This week at Council
Every working day Council staff are fixing roads, tending parks and providing services for the community.
Every Tuesday Council meets to make decisions that shape the future of our city.
Each week is different.
Tonight
6pm Warm up with Winter Heat at Civic Park presented by L!vesites
L!vesites’ Winter Heat brings five city sites alight with burning sculptures, glowing lanterns and mass candle installations every Friday night in July for FREE! Warm yourself among the flames, sip a hot drink, enjoy some winter comfort food and listen to live music. The events will incorporate commissioned fire-art pieces by local artists and sculptors plus lanterns made by children at L!vesites' Kids holidays program.
The first of the five Winter Heat events will be at Newcastle’s iconic Civic Park and will feature the fountain bubbling furiously and then lighting up in flames. The fire fountain will be the centerpiece in a dance and theatre production with local and central coast fire twirlers and belly-dancers. There will be one show at 6:40pm and a repeat performance at 7:40pm. For the rest of the evening between 6pm and 9pm, atmospheric entertainment by Intermezzo Strings will fill the Park with beautiful sounds while ambient light from candles, burning logs and fire sculptures filters through the night.
Saturday 4 July
11am Reserve Forces Day
Reserve Forces Day is an annual celebration when the community recognises the value of part-time military service to our nation. There will be a parade from Camp Shortland to Fort Scratchley, where a ceremony will be held. Major General Warren Glenny AO RFD ED (retired) is the guest of honour. Fort Scratchley is a site of national significance having been dedicated by the Commonwealth to all serving and ex-service men and women of Australia and has been associated with Reserve Forces since its establishment. For more information call 4974 2843.
10.30am Newcastle Region Art Gallery: Art for kids
The Gallery provides free hands-on art activities for young people every weekend. Art CART is sponsored by Newcastle Permanent Charitable Foundation. Bookings are not required.
11am Newcastle Region Art Gallery: See the collection
The Gallery runs a free guided tour of current exhibitions. Meet the gallery guide at the front desk
All day Lofty’s Mission: the Artwork of David Miller
An exhibition of the original 3D artwork from the award winning book ‘Lofty’s Mission’ will be on display at Wallsend District Library. David will conduct student workshops at the library, to demonstrate his unique paper sculpture illustrations. Wallsend District Library Bunn St, Wallsend
Last days The Dawn of a New Era
A photographic exhibition reflecting on the City of Newcastle, featuring the work of Allan Chawner. Newcastle Region Library Lovett Gallery, 2nd Level Laman Street, Newcastle
Monday 6 July
10.30am Discover your library: Storytime Session
Storytimes are held for children under five at various Newcastle Region Library branches. Small numbers of children enjoy being read to in a casual informal atmosphere. Storytime is designed to introduce the magic of books to children. The FREE session runs for 40minutes. Bookings are essential call City library on 4974 5342.
7pm Throsby Community Forum
St Marks Anglican Church Hall, Roslyn Street, Islington
Tuesday 7 July
7.30am Mayfield Mainstreet Committee
The Mayfield Mainstreet Committee is encouraging local businesses to take part in an exciting new program that will help businesses save money while improving its environmental performance.
Newcastle City Council, in collaboration with the NSW Department of Environment and Climate Change (DECC), is offering small businesses in Newcastle a new sustainability program, The Newcastle Small Business Sustainability Initiative. If your business spends under $20,000 a year on electricity, OR employs up to ten employees, you are eligible to participate in the initiative. The breakfast session will be held at the Stag and Hunter Hotel, Maitland Road, Mayfield.
5.30pm Community and Culture and Environment Strategic Themes Committee
Items of the agenda include
- Regal Cinema Redevelopment Sunset Committee Report
5.45pm Extraordinary Council Meeting
Items on the agenda include
- Newcastle City Council’s Award Rollover and Offer
6.30pm Development Applications Committee
Items on the agenda include
- DA 06/1685 – 16 Avoca Close, Waratah West – Two attached dwellings
- DA 07/1788 – Section 96 89 Park Avenue, Kotara – Alterations to Westfield Shopping Centre
- DA 08/1535 – 20 Elizabeth Street, Tighes Hill – Change of use from social club to commercial offices
- DA 08/1654 – 29 Kilgour Avenue, Bar Beach – Patio cover over external dining area at Bar Beach Bowling Club
- DA 08/1172 – 59 Creek Road, Wallsend – Two aircraft hangars
- DA 08/1220 – Section 96 330 Maitland Road, Mayfield – Four storey commercial building
- DA 06/2157 – 4 Carrington Parade, New Lambton – Three two-storey dwellings
- DA 09/0067 – 55 Bull Street, Mayfield – Convert former nursing home to student accommodation
Wednesday 8 July
10.30am Discover your library: Storytime Session
Storytimes are held for children under five at various Newcastle Region Library branches. Small numbers of children enjoy being read to in a casual informal atmosphere. Storytime is designed to introduce the magic of books to children. The FREE session runs for 40minutes. Bookings are essential call Wallsend library on 4985 6680.
Thursday 9 July
10am ClimateCam for Schools
Local schools will attend the first ClimateCam for Schools Recognition Ceremony for 2009. Participating schools will be rewarded for their achievement of energy, water and waste efficiency milestones throughout the year. The ceremony will be held in the Banquet Room at City Hall.
5:30pm - 6:30pm NAIDOC Week celebration
This project embraces our local Elders and Youth, reflects on the past year from their perspective and shows their responses to the Australian Parliament Apology to the Stolen Generations (13 February 2008). Join us at the gallery for refreshments and the launch of the DVD: Narra Muloobinba – Newcastle Sorry.
Friday 10 July
12noon Newcastle Region Art Gallery: Lunch with Art
Newcastle Region Art Gallery is bringing a little warmth to winter with an invigorating series of lunchtime art talks to brighten up the dreariest day with the introduction of Lunch with Art. Every Friday throughout winter members of the public can hear a mini-lecture about works of art from the collection. Hosted by the Gallery’s staff and running for only 15 minutes each, the talks are the perfect bite-sized way to take in a little bit of art and culture at the end of the working week. This week Curator Lisa Slade discusses the work of Tony Tuckson. Lunch with Art runs from 12noon every Friday throughout winter. Visit www.nag.org.au for the full program.
6pm Warm up with Winter Heat at Honeysuckle Promenade presented by L!vesites
L!vesites’ Winter Heat brings five city sites alight with burning sculptures, glowing lanterns and mass candle installations every Friday night in July for FREE! Warm yourself among the flames, sip a hot drink, enjoy some winter comfort food and listen to live music. The events will incorporate commissioned fire-art pieces by local artists and sculptors plus lanterns made by children at L!vesites' Kids holidays program.
This week head to Honeysuckle Promenade and get into a cosmopolitan groove and with the dynamic charisma, Saxanova are a band with a diverse repetoire of songs you know from Bob Marley to Frank Sinatra.
For more information
Contact the Communications Unit on 02 4974 2264 or 0429 608 590 for more information about Council activities and events.
