Newsletter | #242 | What's On this Week Newsletter | #242 | What's On this Week

Welcome to this week's Melbourne events, exhibitions, sports and community guide for Tuesday to Monday, August 23 to 29.


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This week... with Melbourne Day at the tail end of our weekly guide, you can enjoy a taste of the festivities to come next Tuesday with special tours held as part of La Trobe Cottage Open Day held on the weekend.

There's also the Hurstbridge Wattle Festival celebrating all things nostalgic and historical, while all across the city it's the time again for Melbourne's bookworms and aspiring literati to shine as Melbourne Writers Festival returns with a program of concerts, lectures and much more.

Those who prefer more visuals with their subtext can enjoy Manifest, the Melbourne Anime Festival with screenings, competitions and cosplay - that's basically a fancy word for the young punters dressing in costume.

If you're not attending Manifest and feel compelled to don some cat ears or leather, that's your own affair, apparently... but good luck with that in any case.



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Each week we highlight some of the new business and event listings in the OnlyMelbourne Events Calendar and Business and Services directory.

21st Century Financial Education Summit features Sir Richard Branson, Tim Ferris, Eddie McGuire and others at Hisense Arena where you can discover what they didn't teach at school about excelling financially in the 21st Century from over a dozen of the world's most successful entrepreneurs.
When: Friday & Saturday, October 21 & 22


Manufacturing Resource Efficiency, presented by VECCI and Enterprise Connect, is a forum for small and medium manufacturers to learn how using resources more efficiently can lead to long term success. Headlined by efficiency expert Alan Pears, the free forum is held in Geelong.
When: Tuesday August 30 - Registration Required


Tease, presented by Fitzroy's House of Burlesque, is a night of outrageously saucy fun with featuring 34 performers to tantalise the senses. Guests can also join in the fun with Hula Hoop Contests, Lovely Legs Competitions for both men and women, and best dressed awards with prize giveaways.
When: Friday September 2 - 7pm to 11pm


Mortgage Choice | Doncaster services Melbourne's Eastern and Northern suburbs. Specialists in helping you find a loan that suits you whether you're a first home buyer, upgrading, investing, refinancing or looking to consolidate, they can recommend loans from over 20 banks and lenders.
Indonesian Film Festival offers a range of special events and screenings held at ACMI Cinemas in Federation Square, showcasing the best of Indonesian cinema. Now in its 6th year, the festival features a diverse program, ranging from major motion pictures to classic art house.
When: August 19 to 25


Exhibitions - Art | Festival | Show
Hidden History of the MCG, held at the National Sports Museum, shares the secrets behind Melbourne's most famous sporting venue by revealing untold stories in our sporting history with exciting displays of historic items, some of which are rarely made available for public viewing.
When: Until May 27, 2012
Secrets of the MCG Forum: Thurs August 25 - 6pm - Bookings Required


Best Before, showing at fortyfivedownstairs in Flinders Lane, is an exhibition by Sarina Lirosi, an artist whose used soaps donated by friends, family and acquaintances to line the soaps with fine Polaroid 'skins' depicting various elements of the human form such as folds, moles and hair.
When: August 23 to September 3 - Tuesdays to Saturdays


Mis-Design Exhibition, with two projects held at the Ian Potter Museum of Art, is a multi-site exhibition that brings together local and international artists. Three exhibitions will feature across inner-city Melbourne, while an affiliated project will be held at the Victorian College of the Arts.
When: August 24 to November 6


Bits: Equine Cyanotypes, held at Malvern's Eleven40 Gallery, is a series of works by artist and equestrian, Susan Knight. Exploring the horse bit as an object of beauty, the x-ray effect of her cyanotypes reveal a haunting geometry in the equipment used in training and dressage.
When: Until September 12 - Closed Sundays


The Oyster Eye, held at Langford120 Gallery in North Melbourne, is a series by Melbourne artist Peter Ellis with new works on paper featuring surreal, automatic drawing. It's held alongside Intrepid Gaze, an exhibition of new canvas works by Toowoomba based artist Stephen Spurrier.
When: Until September 10 - Wednesdays to Sundays


Margaret and David: 25 Years Talking Movies, held at ACMI Cinema, celebrates the 25th anniversary of Margaret and David's partnership as two of Australia's most recognisable and respected film reviewers. Items displayed include Margaret's famous earrings and David's ASIO file.
When: Until December 4


HELM2, presented by Funbeard Studios, the brainchild of Victorian artist Benjamin F Guy, is an exhibition of quirky portraits in oil on canvas and wood. Held at Collingwood Gallery, the captivating works feature children wearing oversized, iconic helmets from cinema and games.
When: August 19 to September 1


Emerge 2011, The Geelong Regional Artists' Exhibition, showcases the extraordinary local artistic talent with a presentation held at The Gordon Gallery. Now in its ninth year, exhibition also provides artists the opportunity to further develop their profile and artistic careers.
When: August 17 to September 2


Michael Needham, an artist who works in drawing and sculptural installation, will exhibit at Melbourne's Daine Singer Gallery. Titled, 'The intolerable other that I crave to destroy so as better to possess it alive', his collected works explore relationships between representation and death.
When: Until September 3 - Wednesdays to Saturdays


