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LIFEGIG IS BOOKED OUT FOR TOMORROW NIGHT!! SORRY.IF YOU ARE...

Fri, 03 Apr 2015 12:24:36 +1100

LIFEGIG IS BOOKED OUT FOR TOMORROW NIGHT!! SORRY.

IF YOU ARE COMING, MAYBE PACK SOMETHING WARM!

Paul McBain grew up in country Victoria, the youngest of seven...

Fri, 03 Apr 2015 12:22:04 +1100

Paul McBain grew up in country Victoria, the youngest of seven children with fifty four first cousins: Christmas is not a quiet time! No prizes for guessing what religion his parents were.

Moving to Melbourne to study Forest Science opened up a new world, leading to travel, a career in Forest Management and a move to Newcastle where he lives with his wife and five year old son.

Now a little older than the photo suggests, he now lives in Islington enjoying the community spirit of the Throsby suburbs.

Come and here what place shaped Paul - tonight at the Treehouse!

Ben Lambert is a born and bred Newcastle Musician. Finishing his...

Sun, 22 Mar 2015 22:02:01 +1100

Ben Lambert is a born and bred Newcastle Musician. Finishing his degree in music at the Conservatorium in 2012, he spends his time these days teaching, arranging, conducting and playing. Always active in the music scene, 2015 so far has had him conducting the University Chamber Choir ‘Echology’, teaching at the Con., arranging orchestral charts for Star Struck, playing in shows like JC Superstar, and strumming his guitar around town.

Originally a country Victorian, with Melbourne being her...

Sun, 15 Mar 2015 22:58:41 +1100

Originally a country Victorian, with Melbourne being her University city, Karen set off on traveling in 1991 with a teaching degree in her backpack and dreams of far flung adventures. After a 14 year love affair with London and then a brief three year dalliance with Canberra, Karen and her little family landed in Newcastle in 2009 knowing only her brother and his partner but took a punt and made Tighes Hill home.

As one half of the Wacky Wombat Show (- no, not the wombat!), a member of Hunter Writers’ Centre, Tighes Hill ukulele group, book group and writers group (yes, it all happens in Tighes Hill!), Karen has been weaving stories and songs ever since she was taken in by Newcastle’s charm.

As to the place that shaped her…..which one will it be?

Annabella Rossini was born in 1960, in country NSW. Bella is a...

Fri, 13 Mar 2015 14:45:09 +1100

Annabella Rossini was born in 1960, in country NSW. Bella is a twin and was raised in her traditional Baptist family home. Growing up, she believed her life was well and truly planned out for her, and set out as a young adult to live the life she thought was intended for her.

As she grew older, Bella’s life took a number of turns that led her down a path she would never have imagined as a young girl. She moved around a lot and worked different jobs whilst raising three children as a single mother.

Bella currently lives in Newcastle and works as a nomadic barista, raising funds for the turning teardrops into joy campaign in Ghana, Africa through her coffee cart sales.

Bella is passionate about all things human – from international and domestic human rights issues to local community events. Bella is creative, colourful and a well-known Novocastrian that is always up for listening and sharing stories with everyone she meets.

Heath Wild: I am a searcher of meaning and sift through the...

Fri, 13 Mar 2015 10:27:21 +1100

Heath Wild: I am a searcher of meaning and sift through the experiences, words,music, art, and relationships that I encounter in my journey. Often I am content to be held in the mystery and magic without desiring to fully comprehend. I appreciate the flow, the spirit state, when myself or others are in tune with their being. But what is that? All I know is that it is an honour to behold.

My life is a wandering, yet I am such a home body. I am my experience, which is rife with duality.

I have recently begun studying to be a transpersonal Art Therapist and am gaining great insights into what it is to be. The sharing of story, sacred space, and creativity are keys to connection. I am one concentration of energy resonating amongst infinite vibration. Often I miss the moment due to dreaming of the past or projecting the future.

