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Friday 18 May 2012 |
Wesley Music Scholars’ Autumn Concert The annual Wesley Music Scholars’ Autumn Concert will be held on Sunday 27 May at 3pm in the Wesley Music Centre and Wesley Uniting Church. Eight current scholars will perform a great variety of works for voice, violin, oboe, and organ. 22 National Circuit, Forrest |
~ What's on in Canberra ~
The John Curtin School of Medical Research Clinical Open Day
NOW SHOWING: Until 19 May 2012
The John Curtin School of Medical Research, Garran Road, ANU
Do you know your BMI? Your blood pressure? Whether your weight puts you at risk for cardiovascular disease, or stroke?
Do you know what new tests are being developed to predict eye disease or vision impairment?
Visit the researchers at The John Curtin School of Medical Research in their new Clinical Research Suites on Open Day. Talk to them about their work on childhood and adult obesity. Have your BMI and blood pressure measured, and take part in some simple eye tests. Pick up information about a healthy lifestyle and take home a small pedometer to measure your daily activity levels.Free
Info: 61252577
http://jcsmr.anu.edu.au/News-events/04may2012/jcsmr-clinical-open-day
Canberra Gold
NOW SHOWING: Until 20 May 2012
Canberra Museum and Gallery, Civic Square, Canberra City
A selection of stories from the Canberra Gold Award, given to residents celebrating 50 years of living in the ACT.
Free
Info: 02 6207 3968
www.museumsandgalleries.act.gov.au
Trades and Labor Day Picnic Cotter River c1955 (detail). Photo courtesy of Olga Harrop.
Mirror - Jeannie Baker
NOW SHOWING: Until 20 May 2012
Canberra Museum and Gallery, Civic Square, Canberra City
Inspiring collage constructions by acclaimed children’s book illustrator, Jeannie Baker. The exhibition tells the two separate but interwoven stories of young boys in different cultures – inner-city Sydney and rural Morocco.
For MIRROR, Jeannie Baker is assisted by Books Illustrated and
the Australian Government through the Council for Australian-Arab Relations (CAAR)Free
Info: 02 6207 3968
www.museumsandgalleries.act.gov.au
Jeannie BAKER, Souq, collage construction
I'm Like a Bird
NOW SHOWING: Until 20 May 2012
Tuggeranong Arts Centre Gallery
A collection of photographs and illustrations by local artist Michelle Harris.
Official opening on Thursday 3 May, at 6.30pm by ACT Minister for the Arts, Joy Burch.FREE
Info: 02 6293 1443
Michelle Harris,
Access all areas 2012, the members show
NOW SHOWING: Until 20 May 2012
PhotoAccess Huw Davies Gallery
The annual show of work by members of PhotoAccess. Members range from beginners to professional photographers and the exhibition is always a huge collection of work showcasing each photographer's talents and interests.
Free
Info: 6295 7810
Ollie Barrington and Susan Henderson
The Seven Days
NOW SHOWING: Until 20 May 2012
ANCA Gallery 1 Rosevear Place Dickson ACT
An exhibition of old and new photography produced between 1890 and 2010.
Photographs by Ray McJannett as well as found images.
ANCA Gallery opening hours 12-5pm Wednesday-SundayFree
Info: 02 6247 8736
Ray McJannett 'Cosmic Wheels'
THE STREET PRESENTS A MADE IN CANBERRA PRODUCTION 120 BIRDS by Liz Lea
NOW SHOWING: Until 20 May 2012
The Street Theatre, Street One
Following in Anna Pavlova's highly arched footsteps, 120 Birds forays into history to tell the outrageous and fun tale of the rise and fall of an Australian dance company in the 1920's and 30's. Four fabulous globetrotting performers reveal the extraordinary quirks of vintage touring against a fascinating background of archival film footage. The choreography explores tango, charleston and waltz with costumes inspired by the enigmatic Australian artist, Florence Broadhurst.
OUTRAGEOUS ARCHIVAL IMAGES, FASHION, FICTION AND HIGH CAMP.
"Liz Lea mines the very female environment of Anna Pavlova, the world's most famous ballerina...In 120 Birds, the cast of four recreate both the brutal toughness and exhilarating glamour of a ballet company out on the road, mixing live performance with vintage film footage." Judith Mackrell THE GUARDIAN
Street 1 - reserved | Duration - 50 minutesSTANDARD $29 | CONCESSION $27 |GROUP 4+ $23| STUDENT $19
Info: (02)62471223
The Pocket Score Company: 'Sin & Salvation'
20 May 2012 – 20 May 2012
The Hall, All Saints' Anglican Church, Anslie ACT
The barometer may be falling; but come, be warmed by an afternoon with The Pocket Score Company as we present 'Sin & Salvation' - a journey through the mellifluous sounds of Medieval and Renaissance music.
At its sweltering core we present Palestrina's Missa Aeterna Christi: a work of simple, soaring beauty showcasing the composer's art at its finest.
On the other hand, there'll be earthly delights from Monteverdi, Jannequin, Praetorius, Orlando di Lasso, Juan del Encina... and a questionable song about the appropriate use of an oar and a barge.Tickets (at the door): $20/$10 (concession)
Info: 0435 449 337
Paul Eldon & Bruegel the Elder
Tamie Fraser at "Wooloondool"
19 May 2014 – 20 May 2012
Maude Road, Hay, NSW (from Hay travel 10km W on Maude Road)
Open Gardens Australia President Tamie Fraser will be in the beautiful Wooloondool garden to share her love of gardens and gardening.
A lifelong passionate gardener, Mrs Fraser is very familiar with the trials and tribulations that can beset country gardeners – and Wooloondool garden owners Felicity and Nick Maynard have certainly had more than their fair share in recent years.
Set on the tranquil banks of the Murrumbidgee River, Wooloondool is a delightful piece of paradise designed with texture, shape and colour. It features trees and climbers glowing with autumn colour, mixed plantings of perennials, fruit trees, a pretty croquet lawn, circular walk of heritage roses and an extensive boundary of natives and exotics.
Garden sculptor Liz Mathews and renowned illustrator Chris McClelland will be exhibiting.
Refreshments will be available.$7.00 Adult, under 18 free
Info: (03) 5424 8061
Civic - FREE Energy Smart Workshop for ACT Homeowners
21 May 2012 – 21 May 2012
Civic Library - Monday 5:20pm - 7:20pm
Civic Library - FREE Energy Smart Workshop for ACT Homeowners. Book now - places limited. Phone 6248 0885 (mon - thurs) or email: energysmart@sustainact.com
Topics covered include
Home Improvements - Discover how to make your home more comfortable and less expensive to run;
Energy Smart Consumption - Bring along your bills and take the guess-work out of your usage; and
Energy Smart Actions - Discover free and simple actions that can reduce your energy straight away.
All participants receive a take home workbook packed with energy saving activities and advice. Come along and see or play with energy smart products kindly donated by local Canberra businesses. Developed and presented by ACT Sustainable Systems with assistance from the ACT Government Climate Change Grants.FREE
Info: 62480885
David Frazer, "Homesick", paitings, prints and scuplture
NOW SHOWING: Until 22 May 2012
Beaver Galleries, 81 Denison Street Deakin 2600
David Frazer explores the themes of truth, despair and the fragile state of the human condition in his finely detailed wood engravings, lithographs, etchings, paintings and bronze sculptures. With characteristic imagination and wit, David depicts isolation and both rural and urban decline in an Australian context. Born in Victoria, David Frazer graduated in 1996 from Monash University with an Honours Degree in Fine Art specialising in Printmaking and, in 2000, gained his Master of Arts. His works are
represented in collections including the National Gallery of Australia, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Art Gallery of South Australia, Australian War Memorial, State Library of Victoria and Chiangmai Contemporary Art Museum of Thailand.Free entry
Info: (02) 6282 5294
David Frazer, 'Caravan XXI', gouache on paper, 75.5 x 85cm
Brenden Scott French, "Futures Pass Remains", studio glass
NOW SHOWING: Until 22 May 2012
Beaver Galleries, 81 Denison Street Deakin 2600
Brenden Scott French has earned a reputation as one of Australia's most innovative and thought-provoking glass artists. Human behaviour, character and narrative are the foundations of explorations in Brenden's work. His kilnformed sculptures and wall pieces are carefully layered and assembled to develop pattern and form with this physical process reflecting our proclivity to turn stories of personal and social history into grand, national narratives. Brenden has trained extensively in glass practice, completing a Bachelor of Visual Arts at the Sydney College of the Arts in 1997 and a Bachelor of Art with Honours at the Canberra School of Art in 2003. He has received numerous awards including the Ian Potter Cultural Trust Award, the Lino Tagliapietra International Scholarship to study at the Pilchuck Glass School in Seattle and the Stephen Procter Fellowship.
Free entry
Info: (02) 6282 5294
Brenden Scott French , 'Predator - Rzl Dzl', kilnformed glass, 33 x 68 x 8cm
Erindale - FREE Energy Smart Workshop for ACT Homeowners
23 May 2012 – 23 May 2012
Erindale Library - Wednesday 5:20pm - 7:20pm
Erindale Library - FREE Energy Smart Workshop for ACT Homeowners. Book now - places limited. Phone 6248 0885 (mon - thurs) or email: energysmart@sustainact.com
Topics covered include
Home Improvements - Discover how to make your home more comfortable and less expensive to run;
Energy Smart Consumption - Bring along your bills and take the guess-work out of your usage; and
Energy Smart Actions - Discover free and simple actions that can reduce your energy straight away.
All participants receive a take home workbook packed with energy saving activities and advice. Come along and see or play with energy smart products kindly donated by local Canberra businesses. Developed and presented by ACT Sustainable Systems with assistance from the ACT Government Climate Change Grants.FREE
Info: 62480885
Wednesday Lunchtime Live Concert - Pianist Adam Cook
23 May 2012 – 23 May 2012
Wesley Music Centre, 20 National Circuit, Forrest (cnr Sydney Avenue)
Wednesday 23 May 12:40 - 1:20pm “Wednesday Lunchtime Live” concert featuring Adam Cook performing the newly composed and recently premiered Sonata No. 2 for Piano, written for him by Emeritus Prof Larry Sitsky. The concert will also include pieces by historic figures of this compositional and pianistic lineage.
After studying in France, Adam returned to complete his Bachelor degree at ANU under Prof. Sitsky and is currently enrolled at the ANU in an Honours degree in Piano. The project of this degree includes the premiere performance of Prof. Sitsky's Sonata No. 2 for Piano, composed for Adam in 2012.$2 or paper note entry. Refreshments - gold coin.
