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Our Lady Of The Angels Chermside Turns Lights On for Christmas Festival 2017

The St Gerard’s Christmas Festival 2017 officially starts when it turns on the lights this 1st of December. From then, the festival runs nightly until the 23rd, two days before Christmas. Families can enjoy different stalls that sell coffee, BBQ, light meals, drinks, and ice cream. Santa is available for photo opps from 7:00 p.m. until about 8:00 p.m.

The festival has always been popular for families and kids because of its amazing Christmas lights display. The St Gerard Majella Lights, has won the best church and community group category in the 4KQ Christmas Lights Competition for several years running.

St Gerard’s Christmas Festival 2017
Credit: Our lady of the Angels Chermside Website

The highlight of the St Gerard’s Christmas Festival 2017 is the outdoor Christmas vigil mass that takes place on the 24th of December. There will be a live gospel procession, which includes a crib, a donkey, a sheep, and camels. Carols start at 6:00 p.m. with a mass at 6:30 p.m.

Live Crib
Credit: Our lady of the Angels Chermside Website

For the rest of the festival, the crib lays empty until the night of the Christmas Eve, in time for the Christmas Midnight Mass. Carols start at 11:30 p.m.

Christmas Morning Mass for 25th of December is held at 8:00 a.m. and again at 9:30 a.m.

For those who are looking for affordable gifts, there are a variety of options available in the festival. There are nativity sets, angels, snow globes, musical toys, and other gift items.

There is free musical entertainment from local community members in each evening at 7:30 p.m. with an exciting line-up of talents.

1 Dec – Irish Pipe Band

2 Dec – Santa and the Kids followed by Brett Lee

3 Dec – Queensland Accordion Orchestra

4 Dec – Orchestra Concertino

5 Dec – Brisbane Concert Orchestra

6 Dec – St Andrew’s Community Orchestra

7 Dec – Bayside Divas

8 Dec – South Brisbane Federal Band

9 Dec – St Gerard’s Family Carols and Sing-a-long

10 Dec – Brisbane City Pops Orchestra

11 Dec – Nostalgia

12 Dec – Classic Clarinets

13 Dec – Apollo Men’s Choir

14 Dec – Oompah Band

15 Dec – Brisbane Brass 3

16 Dec – Pantastic Steel

17 Dec – Paradise City Jazz Band

18 Dec – Redcliffe City Choir

19 Dec – Indooroopilly Chamber Orchestra

20 Dec – Brisbane City Sounds

21 Dec – Serenata Singers

22 Dec – Brother James

23 Dec – Renata Children’s Show

St. Gerard Majella Catholic Church is located at 146 Maundrell Tce in Chermside.

Santa Is Coming to Chermside And Here’s Where to Catch Him

Santa is coming to town!

Children can have quality time with Santa at Westfield Chermside from 9th November to 24th December. All family members can have photos taken with Santa and beloved pets can have a moment with Santa too. The kids can even join a parade.

The Search For Santa’s Little Helper

Santa Claus
Credit: Westfield Chermside Facebook

During the first week of November, Santa has been in the lookout for a Little Helper who can assist him during the arrival parade at the mall. This lucky child will get to ride a Mercedes-Benz to get to the mall and will be the lucky one to walk with Santa during the arrival parade.

Santa’s Arrival Parade

Those who have missed the chance to be Santa’s Little Helper can still catch him on Level 2 of the Westfield Chermside shopping mall, in the new Dining Precinct. This is where his whole entourage will convene at 10:30 a.m. for the parade that starts at 12:00 p.m. on the 12th of November.

As soon as Santa arrives at the Westfield Chermside mall on 12th November, everyone can have the chance to take photos with him at the Santa Set located outside of the Coffee Club on level 1. The photo sessions will run until 24th December and all children will receive a free gift from Santa himself.

Weekly prizes will also be given for the duration of the event. Everyone is welcome to colour Paddington Bear at the Santa Set. Anyone who participates can leave their details with any of Santa’s little helpers.