Creativity guides me and keeps me sane, occasionally taking form in music, words, and vision.

I hope to shape a better place through peace, love and compassion for those I work with, teach, and share space with.

Come and here Annette Nathalia share about the place that shaped...

Wed, 11 Mar 2015 15:57:12 +1100

Come and here Annette Nathalia share about the place that shaped her at LIFEgig, April 4, at the Treehouse.

Annette grew up in Lugarno, Sydney; bushy suburbia on the Georges River, and then later moved to X (wait for letter) before moving to Newcastle in 2004 with her partner, Andrew. They and their two daughters, Astrid (8) and Nadia (6) now live in suburbia again, Windale, between the lake and the beach. Annette has a part time job as a Social Worker in a parenting centre and she occasionally makes a bold move (like this one) because it matters.

Huw Rogers will be sharing about the place that shaped him at...

Wed, 11 Mar 2015 15:21:26 +1100

Huw Rogers will be sharing about the place that shaped him at the April 4 LIFEgig.

Huw’s passion is for creativity and creative thinking, and he has a tendency to get pretty excited and inspired by quirky things and clever ideas. His background is in visual storytelling: film, photography, art, writing and illustrating. Art is everywhere if you have an open perspective, and he can get pretty excited by that too.

He’s spent his life moving from place to place, and associates confidence in himself with the appreciation of being visually creative, and the personal ease and freedom he gains when traveling alone to new places; where instincts, resourcefulness and independence are nourished.

He’s also adjusting to losing these things as he transitions into a life of blindness; Adapting to the practicalities involved in vision-loss, and learning to reform a different meaning and usefulness to himself.

April 4th - a letter to the place that shaped me

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FEBRUARY LIFEgig is BOOKED OUT!

Thu, 05 Feb 2015 17:17:55 +1100

Sorry folks we are booked out for Saturday night. If you’d like to go on a cancellation list, drop your name to Shaz on +61421541866

Imagining a Renewable Future: Cristian Perfumo is a Postdoctoral...

Sat, 17 Jan 2015 20:00:49 +1100

Imagining a Renewable Future: Cristian Perfumo is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the CSIRO Energy centre. He conducts research in the areas of intelligent energy systems and green computing. Cristian obtained his Ph.D. in computer engineering from the University of Newcastle. He is also the author of two mystery novels.

Imagining a Renewable Future: Robert Bennett is a Postdoctoral...

Fri, 16 Jan 2015 20:01:04 +1100

Imagining a Renewable Future: Robert Bennett is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the CSIRO Energy centre. He studies novel light driven carbon capture processes. He obtained his Ph.D. in photochemistry from the University of Sheffield in the UK. In addition to being nerdy about science, Robert enjoys being nerdy about music, food, sports, history, well basically everything.

Imagining a Renewable Future: If you like your rhythm funking,...

Thu, 15 Jan 2015 20:00:41 +1100

Imagining a Renewable Future: If you like your rhythm funking, your brass sassy and some honey keys to smooth it all over then get yourselves down to listen to The Buzzard Mix @ LIFEgig - 7th Feb!

Imagining a Renewable Future: 7th Feb @ the Treehouse. Adam...

Wed, 14 Jan 2015 20:00:50 +1100

Imagining a Renewable Future: 7th Feb @ the Treehouse. Adam Berry is a Research Group Leader at CSIRO Energy Technology. He leads a team of researchers looking into the future of Australia’s electricity system from both technical and economic perspectives. Adam received his PhD in computer science from the University of Tasmania in 2008, but don’t hold that against him – he has been proudly Novacastrian ever since. Adam is a passionate advocate for science, innovative energy solutions and the art of professional wrestling.

Imagining a renewable future! How can we power the planet...

Wed, 14 Jan 2015 12:37:00 +1100

Imagining a renewable future!

How can we power the planet sustainably?
What can the developing world can teach us about the future of energy?
What are the major challenges of renewable energy?

That’s the theme for the next LIFEgig.

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