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It’s been a whirlwind of a year for hospitality,

It’s been a whirlwind of a year for hospitality, says dining reviewer WENDY JOHNSON.

Restaurants and cafes opening. Restaurants and cafes closing. Family businesses giving it a go. Big guns from interstate entering the capital’s dining scene. It's been a whirlwind year.

As always, my year of dining ends with my top five picks. Here they are (alphabetical order)…

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In a collaboration between two well-known Canberra

In a collaboration between two well-known Canberra institutions, empty gin bottles are getting a new lease of artistic life.

Inspired by the clear blue of the Bombay Sapphire Gin bottles, local pub owner Peter Barclay began to put aside the empties from King O’Malleys awaiting an idea.

When it came, he contacted Canberra Glassworks’ production and commissions manager Jacqeline Knight with the thought that his collection of empty blue bottles might be repurposed.

Designer and glassblower Katie-Ann Houghton turned the bottles into vases, five of which are now hung in his Civic pub as a bespoke chandelier.

“It is a wonderful partnership and a beautiful story,” Peter says.

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There's the best of the best and the best of every

There's the best of the best and the best of everything in this week's CityNews wrap of the year, from columnists to arts, streaming to books and food and fine, too.

Pick up your copy of this week’s magazine from around Canberra, or visit citynews.com.au for more!

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“All dahlias, summer and autumn annuals should b

“All dahlias, summer and autumn annuals should be in the ground and the last sowing of tomatoes, capsicums and zucchinis can be done for late-autumn cropping,” says gardening writer JACKIE WARBURTON.

As Christmas looms, it serves as a deadline for me to get all planting and pruning done before some holiday down time.

All dahlias, summer and autumn annuals should be in the ground and the last sowing of tomatoes, capsicums and zucchinis can be done for late-autumn cropping.

Growing seed this time of year can be tricky and it will need watering several times a day. A misting system to water and create humidity will increase growth and get them quickly to seed.

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The focus of this concert by the Luminescence Cham

The focus of this concert by the Luminescence Chamber Singers and Luminescence Children’s Choir, was the world premiere of a new Christmas song cycle by Andrew Ford, says reviewer GRAHAM McDONALD.

Commissioned by Luminescence and working in the same sort of way as his acclaimed Red Dirt Hymns, Ford has taken 10 short poems or texts and set them to music for a children’s choir, accompanied by electric guitar.

The 10 texts have been set to fairly simple melodies, well suited to the abilities of a young choir and often suggesting folk songs, Protestant hymns or popular Christmas carols in their scoring. Occasionally Ford has thrown in an unexpected harmony or two for the singers, but mostly has left it to Theo Carbo’s electric guitar to add the harmonic interest as well as setting the rhythmic pulse and pitch. It is a clever way to use a varied and inventive accompaniment to support the singers without the old-fashioned pitchpipe or keyboard.

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