Santa Pet Photography

Santa’s Pet Photography
Credit: Westfield Chermside Facebook

Pets can celebrate Christmas too and can have fun with Santa as well. From 19th November to 17th December, your precious furballs can also have their photo opportunity with Santa at the mall. For booking information, please click here.

The Santa Pet Photography session makes a comeback this year in partnership with Paddington 2, with a release scheduled for the 21st December. Paddington 2 casts include Hugh Grant, Brendan Gleeson, and Peter Capaldi.

Paddington, now happily settled with the Brown family and a popular member of the local community, picks up a series of odd jobs to buy the perfect present for his Aunt Lucy’s 100th birthday, only for the gift to be stolen.

Credit: FilmSelect YouTube

Paddington 2 will also have an advance screening on the 3rd of December at 11:00 a.m. at Event Cinemas. It will be an exclusive charity event with all proceeds to bedonated to children’s hospitals around the country. For more information, click here.

Credit: Event Cinemas YouTube

For more information about Santa’s stay in Chermside, click here.

Chermside’s Hummingbird House Dubbed as Carers Queensland’s Great Service Provider

In line with the National Carers Week 2017, the Hummingbird House was awarded as Carers Queensland’s “Carer-Friendly Business Awards’ Great Service Provider” for 2017. The “Great Service” category acknowledges non-profit organisations that are going “above and beyond” in providing their services.

What is Carers Queensland and its Carer-Friendly Business Awards?

Photo credit: Carers Queensland/Facebook

Carers Queensland works collaboratively with their partner organisations to raise awareness and provide services and programs to support the state’s carers and the people they care for.

Carers Queensland formed the Carer-Friendly Business Awards as an encouraging indication that there is an increasing number of organisations that recognise the value of supporting carers. Year 2017 marked the 14th year of the awards program that is recognising some of the most dedicated people and organisations in Queensland.

2017 Carer-Friendly Business Awards Winners

Great Service Provider	Hummingbird House, Brisbane
Great Employee	Naomi Kiehne, Townsville
Great Employer	Jamie Blackman, Target Country Roma
Great Service	Adrienne Penny, Rainforest Beach Studio B&B, Sunshine Coast

Who are the carers?

Melanie's twin boys were born with severe eczema and allergies. After years of going it alone, Melanie found a way to get the support she needed, and help other families along the way.To learn more about Melanie's support group, visit the Hands to Hold Facebook page.

Posted by Carers Queensland on Monday, October 30, 2017

Carers are the people who are supporting and walking beside a patient with a terminal illness. Research suggests that carers go through the same pain and emotional challenges as the patient does. Carers Queensland and the winners of the annual Carer-Friendly Business Awards show support to the carers who are continuously giving a part of their lives to their loved ones.

About Hummingbird House

Hummingbird House is the only children’s hospice in Queensland that provides palliative care, not just to children with chronic and terminal illness, but also to their families. They are eager to support everyone’s emotional and spiritual needs.

It’s not just a house, it’s a home. Hummingbird is a home to children with life-limiting conditions and their families, allowing them to reconnect and create memories that will last a lifetime. They provide the “above and beyond” service that the Great Service Provider award seeks through short break stays, family support services, therapies, and care at the end of life.

Photo credit: www.hummingbirdhouse.org.au

Hummingbird House was founded because of Paul and Gabrielle Quilliam’s goal to help every children and their families to treasure precious moments together after they had fostered a child with a life-limiting condition. Their dream came true last October 2016 when finally, they opened the doors of Hummingbird House.

Families from all over Queensland placed 37 hummingbirds over their front door to represent 37,000 children in Queensland with life-limiting conditions. Since then, Hummingbird House has been fulfilling their goal of giving assistance, not just for the patient, but also for their carers.

