Sherbrooke Art Gallery re-opens this weekend with an exciting new exhibition, entitled ‘Sherbrooke Renaissance’ . Come celebrate the grand re-opening and admire  the artistic spirit from the Dandenong Ranges, viewing new artworks from the Society’s talented artists.

If you’re a fan of Antique Roadshow, then you’ll love this event. This very popular antique fair has a variety of antique and second-hand goods on display and up for sale.

When: 9 am - 5 pm

Where: Olinda Hall, Cnr Olinda-Monbulk Rd & Georgian Rd

Cost: Entry $2 (Children with adults free)

Contact: Quirky Werx on (03) 9751 1011.

Upper Yarra Arts Centre - Warburton Mechanics Institute Hall
Saturday April 17th, 2010
7:30pm - 9pm
$17/ $12

An evening of classical pieces performed by the exciting teenage duo of pianist, Sam Colcheedas and cellist Joanna Tidy.

Chopin, Bach, Beethoven, Liszt, Rachmaninoff, Ebussy and more will be featured in their debut concert.

Upper Yarra Arts Centre

3409 Warburton Hwy
5966 4500

Live Performance
Mecca Theatre, Upper Yarra Arts Centre
Saturday April 10th, 2010
8pm - 10:30pm
Tickets : $24/$20
Bookings: 03 5966 4500

The dance of gracious grandeur; the most graceful, elegant and lyrical Indian Classical Dances from Orissa.

Disciple of legendary Guru Late Sanjukta Panigrahi, Joyoti brings to life the art of ODISSI in her display of rich, earthly, intimate and dramatic style which will be a feast for the spirit as well as for the eyes.She will dance to the tune of music, that is sweet and melodious, and thrilling in its tapestry of the sound of percussion, wind and string of instruments played live on stage by renowned Overseas and Melbourne
musicians.

Workshop
Studio, Upper Yarra Arts Centre
Friday April 9th , 2010
12pm - 4pm
$30
Bookings : 03 5966 4500

Introduction and brief history of Odissi Dance form from temples then to theatre now.
Explanation of the uniqueness of the music in Odissi, as well as how it differs from the other classical dances. How the dance tells the story .
Note on classical and contemporary and their fusion. Reflection on Bollywood.
Participants will learn the basic exercises, steps, neck movements and their names, foot positions, basic hand gestures.

Upper Yarra Arts Centre in Warburton presents the following movies and activities during the Easter School Holidays

SCHOOL HOLIDAY FUN! - MOVIE - UP (PG)

By tying thousands of balloon to his home, 78-year-old Carl Fredricksen sets out to fulfill his lifelong dream to see the wilds of South America. Right after lifting off, however, he learns he isn’t alone on his journey, since Russell, a wilderness explorer 70 years his junior, has inadvertently become a stowaway on the trip.

DATE: WED 31ST MAR
TIME: 11.00AM
TICKETS: $7.00
BOOKINGS PH: 5966 4500

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SCHOOL HOLIDAY FUN! - MOVIE - WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE (PG)

An adaptation of Maurice Sendak’s classic children’s story, where Max, a disobedient little boy sent to bed without his supper, creates his own world–a forest inhabited by ferocious wild creatures that crown Max as their ruler.

DATE: TUE 6TH APR
TIME: 11.00AM
TICKETS: $7
BOOKINGS PH: 5966 4500

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SCHOOL HOLIDAY FUN! - ART & CRAFT
HOBBY CREATURES WITH SIOUX

Let your imagination soar as you conjure up a mythical creature to ride through your dreamscape and the school holidays. Horse, Dragon, Unicorn, Eagle; the possibilities are endless….Local artist Sioux Dollman can help dream up and create your new flight of fancy to take home!

DATE: TUE 30TH MAR, WED 7TH APR
TIME: 11.00AM - 2.30PM
COST: $15.00 per person

Suitable for ages 6 - 12 years

BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL PH: 5966 4500

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SCHOOL HOLIDAY FUN! - DRUM TO THE BEAT WITH NEDA

A fun filled session learning to drum to the world beat! Explore and play with performance percussionist Neda Rahami. Join the drum circle and try your hand at Big Bass Drums, African Hand Drums, Shakers, Clap-sticks , Bells and Tambourims. All instruments are provided, everyone is welcome and no prior experience is needed to join in.

DATES: THUR 1ST APR, THUR 8TH APR
TIME: 10.00AM - 11.30AM
COST: $15.00 per person

Suitable for Ages 6 - 12 years

BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL PH: 5966 4500

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SCHOOL HOLIDAY FUN! - ODISSI CLASSICAL INDIAN DANCE

Joyoti brings to life the art of Odissi! Learn the graceful, elegant and lyrical Indian Classical Dances from Orissa. Participants wil llearn the basic exercises, steps, neck movements and their names, foot positions and basic hand gestures of this rich, eartly and intimate dramtic dance form. A feast for the spirit, eyes and body!

