Of Mice and Men (opera) George, at the urging of Candy and Lennie, reads the want ad aloud to them once again as the curtain falls. SCENE ONE. Lennie is disconsolate at having inadvertently killed his puppy, and is hiding it in the loft of the barn when Curley's wife enters, carrying a suitcase and obviously preparing to leave the ranch. She and Lennie begin to confide their dreams and fantasies to each other, neither aware the other is speaking: hers, a glamorous career as a movie star; his, to have pets on his farm. Lennie tells her of his love of stroking soft things,
Every Picture Tells a Story (event) party (number 21) was held on 4 November 2000 at Festival Hall, Melbourne. Appearing at festivals were international acts, including Luke Slater, Claude Young, Derrick May, Stacey Pullen, Ultra Sonic. The visual aesthetic for Every Picture Tells a Story events made a cultural impact in Melbourne. Christine Siokou described the local rave party scene of 1998 to 1999, she noted that Every Picture Tells a Story "parties aim for an all-ages crowd" and that their "capacity crowds" show that "the thousands of young people attending raves associate, to varying degrees, with a raver identity". In 2010 Every Picture Tells a