Chermside’s Gympie Road Remains to be One of Brisbane’s Worst Accident Hotspots

AAMI, an insurance company, recently released their Crash Index for 2017. Bad news for Chermside residents. Gympie Road still ranks high in Brisbane’s top five worst accident hotspots, ranking in the third spot, following Ipswich Road in Annerley and Mains Road in Sunnybank, which claimed the first and second spots.

Traffic Bottleneck on Gympie Road

Gympie Road claim to notoriety has been its consistent inclusion in Brisbane’s worst crash hotspots. In fact, it was Brisbane’s worst accident hotspot in 2015. Although now down to third place, Gympie Road clearly remains to be a problem, mostly due to the heavy volume of traffic that passes this major artery.

As a major road in the northern suburbs of Brisbane, Gympie Road caters to a lot of vehicles travelling between the CBD and the northern suburbs, including the Sunshine Coast. Just this month, Snarl Live Brisbane Traffic Updates recorded multi-vehicular crashes along the Gympie Road. Throughout the year, these multiple crashes often result to multiple fatalities.

Artist’s impression of a multi-transit Gympie Road.
(Photo credit: Brisbane Development)

According to the study conducted by Brisbane Development, Chermside has seen urban densification that attracted people to move in the suburb and propose new dwellings within the Chermside-Kedron area along the Gympie Road. This urbanisation and densification has led to constant gridlocks covering large sections of the road.

Brisbane Development has said that road widening and remarking bus lanes would not address the issue, but a shift of mode of transport can. Deputy Mayor Adrian Schrinner mentioned that the Brisbane Metro will be expanded to Chermside, and that this should reconfigure Gympie Road from a car-centric road to a multi-transit road, hopefully reducing congestion and the incidence of multiple crashes.

This proposal is not new. In fact, Gympie Road has a dedicated Chermside Line with tramcars running down the road in the 1950s. The line is in between two lanes of traffic with enough space to accommodate vehicles and even rose gardens.

Main Causes of Road Crashes

Aside from the traffic bottleneck on the Gympie Road, the AAMI Crash Index reveals that 45% of motorists believe that distractions, such as mobile phones, are the common cause of crashes. Despite the dangers of “texting while driving”, a significant number of motorists are still taking the risk. AAMI study shows that 3% of Queenslanders text while driving and 47% engage in conversation with a hands-free kit.

“Concentration is key, especially when travelling in heavy traffic. It’s important to leave enough room between you and the car in front, keep to the speed limit and avoid distractions like mobile phones … Even when used legally, mobile phones can be very distracting for drivers – particularly phone calls. We would urge drivers to limit their use of phones while they’re driving and only operate them when it is absolutely safe to do so,” AAMI Spokesperson Michael Mills said.

Overspeeding and tailgating are also common causes of road crashes. Motorists should be mindful of safe driving behaviour when travelling Gympie Road and any other road. For travellers on Gympie Road, it’s best to be safe, than sorry.

Kidspace Playground Chermside Holds Picnic to Help the Hummingbird House

Mums of Brisbane is inviting every mum, dad, and parent-at-heart to bring their bubs and kids to the Kidspace Playground in Chermside for a free picnic. Mums of Brisbane is a new group that brings mums together to help them with social isolation and give them informative talks about unique and local perspectives of mum life. They organise family-friendly services and events, such as this social get together.

Event Details

Date	Thursday, 12 October
Time	10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Venue	Kidspace Playground

Everything is FREE. Mums of Brisbane will bring some gourmet food and drinks. You don’t even need to BYO picnic blanket, because they’ll bring picnic blankets for you and for the kids. The Kidspace Playground provides a kid-friendly environment where kids can play, crawl, and roll all they want.

There’s a catch, but it’s a very noble one. Just remember to bring any gold coin donation that you can wholeheartedly drop in the donation tin. Mums for Brisbane organised this picnic to raise funds for the Hummingbird House Foundation.

