Carefully crafted story of interwoven strands
ANNA CREER reviews two new crime books set in regional Australia, one written with skilfully interwoven strands, the other tense and dramatic.
Arts & Entertainment
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GRAHAM McDONALD reviews two of the international ensembles performing at CIMF. Members of both groups are around the same age, mid-30s or so and both concerts were programmed with subtle connecting links between the works performed.
"The opening gala concert of this year’s Canberra International Music Festival was indeed very gala and emotionally uplifting with a program filled with compassion," writes reviewer LEN POWER.
ROB KENNEDY reviews the first concert in the 2024 Canberra International Music Festival, which he said got the festival off to a strong start.
Arts & Entertainment
Lior opens Peelman’s last music festival
The arts are in full flight this week as HELEN MUSA's Artsweek column attests...
Film
Rebus film challenges isolation
On a recent Sunday afternoon, arts editor HELEN MUSA joined a crowd in Queanbeyan for Rebus Theatre’s screening of their film, Re-Emergence: Every Storm Gives Way To A New Sunrise.
Music
Stunned: How Tchaikovsky’s Fifth changed Joyce’s life
Basking in the light of musical stardom, Korean-American virtuoso pianist Joyce Yang is about to descend on Snow Concert Hall to perform a concert of Russian music, reports HELEN MUSA.
One of the last remaining luminaries from the explosion of professional theatre in Canberra during the 1970s has died after complications from lung cancer. He was 91.
Australian Dance Week has been launched at CMAG, with a preview of Australian Dance Party’s Co_Lab:24 performed at the Courtyard Theatre.
A report that measures gender equality across Australia's visual arts scene shows the representation of women artists has stalled.
More arts news from the pen of arts editor HELEN MUSA and her Arts in the City column.
From Hilde with Love, which will open the 2024 German Film Festival on May 7, is a movie about the Nazi era such as you may have never seen before, writes arts editor HELEN MUSA.
Mr Squiggle and his friends Blackboard, Rocket, Bill Steamshovel and Gus the Snail, have landed in Canberra after having been acquired by the National Museum of Australia, says director Katherine McMahon.
Playwright Peter Quilter is not exactly a household name, but he probably should be, says arts editor HELEN MUSA.
Nicole Kidman has joined the ranks of Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks and Robert De Niro in receiving the American Film Institute's Life Achievement Award.
Reinventing a beloved classic is never an easy task, says Streaming columnist NICK OVERALL.
Electric Fields are looking to spark a connection by mirroring how their audience consumes music as they prepare to represent Australia at Eurovision in Sweden.
As Aarwun Gallery in Gold Creek enters its 25th year, director Robert Stephens has always had a creative approach to his packed openings, mixing music and talk with fine art, but this year he's outdoing himself, reports HELEN MUSA.
There's arts events everywhere! This week's Arts in the City column, by HELEN MUSA, proves the point.
