Here’s Artsweek, arts editor HELEN MUSA’s latest wrap of all things art around town. 

Smith’s@Belco live music program is back, with old-time band The Bushwackers celebrating the release of their new album, The Great Australian Lap. Belconnen Arts Centre, August 17.

Paul Eldon and Daniel Sanderson are retiring from Muse Café and Bookshop in the East Hotel, Kingston, but will hold a closing weekend panel – with Karen Middleton, Chris Wallace and Tom McIlroy – that asks what’s next? August 18.

Hanging by a Thread: Mosaics for Afghan Women showing in the Engine Room, Canberra Glassworks, August 22- October 24.

Concerts

• Pekka Kuusisto and Gabriel Kahane perform for Musica Viva together in a new collaboration, commissioned for recording and performance, Llewellyn Hall, August 15.
• The gold anniversary of Mike Oldfield’s Tubular Bells will be at Canberra Theatre, August 15.
• The Australian Chamber Orchestra and Sydney Dance Company will join forces for Silence & Rapture. Llewellyn Hall, August 17.
• Rueben Levi and Olena Nikulina present German Classics, Wesley Uniting Church, August 15.
• Apeiron Baroque is going hi-tech and leaping back into the late 18th century, Wesley Uniting Church, August 18.
• Giulio Biddau plays works by Scarlatti, Brahms, Fauré and Chopin, Gandel Hall, NGA, August 18.
• Canberra Men’s Choir presents A Musical Journey: Popular Songs that Move You, Wesley Music Centre Lunchtime Concert, August 21.
• Hana Hou!, an eight-member ensemble from the US Air Force Band of the Pacific, will play a diverse range of music styles, Tuggeranong Arts Centre, August 22, free entry.

Stage

• Comedian Jim Jefferies’ show Give ‘Em What They Want is at the Royal Theatre, August 15.
• Some Like it Marilyn, Lexi Sekuless’ stage show about Marilyn Monroe’s life on the screen, at The Mill Theatre, Dairy Road Fyshwick until August 24.
• Comedian, podcaster, television and radio presenter, singer, author and entertainer Em Rusciano’s Outgrown tour will be at Canberra Theatre, August 15.
• Perform Australia is holding a 15th birthday gala concert featuring performances from students and graduates past and present. Tuggeranong Arts Centre, August 17.
• Ukrainian/German artist, Iana Salenko and her husband, Marian Walter from the Staatsballett in Berlin will be in the Ballet International Gala, Canberra Theatre, August 19.
• Every Brilliant Thing is an interactive monologue about everything that’s brilliant about the world, starting with ice cream. ACT Hub, Spinifex Street Kingston, August 20-25.