Hummingbird House Foundation

The Hummingbird House is the only children’s hospice in Queensland. For the record, there are only three children’s hospices in Australia. A children’s hospice is a home for children that provides a type of care that focuses on the palliation of chronic and terminal illness and attends to the child’s emotional and spiritual needs.

Hummingbird House provides a “home” where kids and their families can reconnect and create precious memories that will “last a lifetime”. They help children with life-limiting conditions by providing short break stays, family support services, creative therapies, and care at the end of life.

Hummingbird House began in a home and will always be a home.

Paul and Gabrielle Quilliam founded the Hummingbird House as “Queensland Kids” in 2011. Paul and Gabrielle were just typical Queensland couple until they fostered a child affected by a life-limiting condition. Since then, they made it their mission to build a “home” to the children with similar conditions.

Although the initiative started in 2011, the Hummingbird House just officially opened in October 2016. The foundation had gone through a lot of hard work in raising awareness about their mission throughout the years. The State and Federal Governments’ commitment and other organisations and businesses’ donations to fund the construction of their permanent location were the results of this hard work.

Families from all over Queensland hanged 37 hummingbirds at the front door, which represent the 3,700 children in Queensland living with life-limiting conditions.

To support the Hummingbird House Foundation, visit their website. You may also check the Mums of Brisbane Picnic’s event page for the picnic details.

Plans for New Synthetic Hockey Pitch in the Burringbar Park Facility in Chermside Lodged

A new synthetic hockey pitch in the Burringbar Park Facility at the Kedron Wavell Hockey Club, at 21 Kittyhawk Drive, is the subject of a development application lodged by John Giles Associates, a company of architects, planners, and interior designers, in behalf of the Brisbane Hockey Management Group (BHMG). BHMG is an initiative of the Brisbane Hockey Association and Kedron Wavell Services Hockey Club to manage the Burringbar Park site.

Proposed Plans

Photo credit: D.A. No. A004691193, Brisbane City Council

John Giles Associates’ proposed plans seek to install another “hybrid” synthetic surface hockey pitch on the northern eastern section of the site that will complement the existing synthetic surface pitch. It will be constructed in accordance to the Chermside Centre Neighbourhood Plan (Community Use and Sports Precinct). The new synthetic facility does not require any irrigation system.

Synthetic Facility

Hockey was traditionally played on natural turf. However, synthetic pitches were made mandatory for major competitions in 1976. The development in the Burringbar Park complies with the standards of the International Hockey Federation (FIH). FIH is the international governing body of the sports of hockey that is responsible for the major international tournaments, such as the World Cup.

Due to the changing nature of hockey, there is a greater demand for this modern facility. The construction of an additional synthetic surface hockey pitch is foreseen to ease the demand of this kind of facility across regional Brisbane.

The application stated that the synthetic facility will help in the continued development of the skills of the teams. Upon completion, the development will be utilised for hockey training, matches, and competitions across Brisbane.

Several Upgrades

Although the existing Clubhouse and other hockey pitches will be left untouched, several upgrades and improvements are included in the plan. The existing security fence will be extended and the pitch surround will be improved on the internal kerb and gates. Concrete pathway pitch surrounds will also be constructed.

For better trainings and matches, ball stop nets, open technical and team bench, and electronic scoreboards are included in the field improvements.

The development application is still waiting for BCC’s approval. The community can still lodge their submissions on the BCC PD Online page.

Spring Activities in Chermside this Week

It will be a busy week in Chermside. Here are some of the events and activities for everyone to watch out for in Chermside this week.

Wednesday, 20 September

Chicks at the Flicks: “Battle of the Sexes”

Tickets:

$30 – VMAX
$70 – Gold Class Package

Time:

7:00 p.m. – Gold Class
7:10 p.m. – VMAX

Venue: Event Cinemas Chermside, Westfield Shopping Centre

The Event Cinemas will have an advance screening of the “Battle of the Sexes”. Starring Academy Award winning actress Emma Stone as Billie Jean King and Steve Carell as Bobby Riggs, the “Battle of the Sexes” is a drama comedy film based on the 1973 tennis match between King and Riggs. The match became the most televised sports event of all time.

