The only way to fi nd out what’s going on! Serving the Hunter for over 20 years with a readership of over 4,000 weekly! Thursday 17th May, 2018 Missed an issue? www.huntervalleyprinting.com.au/Pages/Entertainer.php See inside Driving the Hunter for 60 years! TV Guide young artists can explore colour, texture and patterns and craft themselves a woven fl ower”. But it doesn’t stop there. Muswellbrook Florist and Gifts will be on hand to demonstrate some fun fl ower arranging, and folk duo Datson+Hughes will be performing tracks from their ‘Flowers and the Axe’ album tour plus giving visitors the opportunity to try their hand at the dulcimer. To round things out, a curated fl ower-themed BLOOMING PRETTY: Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre art market will see on offer a fantastic selection Assistant, Jade Goodwin is holding the Datson+Hughes of affordable art by local artists as well as gift record (not for sale), but everything else pictured: gift items in partnership with Two Little Sisters cards, small work on paper, painting and sculpture is Candle Co. - Handmade Across the Hunter: available for purchase along with much more at The Bloom Gift Shop and Cafe. Room event on Saturday 19 May. “’The Bloom Room’ is set to be a wonderful, immersive arts experience and we encourage everyone in the community, of all ages and An arts experience like no other! artistic abilities, to come along to this special This coming Saturday, 19th May Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre will event at the Arts Centre,” said Elissa. be awash with fl owers for ‘The Bloom Room’, an autumn arts experience It’s all happening between 10.30am and incorporating live music, free art workshops and demonstrations, and a 2.30pm Saturday 19th May at Muswellbrook curated affordable art market. Regional Arts Centre. “We have three workshops catering to all ages and artistic abilities”, said Public Programs Offi cer For more information or to register for a Elissa Emerson. “Exhibiting artist Tia Gabriellah will guide you in creating colourful, impasto blooms workshop contact the Arts Centre arts. using a palette knife, Rebecca Rath will have you experimenting with smart device photo apps, while [email protected] / 02 6549 3800. SESSION TIMES: THURSDAY 17 MAY - WEDNESDAY 23 MAY Cinema is CLOSED Mondays outside of School & Public Holidays DEADPOOL 2 (MA15+) 119mins LIFE OF THE PARTY A QUIET PLACE Thu, Fri & Tues (M) 105 mins (M) 90mins 12.45pm, 1.50pm,6.15pm & 8.30pm Thu, Fri & Tues Thu, Fri & Tue Sat, Sun & Wed 10.40am, 2.15pm & 6.15pm 9.15am & 420pm 11.00am, 3.00pm, 7.10pm & Sat, Sun & Wed Sat, Sun & Wed 9.00pm 9.00am, 2.10pm & 9.30pm 1.20pm & 5.25pm SUPER TROOPERS 2 AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR COMING SOON (MA15+) 99mins (M) 149mins Solo A Star Wars Story Oceans 8 Thu, Fri & Tues Thu, Fri & Tues Incredibles 2 Jurassic World-Fallen Kingdom 9.00am & 4.15pm 11am & 8.45pm Hotel Transylvania 3 12-15 Sydney Street Sat, Sun & Wed Sat, Sun & Wed Ant-Man and The Wasp Muswellbrook 12.10pm & 4.10pm 9.10am & 6.05pm Phone: (02) 4044 0600 Live in Muswellbrook? Don’t forget the Courtesy Bus is available to get you to the cinema. Ph: 6543 2011 www.muswellbrookcinema.com.au Join Erin & Mark broadcasting across the Upper Hunter every Saturday on 2NM SUMMER SATURDAY With Erin Molan & Mark Levy Saturday from 12pm – 6pm what’s on SPRING RIDGE SPRING RIDGE firecracker STARLIGHT BUSH RALLY & bonfire night 7TH JULY 2018 | 12pm START @ SPRING RIDGE **ANY REGISTERED CAR CAN ENTER** | $10 ENTRY PER CAR 0MACNER+)*1u.IF9LIKBG@KB=@><HNGMKR<EN; *.)DF<BK<NBMPBMAJNBS<A:EE>G@>L ?>>3*)I>K<:K(?:FBERu?K>><:FIBG@:MMA>K><@KHNG= ;;JENG<A:O:BE:;E>?NG?:FBER:<MBOBMB>L ?K>><:FIBG@:O:BE:;E>:MMA>K><@KHNG= ;;JFNLB<?BK>PHKDL;HG?BK> ?HEEHP>=;RMA>:GGN:ELIKBG@KB=@>;HG?BK>(?BK><K:<D>KGB@AM :G>O>GM?HKMA>PAHE>?:FBERMH>GCHR GH;RHÇ:E<HAHE:O:BE:;E>?HKL:E>:M<HNGMKR<EN; :ee^gjnbkb^l\hgmZ\m3)-0.211/2+ Bush rally and bonfi re supports charity WIN ! a double pass to Majestic Cinemas. The skies over the Liverpool Plains will light up on July 7 for the Spring Ridge Starlight Car Bush Rally and Family See page 2 for details Bonfi re Firecracker Night. Any registered car can enter the rally, which kicks off at midday with a 150km circuit, challenges and barbeque lunch. A night of fun for the whole family is in store afterwards with crackers, fi reworks and family friendly activities. Free camping is available at the recreational ground. The event will be supporting the Starlight Children’s Foundation. www.facebook.com/EntertainerPublication For further information contact 0475 98 8 692. Scone Motor Inn Water meter test