What a week to look for­ward to!

Tues­day 9th: Pecha Kucha at the OPT from 6:30pm. We love these nights, and this time they’ve got writers, artists, car­toon­ists and land­scape archi­tects (among oth­ers) in the line-up. Those with a prac­tic­al interest in street art might have to rush there from the At Large plan­ning meet­ing at Manky Chops, which starts at 5:30.

Wed­nes­day 10th: Artist Matt Hunt (aka Ace Hurt from Cor­tina) launches his new exhib­i­tion at Peter McLeavey gal­lery at 5:30pm (link for Face­book types). The title “Dream­ing of a New Heav­en and Earth and the Etern­al Night­mare of Hades” makes one won­der just what to expect from the after-party at Mighty Mighty.

Thursday 11th: Did someone say “Bur­lesque”? Oh, right, we did.

Fri­day 12th: If you’re plan­ning to go to Fly My Pret­ties, you’ll no doubt have had this night booked well in advance. Oth­er­wise: it’s Fri­day! Enivrez-vous!

Sat­urday 13th: More fly­ing pret­ti­ness, with a Mat­in­ee as well as the even­ing gig. But if you prefer your pret­ties more earth­bound, and think that feath­ers are best used for fan dan­cing, bring your pen­cils along to Dr Sketchy’s life draw­ing class at Mighty Mighty at 4pm.

Sunday 14th: The much-hyped City Mar­ket finally opens at Chaf­fers Dock. The hours (8:30am-12:30pm) might not appeal to night owls, but their Twit­ter feed sug­gests that there’ll be plenty to tempt us out of bed.