THE Arboretum is hosting a talk about growing your own vegetables at home by sustainable agriculture expert Russell Glover on Monday evening. The 40-minute talk, ‘Bugs, biosecurity and bureaucrats: what does it all mean?’ is based on Glover’s years of experience in the farming and horticulture industries, as a sustainable agriculture facilitator at the Department [...]
BELCONNEN Arts Centre has announced that sculptor Maria Kunz and textile artist Anna Sutherland have won Emerging Artist Support Scheme (EASS) Awards, allowing each to hold a curated solo exhibition at the centre during 2014. The EASS Awards, now in their fourth year, support artists in the early stages of their artistic careers after they [...]
TONIGHT (Friday, December 6) at 6pm, M16 Artspace has the opening of its Drawing Prize Exhibition of Finalists. The exhibition will feature a performance from the group “Schwa”, who combine improvised drawing with dance and music. The winner gets $1500, and $500 goes to both second and third places. The judges are artist Jim Kuacz [...]
THE ACT Government has invited members of the community to provide feedback on draft plans for an upgrade of public spaces at Hughes shops. Territory and Municipal Services manager of Design and Development, Diana Hill, says the proposed upgrade will “revitalise” the Woden Valley suburb by making its central shops safer, more accessible and more [...]
A 62-year-old woman was robbed and pushed to the ground by a man in Belconnen last night, in an attack police describe as “cowardly”. Around 8.15pm the woman was walking along Totterdell Street when she was approached by a man. As the man walked past, he grabbed the woman’s handbag and a brief struggle took place [...]