Info: 6232 7248
Musica Viva - Trio Dali
24 May 2012 – 24 May 2012
Llewellyn Hall, ANU School of Music
7pm
Young, glamorous and very French, Trio Dali is taking the chamber music world by storm. The new kid on the block has already won awards and turned heads from Osaka to Frankfurt with original and compelling performances, and now it makes its Australian debut. From Gordon Kerry to Maurice Ravel, Trio Dali tackles new and old works head-on with fresh eyes and open minds. You’ll feel as if they’ve just discovered something wonderful that they want to share. They’re also not afraid to be a bit different: they’re named after a Chinese marble, not a Spanish artist. But they somehow embody both: strong, polished, highly original and very beautiful.$27-$67
Info: 1300 795 012
Normie Rowe - up close and personal
25 May 2012 – 25 May 2012
Casino Canberra
Normie created pop riots with hits like ‘It Ain’t Necessarily So’, ‘Shakin All Over’ 'Kay sera sera' and ‘Ooh La la’. Famous also for his stage performances in the musical ‘Les Miserables’, which he played to great acclaim in over 600 performances. And who will forget the hugely successful Long Way To The Top concert series where he played to 160,000 people Australia wide and the CD/DVD became a hit along with the national television broadcast.
Normie Rowe has been inducted into the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Hall of Fame and was also recognized by the Australian War Memorial as a National Hero.$40 show only ($35 early bird - limited tickets still available) plus a dinner option 3 course $38
Info: 62577074
Live Music May
NOW SHOWING: Until 26 May 2012
Casino Canberra
Friday 4 May – Soiree
Saturday 5 May – Leisa Keen Quartet
Friday 11 May – The Grand Dames
Saturday 12 May – As Famous as the Moon Quartet
Friday 18 May – Annie and the Armadillos
Saturday 19 May – Dee Jay Gosper Quartet
Friday 25 May – Brendan Drake Trio
Saturday 26 May – 'Frequently Asked Questions'Free
Info: 62577074
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
NOW SHOWING: Until 26 May 2012
ANU Arts Centre
New York window washer J. Pierpont Finch believes he can be a success in business with just his wits and his trusty self-help book How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. The book promises its reader that he can climb the corporate ladder simply and quickly by following its straight-forward instructions. A hilarious adventure ensues as Finch navigates his way through the pitfalls and challenges of corporate America.
See the Phoenix Players website for more links: www.phoenixplayers.com.auAdults: $35; Concession/Members/groups 10+: $30; Child (under 16): $25; All Wednesday night, Saturday Matinee and Sunday Twilight tickets: $30 (adults); Large group discounts also available
Info: 6257 1950
https://www.patronbase.com/_CRS/Productions
Captured Moments
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
NOW SHOWING: Until 26 May 2012
ANU Arts Centre
First-time Director Richard Block brings one of the funniest and most-loved musicals of all-time to the Canberra stage.
New York window washer J. Pierpont Finch believes he can be a business success with just his wits and his trusty self-help book How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. Pierpont enjoys a quick and riotous climb up the corporate ladder as his chief rival, Bud Frump, plots his downfall.
Phoenix delivers a Canberra theatre first - an app complete with backstage scenes and competitions - to give you a theatrical experience like none you've ever had before.
Come dressed in your 1960s Mad Men best on Saturday 12 May to win great prizes.
Show times and tickets available from www.canberrarep.org.au.$35/$30 concession/group, U16 $25
Info: 02 6257 1950
The Court of Swing Caractacus
NOW SHOWING: Until 26 May 2012
Tuggeranong Arts Centre | 137 Reed Street, Greenway 2901
Seven singers, a big band and the Jumptown Dancers combine to make the second production from Mad Ferret a show to remember! With its larrikin, cheeky political incorrect Australian ballads - that will remind you of C.J.Dennis -, The Court of Swing Caractacus comes straight from the pen of Andrew Hackwill (script and music), bringing the Swing period back to life!
$35 Adults | $30 Concession
Info: 62931443
THE STREET PRESENTS I LOVE YOU BRO by Adam J.A. Cass
NOW SHOWING: Until 26 May 2012
The Street Theatre, Street Two
PREPARE TO BE PLUNGED HEADLONG INTO A VORTEX OF ONLINE LOVE
Meet Johnny. He wants to be someone, and online he can be anyone he wants. One night he poses online as a girl named Alba J and entices gullible chat room virgin Marky Mark into an explicit conversation. As Johnny's infatuation grows, he creates a string of fictitious characters - a serial killer, a female secret service agent and multiple family members of Alba J - all in pursuit of getting what he most desires.
Directed by La Boite artistic Director David Berthold and starring the brilliant Leon Cain as Johnny, this is the true story of a boy who conspired to murder himself.
"A ONE MAN TOUR DE FORCE...I LOVE YOU,BRO IS A FABULOUS PLAY. BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN, DIRECTED AND DESIGNED AND WITH A MESMERISING PERFORMANCE AT ITS HEART" Katherine Lyall-Watson - Our Brisbane
Street 2 - | Duration - 75 minutes, no interval.STANDARD $35| CONCESSION $32| GROUP 4+ $30 ea.| STUDENT $25
Info: (02)62471223
Smooth Operators
26 May 2012 – 26 May 2012
Galaxy Nightclub @ Casino Canberra
Canberra's best party band with great hits from the 80s and 90s back by popular demand. Doors open 8.30pm. Show starts 9.30pm - first in best dresses and will beat the queue.
This 8 piece band will rock the walls of Galaxy Nightclub with classic 80s and 90s tunes. Dance to Aretha Franklins 'It's raining men', B52s 'Love shack', Carole King's 'I feel the earth move' plus 'Grove is in the heart', 'Hot stuff', 'I'm so excited', ‘Footloose'…………….....…and the list goes on.
SATURDAY 26 May – normal cover charge appliesNormal Cover Charge Applies
Info: 62577074
Right Royal Trivia Night
26 May 2012 – 26 May 2012
Crosbie Morrison Building, Australian National Botanic Gardens, Clunies Ross St Acton
If you enjoy a friendly challenge or mixing royalty with Rulingia; can name the iconic Australian animal Charles Darwin described as being like a European water rat; know what the Queen is celebrating in 2012 and which other British monarch also celebrated this anniversary - then the Friends of the Australian National Botanic Gardens has the event for you!
The Right Royal Trivia Night – Sat 26 May, 7.30pm – Crosbie Morrison Building, Australian National Botanic Gardens, Clunies Ross St Acton.
Tickets $20 per person
Book your table today for the Gardens’ social event of May.
Bookings 6288 6865 or 6255 8441
royaltrivia@friendsanbg.org.au
Bookings close Wednesday 23 May$20 per person
Info: (02) 6288 6865
Right Royal Trivia Night hosted by the Friends of the Australian National Botanic Gardens
Artists' Books
NOW SHOWING: Until 27 May 2012
Canberra Museum and Gallery, Civic Square, Canberra City
A selection of artist’s books from the CMAG collection.
Free
Info: 02 6207 3968
www.museumsandgalleries.act.gov.au
Jan BROWN, image from A Particular Raven afterword (detail), 2000
Top 100 - 100 songs and their stories
NOW SHOWING: Until 27 May 2012
M16 Artspace: 21 Blaxland Crescent, Griffith ACT, Canberra, ACT 2603
Top 100 is the latest project from Canberra artist Karin Maier, and is a collection of 100 songs and their stories.
“Most songs tell a story, for both the songwriter and the listener. Songs end up forming a soundtrack to events in your life. You know what it’s like - hearing a particular song can trigger a memory, a thought, or an emotion.”
From Radiohead to Dolly Parton, this exhibition features watercolour illustrations and mixed media pieces - referencing lyrics, memories, and points in time.
“The stories are beautiful. Memories of lost love, the freedom of adulthood - strangers have been so generous in sharing private stories that have gone unheard. That’s been the best part. Looking at emails everyday, and the amazing range of song choices and memories.”
Want to include a song and story? It’s not too late:
theyellowhouseintheu@gmail.comFree
Info: 0408126473
www.theyellowhouseintheu.blogspot.com
Karin Maier
Carried Away
NOW SHOWING: Until 27 May 2012
Watson Arts Centre, Aspinall Street, Watson ACT 2602
In Carried Away, paintings by Angharad Dean and ceramic works by Caroline Reid demonstrate the artists ‘carried away’, using the property of light interacting with surface layers of paint and glaze to recreate a sense of being swept along. In keeping with the theme, the pieces in this exhibition sweep the viewer along rivers, down waterfalls, up into tall trees and into wonderful vessels.
Thursday to Sunday 10am-4pmFree admission
Info: 62411670
Instants
NOW SHOWING: Until 27 May 2012
Strathnairn Arts; Studio Rd off Stockdill Dr, Holt
An exhibition of iPhoneography and Polaroids by Helene Walsh and Barbara Dawson (Jackson)
The artists are looking on the past with the knowledge and sensibility of the present using contemporary and semi contemporary photographic instruments and technology.
Iphoneography is the art of shooting, editing and enhancing digital images using an iPhone. Polaroid uses a square format integral film, in which all components of the film are contained. Each exposure develops automatically once the shot is taken.
Images of recollected instances using the ‘instant’ is exploring a connection over time with shared experience - generational memory.
The artists both born in a Canberra of the early 1950’s are using both collective and personal memory, a nexus between childhood memory and adult reconstruction to create this unusual and evocative exhibition of photographs.Free
Info: 0262542134
Image courtesy of Barbara Dawson [Jackson]
My Favourite Places
NOW SHOWING: Until 27 May 2012
Strathnairn Arts; Studio Rd off Stockdill Drv, Holt
Popular local artist Dirk Bouma is exhibiting an array of traditional oil and watercolour paintings which depict landscapes with special meaning for him. Dirk has been painting tirelessly since his retirement over 20 years ago both in our local area and during his many travels. His work shows a passion for adventure and an appreciation for the world around him.
