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  • Green Earth Day to help plant the seeds for change

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    Green Earth Day (the brainchild of Leigh-Chantelle Koch) will delight Brisbane greenies this Saturday 12 March at a new venue: Albion Peace Centre, 102 McDonald Road, Windsor, Brisbane. This free, family orientated, community event aims to stimulate awareness by bringing environmental, green, health and lifestyle, cruelty-free, recycling and sustainable issues into the public eye. Green…

  • More than one string to their bow

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    Tanya Heading

    I haven’t been to a music festival in a while. In fact, my ticket to Future Music is proudly stuck on my fridge, acknowledging my return to contemporary tunes (from my usual 80s playlist). What I love about music, is how often it goes hand in hand with visual art. Brandon Boyd, the lead singer…

  • Guitar Hero is no more

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    Music game fans, let’s spend a moment in silence to contemplate the loss of the pioneering Guitar Hero game. Courtesy of Activision Blizzard That’s right, Guitar Hero has been axed from the Activision Blizzard line up with the company confirming that they will discontinue development of the title in 2011 and disband the game unit…

  • Australia Day in Brisbane

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    On Australia Day we come together as a nation to celebrate what’s great about Australia and being Australian. It’s the day to reflect on what we have achieved and what we can be proud of in our great nation. It’s the day for us to re-commit to making Australia an even better place for the…

  • Wicked arrives in Brisbane on January 9!

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    I’m super excited that WICKED the musical is finally coming to Brisbane! As QPAC’s website says… WICKED tells the untold story of the Witches of Oz. Long before Dorothy dropped in, two other girls meet in the Land of Oz. One, born with emerald green skin, is smart, fiery and misunderstood. The other is beautiful,…

  • U2 Concert 2010

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    Tanya Heading

    My favourite band of all time, U2, dropped into Brisbane last week, and I was lucky enough to see them – front row! It was an absolutely fantastic concert, with some songs from their new album, but also the classic hits “Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” and “Where The Streets Have No Name”.…

  • “What’s my line?”

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    “You’re probably too young to remember”, was the response I received at a party this weekend. And I sure was!!! “What’s my line?” was a popular game show from 1950-67… when they had black & white TV! The idea of the game show was for 4 panelists to guess a person’s occupation by asking questions…

  • 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…

  • Facebook to announce email service today

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    The rumors are rife that Facebook is to launch their email service today. The social network kings are hosting a press conference in the States today; and the lead up has the worldwide media’s tongues wagging already. But media aside, it’s the 500 million users who’ll really appreciate the impending news of Facebook’s next chapter…