DIY Wotz on guide for the weekend of 10 October

Is trivia on tonight, Overheard?

I’m not sure how I’m getting there as I had an accident the other night and the car’s in for repairs, but I’m thinking maybe I’ll *gasp* try the bus!!

I do hope the others will be there as me and astronomy are not *like that* exactly ….

Overheard said :

Monday: Trivia in the Trams at the Tra dies Club in Dickson. From 7pm. Free entry. Cash, vouchers, yadda, yadda. Please see the drivel I’ve added below.

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Aurelius, Locquaciousness (sp?) and Granny may be back to defend their trophy as first-place-getters from this week. ***

“Loquaciousness”, for the record (you nearly had it!), but I’ll answer to L, if it’s easier.

And yes, I’ll be there … I’ll drag Aurelius along too, I guess 😛

L

Oh. bugger it, who needs sleep. Sleep can be wonderful and reviving, but it can also be over-rated when there are other opportunities and opportunity costs of shutting yourself down from the world and all in it.

It’s a superb day outside and while the stock markets plummet, and the V8s do whatever they do across Mt Panorama, and the carbon keeps emitting, and whatever else is happening in the world keeps happening, I’m leaving my six-cylinder VX (shortly to be sold in favour of something more ethical and sustainable) in the driveway and going for a long, slow walk and a sing and maybe some breakfast at Hudson’s in Dickson or Kitschen in Braddon or maybe even Carlos of Watson en route to this:

Saturday: Festival of Belonging – Celebrating Mental Health Week 2008. 10am – 4pm. The Rainbow, H Block, Canberra Technology Park, Phillip Ave, Watson.
Free, Fun, Family Entertainment.
http://www.ourcanberra.com/CommunityEvents-Canberra.html and scroll down.

Disclaimer: I have a brain which is occasionally bouncing off walls or lying dormant and unused. Much like its owner.

{declaration: I’m involved}

If you’re looking for something for the kids, QL2 has the “Pig Out” youth dance performances on Sat & Sun. No sequins. One of the choreographers is Marko Panzic who you might have seen on SYTYCD — but he’s great working with kids and has got those boys dancing! Some of them are just starting out, so they’re a bit wobbly, but the passion is there. And its not a dance about boy-meets-girl-and-mimes-video-hits-song. I think there’s even a food fight in it (but I haven’t seen the whole piece).

5pm & 7pm Saturday, 3pm Sunday, Tim Murray Theatre, Monaro Crescent, Red Hill

http://www.ql2.org.au/pigout.php

or search for “QL2” on facebook or look here on riotact–

http://the-riotact.com/?p=9189

Thanks JB. I still check in from time to time, but don’t post as much as I’ve been busy and organising weddings (yes, I am finally off the shelf!)

Man, what a day. I have an in-tray here piled high with Murphy’s legal bills. Bah!

To business (and I’ll drink to that — I’m going to drain that Irish pub in Essendon dry tonight; if anyone’s lurking in Melbourne and isn’t at the shin-dig in Federation Square, I’ll be the one with the RiotACT pin in the shirt lapel and a daffodil pin on both jacket lapels. Appearing at the bar until closing then in the gutter until dawn. Actually, Dawn only eats ice cream at Irish pubs, so she’ll be home by the midnight news while I could possibly be on it.)

Where was I?

Friday: Women in Docs plus Sam Buckingham plus Bill Quinn at the Merry Muse, Polish White Eagle Club, David Street, Turner from 7.30pm. www .merrymuse.org.au and the Women in Docs (plus one bloke in docs) will be on Artsound FM having a chat to me from 5pm and playing a couple of songs. 92.7FM and 90.3FM in Tuggeranong. And I’ll have two comp tickets to give away.

Friday: Mal Webb at the Folkus Room, Serbian Club, Herd Street, Mawson. Doors from 6pm. Music from 8pm.

Saturday: Festival of Belonging – Celebrating Mental Health Week 2008. 10am – 4pm. The Rainbow, H Block, Canberra Technology Park, Phillip Ave, Watson.
Free, Fun, Family Entertainment. www .ourcanberra.com/CommunityEvents-Canberra.html and scroll down.

Sunday: GetUp Climate Change Torch Relay culminates in the convergence of the four torches at Reconciliation Place followed by four hours of entertainment, information stalls, market stalls, food and fun (plus a few people in suits doing very quick speeches before being chased off stage by the MC — that would be me). More information here: http://the-riotact.com/?p=9180

Monday: Trivia in the Trams at the Tra dies Club in Dickson. From 7pm. Free entry. Cash, vouchers, yadda, yadda. Please see the drivel I’ve added below.

*** Please note I’ve left a couple of spaces in some web addresses so you’ll have to cut and paste and take the space out. This is because I’m taking a punt on the RiotACT Overlords maybe being elsewhere ahead of tonight’s Sim City Challenge and knowing that if two or more web addresses are gathered together here, yea and verily may they possibly go into moderation, ne’er to be released until the poster says five Hail Marys. The spaces in the Tra dies ad is a whole other story — come along on Monday — Aurelius, Locquaciousness (sp?) and Granny may be back to defend their trophy as first-place-getters from this week. ***

Landcare are doing a wildflower walk on Sunday 12 October, where plant people identify the various plants that grow east of Qbn and Canberra. It’s amazing what grows here, tiny little native orchids for instance.

It starts at 9am Sunday, with the group meeting on the corner of captain’s flat road and Clydesdale road (about 5 kms in from the coast road).
They’ll be looking at teh bush next to the road, and then Stoney Creek Nature Reserve.

What would happen if all the bands in Canberra broke up?

You would have a shiteload of awesome solo artists… come and watch your favourite acts doin it solo as they pass one guitar around and trade new songs and their underlying stories well into the evening.

Proudly affiliated with the Canberra Musicians Club, each night will start with an introductory set by an emerging Canberra artist.

This four week residency at The Front is hosted by Matty Ellis and will run each Tuesday night between 7:30 and 10:00. Next week (14 October):

Alison (The Cashews)
Alice Cottee
Pete (The Cashews)
Introduction by Teddy Conrick
Hosted by Matty Ellis

Motorcycle awareness week launch:
1. Launch 11th October 2008 10:00 Civic Square (between North and South Building in Front of the Canberra Theatre)
2. BBQ at Black Mountain Pensinsula 11th October 2008 (near boat ramp) commencing at 11:00

Whoops – There’s also circus performers at Megafauna Fest