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First Friday of the month twilight events - Friday 6 November [01.11.2009]
Next Friday night Renew Newcastle will continue its series of twilight events in the City – First Friday. On the First Friday of the month in November (Friday 6th) the Renew Newcastle art and creative projects will host a collection of special events in the early evening 5 – 8pm. Come along and cruise the Mall!
Gnobly Gnome by Marnie Vaughan @ Arthive "Magic Mushroom..."
This month on Friday 06 November there will be 11 free simultaneous events taking place, including gallery exhibition openings from 6pm: "SynCity" - a history of sampling and remix culture since the early 1980’s - screenings at Loop Space sound and digital media gallery; a comic photographic exhibition “Looking for Love in all the Wrong Places” at Gallery Raw – Newcastle House of Photography; a dreamy preview of ARThive’s site specific installation “Magic Mushroom Mould Mountain Made Mysteriously Of Milked Moose”; and a playful "Art Party" (including pass the parcel) at Emerald Arts.
Lives!tes have commissioned some frightful escorts to make sure you fully embrace the twilight experience - keep your back to the wall lest the Grim Reaper want to make friends ...
All of the Renew Newcastle shopfronts will be open for trading at the same time for special late night shopping. Up on the terrace in Market Square Art Brasil’s artisan jeweller will show more sculpture and works made using sterling silver, Mad Hatter Millinery ladies will take you through their Melbourne Cup fashion on the field highlights, Shannon Hartigan landscape photographic prints show off amazing Newcastle and Kerrie’s all lycra and sequins at the Run Amok Dance Clothing studio.
You could wander up and explore Susy Pow’s Bird in the Hand Zine shop, come for a spot of early Christmas shopping at Ciao Meow - jam packed with local handmade fashion, jewellery & homewares. And then if you need a little sit down, the Tea Party at Totoro’s Teahouse offers vegan treats and specialty teas, while you ponder their gallery walls.
This month Renew Newcastle says goodbye to some wonderful enterprises which have livened up the Hunter St Mall area – as the commercial tenants are moving back in. Some of these projects will open up new shops: lookout for Alex from Surfhouse Photography, Floyd from Biami Mara, the makespace ladies, and Mark and the gang from Gallery Raw in new spaces over the coming months. And we’ll keep you updated on what Nick from Upcycling and Penny from Silk House Art Projects get up to in new incarnations in the new year.
So far Renew Newcastle has placed 41 projects into 26 empty shops and offices across the CBD. Come along to see how Newcastle’s creative community is making city revitalization their business, and enjoy the city in a new way at twilight on the First Friday of the month.
It would be great if all the shops in Newcastle Mall had late night shopping on Friday nights (instead of Thursdays).