Monday 18 September
The Age
Monday September 18, 2000
Good Life
Five things to do today
* CRAFT: A homage to family meal time, an installation called Table Eight on the Floor, by Melbourne artist Florence Peitsch, is at Chapel Off Chapel, 12 Little Chapel Street, Prahran, until September26 (workshops by arrangement); telephone: 9522 3382.
* VCE: VCE lectures (including ``How to Succeed in the Exam") at Deakin University's Warrnambool campus. Bookings close September21 for the October6 lectures. Tickets: $7; book: 1300 366 356.
* ARTS: An exhibition of photographs, ``Norman Lindsay: the artist and his muse", is at Mahoney's Galleries, 68Hardware Lane, city, until September30; telephone: 9642 1095.
* FILM: The world's largest short film festival, the ninth annual Tropfest Short Film Festival, is calling for entries (to be submitted by January19, 2001, for the February25, 2001, festival). Telephone: 0293680434 (or visit www.tropfest. com.au).
* SCULPTURE: Sculpture by three ``Men of Steel" is at the Artists Garden (above Fitzroy Nursery), 390 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy until October 6.
My Life
Fifteen minutes of fame
Matthew Boji Bolding, 22, Brunswick
I'm a piano player, and I'm off for a rehearsal at the Astor Theatre. I'm supporting a Judy Garland impersonator for the film festival they're having. I started playing piano when I was about 8 years old, and I ended up doing a bachelor of music at Bundoora and a diploma of performance at Box Hill TAFE. It's hard to make a living as a musician. You get a professional gig once in a blue moon. The rest of the time I practise and try to find work. I've got ongoing stuff with a band called Bakehouse - we're like a jazz funk band.
-- LARISSA DUBECKI
73 days until summer. Birthdays of Samuel Johnson and Jean-Bernard-Leon Foucault. 27 years since East Germany, West Germany and the Bahamas were admitted to the United Nations.
``The thing that impresses me most about America is the way parents obey their children."
Edward VIII
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