Free
Info: 0262542134
Image courtesy of the artist
AUDITIONS - twlf nyt.......lol (a new musical version of "Twelfth Night")
26 May 2012 – 27 May 2012
Reid
This new music theatre version of "Twelfth Night" requires a cast of multi-skilled teenagers. If you love music, acting, having fun, and working hard, then please audition for us and join us on this journey. A fee will apply for participation in this production. Auditions are being held on 26 and 27 May. You will be required to sing a short song, deliver a short spoken word piece (poem, monologue), and be given some movement tasks. Also - instrumentalists of all kinds are very welcome. To book your audition time, email: dianna.wildvoices@gmail.com
$0
Info: 0417 548851
"Friday Academies"
27 May 2012 – 27 May 2012
University House, Balmain Crescent, ACTON
The Sydney Consort, an ensemble devoted to early music will present a special performance -the “Friday Academies”. This concert will be performed as a tribute to the memory of Mrs Jill Downer with music by Vivaldi, Telemann, Janitsch and Handel. The ensemble warmly welcome Canberra born, London based baroque virtuoso oboist - Jane Downer, who will perform with Hans-Dieter Michatz recorder, Stan Kornel baroque violin, Monika Kornel harpsichord.
$30 and $20 concession
Info: 0416 345 489
Jane Downer, photo by Martin Tothill
HABITAT - works on paper by Sacha Jeffrey
NOW SHOWING: Until 28 May 2012
Soju Girl - Melbourne Building 41/43-45 Northbourne Ave Canberra City
Habitat is an exhibition of new works on paper by Sacha Jeffrey that celebrates difference in the graphic tradition. The consequences of being held captive, by culture, politics or history, are expressed with images of displaced or transient people and beasts. More broadly, his etchings, ink drawings and lithograph collages address the alienation people experience in a world where borders are elastic, yet persist in constricting many of us.
Habitat is presented with the support of Soju Girl, restaurant and café for contemporary Asian fusion food. In this context 30 works will be on show from Wednesday 7 March until 28 May 2012.FREE
Info: 0403 781 317
Sacha Jeffrey
WORLD CINEMA SESSIONS
29 May 2012 – 29 May 2012
Tuggeranong Arts Centre | 137 Reed Street, Greenway 2901
WORLD CINEMA SESSIONS is a fascinating voyage into World Cinema including films from around the planet. It is organised by the Tuggeranong Arts Centre in association with the Diplomatic Missions of Argentina, Cuba, Malta, Nigeria, South Africa and Spain.
Last Tuesday of the month from May to December.
For details please visit www.tuggeranongarts.com or call on 62931443
Opening night will showcase “White Weddings”, the feature debut of South African director Jann Turner. The film is an ambitious social comedy selected to represent South Africa as the official submission to the 82nd Academy. Awards for Best Foreign Language film.$5 Voluntary contribution
Info: 62931443
Wednesday Lunchtime Live Concert - Guitar Quartet
30 May 2012 – 30 May 2012
Wesley Music Centre, 20 National Circuit, Forrest (cnr Sydney Avenue)
Wednesday 30 May 12:40 - 1:20pm “Wednesday Lunchtime Live” concert. Guitar Quartet featuring Andrew Blanch, Campbell Diamond, Cal Henshaw and Andrey Lebedev, an exciting classical guitar quartet making their debut appearance in the Wednesday Lunchtime Live series!
They will perform works by Philip Houghton, Roland Dyens, Paulo Bellinati and Richard Charlton.$2 or paper note entry. Refreshments - gold coin.
Info: 6232 7248
The May Schmooze
30 May 2012 – 30 May 2012
Australian Leadership Innovation Centre, Unit 8, 9 Sydney Avenue, Barton Canberra
Our series of welcoming and informal networking events continues with an event hosted by the Australian Leadership Innovation Centre (ALiC).
The monthly Schmooze's are our showcase event held every month and offer a great way to make new professional and social contacts in a stylish and convivial atmosphere. No pitches, or boring speeches, just a great night out meeting lots of new friendly fellow business owners and professionals from a wide range of sectors.
New guests are always welcome, and our friendly Schmooze team will ensure you're introduced to people we think you'd like to meet.
RESERVE YOUR PLACE
* Just email us at rsvp@schmooze.net.au
* You'll be invoiced with payment options when you do$55 incl GST includes drinks and canapes, Schmooze members free
Info: 0414 78 86 81
http://www.schmooze.net.au/site/oneevent.php?id=675
Schmooze
Albert Hall Festival - Discounted 1930s Dance Lessons
30 May 2012 – 30 May 2012
Danzon Dance Studio, Level 2, 8-10 Petrie Plaza, Canberra City
Exclusive offer for ticketholders to the 1930s Soirée on 7 July 2012.
A discounted package of beginner/refresher classes in the foxtrot, waltz, quickstep and swing. Six weeks of lessons in these ever-popular dances, so you'll have your feet well under control for the Soirée!
Must be purchased with your ticket for the Albert Hall Festival Soirée, a presentation of the Canberra Choral Society. See www.canberrachoralsociety.org for more details.$73 for six weeks (30 May - 4 July). Purchase as part of Albert Hall Festival Package.
Info: 02 6275 2700 (Canberra Ticketing)
Gungahlin Library - Energy Smart Workshop for ACT Homeowners
30 May 2012 – 30 May 2012
Gungahlin Library - 5:20pm - 7:20pm
Want to be smarter with your energy use? Have a warmer house in winter, a cooler one in summer, and reduce your energy bills? These workshops are for you, and free for ACT residents. All participants receive a take home workbook packed with energy saving activities and advice. Come along and see or play with energy smart products kindly donated by local Canberra businesses. Bring along your energy bills and take away the guess-work when it comes to your heating, cooling, appliances and hot water consumption. Places are limited and bookings essential.
FREE
Info: 02 62480885
Australian National Eisteddfod - Bands & Orchestras
24 May 2012 – 31 May 2012
Llewellyn Hall, ANU; Lyneham High School Performing Arts Centre; CIT Southside Auditorium
Over 2,400 local and interstate children, teenagers and adults will take part in the Australian National Eisteddfod’s annual Bands and Orchestras event from 24-31 May. The event encompasses a broad range of musical styles – concert bands, jazz bands, brass bands, rock bands and orchestras. Highlights include Jazz Bands (Thursday May 19 from 6pm-10.30pm) and Open Concert Bands (Friday May 20 from 7-9.30pm). Adjudicator is Mr Lindsay Frost, who was raised in Canberra and performed in various community bands and studied at the ANU School of Music. Entrants encompass Canberra school and community groups, as well as those from Dubbo and Young.
$10/session
Info: 6249 7421
http://www.nationaleisteddfod.org.au
T8 Photography
Burley Issue One Launch
31 May 2012 – 31 May 2012
Smith's Alternative Bookshop, 76 Alinga St Civic
Burley is a brand new literary journal for Canberra writers and readers. Come and join us at Smith's Alternative Bookshop on 31 May, 6pm, to celebrate the launch of our very first issue. There will be wine, there will be cheese, and there will be a journal jam-packed with the latest poetry, stories and non-fiction from Canberra writers.
Free entry
Info: 0439438967
Live @ BAC
NOW SHOWING: Until 1 Jun 2012
Belconnen Arts Centre
Live @ BAC: live acoustic music by talented local musicians will be perforemd at the Belconnen Arts Centre. Future Live @ BAC gigs will be offered on the first Fridays of the month 4 May and 1 June.
4 May performers include: Nick Hanley and Fiona Watson, in Canberra for six months from Scotland, play acoustic blues and an eclectic mix of Scottish, Irish, Spanish, Canadian traditional (Celtic) music. They are also part of a ceilidh band back home, the Hoochie Coochie Ceilidh Band, playing dance music.
Also Jessica Holmick, a Canberra based singer, songwriter and dancer also known as Baby J in the Hip-Hop community. Jessica's music experience is in RnB, Soul and Blues music as well as musical theatre.
If performers are interested in playing at future Live @ BAC events, please contact hello@jordanmullen.com.Free but donations to musicians greatly appreciated!
Info: 02 6173 3300
Pearl Verses the World
NOW SHOWING: Until 2 Jun 2012
The Courtyard Studio, Canberra Theatre Centre
Jigsaw Theatre Company brings to life the critically acclaimed and delightful Australian children’s book Pearl Verses the World by Sally Murphy.
Pearl Verses the World is a rhyme riddled musical journey about finding your place in the world. This is a touching and delightful story for anyone young at heart.$20.00 concession / $25.00 full / $75.00 family
Info: (02) 6275 2700
www.canberratheatrecentre.com.au
Illustration © 2009 Heather Potter - reproduced by permission of Walker Books Australia
afterDARK Firefly Tours
2 Jun 2012 – 2 Jun 2012
Australian National Botanic Gardens
Bring new light to a winter’s night with the Australian National Botanic Gardens’ new afterDARK Firefly Tours.
Starting with heart and hand warming hot-chocolate, families will make a lantern to light their way on a fascinating after dark discovery of the Gardens.
Our guides will light your lantern for a tour exploring the biodiversity of different habitants, including the Rainforest Gully that now shines at night with new thematic lighting.
Both children and adults will be enthralled with the magic of this tour when the Gardens glow under their lantern light.
Online bookings essential www.anbg.gov.au/gardens. Numbers are strictly limited.
Families are encouraged to rug up for the event with coats, warm headwear and gloves.
Dates: Sat 2 June, Sat 7 July, Sat 4 Aug
6pm and 7pm tours$19 adults, $14 concession (plus booking fee)
Info: (02) 6250 9540
Image courtesy of Lushpup images
"Galanteries" Music from JS Bach's Leipzig Years.
2 Jun 2012 – 2 Jun 2012
Wesley Music Centre, 20 National Circuit,, Forrest.
Saturday 2 June 7:30pm “Galanteries” Music from JS Bach’s Leipzig Years. Jane Downer (baroque oboe and the rarely heard beautiful oboe d’amore) and Peter Hagen (harpsichord) performing a rich program with “galant” leanings from JS Bach’s Leipzig years, including Sonata in G minor for Oboe and Obbligato harpsichord BWV 1030, Partita no.4 in D major for Harpsichord BWV 828 and Sonata in E minor for Oboe d’amore and Harpsichord BWV 528. This is an “Austral Harmony” concert, an ensemble of Australian musicians who specialize in playing music of the 18th century, often using historical instruments and fostering interest in the works of JS Bach.
Adults $25, Concession $20, Students $10, children under 12 free.
Info: 6232 7248
animal, Spiro Miralis, photography exhibition
NOW SHOWING: Until 3 Jun 2012
The Photography Room, 14 Foster Street, Queanbeyan
Photographing in his apartment, Miralis uses his personal space, as well as his friends and lovers, to make strikingly formal studies that explore colour and shape above everything else.
Free
Info: 0408 662 996
Spiro Miralis, #13 from animal, Ed. of 10, pure pigment print, 146 x 91cm
rePIN brooch exhibition
23 May 2012 – 3 Jun 2012
ANCA Gallery 1 Rosevear Place Dickson
ANCA Gallery presents an exciting exhibition of artist-made brooches, showcasing miniature wearable works by over 50 local, regional and interstate artists.
