MUSIC curator for the Art Not Apart Festival, Frank Madrid, says his events are “pet friendly”. He’s put together an eclectic program ranging from punk to opera, from industrial to dance, blues, intelligent pop, urban classical, country, world and more. Chenoeh Miller has curated the other performing arts events, including work by Alison Plevey’s Australian Dance Party. The festival runs in the NewActon Precinct, The Academy of Sciences and the National Film and Sound Archive, 1pm-7pm,  Saturday, March 17. Free.

DAVID Auburn‘s Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning play “Proof” centre’s around a mathematician, his two daughters, a former student and a mathematical “proof” discovered after the mathematician’s death. It ran for 917 performances on Broadway and in a new production will be at The Q, Queanbeyan, until Saturday, March 17. Bookings to theq.net.au or 6285 6290.

AS an adjunct to Tuggeranong Arts Centre’s searing exhibition “Another Day in Paradise”, young performers from across Canberra will present “A Vigil for the Moon”, featuring performances by the Woden Valley Youth Choir’s Australis and Centauri Voices, the Fresh Funk dance ensemble, cellist Ariel Chou and others. 2pm and 4pm, Saturday, March 17. Free but bookings essential to trybooking.com

The National Film and Sound Archive will join other Canberra cultural institutions in celebrating the Enlighten festival with a line-up of “weird and whimsical” movies in “Nights at the Circus”, running from this Saturday March 17 to April 6. Bookings to nfsa.gov.au

RUSSIAN-born violinist Alina Ibragimova directs the Australian Chamber Orchestra in the emotionally-charged “Death and the Maiden” tour, named after Schubert’s dark composition, now arranged for string orchestra. Llewellyn Hall at 8pm on March 17. Bookings to aco.com.au

DOCUMENTARY film “In Search of Orpheus”, by Tzeli Hadjidimitriou, a fine art photographer, cinematographer and travel writer from Lesbos, will be screened at the Hellenic Club, 6pm, Sunday, March 18.

AUSSIE sensation Courtney Act, the “Doyenne of Drag”, will be in town with the show, “Under the Cover”, at The Playhouse, 7pm, Monday, March 19. Bookings to canberratheatrecentre.com.au or 6275 2700.

INITIATIVES For Women In Need is staging FemFest 2018 with entertainment, workshops and stalls, showcasing “Creativity and Success of Women in the ACT”. Weston Community Hub, corner of Hilder Street and Gritten Street, Weston, 1pm-5pm,  Sunday, March 18.

GEOFF Grey’s Canberra Wind Symphony will perform a concert of works by Aaron Copland, Charles Young, Yosuke Fukuda, Claude T. Smith, Eric Whitacre and Australian Ralph Hultgren. High Court of Australia, 1.30pm this Sunday, March 18. Free but Registration is essential to hcourt.gov.au

BOOGIE woogie piano player Jan Preston will relate the life story of Winifred Atwell in “Wonderful Winnie”, together with 150 projected photos from the archives of The National Library. Street Theatre, 4pm, Sunday, March 18. Bookings to thestreet.org.au or 6247 1223.

MELBOURNE rock group Smith Street Band will be at UC Refectory this Friday, March 23. Bookings to oztix.com.au

THE Song Company pays homage to a master of Renaissance music, William Byrd, who, on a round table in this country house, sang with friends sang from “partbooks” and created musical artistry. They’ll be performing “Byrd-Round-Table” at Wesley Uniting Church, 7pm, Friday, March 16.

PHOENIX Pub in Civic has as follows: Piss Weak Karaoke, 9pm, Thursday, March 15; Kilroy and An Inconvenient Groove, 9pm, Friday, March 16; and, Paddy’s Day, 8pm, Saturday, March 17.

THE Sydney Consort 2018 concert season opens with a program “Catalan Baroque”, featuring gallardas, villancicos, fandango and other Catalan traditional tunes, with guitarist from Chile, Rodrigo Santibanez. Wesley Music Centre, 3pm, Sunday, March 18. Bookings to trybooking.com or at the door.

IRISH singers John Spillane and Pauline Scanlon will be in town with their brand of storytelling and entertainment at the Canberra Irish Club, Weston, 7.30pm, this Friday, March 16. Bookings to trybooking.com

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