All about life in Canberra
Dietician CLARE WOLSKI says a lot of the nutritional focus at Christmas goes to what we are eating but, what about what we drink? Can we keep a lid on the Christmas calories just by […]
CANBERRA Cavalry and Kulture Break have formed a partnership which will see singers and musicians from the Canberra-based youth charity services provider perform on stage in the second annual Cavalry “Starlite” concert series. The performers […]
A NATIONAL summit meeting at Canberra Museum and Gallery today (December 4) has been convened by the UNESCO Australian Memory of the World Program. The summit involves librarians, archivists, museum curators, historians, public policy makers […]
FORMER Prime Minister John Howard and members of his family are in town today (December 4) for the opening of the new “Howard Library” at Old Parliament House. An initiative of UNSW Canberra, the library, […]
THERE were exceedingly strange things going on at the Museum of Australian Democracy at old Parliament House this morning (November 16) with the launch by director, Daryl Karp, of its political cartoon show, “Behind the […]
TUGGERANONG Arts Centre’s hugely successful “Messengers” program is turning 18 and it’ll be celebrating with a collection of student work today (November 15). Messengers is an arts-based early support program aimed at improving the mental […]
IT was a teetotalling Canberra advocate who proved himself something of an enemy of its people but one of the greatest of friends to Queanbeyan and, in a spectacular fail, its pubs. The preposterously named […]
“You are supposed to clear your mind of everything but I can’t do that and am perfectly relaxed having a good think about important things such as will there be any pork fillet left at […]
THE revamped Monaro Mall at the Canberra Centre was one of only three Canberra buildings awarded at the Australian Institute of Architects’ National Architecture Awards in Melbourne last night (November 1). Designed by Universal Design Studio […]
Tom the pet cockatoo gets the professor thinking about the brains of birds and what they are feeling, says HEIKE HAHNER
“As a teacher with the NSW Education Department, I was posted to the Weston school for the last couple months of 1972 (NSW ran education in Canberra back then),” reminices PAUL COSTIGAN
THE humble bus has become the subject of a new community art work at Woden Bus Interchange. On hand today when “CityNews” arrived was Canberra street artist Ben Reeve, who was busy guiding community artists […]
What’s in a name? Notoriety if you’re James Cook; nothing if you’re Joseph Cook, the prime minister who STEPHEN HOLT reckons we’ve all but forgotten.
“180 Mementos, 180 Years,” the exhibition marking Queanbeyan’s 180th birthday, was launched in fine style last night at The Q, but the cake looked so much like the historical council chambers that no one […]
AUSTRALIA’S greatest sportsperson? While the first thought might be Bradman or Thorpie, it’s a “Queanbeyan girl” who can lay as much claim to that title. Seventy-seven-year-old Heather McKay AO, MBE, has just been declared the […]
ALL eyes were on Lake Burley Griffin today (August 29) as long-time Canberra art collector, patron and landscape architect Neil Hobbs stepped up to the podium at Regatta Point to announce that the sculpture festival […]
“Our brains compartmentalise each event of ‘unhealthy’ eating and we struggle to see the big patterns of eating which are undermining our progress,” writes dietitian CLARE WOLSKI
THE annual Wakakirri performance season began last week with 235 schools and hundreds of primary and secondary students taking to the stage at professional theatres across Australia to perform their original “story dances” in dance […]
THE Australia Indonesia Association’s annual winter dinner is coming up to celebrate Hari Kemerdekaan, Indonesia’s Independence Day, which falls late this week. There’ll be live Indonesian performances by a large gamelan group, a modern Indonesian […]
“CITYNEWS” has been reporting on visual artist Sarah Brown since at least 2013 and now she’s in town again with a new suite of paintings that are destined to make lives better. Brown, who lives […]
THE National Museum of Australia and the National Australia Day Council this morning (December 13) launched an exhibition of personal objects chosen by the eight 2019 Australian of the Year state and territory recipients. MC […]
THE Bureau of Meteorology is warning motorists be cautious around Canberra today (December 13) saying the predicted heavy rainfall in thunderstorms could cause flooding and reduced visibility. Drivers are advised to take extreme care, it says. […]
UPDATE, 3pm: THE 150 unpaid Icon Water bills have now been picked up by Icon Water, says Mr Davidson. DESPITE multiple calls to Icon Water, Amaroo resident Pete Davidson is still reluctantly holding the personal […]
THE government’s inquiry into whether the ABC and SBS are competing fairly with the private sector’s media operators has given a tick to the public broadcasters. The report concluded: “Given their market shares, and other […]
THE ACT State Emergency Service is warning Canberrans to prepare for potentially dangerous weather after the Bureau of Meteorology forecasted damaging winds and heavy rain in Canberra tomorrow (December 13). ACTSES says while the sun […]