This advance screening is a part of Chicks at the Flicks, the ultimate girls’ night out. More than just the movies, the gang will enjoy sweet treats, mini manicures, music, and live entertainment at 6:00 p.m., before the movie starts. Everyone will receive a goodie bag with a range of products from the event’s sponsors.

Friday, 22 September

“Spice World: The Movie” Screening

Tickets:

$15 – Regular Tickets
$25 – Special Combo/Special Ticket

Venue: Event Cinemas Chermside, Westfield Shopping Centre

The Event Cinemas will bring you back to 1997 as they celebrate the anniversary of “Spice World: The Movie” on their big screen. It has been 20 years since the biggest girl band of the 90’s debuted in the movie industry. The story shows the Spice Girls zipping around London performing for their fans.

All tickets are just $15. You can upgrade to the Special Combo that includes ticket, drinks, popcorn and choco top, or the Special Ticket that already includes your choice of Posh or Scary Cocktail.

Saturday, 23 September

Women’s Fun, Food, and Fashion Night

Tickets:

$20 – Adults
$10 – Concessionaire/Student

Time: 7:00 p.m.

Venue: Centrepoint Church Brisbane

Photo credit: Centrepoint Church Brisbane/Facebook

The Centrepoint Women will host a night of fun, food, and fashion. Guest Melbourne-based stylist Trish Gallard will be there to talk about fashion. She’ll be giving away some of her favourite pieces.

You need to cancel your dates with your boyfriends, partners, or husbands and leave the kids at home this Saturday. Grab your girlfriends and celebrate fashion at this event.

Saturday, 23 September

Step into Life Open Day

Tickets: FREE

Time: 8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

Venue: Step into Life Chermside, Burnie Brae Park

Photo credit: Step into Life Chermside/Facebook

Step into Life will open their doors to the Chermside community for a family fun day of free sausage sizzles and other engaging activities for both kids and adults. Step into Life is a physical fitness centre that specializes in group outdoor training. Since 1995, they’ve grown to become one of the market leaders in outdoor training in Australia, with over 120 locations.

Sunday, 24 September

Music from the Movies

Tickets:

$25 – Adult
$20 – Concessionaire

Time: 2:00 p.m.

Venue: Kedron-Wavell Services Club

The New Groove Jazz Ensemble will visit Chermside for a special afternoon performance. Travel back in time as they perform the famous soundtracks of Hollywood movies from the golden era. The New Groove is a band that was formed in 1996 to keep jazz music alive. It is composed of 20 musicians who express their musical passion through big band, swing, Latin, blues, funk, and rock.

Fun Food Trucks for Serious Foodies at the Chermside Bowls Club

Chermside residents can look forward to a deliciously enjoyable Sunday as Food Truck Collective Brisbane brings back “Food Trucks on the Green” to Chermside this year. Get ready to go to the Chermside Bowls Club on Sunday, the 17th of September, from 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., and be sure to bring the kids for an afternoon of lawn bowls and a taste of Brisbane’s best food trucks. Entry is free.

Food Truck Collective Brisbane is a group of Brisbane-based food trucks that are working together to organise events and food festivals like the Food Trucks on the Green. There are five food trucks that will be pulling over at the bowls club — King of the Wings, Micasa Food Truck, One World Food Truck, In Strada Wood Fire Pizzeria, and Ruby the Little Red Ice Cream Van.

King of the Wings

King of the Wings is the first American style chicken wing food truck in Australia. It was dubbed as the “Number One Food Truck in Queensland” in 2016 that represented Australia in the New York Wingfest 2016.

Wing lovers, King of the Wings is serving five unique flavours of crispy wings on half-dozen and dozen order sizes. “Southern Style” is their signature flavour, a crowd favourite which combines original southern spices. They also serve “American BBQ”, a smokey flavour with a bourbon hit; “Bee Sting”, a honey sesame with sweet chilli flavour; and “Chillogy”, a fusion of three Australian chillies.

