Local sweet success
FOLLOWERS of award-winning restaurants tremble with excitement when opening Australia’s only annual restaurant guide, to see how Canberra has performed on the national food...
A new Mozart for Canberra
CANBERRA pianist, director and entrepreneur Carl Rafferty has circulated a fascinating letter about his forthcoming presentation of a previously unperformed work by Mozart.
Rafferty writes:...
Arts / Eisteddfod bands take the stage
HIGH-level concert and brass band music will be the focus at Llewellyn Hall on Friday (May 18) when the "open bands" section of the...
Tom Roberts anyone? A national survey finds the line in art appreciation
Tony Bennett, Western Sydney University
ON DECEMBER 4, The National Gallery of Australia (NGA) opens its exhibition of Tom Roberts' work as the centrepiece of...
$1.07 million goes to struggling ACT arts organisations
More than $1 million of funding will go to nine ACT arts organisations that have been "significantly impacted" by the pandemic.
Replacement director for ‘Phantom’
NEWS is to hand that Mark Grentell has pulled out of Free Rain Theatre Company’s production of “The Phantom of the Opera,” after a...
Review: Marti’s shaking up Manuka
Wendy Johnson
dining
Canberra DJ heads for Big Apple
IT'S hard for Canberra DJ Ashley Feraude to get the excitement out of his voice – he’s one of a small handful of musicians...
Arts / Weave an end to violence
THE Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House has reminded “CityNews” that the very last of its Sunday "Crafternoons" is coming up this...
Not packed, but dining is a thrill
Dining reviewer WENDY JOHNSON galloped into Lamshed’s in Yarralumla as soon as restrictions allowed diners to return.
Wine / The plonk, the passion and the picnic
"He stared long and hard into his glass, confessed he was married and that, whilst fat, the woman was sufficiently attractive to, uh, become involved with at a superficial level," writes wine columnist RICHARD CALVER
Review / ‘A Monster Calls’ (PG) *** and a half
GIVE thanks that the monster in Spanish director JA Bayona’s gentle fantasy based on Patrick Ness’ novel isn’t an angry alien intent on destroying...
Melba, toast of kings and emperors
WE'VE told you about Canberra Choral Society's 1930s Soiree this Saturday, July 7, as part of the Society's Albert Hall Festival, but only hinted...
Arts in the City / Dervishes whirling for free
THE Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism will mark 100 years of peace between Turkey and Australia with a visit from the UNESCO-rated Sufi...
Review / Ancient ink art marches into the 21st century
art
“Ink Remix” at the Canberra Museum and Gallery, until October 18
Reviewed by Johnny Milner
Milton breaks down the walls with 2017 CSO season
THE CANBERRA Symphony Orchestra chose a glorious late winter morning to welcome into being 2017's subscription program at the Arboretum.
Hosting the occasion was CSO...
$80 million upgrade puts ANU’s art school on the map
The Australian National University has announced $80 million upgrade for School of Art and Design to make it into "an exciting new space for 21st century art and design".
Arts / Sweet Lucy plays with strings attached
SINGER-songwriter and 2017 Young Canberra Citizen of the Year Lucy Sugerman is pink with excitement when she arrives for a “CityNews” photo-call at the...
Sartre inspires ‘gentle’ digital art
TASMANIAN artist Nik Lee has won the $10,000 Macquarie Digital Portraiture Award for his work “our only concern is the void 2013”, it was announced...
‘Unexpected dimension’ in piano works
“The Pianist”
Canberra International Music Festival
Fitters’ Workshop, May 10
Reviewed by Clinton White
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