Singer-songwriter Ralph McTell
Street Theatre, Canberra City
Saturday 10 February 2024 as part of a national tour
At the age of 22, Ralph McTell wrote Streets of London, a song which has arguably been covered more than any other in modern history and launched a career which is still going strong more than half a century later. But it nearly didn’t happen.
Allen & Unwin, Australia, 2023
Cover design Alissa Dinallo
Cover images from Shutterstock
What a clever book this is! The story of a young woman’s affair with an older married man is told in the first person by Hera.
Raglan Gallery, Cooma NSW
Until 3 December
Open Wednesday to Sunday 10.30am to 3.30pm
Philip Miles presents paintings of the bush after fire has gone through, along with snowscapes and the Monaro region.
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Smooth Ops
Canberra Southern Cross Club
8pm, 23 March 2024
This James Bond tribute concert will feature a ten-piece ensemble along with costumed dancers and will cover every James Bond film theme.
Wesley Uniting Church Forest ACT
5pm 12 November 2023
This is the first in a series of cross-arts concerts mixing Early Music with presentations from a wide variety of non-musical disciplines.
Nowra Library
10 Berry Street, Nowra NSW
Saturday 25 November 2023
1pm to 2.30pm
BookFest is an opportunity for South Coast authors and illustrators to showcase their published work. The presenters will speed share their books followed by an audience Q and A, then booksales and signings.
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Palace Electric Canberra
From Thursday 19 October 2023
Thriller, French with English subtitles
123 mins, rated MA15+
The Origin of Evil (L’Origine du Mal) was shown in the 2023 Alliance Française French Film Festival. It is billed as ‘wickedly funny’, though we found it to be wickedly clever and not funny at all.
Continue Reading“The Origin of Evil – film review”
Greenaway Studio
2pm Sunday 22 October 2023
For venue details, register at https://sallygreenaway.com.au/piano
Curated specially for the enjoyment of piano enthusiasts, Piano Music For Discoverers (vol. 1) is a limited edition collection of 12 original compositions for piano by Australian composer Sally Greenaway.
Continue Reading“Sally Greenaway: Piano Music For Discoverers book launch”
Kyeema Gallery, Hall ACT
Until 22 October 2023
Much loved and highly awarded Canberra artist Isla Patterson tells us that this will probably be her last solo exhibition and so this is a very good reason not to miss it.
Llewellyn Hall, ANU
7pm Thursday 5 October 2023
The Berlin-based Vision String Quartet formed in 2012 and this tour is its Australian debut. The musicians perform from memory.
The Courtroom
101 Yass Street Gunning NSW
2pm, 29 October 2023
A Gunning Arts Festival event
The Kelpies present a lively modern take on traditional Celtic music which combines pipes, flute, guitar, and percussion with intricate harmonies and driving rhythms.
Continue Reading“Gunning Focus Group – Mad Kelpie Playdate”
How Trumpism changed Australia and the shocking consequences for us of a second term
Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 2023
Australia’s location means that the first thing we often hear or see in the morning is about what happened overnight in US politics. And it likely includes the word Trump.
Suki and Hugh Gallery
38A Gibraltar Street Bungendore NSW
Until 2 September 2023
Open Friday and Monday 10am to 2pm, Saturday and Sunday 10am to 4pm, closed public holidays
Through detailed and delicate watercolour illustrations, Sharon Field paints a narrative that tells of the intricate relationships and the vibrant life of trees.
Directed by Dainna Nixon
Yass Memorial Hall 22 September 2023 at 7.30pm
Cobargo School of Arts 23 September 2023 at 2pm
The Twyford Merimbula 23 September 2023 at 7.30pm
Lanyon Homestead, Tharwa (as part of Floriade 2023) 24 September at 4pm
NOT SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN
Dianna Nixon discovered Millicent Armstrong in 2016 and started learning her story and reading her plays.
Continue Reading“Music Theatre Projects – Drought and other Plays by Millicent Armstrong”
Immortal Bach
All Saints Church, Cowper Street, Ainslie
6pm Saturday 16 September 2023
The concert will include the motets Lobet Dem Herrn; Jesu Meine Freude; Komm, Jesu, Komm, and Der Geist Hilft, and the moving final double chorus from Bach’s St Matthew Passion.
Continue Reading“Canberra Choral Society and Luminescence Children’s Choir”