DATE: FRI 9TH APR
TIME: 12.00PM - 4.00PM
COST: $30.00

Suitable for ages 10 and above

BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL PH: 5966 4500

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Healesville Memorial Hall Presents the following movies and activites during the Easter School Holidays

Movie - Fantastic Mr. Fox (PG)
School Holiday Fun! It is the story of one Mr. Fox and his wild-ways of hen heckling, turkey taking and cider sipping, nocturnal, instinctive adventures. He has to put his wild days behind him and do what fathers do best: be responsible. He is too rebellious. He is too wild. He is going to try “just one more raid” on the three nastiest, meanest farmers that are Boggis, Bunce and Bean.

DATES: TUES 30 MAR, THUR 1ST APR, TUES 6 APR, THUR 8TH APR
TIME: 11.00AM
TICKETS: $7
BOOKINGS PH: 5965 3528

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SCHOOL HOLIDAY FUN! - ART & CRAFT
HOBBY CREATURES WITH SIOUX

Let your imagination soar as you conjure up a mythical creature to ride through your dreamscape and the school holidays. Horse, Dragon, Unicorn, Eagle; the possibilities are endless….Local artist Sioux Dollman can help dream up and create your new flight of fancy to take home!

DATES: WED 31ST MAR, TUES 6TH APR
TIME: 1.00PM - 2.30PM
COST: $15.00 per person

Suitable for ages 6 - 12 years

BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL PH: 5965 3528

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SCHOOL HOLIDAY FUN! - DRUM TO THE BEAT WITH NEDA

A fun filled session learning to drum to the world beat! Explore and play with performance percussionist Neda Rahami. Join the drum circle and try your hand at Big Bass Drums, African Hand Drums, Shakers, Clap-sticks , Bells and Tambourims. All instruments are provided, everyone is welcome and no prior experience is needed to join in.

DATES: THUR 1ST APR, THUR 8TH APR
TIME: 1.00PM - 2.30PM
COST: $15.00

Suitable for ages 6 - 12 years

BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL PH: 5965 3528

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SCHOOL HOLIDAY FUN! - CIRCUS ART PLAY WITH MANDY

Back by popular demand! Circus, Drama, Games, Crazy Characters and Loads of Fun with Mandy Pickett. Peacock feathers, sticks, brooms and chairs! Hula Hoops, Juggling balls scarves, plate spinning and Group Pyramids; come join in the fun!

DATE: WED 7TH APR
TIME: 1.00PM - 2.30PM
COST: $15.00 per person

Suitable for ages 6 - 12 years

BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL PH: 5965 3528

 Healesville Memorial Hall is showing the following movies during May 2010

Film - Invictus (PG)

From Best Directing Oscar winner Clint Eastwood comes the inspiring true story of how newly elected South African president Nelson Mandela (Morgan Freeman, in the role he was born to play) joined forces with the white captain of his country’s rugby team, Francois Pienaar (Matt Damon), to help unite their country. Knowing his nation remains racially and economically divided in the wake of apartheid, Mandela believes he can bring his people together through a shared passion for sport.
DATE: SAT 1ST MAY
TIME: 7.30PM
TICKETS: $11/$9

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Film - Bright Star (PG)

Award-winning director Jane Campion, makes a triumphant return with the visually stunning and utterly moving drama about English poet John Keats. Based on a true story, Campion’s film reveals the relationship between Miss Fannie Brawne (Sommersault’s Abbie Cornish) a headstrong young woman whose taste for progressive fashions and speaking her mind was at-odds with 19th-centrury English society and English poet Keats (Whishaw).

DATE: TUE 4TH MAY
TIME: 7.30PM
TICKETS: $8

DATE: SAT 8TH MAY
TIME: 7.30PM
TICKETS: $11/$9

DATE: SUN 9TH MAY
TIME: 2.00PM
TICKETS: $8

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Film - French Kissers (MA)

The breakout comedy sensation of the 2009 Cannes International Film Festival, THE FRENCH KISSERS premiered in Director’s Fortnight to a raucous audience and critical ovation. A rollicking tale of a pair of teens who are far removed from the cool crowd, as they suffer the endless embarrassments and minor triumphs of their first sexual longings. Remarkably fresh and smart, but most of all flat-out hilarious.

DATE: TUE 11TH MAY
TIME: 7.30PM
TICKETS: $8

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Film - A Single Man (M)

Torn apart by the shattering impact of the death of his long-time lover, college professor George Falconer (Colin Firth) experiences the most transformative day of his life, blending past and present, desire and despair, and discovering that love persists even after the object of love is gone. Set in a sun-drenched 1960s California coastal canyon, featuring revealing performances by Julianne Moore and Matthew Goode, Best Actor - Colin Firth - 2009 Venice Film Festival.