Enthusiastically received by makers, the concept of reducing scale and honing in on a wearable miniature platform appealed to artists from a broad range of practices, including; sculptors, textile artists, print-makers, painters, ceramicists, silversmiths, photographers, wood-workers and glass artists.
Gallery hours 12-5pm Wednesday-Sunday.Free
Info: 0262478736
THE STREET PRESENTS: Brecht:Bilbao and Beyond
1 Jun 2012 – 3 Jun 2012
The Street Theatre, 15 Childers St, Canberra City West
'Brecht: Bilbao and Beyond' is an evocation and journey covering the life and writings of Bertolt Brecht using biographical material, lyrics, poems, and excerpts from plays. Through this extraordinary material emerges one of the finest and most original writers of the 20th century. His message remained the same throughout his life: concern for the underdog. Classic songs composed by Kurt Weill and Paul Dessau are interspersed with new songs by Chuck Mallett and Rohan Haggart who have composed new musical settings for a selection of Brecht's poems.
The seventy five minute program is presented by West End and National Theatre stage veterans John Muirhead and Chuck Mallett. John plays a variety of characters including Brecht himself, while Chuck provides accompaniment and comic interjections from the piano.$25 | $19
Info: 6247 1223
RARE BOOKS AT BOOKFAIR
1 Jun 2012 – 3 Jun 2012
St John's Hall, Constitution Drive, Reid
Buy rare, collectible and out-of-print books from reputable bookdealers at the 1st CANBERRA BOOKFAIR. Ten professional dealers will sell their best, quirkiest and latest treasures. Experience the thrill of finding that elusive copy. Get off on the sensuous smell, feel and look of real books. This is a rare chance to track down that elusive title. If you’re researching your family history, yearning for a childhood favourite or looking for the last volume in that series, you’ll have to check out this bookfair. .
The Bookdealers Guild (NSW) is a non-profit association of independent secondhand booksellers. It promotes quality books and its members meet the highest standards of trade descriptions and service.
St John’s Hall, Constitution Drive Reid
5.30-8.00 Friday 1 June
9.30-5.00 Saturday 2 June
12 noon-4.00 Sunday 3 June$2 (free for children)
Info: 02 8065 3110
Lovers Of Song
3 Jun 2012 – 3 Jun 2012
Wesley Music Centre, National Circuit, Forrest at 3pm
A feast of beautiful song including French mélodies by Debussy and Satie and songs by Franz Schubert, Antonin Dvorak and Edvard Grieg. Piano interludes by Satie, Grieg and Schubert.
Admission, including program and light refreshments:
Full price $35. Seniors, Pensioners, Friends of Wesley Music, Friends of ArtSound FM and Musica Viva Subscribers $30. Art Song Canberra Members $25. Full-time students $15. Tickets available ONLY at the door.Full price $35, Concession $30, Members $25.Students $15. Tickets available ONLY at the door.
Info: (02) 6286 2806
Kippax - FREE Energy Smart Workshop for ACT Homeowners
7 Jun 2012 – 7 Jun 2012
Kippax Library - Saturday 5pm - 7pm
Kippax Library - FREE Energy Smart Workshop for ACT Homeowners. Book now - places limited. Phone 6248 0885 (mon - thurs) or email: energysmart@sustainact.com
Topics covered include
Home Improvements - Discover how to make your home more comfortable and less expensive to run;
Energy Smart Consumption - Bring along your bills and take the guess-work out of your usage; and
Energy Smart Actions - Discover free and simple actions that can reduce your energy straight away.
All participants receive a take home workbook packed with energy saving activities and advice. Come along and see or play with energy smart products kindly donated by local Canberra businesses. Developed and presented by ACT Sustainable Systems with assistance from the ACT Government Climate Change Grants.FREE
Info: 62480885
The Superstar
8 Jun 2012 – 8 Jun 2012
Albert Hall, Commonwealth Avenue
Salut! baroque is one of Australia's most dynamic early music ensembles, and has performed subscription series concerts in Canberra and Sydney for the past 16 years. Salut! has also released seven internationally acclaimed CDs. “The Superstar” will include music by Handel, Vivaldi, Telemann, Scarlatti and Monteverdi.
$40/ $35
Info: 6230 9262
Paul Porteous
HELLOSQUARE AND THE STREET PRESENTS ABSTRAKTIONS: CHARGE GROUP + JOE MCKEE + HOODLUM SHOUTS
9 Jun 2012 – 9 Jun 2012
The Street Theatre Foyer
hellosQuare recordings returns to the Street Theatre in 2012 to take over the foyer and bar with a four show reprise of their successful series from a couple of years back - ABSTRAKTIONS.
Saturday 9th June sees Sydney's instrumental wunderkinds Charge Group and ex-Snowman front-man Joe McKee head on through Canberra to promote their new albums - self titled and Burning Boy - while on a month long national tour. Also on the night sees local favourites Hoodlum Shouts return on the back of their much acclaimed debut album Young Man Old Man.
WATCH: Charge Group - Run
LISTEN: Joe McKee - Darling Hills
Street Theatre Foyer - unreserved | Duration - 180 minutes with intervals.TICKETS $15
Info: (02)62471223
Off the Walls: Art from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs Agencies 1967–2005
NOW SHOWING: Until 10 Jun 2012
National Museum of Australia
For almost 40 years, government bodies dealing with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander affairs built significant Art collections, including works by world-renowned artists Rover Thomas, Narritjin Maymuru and Fiona Foley. This exhibition takes you into the world of Indigenous art, and the politics and history of a time of great change.
Free entry
Info: 1800 026 132
Risk Management Track, 1999, by Paddy Gwambany Carlton Joolama. VISCOPY.
Look! the art of Australian picture books today
NOW SHOWING: Until 10 Jun 2012
Canberra Museum and Gallery, Civic Square, Canberra City
Explore the diversity of picture books created by Australian illustrators during the past decade. Celebrating the National Year of Reading, 2012, this exhibition encourages and promotes visual literacy amongst young children through engagement and participation.
A State Library of Victoria touring exhibition
slv.vic.gov.au/lookFree
Info: 02 6207 3968
Lashings by Janet Long
NOW SHOWING: Until 10 Jun 2012
Belconnen Arts Centre
Janet Long’s Lashings, in the Foyer space, continues her exploration of the present moment. Her work investigates the intersections between east and west, our helplessness in the face of impermanence and aging and our relationship with the natural world, particularly animals. Having completed a degree in Visual Arts in sculpture at ANU in 2011, her art practice applies the disciplines of meditation, graphic and clothing design and making, to arrive at strongly textured and materially layered objects and works that are both raw and resolved.
Long was awarded this exhibition by Belconnen Arts Centre Inc. as part of The Australian National University, School of Art, Emerging Artist Support Scheme.
26 May, 2pm: Exhibition opened by Wendy Teakel, Head, Sculpture Workshop, School of Art, ANU
3 June, 2pm: Meet the ArtistFree
Info: 02 6173 3300
www.belconnenartscentre.com.au
Janet Long, Oblique passages I-IV (detail), 2012
From Folk Art to High Art: How the Kite became an Art Form
NOW SHOWING: Until 10 Jun 2012
Belconnen Arts Centre
Since 1974 Peter Travis AM, has been creating kites and aerial sculptures for gallery installations, architectural interior spaces and the well-known Bondi Festival of the Winds which he founded in 1978. Invitations to international kite festivals led him to develop a remarkable collection of folk kites. On exhibition will be a wide assortment of Travis’ collection, photos of his kite installations and working drawings. Travis will be Artist in Residence during the exhibition, and present programs about the folk kites and his own experiences designing, constructing, and flying kites around the world.
18 May: Opening by Peter Haynes, University Art Curator, University of Canberra ; 19, 20 and 27 May: Kite making workshops to create large Kaleidoscope kites; 27 May: Meet the Artist; 2 June: Wind, Air, Water - Kites at Ginninderra Event. Phone for details.Free
Info: 02 6173 3300
www.belconnenartscentre.com.au
Peter Travis, Cosmos, St Andrews Cathedral, Sydney
Sam Townsend: Postcards from Texas
24 May 2012 – 10 Jun 2012
PhotoAccess Huw Davies Gallery
An exhibition chronicling Townsend's adventures whilst studying in Austin Texas during the final semester of his Masters program - friendships and encounters in Los Angeles, Texas, Mexico, New York and San Francisco. Townsend's narrative is told via wall works, a series of bound journals and a multimedia piece showing in the Huw Davies Gallery Multimedia Room.
Free
Info: 6295 7810
Sam Townsend
Christine Rufflet: Noble Conquest
24 May 2012 – 10 Jun 2012
PhotoAccess Huw Davies Gallery
The sensuality and nobility of horses is the focus of Rufflet's exhibition.
free
Info: 6295 7810
Christine Rufflet
'Mark Ward - assemblages, linocuts, paintings'
NOW SHOWING: Until 11 Jun 2012
Narek Galleries 1140 Tathra-Bermagui Rd Tanja NSW 2550
In these fluent, articulate works there is an unpretentious grace that comes from the artist's patient and modest sensibility. With playfulness, quiet humour and a colloquial vocabulary Mark Ward is a master of gesture, creating mood conducive to intimacy.
Over the past 30 years he has been developing a very personal sculptural sensibility stemming from his skilful observation and ability to identify, select and transform unlikely materials into magical forms, still potent with their previous life. Obvious too are the direct responses to his environment, the flotsam and jetsam of the beaches of the far south coast, the cast-offs of the coastal bush or discarded objects from sheds and backyards.free entry
Info: 02 6494 0112
Chris Denton, "The Philosopher’s Cup", works on paper
24 May 2012 – 12 Jun 2012
Beaver Galleries, 81 Denison Street, Deakin, 2600
Chris Denton’s prints and works on paper are intricate, minutely observed and exquisitely executed. For this exhibition he has produced drawings and multi-plate colour prints that focus on the nexus of spirituality, art and science, and question the application of mathematics to the natural world. As Chris explains: "my works are intended to achieve a mood or atmosphere that conveys some qualities of a tangible reality (though not necessarily ‘realism’). Chris' work is represented in the collections of the National Gallery of Australia, the Association Musee d'Art Contemporain (Chamalieres, France), Hawaii State Foundation for Culture and the Arts, Gilkey Center for Graphic Arts (Portland, USA)and the Tama Art University (Tokyo, Japan).
