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Combining Electrofringe, Sound Summit, National Young Writers, Radio Active, Student Media and Critical Animals, the event will bring together Australia's key arts, music and new media figures and international guests for 5 days of panels, workshops and live gigs. This year, there will be an official TINA shop, where product from artists and associated speakers will be available to purchase. If you are interested in having your product sold at the TINA Shop - please email Tim Colman at shop@thisisnotart.org for more details.

This Week at Salarium Couch SATURDAY SEPT 20 - THE DEVOTED FEW + SOAP STAR JOE + HELENA KITLEY: When Ben Fletcher sings you feel he's singing from his heart, his head, his feet. His lyrics, laid bare, are honest poems sung with passion, lust and fever. The Devoted Few play the music to the sound track of your life. They weave in and out of dark corners with smoky tales of that indescribable feeling you get at 3am when your mind just won't sleep, hence the title of their debut album.

Visit http://www.thisisnotart.org for details on the 2003 This is Not Art music & arts festival to be held in Newcastle Oct 2-6th. See you there!

HOWLfest is FIVE days of live Music performed by women, Workshops facilitated by women, and Films, Theatre, Dance, Spoken word and Art written, performed and/or produced by women. HOWLfest aims to promote women who create original, independent work. This funky festy takes place in the coastal city of Newcastle NSW 28 Jan - 1 Feb 2004.

"The Red Room Company" is creating a unique audio documentary "Global Odes", to be recorded at The Newcastle Young Writers' Festival (NYWF) in October, 2003. "Global Odes" will explore how issues, based on social and political themes of national and global significance, affects the writing of poets attending the Newcastle Young Writers' Festival.

The Royal Exchange will be holding a Kabaret on Saturday 2nd August. Bacchinalia - A celebration of wine, vegetation, pleasure, civilisation and warm moisture.