Tag: "community"

Traditional dance brings communities together at Stylin Up

Tribes perform together for the first time at Stylin Up in Inala this Saturday May 28

Stylin Up will rock Inala, May 28

Stylin Up will rock Inala, May 28

Australia’s biggest Indigenous music and dance event is back!

New workshops take you back to basics

New workshops take you back to basics

What skills and software would YOU like to learn from our Bread & Butter workshops?

Stay at the cutting edge with C&T 2011

Stay at the cutting edge with C&T 2011

The leading international forum on Communities and Technologies

What’s happening at the relaunch?

What’s happening at the relaunch?

We’re having a party at The Edge on Saturday May 7. Check out the program!

Ideas from the Fringe

Ideas from the Fringe

How’s that grey matter of yours? You might want to start limbering up with some light Sudoku or maybe a crossword or two, because the Fringe Ideas Festival is coming up on May 19-21 and you’re going to want your brain fighting fit. Not just challenging discussions with fascinating people, Fringe Ideas celebrates thoughts beyond [...]

Get re-EDGE-ucated

Get re-EDGE-ucated

The Edge relaunch 12-9pm Saturday May 7 Who: Everyone! Where: The Edge Cost: Free Program: HERE The floods may have dampened our enthusiasm for a while, but as of today The Edge is back in business – and we want you to help us celebrate. We missed The Edge’s first birthday while our building was [...]

Get digital on the radio with 4ZZZ

Get digital on the radio with 4ZZZ

April 19, 20 & 21, 4-7.30pm The Edge, Lab 1 Bookings required (email giordana@4zzzfm.org.au) 4ZZZ is going digital and they want you to get involved! The community radio station’s Zed Digital will be officially launched in May 2011, opening up roles for new program-makers who are passionate about music and counter-culture. If you’re interested in [...]

mervin and iStreet are back!

mervin and iStreet are back!

Edgers who’ve been paying attention might remember a very special guest we hosted last year – our international resident mervin Jarman. For the uninitiated, mervin’s a community arts and technology activist and social entrepreneur who’s won international awards for his work with marginalised young people in his native Jamaica, and beyond. As well as being [...]

This is not Art

This is not Art

This Is Not Art Further Highlights This Is: This Is Not Art 2010 Festival Club Thursday 6pm – Midnight Join us for the opening night party of the 11th This Is Not Art. Set in our new Festival Club, come together for cheering, frivolity and the inevitable incoherent speech. Featuring: Caravan of Dooom and Kira [...]

Free consultations for non-profits

Free consultations for non-profits

Got your own social inclusion project you want to get off the ground?

mervin Jarman’s projects at The Edge

mervin Jarman’s projects at The Edge

International resident mervin Jarman arrives Tuesday 27 April 2010. He’s running a few projects and the events described below. We’d love to see you there! You can also check out his blog on our webspace and another on the iStreet Lab blog site. 2700-Second Challenge In late April and early May, a group of homeless [...]

Great minds

Great minds

People are always breaking the news to us at The Edge that there is a project similar to The Edge happening somewhere. (We’re also often told about projects with ‘the edge’ in their name but that’s fairly expectable; just ask Google.) People are often concerned for us that there are other projects exploring digital culture, [...]

Coming soon from a Jamaican shipping container

Coming soon from a Jamaican shipping container

World-leading social entrepreneur mervin Jarman is on his way from Jamaica to Australia to tour Adelaide, Sydney, Darwin, and Brisbane. And he’s coming to visit us! In conjunction with the Australia Council for the Arts and d/lux media arts, The Edge is hosting mervin’s national tour. Keep an eye on the website and enews for [...]