A new $1 collector coin recognising the United Nations' International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists, has been released by The Royal Australian Mint on Wednesday.
NightFest will transform Commonwealth Park into a spectacular after-dark experience, it has been announced, combining live music, illuminated gardens, entertainment, food and family-friendly activities as part of Floriade.
"Georgia Hendy has a talent for getting herself into rooms where things are happening." Arts editor HELEN MUSA meets the new boss of the Canberra Theatre Centre.
"Suzy Eddie Izzard will be at The Playhouse soon with her sensational production, The Tragedy of Hamlet – yes, that’s Shakespeare’s Hamlet," writes HELEN MUSA.
One of Canberra's busiest young theatre directors, Lachlan Houen, is leaving the capital for Melbourne after several years in which he has become a familiar figure both onstage and behind the scenes.
A giant four-metre steel Murray cod, was installed at Tuggeranong Arts Centre on Friday, launching a collaborative project culminating in a lakeside artwork at November’s Craft + Design Canberra Festival, writes arts editor HELEN MUSA.
Former curator at The National Portrait Gallery, April Phillips, will step into the role of artistic director and CEO of Canberra Contemporary while director Sophia Cai takes maternity leave.
In her latest Artsweek column, arts editor HELEN MUSA tells us how Canberra gets the glitz of Las Vegas and surrealism of contemporary Scandinavian cinema this week.