WHAT’S ON IN HOBART

Friday

8 15 copy Light Up The Lane is an all ages, family friendly event with large scale projections of art, live music, dance, creative goods and fashion plus fun interactive activities. Mathers and Criterion Lanes, 6-9:30pm.

Mates & Dates: The Art of Connection is an 8 week course to master the skills for moving beyond small talk. 6pm, Black Buffalo Hotel, North Hobart.

Take the rare chance to view the Hermannsburg Potters’ work ‘Thepa Ntjaarra Inthurra’ (Too Many Birds) Bett Gallery til 3 June. Tour the Supreme Court building today, 5:30pm, as part of Law Week Tasmania.

Rug up for ‘Ice in the Rigging’, an exhibition exploring the vessels that have made the perilous journey south towards Antarctica, at the Maritime Museum. Open 9-5pm, 7 days.

Managing Technology Use in Kids and Teens - a workshop for parents - is on tonight 5:30 - 8:30 pm at Archer Street Health.

Head to Wild Island in Salamanca where Bob Brown opens Lathamus, an exhibition about the critically endangered Swift Parrot. Exhibition on until 31 May.

Towards Takayna, by Nigel Westlake, inspired by the natural beauty of Tassie’s north-west and composed specifically for guitarist brothers Leonard and Slava Grigoryan. 6pm, Federation Concert Hall.

Rob Giudici’s exhibition In The Middle Of The Air, inspired by time immersed outdoors, is on from 4-20 May at Bickerstaff Blizzard gallery in North Hobart.

Learn how to dress for the body you’ve been blessed with, with an exclusive styling workshop hosted by award-winning stylist Tanya Ellis. 6pm, Yeltour in Liverpool St.

Learn to quilt in a 6 week course at Quarter Inch in North Hobart. Perfect for winter by the fire. Or learn to forage and enjoy the fruits with Sirocco South Forage and Feast, fortnightly at Dodges Ferry.

One of the original Aussie hip hoppers, Urthboy plays Altar at 7pm, whilst The Blue Water Bandits play at Hobart Brewing Co from 7pm.

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Get together to talk death and dying over a cuppa and cake at the Kingston Death Café at Kingborough Community Hub, 10:30am – 12:30pm.

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Working It Out invites you to IDAHOBIT 2023 and the Dorothies Awards Breakfast celebrating excellence in LGBTIQ+ inclusion in local government, 7am, Hobart Function and Conference Centre.

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TSO presents Obscura IIwhere music, light and vision come together - at the Odeon from 6pm tonight.

The Hobart Stamp Show is on from midday today and all weekend at the Hobart Town Hall Ballroom. It includes a display about Tassie postal history.

Hear about the extraordinary life of a famous local dancer, choreographer and teacher in a curator talk; Fancy Dress:

The Brilliant Career of Beattie Jordan. Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts, 1-2pm.

26TEN presents a free business workshop to improve workplace literacy today at Moonah Arts Centre, 9-12:30am.

Have a Cuppa with a Cop at Claremont Plaza Shopping Centre today and chat with Neighbourhood Watch while you’re there. 11am.

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Check out the exhibition ‘You Weigh More When You Hold A Book’ by Simon Spain and Eugene Ball at the Schoolhouse Gallery at Rosny, til 4 June.

Head along to hear Ray Martin speak at the annual Reconciliation Tasmania breakfast, MyState Bank Arena. The Gift is a play about a generational battle with a big twist. Peacock Theatre, 7pm tonight.

The Hobart Twilight Market is on tonight at Brooke Street Pier. Too delicious! 4:30pm-9pm. Later, enjoy all the Australian Crawl hits with James Reyne (and Ella Hooper) at the Theatre Royal, 7:30pm.

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Saturday Sunday

Paint your Pet with Archaica Schola, from 9am and later enjoy C.W. Stoneking and His Primitive Horn Orchestra at Hobart City Hall, 7:30pm.