day cricket (5,4) 6. Ecstasy in odds over getting drugged (5) 9. Report that beer caused sickness (7) 10. The French parabola, for example, was concise (7) 11. Our place in the wood turns over juvenile music-maker (5) 12. Soon unknown rodent loses til, and has name withheld (9) 13. A short hymn is able to tease audience (8) 14. Thanks, but British uranium is banned (4) 17. Home at last, after hard drive leads to the city (4) 18. Rejected, but socialist holds the pea (8) 21. Ironically amusing, or just goatfaced? (9) 22. Gravity in dreadful, mournful air (5) 24. The setter will take two notes, gaining a bad reputation (3,4) 25. Large around but first rate back; outfit for a king (7) 26. Approaches new listeners (5) 27. Chew up resin – made a meal of it (9) DOWN 1. Soft and lean, but proverbially short and thick (5) 2. Laid mat, but lost vote for new anthem (8,7) 3. Following blood test, Bana took to fine words (8) 4. Allow hard mate to act in a deadly manner (8) 5. Scream a cry of pain – coward (6) 6. A foot? Well, a finger actually (6) 7. Lyric, spoken about an opera; top up but rejected with 2 across (4,2,9) 8. Badger dad’s hunch, and badger hunter (9) 13. Kevin Rudd’s first name? No, Kim Beazley’s middle one (9) 15. Naval supremos secure shares (3,5) 16. Town five miles from an Australian icon (8) 19. Dull notices for old forest-dwellers (6) 20. Trick includes note – hysterical (6) 23. Wipe out cardinal, after ages (5)
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18 February 25, 2014 The Byron Shire Echo
Tell me about your concept for the Blue Kat? In 2007 I was lucky enough be part of the local jazz scene that was created by The Blue Birdy, which was a weekly club brought to us by singer Natalie Carey and the late (great and mega-talented) David Ades. Unfortunately the club stopped running a year or so later and we no longer had a venue where we could get together with like-minded lovers of jazz and appreciate the sophisticated style of this genre. I then asked David more than a year ago whether he would like to revive the club, and then, unfortunately, he was diagnosed with cancer so it was not meant to be. So, this year I decided, as a 41-year-old woman who rarely goes out in town, to bring back a weekly club where I would like to go and listen to jazz and blues music that I and so many others love and appreciate.
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happen from warm and bonding to shocking and unexpected. If people are elusive or unreliable, this isn’t the time to try to pin them down – they’ll just slip through your expectations like quicksilver. Better to just be patient while changes are under way… N CAPRICORN: Don’t expect precise, or even approximate, information from others because this week’s jigsaw pieces are still all in freefall. With unscheduled holdups, setbacks and delays on the cosmic cards it pays not to leave things till the last minute, so allow extra time for everything, especially travelling. O AQUARIUS: Been feeling a little parched? This week fills up your emotional cup. Though conditions do apply, which are firstly expressing rather than suppressing your feelings. And secondly keeping your mind, heart and communication channels open to receiving this transit’s real and valuable gifts: intimacy and affection. P P ISCES: Mistakes are easily made as this week’s minds change like traffic lights and goalposts shift. Avoid multitasking and instead focus on putting things in writing, backing up files, checking and confirming. Your constitutional urge is to merge but other people have boundaries, so don’t take rebuffs personally.
What kind of feel do you want the room to have? Picture this: You walk into a room where the intimacy and cosiness allow you to truly be part of the show, the scene. You relax into the boothstyle seating, order a wine, a cocktail a beer or some tapas and the atmosphere makes you feel truly at home. The music is inviting with its range, diversity, richness and beauty. You tap your feet, shake your head and feel the sound flow through you. You’re now part of The Blue Kat. What is some of the exciting stuff that we have to look forward to? Our opening night will feature our resident trio: Steve Russell on keys, Thierry Fossemalle on double bass and Dave Sanders on drums. The Blue Kat is extremely lucky to have these top jazz musicians. For our opening night and in the weeks to come we will have local jazz and blues vocalists to open the night with a few songs, followed by some kick-arse instrumentals by our trio and then some beautiful heartfelt melodies from our headline singer. February 26 will feature Leigh Carriage. The coming weeks will then see the likes of Sharny Russell, Dee Dee Lavell, and Mohini Cox grace the stage as our headline vocalists. In addition we will also have some exceptional guest musicians such as trombonists, saxophonists, guitarists and percussionists joining our trio and, to mix it up, on occasions we will have featured bands. If you are interested in performing at The Blue Kat, contact Amanda at www.facebook.com/TheBlueKatByron. The Blue Kat opens this Wednesday. Doors open at 7pm for $8 sunset cocktails; show runs from 8pm till 10.30pm. Entry fee: $12 on the door.