Follow their Facebook page for updates on their location every week.

Micasa Food Truck

This is a fusion of American and Mexican favourites like burgers, chilli cheese fries, nachos, burritos, and chicken wings. Their menu is always changing to keep up with the international food trends. Their dishes are “Pulp Fiction” inspired, so most of their burgers are named after the characters of that movie.

Check out their Facebook page for their menu and their locations.

One World Food Truck

One World Food Truck, created by Jason Sierra, focuses on Spanish and Latin fusion meals. To live up to the food truck’s name, they serve an international line-up of dishes, including Italian and some spicy curry dishes. What’s on their menu are unique and usually come with a creative twist. People love their “El Toro Loco Burger”, “Cubano Sandwich”, “Pinchitos”, and “Philly Steak Sandwich”. These are all served on homemade flat breads and buns.

Don’t miss their updates about their location; visit their Facebook page.

In Strada Wood Fire Pizzeria

Owned and operated by Chef Salvatore, In Strada Wood Fire Pizzeria presents a modern take on the traditional Italian pizza using their Valoriani Italian Wood Fired Oven. Their menu includes classics like Pizza Margherita and Hawaiian Pizza, gourmet pizzas like Gamberi and Marinara, and interesting dessert pizzas like the Nutella Pizza, Banoffee Pizza, and Berrymint Pizza.

Check out their website and Facebook page for their menu and locations.

Ruby the Little Red Ice Cream Van

Ruby is a vintage UK ice cream van that was originally built in Southampton, England in 1973. It was restored to its original condition but given an upgrade with a new Italian ice cream machine. Most of its other features remain charmingly retro, including its shape, vintage chimes, and retro freezer.

Ruby’s menu includes traditional soft serve cones that have been prepared without trans fat, preservatives, and artificial colours. Gelatos and sorbets are available in a variety of flavours including chocolate, mango, and raspberry. All of their products are dairy-free and suitable for vegans.

Their website and Facebook page are always open for inquiries.

Photo credit: Food Truck Collective Brisbane/Facebook

Don’t forget to bring your family and friends to this food festival. Check out the event page and the Food Truck Collective Brisbane’s Facebook page for some updates about the event.

Kerbside in Chermside: Collection Soon!

Chermside is next up for BCC’s Kerbside Collection on Monday, the 28th of August. This is the perfect time to get rid of those unwanted clutter and those pieces of furniture and appliances that are too big for the wheelie bins.

Be mindful of the items that you will take out on your kerb. There is a list of acceptable and unacceptable items. You can’t take out household waste that normally goes into the waste and recycle bins. The Council will not collect glass, mirrors, car parts, car tyres, and car batteries.

Kerbside collection happens only once a year, but you can’t just dump everything at once this day. The Council will only collect piles that are not larger than two cubic metres, in order to cater to the whole neighbourhood.

If you have items that are not included on the approved list or reached the Council’s kerb limit, you can take these items to these places.

Resource Recovery Centres

The Resource Recovery Centres is open for both recyclable and green or general waste. There are four recovery centres in Brisbane, formerly known as transfer stations, located in Willawong, Chandler, Ferny Grove, and Nudgee. The upgraded centres will help in reducing waste to landfill by making recycling easier and faster.

Vehicles that are under 4.5 tonnes Combined Gross Vehicle Mass (CGVM) can use the drive-through recycling area for free, whilst vehicles above 4.5 tonnes CGVM can still recycle, but with fees applied.

The centres are open from 6:30 a.m. to 5:45 p.m. every day of the year, including Christmas Day and other holidays.

Tip Shops

The Resource Recovery Centres turn over all recyclable items to the tip shops in Acacia Ridge and Geebung. These items include household furnishings, collectables, books, toys, and sporting equipments.

