An evening of fun and fabulous prizes. Get a table of eight together(or come alone and join in with one) and compete for the glory of being named Melbourne's artiest trivia buff. Take home one or more of the prizes donated by our generous sponsors including Musica Viva, The North Fitzroy Star, Finer Art Services, Hardie Grant Publishing, Lonely Planet Publications, and many more! Funds raised during the evening will go towards upgrading our gallery lights.

times: 7.00pm. Expected finishing time 10.30pm

The Cultural Festival of The Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games will present Ghanaian cultural commentator John Owoo speaking on the current exhibition Worldy Things.

Entry is free, bookings not required.

From the production company that brought us last year's Lawson Shorts(The Drover's Wife, The Bush Undertaker) comes Ginger Mick at Gallipoli (written by C.J. Dennis, author of The Sentimental Bloke).

"Delivery of the narrative poem was shared between the four actors and their performances were captivating" Thuy On, The Australian 25 May 06.

Design afficionados will relish the rare opportunity to hear highly informative tales of The Australian Ballet by award winning costume designers Anna French & Vanessa Leyonhjelm. The Australian newspaper's Fashion Editor, Georgina Safe, will chair the talk.

Anna French is currently working on The Australian Ballet's 2006 major new commission RAYMONDA, inspired by the golden age of Hollywood.

Vanessa Leyonjhelm is well known for her extraordinary sculptural tutu designed for Stanton Welch's modern ballet Divergence which incorporated fifteen metres of black air-conditioning filter mesh in its skirt.

time: 6pm

Visual Arts Programme: Unsettled Boundaries

Birdsong by Sutapa Biswas. A haunting piece addressing the impossibility of dream and desire.

Making Friends by Laetitia Bourget. Seven flatscreen monitors weave a trail of communication questioning social norms and the relationship between humans and animals.

Gallery hours: Tuesday - Friday 11am to 5pm, Saturday 12pm to 4pm.

image: Sutapa Biswas, still from Birdsong, 2004, 16mm film

Rachel Berger

A sneak peek at new writing from

"Hold The Pickle" the show formerly known as Clenched Buttocks

In October 2005 Rachel Berger presented her first Theatre show Clenched Buttocks, at The Carlton Courthouse. She temporarily gave up the Stand Up comedian?s equivalent of a pacifier?the microphone? and learned to project using her own voice. There was a set, some whiz bang lighting, people came, they laughed and they cried. It was a frontal assault on an audience that had grown used to Rachel only being funny. But now she wants more; more intimacy, more laughs and more schnitzel stories that produce sweat and labored breathing.

In "Hold The Pickle" Rachel opens the door of her parents? delicatessen and delivers stories of heartbreak, loss and longing, fear and belonging. Oh, and pickles. This is an opportunity for Rachel to try new raw material and nervously employ facial expressions and hand gestures to deny fear.

Performance time: 7.30pm

A concert of sacred songs and meditative music in honour of the patron saint of music.

Jacqui Rutten - Voice

Mary Knights-Rutten - Cello

Cath Connelly - Celtic Harp

Performance time: 7.00pm

Running time: 90 minutes approx.

Claude Carter is related to Butcher. They share the same lanuage group. Butcher is very happy that finally another Goonyiandi man is painting. Both men have made a number of trips back to their country together. Claude feels the land and culture through his stomach and heart, and conveys them in his paintings. "Heart, Stomach" is Claude's very first exhibition.

The exhibition and artist CV can be seen on www.artspace.com.au

Image: Claude Carter, 'Boolga', 2006, acrylic on canvas, 120 x 90cm, $2200

Gallery hours: Tuesday - Friday 11am to 5pm, Saturday 12pm to 4pm

new works by Natasha Bieniek, Hans Schiebold and Ron Rydz.

Natasha Bieniek consistently uses the figure as a subject, this time focusing on the mundane and common situations we experience in everyday life. Her aim is to make these moments appear provocative or intriguing to create an extraordinary contrast to life. Artificial surroundings and lighting effects create a theatrical quality within her work. There?s a sense of ambiguity that is seen in her figure?s gaze, a gaze that is often banal and uncertain, which creates a narrative with the viewer. An eerie seriousness in the figures sparks a sensation of mystery.

Gallery hours: Tues-Fri 11am-5pm, Sat 12pm-4pm (closed Good Friday)

new works by Natasha Bieniek, Hans Schiebold and Ron Rydz.

Hans Schiebold?s subject revolves around Melbourne?s urban architectural environment. The odd hybrid building styles of inner Melbourne suburbs, displayed in the elaborate facades of private houses and public building were the result of migrants from all over the world who made Australia their home, building their dream, bringing with them parts of their heritage. Hans? paintings and installation work explores the past and the present, looking out at our inner city environment while reflecting the ?play? with architecture. He has constructed large scale versions of child like building blocks, with intricate details of ancient buildings as a metaphor of Melbourne?s diverse and somewhat integrated architectural landscapes.

Gallery hours: Tues-Fri 11am-5pm, Sat 12pm-4pm (closed Good Friday)

image: New Development, 2006, Blocks, Acrylic on board, various dimensions

?Dialogue which positively bounces along.? Sir Alan Ayckbourn

When: 4 ? 21 April, Tue ? Sat 7pm (55 mins)

When: 4 ? 28 April, Tue ? Sat 8.15pm (75 mins)

Dave Bushell has family who were actually Nazis. He may have killed Princess Diana and helped pull down the Berlin Wall. Dave probably also has Mad Cow Disease. He was born two days before Return of the Jedi  was released. True! How does such a small man shoulder all that HISTORY? Best Newcomer nominee 2006.

 ?Charismatic, gasp-inducing, heart-in-mouth stuff.? The Age

When: 5 ? 29 April, Tue ? Sat 9.45pm, Sun 7.30pm (50 mins)

?There is no image, that when combined with the others,
 Does not embody a mystery of the world.? Ubert Echo ? Faucalt?s Pendulum.