DATE: TUE 18TH MAY
TIME: 7.30PM
TICKETS: $8

DATE: SAT 22ND MAY
TIME: 7.30PM
TICKETS: $11/$9

Healesville Memorial hall is showing the following movies durng April 2010:

Film - Up In The Air (M)

From one of Hollywood’s hottest new directors comes a dramatic comedy about a man whose only connections in life are those between flights. George Clooney stars as a downsizing expert who spends most of his life in transit. When a young graduate hotshot proposes a rationalizing move to video conferencing, he sees his lifestyle under threat just as he’s met a like-minded fellow traveller who he happily keeps running into.

DATE: SAT 3RD APR
TIME: 7.30PM
TICKETS: $11/$9

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Film - Bran Nue Dae (PG)

A coming-of-age musical comedy that celebrates the adventure of finding home, Rachel Perkins’ third feature is based on Jimmy Chi’s 1990 landmark Aboriginal stage musical. Set in the summer of 1969, young lives in the idyllic port of Broome, Western Australia. Plucking up the courage to court local girl Rosie, Willie’s romantic intentions are cut-short by his religious mother and the bad tempered Father Benedictus (Geoffrey Rush) who conspire to send him to catholic school.

DATE: TUE 6TH APR
TIME: 7.30PM
TICKETS: $8

DATE: SAT 10TH APR
TIME: 7.30PM
TICKETS: $11/$9

DATE: SUN 11TH APR
TIME: 2.00PM
TICKETS: $8

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Film - Broken Embraces (M)

Pedro Almodovar’s latest film starring Penelope Cruz. A man writes, lives and loves in darkness. Fourteen years before, he was in a brutal car crash on the island of Lanzarote. In the accident, he not only lost his sight, he also lost Lena, the love of his life. A story of amour fou, dominated by fatality, jealously, the abuse of power, treachery and guilt.

DATE: TUE 13TH APR
TIME: 7.30PM
TICKETS: $8

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Film - Nowhere Boy (M)

Imagine John Lennon’s childhood… A lonely teenager, curious and sharp, growing up in the shattered city of Liverpool. Two incredible women clash for his love. Mimi (Kristin Scott-Thomas), the formidable aunt who raised him, and Julia (Anne-Marie Duff), the spirited mother who gave him up. Yearning for a normal family, John (Aaron Johnson) escapes into music. Poignant and powerful, the untold story of the boy who created The Beatles.

DATE: TUE 20TH APR
TIME: 7.30PM
TICKETS: $8

DATE: SAT 24TH APR
TIME: 7.30PM
TICKETS: $11/$9

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Film - Invictus (PG)

From Best Directing Oscar winner Clint Eastwood comes the inspiring true story of how newly elected South African president Nelson Mandela (Morgan Freeman, in the role he was born to play) joined forces with the white captain of his country’s rugby team, Francois Pienaar (Matt Damon), to help unite their country. Knowing his nation remains racially and economically divided in the wake of apartheid, Mandela believes he can bring his people together through a shared passion for sport.

DATE: TUE 27TH APR
TIME: 7.30PM
TICKETS: $8

DATE: SAT 1ST MAY
TIME: 7.30PM
TICKETS: $11/$9

Healesville Memorial Hall is showing the following movies during March 2010:

Film - Eden Is West (M)

As in ‘The Odyssey’, the Aegean Sea is the setting when our hero, Elias, sets out on his adventures. On the same waters, under the same sun and the same sky as the dawn of civilization. After countless incidents and accidents, a stopover in paradise and a sojourn in hell, the magical conclusion of his journey takes place in Paris….Paris, the shining city in the deepest dreams, in the most uncertain sleep of wanderers.

DATE: TUE 16TH MAR
TIME: 7.30PM
TICKETS: $8
BOOKINGS & ENQUIRIES PH: 5965 4528

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Film - Away We Go (MA)

A young couple - Burt - John Krasinski - and Verona - Maya Rudolph - are determinedly unmarried despite Verona’s advanced pregnancy. They’re dismayed to find Burt’s parents, played by Catherine O’Hara and Jeff Daniels have decided to move to Belgium for a couple of years. They go on an odyssey, visiting old friends and acquaintances to find a place to establish family connections.

DATE: TUE 23RD MAR
TIME: 7.30PM
TICKETS: $8
BOOKINGS: PH 5965 3528

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Film - Up In The Air (M)

From one of Hollywood’s hottest new directors comes a dramatic comedy about a man whose only connections in life are those between flights. George Clooney stars as a downsizing expert who spends most of his life in transit. When a young graduate hotshot proposes a rationalizing move to video conferencing, he sees his lifestyle under threat just as he’s met a like-minded fellow traveller who he happily keeps running into.

DATE: TUE 30TH MAR
TIME: 7.30PM
TICKETS: $8

DATE: SAT 3RD APR
TIME: 7.30PM
TICKETS: $11/$9

Ph: (03) 9751 0154

Email: getaway@woolrichretreat.com.au

Web: http://www.woolrichretreat.com.au