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now to 27 February 2010 / In Order Out
Anna Pappas Gallery, 2-4 Carlton Street, Prahran
p. 03 8598 9915    
Click here to email us     www.annapappasgallery.com


In Order Out
includes video, sculpture, installation and painting from artists Angela Dufty, Michael Georgetti, Ry Haskings, Dylan Martorell & Chaco Kato, Grant Stevens and the collaborative group Inverted Topology. The exhibition features the work of a number of artists who, with reference to the geometric order of the page, screen and object, guide us toward an encounter with contingency.
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PUBLIC HOLIDAY

08 March 2010 / Labour Day
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11 to 12 March 2010 / Jamie Oliver LIVE
Hisense Arena - Batman Avenue, Melbourne
p. 132 849    
www.jamieoliverlive.com.au

Jamie Oliver, one of the most popular TV chefs in the world and freshly back from his US series, "Jamie's American Road Trip" makes his long awaited return to Australia in March 2010 for 2 nights only of live action exclusive to Melbourne.
Jamie will be putting on an all new highly interactive arena show with recipes taken from the past 10 years and plenty of surprises just for the Australian audience. This will be the first opportunity since 2006 to see Jamie live in Australia and may not happen again for a good few years so make sure not to miss out. > More details

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11 to 13 March 2010 / World’s Greatest Shave
Australia Wide
p. 1800 500 088     www.worldsgreatestshave.com

Going for a new look in 2010? Why not be brave and shave or colour your hair for the Leukaemia Foundation’s World’s Greatest Shave. Funds raised will help the Foundation continue to support leukaemia patients and their families and fund vital research into improve treatments and cures. Check out the website for some great fundraising ideas or to find a public shave event near you! >
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14 March 2010 / Bendigo Olive & Food Fiesta
Bendigo Pottery - Midland Highway, Epsom
p. 03 5441 1864    
www.bendigoolivefiesta.com.au

The 3rd Fiesta celebrates the role of Central Victoria as the focus of Victoria’s olive industry. The event features locally grown olives, wine, and food. This coupled with both jazz and authentic Italian music at the historic Bendigo  Pottery provides a relaxed and entertaining day. Come and participate in workshops on topics such as how to pickle your olives, pruning your olive tree, growing vegetables with minimal water. Enjoy learning cooking secrets from a chef, have a go at playing bocce. Entertainment for adults and kids.>
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17 to 28 March 2010 / 39th Eaglehawk Dahlia & Arts Festival
PO Box 21, Eaglehawk 3556
p. 0424 308 441    
Click here to email us     www.dahlia.bendigo.net.au

This annual event is bigger than ever this year with a Cornish theme ‘Welcome Back Cousin Jack’. The program features features include Family History, Displays, Tours, Meet the Cornish, Cornish Language Classes, Cornish Heritage Lectures, Bardic Ceremony, Cornish Dance Class, ‘Cornish’ documentary,
Festival Dinner, Cornish Church Service as well as the  unveiling of a Plaque memorial for Lt. William J. Symons VC (Eaglehawk’s only VC Recipient). Local activities include a two-day Rural and Regional Expression (RARE) Film Festival, Inagural Eaglehawk Art Award, Flower Show, Folk Art Display, Debutante Ball, Cycling Criterium and much more. > More details

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24 to 28 March 2010 / Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show
Royal Exhibition Building & Carlton Gardens, Carlton
p. 03 9864 1111    
Click here to email us     www.melbflowershow.com.au

Mighty Helpful Mitre 10 presents the Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show, regarded as the largest and most successful horticultural event in the Southern Hemisphere. Staged within the world heritage listed Royal Exhibition Building and surrounding Carlton Gardens, the Show features the best landscape and floral talent that Australia has to offer alongside an extensive array of garden retail products, great food and entertainment for all ages. > More details

