Venus would be visible with Mars, but not until almost dawn. Jupiter dominates the sky in August this year, coming closest to Earth on August 14. It rises pretty early in the evening, so it would probably be the first object you could see when it starts getting dark. It starts out ESE and would be at it's highest around midnight, although this year it doesn't get very high. But, it will definitely be the brightest thing in the sky all night long, and the brightest thing all year on August 14.

Another cool thing is the International Space Station. That was visible here last week for several days in a row at a reasonable time, so we checked that out, too. Not much to it, just looks like a really bright light floating across the sky pretty quickly. I was more intrigued by the accuracy of where NASA said you'd be able to see it, when, and for how long. Talk about precise.