Here’s the latest, packed “Artsweek” column from arts editor HELEN MUSA.

“YOU got it! A salute to Roy Orbison”, performed by John Stephan, will feature l be the great hits such as “Pretty Woman,” “Crying” and “Working For The Man”, but as well, there’ll be a special tribute to the Everly Brothers. The Q, Queanbeyan, November 10.

FOR SpringOut, Canberra Museum and Gallery is staging “Into the Groove – Madonna Dance Party,” featuring a performance from local drag artist Venus Mantrap and an all-Madonna play list, November 10.

Concerts

• POLISH pianist Aleksandra Swigut joins the Orava Quartet in performing Chopin’s Piano Concerto No.1 in E minor, Fairfax Theatre, NGA, November 9.
• PHOENIX Collective performs Vaughan Williams and Emma Greenhill works, All Saints Church Ainslie, November 10.
• CANBERRA Qwire’s big 30th Anniversary Concert is at Llewellyn Hall, November 11.
• MICHAEL Tsalka joins Diana Weston in music for two harpsichords, piano and combinations of both. Wesley Music Centre, November 11.
• BELCO Arts is teaming up with Smith’s Alternative in the inaugural monthly “Smith’s@Belco” live-music series with Nashville-based, Australian guitarist-singer-songwriter Daniel Champagne, supported by Canberra guitarist, and roots musician, Alex Randles, Belconnen Arts Centre theatre, November 11.
• TOBY Cole’s Opera salon presents “Handel’s Crusade”, Smith’s Alternative, November 11.
• YOUNG cellist, Zachary O’Connor, will perform an hour-long recital with pianist Edward Neeman. Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture, Barton, November 12.
• THE National Capital Orchestra’s “American Melodies”, music from the US and Canada, is at Albert Hall, November 12.
• IN “Apeiron X Poetry”, Apeiron Baroque is joined by joined by local poets for words and music, Wesley Uniting Church, November 12.
• CANBERRA pianist Robert Schmidli will perform Haydn’s Sonata Hob XVI/42 in D major, Schumann’s Carnival scenes from Vienna, Op 26 and Poulenc’s Napoli, Wesley Music Centre, Forrest, November 15.
• THIRTY-FIVE young musicians and singers from Marie-Cecile’s Music Studio, supported by Arts National Molonglo Plains, will perform in The Q, Queanbeyan, November 12.

Galleries

• CANBERRA Spinners and Weavers are having an Open Day event, “Transformation with a Twist and a Turn,” Canberra Textile Works, 70 Maclaurin Crescent Chifley, November 10-12,
• KRIS Ancog’s show “Sacred Realm” is at Aarwun Gallery, Nicholls until November 19.
• CANBERRA Contemporary Art Space Manuka has “Recent Work” 2021- 2023 by Harijs Piekalns, Manuka, November 10-19.
• Bilk Gallery, Carwoola, will celebrate the opening of Marian Hosking’s “Tree to Brooch” exhibition with hand-on art performances, November 10, then the exhibition continues until December 16.
• CATHY Franzi “Where The River Flows”, ceramics and Lucienne Rickard, “Threads”, works on paper, Beaver Galleries, November 9-25

Stage

• “THE Visitors” by Jane Harrison, directed by Wesley Enoch for Sydney Theatre Company and Moogahlin Performing Arts, The Playhouse, November 8-11.
• COMEDIAN Garry Starr returns to Queanbeyan to perform every style of theatre imaginable in “Garry Starr Performs Everything”, The Q, November 9.
• “THIS Rough Magic”, takes Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” and the asylum-seeker experience in Australia and mashes them together to make something new The Street Theatre, November 11-19.

Film

• THE Canberra Short Film Festival, now in its 28th year, is at Dendy Cinemas, November 9-26.
• “WINHANGANHA”, the new film by Jazz Money with a score by Dobby, will have its ACT gala premiere screening at Arc Cinema, November 15.
• THE Jewish International Film Festival is at Dendy Cinemas, November 5-22.