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continued from page 19 Woodend Winter Art Festival— continued Page: New media and the rise of the audience), with Sally Warhaft (Melbourne broadcaster, anthropologist and former editor of The Monthly magazine, author of Well May We Say: The Speeches that Made Australia) for a lively and very contemporary examination of how we believe we stay informed. Sunday 8 June, 10.30 am to 11.30 am ($20 / $18 concession) From a Different Angle The Rosie Project is a classic screwball romance. It was the feel-good novel of 2013. Rights have sold into more than thirty countries and a Hollywood movie is on the way. Yet the overall effect of the book is, if anything, to increase genuine understanding of Aspergers (or, as it will soon be called, the autistic spectrum) and to refute some of the common myths. Author Graeme Simsion discusses with Jane Sullivan his journey from attending a professional screen-writing course at RMIT in 2007 to award winning and best-selling author in 2013. There’ll be many laughs along the way. Jane Sullivan is a writer of fiction and a freelance writer for newspapers and magazines, specialising in literary journalism. Her column is appears regularly in The Age. Sunday 8 June, 2pm to 3pm ($20 / $18 concession). Artist Now: The role of the 21st-century artist in the public arena – a panel discussion with some of the Daylesford Macedon Ranges Open Studios’ most accomplished artists – Rose Wilson, Anton Hasell, Tim Jones, Ellie Young while will discuss the role of the present day artist in the community, how it differs from artists in the past: What is art for? Who is it for? Moderator Jill Rivers, writer and producer who has managed and marketed the arts for 35 years and is currently the Creative Producer of DMROS. Saturday 7 June, 6.15 pm to 7.30 pm ($30 full / $25 concession – includes glass of wine and sandwiches) The Festival’s musical program this year features Peter and the Wolf with Max Gillies and the Scotch College Orchestra, opera performances of Jacobo Peri’s, Euridice, Brazil’s Quaternaglia Guitar Quartet, Vienna’s Koehne String Quartet, Singapore’s virtuoso cellist Li-Wei Qin, French baroque harpist Maria-Christina Cleary, Italian violinist, Davide Monte, and Ukraine-born international pianist Alexey Yemtsov. To buy tickets and view the full program, including free events and art exhibitions, go to: www.woodendwinterartsfestival.org.au. Submitted by A. Patterson for WWAF
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The 10th annual Woodend Winter Arts Festival is set to attract music lovers from all over Victoria and interstate after State Liberal Member for Northern Victoria, Amanda Millar today announced a $17,500 grant to assist with marketing the event.
Amanda was joined by Liberal candidate for Macedon Donna Petrovich, Minister for Tourism Louise Asher and Max Gillies for the announcement at Parliament House. The brilliant actor and satirist Mr Gillies, will be starring with the Scotch College Orchestra in a not to be missed production of Serge Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf during the Festival. This nationally prominent Arts Festival is a landmark event in Woodend attracting over 6,000 music lovers from all over Victoria and interstate. It will showcase the widespread appreciation for the arts in the Macedon Ranges and is always a highlight on the calendar. Amanda is a proud sponsor of the Woodend Winter Arts Festival.
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The New Woodend Star • May 2014