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Applications are being invited from Australian artists working across disciplines, cultures, and/or mediums to participate in Time_Place_Space 3. This will be the third intensive laboratory as part of Time_Place_Space, a national initiative that aims to challenge, invigorate and strengthen the areas of hybrid arts practice in Australia, with an emphasis on performance. Visit http://www.performancespace.com.au/tps for more details

On Friday 5 December at West Side Asylum 41 Moreland St Footscray from 7.00pm there will be an all ages hip hop show with Combat Wombat, Bass Bin Laden, Clearfella and MCs Elf Transporter, Raceless (Curse ov Dialect), Izzy, Lautaro, open mic. $5 admission this will be a benefit for the class action being launched against the South Australian police over the use of excessive force at the Beverly Uranium mine protest in 2000 where peaceful protesters were bashed, pepper sprayed and illegally detained.

The Advent*jah festival kicks off once again Sat Nov 29 with 8 stages of live artists and djs with music ranging from tribal, tech & progressive, trance to hard trance, drum`n`bass & hip hop, funky house, breaks & jazzy drum`n`bass, breaks, electro & electronica, hard dance, hardcore & freeform as well as a nuskool vs old school dj room

Clan Analogue celebrate the nomination of their compilation Habitat: Environmental Sound Research in the 2003 Dance Music Awards with an all-night party of electronica and dance grooves on Friday the 7th of November, upstairs at Republika, 132 Smith Street, Collingwood. Catch a mix of minimal techno, maximum electro and funky beats of all persuasions, with sets from DJ Zaziz, Zog, Fluffy T, The Sideman, Tolchok, DJ Toupee, Tiatto, DJ Bo Smiling Backwards and #955321, from 10pm until late.

A shortlisted nomination in the 2003 Australian Dance Music Awards, Clan Analogue and Creative Vibes present.. Habitat - Environmental Sound Research. After a gestation period spanning decades, the long-awaited Clan Analogue compilation Habitat resonated into existence in September 2002. Habitat received extensive airplay on public radio such as Melbourne's PBS-FM, who nominated it CD-of-the-week, and exceptional critical acclaim in publications such as TRM, Drum Media, Cyclic Defrost and Time-Out. As a shortlisted nomination in this year's Australian Dance Music Awards, Habitat: Environmental Sound Research is now starting to generate the interest which it deserves amongst the record buying public.

Clan Analogue Recordings is proud to announce the release of its newest compilation CD, "Defocus". Three years in the making, "Defocus" brings together a hugely diverse collection of low resolution electronic productions from artists across Australia. Anti-production, incidental noise, low bit-rate recordings and recordings and analogue tape dropouts make sporadic appearances throughout the release, resulting in a CD that invites listeners to question their received notions of electronic production and to locate the sound inside the error messages. For more information visit www.clananalogue.org

Wednesday October 29th - 7:30 pm : MULTI AWARD WINNING FILM EDITOR JILL BILCOCK ASE, one of the creative forces behind the BAZ LUHRMANN "Red Curtain Trilogy" STRICTLY BALLROOM, ROMEO + JULIET and MOULIN ROUGE, plus ROAD TO PERDITION, THE DISH, MURIEL'S WEDDING, EVIL ANGELS, HEAD ON, ELIZABETH and most recently JAPANESE STORY. http://www.popcorntaxi.com.au

Around the Galleries highlights upcoming gallery exhibitions in Newcastle. Check out www.ArtsHaus.com.au/gallery

Team Plastique held a cd launch for their new release "SUCK" on October 11. http://www.team-plastique.com/suck.htm - visit their website for details on where to get your copy as well as photos of their latest antics

This Wednesday - October 15th marks the 50 year anniversary of

SATURDAY 18 & SUNDAY 19 OCTOBER : This weekend, Chris Auty, CEO of major UK production and finance outfit, The Film Consortium, will join leading Australian film industry players to examine problems confronting the industry and explore solutions, with emphasis on niche markets, at the Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS). Visit http://www.aftrs.edu.au for details.

LOST @ SEA Harbour Cruze - Friday 24th October DJ Freestyle (Brisbane) Andrew Burge, Illya, Jilbert, Alan White, Mendoza & Robby K ONLY $22 - From 8pm to 2am After party held at Bohem Lounge. contact www.breakevencrew.com for details

Following the success of the 2003 conference, held in Cairns, Australia, the Book Conference 2004 will provide a forum for participants in the book publishing industry, librarians, researchers and teachers from around the world to discuss the future of the book. The conference will include a mix of keynote address, paper, workshop and colloquium sessions, with speakers discussing topics as varied as: the effects of print on demand and ebooks; the future of the book from a library perspective; emerging standards for electronic and printed books; learning in the electronic age; trends in reading and literacy; and strategies to enhance the viability the publishing industry. Beijing, China, 29-31 August 2004 : http://www.Book-Conference.com.

The new Hunter Region Course timetable of Creative Volunteering Workshops: Six nationally accredited one day skills development workshops at only $25 each. The course is made up of six self-contained one-day workshops that focus on the day to day and practical challenges that face every community based organisation where volunteers do most of the work. Topics such as: Networking in the Community; Carry out Business Planning; Develop Funds + Resources; Work with Collections; Undertake Marketing; Plan + Program Events. Read more for details or contact Regional Arts NSW - Creative Volunteering @ http://www.regionalartsnsw.com.au/projects/c-vol/c_vol.html

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