CALENDAR

OCTOBER

Stories We Should Know: The Coolbaroo Club

Willagee Community Centre Sat 1 | 5.30–8.30pm FREE Bookings required

Come along to the Willagee Community Centre to hear and watch the story of The Coolbaroo Club, an Aboriginal-run dance club that grew and thrived in postwar Perth. The event will also include a special in-conversation with City of Melville resident, Noongar Elder Aunty Roma Loo.

Art School

with Tarryn Gill

Mandoon Helena Room, Heathcote Goolugatup Heathcote Wed 5 and Thu 6 | 10am–1pm

TICKETED

Led by artist Tarryn Gill, children aged 8–12 will create, embroider and embellish their own jumper, inspired by her Guardian series of artworks.

Koolangka Waangkiny

AH Bracks Library + Creative Space Every Thu | 10.15–10.45am

FREE

Join Rickeeta Walley on Whadjuk Boodja to celebrate Noongar stories and language. Suitable for 2–5 year-olds and their parents, carers.

Weekender Art Shows

Canning Bridge Community Space

FREE Fri 7–Sun 9 | 9am–5pm

Alexis Steyn

Fri 28–Sun 30 | 9am–5pm

Val Brooks

Panel: Fake News and the Future of Journalism

AH Bracks Library + Creative Space Sun 9 | 3–4.30pm FREE Bookings required

What is fake news? How does fake news impact journalism? Why do people believe misinformation despite evidence to the contrary? Join our panel of experts for an insightful discussion.

Breakfast With a Side of History

Bluewater Bistro, Goolugatup Heathcote Fri 14 | 7.30–8.30am

TICKETED

Enjoy brekkie with a difference! Join Kaylene Poon for Continental breakfast with a side of history, as she discusses recent discoveries from the East Perth Cemetery.

Art Club

with Jessica Wraight

Canning Bridge Community Space Every Mon 17 Oct–5 Dec | 3.45–5pm

TICKETED

Sculptor and painter Jessica Wraight willwork with ART CLUB members across the term from Oct–Dec to get creative in two and three dimensions.

Melville Art Awards

Exhibition Opening

Wireless Hill Museum Opening Night Fri 28 | 6–8pm Exhibition runs until 20 Nov

FREE

The 46th annual Art Awards exhibition will take place at Wireless Hill Museum and will showcase artworks by established and emerging Western Australian artists, including local talent living in the City of Melville.

Melville Summer Music

Yagan Mia Wireless Hill Sat 29 | 5–7pm

FREE

Odette Mercy and Her Soul Atomics and Melville Art Awards exhibition – open late.

Muggle Magic Workshop

Willagee Library Wed 26 Oct | 4.30–5.30pm Bull Creek Library Thu 27 Oct | 4.30–5.30pm FREE Bookings required

Put on your robes and join us in the library for a little bit of magic – muggle style.

Libraries

AH Bracks Library + Creative Space, Willagee, Bull Creek and Civic Square Libraries

From school holiday programs to mental health workshops, there are plenty of activities happening across all Melville libraries this October. For full program, visit melvillecity.com.au/libraries

NOVEMBER

Weekender Art Shows

Canning Bridge Community Space

FREE Fri 4–Sun 6 | 9am–5pm

Rhoda Kirk

Fri 11–Sun 13 | 9am–5pm

Kelly Muller + Natalie Wagland

Fri 18–Sun 20 | 9am–5pm

Susan Sheppard

Fri 25–Sun 27 | 9am–5pm

Judi Smith

Melville Summer Music

Goolugatup Heathcote Lowerlands

FREE Sat 5 | 5–7pm

Albert Loss + Angie Colman

Sat 19 | 5–7pm

Soukouss Internationale

Perth Makers Market

Goolugatup Heathcote Sun 6 | 9.30am–3.30pm

FREE

Stone to Art

Attadale Foreshore Fri 11–Sun 27

FREE

Over 16 days on Attadale Reserve, five Australian sculptors will create public artworks using Western Australian sandstone and granite in front of a live audience.

TILT

Exhibition Opening Emma Buswell

Goolugatup Heathcote Opening Night Fri 11 | 6pm Exhibition runs until 29 January

FREE

An annual exhibition that invites a WA-based artist to respond to the unique natural, built and social history of Goolugatup Heathcote.

Goolugatup Sounds

June Jones

Goolugatup Heathcote Fri 11 | 7pm

FREE

Naarm-based songwriter and producer June Jones is renowned for her passionate art synth pop and joins us to celebrate the release of her third album.

Melville | The Contemporary Architecture and Sound Sessions

Various Private Homes Sat 12, Sun 13, Sat 26, Sun 27 | 4–6pm

TICKETED

Jacaranda Festival

Applecross Village Sat 19 | 9.30am–3.30pm

FREE

Applecross Rotary will once again take over a much-loved section of Ardross Street in the heart of Applecross Village, to deliver a fantastic, family-friendly day of fun and entertainment.

Tender is the Night

Goolugatup Heathcote Sun 27 | 6–9pm

TICKETED

Grace Barbé + Mathas

Koolangka Waangkiny

AH Bracks Library + Creative Space Every Thu | 10.15–10.45am

FREE

Join Rickeeta Walley on Whadjuk Boodja to celebrate Noongar stories and language. Suitable for 2–5 year-olds and their parents, carers.