Paintings of Poise and Passion, presented at TarraWarra Museum of Art in Healesville, is an exhibition of works by Sandra Leveson. A critically-acclaimed contributor to abstract painting during the 1970s, Leveson's paintings blend her unique style with misty and turbulent landscapes.
When: Until October 2 - Closed Mondays


humming wire, one of three exhibitions held at Fitzroy North's red gallery, is an exhibition of works by Kim Wall, a trained printmaker at RMIT. Her reduction lino cuts explore her fascination with the curves and bumps of the human form and her particular fondness for legs.
When: August 17 to September 3 - Wednesdays to Saturdays


Opus Artist Book Exhibition, held at Artisan Books in Fitzroy, is an annual presentation of artist made books with this year's theme of 'Opus' having inspired a diverse range of works by talented book artists from across Australia, as well as a selection of international artists.
When: August 13 to September 3


Smoke, held at Footscray Community Arts Centre, is an exhibition by photographer and dancer, Jack Sheppard. His recent works explore the notion of ceremony and the meaning that smoke carries across cultures, particularly Indigenous Australian and African.
When: Until October 1 - Wednesdays to Saturdays


FELTernative, held at Hawthorn's Town Hall Gallery, is an exhibition of works by Victorian felt makers. The exhibition reveals the varied and imaginative potential of traditional handmade felt as both fine art and a modern craft medium, which is becoming increasingly popular.
When: Until August 27 - Wednesdays to Saturdays


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Expos, Launches, Open Days & Lectures
Bags & Accessories Fair, held at Melbourne Exhibition Centre, is the premier industry event featuring the latest fashion accessory releases with hundreds of labels on display. With high end designers represented, displays include bags, jewellery, belts, millinery and more on show.
When: Sunday to Tuesday, August 28 to 30
Coincides With:
Australian Shoe Fair
Premier 2011
Fashion Exposed 2011


Melbourne Paperific Craft Expo, held at Melbourne Showgrounds, draws a wide range of exhibitors and visitors from across Australia. With specialists in scrapbooking, card making, rubber-stamping and more, the expo showcases new products, workshops, classes and demonstrations.
When: Friday to Sunday, August 26 to 28


Cranbourne Wedding Expo, held to help raise funds SIDS with gold coin donation on entry, features over 40 Peninsula based wedding suppliers with everything you need to plan your big day along with a variety of special offers from professionals. It's held at Cranbourne Racecourse.
When: Sunday August 28 - 11am to 2:30pm


Victoria's New Age Healing & Psychic Expo, held in Warragul, showcases a wide range of stalls offering jewellery, incense, salt lamps, crystals and more. Visitors to the expo will also be able to have a personal psychic reading with experienced mediums, clairvoyants and tarot readers.
When: Sunday August 28 - 10am to 5pm


Cruden Farm Open Garden Day sees Dame Elisabeth Murdoch once again open the gates and invite the public to picnic on the grounds of possibly the most famous garden in Australia with its thousands of lakeside daffodils and one of the most famous picturesque avenues today.
When: Sunday August 28 - 10am to 4.30pm


Whitten Oval Community Sport Hall Open Day presents the venue's new four court multisport stadium with the public invited to join the day's celebrations by taking a tour of the facility. The day also features demonstrations and the chance to tryout a variety of sports and activities.
When: Sunday August 28 - 10am to 2pm


Deakin University Open Days offer the chance to learn all you need about becoming a Deakin student. With plenty of information about Deakin's extensive range of courses, scholarships, accommodation and more, attendees even have a chance to win an iPad.
Burwood Campus: Sunday August 28


Melbourne Tours
Melbourne's Underbelly Crime Tour lets you discover the darker side of Melbourne as you walk in the footsteps of notorious criminals, exploring the scenes of some of the city's most infamous criminal events. The tour also includes 50% discount on entry to the Old Melbourne Gaol.
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More Expos & Launches | More Open Days | Country Racing Victoria represents racing clubs in outer metropolitan areas and small clubs in rural areas with race programs that include special days with kids' entertainment.
Highlights: Cardinia Beaconhills Golf Links, Pakenham - August 28
Race Dates: August 25, 26, 28 & 29


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Everyone wants to support their local school by going to their annual fundraiser. Last year we promoted a whopping 1,200 school events. So, make sure you let your school organizers know they can list their fete, fair or carnival for FREE @ OnlyMelbourne!
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Trivia & Humour
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Race, Race Against the Dying of the Light..
When the Olympic Games were held in Melbourne in 1956, the road to the Olympic Cauldron proved to be a rather bumpy journey when the torch relay was interrupted during its Sydney leg by a Melbourne resident, Barry Larkin, who performed what's become one of Australia's most memorable hoaxes.

When the Olympic Torch was due to be handed to the Mayor of Sydney, Pat Hills, Barry Larkin entered the torch relay route, carrying a fake torch he and other Melbourne students had made, and made his way to Sydney Town Hall where the Mayor waited. As he ran along, Larkin was even escorted by police, who thought that he was the official runner.

Mounting the steps of Sydney Town Hall, Barry Larkin swiftly handed the fake torch to Pat Hills and promptly slipped away back into the crowd who'd gathered to watch the torch being handed over. Unprepared for the torch's early arrival, Mayor Hills failed to notice the forgery and launched into his speech, and was midway through his spiel to the media when someone whispered in his ear that the torch was a fake. Looking about for the culprit who'd handed him the fake torch, Hills found himself alone, holding the bag, as it were, with Larkin long gone.

The fake torch was hardly a master forgery, which makes the fact that it was passed off as the real deal all the more humorous. The fake was made using no more than a wooden chair leg that had been painted silver, holding at top a plum pudding can. As for the flame, which proved to be far from a reverent affair, this was created using a pair of underpants, soaked in kerosene.

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