The Courier: Calendar

Macclesfield unplugs for variety night

July 21, 2012
12:30 amto10:30 pm
August 14, 2012
4:00 pmto5:30 pm

Ink Pot Arts is bringing its popular Unplugged Variety Night format to the Macclesfield Institute on Saturday, July 21, from 7.30-10.30pm. It is also hosting a comedy performance for youth at the Macclesfield Institute on Tuesday, August 14, from 4-5.30pm, as part of its Imaginate Festival. This is the first time that it has taken Imaginate and ...

Wine book launch

July 27, 2012
6:00 pmto8:00 pm

Wine writer Max Allen is having the SA launch of his new book The History of Australian Wine at Deviation Road cellar door, Longwood, on Friday, June 27, 6-8pm. The book is beautifully designed and fully illustrated, giving an inside account of the Australian wine industry in the 20th century. It’s full of first-hand recollections from wine-makers, ...

Something fishy

July 27, 2012 8:00 pmtoAugust 11, 2012 8:00 pm
July 28, 2012
2:00 pm

There’s something “fishy” going on at the Chapel Theatre, Strathalbyn, as rehearsals are under way for the players next production. Fish Out of Water by Derek Benfield is a riotous farce set in an Italian resort which turns out to be “nothing like the brochure”. The accommodation is occupied by an array of diverse guests including a ...

Tree planting day

July 29, 2012
9:30 am

Mt Barker residents can help make their town a little greener by joining National Tree Day on Sunday, July 29. Housing estate Bluestone is hosting a tree planting day for the Planet Ark initiative, with the aim of establishing plants in new reserve areas and along the rail corridor. Residents can meet at the reserve ...