Here’s arts editor HELEN MUSA’s latest potpourri of local arts news. It’s her Arts in the City column.

Eminent artist Bernard Ollis’ newest solo exhibition, Time Travelling, is intended to transport viewers across eras and places with his signature whimsical style. Aarwun Gallery, Gold Creek, March 7-30.

The Winston Churchill Trust is holding eight virtual information sessions on how to apply for fellowships, grouped by topic areas including Arts and Trades, Education, Science, Technology, Environment and Inclusion. Visit churchilltrust.com.au

Five-piece band Blue Grassy Knoll is pairing its comic and musical timing to the onscreen works of Buster Keaton with three banjo-fuelled live scores for Sherlock, Jr., One Week and Cops. The Street Theatre, March 6.

Local talent will be well represented at the coming Cobargo Folk Festival (February 28-March 2). Notably, Shortis and Simpson have written and produced the show Five Years Later for a cast of 80-plus to mark five years since the fires swept through the town.

Canberra string whizkids the Phoenix Collective will make their Sydney Opera House debut in the Utzon Room on March 2, playing Mozart, Greenhill, Sollima and Shostakovich before returning to All Saints Ainslie with their concert American Dreams on March 21.

More good news about proposed parking closures around Llewellyn Hall. Now the ANU has confirmed that not only will the School of Art & Design- Rep carpark not close at any stage of the light rail project, but that the Childers Street-Peter Karmel car park will reopen.

Landlubbers are invited to a night of music and storytelling as Mikelangelo and Van Diemen’s Fiddles, joined by Dave McNamara on accordion and Luke Plumb on mandolin, bring shanties and maritime melodies to Windsong Pavilion, Four Winds, Bermagui, March 2.

Saltbush is an experience where children play, explore and perform as they embark on a journey through Australia’s river country, cities, deserts and the sea. Guided by the story of two friends and their spiritual companion, it uses cutting-edge technology such as sensors and infrared cameras so that kids become an integral part of the show. The Playhouse, March 4-8.