Arts editor HELEN MUSA reviews former director John Clark's book on the rise and fall of NIDA.
Helen Musa
“CityNews” arts editor
They'll be dancing, though maybe not in the street, when the Motown tribute show gets to The Q. It's HELEN MUSA's "Artsday" column.
What's on at the weekend? HELEN MUSA lists some of the highlights in today's "Artsday" column.
National Portrait Gallery director Karen Quinlan will leave the gallery in September to take up a new position as CEO of Arts Centre Melbourne, NPG chair Penny Fowler announced today (August 3).
News that year 4 student Ryan C has won a prize for his abstract interpretation of the Grand Canyon leads HELEN MUSA'S "Artsday" column.
Playwright Ruth Pieloor has turned her personal experience with her late mother into what she describes as “an oddly comic” realisation of dementia, reports HELEN MUSA.
The annual Latin American Film Festival is in preparation and this year it falls to the ambassador for Uruguay, Dianela Pi, to curate the free public event.
The Canberra Writers’ Festival is just around the corner and artistic director Jeanne Ryckmans is ready to face it with aplomb, despite three horror years behind her, reports arts editor HELEN MUSA.
In another big coup for Canberra Theatre boss Alex Budd, the triple Olivier Award-winning play, “Emilia” will make its Australian debut season from December 1 to 4.
HELEN MUSA reports from the last performance of “Il Trovatore” at Sydney Opera House over the weekend – but if the foot-stamping and cheering is anything to go, by this Opera Australia production will remain in the company’s repertoire.
Music critic GRAHAM McDONALD is already looking forward to the next concert by the Ellery String Quartet, so enjoyable was last night's.
"It pains me to become The Grinch Who Stole the Minister’s Vision, but the talk, the detailed action plans and the forms to fill out will never make Canberra the arts capital," writes arts editor HELEN MUSA.
