So Hot Right Now: August 5
Saturday
Newtown Record Fair
Presented by 2SER, get crate diggin’ behind loads of live music, 11am-4pm, The Bank Hotel, 324 King Street, Newtown
Exhibition Openings: Mylyn Nguyen; Claire Anna Watson
Artworks focusing on humanities relationship with the environment, 3-5pm,May Space, Waterloo, exhibition till 19th August
Sunday
Reclink Community Cup
Watch reigning champs the Sydney Sailors take on the mighty Western Whalers, 6 August, Henson Park, Marrickville, $5
Mignon Parker Workshop | Bright Impressions
Create a colourful and bright still life of flowers with Mignon Parker, 11pm-3am, Arts Est. Art School, Leichhardt
Tuesday
Sydney Science Festival
150 events celebrating and informing about Science, 8-2o August, various prices and locations
Wednesday
HER Group Photography Exhibition Opening
Sydney photographers Nyk Sykes, Jessica Matino, Dan “Ears” O’Toole and Catherine Hourihan come together in a new exhibition showing the psychological interior and external physicality of women, 6pm, M2 Gallery, Surry Hills, free
Thursday
MAASive Lates: Science
Celebrate the launch of the Sydney Science Festival with an after-hours party, 7pm, Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, Ultimo, free with booking
Friday
Nuclear Sunset: Orion/Spike Vincent/Hair Die/Bura Bura
Electro-rock evenings at the OAF,11-12 August, 8pm-3am,Oxford Art Factory, Darlinghurst, $10
Ongoing
Jenny Watson: The Fabric of Fantasy
Feminism and Punk distilled into artworks by Aussie artist Jenny Watson, Museum of Contemporary, exhibition till 2 October, free