Melbourne Street, Brisbane CBD, Brisbane, Queensland 4101, Australia
How do we make electricity? How does an electric guitar work? Do animals use electricity? With 40 interactive exhibits and information modules, the Megawatt exhibition explores the role of electricity in our everyday lives and highlights the importance of safety when dealing with electricity. Explore how electricity is everywhere and how it entertains us and takes us places. Renewable and sustaina ...
PREVIOUSLY HELD: Saturday 19th February 2011 - Sunday 5th February 2012
40 Castlemaine Street, Milton, Brisbane, Queensland 4064, Australia
Witness all the Broncos home games live at Suncorp Stadium as they quest for NRL premiership glory!
Darren Lockyer leads the new-look team and they need you there to fill the stands with home support - get behind your team Brisbane! There is nothing quite like being amongst a passionate crowd cheering on the NRMA Insurance Brisbane Broncos as they enter the new season. ...
PREVIOUSLY HELD: Friday 11th March 2011 - Saturday 24th September 2011
Melbourne Street, South Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland 4101, Australia
A View from the Sixth Row celebrates one person's unique vision of the performing arts and features works in performance as well as "behind the scenes".
Photographer Reina Irmer is well-known to performing arts companies visiting the Queensland Performing Arts Centre for her passion and talent in capturing unique moments on stage. From the mid 1990s to the present day Reina has taken photograph ...
PREVIOUSLY HELD: Tuesday 17th May 2011 - Saturday 1st October 2011
Stanley Place, Brisbane CBD, Brisbane, Queensland 4101, Australia
GoMA is the exclusive Australian venue for 'Surrealism: The Poetry of Dreams', a landmark exhibition of surrealist works direct from the Musée national d'art moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris.
This exhibition presents more than 180 works by 56 artists, including paintings, sculptures, 'surrealist objects', films, photographs, drawings and collages.
'Surrealism: The Poetry of Dreams' is an ...
PREVIOUSLY HELD: Saturday 11th June 2011 - Sunday 2nd October 2011
Grey Street, South Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland 4101, Australia
This unprecedented celebration of Torres Strait Islander culture and history is taking place at the Cultural Centre, South Bank. Visiting artists and groups from the Torres Strait will perform alongside local community groups and contemporary performers to produce a diverse and engaging series of events across the Cultural Centre precinct.
The Torres Strait is a vast region of Australia that is ...
PREVIOUSLY HELD: Friday 1st July 2011 - Friday 21st October 2011
14 Howard Smith Drive, Lytton, Brisbane, Queensland 4178, Australia
Imagine a lighthouse on top of a hill overlooking the blue, blue waters of the Pacific Ocean. Imagine sitting next to that lighthouse under a marquee on a very comfortable chair with a foot stool, cold drinks to your left and gourmet food to your right.
Now imagine over the next few hours you may see between five and 30 whales swim by, breaching and playing for your enjoyment. Well you can stop ...
PREVIOUSLY HELD: Wednesday 6th July 2011 - Sunday 25th September 2011
150 Wembley Road, Logan, Brisbane, Queensland 4114, Australia
The Logan Garden Competition has been running for more than 20 years and is an incredibly popular community event. The competition aims to promote water-wise and energy efficient gardening practices, while rewarding entrants who have implemented these environmentally sustainable practices within the garden. The competition closes on September 27 and winners are announced in October. ...
PREVIOUSLY HELD: Monday 1st August 2011 - Tuesday 27th September 2011
2 George Street, Brisbane CBD, Brisbane, Queensland 4000, Australia
William Robinson's self-portraits have played a significant part in his artistic production since submitting his first Archibald Prize entry, William with Josephine in 1984. In 1987, Robinson rose to national prominence when he won the coveted portrait prize amongst much controversy with Equestrian Self Portrait. He subsequently won a second time with Self Portrait with Stunned Mullet in 1995 - pl ...
DATE / TIME: Sunday 21st August 2011 - Sunday 15th April 2012
2 George Street, Brisbane CBD, Brisbane, Queensland 4000, Australia
Remarks on Colour presents a look into the world of Australian watercolours. The selection of works, drawn largely from QUT Art Collection, surveys a range of styles and genres, from landscape and still life to abstraction. The exhibition seeks to celebrate the unique qualities of a medium that is quite often overlooked - its transparency, luminosity, technical difficulty and unpredictability. His ...
PREVIOUSLY HELD: Tuesday 23rd August 2011 - Sunday 23rd October 2011
2 George Street, Brisbane CBD, Brisbane, Queensland 4000, Australia
The Chanel suit is one of the 20th century's most iconic garments. Seen by many as the epitome of style, its classic silhouette is instantly recognisable, and yet owning one is for most women only a dream. Dreaming of Chanel is about the dreams attached to pieces of clothing, whether they are made by famous designers or unknown dressmakers. This exhibition brings to life the garments contained in ...
PREVIOUSLY HELD: Friday 26th August 2011 - Sunday 16th October 2011
Stanley Place, South Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland 4101, Australia
Henri Cartier-Bresson is responsible for some of the most iconic photographic images of portraiture and photojournalism. In many cases his photographs have become defining records of modern history, portraits of European culture from the 1930s to the 1970s, and examples of a 'decisive moment' - a phrase often used to describe Cartier-Bresson's works, which can illustrate action, emotion and an ent ...
PREVIOUSLY HELD: Saturday 27th August 2011 - Sunday 27th November 2011
Grey Street, South Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland 4101, Australia
Every day and night during Brisbane Festival, South Bank will transform into a twinkling wonderland where you can wander at your leisure and enjoy an array of beautiful art installations and free attractions.
Grab an activation map and count your footsteps to the base of the huge Golden Casket Light Sphere located in the Parklands, South Bank. The awe-inspiring sphere will tower above visitors ...
PREVIOUSLY HELD: Saturday 3rd September 2011 - Saturday 24th September 2011
Grey Street, South Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland 4101, Australia
Every day and night during Brisbane Festival, South Bank will transform into a twinkling wonderland where you can wander at your leisure and enjoy an array of beautiful art installations and free attractions.
Enter the morphing, ever-changing Liquid Interactive Light Scope for a psychedelic experience. The walls will pulsate with colour and layers of electronic imagery that will react to your ...
PREVIOUSLY HELD: Saturday 3rd September 2011 - Saturday 24th September 2011
Grey Street, South Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland 4101, Australia
An exciting event for Brisbane Festival, Santos City of Lights is the first laser light show of its kind in Australia.
Santos City of Lights will fill the space between Kurilpa and Goodwill Bridges with a nightly choreographed spectacle of lasers and lights that can be seen across the city.
Every night during the three weeks of Brisbane Festival, the main viewing area at South Bank's Cultu ...
PREVIOUSLY HELD: Sunday 4th September 2011 - Saturday 24th September 2011
Adelaide Street, Brisbane CBD, Brisbane, Queensland 4000, Australia
Believe what you see, for you will never see what you believe...
In 1599 (or thereabouts) Peter Quince presented the most lamentable comedy and most cruel death of Pyramus and Thisbe for the wedding of Theseus, in A Midsummer Night's Dream. Three hundred and thirty three years later, in his unclassifiable MGM film, Freaks, Tod Browning created the famous 'wedding feast' sequence to fant ...
PREVIOUSLY HELD: Sunday 4th September 2011 - Saturday 24th September 2011
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