MONDAY AUGUST 19TH
Image Chasers
A showcase exhibition from Victorian photographers as they explore nature and life through simple glimpses of the world around us.
Gallery at City Library
253 Flinders Lane
Price: FREE
Time: 8 am – 7.45 pm
Visit: http://imagechasers.com.au/portfolio/exhibition-august-2013/
TUESDAY AUGUST 20TH
Lunchtime Meditation
Federation Square continues to offer the people of Melbourne a chance to wind down and breathe deep with lunch time meditation classes. Taught by Buddhist monk Gen Dornying, it’s a quick half hour to truly relax.
Federation Square
Price: FREE
Time: 12.30- 1pm
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 21ST
Globe Light Festival
Melbourne presents another one of its niche artistic festivals. The full display offered by this different and unique medium gives you a chance to get immersed in the bright lights, as well as exploring the innovations within the field.
Anita Traverso Gallery
7 Albert St, Richmond
Time: 11am – 5pm
Visit: globelight.com.au
THURSDAY AUGUST 22ND
Melbourne Writer’s Festival
This year’s Writer’s Festival offers entertainment not just for budding authors, but for all literature lovers and the artistically inclined. The program features key note speakers, exhibitions and free events galore. The opening on Thursday presents the 1000 Tears exhibition celebrates ‘off the page creativity’ with the regrets of participants written on tear drops and presented in a gallery.
The Atrium
Federation Square
Price: FREE
Visit: http://www.mwf.com.au/2013/?name=Home-content
FRIDAY AUGUST 23RD
Savages
Probing the ‘dark side of mateship’ this performance reveals the meaning of masculinity as a trip away with friends slowly turns sour.
Price: $45
Time: 7.30 pm
Visit: http://www.fortyfivedownstairs.com/events/
SATURDAY AUGUST 24TH
Rag Trade
Another week, another market, and this one is much nicer than the name makes it sound. A second hand market where one person’s trash is another person’s new signature piece. Wander through the tables and racks, and of course enjoy the music and food.
Price: FREE
Time: 11am – 4pm
1000 Pound Bend
361 Lt Lonsdale St
SUNDAY AUGUST 25TH
The Untouchables
Wind down on Sunday with a night at the movies. Of course, add a cool kid twist with a visit to the Astor Theatre and their sessions of old classics. This week its gangster not gangsta, with ‘The Untouchables’.
The Astor Theatre
Cnr Chapel St and Dandenong Rd, St Kilda
Price: $15
Time: 7 pm
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