GOOD news that Canberra mezzo-soprano Eleanor Greenwood has secured a place in the Sydney Eisteddfod McDonald’s Operatic Aria, with the finals coming up on July 19.

ELIZABETH Dalman’s show “L” (the Roman numeral for 50, signifying 50 years of the Australian Dance Theatre) is at The Q, Queanbeyan, 10.30am and 7.30pm, on July 15, before travelling to the Dunstan Playhouse in Adelaide, where Dalman will be joined on stage by current ADT dancers. Bookings to theQ.net.au

TEMPO Theatre’s “Arsenic and Old Lace” director Bob Morris is still looking for a couple of likely male murderers – almost everybody in the play is a serial killer! Inquiries to 0450 261694.

MEANTIME, the more wholesome Child Players ACT is staging Roald Dahl’s “The BFG” (Big Friendly Giant), directed by BJ Anyos. Forty children aged between 10 and 16 perform at theatre@bcs, Belconnen Community Centre, Swanson Court, until July 18. Bookings to canberrarep.org.au or 6257 1950 or at the door.

CANBERRA Glassworks’ “Winter Glow Garden” recently saw 100 glass garden works selling for $100 each – 95 were sold on the opening night of a commemorative celebration marking 100 years for the Kingston Powerhouse. Kirstie Rea, who thought up the “garden” idea, was very appropriately named Creative Fellow for 2016.

“PROPHETS from your own country” is how Geoff Page describes the three Canberra poets, Keith Harrison, Lesley Lebkowicz and Paul Hetherington, who will be highlighted in Poetry at The Gods at the ANU Arts Centre, on Tuesday, July 14. Bookings to thegodscafe@gmail.com or 6248 5538.

ASOC, the venerable Artists’ Society of Canberra, and Steve Brown, of Bespoke Framing and Photography, have teamed up to provide a shopfront for the sales of paintings by ASOC members. I’ll be launching the centre at 8 Townsend Street, Phillip (formerly Pepe’s), 3pm on Saturday, July 18, with music, drinks, canapés and works for sale.

FORMER ASOC president Tim Hardy’s first solo exhibition, “Encounters”, opens in the Old School House Gallery, Sweet Copper Cafe in Gold Creek, 3pm, on Sunday, July 12. It runs to August 23.

BELCONNEN Arts Centre has a winter school holiday program for children aged 5 to 12 running from July 14 to 17. There’ll be cartooning classes, drumming workshops and quirky sculpture workshops. Bookings via belconnenartscentre.com.au