NOVEMBER TOWNSVILLE
2018
Events | Exhibitions | Theatre | Workshops | Programs Proudly presented by Townsville City Council
WEEKLY EVENTS FOR PARENTS AND CHILDREN Celebrate shared moments of excitement, laughter and fun MONDAYS
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SATURDAYS
NEWBORN FAMILY DROP IN SERVICE
BABY RHYME TIME CityLibraries Aitkenvale Session 1: 10 - 11am Session 2: 11am - 12noon
CityLibraries Aitkenvale 9am - 12noon
TUESDAYS
MESSY PLAY
NEWBORN FAMILY DROP IN SERVICE CityLibraries Aitkenvale 9am - 2pm
STORYTIME
CityLibraries Thuringowa Central 10 - 11am
TODDLER TIME
CityLibraries Flinders Street 10 - 11am
THURSDAYS
TODDLER TIME
CityLibraries Thuringowa Central Session 1: 9:15 - 10:15am Session 2: 10:30 - 11:30am
STORYTIME
CityLibraries Flinders Street 10 - 11am Nelly Bay Park, Magnetic Island Tuesday 6 November 10 - 11am
TODDLER TIME CityLibraries Aitkenvale 10 - 11am
BABY RHYME TIME CityLibraries Thuringowa Central Session 1: 9:15 - 10:15am Session 2: 10:30 - 11:30am
FRIDAYS
STORYTIME
CityLibraries Aitkenvale 10 - 11am
Unleash the mess! Increase your child’s confidence and develop their fine and gross motor skills by exploring fun, sensory and creative Messy Play.
Messy Play
CityLibraries Aitkenvale Wednesdays 7, 14 and 21 Session 1: 9:15 - 10am Session 2: 10:30 – 11:15am Bookings required
Messy Play in the Park
Alma Bay Park, Arcadia Wednesday 14 November 9 - 11am Dan Gleeson Park Wednesday 17 November 9 - 11am Bushland Beach Park (next to the tavern) Wednesday 28 November 9:30 - 11am
CITYLIBRARIES PROGRAMS 1 - 30 NOVEMBER
SWORDS TO PLOUGHSHARES: THE LIVES OF TOWNSVILLE’S RETURNED SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN CityLibraries Flinders Street, Eddie Koiki Mabo Library JCU and the Museum of Tropical Queensland During each venue’s opening hours
FREE The Centenary of Armistice provides a unique opportunity to consider how those who served during World War I returned from war and continued contributing to their communities. This exhibition explores the later lives of some of those returned men and women, and the benefits they bestowed on Townsville. Presented by James Cook University in collaboration with CityLibraries Townsville’s Local History Collection, JCU Library Special Collections and the Museum of Tropical North Queensland Funded by the Department of Veterans’ Affairs as part of the Centenary of Armistice
13 NOVEMBER
PARENT INFORMATION SESSION: MANAGING CHILDREN’S BEHAVIOUR CityLibraries Aitkenvale 9:30 - 10:30am
FREE Children’s behaviour can become more challenging as they become more independent. Learn simple tools to help support your child’s behavioural development. No bookings required and children are welcome. Please bring your Medicare card for QLD Health.
CITYLIBRARIES PROGRAMS 17 NOVEMBER
TOWNSVILLE BIRTHDAY PARTY CITYLIBRARIES IS TURNING
CityLibraries Thuringowa Central 9am - 2:30pm
FREE Bring the whole family and celebrate CityLibraries’ 80th Birthday!! There will be a Birthday Messy Play in Dan Gleeson Park, Ochre & Beading workshops, poetry, Pokemon & LEGO Club, an afternoon Storytime and the grand opening of the Library of Things collection.
22 NOVEMBER
26 NOVEMBER
CHRISTMAS CRAFTS CHRISTMAS CRAFTS CityLibraries Flinders Street 9.30 – 11.30am
CityLibraries Flinders Street 9.30 – 11.30am
FREE
FREE
Christmas is coming!
4 Mondays left!
Join craft lovers and celebrate the festive season. Come and create a unique Christmas tree and card.
Come and celebrate the upcoming festive season at the library. Create unique gift tags and Christmas bunting.
You bring the creativity and we’ll provide the inspiration and supplies.
You bring the creativity and we’ll provide the inspiration and supplies.
ON VIEW UNTIL 18 NOVEMBER
IMMERSED: ALISON MCDONALD 2018 CHILDREN’S EXHIBITION Perc Tucker Regional Gallery Monday - Friday: 10am - 5pm Saturday - Sunday: 10am - 2pm
FREE Immersed takes the viewers through Alison McDonald’s journey, reflecting on the fundamental and essential daily need for water in various forms. Each item is imbued with intricate water patterns using light as a metaphor for water, another necessity that seeps into everyday life. Alison McDonald Brew [detail] 2018, recycled aluminium coffee pods, copper wire, 41 x 91 x 83 cm. Photography by Andrew Rankin.