results Conference Centre Upper Hunter Shire Council has been in the process of Affordable 4 star Accommodation conducting free testing of water meters for residents who believed their meter was over-reading their water King Suites, Spa Suites and Two-Bedroom Apartments usage during the summer quarter. Corporate Rates and FREE Wi-Fi Internet Of the 49 meters tested so far, 48 meters were determined to be Conference and Meeting Facilities working either correctly or under-reading in a few cases. Licenced Bar and meals Monday to Fridays One meter was confi rmed to be reading slightly higher than it should. Council has amended the resident’s water invoice and replaced Breakfasts 7 days including Room Service the meter. Council has written to all the residents who have had their meters 02 6545 3079 Cnr New England Hwy & Mount St tested, to inform them of the results. www.sconemotorinn.com.au Shop online for tickets and vouchers at www.majesticcinemas.com.au Would you like your story, event or advertisement in Up Country Entertainer? Contact Cheri Gibson at Hunter Valley Printing E [email protected] P: 02 6545 2888 F: 02 6545 1465 PROGRAM INFORMATION THURS 17th May to WED 23rd May WIN two double passes! He’s back even bigger in DEADPOOL 2 (MA15+) Bryan Cranston in LAST FLAG FLYING (M) Melissa McCarthy in LIFE OF THE PARTY (M) The Entertainer in conjunction with Majestic Cinemas are giving $6 tickets for PETER RABBIT (PG) away two double passes each week to two lucky readers. It’s all in for AVENGERS : INFINITY WAR (M) Look for the handwritten word “WINNER” along with the Charlize is TULLY (M) Agatha Christie ’s CROOKED HOUSE (PG) GUERNSEY LITERARY & POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY (M) editor’s signature on this page above HVP logo. Simon Baker’s BREATH (M) Present the winning Entertainer edition to the Muswellbrook office of Hunter Valley C H E C K W E B S I T E O R P H O N E F O R S E S S I O N T I M E S Printing, 6 Wilkins Street Muswellbrook and collect your passes. 21 Ryan Ave, SINGLETON Ph 6571 5252 (must be claimed within one week of publication date) 2 - Up Country Entertainer - Thursday 17th May, 2018 www.facebook.com/EntertainerPublication what’s on Cans and bottles help Neighbourhood Centre Scone Neighbourhood Resource Centre has been selected as a charity to receive funds from the Container deposit scheme located at Woolworths, Main Street, Scone. The Reverse Vending machine will have the Scone Neighbourhood Centre on the list as a charity for donors to donate their refunds directly to. This will assist the service remain a fi ve day a week service and continue to provide the programs and service that support this community. The machines are very popular and a great incentive receiving a 10 cent refund for returning eligible beverage containers for recycling it also improves recycling options. Countdown to Rosto Festival of the Fleeces It’s only a month until the Rosto Festival of the Fleeces, 8 to 10 June 2018 when thousands of visitors experience Merriwa’s country hospitality and rural heritage. There’s red socks to wash, sheep to shear, shop windows and parade entries to decorate, and quilts to be hung. Dogs, big and small, are practising their high jumps and bush poets are rehearsing their rhymes. The “Magic of Country” is the theme in this 28th year, with the Festival’s opening night featuring a Family Magic Show with magician Amazing Christo. Tickets for the Festival opening are on sale now at the Merriwa Visitor Information Centre (VIC). Log on to www.festivalofthefl eeces.com.au for the full rundown. Max Watters: Last Bus to Riley Street – The Max Watters Preview Exhibition for 2018 Article courtesy of Art up Close @ Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre This year’s preview of Max Watters’ latest group of paintings will be the last to travel on from the Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre to the Watters Gallery in Riley Street East Sydney. Sadly after 54 years the Watters Gallery will close at the end of 2018. This is the end of an era for Australian art. The Watters Gallery has been at the forefront of the avant garde and the very best that Australian art has had to offer since its inception in 1964. Max Watters held his fi rst solo exhibition at the Watters Gallery in 1966 and has continued to exhibit there every year or two till the present. The close connection between the Watters Gallery and its directors Alex and Geoffrey Legge and Frank Watters (Max’s older brother) and the Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre is directly related to the connection between Max and the Upper Hunter.