Arts editor HELEN MUSA sweeps the Canberra arts scene in this week’s Arts in the City column.

Noted singer-songwriter and accessibility advocate Eliza Hull will perform for Ainslie Salon, supported by local artist Ruth O’Brien. In 2023 Hull won a Creative Australia fellowship for her work in arts and disability. Her recent single, Running Underwater, written about living with the condition Charcot Marie Tooth since age five, was performed on ABC’s Q&A. Hull has performed at Sydney Opera House and Hamer Hall and toured throughout the UK. Ainslie Arts Centre, Braddon, June 22.

The 2024 Spanish Film Festival screens its largest line-up of new and classic films from Spain and Latin America. The opening night comedy-drama will be The Movie Teller (La contadora de películas) starring Bérénice Bejo, which follows the coming-of-age of a young girl in a Chilean mining town who possesses a remarkable talent for re-telling movies. Palace Electric Cinemas. June 11-July 10.

In its next concert, Apeiron Baroque, led by John Ma, will juxtapose philosophical musings on the concepts of travel and change. Joined by presenter Drew Ninnis, they’ll play music by Veracini, Blainville, Handel, JS Bach and Herschel. Primary and secondary school students are admitted free. Wesley Uniting Church, Forrest, June 9.

Brindabella Orchestra will perform an afternoon of classical music by Bizet, Dvorak, Beethoven and others. Weston Community Hub, June 9. Meantime, the orchestra is seeking additional string and brass players. Visit brindabellaorchestra.net

Watson’s Canberra Potters’ annual student-teacher exhibition celebrates the creativity of the many adults and children who have attended classes there in the previous 12 months. Until July 7.

Cellist Zachary Connor will join pianist Edward (“Teddy” ) Neeman to perform Shostakovich’s demanding first Cello Concerto in a concert titled Hope in Terror, along with works of Bach, Piatti and Kats Chernin. Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture, Barton, June 12.

Continuing its exploration of classical and popular genres, the Phoenix Collective matches the music of Mendelssohn and Ginastera with prog-rock classics from Pink Floyd. Wesley Uniting Church, Forrest, June 14.