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//SA: OPPORTUNITY: Ever Wanted To Be Part Of The Show? - Carclew Youth Arts Centre are calling for volunteers for this year's Adelaide Royal Show
//QLD: OPPORTUNITY: Mr Ichino's Gift Workshop - Queensland artists invited to contribute to a theatrical performance for the Wataboshi Music Festival, celebrating the singing of a special kiln!
//QLD: OPPORTUNITY: The Brisbane Powerhouse and City Council are joining forces to help out community organisations with their networking savvy
//NSW: EVENT: How Fragile - an exhibition about fragility, mortality and impermanence in Sydney
//SA: EVENT: All The Pleasures - Syntony reinterprets baroque classics for Adelaide audiences - take along our article for special concession prices
//NT: EVENT: Darwin Festival Kicks Off next week with a big colourful program of performing and visual arts and music
//VIC: REVIEWS: The reviews keep pouring in from our wide-eyed Melbourne Film Festival reporters Richard Watts and Anna Krien

We've got some new Giveaways to delight your eyes and ears this week:

//ALL STATES: Brand Spankin' New B(if)tek Albums!
The gals from B(if)tek have released a new album, Frequencies Will Move Together - and given us 3 copies to give to you!

//ALL STATES: Books Alive!
The Government want us all to read more Australian books. Over the next two weeks, in major bookstores around the country, if you buy a book, you can buy a new Aussie title for $5 bucks! We've taken the love one step further with 2 copies each of 2 new Australian books autographed by the authors!

//FEATURE: Lisa Greenaway relives her old rock-dog days at the Esplanade hotel in Melbourne, as the great old pub faces the music of modern development. VicMusic and the Fair Go 4 Live Music campaign is working to keep Melbourne's live music scene in the pubs, and you can help. Next week Lisa is off to the Darwin Festival for some on-the-spot news, reviews and ocean views...so stay tuned!