Don’t forget to book in: Elvis is in the building
GLENDA Chin-Valetic will put on an Elvis tribute show in memory of her Elvis-loving mum, who passed away last June.
Pete Storm is an award-winning tribute artist from the UK. The Legends Tribute Band and Rick Charles will provide back-up.
- Freccia Azzurra Club, Keysborough. Saturday 15 October, 6pm. Tickets are $75 for dinner and reserved seating and $45 for the show only. Visit trybooking.com/171790 to book. Call Glenda on 0411 958 594 with any inquiries.
Family fun at the library
PLAYING with Lego, chess, puzzles and games together can improve literacy, numeracy, spatial awareness, socially appropriate behaviour and fair play. A parent or carer must accompany children to this free activity. Sessions are not held during school or public holidays.
- Springvale Library, 411 Springvale Road, Springvale. Saturdays, 11am to noon. Dandenong Library, 225 Lonsdale Street, Dandenong. Fridays, 4pm to 5pm. Call 1300 630 920 for more information.
Havana Suite
MIA Salsjo developed multi-layered and collaged silkscreen prints during a residency in Havana, Cuba, last year.
The Havana Suite exhibition captures her response to Cuban design, life and politics.
- Walker Street Gallery and Arts Centre, corner Walker and Robinson streets, Dandenong. Thursday 4 to Saturday 27 August. 11am to 5pm Monday to Friday and 11am to 3pm Saturdays.
Small Studies exhibition
MELBOURNE-based, Japanese-born artist Chaco Kato is best known for large, playful site-specific installations using string.
In this small and modest show, Kato explores some new ideas with cotton thread on paper.
- Heritage Hill Museum and Historical Gardens, 66 McCrae Street, Dandenong. Until Wednesday 31 August, 10am to 4pm Tuesday to Friday and noon to 4pm on the first Sunday of the month. Call 9793 4511 for more information.
Venation in art
Five contemporary Australian artists explore the veins of histories and customs in this exhibition, though photography, tapestry and printmaking.
Venation refers to the arrangement of veins, as in a leaf or in the wing of an insect.
- Walker Street Gallery and Arts Centre, corner Walker and Robinson streets, Dandenong, 4 to 27 August, 11am to 5pm weekdays and 11am to 3pm Saturdays.
Seussical The Musical
SACRED Heart Girls’ College, with Salesian College Chadstone, will present this Dr Seuss musical about an elephant, his friends and adversaries, an abandoned egg and an irresponsible bird.
- Drum Theatre, corner Lonsdale and Walker streets, Dandenong. Friday 5 August, 7pm, Saturday 6 August, 2pm and 7pm. Tickets are $5 for children aged under six years, $16 concession and $22 for adults.
