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'Calenture' is a collection of art from the artists Chris De Rosa, Michelle Nikou, Marcin Kobylecki, and Gerry Wedd, all of whom have known each other for a number of years. The exhibition can be found at the Light Square Gallery of the Adelaide Centre For The Arts from Thurs 28 Sept, and runs until Thurs 19 Oct.

Having been exceptionally busy around this city for the last couple of months, the Zephyr Quartet grab a night for their own project, namely to launch the 'Electro Acoustic Project', at one of the hippest spots around. That's the Rocket Bar, Hindley Street, from 9pm on Fri 29 Sept. 'Electro Acoustic Project' is an exploration of sensational music for electronic sounds and amplified string quartet, written by some of Australia's leading young composers. The evening's proceedings will be filmed by ABC TV for their premier art show 'Sunday Arts' later during the year. The final concert for Zephyr Quartet's sell out 2006 season will be Generation Next on Thurs 19 Oct at the Jade Monkey.

And on Fri 29 Sept 'The Sum Of Everything' opens at the Urban Cow Gallery on Frome Road in the city. 'The Sum Of Everything' features artwork by Prue Gramp, and looks beyond the conventional meanings of language, delving into the similarities between writing and drawing, comparing their quality of process, gesture and imagery.

Should you be in need of some solitude and relaxation, and don't mind combining those pursuits with yoga and writing, this may be just the ticket. A 3 day writing and yoga retreat at the cozy Glenroy homestead, just on the other side of the Adelaide Hills range near Mt Pleasant, on Fri 20 to Sun 22 Oct. "Unlock the creativity within" they say. This is an all-included retreat led by acclaimed Australian author Sarah Armstrong and experienced yoga teacher Kathryn Riding. These weekends sell out fast; for more info check out www.glenroyhomestead.com.au

The blokes at Trasharama (that's at www.trasharama.com.au are thrilled to report that 'Trasharama A-go-go' is back for a whopping two nights of what they call the most hilarious and gratuitous short horror, sci-fi, animations and bad taste comedy that Australia has on offer. "Come and see zombie carnage, rubber gloves from outta space, dodgy restaurant food, sexy vampire chicks, creature features, killer bikini girls, political incorrectness, evil drag queens and enough buckets of gore and pus to please the most hard ass horror nuts." That's pretty appealing, eh? Trasharama's Oz Premiere Gala (R) with special guests is on Fri 6 Oct and Trasharama Part 2 (MA) on Sat 7 Oct. Giveaways and Door prizes on both nights; and though they don't exactly say where, the Mercury Cinema is a good guess.

The third annual Constance Gordon-Johnson Sculpture and Installation Prize Exhibition 2006 is now open at the SASA Gallery, Kaurna Building (corner Hindley St and Fenn Pl, city) and features outstanding works selected from work commenced within the final year of study for the Bachelor of Visual Arts degree with a Sculpture and Installation specialisation at the South Australian School of Art. One of the five exhibiting artists has the opportunity to win a generous cash prize as a measure of the strength of their work and achievement within the Sculpture and Installation specialisation.