VNQ Presents Submission Writing - Making the Most of 2012 February 11 - 9:00am-12noon Trainer: Gerard Byrne & Special Guests Tony Ireland Stadium Function Room Riverway Bookings Essential Speech Craft February 15, 22 & 29 - 9:00am-1:00pm Presenter: Olaf Schubert VNQ Offices Cost: $120 mem; $135 non-mem Bookings Essential Speech Craft Registration Form For details or bookings contact: Volunteering North Queensland Inc Ph: 4725 5990 or Email: vnq@volunteeringnthqld.org.au VNQ's Offices Unit 6/56 Charles St - Aitenvale VNQ's training program is run in partnership with the Townsville City Council. VNQ are on Facebook! VNQ's Profile Page Townsville Civic Theatre Avenue Q January 27-28 - 8:00pm January 29 - 4:00pm February 2-4 - 8:00pm Rating: M - for Mature Audiences 15+ yrs Townsville Choral Society Inc. Morning Melodies - The Super Supremes February 07-08 - 11:00am The Super Supremes. Once More, With Love March 03 - 8:00pm Petula Clark on tour. For tickets contact: TicketShop: 4727 9797 or See more details & buy your tickets Online Riverway Australia Day Celebrations January 26 - 6:45am-4:30pm Riverway Fun for the whole family. Kids activities & rides, fun run & more. Includes the annual citizenship ceremony, Australia Day Award presentation & Welcoming Babies ceremony. www.townsville.qld.gov.au Wedding Ideas Expo February 19 - 11:00am-2:00pm Riverway Arts Centre Free Entry 45 of Townsville's leading Wedding Specialists. Demos, discounts, prizes & more. Beyond Townsville Charity Markets February 26 - November 25 Every 4 Sunday - 7:30am-11:30am (except August, December & January) Centenary Park - Hackett Tce Charters Towers Flood Relief Concert For Typhoon Sendong in the Philippines February 18 - 6:00pm Townsville PCYC Wellington Street - Aitkenvale Entry: $10 per person; $5 children -12 Fundraising concert & dinner. Raffles & more. Relief aid boxes will be sent - donations of old clothes & canned goods gratefully accepted. For more details contact: Email: noge_51@hotmail.com Clean Up Australia Day March 04 Local rubbish hotspots Annual day to clean up our environment. Register your interest & find clean-up sites on the website. For more details visit the website or: Freecall: 1800 282 329 www.cleanupaustraliaday.org.au

2012 Townsville Art Awards Nominations are now open for Townsville's annual Art Awards. Nominations close February 03. Nominate online at: www.townsville.qld.gov.au Library Events Get Started With Facebook January 31 - 10:00am-12noon February 14 - 10:00am-12noon Thuringowa Library Bookings Essential Importance of Community & Friendships February 01 - 1:30pm-4:00pm Von Stieglitz Room Thuringowa Library Cost: Free for people with a disability; $20 others Presenter: Marlena Katene For more details contact: Ph: 4721 5033 or visit the website www.inclusionworks.org.au Computing Workshop: Using Technology to Keep in Touch February 04 - 10:00am-1:00pm Thuringowa Library Presented by: ABC Open NQ Bookings Essential For more details contact: Ph: 4722 3025 - Michael Bromage or Email: bromage.michael@abc.net.au Bring a laptop computer that can access the internet if you have one. www.open.abc.net.au National Year of Reading launch February 14 - 10:00am Thuringowa Library Asthma Workshop Live Well with Asthma Workshop February 15 - 11:00am-12noon Aitkenvale Library Presented by Asthma Foundation Qld For more details contact: Email: a.padget@asthmaqld.org.au   For bookings & more details contact your local library or as listed Townsville PCYC Events Townsville PCYC Wellington St - Aitkenvale Active Family Expo February 05 - 10:00am-1:00pm Find out how to be active as a family! NQ Jazz Club Opening Night February 12 - 5:30pm-9:00pm Tickets: Members $10; Non-Members $15 For more details visit the website: www.jazztownsville.com Table Tennis Tournament February 11 - 9:00am-12noon February 12 - 9:00am-3:00pm Townsville Table Tennis Association 60 Charters Towers Rd Cost: Gold coin donation For more details contact: Email: bdm@ttta.org.au Living with Memory Loss February 23-24 - 10:00am-2:30pm Venue: TBA Cost: Free Bookings Essential - limited numbers Designed for people with early stage dementia, family & friends. For more details or to book contact: Alzheimer's Australia (Qld) Inc National Dementia Helpline Freecall: 1800 100 500 www.fightdementia.org.au

Community Calendar For up-to-date information on special events in the Townsville region, the Townsville Community Calendar is the place to look. The calendar is brought to you by the wonderful volunteers at the Community Information Centre.   Townsville Community Calendar Open House February 01 - 3:00pm-5:00pm Upper Ross Office NQ Small Business Development Centre 21/184-188 Vickers Road (North) Open house for Relationships Australia Community Support Service. TMPAS Picnic Bay Surf Life Saving Club The Strand TMPAS Thursdays - fortnightly Bandawalla Moons February 02 - 7:00pm The Tremadours February 16 - 7:00pm Performance & open 'mic' session. Meals and drinks available for purchase. For more details contact: Email: tmpas01@gmail.com Hot Pocket UFO Movie Night February 04 - 7:00pm-8:30pm Balgal Beach - Rollingstone Movie: 'Rio' (G) Movie under the stars. BYO chairs & nibbles. Special Screening 'Happy Feet 2' February 05 - 9:00am start Event Cinemas (Greater Union/Birch Carrol & Coyle) Cnr Sturt & Blackwood Sts - City Sensory-friendly screening - lights on low & movie volume turned down. Tickets: free admission for people with autism or other disabilities who would benefit from this screening; Family & friends: $9 Tai Chi for Beginners February 06 - 9:00am-10:30am February 09 - 9:30am-11:00pm PCYC Aitkenvale Wellington St - Aitkenvale February 06 & 08 - 7:15pm-8:45pm Aitkenvale Primary School Hall Wotton St - Aitkenvale Cost: On Application Presented by the Taoist Tai Chi Society of Australia Inc. For more details contact: Email: townsville@taoist.org www.taoist.org Documentary Movie Night 'Fantome Island' February 23 - 6:30pm (BBQ Dinner) St Teresa's Catholic Community Centre Cnr Meenan & Lonerganne Sts - Garbutt Cost: pass the hat around (donations gratefully accepted) BBQ Dinner - 6:30pm-7:30pm Documentary - 7:30pm start For more details or to RSVP contact: Ph: 4726 3242 - Joni McCourt Hillbilly Goats in Concert February 24 - 7:30pm Court Theatre Cnr Sturt & Stokes Sts - CBD Tickets: $10 Old time bluegrass, hillbilly band. For more details contact: Email: tmpas01@gmail.com

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