Events:

THE IMB Bank Sunset Cinema program runs at Canberra’s National Botanic Gardens from November 11 to December 17 with a weather cancellation weekend screening of psychological thriller, “The Girl on the Train” on the first Friday and “The Magnificent Seven” on the Saturday. Bookings to sunsetcinema.com.au

DESIGN Canberra continues promoting Canberra as a global city of design, until November 25. As part of its Open Studios program. Information at designcanberrafestival.com.au

A VENEZUELAN cultural event will be held in the Theo Notaras Multicultural Centre, Civic Square, at 6.30pm, November 12. Children free.

“CONTOUR 556: Interventions in the Landscape”, the public art festival, winds up this weekend with “Water Stories”, a large-scale video installation work by Alexander Boynes based upon the theme of water produced collaboratively with dancers and musicians involved in Arnhembrand, and Praxis, a multi-disciplinary art,music and dance collective. The Fitters Workshop, Kingston. 7pm-10pm, November 10-13.

ALSO in Contour 556 is Jacqueline Bradley’s final performance of ‘Boat Race’, at the lake gallery space, 3.30pm, November 12. This is followed by Victor Evatt’s final performance at Bowen Place 4.15pm and the closing party at Fitters Workshop from 5.30–9pm. Further information at contour556.com.au

THE Inner South Arts Hub invites everyone to attend its exciting evening of events taking place from 5pm-8pm tomorrow (November 11) at ArtSound FM, Bilk Gallery, Canberra Contemporary Artspace Manuka, Canberra Glassworks, M16 Artspace, Megalo Print Studio and Gallery and PhotoAccess.

Talk:

MUSE café in the East Hotel will have “Rainbow Story Time” to celebrate SpringOUT, 2.30-3.30pm, November 13. Free and bookings to springout.com.au/RainbowStoryTime2016

Film:

THE Iranian Film Festival Australia is here this weekend, with 13 feature films that showcase Iran’s most prolific filmmakers. NFSA, Arc Cinema, 1 McCoy Circuit, Acton, November 11-13, bookings to nfsa.gov.au

THE 16th annual Russian Resurrection Film Festival continues at Capitol Cinemas Manuka, until November 16. Bookings to eventcinemas.com.au

THE BBC First British Film Festival is at Palace Cinemas until November 16. Bookings to palacecinemas.com.au

Concerts and Gigs:

THE Canberra City Band presents “Postcards- A musical journey around the world” at Harmonie German Club, Narrabundah from 4-6pm and 7.30-10pm, November 12. Tickets at the door or bookings to eventbrite.com.au

MUSICA da Camera will perform works by Vaughan Williams, Leydon, Shostakovitch, Respighi and Couperin, in the Holy Covenant Church, Dexter Street, Cook, at 2.30pm, November 12, then in St Peter and Paul’s Cathedral Goulburn from 2.30pm on November 13. Bookings to musicadacamera.org.au or tickets at the door.

AUSSIE muso Jordie Lane is back from LA touring his new album “Glassellland” and will be The Street Theatre, November 12. Bookings via 6247 1223 or street.org.au

SINGER-songwriter Tom Woodward is back home with a new armoury of songs to be heard at the Polish Club on November 12. The night kicks off at 7.45pm with Japanese sound artist, Kota Yamauchi. Bookings to canberramusiciansclub.org.au

THE Limestone Consort will perform “The Recorder’s Versatile Repertoire Throughout the Ages” at the High Court at 1:30pm this Sunday. Registration is essential via hcourt.gov.au

THE BeeHive concerts, showcasing talented artists and musicians, will be hosting kora player Miriam Lieberman’s National Album Tour at The Abbey, November 12, bookings to theabbey.com.au

Theatre:

DOUG Anthony All Stars members Paul McDermott and Tim Ferguson have teamed up with long-time collaborator Paul ‘Flacco’ Livingston to present a show titled “Near Death Experience”, at Canberra Theatre, 8pm, November 11 and 12. Bookings via thecanberratheatrecentre.co.au or 6275 2700.

PHOENIX Players are staging “Spring Awakening”, a rock musical with music by Duncan Sheik based on the famous German play of the same name by Frank Wedekind. Directed by Grant Pegg, Kelly Roberts and Matt Webster. ANU Arts Centre, November 11-26. Bookings to stagecenta.com

THE mini-play, “Box and Cox”, was a smash hit in the 19th-century and now Tony Turner is reviving it with star performers Graham Robertson and Jim Adamik as two unconventional bachelors. Teatro Vivaldi, November 10-12, bookings to vivaldirestaurant.com.au or 6257 2718.

Exhibitions:

THE Tin Shed Art Group has its 22nd annual exhibition,” Unfolding”, at Watson Arts Centre, Aspinall Street, Watson, 10am-4pm, Thursday to Sunday, until November 20.

BEAVER Galleries now have painter Lucy Culliton, ceramicist Anna Culliton and artist Barbie Kjar exhibiting at 81 Denison Street Deakin. Works by the Culliton sisters can also now be seen at the National Portrait Gallery.

THE Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture now have 15 contemporary Australian artists exhibiting in “Seasons of Birth”, at the Chapel on the centre of Kings Avenue and Blackall Street.

TWO new exhibitions experimenting with the limits of analogue film are opening in the PhotoAccess Huw Davies Gallery from 6pm, November 11 as part of the Inner South Arts Hub Art After Dark and Art + Ride program of events. They’re the first of the PhotoAccess 2016 Residence Season exhibitions.

THE Drill Hall Gallery now has a new show, “Repurpose” with Matt Arbuckle, Peter Atkins, Chris Carmody, Nicole Ellis, Erwin Fabian Robert Motherwell, Elizabeth Newman and Trish Roan. Curator, Tony Oates will be in conversation with artists at 12pm, November 12.

“BLACK White Bronze” is an exhibition of stone sculpture, bronze works and drawings by four artists, now showing at The Q Exhibition Space, Queanbeyan.

BELCONNEN Arts Centre has the opening of two new exhibitions 5:30pm, November 11. The focus will be on Moira Nelson, the 2015 recipient of the Canberra Arts Patrons Organisation and the Belconnen Arts Centre’s Inclusion Award.

“MEMORIA, platea” (latin: memory, place) is an exhibition highlighting six artist’s work in ceramics, painting, etching and photography— Tiff Brown, Sarit Cohen, Mark Mohel, Macdonald Nichols, Peter Ranyard and Peter Rohen — at Blaxland Crescent, Griffith, 6pm this Friday to November 27 (Wednesday to Sunday 12–5pm).

“IN Depth” shows the shared aesthetic approach of glass artist Joanna Bone with photographer Aaron Micallef, at Canberra Glassworks, until January 15.

“HABITUAL/Ritual”, curated by Sabrina Baker and Anja Loughhead, features sound, ceramics, painting and print by Grace Blake, Kirsten Farrell, Shaun Hayes, Reuben Ingall, Patrick Lamour, Alycia Moffat, Al Munro, Eadie Newman, Leena Riethmuller and Kai Wasikowski. At ANCA Gallery 1, Rosevear street, Dickson. Until November 27.