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August 2008 Events in Adelaide and South Australia

• 1 to 17 August 2008 - The South Australian Living Artists (SALA) Festival
  • The Human Experiment - A video art installation by Adelaide based Visual Artist, Serena Mulholland. This work explores the boundaries between private and public space at an open house inspection. Free entry. 11am - 3pm, Wednesday to Sunday. 23 Humphries Tce, Kilkenny.
     
• 2 August to 7 September 2008 - Our Mob 08 art exhibition featuring Aboriginal artists from remote and regional South Australian at the Adelaide Festival Centre. Launch event 5 August at 6pm, artists-in-residence and schools program 6 & 7 August.
   
• 31 July to 3 August 2008 - Gilbert & Sullivan's 'The Mikado' - Gilbert and Sullivan's most popular operetta performed by the South Australian Light Opera Society. Tickets: Adults $20.00 Concession (ID required) $18.00 Matinees $18.00. For more information call 8294 8447.
   
• 6 August (Wednesday) 2008 - Wednesdays @ 1 - Jane Danvers, Principal of the Wilderness School will speak on books that have been important in her life. Admission is $6.50, or $5.50 Concession. 1pm, Lecture Theatre, Institute Building, State Library. For more information contact The Friends of the State Library of SA on (08) 8207 7255
   
• 8 to 24 August 2008 - Olympic Games in Beijing, China. (See our Beijing Olympics page.)
   
• 12 August (Tuesday) 2008 - Green Drinks - Social and networking event for everyone with an interest in the environment. Held on the 2nd Tuesday of every month. 5:30pm, onwards, Sangria, Cnr of Gouger and Morphett St, Adelaide
   
• 15 August (Friday) 2008 - Science at the Lakes - free science and technology event for primary, middle and early secondary school students. Interactive activities, displays and demonstrations. Run by the University of South Australia as part of National Science Week. 10am to 2pm, The Mawson Centre, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes.
   
• 15 to 17 August 2008 - World Vision 40 Hour Famine (See also No School Today: Fundraising Activities)

 
• 16 & 17 August 2008 - The New York Metropolitan Opera Season in HD: Rossini's The Barber of Seville   - Tickets $20, Concession: $18, Children: $16. Showing 11.30am on 16 August and 1.00pm on 17 August. Palace Nova Eastend Cinemas Rundle Street, Adelaide.
   
• 16 to 24 August 2008 - National Science Week
   
• 16 to 24 August 2008 - Adelaide Pop Culture Festival - see Starship Mawson for more details.
   
• 20 August (Wednesday) 2008 - MGT - Wolfgang Muthspiel, Slava Grigoryan and Ralph Towner perform World, Jazz, Fusion, Folk and Modern Classical styles of guitar. Tickets $50-$60 adults, $40-$50 concession, $25 student, book online. 8pm, Her Majesty's Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre.
   
• 22 August (Friday) 2008 - Daffodil Day - support the Cancer Council Australia by buying a bunch of daffodils or Daffodil Day merchandise, volunteering at a merchandise stall, selling merchandise at your workplace or school, or making a cash donation. For more information call 1300 65 65 85. (See also No School Today: Fundraising Activities)
   
• 23 August (Saturday) 2008 - A Day on the Promenade featuring Aron Eisenberg from Star Trek Deep Space Nine - see Terra Nova Events for more information.
   
• 31 August (Sunday) 2008 - FMSS Healthy Family Carnival - Raise funds for new equipment for Flinders Medical Centre. Will include jumping castles, face painting, free blood pressure checks, great food, special guest Carrie Worthley, Adelaide Thunderbirds Player, and more. 10am - 3pm, Flinders University Oval. For more information email Alex at onei0093 [at] flinders.edu.ai.
   
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• Brisbane and Queensland events, public and school holidays in August. See Brisbane attractions including cinemas, concerts and festivals, exhibits and galleries, theatre and tours. See also events on the Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast & North Queensland.
   
• Canberra and ACT events, public and school holidays in August. See Canberra attractions including cinemas, concerts & festivals, exhibitions & galleries, historical sites, theatres and tours. 
   
• Darwin and Northern Territory events, public and school holidays in August. See Darwin attractions including cinemas, concerts & festivals, exhibitions & galleries, historical sites, theatres and tours. 
   
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