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Arts in the city: Karen gets in the deep end

Soprano Karen Fitz-Gibbon... starring in “Black Water”.
• CANBERRA soprano Karen Fitz-Gibbon stars in Co-Opera’s production of a monodrama called “Black Water”. American composer Jeremy Beck based it on a fictional account of the death of Mary Jo Kopechne in 1969 involving Senator Ted Kennedy. Wesley Music Centre, 6pm, March 10. Bookings to www.dramatix.com.au

 

• THE weird and wonderful “You Are Here” festival will descend on us from March 8-18. “Attempting to disrupt the traditional Canberra Day long weekend mass exodus to the coast,” they say, “organisers have also created The Beach! bringing sunshine and surf rock to the bustling city centre.”

 

• BELCONNEN Community Centre’s gallery@bcs has an exhibition of paintings by Imogen McKenzie called “La Petite Mort” (“the small death”) until March 9. How’s your French? Mine suggests that it’s about sex, not addiction, as the gallery says. Or are the two things the same?

 

• “ART for Peace 2012” is a competition encouraging young people aged 5-8, 9-12 and 13-17 to watch a short film online then to imagine a world free of nuclear weapons and to create and upload original artwork in paint, sketch, pen, pencils, crayon, charcoal, oil, acrylic paint or watercolour to the Art for Peace website. Four winners from each category will receive a certificate and prizes from the UN and all winning artwork will be reproduced in a UN calendar. For details visit unartforpeace.org

 

• The ACT Writers’ Centre at Gorman House has workshops coming up – “Going solo: Crafting a comic monologue”, with Harry Laing from 10am-2pm on March 4; and “Writing a popular fiction novel”, Phillipa (PD) Martin, from 10am-4pm on March 24-25. For details, visit actwriters.org.au/

 

• CANBERRA Youth Music is staging “A Dance through the Ages” at 7.30pm on March 10 at Albert Hall. Three of CYM’s orchestras will play music from the 18th century, Renaissance, tango/Latin and swing. Inquiries to 6247 4714.

 

• I HAD a call the other day from Canberra Dance Theatre to tell me about their fabulous new facility on the corner of Barry Drive and Kingsley Street. CDT is flourishing, with a dance-card system where you can buy any 10 classes for $180 or $140 concession. Perfect for busy Canberrans. To sign up, visit canberradancetheatre.org

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