Arts News | Jan 13th 2010
If you can think of a someone who made an outstanding contribution to the arts in 2009 then you might wish to see that he or she are recognised for their efforts by nominating them for one of the 2010 Townsville City Council Arts Awards.
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Arts News | Dec 4th 2009
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MIB
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Tomorrow evening at 6pm two Magnetic Island teenage brothers, Sascha and Dylan Rankin who go by the name MIB (Magnetic Island Boys - of course) will launch their first CD - a very impressive rap offering - at Picnic Bay and are hoping that lots of locals show up at the Picnic Bay Mall to hear them rap their stuff and join them to help celebrate the event afterwards.
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Arts News | Nov 27th 2009
We had overlooked this exciting opportunity for people interested in playwrighting but, for any locals who have the time, an intensive playwriting program is being conducted on the Island next week.
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Arts News | Nov 12th 2009
Magnetic Island resident, writer, and theatrical professional Suzy Gilmour is having “The Crown VS Killer Quayle”, a play she developed for Q150 from her interest in finding out more about the Old Magistrate's Court, presented this weekend at the old court building in Townsville.
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Arts News | Nov 6th 2009
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Ella Besile
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Magnetic Times encourages reader's contributions and although the following piece by Bob Perry has a promotional slant, because it is about an Island resident of "note" and gives us an insight into this artist's musical background, we decided to share an abridged version with our readers. (Ed.)
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Arts News | Oct 23rd 2009
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Brian Kneipp
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Townsville muso, writer, composer, Barramundi Brother and all round funny man, Brian Kneipp will be presenting “An Evening on the Island with Brian Kneipp” tomorrow night (Saturday 24 October) at the Magnetic Island RSL Hall in Hayles Ave Arcadia in an event that should not be missed. Following is a little information about Brian and show.
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Arts News | Oct 16th 2009
Mission Beach, a community to our north and one with much in common with Magnetic Island, where coastal development and superb natural values are often at odds with eachother, is mounting what organizers believe is the first Film Festival dedicated to the theme of sustainability. Following is information about this unique event from the Mission beach community organisers
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Arts News | Oct 5th 2009
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A brolga watercolour miniature by Marie Warneke
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Former Island resident and watercolour artist, Marie Warneke is back in the north with a new exhibition of "panoramic miniatures" about to open at Perc Tucker Regioanl Gallery in Townsville.
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Arts News | Sep 30th 2009
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Madonna Rhodes with the display at the HSB markets
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Over the last weekend, at the Friday night Market and at the Bay Days Mega Market at Horseshoe Bay, two competing concept plans for a major public artwork commemorating Magnetic Island's involvement in the Solar Cities project - to be installed at Nelly Bay Harbour - were revealed.
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Townsville calendar photo comp
In a message we have just received from Townsville City Council we hear that a photographic competition, with prize money of $100 per image, is being conducted by the Rotaract Club of Thuringowa Central who are developing a calendar of Townsville for 2010 [ read more ] |
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Strand Ephemera starts tonight
Magnetic Island artist Tony Cuthbertson's floating homage to old Otto Bottiger's "stranded" home on Nelly Bay beach circa 1915, a giant crayfish, a piano painted pink, a Hilux glued with 4000 clear vinyl leaves, and Magnetic's full-tilt post punk band, "Shed9" will feature tonight with various other ‘ephemera’ on The Strand for the opening of one of Australia’s biggest outdoor sculpture exhibitions [ read more ] |
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Island boys in feature film
While their sister Olivia has been in the public spotlight with a petition to ban plastic bags on Magnetic Island, Fletcher and Morgan Evans-Illidge, Olivia's two younger brothers, identical twins in fact, are likely to be seen by a far larger audience after having finished their roles in the movie, presently being made in Townsville, “Beneath Hill 60” [ read more ] |
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Public Art: Expressions of interest
Following is an important message from the Queensland Government seeing expressions of interest from artists regarding the design and installation of a public artwork in Townsville [ read more ] |
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Bay Days recovery at Horseshoe
There will be a very well mixed musical hair-of-the-dog to be had tomorrow afternoon for those who think they need just a little more live music at the end of the end of the Bay Days Festival [ read more ] |
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$10,000 needed to keep Jazz Party alive
"People have got to have rocks in their collective heads if they let this (Great Tropical Jazz Party) slip by," is how jazz lover and sponsor of an encouragement award of $1000 towards a young jazz musician's future, Mr Martin Sullivan, described the situation at last Sunday's close of what may be the last Jazz Party on Magnetic Island [ read more ] |
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