<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> <docID>326452</docID> <postdate>2024-08-14 11:51:30</postdate> <headline>Bushwackers celebrate a new album</headline> <body><p><img class="size-full wp-image-326457" src="https://citynews.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/The-Bushwackers-band-leaders-Dobe-Newton-and-Roger-Corbett-e1723599661318.jpg" alt="" width="900" height="600" /></p> <caption>The Bushwackers, band leaders Dobe Newton and Roger Corbett</caption> <p><span class="kicker-line" style="color: #800000;">Here's Artsweek, arts editor <strong>HELEN MUSA's</strong> latest wrap of all things art around town. </span></p> <p><strong>Smith's@Belco live music program is back, with old-time band The Bushwackers celebrating the release of their new album, The Great Australian Lap. Belconnen Arts Centre, August 17.</strong></p> <p>Paul Eldon and Daniel Sanderson are retiring from Muse Café and Bookshop in the East Hotel, Kingston, but will hold a closing weekend panel – with Karen Middleton, Chris Wallace and Tom McIlroy – that asks what’s next? August 18.</p> <p><strong>Hanging by a Thread: Mosaics for Afghan Women showing in the Engine Room, Canberra Glassworks, August 22- October 24.</strong></p> <h3><span style="color: #800000;"><strong>Concerts</strong></span></h3> <ul> <li><em> Pekka Kuusisto and Gabriel Kahane perform for Musica Viva together in a new collaboration, commissioned for recording and performance, Llewellyn Hall, August 15.</em></li> <li><em> The gold anniversary of Mike Oldfield’s Tubular Bells will be at Canberra Theatre, August 15.</em></li> <li><em> The Australian Chamber Orchestra and Sydney Dance Company will join forces for Silence & Rapture. Llewellyn Hall, August 17. </em></li> <li><em> Rueben Levi and Olena Nikulina present German Classics, Wesley Uniting Church, August 15.</em></li> <li><em> Apeiron Baroque is going hi-tech and leaping back into the late 18th century, Wesley Uniting Church, August 18.</em></li> <li><em> Giulio Biddau plays works by Scarlatti, Brahms, Fauré and Chopin, Gandel Hall, NGA, August 18.</em></li> <li><em> Canberra Men’s Choir presents A Musical Journey: Popular Songs that Move You, Wesley Music Centre Lunchtime Concert, August 21.</em></li> <li><em> Hana Hou!, an eight-member ensemble from the US Air Force Band of the Pacific, will play a diverse range of music styles, Tuggeranong Arts Centre, August 22, free entry.</em></li> </ul> <p><img class=" wp-image-326455" src="https://citynews.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Iana-Salenko-Marian-Walter-Staatsballett-Berlin-Photographer_-Carola-Hoelting-4.jpg" alt="" width="753" height="383" /></p> <caption>Iana Salenko and her husband, Marian Walter, Staatsballett 2020</caption> <h3><span style="color: #800000;"><strong>Stage</strong></span></h3> <ul> <li><em> Comedian Jim Jefferies' show Give ‘Em What They Want is at the Royal Theatre, August 15. </em></li> <li><em> Some Like it Marilyn, Lexi Sekuless' stage show about Marilyn Monroe's life on the screen, at The Mill Theatre, Dairy Road Fyshwick until August 24. </em></li> <li><em> Comedian, podcaster, television and radio presenter, singer, author and entertainer Em Rusciano's Outgrown tour will be at Canberra Theatre, August 15. </em></li> <li><em> Perform Australia is holding a 15th birthday gala concert featuring performances from students and graduates past and present. Tuggeranong Arts Centre, August 17.</em></li> <li><em> Ukrainian/German artist, Iana Salenko and her husband, Marian Walter from the Staatsballett in Berlin will be in the Ballet International Gala, Canberra Theatre, August 19. </em></li> <li><em> Every Brilliant Thing is an interactive monologue about everything that’s brilliant about the world, starting with ice cream. ACT Hub, Spinifex Street Kingston, August 20-25.</em></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><em> </em></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> </body>