What's On September

WHAT’S W AT ON N SEPTEMBER TOWNSVILLE

2018

Events | Exhibitions | Theatre | Workshops | Programs Proudly presented by Townsville City Council

DON’T MISS! 9 SEPTEMBER

EARLY YEARS EXPO AND WELCOMING BABIES CEREMONY Townsville Stadium 9am to 2pm FREE Come along to the Early Years Expo, a FREE community event which will showcase workshops, guest speakers, various exhibitors and stalls, plus free activities for the kids.

16 SEPTEMBER

ROWES BAY OPEN HOUSE DAY Rowes Bay Sustainability Centre, 56 Cape Pallarenda Road 9am to 1pm FREE Discover and learn about the simple ways to make your home and garden more sustainable.

21 SEPTEMBER

The expo is designed to provide education and support to young families who are expecting or have children up to five years of age.

Speak to allied health professionals, early childhood educators, parental support groups, tiny tot sport and arts groups or just enjoy browsing the various market stalls.

The Early Years Expo will also include the final Welcoming Babies Ceremony for 2018.

The Early Year’s Expo is proudly sponsored by Cate’s Chemist Townsville.

RIVERWAY MOVIE NIGHT PADDINGTON 2 Riverway Oval 6.30pm FREE Bring your blanket along and enjoy the free open-air movie under the stars and raintrees at Riverway! Plus don’t forget to visit the Riverway Moonlight Markets hosting a variety of food vendors and stall exhibitors.

DON’T MISS! 26 SEPTEMBER

TOWNSVILLE

CITYLIBRARIES IS TURNING

NATURE PLAY Queens Gardens, Play Lawn 9am to 11am FREE Join us for a fun filled morning spent playing in nature.

Bring an open mind to learn and enjoy all that nature has to offer!

Activities include: • Scavenger hunt • Information and activity stalls • Nature crafts • Hand washing station

SE O O CH R OWNE YOUENTUR ADV

WEEKLY EVENTS FOR PARENTS AND CHILDREN Celebrate shared moments of excitement, laughter and fun MONDAYS

WEDNESDAYS

SATURDAYS

NEWBORN FAMILY DROP IN SERVICE

BABY RHYME TIME CityLibraries Aitkenvale Session 1: 10am to 11am Session 2: 11am to 12pm

CityLibraries Aitkenvale 9am to 12pm

TUESDAYS

MESSY PLAY

NEWBORN FAMILY DROP IN SERVICE CityLibraries Aitkenvale 9am to 2pm

STORYTIME

CityLibraries Thuringowa Central 10am to 11am

TODDLER TIME

CityLibraries Flinders Street 10am to 11am

THURSDAYS

TODDLER TIME

CityLibraries Thuringowa Central Session 1: 9.15am to 10.15am Session 2: 10.30am to 11.30am

STORYTIME

CityLibraries Flinders Street 10am to 11am

TODDLER TIME CityLibraries Aitkenvale 10am to 11am

BABY RHYME TIME CityLibraries Thuringowa Central Session 1: 9.15am to 10.15am Session 2: 10.30am - 11.30am

FRIDAYS

STORYTIME

CityLibraries Aitkenvale 10am to 11am

Unleash the mess!

Increase your child’s confidence and develop their fine and gross motor skills.

Messy Play

CityLibraries Aitkenvale 5, 12, 19 September Session 1: 9.15am to 10am Session 2: 10.30am to 11.15am Bookings required.

Messy Play in the Park

Western Lions Park, Fulham Road, Heatley Wednesday 26 September 9.30am to 11am Aitkenvale Park, Aitkenvale Saturday 29 September 9am to 11am

CITYLIBRARIES PROGRAMS 9 SEPTEMBER

3 - 28 SEPTEMBER

DESTINATION TOWNSVILLE Old Townsville Railway Station, Flinders St 9am to 10.30am

PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY OF CITYLIBRARIES TOWNSVILLE All CityLibraries branches During opening hours

FREE - BOOKINGS REQUIRED

FREE

Meet us at the old train station with your favourite two wheeled transport as we lead you in this family fun bicycle tour of Flinders Street West’s historic past.

Stick around for morning tea in the restored dining room of one of Townsville’s historic hotels.

CityLibraries is celebrating their 80th birthday! We invite you to take a walk down memory lane with us. Throughout the months of August to November we will be displaying our favourite library images documenting the history of our three beloved branches.

