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Arts & Events Digest - March 2006

An Audience with Charles ‘Bud’ Tingwell: an intimate evening with one of Australia’s icons of stage and screen. At the Whitehorse Centre, 397 Whitehorse Road, Nunawading, 8pm Thursday 6 April. Tickets $35/$32; bookings 9262 6555 or online: www.whitehorsecentre.com.au
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Ray’s Tempest by Steve Rodgers: Melbourne Theatre Company presents "an Australian play rich in heart, wonder and humour". Cast includes Caroline Brazier, Genevieve Picot, Kim Gyngell, William McInnes. At Arts Centre Fairfax Studio until 15 April. Tickets $16 to $69.60. Bookings Ticketmaster 1300 136 166 or www.mtc.com.au
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Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show: at Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens from 5-9 April. Tickets $17.50/$14.50, Twilight $15/$13, can be purchased through Ticketmaster7, 136 100, www.ticketmaster7.com.au
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Dash in the Dust & Irish Fling: Kick up your heels on St Patrick’s Day in St Arnaud, where there will be Irish Festivities, Quarter Horse Racing and a spectacular Stud & Stunners Ball. March 17-18. Tickets $25 ($20 prebooked/concession) cover entry to races and ball. Enquiries 5495 2441. For accommodation St Arnaud Visitor Information 1800 065 599. Website: www.starnaudonline.com
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AMRA Model Railway Exhibition: in the basketball building, Aqualink Box Hill, Surrey Park, Surrey Drive, Box Hill (Melways 47 B11). 11, 12 and 13 March; Saturday and Sunday 10am to 6pm, Monday 10am to 5pm. Admission $9/$7 children $5.
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French Film Festival: at Palace Cinemas Balwyn, Como and George, 29 March to 12 April. Tickets: opening night $40 (Anthony Zimmer); general sessions $15/$13.50. Bookings through cinemas, program: www.frenchfilmfestival.org
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Breathing Salty Water, wool and cotton textiles by Laura Mar and Botanical Studies on Sexuality, paintings by Helena Chan. At Vanguard Gallery, 234 High Street, Northcote 14 to 25 March. Enquiries 9481 4840, www.vanguardgallery.com.au
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South Vietnam: images from land sea and air 1965-72: compiled by Vietnam Veteran Steve Lewis. At the Shrine of Remembrance Eastern Visitor Centre, Birdwood Avenue, South Yarra, until 16 April. Free.
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Gathering: Premiere season of the Australian Ballet’s collaborative double bill uniting Bangarra Dance Theatre and the Australian Ballet. At State Theatre, the Arts Centre, 17 to 29 March. Tickets $29-$99. Bookings 1300 136 166.
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Basketry workshop: at the Plant Craft Cottage, Royal Botanic Gardens, Saturday 1 April 10am to 4pm. Make a key or wall basket. Cost $80 includes all materials. Bookings Philippa Howard 9521 8653.
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Cruise the Constellations: until 30 March, travel by boat along the Yarra River, sipping a drink, before disembarking at Scienceworks for the Planetarium’s latest production, Stories in the stars: the night sky of the Boorong people. $30 per person. Bookings essential, 9392 4819.

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