DIY Wotz on Guide for the weekend of 22 August 2008

Okay let’s see here:

Today:

— Dr. Stovepipe video shoot
— CLAW (Canberra Living Artists Week) starts and runs for a week)
— Cross Dress for the Red Cross (lunchtime)
— Make Your Mark 2
— CLAW Collective Cacophony

Saturday:

— Gorman House Into the Night

Sunday:

— KarismaKatz CD Launch
— Tableaux Vellum

Monday:

— The RiotACT Sim Challenge with Wayne Sievers

See Pablo Latona Enter the Cabin to start his week his week performance for Canberra Living Artist Week.

Starts Saterday and goes all week. Stop by his shop front in the Sydney Building during the week to see what he gets up to.

More info and live feed
http://www.cabinfever.com.au/

For mine Pasha’s Lounge on Saturday night is the upcoming highlight.

Apparently we’re supposed to wear our pyjamas and/or smoking jackets and bringing cushions and doonas.

Perhaps heading to the snow in Corin Forest and such places may be on, this weekend, according to tonight’s news….

Australian Science Festival 2008 – website here

Supposedly there are Daleks running around the Convention Centre.

Other events copied from their website below.

Science Festival and Fringe highlights – Friday 22nd August
Speed Meet and Greet a Geek
In the tradition of speed dating, we line up 25 of Canberra’s brightest boffins and give you the chance to grill them on what makes the world go round, what keeps you from falling off the planet, and why the toast always lands butted side down!
6.30pm, CSIRO Discovery Centre Clunies Ross St, Free.

Earth from Above
Get a different view on geology as you fly over incredible landscapes, learning why they are the way they are.
5.30pm, Bradman Theatre NCC, $4.

ActewAGL’s Reptile Bonanza
Get up close and personal with some slithery friends at ActewAGL’s Reptile Bonanza, the centrepiece of the Amazing World of Science!
9am-4pm Wed-Fri, Exhibition Hall NCC, Free.

ActewAGL’s Fast Talk Your Career
Highly recommended for school leavers considering their career options or anyone interested in learning more about working in science.
11am & 1pm, Wed – Fri, Exhibition Hall NCC, Free.

ActewAGL’s Amazing World of Science
20 shows across a number of venues ranging from Amazing Drumming Monkeys to Expedition to the Brain Unravelled!
9am–4pm, Wed-Fri, National Convention Centre, Exhibition Gold Coin Donation, Activities from $1.

Science Festival and Fringe highlights – Saturday 23rd August
Great Big Science Gig
A brand new show with cutting edge research, surprising science and great music.
5pm, Bradman Theatre NCC, Free.

ActewAGL’s Reptile Bonanza
Get up close and personal with some slithery friends at ActewAGL’s Reptile Bonanza, the centrepiece of the Amazing World of Science!
10am-5pm, Exhibition Hall NCC, Free.

ActewAGL’s Fast Talk Your Career
Highly recommended for school leavers considering their career options or anyone interested in learning more about working in science.
11am & 3pm, Exhibition Hall NCC, Free.

ActewAGL’s Amazing World of Science
20 shows across a number of venues ranging from Amazing Drumming Monkeys to Expedition to the Brain Unravelled!
10am-5pm, National Convention Centre, Exhibition Gold Coin Donation, Activities from $1.

Science Festival and Fringe highlights – Sunday 24th Aug
The Science of Heaven and Earth: Get Out There
Catch the bus to be guided out to Tidbinbilla and learn about our role in buffering for climate change and sustaining the earth’s systems.
10am, Meet at National Convention Centre, Free.

Terror on the Reef
When a body is found on a sand bank in far North Queensland, forensic investigators are more concerned with what washed up with it than how it got there.
2pm, Finkel Theatre, The John Curtin School of Medical Research, ANU, Free.

A prequel to the 2008 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup.. a public display to entice us all to attend the real thing 🙂 Staged on a 500m urban styly criterium, with riding completing up to six laps.

What: 2008 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup Public Display Event
When: Friday August 22 2008
Time: Racing will commence at 5.30pm (Entertainment starts from 5pm)
Where: Garema Placa, Canberra
Cost: FREE!

Should be a good evening for those who enjoy riding mountain bikes or are interested to see what mountain biking is all about. Will be very family friendly so a good excuse to bring the brood.

Sleeping and drug induced haze. My house. Me invited.

Computer Fair, EPIC, Saturday 10AM – 2PM. Admission $3.00, kids free.

Che emailed this in:

For those interested the Canberra Fun Run is coming up on Sunday 14 September, however they won’t be taking registrations on the day this year. Registrations close Friday 22 August, so anyone wanting to get their name and time recorded, will have to register online here. You’ve got the choice of 5km Bridge to Bridge, or the normal 10km now going past the new wind art. The staffy and I will be doing the Bridge to Bridge.

Friday: ‘Bliss’ and ‘Angels Are Architects’ at the Folkus Room, Serbian Club, Mawson. Doors 6pm. $15/$12. http://www.thefolkus.org.au

Friday: Maureen O’Brien and friends present ‘Borderless’ show, plus Jim Stubbs Backing Band. From 7pm-ish at the Merry Muse, Polish White Eagle Club, Turner. $15/$12. http://www.merrymuse.org.au

Friday: Daffodil Day, Cancer Councils ACT (and others). Merch on sale in most shopping centres (plus the malls and plazas on Saturday too). http://www.actcancer.org

Saturday: Maureen O’Brien jazz ensemble, Folkus Room, Serbian Club, Mawson. http://www.myspace.com/jazzatthefolkus. *** Bring your own jazz instrument and join in! ***

Sunday: KarismaKatz ‘Spirit on the Rise’ CD launch. 2pm, Olims Hotel, Ainslie. http://the-riotact.com/?p=8465

Monday: (unfortunately clashes with the next SIMS Challenge, but) ‘Trivia in the Trams’, Dickson. 7.30pm to 9.30pm. Free entry. Cash and voucher prizes. For more details, email overheard AT optusnet DOT com DOT au