Tumbalong Park will come alive with the tastes and sounds of Brazil. The festival will feature cultural performances, arts and craft stalls and traditional cuisine.

For more information [click here]

SPARKLING KOREA FESTIVAL

Saturday 22nd - Sunday 23rd September 2007.

Time: 10am - 5pm

Location: Darling Harbour - Palm Grove

A two-day festival of Korean tourism and culture. The highlight of the 2007 festival will be the smash hit performers 'NANTA' who have wowed Broadway audiences. Join the festival fun with music, dance and traditional Korean cuisine.

For more information [click here]

"CHALK THE WALK" URBAN ART FESTIVAL

Date: Thursday 20th September - Sunday 23rd September 2007.

Time: Thursday 10am-6pm; Friday 9am-6pm; Saturday 10am-8pm; Sunday 10am-4pm

For the third year running, more than 30 artists will gather on Pyrmont Bridge for the Chalk the Walk Urban Art Festival. Chalk the Walk's diversely talented modern day madonnari (street painters) will create works of astonishing beauty and colour.

For more information, [click here], or call (02)-9280-1443.

Celebrating Sydney's First Little Italy @ Stanley and Yurong Streets, East Sydney on Sunday, 3rd June 2007

Sydney's original Little Italy will become an Italian piazza on Sunday 3 June complete with a fountain, al fresco dining, fresh food markets, music, dancing, street performers, and wine tasting. 

The City of Sydney's Primo Italiano is a free street festival which celebrates the Italian flavours and heritage of East Sydney. Sample classic fresh Italian produce such as cheese, olive oil, bread and pasta, pick up fresh flowers, fruit and vegetables, or indulge in some of the best Italian food Sydney has to offer at stalls by premier restaurants.

Primo's resident DJ will play Italian pop music at the Primo Beer Garden of the Lord Roberts Hotel and popular Italian performers, big bands and crooners will entertain across three stages.

Free guided heritage walking tour of East Sydney - Now fully booked The popular free guided heritage walking tours around the area to learn how Italian culture has influenced the City's buildings and landmarks are now fully booked. However, you can pick up a copy of the map and guide from the City of Sydney stall at Primo Italiano to take a self guided tour.

Primo Italiano Ambassador and legendary restaurateur Beppi Polese will open the festival with Lord Mayor Clover Moore MP. Beppi will be signing copies of "A Life in Three Courses", a new book celebrating his 50-year contribution to Sydney's Italian food scene.

Entertainment Program

Main Stage
11:00 -11:45 - Sicilian Dance Group - Colourful and vibrant Italian regional dance company performing with their live band.
12:00 - 1:00 - The Slick Eyeties - A youthful group of Sydney  musicians  performing Italian classics in jazz and swing
1:00 - 1:15  - Official opening - Lord Mayor Clover Moore MP and Primo Italiano Ambassador, Beppi Polese
1:30 - 2.30 - Deanna Vitagliani - Versatile and vivacious, a captivating young performer singing with her band
2:45 - 3:40 - The Godfathers - Australia's leading Italian band specializing in contemporary dance rythms
4:00 - 5:00 - Frank Bennett - performing lush orchestral and big band renditions of contemporary pop classics. Frank Bennetts big band show promises to close Primo with a bang.

Yurong St Stage
11:30 - 12:30 - I Miracoli - Italian folk group, including guitar, violin and vocals
1:30 - 2:30 - Sicilian Dance Group - Colourful and vibrant Italian regional dance company performing with their live band.
2:45 - 4:00 - The Slick Eyeties - A youthful group of Sydney musicians,  performing Italian classics in jazz and swing 

Crown Street Stage
11:30 -12:30 - The Godfathers 3 piece - Leading Italian band performing dance classics
1:30 -2:30 - I Miracoli - Italian folk group, including guitar, violin and vocals
3:00 - 4:00 - The Strolling Trio - The talented roving musicians cease their strolling and take the stage to finish off the day.

Roving Entertainment
A wide variety of musicians and performers take to the street to thrill and entertain the Primo audience, with the sounds of accordions, guitars and singers. Italian fashionistas will mingle with the crowd and surprising performances will take place in unexpected locations.  

A childrens parade will wind through Stanley St at 12:30 pm.

Sydney 2007 Million Paws Walk

20th May (Sunday) @ Main Arena, Sydney Olympic Park

The walk starts at 10am.

Each year across Australia, one special event highlights the beauty of animal life and the need to treat all species with kindness, dignity and respect.