FREE
Info: (02) 6282 5294
Chris Denton, 'The Philosopher's Cabinet 7', graphite, ink and pencil on paper, 71 x 51.5cm
Mel Robson, Vipoo Srivilasa and Kenji Uranishi, "Crossed Paths", porcelain
24 May 2012 – 12 Jun 2012
Beaver Galleries, 81 Denison Street, Deakin, 2600
The contemporary porcelain works of Mel Robson, Vipoo Srivilasa and Kenji Uranishi are unified by their consideration of universal and cultural experiences. Mel Robson from Queensland, but now living in Alice Springs, couples utilitarian objects with finely illustrated road maps, sewing patterns and handwriting to convey a domestic nostalgia. Vipoo Srivilasa left Bangkok for Australia in 1997 and his playful and expressively painted ceramic vessels and sculptures tie together serious ideas about the environment as well as his bi-cultural existence. Kenji Uranishi has said that emigrating from Japan lent him a new objectivity to consider, and be free from, his aesthetic heritage. By breaking from tradition, each of these artists has championed a unique, intriguing and whimsical approach to their chosen medium of porcelain.
FREE
Info: (02) 6282 5294
Mel Robson, 'Sticks and stones', slipcast porcelain with decals, 6 x 25cm
Belconnen Library - Energy Smart Workshop for ACT Homeowners
12 Jun 2012 – 12 Jun 2012
Belconnen Library
Want to be smarter with your energy use? Have a warmer house in winter, a cooler one in summer, and reduce your energy bills? These workshops are for you, and free for ACT residents. All participants receive a take home workbook packed with energy saving activities and advice. Come along and see or play with energy smart products kindly donated by local Canberra businesses. Bring along your energy bills and take away the guess-work when it comes to your heating, cooling, appliances and hot water consumption. Places are limited and bookings essential.
FREE
Info: 02 62480885
Silk Road Night Market Festival
15 Jun 2012 – 15 Jun 2012
National Museum of Australia
Indulge in the sights, smells, tastes and sounds of the Silk Road. Enjoy food and craft, market stalls, artist demonstrations, music, dance and astronomy.
6.30-9.30 pm
The HallFree, includes entry to the Travelling the Silk Road exhibition.
Info: 1800 026 132
Drum © AMNH Division of Anthropology
African Drumming Workshops
16 Jun 2012 – 16 Jun 2012
Canberra Baptist Church, Currie Cres, Kingston ACT
Come along to a high energy African drumming workshop led by qualified teacher and accomplished djembe player, Kate Gascoyne. Kate performs regularly with Canberra group 'Drumassault' and has studied and performed with master drummers here in Australian and in West Africa. Known for her sense of humour and wealth of teaching experience, Kate will have you grooving along to traditional West African rhythms in no time! Bring your own djembe or hire one for the day. Bookings essential as places are limited.
Beginners 10-11.30am
Experienced 12-1.30pm$30 per workshop ($5 drum hire)
Info: 0414 236 323
A Midsummer Night's Dream - music theatre workshop for 7 to 11 year olds
NOW SHOWING: Until 19 Jun 2012
Ainslie Arts Centre, Elouera St, Braddon
Wild Voices music theatre presents "A Midsummer Night's Dream" in an abridged musical version of this much-loved play, written especially for performance by 7 to 11 year olds. This is a great opportunity for children to have fun with Shakespeare, developing their literacy alongside their music and theatre skills. Workshops will be led by Dianna Nixon (director, voice coach, musician) - with Kate Hosking (assistant director, choreographer, musician). The process starts with a school holiday workshop program in April. No audition is required. Several places are still available. Rehearsals are on Wednesdays in Term 2, with a performance on Sunday 17 June at 3pm, and schools shows on Mon 18 June and Tuesday 19 June at 10am.
$350
Info: 0417 548851
Beth Jennings
Erindale Library - Energy Smart Workshop for ACT Homeowners
20 Jun 2012 – 20 Jun 2012
Erindale Library
Want to be smarter with your energy use? Have a warmer house in winter, a cooler one in summer, and reduce your energy bills? These workshops are for you, and free for ACT residents. All participants receive a take home workbook packed with energy saving activities and advice. Come along and see or play with energy smart products kindly donated by local Canberra businesses. Bring along your energy bills and take away the guess-work when it comes to your heating, cooling, appliances and hot water consumption. Places are limited and bookings essential.
FREE
Info: 0262480885
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Music for Lunch
21 Jun 2012 – 21 Jun 2012
St Albans, 34 Chappell St, Lyons ACT
St Alban's anglican church holds a lunchtime concert on the third Thursday of every month.
In June, Melbourne pianist Robert Chamberlain will play a selection from Bach's "Well Tempered Klavier" Book 1.
A light lunch will be provided afterwards.Entry by donation
Info: 6281 4505
THE STREET PRESENTS ANGELA'S KITCHEN written by Paul Capsis & Julian Meyrick performed by Paul Capsis
13 Jun 2012 – 22 Jun 2012
The Street Theatre, Street Two
A SOLO AT THE STREET PERFORMANCE
In 1948 Angela left Malta. Having gathered up five children, she sailed out on the Strathnavar, leaving poverty and the war behind. Her destination: Australia, In Surrey Hills, she could build a bright new life.
Back in Malta, someone else has made a journey. Making his way along Kalkara's glistening harbour side, a young man with flowing black hair has returned to claim his past. Paul Capsis is walking home.
An astonishingly evocative piece of autobiographical theatre. A journey that begins at a kitchen table becomes a portrait, not just of a much loved matriarch, but a whole generation.
"At the end, he shares his most precious memories with the audience, many of whom were holding back tears. Deeply affecting theatre". Sun Herald
***** Time Out Sydney
**** Sunday Telegraph
Street 2 - unreserved | Duration - 80 minutes, no interval.STANDARD $35 CONCESSION $32 GROUP 4+ $30 ea. STUDENT $25
Info: (02)62471223
Dickson Library - Energy Smart Workshop for ACT Homeowners
23 Jun 2012 – 23 Jun 2012
Dickson Library
Want to be smarter with your energy use? Have a warmer house in winter, a cooler one in summer, and reduce your energy bills? These workshops are for you, and free for ACT residents. All participants receive a take home workbook packed with energy saving activities and advice. Come along and see or play with energy smart products kindly donated by local Canberra businesses. Bring along your energy bills and take away the guess-work when it comes to your heating, cooling, appliances and hot water consumption. Places are limited and bookings essential.
FREE
Info: 02 62480885
THE STREET PRESENTS PIAZZOLLA TANGO
23 Jun 2012 – 23 Jun 2012
The Street Theatre, Street One
Astor Piazzolla, brilliant, iconoclastic tango musician and composer, has become a national hero in Argentina and a cult figure for classical and jazz lovers worldwide after a lifetime of controversy and struggle. He dared to compose tangos that were not to be danced.
Acclaimed Argentinian pianist Marcela Fiorillo presents an outstanding program including his best-loved works,and invites us to have "an intimate encounter with the soul of Buenos Aires".
Australian Poet Geoff Page, inspired by the revolutionary New Tango of Astor Piazzolla, will take us into the mystery and shadows of Tango through part of his "Eight for Astor" Poems.
The Ambassador of the Argentine Republic, his Excellency Pedro Villagra Delgado, will officially open the event. Presented by Dr. Gerardo Dirie - Queensland Conservatorium of Music.
Street 1 - reserved | Duration - 80 minutes with intervalSTANDARD $35| CONCESSION $30| GROUP 4+ $28 ea.| STUDENT $25
Info: (02)62471223
New works by Leonie Gill
NOW SHOWING: Until 24 Jun 2012
Belconnen Arts Centre
Gill’s work emerges through experimentation. Working with chance and accident to investigate the innate language of material, she seeks to translate ideas that are part of this language into a physical reality, and not disguise the essential character of the material. In this new body of work she has been exploring the tension between suspension and collapse. She does not start off in search of an ‘object’; rather what interests her are the perceptions and feelings that material can invoke.
Gill was awarded this exhibition by Belconnen Arts Centre Inc. as part of The Australian National University, School of Art, Emerging Artist Support Scheme.
26 May, 2pm: Exhibition opened by Wendy Teakel, Head, Sculpture Workshop, School of Art, ANU
3 June, 2pm: Meet the ArtistFree
Info: 02 6173 3300
www.belconnenartscentre.com.au
Leonie Gill, Untitled, 2011
Lifeline Canberra Southside Bookfair
23 Jun 2012 – 24 Jun 2012
The Auditorium Vikings Erindale, 6 Ricardo Street, Wanniassa 2903
THE LIFELINE CANBERRA SOUTHSIDE BOOKFAIR!
Bring your family and friends and head on down to The Auditorium Vikings Club at Erindale.
There will be over a thousand quality second hand books including various categories of fiction and non-fiction, children books and much much more!
Dates and Times
Saturday 23 June 9am-4pm
Sunday 24 June 9am- 4pm
Location
The Auditorium Vikings Club, Erindale
6 Ricardo Street, Wanniassa 2903
Entry gold coin donation.
All proceeds go to Lifeline Canberra to support the 24 hour telephone crisis service 13 11 14.
All enquires to (02) 6247 0655.
Website: www.act.lifeline.org.augold coin donation
Info: 62470655
http://www.act.lifeline.org.au/item/southside-winter-2012-bookfair
Directors Choice 2012
NOW SHOWING: Until 25 Jun 2012
Bungendore Wood Works Gallery
Selected by Bungendore Wood Works Gallery Artistic Director David Mac Laren, the Director’s Choice Exhibition features work from six artists that are significant to the history and future of the Gallery.
Free
Info: 6238 1682
Dance for LIfe dance and movement classes for adults and seniors
NOW SHOWING: Until 26 Jun 2012
Various
Dance for Life dance and movement classes for adults and seniors with Elizabeth Cameron Dalman
Stretch and tone your muscles, move the body from the inside out and feel your energy flowing. Enjoy simple movement variations set to music that makes you want to move and be creative through improvisational movement games. Most classes require no previous dance experience
Seniors on Tuesdays 2.30 – 4.00pm Belconnen Arts Centre 118 Emu Bank, Belconnen from 14th February
Adults on Tuesdays 7.30pm – 9pm QL2 Studio, Gorman House Batman Street, Braddon from 7th February
Adults (for those with some movement/dance experience) Thursdays 7.30pm – 9pm Mirramu Creative Arts Centre
849 Lake Road, Bungendore. Dates for this class are flexible depending on participants’ availability.
Contact Elizabeth for information Phone: 0418 698 196 Email: elizabeth.mirramu@gmail.com$15 per class
Info: 0418 698 196
Barbie Robinson
Gungahlin Library - Energy Smart Workshop for ACT Homeowners
27 Jun 2012 – 27 Jun 2012
Gungahlin LIbrary - 5-7pm
Want to be smarter with your energy use? Have a warmer house in winter, a cooler one in summer, and reduce your energy bills? These workshops are for you, and free for ACT residents. All participants receive a take home workbook packed with energy saving activities and advice. Come along and see or play with energy smart products kindly donated by local Canberra businesses. Bring along your energy bills and take away the guess-work when it comes to your heating, cooling, appliances and hot water consumption. Places are limited and bookings essential.
