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THE Italian Film Festival starts next week in the East End. Now in its ninth year, the festival will feature 22 new films at the Palace Nova East End cinema on Rundle St.

The opening gala event is on next Thursday (October 16) from 6.45pm with the Adelaide premiere of comedy Her Whole Life Ahead.

The festival, which runs until October 29, also will feature Cannes award-winning Italian films, including Il Divo and The Rest of the Night.

Rebecca and Angela Pastore (pictured) are among hundreds of people expected to attend the festival.

DEPARTURE: Multiplicity

BankSA presents DEPARTURE - pre-release tickets now on sale

Pre-release tickets for BankSA's next DEPARTURE event - MULTIPLICITY - on Friday 7 November at the Art Gallery of South Australia, are now available from www.artgallery.sa.gov.au/departure

This is sure to be yet another sell-out night so get your people together quick and grab your tickets.

Friday 7 November 6 – 10pm

DEPARTURE: Multiplicity is set to be another legendary night at the Art Gallery of South Australia.

See the exciting new exhibition Multiplicity: Prints and Multiples after dark, hear from Curator, Maria Zagala and other experts, enjoy fine wines from Penfolds and Penny's Hill, try all new Mercury Artisan cider, and all night nibbles from the Art Gallery Restaurant.

Be entertained by some of Adelaide's hottest DJs playing the best contemporary beats from the 60s through to now, and catch some fantastic dance performances throughout the night.

Get your all-inclusive tickets online, but hurry as DEPARTURE: Multiplicity is set to be another sell out!

General Public $35 | Members $30 | Students $30 | Fringe Benefits Members $30 when you book online before 4pm Wednesday 5 November, then tickets $45 per person at the door on the night (unless sold out).

Group bookings online of 10 tickets receive the members' price of $30 per person.

For more details, head to our Facebook event page or jump straight over to www.artgallery.sa.gov.au/departure for info and bookings.

Hope to see you soon at the Art Gallery!

Chianti Classico Australia's best breakfast


October 27, 2008 11:01pm

ADELAIDE Italian restaurant Chianti Classico is officially the best place in Australia to kickstart your day.

The Hutt St eatery was last night awarded the mantle of the country's best breakfast venue at the 2008 Savour Australia Restaurant and Catering National Awards of Excellence.

It is the second year in a row Chianti Classico, owned by Frank and Maria Favaro, has been chosen by national judges as Australia's top brekkie joint.

The restaurant led a quartet of SA winners at this year's national hospitality industry awards.

Other major gongs went to Jasmin as Australia's best Indian restaurant, Blanco Catering was voted best event caterer in the country, and the Hyatt Regency's Shiki was named as the best restaurant in a hotel or motel.

All four won their state categories at the SA restaurant and catering industry awards in July.

The spread of awards is a sign that South Australians are treated to top food and service in all its forms, national awards chairman of judges Matt Preston said.

"Adelaide understands that good dining experiences can start at the beginning of the day and end in an exotic location at the end," he said.

Sydney's Quay restaurant was named the restaurant of the year .

South Australia and Queensland won four awards each, Victoria and Western Australia won three and Tasmania won two awards.

More than 500 specially trained judges reviewed over 2,000 award finalists for the event.

Quay's executive chef Peter Gilmore accepted the award and said 2008 had been an amazing year for the fine dining restaurant.

"`The calibre of competition this year means Quay is very honoured to have taken out such an accolade," Mr Gilmore said.

The awards' chair of judges Matt Preston said Quay was a "superb" and worthy recipient of the award.

The Australian Electric Transport Museum (SA) Inc (operators of the Tramway Museum at St Kilda, SA) invites you to attend the 100th Anniversary of Tram No. 1’s Trial Run at the Museum on St Kilda Road, St Kilda, SA on Sunday 30th November 2008 at 1.30pm.



Adelaide’s first electric tram, No. 1, ran its first trial run along North Terrace on 30 November 1908. Following successful trials, Adelaide’s electric tramway system opened on 9 March 1909. Tram No. 1 is now preserved at the Museum and will re-create its trial run at 2.30pm. Prior to the re-created run, Tram No. 1 will line up for photographs with the Museums other electric trams from 1908-1909 – trams 10, 14, 15 & 42. The photo line up will also include vintage cars and bikes of the same era.

Adelaide Model Rail Operators are setting up a model tram layout.

Gates open at 10.00am and trams will continue to run until evening.

TRANSIT Oriented Development (TOD) will be put under the spotlight during a free lecture next Tuesday night (November 4).

State Government Major Projects and Infrastructure executive director Rod Hook and Planning SA City Hubs team leader Jason Ting will offer their insights on TODs and what they mean for Adelaide.

The Tom McKenna Memorial Lecture at the Hawke Centre, UniSA City West campus, North Tce, is on from 7pm-8.30pm.

Festival coup

BROADWAY star Bernadette Peters will perform at next year’s Adelaide Cabaret Festival.

Festival organisers have announded the New York-based performer, a Tony award-winner, will perform at the Festival Theatre on June 6-7 next year.

The festival will run from June 5-20 with the full program announced in April.

Will wrote:From the Messenger:

TRANSIT Oriented Development (TOD) will be put under the spotlight during a free lecture next Tuesday night (November 4).

State Government Major Projects and Infrastructure executive director Rod Hook and Planning SA City Hubs team leader Jason Ting will offer their insights on TODs and what they mean for Adelaide.

The Tom McKenna Memorial Lecture at the Hawke Centre, UniSA City West campus, North Tce, is on from 7pm-8.30pm.

Will409 wrote:

crawf wrote:

Will wrote:From the Messenger:

TRANSIT Oriented Development (TOD) will be put under the spotlight during a free lecture next Tuesday night (November 4).

State Government Major Projects and Infrastructure executive director Rod Hook and Planning SA City Hubs team leader Jason Ting will offer their insights on TODs and what they mean for Adelaide.

The Tom McKenna Memorial Lecture at the Hawke Centre, UniSA City West campus, North Tce, is on from 7pm-8.30pm.

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