Llewellyn Hall, ANU School of Music
Tuesday 31 May, 2022 at 7pm
The Canberra International Music Festival (CIMF), Canberra Symphony Orchestra (CSO) and the ANU School of Music come together at Llewellyn Hall to make music in solidarity with the people of Ukraine and raise vital funds for humanitarian aid.
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Independently published, Australia, 2022
Cover design SGB Book Cover Designs
Images from Istock
It is cause for great celebration, I think, that the Canberra region is not only become home to a growing number of fine writers but also that the region itself has finally been accepted as a suitable place in which to set stories. The lamentable cultural cringe our writers have had to contend with for decades has, at last, abated.
Independently published through Broadcast Books, Australia, 2022
Cover design Matthew Oswald, Like Design
Cover photo by the author
It is by no means a new thing to write a book from an animal’s point of view. Such works often have an agenda and others tend to the twee. Neither is the case with Karen Waldman’s smart, funny and insightful work with Sidnie the English Cocker Spaniel in the driving seat.
The Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra
Canberra. 7.30pm 7 June 2022
National Portrait Gallery
The line-up for Sounds of Vienna tour consists of Nicole van Bruggen, clarinet (Brisbane) ; Niels Coppalle, bassoon (Paris); Anneke Scott, horn (London); Jenna Sherry, violin 1 (London); Peter Clark, violin 2 (New York); Simon Oswell, viola (Melbourne); Daniel Yeadon, cello (Sydney); Rob Nairn, double bass (Adelaide).
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Four exhibitions including drawings, prints, ceramics and basket making.
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Palace Electric Canberra
25 May to 19 June 2022
The festival showcases the best contemporary German cinema direct from major festivals in Europe plus a selection from its German-speaking neighbours, Austria and Switzerland.
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St Andrews Church, Forrest, ACT
Saturday 4th June at 2pm
Gold coin entry
In this ideal venue for brass ensembles, the band will perform inspiring and beautiful music from a variety of composers including Verdi, Ravel, Strauss, Whitacre and Karl Jenkins.
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Directed David Bickerstaff
Dendy Canberra 28 May to 1 June 2022
Palace Electric Canberra Friday 27 May and Sunday 29 May 2022
The company’s first new release since the onset of the global pandemic in 2020, this film is the most extensive documentary ever made, about one of the most significant artists in history: French Impressionist painter Camille Pissarro, (10 July, 1830 – 13 November, 1903).
Pissarro: Father of Impressionism delves into Pissarro’s life and career across 50 years.
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Canberra Textile Works -70 Maclaurin Cres, Chifley. ACT
Friday 3 to Sunday 12 June 2022
Open daily 10am to 3pm
Warped and Twisted showcases the diverse work of Canberra Spinners and Weavers’ members. Unique exhibition pieces will be for sale along with a collection of locally handmade items in the exhibition shop.
Tuggeranong Arts Centre
7.30pm, Saturday 28 May 2022
Flamenco For Everybody is a community response of resilience.
Developed during COVID lockdowns, this show began on an outdoor community verandah and local wharf where Annalouise Paul practiced dancing.
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Ultimo Press, Australia, 2022
Cover design by Ella Egidy
There is much to say about this piece of fine literary fiction by Nigel Featherstone. Let me start, however, with place.
The Playhouse – Canberra Theatre Centre
26 to 28 May 2022
7pm + Sat 2pm
QL2 presents a triple bill – Terra Firma – 3 works exploring the diverse ways we perceive our changing world.
Independently published, Australia, 2022
Designed by Praxis Creative Art, Canberra
Photographs by the author
This book is subtitled Mindfulness, Creativity, Exploration and is at once an instruction manual, an invitation to make time for play and a marketing tool for its author.
With clear and concise chapters, the book takes the novice or would be embroiderer through all the basics from overcoming insecurity to using embroidery in marketing materials like business cards.
Fourth Estate, an imprint of Harper Collins, Australia, 2022
Cover design by Alissa Dinallo
Cover images floral collage ANA & YVY; face and neck by shutterstock
You could read this book as an invitation to young women and girls to find and pursue their joy, free of societal judgment and condemnation and wherever it may lie. Or you could read it as a well-researched, serious thesis on gender and society – citing both empirical and anecdotal evidence. Or, thankfully, you could do both.
Cover design by Christabella Design
Cover illustration (sneakers) by Ben Sanders; images Stocksy and Shutterstock
Megan Albany’s first novel is funny and heart-breaking in equal measure, a skilfully wrought study of the difficult art of dying in our society, told in the voice of a relatively young woman dying of cancer.