If you love animals, there’s only one place to go on Sunday May 20 – The 2007 RSPCA Million Paws Walk. 

Activities include: Flyball Demonstrations, Aussie Pooch Mobile, Pet Care Displays, Market Stalls, Raffles, Pet Competitions, Free Veterinary Advice, Rides and Live Entertainment. [click here for more details]

Registration prices on the day: Adult $17, Child $8, Concession $10, Family $40, Teams of 6 $70.
Contact: Kirsty Partridge 8666 0104 or kpartridge@rspcansw.org.au

[CLICK HERE To pre-register and purchase your tickets online]

Please note - purchasing tickets online and pre-registering has a discounted price.

An Indigenous reflection on the '67 referendum

29th May (Tuesday), 9.30am-1pm @ Dixson Room, Mitchell Wing, State Library of NSW

This is a free event, however, it is recommended you book to assure a place [click here to book]

The event includes a screening of Francis Peters-Little's Vote Yes: For Aborigines.

The Panel features Mick Dodson AM, Jackie Huggins, Aileen Moreton Robinson, Larissa Behrendt and John Maynard. Chaired by Paulette Whitton from Black Chat (Koori Radio)

In assocation with The University of Newcastle, Department of Aboriginal Affairs, History Council of NSW and NSW Reconciliation.

For directions to the State Library - [click here]

WORLD PRESS PHOTO FEAST

Enjoy this after-hours look at the world's best in photojournalism, including the amazing images of Australian winners Craig Golding and Steve Christo. Includes music by DJ Leigh Wood from One World Music.

This is a FREE event for "State Library Under 35's" (SL U35). To join SL*U35 [click here].

Image: Shichahai Sports School, Beijing, Lorenzo Cicconi Massi, Italy, Contrasto

NSW KM Forum - Is Knowledge Management an Oxymoron?

What: In 2002, Tom Wilson wrote his controversial article `The nonsense of knowledge management', arguing the philosophical naivety of prevailing approaches to knowledge management. Similarly, Snowden (2002) has described first generation knowledge management as epistemologically naïve, grounded in an implicit assumption that knowledge was a `thing' to be `captured'. This presentation will draw on theories & approaches from a range of disciplines including information behaviour research, philosophy, discourse analysis, communication theory, sociology of knowledge, as well as the speaker's own research to explore alternative approaches to understanding the nature of knowledge. These socio-cultural perspectives, it argues, provide a more theoretically robust basis for 21st Century knowledge management research and practice.

Who: Dr Michael Olsson, Lecturer, Information & Knowledge Management, Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences, University of Technology, Sydney. Dr Michael Olsson is a lecturer in the Information and
Knowledge Management program at the University of Technology, Sydney, where he teaches in both the undergraduate and post-graduate programs. He is an active researcher in the field of information behaviour research with a particular interest in the social construction of knowledge. He presented a paper (co-authored with Sue Halbwirth) "Working in parallel": themes in knowledge management and information behaviour at the Third International Conference on
Knowledge Management, University of Greenwich, London, 31st July - 2nd August 2006.. He has previously worked in a variety of roles in the IT industry in both the corporate and government sectors. His outside interests include literature, philosophy, medieval history, the theatre, classic cars, motor sport and fencing.

WHERE: Ernst & Young, The Ernst & Young Centre, 680 George Street, Sydney NSW 2000.
WHEN: 5.30pm for 6pm Tuesday 24th April.
HOW MUCH: Gold coin donation.
WHAT NEXT? If you plan to attend, please RSVP by e-mail to: nswkmforum@gmail.com (please include the date and/or title of the event in the subject line).

 Library folk in the pub @ Madison Hotel on Wednesday 18th April starting 6pm.

Library folk in the pub is an ideal place to meet professionals and talk to them in an informal environment. This is also a great opportunity to start networking, or finding out the job opportunities out there. You don’t need to be a member of ALIA to attend this event so what is there to think about? Go - talk - explore and find out what you can't in a classroom.

The venue is UPSTAIRS at the Madison Hotel, the corner of Devonshire and Chalmers Streets, Surry Hills. There is a map on the pub's website.

Madison Hotel is just across the street from the south-east corner of Central (suburban part). Those at UTS, TAFE, etc, or catching a bus to Railway Square can walk through the Devonshire Street tunnel and straight up the stairs and across the road. Those coming by rail do NOT need to walk through it.

For further details contact:
Justine Carlisle, ALIA
Ph: 0410 226 571