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  • Lighting of the Christmas Tree

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    Tanya Heading

    Love the Christmas spirit? Head to King George Square on Friday 3rd December to see the Lighting of the Christmas Tree. Brisbane’s Lord Mayor Campbell Newman and a host of special guests (including Santa!) will be there with performance excerpts from Queensland Ballet’s The Nutcracker and plenty of your favourite Christmas carols. Festivities begin at 6:45pm…

  • Myer Christmas Windows

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    Who loves Christmas?  Christmas is that magic time of  year that we all love to hate and every year is upon us before we realise it.  I was in the Brisbane Queen Street Mall this week and noticed the Myer Christmas Windows all alight and alive with beautifully animated characters depicting the classic Christmas story…

  • International Animation Showcase screens at BIFF

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    [Briotube] http://www.youtube.com/v/rEUxlwb2uFI?fs=1&hl=en_US [/Briotube] Palace Centro screened the International Animation Showcase last night, as part of the St George Brisbane International Film Festival (BIFF). The showcase included an eclectic collection of creative short animations each with distinctive styles, giving a window into the direction of contemporary  animation. One of my favourites was from German animator …Pauls Hykade.…

  • Woolloongabba Antiques Precinct is now open!

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    Photography: Janet Pogorelc @ Brio Group If you’ve been missing Miss Posh Poodle from Brisbane’s LaTrobe Terrace you’ll be happy to know she’s relocated to the newly opened Woolloongabba Antique Centre where sisters Sarah Jane Walsh and Megan Rizzo will have you embarking on an antique experience like no other. The centre is at the…

  • Parade your Pug at Valentino & GoMA!

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    “I don’t care about the collection. My dogs are much more important.” – Valentino Garavani, The Last Emperor Are you a Pug dog lover or just a dog lover in general, like Valentino? Yes? Then head on down to the Pug Parade at the Valentino Retrospective exhibition this Sunday, 24 October 2010! If you’re a…

  • Spend Friday nights at GoMA’s Up Late

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    When 5pm rolls around each Friday, what do you do? a) Head to a city bar and muse over the working week with colleagues and a bottle or two of vino? b) Drive straight home and settle in for an evening of TV and takeaway? c) Or… do you spend the evening longing to find…

  • Nikon-Walkley Photographic Awards & Exhibition

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    Each year, along with their major sponsor Nikon, The Walkley Foundation celebrate the best in press photography. The finalists for this years’ Nikon-Walkley Press Photo competition were announced last week and www.news.com.au has uploaded a gallery showcasing a selection of the finalists’ thought provoking photographs ranging from amazing and comical to heart-wrenching and inspiring. View…

  • OPTIMISM: Design Week Brisbane IS NOW!

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    OPTIMISM: Icograda Design Week Brisbane has hit Brisbane this week. Last week was the warm up week with Unlimited: Designing for the Asia Pacific setting the scene for one of the most exciting Design Conferences to come to Brisbane. The international event is unlikely to be back in Australia, let alone Brisbane, for a very…

  • Fiat 500 at Paris Motor Show

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    Remember how I posted a blog about the success of the campaign Fiat ran for the 500,000th Fiat 500 driving people to Facebook? In case you don’t, owners from around the world were encouraged to upload a photo of themselves and a story so the 500,000th Fiat 500 could be wrapped in Fiat owners’ faces.…