Source: Brisbane City News
LET S hope Queensland Roar have a better season than their counterparts in rugby league and AFL.
Help get them off on the right foot at a family fun day on August 20. Meet players, including captain Chad Gibson, (pictured), and pick up a few new ball skills at clinics on the day. The team s mascot, Roary, will skydive into the event, to run from 10am at Roma St Parklands.
STEP OUT FOR ROSIES IMMERSE yourself in fashion and style at An Evening in August, a charity event for Rosies, featuring some of the city s new labels and designers Always Habit, Size and Fussee, Bella and Jane, Marlej, Limedrop, Candela Finery and f. Guests will have the chance to win prizes from the designers and bid for prizes including a $6000 holiday. An Evening in August starts at 5pm on August 19 at Alhambra Lounge. Tickets are $30. Phone Rebecca on 0409 649 817.
RIGHTS NIGHT TWO panels of speakers will address human rights issues and young people in democracy at a Just Rights Queensland event tomorrow, August 18. Insiders-Outsiders will feature Senators Andrew Bartlett, Russell Trood and Claire Moore and MP Ronan Lee, as well as youth advocates Sam Hodge, Kate Morioka, James Vercoe and Meg Foley. Presented in partnership with YMCA Youth Parliament, Youth Affairs Network Queensland and YWCA, the event runs from 6pm at the Undumbi room, Parliamentary Annex.
RED HOT YEAR AHEAD THE heat is back on Big Wal from Channel 10 s Biggest Loser, this time as one of the chosen 12 featuring in the Queensland Firefighters Calendar. After losing 66kg, Wal, the big-hearted Townsville aviation firefighter and father-of-two, says his new goal is to help the Royal Children s Hospital Foundation work wonders for young burns victims. Being Mr January will be a new experience for me, but I ve spent a lot of time in front of the camera recently, and I m hoping this particular photo helps click over lots of dollars for young burns victims, Big Wal says. The fundraising calendar is on sale at the Ekka or at www.workingwonders.com.au/e-shop .
HEART-FELT ART FIFTEEN high profile Queensland artists will trade their paint stained overalls for black ties to raise $10,000 for Rotary at Hardy Brothers Jewellers art gallery on August 18. Helen Beaver, Jan Jorgensen, Trevor Platt and Don Braben are among the artists selling their work with proceeds donated to charities including Drug Arm Australasia. Tickets are $24. Phone Ian Hutcheson on 3878 1177 to book.
ROUGE DO MATER Medical Research Institute s annual gala dinner gets under way at 7.30pm on August 19. Themed A Splash of Rouge, the formal evening will feature a cash lottery, entertainment and more. It s all to help the institute raise money for research. Pre-purchase tickets on 3847 7528.
great CHEMISTRY BIG news on the fine dining scene is that Brisbane s own Brad and Ange are launching a new venture. Chef extraordinaire Brad Jolly, formerly of Lat.27, and his wife Angelica are about to launch Alchemy, at 175 Eagle St, overlooking the Brisbane River. Internationally-awarded Brad will no doubt dazzle with the European flair that has become his signature style. Alchemy is expected to open by the end of the month.