84 Comur Street Yass NSW
17 November to 3 December 2023
New works from six artist friends from the Yass region – Stephanie Corkhill Hyles, Ning Clark, Sally Rasmussen, Kasey Robinson, Nicole Cosgrove and Sara Phemister.
More info https://www.tygergallery.com.au/
50 Investigator Street, Red Hill, ACT
Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 November 2023
10am to 4pm
An Open Garden fundraising for the Canberra Blind Society in an Italianate designed suburban garden. The garden boasts 31 fruit trees, a 50 metre grapevine, a prolific kitchen garden a water feature known as ‘The Lagoons’ and three friendly laying hens called Delphine, Daphne and Delores.
Entry by donation $10.
All proceeds to the Canberra Blind Society.
World Premiere – A Street Produced Professional Theatre Production
The Street Theatre, Canberra
Friday 10 – Saturday 11 November, 7:30pm
Wednesday 15 November, 6:30pm
Thursday 16 – Saturday 18 November, 7:30pm
Sunday 19 November, 4pm
2h 20min including interval
Helen Machalias draws on Shakespeare’s The Tempest in this work about survival and the cost of pursuing the promise of a better life. Refugees Prospero, Miranda and Ariel are washed ashore on Christmas Island seeking asylum in Australia.
Various venues
Until 26 November 2023
The 28th edition, of this film festival offers 260 films chosen from over 800 submissions from 48 countries in a celebration of film diversity.
Allen & Unwin, Australia, 2023
Cover design Luke Causby/Blue Cork
Cover photos Alamy
The Seven is a slow burn, a novel that might be described in the jargon as ‘sweeping’, with its historical time crimes and that of the modern day held together by ties of lineage, power, privilege, land and water.
Continue Reading“Chris Hammer – The Seven”
19 Cockerill Pace, Mackellar ACT
10am to 4pm Saturday 11 November 2023
An Open Garden Fundraiser for Refugees with musical entertainment, children’s activities, art on display, plant and book stalls. Morning and afternoon teas will be available. There’s a horticultural talk at 11.30am.
Please note that there are many stairs in the garden.
St Christopher’s Cathedral
Cnr Furneaux and Franklin Streets, Manuka ACT
Saturday 2 and Sunday 3 December 2023
The Canberra Bach Ensemble celebrates the Christmas season with its performances of Bach’s Advent Cantatas BWV 61, 36, 62, and 1 in the magnificent space of St. Christopher’s Cathedral in Manuka, Canberra.
Continue Reading“Canberra Bach Ensemble – Bach Advent Cantatas”
Malachi Gilmore Hall, Oberon NSW
24 to 26 November 2023
The festival offers the Streeton Trio, specially created ensembles featuring the country’s leading musicians (soprano Susannah Lawergren, harpist Emily Granger, local clarinettist Peter Jenkin, oboist Diana Docherty and members of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.
Continue Reading“Oberon Chamber Music Festival”
91 Hoddle Street, Robertson NSW
The Southern Highlands Artisans Collective (SHAC) has announced its return to Robertson where the collective was first established.
Continue Reading“Southern Highlands Artisans Collective Returns to Robertson”
Suki & Hugh Gallery
38A Gibraltar Street Bungendore NSW
21 October to 26 November 2023
The exhibition entitled Natural Light is the first at Suki & Hugh for the trio who spent 2022 in Europe and Israel studying the old masters and painting their surroundings.
Continue Reading“Sandra Brand, Edward Essing & Astro Spiller – Natural Light “
National Museum of Australia
Friday 27 October 2023
Audiences can expect a compelling program of music curated by musician Genevieve Lacey, composer of the Museum’s permanent sound installation Breathing Space.
Continue Reading“Genevieve Lacey and James Crabbe in concert”
70 Maclaurin Crescent Chifley ACT
Friday 10 and Saturday 11 November 2023 10am to 4pm
Sunday 12 November 2023 11am to 3pm
The annual exhibition of the Canberra Spinners and Weavers includes open days, a silent auction, demonstrations and sales tables. Beautiful handmade garments, scarves and other textile objects are available for sale as well as hand spun yarns.
Information: https://www.canberraspinnersandweavers.org.au/
Palace Electric Canberra
From 2 November 2023
MA15+, 96 minutes
Bring Him to Me is a mob genre film, a merciless look at the equally merciless underworld.
Continue Reading“Bring Him to Me Film Review”
Erindale Theatre
Saturday 28 October 2023
One show only
Duration 1 hour 20 minutes
The Training Ground presents a selection of group, solo, duet and trio dance works, as well as a few student-devised works, showcasing the strength of the company’s dancers, their studio and their achievements in 2023. Hurry – tickets are very limited.
Black Inc, an imprint of Schwartz Books Pty Ltd, Australia, 2022; second edition 2023
Cover design Akiko Chan
Cover image Getty/221A
Sam Vincent’s memoir/philosophy about country, community and heritage is a highly readable work which has us both laughing at the author’s self-deprecatory accounts of his introduction to sustainable farming and deeply considering matters of succession, inheritance and First Nations connection with the land.
