This week’s Artsweek column by HELEN MUSA confirms there’s another busy week for arts events coming up…

Film lovers can revisit Jim Henson’s cult classic Labyrinth, starring David Bowie as the Goblin King in the Southern Tablelands Arts Film series. The B, Queanbeyan Performing Arts Centre, October 5.

Omar Musa discusses his epic new Borneo novel Fierceland with Beejay Silcox in Meet The Author, Kambri, ANU, October 2.

Localjinni’s City Night Walk leads small groups through waterways, laneways and lightscapes, proving Canberra is brimming with hidden soul. Starts at Drill Hall Gallery, Acton, October 4, 11, 18.

Concerts

• ANU performance students bring a relaxed lunchtime set by the jazz and contemporary ensembles. Biginelli’s, ANU School of Music, October 1.
• Jazz lovers can catch Geoff’s Jazz at Smith’s with Tom Fell on soprano saxophone and Steve Barry on piano. Smith’s Alternative, Civic, October 1.
• Trio Isimsiz in their first Australian tour for Musica Viva will perform Schubert, Brahms and a commissioned work by Francisco Coll. Llewellyn Hall, ANU Canberra, October 3.
• Fred Smith and the Spooky Men’s Chorale reunite to deliver Urban Sea Shanties. The Street Theatre, October 4.
• The Canberra Choral Society celebrates spring with Songs of Open Country, weaving Icelandic and Appalachian folk with contemporary choral works under Dan Walker’s direction, accompanied by Anthony Smith. Wesley Uniting Church, October 4.
• The Alma Moodie Quartet, joined by pianist Edward Neeman, presents a stirring program of Haydn, Korngold, Bach and Sutherland. Wesley Music Centre, October 4.

Galleries

• Poet Melinda Smith and artist Caren Florance respond to the Cabinet Papers of John Howard, our longest serving prime minister after Robert Menzies, in Corridors of Power, a fusion of poetry and visual art. M16 Artspace, Griffith, October 3-26.
• 80-year-old “emerging artist” David Kindon’s Shores, Villages and Meadows exhibition is at the Yarralumla Gallery and Oaks Brasserie until October 12. As well he has a whimsical pop-up, Little Canberra by the Sea, at Cooleman Court, October 6-10.
• Award-winning sculptor Louis Pratt’s works are on display as part of his show at the Grainger Gallery pop-up at Floriade until October 13.
• Sharon Field’s Quiet Witnesses exhibition draws viewers into the fragile beauty of leaves, lichens and insects and shows her climate change project widely known as “the scrolls”. Suki & Hugh Gallery, Bungendore until October 4.

Stage

• Fresh from Edinburgh Fringe, Marcel Cole performs Smile: The Story of Charlie Chaplin, a tribute to one of cinema’s greatest comedians. Smith’s Alternative, Civic, October 2.
• Actor and musician Creed Bratton blends music, comedy and storytelling in A Night of Comedy & Music. The Playhouse, October 3.
• Come From Away, the longest-running Canadian musical in Broadway history, takes the stage. Gungahlin College Theatre, October 3-18.