FREE
Info: 0262480885
Musica Viva - Takacs Quartet
27 Jun 2012 – 27 Jun 2012
Llewellyn Hall, ANU School of Music
7pm
If Trio Dali is the baby of chamber music, the Takács Quartet is the Godfather. Founded in Budapest and steeped in the Hungarian tradition, the Takács Quartet is arguably the best string quartet in the world. Now based in the United States, it perfectly straddles the old and new worlds. Years of playing and touring together have made the group a rock-solid team that thinks and plays as one. Yet their individual personalities make each performance feel totally spontaneous. You’ll hear years of wisdom ooze from every note, guiding your ears through compelling repertoire from Janácek, Britten, Debussy and Ravel. Don’t miss the opportunity to witness one of the world’s most remarkable quartets in their element.$33-$80
Info: 1300 795 012
Megalo Classes now enrolling
NOW SHOWING: Until 29 Jun 2012
Canberra Technology Park, 49 Phillip Avenue, Watson, ACT 2602
Megalo offers classes in Etching, Lithography, Relief, Screen Printing on Paper and Fabric. Bookings are now open for Semester 1 Classes.
Email info@megalo.org for further information or to subscribe to our mailing list.please phone or visit our website for details
Info: 62414844
CADA IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE STREET PRESENTS LOVE11
28 Jun 2012 – 29 Jun 2012
The Street Theatre, Street Two
Quirky, comic, and sometimes heart-wrenching, LOVE 11 invites the audience to engage with new love, old love, unrequited love and everything in between.
first year students play a multitude of roles, beginning with John Patrick Shanley's series of six poetic works, 'Welcome To The Moon' (presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service Inc, New York). The plays are snapshots of the love lives of their characters - sometimes surreal, sometimes familiar.
In the second half, the actors tackle a series of short plays by different authors - Not Funny by Christopher Lockheardt, Life Coming Up by Sharon Rothstein, Novices by Monica Raymond (by special arrangement with Smith & Kraus), X by Canberra playwright, Genevieve Kenneally, and A Short History of Weather by Jonathan Yukich (also by special arrangement with Smith & Kraus).
Street 2 - unreserved | Duration - TBA$19
Info: (02)62471223
McAlister Kemp LIVE with Tori Darke
29 Jun 2012 – 29 Jun 2012
Casino Canberra
McALISTER KEMP: Multi-award winning Australian country music duo McAlister Kemp write, record and perform music that touches on core values, real people, great fun and great music! Their debut album produced three #1 singles ('All Kinds Of Tough', 'Hell Yeah', 'Hard Work') and the duo were rewarded with a ‘Best New Talent’ Golden Guitar at the Country Music Awards of Australia and a CMC Music Award for 'Best New Oz Artist in 2011.
TORI DARKE is Australia’s most promising young Country Music Singer/Songwriter.
With her strong and powerful vocals Tori Darke will impress you with her beautiful voice and the passion in which she delivers her songs. Her original songs with great lyrics will certainly leave you wanting more from this very talented artist.
With 4 hit singles to her credit and her hauntingly beautiful debut album ‘Dreams & Chances’ charting a #5 on the ARIA charts.$40 show only ($35 early bird - limited tickets still available) plus a dinner option 3 course $38
Info: 62577074
Woden Library, Energy Smart Workshop for ACT Homeowners
29 Jun 2012 – 29 Jun 2012
Woden Library - 5-7pm
Want to be smarter with your energy use? Have a warmer house in winter, a cooler one in summer, and reduce your energy bills? These workshops are for you, and free for ACT residents. All participants receive a take home workbook packed with energy saving activities and advice. Come along and see or play with energy smart products kindly donated by local Canberra businesses. Bring along your energy bills and take away the guess-work when it comes to your heating, cooling, appliances and hot water consumption. Places are limited and bookings essential.
FREE
Info: 0262480885
EXTREME FILM AND SOUND: STORIES FROM ANTARCTICA
NOW SHOWING: Until 30 Jun 2012
Foyer Gallery, National Film and Sound Archive, McCoy Circuit, Acton
Blizzards, radio waves, penguins, gramophone records and fi lm makers, this
exhibition celebrates 100 years of Australian Antarctic Expeditions and the anniversary
of Sir Douglas Mawson’s 1911-1914 Australasian Antarctic Expedition.FREE
Info: 02 6248 2000
Live on Stage in June
1 Jun 2012 – 30 Jun 2012
Casino Canberra
Friday 1 June – The Bridge Between
Saturday 2 June – The Acca Daiquiris
Friday 8 June – Panama Jim Trio
Saturday 9 June – The Grande Dames
Friday 15 June – Leisa Keen Trio
Saturday 16 June – Kooky Fandango
Friday 22 June – Stuart King Trio
Saturday 23 June – Smokin’ Salmon Trio
Friday 29 June – Chris Harland Blues Band
Saturday 30 June – Dorothy-Jane Gosper BandFree
Info: 62577074
Tuggeranong Rotary Youth Art Award
7 Jun 2012 – 30 Jun 2012
Tuggeranong Arts Centre Gallery
The annual Tuggeranong Rotary Youth Art Award, showcasing works in a variety of media by local artists between the ages of 15 and 25.
Sponsors include Tuggeranong Rotary club, Tuggeranong Arts Centre, The Academy of Interactive Entertainment, Aarwun Gallery and PhotoAccess.
ENTRIES CLOSE WEDNESDAY 30 MAY, 5pm.
For further detqails, please see our website, facebook page or email the curator at narelle.phillips@tuggeranongarts.comFREE
Info: 6293 1443
Lauren Hewitt, Exit Sign, 2002. Type C Photograph
Tuggeranong Library - Energy Smart Workshop for ACT Homeowners
30 Jun 2012 – 30 Jun 2012
Tuggeranong Library
Want to be smarter with your energy use? Have a warmer house in winter, a cooler one in summer, and reduce your energy bills? These workshops are for you, and free for ACT residents. All participants receive a take home workbook packed with energy saving activities and advice. Come along and see or play with energy smart products kindly donated by local Canberra businesses. Bring along your energy bills and take away the guess-work when it comes to your heating, cooling, appliances and hot water consumption. Places are limited and bookings essential.
FREE
Info: 0262480885
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Walking amongst trees by Harry Townsend
NOW SHOWING: Until 1 Jul 2012
Belconnen Arts Centre
Harry Townsend has set out to make sculptures that are completely revealing of the processes used to create them. As a student at ANU, Townsend has focused on bringing himself physically and conceptually closer to nature and its cycles of life, death and renewal through the practice of making sculpture. Showing the weathering of the material’s previous life – its bends, cracks, trails of boring insects and water damage - he celebrates its imperfections rather than eliminating them from the creative dialogue.
Townsend was awarded this exhibition by Belconnen Arts Centre Inc. as part of The Australian National University, School of Art, Emerging Artist Support Scheme.
26 May, 2pm: Exhibition opened by Wendy Teakel, Head, Sculpture Workshop, School of Art, ANU
3 June, 2pm: Meet the ArtistFree
Info: 02 6173 3300
www.belconnenartscentre.com.au
Harry Townsend, Lay (detail), 2011
Jane Burton Taylor: Earth
14 Jun 2012 – 1 Jul 2012
PhotoAccess Huw Davies Gallery
An exhibition of photographs by Jane Burton Taylor - these colour-saturated photographs of mountain landscapes simultaneously capture movement and stillness, evoking the alternately shifting and enduring forces of life.
free
Info: 6295 7810
Jane Burton Taylor
Fat City
1 Jul 2012 – 2 Jul 2012
Casino Canberra
Improvention
Australasia’s premier international festival of spontaneous theatre, Improvention will bring together the world’s best theatrical improvisers in more than twenty shows from June 30th – July 7th, 2012.
Audiences will see everything from laugh-out-loud comedy similar to Thank God You’re Here or Whose Line Is It Anyway, through to fully improvised musicals and serious drama.
FAT CITY
Part of Improvention
Underbelly meets Sin City in a sexy and dangerous unscripted film-noir drama, performed by the creme of Australian improvisational theatre talent in the Casino’s ‘speak-easy’ like showroom, with cabaret style seating and bar, you are assured of a unique experience that you’ll talk about for years to come.visit www.improvention.com
Info: 62577074
Canberra Symphony Orchestra ACTEW Grand Gala: An Evening with George Gerswhin
7 Jul 2012 – 7 Jul 2012
Llewellyn Hall, William Herbert Place, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
In 2012, we present a very special Gala event – An evening with George Gershwin. Effervescent pianist Piers Lane joins us for a bewitching rendition of Rhapsody in Blue and Canberra-favourite, Trisha Crowe sings some of the most beloved show tunes penned by George and Ira Gershwin, including Stairway To Paradise, S’Wonderful and Summertime. Nicholas Milton and the CSO add a saxophone section and go into big band mode to perform the extraordinary American in Paris, Gershwin’s ever-popular portrayal of the city of love. Another sold-out Gala concert is on the cards so book early!
Tickets through Ticketek 1300 795 012
Info: 0262626772
Albert Hall Festival - 1930s Soirée
7 Jul 2012 – 7 Jul 2012
Albert Hall
Dance the foxtrot, waltz, quickstep and swing to a live band playing classic tunes from the 1930s. Sing along to timeless songs by the likes of the Gershwin brothers, Irving Berlin and Cole Porter. What a fabulous remedy for those Canberra winter blues!
All dance styles will be taught on the night. Or why not take advantage of an exclusive 6-week package of discounted dance lessons in Civic from Wed 30 May to enjoy the dancing even more. You’ll need to book these with your Soirée tickets, so get in quick.
The Albert Hall Festival will conclude on Sunday 8 July with a Concert in Tribute to Dame Nellie Melba. Individual tickets and discount packages sold through Canberra Ticketing.
