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Red Dog: True Blue
The free Sunset Cinema is back.
Viewers can bring a blanket, chairs and a picnic every Friday night until 16 March.
– Harmony Square, 225 Lonsdale Street, Dandenong. Friday 9 March, 7pm. Call 8571 1000 for more information.
She 2018
The exhibition features six graduating artists.
Julia Burke’s videos examine the way that sunlight and time change perception of an object.
Yvonne Jemmeson’s prints, collage and sculpture examine the relationship between two dimensional and three dimensional space.
Talia Carroll’s sensual photographs come alive with pinholes that pierce the flesh.
Susan Pover’s sculptures form an anti-prosthesis that hinders the movement of the wearer.
Bertha Putri’s intricate large-scale drawings combine Indonesian batik and Dutch-inspired motifs.
Madeline Nibali’s series of painted family portraits are a set of recollections that could be based on false memories.
– Walker Street Gallery and Arts Centre, corner Walker and Robinson streets, Dandenong. Thursday 1 March to Thursday 29 March, Tuesday to Friday, 11am to 5pm, and Saturdays, 11am to 3pm.
Garnar Lane Lightboxes
The light boxes are visible 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to people moving through the laneway.
In this exhibition, photographer David Wadelton presents images of the milk bar, the fish and chip shop, apartment blocks, newsagents, old shop signs, long-closed businesses and back lanes.
– Garnar Lane between Thomas and Lonsdale Streets, Dandenong. Until Saturday 31 March.
Family fun at the library
Children and their carers can enjoy Lego, chess, puzzles and games.
Playing games together can improve literacy, numeracy, spatial awareness, socially appropriate behaviour and fair play.
This event is free and no booking is required.
– Springvale Library, 411 Springvale Road, Springvale. Saturdays during school terms, 11am. Call 1300 630 920 for more information.

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