Keyword results: Pushka
What:
The Book of Levitation opening
Where:
TwentyByThirty Gallery at Pushka, Presgrave Place (off Howie Place, off Little Collins, off Swanston, off the world, off the universe), Melbourne
When:
Opening Fri Jan 22, 6-11pm
How much:
Free!
Description:
The world's smallest gallery, TwentyByThirty at Pushka bar, are having another collaborative exhibition by artists Wanda Gillespie and Sergei Ignatievsky. This time it's a book, and supposedly it floats. The Book of Levitation will be hovering for a month at the TwentyByThirty space, and according to the press release, "The authoritative gothic font (of the book) alludes to something pious, while the mysterious nature of its levitation suggests an otherworldliness," which sounds like some heavy left-brained twaddle until you actually see the book hanging in space, and thin,k "That shit's putting over some serious supernatural vibes, just like the release said.
Event: Exhibition
Stimulus: Alice in Wonderland
What:
Pushka By Bower, redesign launch party
Where:
Pushka, Presgrave Pl (off Howie Pl, off Lt Collins), Melbourne
When:
Fri Dec 4, from 4pm
How much:
Free!
Description:
Pushka's great isn't it? The goldfish! The toilet out the back. That little cut-out newspaper ad on the wall that says "Wanted: someone to travel back in time with me. This is not a joke. You'll get paid after we get back. Must bring own weapons. Safety not guaranteed I have only done this once before.
Event: Expo
Stimulus: arts and craft
What:
Trivia and bingo nights at Pushka
Where:
Presgrave Place (off Howie Place, off Little Collins, off Swanston, off the Yarra, off Bass Straight, off the world, off the universe) Melbourne
When:
Wednesdays from 7.30pm
How much:
Free!
Description:
Pushka do their Wednesday evening booze between games of trivia and bingo, and so should you! This week it's trivia and the winner takes it all - a $50 voucher at Newtown Worker's Club! Arrive in teams of between two and four for a few rounds of questions of varying subjects and difficulties.
Event: Supper
Stimulus: Cheap Beer/Drinks
Bruce LaBruce: not for the kiddies. If only we had noted this on the 2007 Rooftop Cinema program next to Raspberry Reich. Anyway, you know, bygones. Artists Tristan Jalleh and Saskia Pandji Sakti appreciate this legendary Canadian photographer, political pornographer and filmmaker in all his R-rated glory, and they've just taken over curatorship of Pushka's very small ‘Twenty by Thirty' gallery.
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