The Albert Hall Festival Soirée is proudly brought to you by Canberra Choral Society and features the Hall Village Brass Band, vocalist Brent Newbery, and Danzón Dance Studio.Adults $44 / Concessions $35 / Under 27s $15. Packages also available through Canberra Ticketing.
Info: 02 6275 2700 (Canberra Ticketing)
The Life of Patrick White
NOW SHOWING: Until 8 Jul 2012
National Library of Australia
Celebrate the centenary of Patrick White's birth at the National Library of Australia in this new exhibition which showcases the life and work of Australia's only Nobel Laureate for Literature.
The Life of Patrick White features hundreds of items from the National Library's collection, including White's letters, notebooks, paintings, photographs and unpublished manuscripts. Additional items from the Art Gallery of NSW and the State Library of NSW are also on show.
Open daily. Exhibition Gallery. Ground Floor.Free
Info: 02 6262 1111
Axel Poignant, Portrait of Patrick White in front of Sidney Nolan's Galaxy, 1963.
Albert Hall Festival - Concert in Tribute to Dame Nellie Melba
8 Jul 2012 – 8 Jul 2012
Albert Hall
A tribute concert in memory of the great diva Dame Nellie Melba, featuring Canberra soprano Rachael Thoms, accompanist Anthony Smith and the CCS Chorus. Conducted by Tobias Cole.
This is the concluding event of the Albert Hall Festival, a presentation of the Canberra Choral Society. Individual tickets and discount packages sold through Canberra Ticketing.Adults $44 / Concessions $35 / Under 27s $15. Packages also available through Canberra Ticketing.
Info: 02 6275 2700 (Canberra Ticketing)
Music for Lunch
19 Jul 2012 – 19 Jul 2012
St Alban's anglican church, 34 Chappell St, Lyons
St Albans presents a monthly lunchtime concert series - MUSIC FOR LUNCH on the third Thursday of every month 12.40-1.20.
In July the A capella choir "Capital Voices" will present a diverse program of choral music. A light lunch is provided afterwards. All welcome.Entry by donation
Info: 6281 4505
Moliere's The Imaginary Invalid
11 Jul 2012 – 21 Jul 2012
'The Q' - Queanbeyan Performing Arts Centre
Presented by: Centrepiece Theatre
Argan is sick, deathly sick, or so he'd like to think. He wants his daughter Angelique to marry a doctor, so that he'll have free health care. But Angelique already has a lover. Will she get to marry the man she loves? Will Argan survive his doctors? Will Argan's wallet survive his new wife? Will anyone survive the antics of the madcap maid Toinette?
'A triumphant carnival of colour, crazy characters and clever business and one of the most authentic interpretations of Moliere's scintillating comedy that you are likely to see.' Peter Wilkins - The Canberra Times, May 2011
Wed 11 Jul 8pm
Thurs 12 Jul 8pm
Fri 13 Jul 8pm
Sat 14 Jul 2pm & 8pm
Sun 15 Jul 5pm
Wed 18 Jul 8pm
Thurs 19 Jul 8pm
Fri 20 Jul 8pm
Sat 21 Jul 2pm & 8pm$32 - $42 (All Matinees $32)
Info: 6285 6290
Musica Viva - Amarcord
24 Jul 2012 – 24 Jul 2012
Llewellyn Hall, ANU School of Music
7pm
If you could fuse together the Backstreet Boys and an East German Lutheran boys’ choir, you’d probably end up with something like Amarcord. This internationally acclaimed a cappella group owes much of its success, and its rich, engrossing sound, to Bach. They first met as choirboys at his old stomping ground in Leipzig and you can hear the influence manifest in a beautifully romantic sound that’s unique to the city: warm, deep and layered. Hear resounding and powerful interpretations of Renaissance madrigals, works by the great composers from the 18th and 19th Centuries, and new versions of folk songs from around the world.$30 - $73
Info: 1300 795 012
Live Music on Stage in July
6 Jul 2012 – 28 Jul 2012
Casino Canberra
Friday 6 July – Soiree
Saturday 7 July – As Famous as the Moon
Friday 13 July – Frequently Asked Questions
Saturday 14 July – Annie and the Armadillos
Friday 20 July – Wayne Ryder Trio
Saturday 21 July – Leading Edge
Friday 27 July – Leisa Keen Trio
Saturday 28 July – The Wanninashville’sFree
Info: 02 62577074
FloriART workshop
4 Aug 2012 – 4 Aug 2012
Tuggeranong Arts Centre
A free workshop creating sculpted flowers from recycled materials, to install on the Arts Centres lakefront lawns.
10.30am - 1.30pm.
BYO empty PET bottlesFREE
Info: 02 6293 1443
FloriART flowers, Messengers students and tutors, 2012. PET plastic bottles and acrylic paints.
In Every Home: The Australian Women's Weekly 1933-1982
NOW SHOWING: Until 5 Aug 2012
National Library of Australia
In Every Home: The Australian Women's Weekly 1933-1982, a new display at the National Library of Australia, celebrates the digitisation of the first 50 years of the iconic Australian magazine.
Covers from some of the most famous issues are on show - from the royal coronation to the marriage of Elvis, war-time issues of the 1930s to Christmas greetings from the Sara Quads.
And don't forget to pick up your free recipe cards for Pineapple Crunch on the Fourth Floor.
To see the first 50 issues online, go to the National Library's free Discovery service Trove at trove.nla.gov.auFreee
Info: 02 6262 1111
The Patron
10 Aug 2012 – 10 Aug 2012
Albert Hall, Commonwealth Avenue
Salut! baroque is one of Australia's most dynamic early music ensembles, and has performed subscription series concerts in Canberra and Sydney for the past 16 years. Salut! has also released seven internationally acclaimed CDs. “The Patron” will include music by Bach, Vivaldi, Corelli, Purcell and Handel.
$40/ $35
Info: 6230 9262
Paul Porteous
Canberra Symphony Orchestra Llewellyn Series 12:3
22 Aug 2012 – 23 Aug 2012
Llewellyn Hall, William Herbert Place, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
In Llewellyn 3 Chief Conductor and Artistic Director Nicholas Milton returns for a massive concert of astrological proporations. The evening begins as the didgeridoo and orchestra blend with soaring lyricism in Sculthorpe’s moving Earth Cry while the second act journeys across The Planets, Gustav Holst’s mighty showpiece. These two musical sphere orbit around the centerpiece of the evening. Mozart’s brilliant Double Concerto for Violin and Viola featuring the heavenly talents of Ji Won Kim and Roger Benedict.
Tickets through Ticketek 1300 795 012
Info: 0262626772
Live on Stage August
3 Aug 2012 – 31 Aug 2012
Casino Canberra
Friday 3 August – Annie and the Armadillos
Saturday 4 August – As Famous as the Moon
Friday 10 August – The Bridge Between
Saturday 11 August – Gossips
Friday 17 August – Popsicle
Saturday 18 August – Frequently Asked Questions
Friday 24 August – Chris Harland Blues Band
Saturday 25 August – Dorothy-Jane Gosper Band
Friday 31 August – Kooky Fandadangofree
Info: 62577074
Canberra Symphony Orchestra Matinee Magic: Dance Fever!
15 Sep 2012 – 15 Sep 2012
Llewellyn Hall, William Herbert Place, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Spice up your Saturday afternoon with the CSO as we feature international champion couples from the exciting world of ballroom dance. You’ve seen Luda Kroiter (five time World Salsa Champion), Csaba Szirmai (Australian and Asian Salsa Champion), Masha Belash and Aric Yegudkin (World Super Stars Adult Latin American Champion) on TV shows such as ‘Dancing with the Stars’ and ‘Strictly Dancing’ – now you can see them in person dancing with your CSO! What better way to celebrate the arrival of spring and Floriade than with this family concert featuring a fiery salsa, gorgeous waltz and passionate tango just to name a few. This concert has sold out in previous seasons so book early and join the fun!
Tickets through Ticketek 1300 795 012
Info: 0262626772
MBA & Postgrad Expo
18 Sep 2012 – 18 Sep 2012
National Convention Centre, 31 Constitution Ave, Canberra
Meet face-to-face with local and interstate universities and conveniently compare postgraduate courses at a single event. Whether you're looking to undertake a masters degree or graduate diploma, doctorate or graduate certificate, this is your once-a-year opportunity to gather all the details necessary to make an informed choice. You may well discover new courses you hadn't even considered. Register online or upon arrival. Open 12noon-7pm. Visit the website for further details.
Free Entry
Info: 0398138200
Musica Viva - Kuss Quartet & Naoko Shimizu
20 Sep 2012 – 20 Sep 2012
Llewellyn Hall, ANU School of Music
7pm
Germany and Japan are renowned for great cars and great pianos. Industrious and serious, it’s no wonder they produce exceptional musicians. Making their Australian debut, Berlin’s most fascinating quartet meets this internationally acclaimed Japanese violist to showcase some of the world’s most beautiful string quintets. Like a finely tuned machine, humming and full of life, this is one of the best string quintet performances you’re ever likely to hear. The Kuss Quartet is a regular at Carnegie and Wigmore Halls and Shimizu was the first female Principal Viola of the Berlin Philharmonic. From classics by Mozart and Brahms to a world premiere by Kerry, these five musicians perform the landmarks of the string quintet at the highest possible level.$27 - $67
Info: 1300 795 012
Canberra Symphony Orchestra Llewellyn Series 12:4
24 Oct 2012 – 25 Oct 2012
Llewellyn Hall, William Herbert Place, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
In this final Llewellyn blockbuster for 2012 we open with Berlioz's dazzling 'Roman Carnival' before being joined by one of Australia's most scintillating artists, cellist Julian Smiles. His interpretation of the remarkable ‘First Concerto’ by Shostakovich is a performance of emotional focus and searing intensity. The evening concludes with the beloved ‘Organ Symphony’ by Saint-Saens. This is astonishing melodic turns, delicate colours, and above all, a design and architecture of immense grandeur.
Tickets through Ticketek 1300 795 012
Info: 0262626772
Pot Belly Pub open-mic comedy night - Hump Day!
NOW SHOWING: Until 31 Oct 2012
Weedon Close, Belconnen
It's Wednesday, the week is past half-way, it's all down-hill until the weekend. So why not start early and come for a couple of drinks and a good laugh with Canberra's finest comedic entertainers.
The Pot Belly Pub open-mic comedy welcomes all potential performers (experience not required) to this friendly, supportive and fun-filled night.
