Arts on Film : Cosi Fan Tutte.
Cosi Fan Tutte : an opera in two acts by Mozart is the next program in the Arts on Film series to be screened this Wednesday June 26. Please note… Read More ›
Rare Books & Arts
Building works in the Arts Reading Room
17June to 5 July inclusive The Library will be reorganising some collection and activity spaces and creating a community language laboratory. As a result: The Audio Visual room will close… Read More ›
The Beatles in Australia: all five of them!
Andrew McConville, the State Library’s very own mop-top, couldn’t resist commemorating the anniversary of this special madness! In Melbourne on 14 June 1964 all five Beatles, John, Paul, George, Ringo… Read More ›
Arts on Film: Triple Bill.
A triple bill featuring Australian explorer, natural scientist and artist William Blandowski, Australian artist Julie Gough and Belgian musician Rene Jacobs, is the next program in the Arts on Film series to be… Read More ›
New listening post sounds: Edwin Drood, Laura, Benjamin & Tina.
Music, Musicals, Popular music, Rare Books & Arts:
Some recent CD arrivals feature on the Listening Posts in Arts. They include latest releases in musical theatre, popular, folk and classical music. The online catalogue indicates which Listening Post the… Read More ›
Music and video online: from Elvis to Tunisia……
Film, Music, Popular music, Rare Books & Arts:
A few selections from our ever-growing range of audio and video streaming services….. There is a select band of performers whose reputations just seems to grow and grow as the… Read More ›
New Books: supergods, street-art and a bit of Dickens
Dickens and the artists: edited by Mark Bills Yale University Press, 2012 So much of the way we think about Victorian England is, I suspect, imagined through the prism of… Read More ›
Arts on Film: Concert for Slim
Concert for Slim is the next program in the Arts on Film series to be screened this Wednesday May 29 in Arts. Family and friends gathered at the Tamworth Entertainment Centre… Read More ›
Indian Film: much more than Bollywood!
Clearly determined to win the State Library’s Blogger-of-the-Year Award, Jane Miller has submitted another topical post, this time exploring Indian cinema and the vibrant song and dance of Bollywood! The… Read More ›
Arts on Film: Virtuoso Violinist.
Film, Music, Rare Books & Arts:
A double bill on renowned violinist, Itzhak Perlman, is the next program in the Arts on Film series to be screened this Wednesday May 15 in Arts. Two films by Christopher… Read More ›