3 - 28 SEPTEMBER NORTH QUEENSLAND SCALE MODELLERS CityLibraries Aitkenvale During opening hours

FREE A display by the North Queensland Scale Modellers (NQSM) in the glass cabinet.

NQSM is an informal group of scale model building enthusiasts with a range of subject interests including aircraft, military vehicles, ships, automotive, figures and dioramas.

CITYLIBRARIES PROGRAMS 21 SEPTEMBER

EVERY TUESDAY

MEET YOUR LOCAL AUTHOR – RAQUEL SHERIDAN CityLibraries Thuringowa Central 10am to 11.30am

ONE ON ONE: 3D PRINTING

FREE

CityLibraries Thuringowa Central 9am to 9.45am

Are you thinking of becoming an author? Spend some time with the author of three children’s books, Raquel Sheridan as she shares her experiences on the writing process and steps to publishing a book.

FREE - BOOKINGS REQUIRED Join us in a hands on session where a facilitator will show you the basics of how to use a 3D printer.

THROUGHOUT SEPTEMBER LITTLE ANTARCTIC DIVISION PLAY SPACE CityLibraries Thuringowa Central During opening hours

FREE Inspired by Sophie Scott Goes South by award winning children’s author Alison Lester, this play space offers many opportunities for exploration including seal puppets, penguin dress-ups, and an Antarctic themed baby playmat.

ON VIEW UNTIL 9 SEPTEMBER

RICHARD DUNLOP: A NORTHERN SURVEY Perc Tucker Regional Gallery Monday - Friday: 10am to 5pm Saturday - Sunday: 10am to 2pm

FREE Brisbane-born Richard Dunlop’s much admired poetic interpretations of the landscape as a living, ever-changing force are exhibited together for the first time in A Northern Survey at Perc Tucker Regional Gallery. Themes of psychological shifts associated with seasonal and climatic change are evident in ambitiouslyscaled paintings addressing aspects of life relevant to the North - the fecund vegetation, the remnants of iron ore mining, the theatre of a shark catch, depictions of elaborately entangled rainforests in heightened colour, and evidence of tiny rural communities flying over Papua New Guinea.

Richard DUNLOP, The Cure [detail] 2008, Mixed media on cotton rag, 200 x 100 cm, Private Collection

UNTIL 16 SEPTEMBER

2018 BIENNIAL NORTH QUEENSLAND CERAMIC AWARDS Pinnacles Gallery Tuesday - Sunday: 10am to 5pm

FREE The Biennial North Queensland Ceramic Awards has long aimed to increase public exposure to a high standard of pottery from around the nation. A showcase for both well-known and emerging artists, this competition displays the diversity of ceramic art currently being produced in Australia.

Installation shot from the 2016 Biennial North Queensland Ceramic Awards

ON VIEW 1 - 23 SEPTEMBER

FROM 21 SEPTEMBER

2018 TOWNSVILLE YOUNG ARTIST AWARDS

IMMERSED: ALISON MCDONALD 2018 CHILDREN’S EXHIBITION

Perc Tucker Regional Gallery Monday - Friday: 10am to 5pm Saturday - Sunday: 10am to 2pm

Perc Tucker Regional Gallery Monday - Friday: 10am to 5pm Saturday - Sunday: 10am to 2pm

FREE Townsville is home to a strong contingent of young and emerging artists, practicing in a variety of traditional and digital mediums.

The annual exhibitions showcase works by a selection of these artists, with the 2018 Young Artist Awards offering prize categories for participants aged from pre-school to 18 years.

Installation photograph of the 2017 Townsville Young Artist Awards

FREE Immersed takes the viewers through Alison McDonald’s journey, reflecting the fundamental and essential daily need for water in various forms.

Each item will be imbued with intricate water patterns using light as a metaphor for water, another necessity that seeps into everyday life.

Alison McDonald Pour [detail] 2017 Upcycled plastic bottles

14 SEPTEMBER

DEATH BY SOPRANO Riverway Arts Centre 7.30pm BOOK NOW

Death By Soprano satirically catalogues operatic death scenes in an A-Z, cabaret romp through Operatic Occupational Hazards. This cabaret features a great love of opera, that also embraces a loving irreverence for opera’s occasionally over-inflated ego.

It’s high art with a fun sensibility that doesn’t take itself too seriously.

Utilising slapstick, absurdism, dark-clowning and a healthy dose of prop-humour, Death By Soprano portrays the final moments in the lives of operatic heroines.

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