FOR THE FULL INTERVIEW GO TO ENTERTAINMENT AT ECHONETDAILY.COM.AU Saturday, 10am–2pm, and a Farewell Hula Class on Monday 5–7pm at Coorabell Hall. Hula information: www.facebook.com/ ByronBayHula. Bookings or information on Kawika’s traditional Hawaiian teachings Thursday 27 Feb and Sunday 2 March 6–9pm at Byron Kinesiology Centre: Kathryn Roberts 0407 877 309 krobertsau@yahoo.com.au.
FANCY A GIGGLE? The first Northern Laughs kicks off this week! The Great Northern restaurant will be playing host to a night of hilarity emceed by the dashing Loz Vieux and featuring 10 comics from Brisbane, Gold Coast and Byron Shire. Also featuring a set by local favourite Paul McMahon. 8pm on Thursday, free entry.
BIG GIG ON THE FRONT BERNER Peter Berner is without doubt one of Australia’s most popular and respected media entertainers and standup comics. Peter started his career as a standup comedian in 1988. Since this time he has performed locally and internationally, as well as written and performed solo comedy shows at festivals in Australia and the UK. His intelligent humour has always set him apart as one performer who can comfortably straddle comedy GISELLE SCREENS AT BYRON styles as disparate as satire, observational comedy CINEMAS ON SUNDAY AND and reactive comedy with ease, leaving audiences in WEDNESDAY 5 MARCH hysterics. His comedy has also proven to translate into WRITE ON the electronic media, with Peter constantly employed Writers at the Rails returns to Byron Bay for their first show of the year with two popular feature poets: Lillian on both TV and radio since 2001. Peter’s major TV hosting roles have been BackBerner and Einstein Rock poet/novelist Christine Strelan and Byron’s own eccentric Factor, both on ABC-TV (all up he has presented more than 300 hours wordsmith Frank Khouri. New and visiting poets always welcome, of national television program content!), and he’s been a valued, and the afternoon show will also feature invited readings and the successful and integral member of Triple M’s talent base nationally cashed-up Poetry Slam. Sunday from 2pm. since 2000. LETTING LOOSE ON YOUR VIEW OF LEADERS Peter Berner headlines at the Ballina RSL’s Big Gig Comedy night on Thursday with Mandy Nolan as MC and Ellen Briggs as support. Are you happy with your political ‘leaders’? Do they inspire you or totally exasperate you? What is leadership in a democracy anyway? Show starts at 8pm and entry is free! Democracy began in ancient Athens but its critics thought it THE PASSION OF GISELLE would lead to mob rule, and this is the issue: do ‘the leaders’ of a democracy just follow what the majority wants or are there other Giselle, with its tale of human passions and supernatural forces, roles? Are certain leadership styles more effective than others? Or is one of the most enchanting ballets of all time, examining the are politicians irrelevant these days? Come and rip into the topic at transcendent power of self-sacrificing love. The UK’s Royal Ballet recently premiered a brand-new production by Sir Peter Wright that the next meeting of the Byron Philo Café, Friday 7 March at 6pm perfectly captures the atmosphere of this great romantic ballet, at Succulent Café. $15 entry gets you tea or coffee and a plate of especially in the incomparable White Act, with ghostly maidens Patrick’s gourmet canapés. But pre-booking at the cafe would be drifting through the forest in spectacular patterns – one of the most appreciated. famous of any scenes for the corps de ballet. KAWIKA HULA The Royal Ballet’s Giselle screens at Palace Byron Bay Cinema on The charismatic Kawika Foster of Mana O Kahiko (Spirit Power Sunday at 1pm and Wednesday March 5 at 11am. Tickets $21–$24 of the Ancestors) returns to the shire on his 2014 Oz tour to available now at the Palace box office or online at teach a weekend hula intensive at Kulchajam this Friday and www.palacecinemas.com.au.
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