Time flies… in this week’s “Arts in the City” column, arts editor HELEN MUSA has news of a tribute concert to mark the golden anniversary of Pink Floyd’s album “Dark Side of the Moon”.
THE Australian Rock Collective – Darren Middleton, Mark Wilson, Davey Lane and Kram will perform Pink Floyd’s “The Dark Side of the Moon” in its entirety, marking its 50th anniversary. Recorded at London’s Abbey Road Studios, the album continues to notch up around 250,000 sales annually. Llewellyn Hall, June 25.
NOW in its third year, entries to the National Capital Art Prize close at nationalcapitalartprize.com.au on June 30. Artists around Australia are eligible to take part, with $45,000 prize money across three categories – Open Prize, First Nations Prize for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists and the Sustainability Prize.
NOW in its fifth year, the Australian Photographic Society’s Mullins Conceptual Photography Prize is a national $25,000 acquisitive prize hosted by the Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre. Local-region photographers Judith Nangala Crispin and Wouter Van de Voorde have been announced as finalists.
DIRECTOR Jodie Cunningham has announced a new branding for the 52-year-old previously-named Craft ACT: Craft + Design Centre, now to be called “Craft + Design Canberra”.
MUSICA da Camera and Sally Greenaway present Australian music by a string of Australian composers including Peter Sculthorpe, Lachlan Skipworth, Tristan Coelho, Brenda Gifford and Canberra locals Leanne Bear, Marian Budos and Greenaway herself. Holy Covenant Church, Cook, 3pm, July 1.
CANBERRA-raised musical star Queenie van de Zandt was announced as Best Leading Artist (Musical Theatre) for her performance in the James Terry Collective’s production of the musical “Next to Normal” at the recent 40th Annual Green Room Awards held in Melbourne .
SOME of the ACT’s leading musicians in Canberra Strings will perform string quintets by Brahms and Mendelssohn, both known for their melodic writing and harmonic invention. All Saints Anglican Church, Ainslie, 3pm, June 25.
BUNGENDORE landscape artist Kerry McInnis’ new exhibition is at Wagner Contemporary, Paddington, Sydney, until July 4.
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