Art & poetry

  • Climate Dog Parade

    • Muloobinba/Newcastle

    Rising Tide is inviting people from around Australia to take positive action for a safe climate future in one of the largest peaceful civil disobedience protests for climate action in Australia’s history.
    Register your dog on the day and parade your pooch in the latest climate action fashions. Prizes for the most creative costume. 

  • Bring Back Love - Make a Kite for Palestine

    • Djilang/Geelong

    Join us for Bringing Back Love, a two part community event celebrating unity, culture and hope for Palestine. Named after a line in Palestinian writer Rafeet Alareer’s poem ‘If I Must Die’, Bringing Back Love invites everyone to come together and express support for Palestine in a positive and meaningful way, by making kites and gathering to fill the skies over Geelong with a…

  • George mann in concert with the Sydney trade Union Choir and 40 Degrees South

    • Gadigal Country/Sydney

    George Mann will be performing at the Older Women's Network in Newtown during his Australian tour. He'll be joined by the Sydney Trade Union Choir and 40 Degrees South. George https://georgemannmusic.com/ is a songwriter's singer who would just as soon share stories and songs from the long history of folk music as sing his own songs! George has produced albums featuring…

  • Perth Storyfest

    • Boorloo/Perth & Walyalup/Fremantle

    This is a one day festival highlighting the voices of an inclusive writing community here in Boorloo (Perth). We hope you will join us as we take the first steps towards greater equity in the arts scene in WA. We are delighted to confirm that award winning writer Sara Saleh will be the keynote speaker, alongside several other amazing WA based writers. There will be workshops,…

  • Cultural Dissent Screening: Desire Lines

    • Western Australia
    • Boorloo/Perth & Walyalup/Fremantle

    An Iranian-American transman, Ahmad, searching for his place in history, finds more than a just link to the past in the archives. Drawing from first-person accounts, as well as fictionalized segments, filmmaker Jules Rosskam explores the lines of desire as they intersect with identity for many transmen. Join us for a screening of Desire Lines. Followed Q&A featuring Nova…

  • The Politics of Canvas: Martu Collabroation

    • Boorloo/Perth & Walyalup/Fremantle

    FREE WEEKEND CELEBRATION The large-scale 'Kintyre' artwork, stretching five metres across and three metres tall, forms a centrepiece of 'Tracks We Share' and is a result of collaboration between 23 Martu artists who worked on it across several years and locations. It references Karlamilyi, an area of remote Martu Country where the Great Sandy and Little Sandy deserts intersect…

  • Stand Up For Palestine Comedy Fundraiser

    • Naarm/Melbourne

    Join us for a night of laughter to raise much-needed funds for the children of Palestine. All funds raised will be donated to the Olive Kids Foundation, an Australian registered foundation dedicated to improving the lives of Palestinian children, through financial support, education & medical assistance. Lineup includes: Geraldine Hickey…