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SCHOOL HOLIDAYS

27 March to 11 April 2010 / School Holiday
VIC
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    Other events in March
05 to 08 March 2010 / Inverloch Jazz Festival, Inverloch
05 to 08 March 2010 / Moe's TRUenergy Yallourn Jazz Festival, Moe
11 to 21 March 2010 / Brunswick Music Festival, Brunswick
12 to 23 March 2010 / Melbourne Food & Wine Festival, Melbourne
now to 14 March 2010 / Experimenta Utopia Now International Biennial of Media Art, Blackbox
now to 14 March 2010 / Tastes of Rutherglen, Rutherglen
14 March 2010 / Bendigo Family & Local History Expo, Bendigo
14 March 2010 / Darebin Community & Kite Festival, Reservoir
14 to 21 March 2010 / L'Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival, Melbourne
now to 18 March 2010 / Mildura Wentworth Arts Festivial, Mildura
21 March 2010 / Thai Culture and Food Festival, Melbourne
24 March to 18 April 2010 / Melbourne Comedy Festival, Melbourne
25 to 28 March 2010 / ING Australian Grand Prix, Melbourne
25 March to 17 April 2010 / Vincent Lyce's Final Curtain, Southbank
26 to 28 March 2010 / Apollo Bay Music Festival, Apollo Bay
26 March to 17 April 2010 / The Terrible Account of the St Fiacrius Orphans, Fitzroy
27 to 28 March 2010 / Wood's Murray to Moyne
27 March to 11 April 2010 / The Gigalees Crazy Circus Show, Albert Park
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PUBLIC HOLIDAY

02 to 05 April 2010 / Easter Long weekend
Australia Wide

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11 April 2010 / Spotlight World’s Greatest Pillow Fight
Melbourne Exhibition Centre - 2 Clarendon Street, South Wharf
p. 03 8060 0000    
Click here to email us     www.pillowfight.com.au

Have you ever wanted to be a Guinness World Record™ holder? Well, join the Pillow Fight and help us bring the title to Melbourne! Join in the fun of the fight and support Variety, the Children’s Charity, the Official Charity of the Spotlight World’s Greatest Pillow Fight, for an afternoon jam packed with live music, celebrity Pillow Fight bouts, entertainment, great prizes, giveaways and much more. We are aiming to smash the current record held by the UK with 5,000 pillow fighters uniting at the Melbourne Exhibition Centre on Sunday 11 April 2010. >
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    Other events in April
01 to 18 April 2010 / Faulty Towers - The Dining Experience, Fitzroy
02 to 05 April 2010 / Bendigo Easter Festival, Bendigo
now to 10 April 2010 / A Dinner to Die For, Abbotsford
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28 to 30 May 2010 / Historic Winton
Winton Motor Raceway - Fox Street, Winton
www.historicwinton.org


A weekend of non-stop racing featuring over 400 historic racing cars and motorbikes from the 1920s to the 1980s.  Celebrations include 100 years of Alfa Romeo and the 60th year of the local A7 Club.  Highlights are the ever-expanding Special Interest Car Park and Classic Car & Bike Club displays, and a group of ‘Depression Era Aussie Ferals', non-restored but still running and registered.   Entry fees - Sat $20, Sun $30, competition paddock $5, children 14 and under n/c. >
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    Other events in May
01 to 02 May 2010 / Cider Festival, Wonga Park
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SCHOOL HOLIDAYS

26 June to 11 July 2010 / School Holiday
VIC
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01 to 31 July 2010 / Call To Arms
Australia Wide
p. 1300 65 65 85     Click here to email us     www.calltoarms.com.au

What is Call to Arms? Call To Arms has now become a national fundraising event, calling on clubs like yours from all sporting codes across Australia to hold a fundraising event to raise money to fight cancer in men. Sporting clubs are encouraged to hold a Call To Arms match where players wear a yellow armband in a show of support and fundraising activities are run in conjunction with their match. 
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30 July 2010 / Schools Tree Day
Australia wide
p. 1300 885 000     Click here to email us    
www.TreeDay.org

Each year, around 200 000 Australian school students participate in a special National Tree Day event designed just for children – Schools Tree Day! It’s a wonderful opportunity for children to make a tree-mendous contribution to Australia’s natural environment and have lots of fun at the same time. >
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    Other events in July
15 to 18 July 2010 / Mildura Writers Festival, Mildura
23 to 25 July 2010 / Vital Health Expo, Southbank
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01 August 2010 / National Tree Day
Australia wide
p. 1300 885 000     Click here to email us    
www.TreeDay.org

National Tree Day, proudly sponsored by Toyota and co-founded by Olivia Newton-John and Planet Ark, began in 1996 and has grown into Australia’s biggest community tree-planting event. Since then, more than 2 million volunteers have planted over 13 million native trees and shrubs. >
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SCHOOL HOLIDAYS

18 September to 03 October 2010 / School Holiday
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SCHOOL HOLIDAYS

18 December to TBC January 2011 / School Holiday
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