ARTS ALIVE	PGM  11- 2004	TX: 4:04 Eastern Time, 15 March 2004
THIS PROGRAM IS 55' 50" WITH A NATURAL BREAK AT 30' 16"

Hi and welcome to Arts Alive*your weekly arts and culture current affairs radio...I'm JESS MYLES... on the controls today is NINA MARIE PETRIK*and on the news desk KATE STOWELL. On the program this week*  we check out Melbourne's Queer Film Festival* Also.. Western Australia's Deckchair Theatre has turned the big 21*And still in WA* the upcoming Desert Dreamings exhibition explores ways in which Central and Western Desert Communities paint from a birds eye view. Our guest this week is MICHELLE DE KRETSER* winner of the Asia Pacific Section of the Commonwealth Literary Prize for her novel The Hamilton Case* a tale of murder set in 1930's Sri Lanka* formerly Salon. And as always Nina Marie gives us her take on the film The Human Stain.

But first*a round up of the week in the arts*with * KATE STOWELL

NEWS:  	(2.55)   				Ends approx. 5.20

Well, one point where sexual identity and the arts join forces is in Queer Film. The latest on the radar is the Melbourne Queer Film Festival* and ANNA BRAIN speaks to Festival Director LISA DANIEL to check out the difficulties of getting such a festival up and running.

Item 1: Melbourne Queer Film Festival (2.45)
Starts with: " Oh wow "
Ends with: " something unusual like that "

Melbourne Queer Film Festival Director LISA DANIEL there speaking to ANNA BRAIN. The festival runs from 11th of March until the 21st* for more information visit www.melbournequeerfilm.com.au Now* For the last 21 years Western Australia's Deckchair Theatre Company has pulled audiences from out of the theatres and placed them on the green grass and fresh air of Fremantle. To find out about the big 21st birthday celebrations*I caught up with Artistic Director ANGELA CHAPLIN.

Deckchair Theatre (4.58)

In*: "Well I think every community"

*Out: "help us out on that score"

Artistic Director of Deckchair Theatre there* ANGELA CHAPLIN. If you are in Western Australia and you can get along to the party it's at Fremantle Arts Centre on Saturday March 20* Check out www.deckchairtheatre.com.au for more information.   

TRACK 1:	Gersey with "The Last Tango" 			(ends) 17 min 00 sec

Item 3A: Michelle de Kretser (8.54)
First words: 
Last words: *

And we'll return to that story after some music from*

Track 2: Archie Roach on the Tracker Soundtrack - "All Men Choose the path they walk"

END VOICE	26 min 30 sec		END OF PART ONE	30 min 16 sec


Item 3B: Michelle de Kretser Part Two (6.47)

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Last words: * 

Track 3: TZU with "Who?"

Flying over Australia is kind of like a great art gallery* especially in east FREMANTLE where ex-ABC journalist and current director of Artitja Fine Art ANNA KANARIS is currently holding the Desert Dreaming exhibition. The exhibition runs from the 19th of March for ten days* NICOLE FINDLAY speaks with Ms KANARIS to find out more.

Item 4: Desert Dreaming (7.30)

IN: We're basically a private gallery

OUT: I want it to be an enjoyable experience"

ANNA KANARIS speaking with Nicole Findlay there* and the Desert Dreaming exhibition runs from the 19th to the 29th of March, for more info call 0414 743 418. Now its time for our regular film review*and this week NINA-MARIE'S been along to see The Human Stain.

Item 6: Film Review: 	The Human Stain		(3:00)
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									52 min 20 sec

And that's the show for this week. The ARTS ALIVE team this week has been NINA-MARIE PETRIK*VINCENT O'DONNELL* ANNA BRAIN* NICOLE FINDLAY* myself  JESS MYLES*and KATE STOWELL ARTS ALIVE is a production of the INDEPENDENT MEDIA FOUNDATION INC* you can listen to the spoken word content of Arts Alive at www.artsaliveradio.com  We receive the financial support of the COMMUNITY BROADCASTING FOUNDATION ... the assistance of VICNET and the SCHOOL OF APPLIED COMMUNICATION at RMIT University.  The program is available on the satellite service of the COMMUNITY BROADCASTING ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA and on audiocassette and CD from THE ABORIGINAL PROGRAM EXCHANGE.

Track 4: High Pass Filter with "On Three"

END VOICE	53 min 06 sec 		PROGRAM ENDS	55 min 50 sec

APRA Details:
Opening Theme: "Same like B3" / d.i.g. / d.i.g. / CP / 5285392 / 20 sec.
Sting 1:      "Discone"/ Pinau / Pinau /OS/ 857 383 1942/ 10 secs
Sting 2:      "Ou!* Ou!"/ Teo Teo / Teo Teo / OS / FJC8 904 / 10 secs
Track 1:  "The last tango"/Gersey/Gersey/CP/Horse 016-2/3 mins 05 secs
Track 2    " All men choose the path they walk"/ Archie Roach/ G Tardiff & R deHeer/ CP/ 334932/ 5 mins 12 secs
Track 3:  "who"/ TZU/ TZU/ CP/ libcd6122.2/ 3 mins 58 secs
Track 4:  "On Three"/ High Pass Filter/ A Baldwin & High Pass Filter/ CP/ Independent release/ 2 mins 44 secs