The tip shops are operated by the Endeavour Foundation, one of the largest non-government organisations in the country that helps people with disabilities.

These shops aim to reduce the amount of waste to landfill by reusing, recycling, and recovering valuable resources. The shops urge people to rethink, recycle, and upcycle our rubbish.

The tip shops are only open on Saturdays and Sundays, from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. All of the proceeds are reinvested back into providing assistance to people with disabilities.

Photo credit: matthew_newkirk_art/Instagram

From July to August, the Salvage Recycling Art Exhibition at the Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts display the works of artists that used items from the tip shops. There is also free upcycling workshops that will demonstrate how to effectively restore items.

NACRO

One man’s trash can be another man’s treasure. Why don’t you save these items from getting dumped and donate the items to charity?

According to the February 2017 NAB Charitable Giving Index, total charitable giving fell in Queensland by 2.5% over the year course since February 2016. This has made Queensland the lowest of all the states in terms of total donations.

The National Association of Charitable Recycling Organisations Inc. (NACRO) is the peak organisation that holds several charities and tip shops all over Australia. The Endeavour Foundation is also under NACRO.

Everyday, NACRO is assisting people across Australia through home visitations, refugee assistance, hospital and health services, aged care services, and other essential programs that are beneficial to the society.

GIVIT

GIVIT is a national non-profit virtual organisation founded by CEO Juliette Wright. They support all agencies, services, and charities in Australia to store, sort out, and distribute the donations to specific individuals or communities who exactly need the items. This virtual organisation is currently supporting over 1,240 charities and community service providers all over Australia.

Interested donors can either check the list of the items needed by other people and the charities or pledge the items into the virtual warehouse by registering every item on their website with specifications on the delivery preferences. Just be mindful of the list of prohibited items to avoid inconveniences.

You can donate as much as you can, but make sure that these items are usable. People in need deserve to receive quality items, too.

What to Do in Chermside this Second Week of August

Looking for something to do in Chermside this week? Check these out.

Wednesday, 9 August

Advance Screening

Tickets:

$22.50 – Adult
$17.50 – Child
$17 – Senior
$19.50 – Student and Pensioner
$16.50 – Cinebuzz Members

Time: 6:30 p.m.

Venue: Event Cinemas, Westfield Chermside, Gympie Road, Chermside

Photo credit: Event Cinemas Chermside/Facebook

An advance screening of “Valerian and City of a Thousand Planets” will be held at the Event Cinemas for Vmax. This is a fantasy and science fiction film directed by Luc Besson and starred by Dane DeHaan, Cara Delevigne, and Clive Owen.

Valerian (Dane) and Laureline (Cara) are special operatives of the 28th century work together to maintain peace and order throughout the human territories.

Thursday, 10 August

FIFA Tourney V

Tickets:

$20 – Pre-pay registration
$25 – Walk-in

Time: 8:00 p.m.

Venue: The Sporting Globe Chermside

XP Gaming Community invites everyone to join the fifth installment of their popular FIFA E’Sport Tournament. There will be six Xbox Ones in use and 64 slots. The champion will bring home $300 in cash.

XP Gaming is a community group that focuses on becoming Brisbane’s largest gaming events group.

Thursday, 10 August

Ironlak Charcoal Session

Tickets: FREE

Time: 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Venue: Ironlak Art & Design, Westfield Chermside, Gympie Road, Chermside

Photo credit: Ironlak School of Art/Eventbrite

Everyone is invited to join for an afternoon drawing with Ironlak Charcoal. This is open to people of all ages and skill levels. All of the materials will be supplied by Ironlak.

Saturday, 12 August

Ironlak Watercolour Session

Tickets: FREE

Time: 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Venue: Ironlak Art & Design, Westfield Chermside, Gympie Road, Chermside

Ironlak will hold another art session of watercolour painting. All of the materials will also be supplied for free, including the brushes, watercolour paints, pencils, and papers.