Due to the popularity of the Pot Belly open-mic night, it will be held fortnightly, and performers are requested to contact Roger Rooney or Greg Kimball (0402 800 649 - kimball.greg@gmail.com) through Facebook to book a (strictly 5-7 min) open-mic place.
When - Wednesdays, fortnightly
Time - 8pm (show starts - so be early!)FREE
Info: 0402 800 649
Musica Viva - Anthony Marwood & Aleksandar Madzar
8 Nov 2012 – 8 Nov 2012
Llewellyn Hall, ANU School of Music
7pm
Like good wine and cheese, Marwood and Madžar go really well together. In fact, rarely have two musicians clicked so well on stage. They’re so in sync, they’ve even been referred to as musical soul mates. Friends and collaborators for over twenty years, both are among the best on their instrument in the world. Marwood’s cerebral and expressive style is contrasted perfectly with the natural brilliance of Madžar. It’s a special connection: as if two old friends are getting together to have a laugh, share their secrets and generally chew the fat. With adventurous repertoire from Beethoven, Debussy and Schubert, they just seem to get each other. We’re pretty sure you’ll get them too.$33-$80
Info: 1300 795 012
The Entertainer
16 Nov 2012 – 16 Nov 2012
Albert Hall, Commonwealth Avenue
Salut! baroque is one of Australia's most dynamic early music ensembles, and has performed subscription series concerts in Canberra and Sydney for the past 16 years. Salut! has also released seven internationally acclaimed CDs. “The Entertainer” will include music by Geminiani, Praetorius, Dowland, Schmelzer and Matteis.
$40/ $35
Info: 6230 9262
Paul Porteous
Treasures Gallery at the National Library of Australia
NOW SHOWING: Until 28 Dec 2012
Parkes Place, Parkes, ACT
Many of the National Library of Australia’s greatest treasures, from James Cook’s Endeavour Journal to a letter written by Jane Austen, are now on permanent display with the opening of the new Treasures Gallery in Canberra. Some of the treasures are well known while others have never been displayed before. Open 10am-5pm, 7 days a week. The Library is closed on Christmas Day and Boxing Day.
Free
Info: 62621111
Patrick White's glasses c.1985, plastic, metal and glass
Belinda Fox & Neville French "Give & take - a collaboration", paintings, works on paper & ceramics
NOW SHOWING: Until 10 Mar 2013
Beaver Galleries, 81 Denison Street, Deakin, Canberra ACT 2600
This exhibition features new paintings, and works on paper by Belinda Fox along with ceramic works created collaboratively by her with Neville French. In all of these, we are promised a unique impression of the natural world, affirming its role as a place for meditation. Belinda's work has been acquired by the National Gallery of Australia, Artbank, Print Council of Australia, BHP Billiton, Crown Casino (Macau) and various state, regional and university galleries across Australia. Widely respected Victorian ceramist, Neville French, graduated with a Master of Arts degree from RMIT University, Melbourne in 2000 and has been teacher and coordinator of Ceramics at the University of Ballarat.
FREE
Info: (02) 6282 5294
Beaver Galleries
LAKESIDE
NOW SHOWING: Until 18 Jun 2013
Tuggeranong Arts centre Gallery, cnr Reed and Cowlishaw Sts, Tuggeranong
WOW!!!
OUR GALLERY IS FULL OF "RUBBISH" - BUT WE KNOW YOU WILL LOVE IT. COME AND SEE WHY ONE MANS RUBBISH IS ANOTHERS TREASURE. THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF OUR 2013 CENTENARY PROJECT AND FEATURES THE WORK OF ARTISTS WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN SCULPTURE BY THE SEA, LOCAL COLLEGE STUDENTS AND REGIONAL SCULPTORS.
GALLERY HOURS 9-5 WEEKDAYS 1-4 SATURDAYSFREE LISTING
Info: 6293 1443
MIKE MACGREGOR - STANDING FIGURE
CANBERRA STORIES GALLERY - PERMANENT EXHIBITION
NOW SHOWING: Until 31 Dec 2020
Canberra Museum and Gallery. Corner London Circuit and Civic Square, Canberra City
An exhibition reflecting Canberra’s history and culture, highlighting the diverse range of social history objects and visual art from the CMAG Permanent Collection.
Open Monday - Friday (10am – 5pm) and Saturday – Sunday (12pm -5pm)Free entry
Info: 02 6207 3968
www.museumsandgalleries.act.gov.au
‘Tea set’ (detail), Canberra Museum and Gallery, Dawn Waterhouse Collection
NOLAN COLLECTION GALLERY @ CMAG - PERMANENT EXHIBITION
NOW SHOWING: Until 31 Dec 2020
Canberra Museum and Gallery. Corner London Circuit and Civic Square, Canberra City
A selection of works by renowned Australian artist Sir Sidney Nolan are on display in the Permanent Collection Gallery at CMAG.
Open Monday – Friday (10am – 5pm) and Saturday – Sunday (12pm -5pm)Free entry
Info: 02 6207 3968
www.museumsandgalleries.act.gov.au
Sidney Nolan, Return to Glenrowan, 1946
The Foundation Collection
NOW SHOWING: Until 31 Dec 2020
Nolan Collection Gallery @ CMAG
Works from the Foundation collection by renowned Australian artist Sidney Nolan are on display in the Nolan Collection Gallery at CMAG.
free
Info: 6207 3968
http://www.museumsandgalleries.act.gov.au/nolan
Burke and Wills Expedition, Sidney NOLAN 1948
Gertrude's Hamlet
NOW SHOWING: Until 3 Sep 2029
Tuggeranong Arts Centre
Gertrude’s Hamlet is Shakespeare’s Hamlet re-written from the point of view of Gertrude, Hamlet’s mother, not just as a mother, but as a woman and as a Queen. Each of these roles is performed by a separate actress, to allow a more in-depth representation of the complexities of the female experience. It explores some of the political points often not examined, and the thoughts, responses and actions of an innocent woman torn between the love of her husbands, her son and her country. Or is she? How much did Gertrude know of the plot to murder Hamlet’s father, her first husband and the former king?
Tickets $25 (conc $20)
Info: 02 6293 1443
AUSTRALIAN JOURNEYS
Permanent exhibition
National Museum of Australia. Lawson Crescent, Acton Peninsula, Acton. Open daily (9am – 5pm). Closed Christmas Day
AUSTRALIAN JOURNEYS is a new National Museum of Australia permanent gallery, exploring the voyages that connect Australia to the world. It shares personal stories of some of the people who have travelled to and from Australia over time. The Australian Journeys gallery offers visitors the chance to see some of the Museum’s latest acquisitions and oldest treasures, including convict tokens, Captain Cook’s magnifier and a Little Red Rid Riding Hood wall hanging made in a Displaced Persons camp in Germany in 1946. Australian Journeys is the first new permanent gallery since the Museum opened in 2001.
Free entry
Info: 02 6208 5000
www.nma.gov.au
Convict token. Photo: Dragi Markovic. National Museum of Australia
DISPLAY OF TROOPER DONALDSON’S VICTORIA CROSS
Permanent display
Australian War Memorial, Treloar Crescent ,Campbell
The Australian War Memorial displays the Victoria Cross awarded to Trooper Mark Donaldson VC in the Conflicts 1945 to Today galleries.
The display is located in the Afghanistan section of the Conflicts 1945 to Today galleries, which have been acclaimed by the general public. Ultimately, it will be displayed in the Hall of Valour.
Once Trooper Donaldson’s Victoria Cross is on display, there will be 60 Australian and two British Victoria Crosses displayed at the Australian War Memorial; this is the largest public collection in the world.
Free entry
Info: 02 6243 4575OVER THE FRONT – THE GREAT WAR IN THE AIR
Permanent exhibition
Australian War Memorial, ANZAC Hall. Open: daily (10am – 5 pm)
This stunning new exhibition features unique aircraft from our collection, including three allied aircraft and two German fighter planes. This is the story of young men, whose experiences of combat high over the Western Front are brought to life in an outstanding multimedia re-creation by internationally renowned film director Peter Jackson.
Free entry
Info: 02 6243 421
Permanent exhibition
Old Parliament House. King George Terrace, Parkes. Open: Daily (9am – 5pm)
Experience a breathtaking journey across time and around the world, placing Australia’s democracy in its historical and geographical context. The exhibition contains objects like George Washington’s writing set (on loan for the first time outside America), and a first edition of Thomas Paine’s Rights of Man, published in response to the French Revolution. There are intriguing stories of ordinary people doing extraordinary things: people like Perikes, who is considered by many to be the father of democracy, Catherine Helen Spence, who fought for women’s suffrage, and Eddie Mabo, who won legal recognition of his people’s land rights against enormous odds.
Entry: full -$2, child, concession -$1, family - $5
Info: 02 6270 8222
info@moadoph.gov.au
www.moadoph.gov.auMAPPING THE CAPITAL: CELEBRATING 100 YEARS OF THE SCRIVENER SURVEY OF CANBERRA
Permanent displayNational Capital Exhibition. Barrine Drive, Commonwealth Park, Parkes. Open: Monday – Friday (9am – 5pm), Saturday – Sunday (10am – 4pm); closed: public holidays
In 1908 the Yass-Canberra district was selected as the site for the national capital. Charles Scrivener was given the task of mapping a new federal territory and in 1909 recommended the Canberra Valley as the location for the new city. Learn how the survey was completed and how to use a theodolite yourself!
Free entry
Info: 02 6272 2900
Image courtesy of the Government Printing Office, State Library of New South Wales
CANBERRA MUSEUM AND GALLERY COLLECTION
Permanent exhibition
Canberra Museum and Gallery. Corner London Circuit and Civic Square, Canberra City. Open: Tues. – Fri. (10am – 5pm), Sat. – Sun. (12pm – 5pm)
An exhibition reflecting Canberra’s history and culture, highlighting the diverse range of social history objects and visual art from the CMAG Permanent Collection.
Free entry
Info: 02 6207 3968
www.museumsandgalleries.act.gov.au
Imants Tillers, Nature Speaks:AT, 2002
NOLAN COLLECTION
Permanent exhibition
Canberra Museum and Gallery. Corner London Circuit and Civic Square, Canberra City. Open: Tues. – Fri. (10am – 5pm), Sat. – Sun. (12pm – 5pm)
A selection of works by renowned Australian artist Sir Sidney Nolan are on display in the Permanent Collection Gallery at CMAG.
Free entry
Info: 02 6207 3968
www.museumsandgalleries.act.gov.au
Sidney Nolan, Return to Glenrowan, 1946
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