Libraries

AH Bracks Library + Creative Space, Willagee, Bull Creek and Civic Square Libraries

From coil baskets to gift wrapping workshops, there are plenty of activities happening across all Melville libraries this November. For full program, visit melvillecity.com.au/libraries

DECEMBER

Melville Summer Music

Centennial Park

FREE Sat 3 | 5–7pm

Adrian Dzvuke + Alexia Parenzee

Sat 17 | 5–7pm

Bob Evans

Cold War to Dancefloor

Exhibition Opening

Wireless Hill Museum Opening Night Fri 9 | 6–8pm Exhibition runs until 19 Feb

FREE

Join us to celebrate the opening of Cold War to Dance Floor with a live synth show, DJ and bar, also featuring a series of hands-on interactive exhibits and sound labs.

Perth Makers Market

Goolugatup Heathcote Sun 18 | 9.30am–3.30pm

Chinese Language Rhyme Time

AH Bracks Library + Creative Space Fri during school term | 9.30–10.00am Bull Creek Library Wed during school term | 10.30–11am

FREE

Come along to enjoy Rhyme Time in Chinese language. These sessions are filled with stories and rhymes in Chinese language but introduced in English.

Libraries

AH Bracks Library + Creative Space, Willagee, Bull Creek and Civic Square Libraries

For the full program of events and activities in December, visit melvillecity. com.au/libraries

Birak Art Box

Dec School Holidays

TICKETED

Unpack a box of fun with ten activities for little art lovers.

JANUARY

Melville Summer Music

Piney Lakes Reserve

FREE Sat 14 | 5–7pm

WA Badass Gospel Choir + Luke Dux and Atomic Lunchbox

Sat 28 | 5–7pm

The Hamilton Hillbillies vs The Lost Followers

Art School

Jan School Holidays

TICKETED

Spark your imagination in ART SCHOOL, our creative learning school holiday program. Featuring professional artists in diverse workshop opportunities, ART SCHOOL is the holidays done differently.

Koolangka Waangkiny

AH Bracks Library + Creative Space Every Thu | 10.15–10.45am

FREE

Join Rickeeta Walley on Whadjuk Boodja to celebrate Noongar stories and language.

Vinylpalooza Special Edition Record Fair

Yagan Mia Wireless Hill Sat 22 | 11am–3pm

FREE

It’s back – dig deep in the crates for some tasty synth-based vinyl to the sounds of a live vinyl spin set all day long.

Read Aloud

Civic Square Library

FREE

Remember the joy of being read to? Short stories for seniors. Check melvillecity.com.au/libraries for dates and times.

Libraries

AH Bracks Library + Creative Space, Willagee, Bull Creek and Civic Square Libraries

For the full program of events and activities in January, visit melvillecity.com.au/libraries

SELECTED PROGRAMS AND EVENTS LISTED ABOVE. PLEASE VISIT MELVILLECITY.COM.AU FOR FULL ARTS, LIBRARIES, MUSEUMS AND LOCAL HISTORY PROGRAMS AND EVENTS. FEBRUARY

Beijing Realism

Darren Jorgensen + Tami Xiang

Goolugatup Heathcote Opening Night Fri 10 | 6–9pm Exhibition runs until 26 Mar

FREE

An old Chinese poem tells of how tree branches wanted to pierce the sky, but only managed to poke a few small holes. This timely exhibition presents four significant Chinese and Chinese– Australian contemporary artists working in photography, video, and installation.

Liftlore (Folklore)

Tim Meakins

Goolugatup Heathcote Opening Fri 10 | 6–9pm Exhibition runs until 26 Mar

An exhibition by Tim Meakins which satirically explores the folklore allegories surrounding one of the world’s most famous prehistoric sites, Stonehenge.

Goolugatup Sounds

Goolugatup Heathcote Fri 10 | 7pm

FREE

A program of exploratory live music, appearing alongside each exhibition opening at Goolugatup Heathcote gallery. Attendance is free, and all are welcome.

Melville Summer Music

Kadidjiny Park

FREE Sat 11 | 5–7pm

Dulcie + Cecilia Brandolini

Sat 25 | 5–7pm

Joan and The Giants + Kohesia Quartet

Perth Makers Market

Goolugatup Heathcote Sun 26 | 9.30am–3.30pm

FREE

Hindi Language Rhyme Time

Bull Creek Library Fri during school term | 10.30–11am

FREE

Mandarin Bilingual Storytelling

Bull Creek Library Tue during school term | 3.30–4.30pm

FREE

Art Club

Term 1 | Weekly 3:45–5pm

TICKETED

Young creatives will work with a WA artist to explore creative practice in two and three dimensions.

Libraries

AH Bracks Library + Creative Space, Willagee, Bull Creek and Civic Square Libraries

For the full program of events and activities in February, visit melvillecity.com.au/libraries

MARCH

Punkaliyarra

Wireless Hill Museum Wed 1–Fri 3

TICKETED

A new theatre work that explores ancient and contemporary stories of Aboriginal women’s power, told by young women and senior women from the Ieramugadu (Roebourne) community.

Songs for Freedom

Dyoondalup Point Walter Sun 5 | 5–9.30pm

FREE

Songs for Freedom returns to the City of Melville for a glorious evening celebrating the living culture, stories and songs of the West Pilbara. Join us from 5pm for cultural activities and stay for the concert at 7pm.

Melville Summer Music

Yagan Mia Wireless Hill

FREE Sat 11 | 5–7pm

Carla Geneve + The Struggling Kings

Sat 25 | 5–7pm

Zydecats

Tender is the Night

Goolugatup Heathcote Sun 12 | 6–9pm

TICKETED

Joni in the Moon + Natasha Shanks

Read Together

Play Readings

Civic Square Library

FREE

Do you enjoy the theatre? Join in and read a curated selection of plays in a friendly group environment. Check the library program for dates and times.

Libraries

AH Bracks Library + Creative Space, Willagee, Bull Creek and Civic Square Libraries

For the full program of events and activities in March, visit melvillecity.com.au/libraries