2 - 25 NOVEMBER
CANDID - TAFE EMERGING ARTIST EXHIBITION Perc Tucker Regional Gallery Monday - Friday: 10am - 5pm Saturday - Sunday: 10am - 2pm
FREE This year the exhibition is a dual exhibition of graduates of University of Canberra Bachelor of Visual Arts studying at TAFE with students of the Advanced Diploma, Diploma and Certificate III in Visual Arts. Titled CANdid, the exhibition reveals frank explorations of personal and global concepts in processes consistent with the level of learning and development of each individual. Exhibition space of the TAFE Emerging Artists Exhibition 2016
3 - 25 NOVEMBER
MOBIUS EXHIBITION – 2018 JCU GRADUATE EXHIBITION Pinnacles Gallery Tuesday - Sunday: 10am - 5pm
FREE The Mobius exhibition, self-curated by JCU Creative Media and Honours students, showcases the ingenuity, talent and variety of the next generation of Townsville creatives. The exhibition features a range of works spanning a variety of disciplines including photography, video, sound and design. Exhibition space of the 2015 JCU Graduate Exhibition
ON VIEW ENTRIES CLOSE 28 NOVEMBER 2018, 5PM
STRAND EPHEMERA 2019 CALL FOR ARTISTS Entry forms available at: strandephemera.com.au Townsville’s highly anticipated outdoor sculpture exhibition of state and national significance. Vanessa Stanley Your Altered Gaze Returned, Entrant Strand Ephemera 2017, Photograph: Matthew Barneveld
FROM 23 NOVEMBER
UTOPIA TROPICAE: THE SPIRIT OF THE NORTH Perc Tucker Regional Gallery Monday - Friday: 10am - 5pm Saturday - Sunday: 10am - 2pm
FREE North Queensland exudes an energy unlike anywhere else in Australia. This is a difficult essence to pinpoint; an enigmatic and all-embracing aura reflective of climate and environment. This energy has engendered an authenticity of artistic expression amongst local artists, whose work reflects a sense of loyalty and identity to their environment, community, heritage, and future. Utopia Tropicae: The Spirit of the North seeks to celebrate these artists, who reside in, or, who have a strong connection to Townsville, Cairns, and the wider NQ region, and who have made an enduring commitment towards the area’s visual arts and cultural conversation. Glen O’Malley Kelso [detail] 2006, Digital Photography, 40.5 x 61.5 cm
FROM 30 NOVEMBER
CHROMA THE JIM COBB GIFT Perc Tucker Regional Gallery Monday - Friday: 10am - 5pm Saturday - Sunday: 10am - 2pm
FREE In keeping with his wish that the public should have access to high quality original artworks, renowned paint maker Jim Cobb donated 35 remarkable paintings and two sculptures to Orange Regional Gallery in February 2013. Known as the Chroma Collection – this exhibition includes works by some of Australia’s most celebrated modern and contemporary artists. An Orange Regional Gallery touring exhibition. With support from The Gordon Darling Foundation. Euan Macleod Jim Cobb at factory [detail] 1998, Oil on canvas, 124.4 x 100.2 cm
3 NOVEMBER
AWAY C2, Townsville Civic Theatre 6:30pm
BOOK NOW Australian National Theatre Live presents a film of a live theatrical performance In partnership with Sydney Theatre Company and Malthouse Theatre It is summer, 1967, and three families head for the coast to get away, to move on, to change. Set against the backdrop of an Australia recovering from the Vietnam War, and wrestling with social upheaval, this production of one of Australia’s greatest classics pits the internal conflict of family life against the struggle of a country shaping its future.
10 NOVEMBER
LIVE SIMULCAST – DON QUIXOTE Townsville Civic Theatre 7pm
FREE - BOOKINGS REQUIRED Presented by Queensland Performing Arts Centre and Townsville City Council Teatro alla Scala Ballet Company *Live Simulcast from the Lyric Theatre - QPAC* Performed with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra Showcasing sparkling choreography and virtuoso performances from an international cast of La Scala’s principal and guest dancers, Don Quixote transports audiences to a bright and enchanting Spain, replete with gypsy dances, fandangos, matadors and windmills.
Photo: Pia Johnson
Book now: ticketshop.com.au or 4727 9797
13 & 14 NOVEMBER
THE GRUFFALO Riverway Arts Centre Multiple session times
BOOK NOW Presented by CDP and Tall Stories After sell-out seasons across the world, including London’s West End & Broadway, The Gruffalo returns to Australia Join Mouse on a daring adventure through the deep, dark wood in this magical, musical adaptation of the classic picture book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler.
28 NOVEMBER
MORNING MELODIES – A COUPLE OF SONG AND DANCE MEN Townsville Civic Theatre 10:30am & 1:30pm
BOOK NOW Turn back the clock and celebrate the wonderful era of the Hollywood movie musicals. In this sensational new show, Just a Couple of Song and Dance Men brings together the exciting dance routines and fabulous songs of legendary performers like Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Bing Crosby, Donald O’Connor, Frank Sinatra and many more.
Book now: ticketshop.com.au or 4727 9797
CHRISTMAS TOGETHER 2018
CHRISTMAS IN THE CITY 1 DEC
MAYOR’S
CHRISTMAS
TREE APPEAL
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CBD PARKING
CACAROLS BY NDLELIGHT 9 DEC
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Riverway Arts Centre 20 Village Boulevard, Thuringowa Central 07 4773 8871 pinnacles@townsville.qld.gov.au
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86 Thuringowa Dr Thuringowa Central 07 4773 8811 library@townsville.qld.gov.au
4 Petunia St Aitkenvale 07 4727 8310 library@townsville.qld.gov.au
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