Here’s arts editor HELEN MUSA’s latest Arts in the City column.

Australian singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and theatrical performer Ami Williamson, daughter of music legend John Williamson, brings her new album Sing You Out of Me and one-woman show to Canberra to Smith’s Alternative, November 7.

Created by Timothy Christopher Ryan, the mind behind the circus and comedy show Moist, Creative Juices promises laughter, connection and ridiculous artworks to take home, encouraging audiences to ditch perfectionism and embrace the chaotic joy of creative expression. Tuggeranong Arts Centre, November 6.

Caitlin Baker is staging Tom Wright’s provocative adaptation of Joan Lindsay’s Australian classic Picnic at Hanging Rock for Chaika Theatre. Five contemporary young women retell the mystery of the schoolgirls and teacher who vanished on Valentine’s Day in 1900. ACT Hub, Kingston, October 23 to November 7.

Cellist David Pereira presents Strings in Spring III: Fire & Folksong, a recital of Magyar-inspired music for cello, violin and piano by Bartók, Popper, Liszt, Dohnányi and Brahms. Pereira joined by pianist Edward Neeman, cellist Eloise Ng and violinist Tor Fromyhr. The Chapel, Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture, Barton, November 1.

Canberra region artist Kate Stevens presents Down and Out, an exhibition of intimate paintings reflecting on 25 years of artistic practice alongside the demands of care involved in single motherhood. Civic Art Bureau, Canberra, November 7-29.

Canberra Symphony Orchestra and the CSO Chorus, conducted by Jessica Cottis, perform Verdi’s monumental Requiem, written in memory of novelist Alessandro Manzoni, with soloists Helena Dix, Deborah Humble, Paul O’Neill and Warwick Fyfe. The concert opens with Liza Lim’s Dianna, written for former CSO principal horn Dianna Gaetjens. Llewellyn Hall, November 4-5.

Lynne McGranger, Wayne Scott Kermond, Andrew James and Leigh Archer star in Christmas in the Grandparents Club, a seasonal celebration of family humour. Canberra Southern Cross Club, Woden, November 7.

Austral Harmony presents Sylvan Glades & Crystal Fountains, a pastoral-themed baroque workshop and concert, with performers Margaret Caley on violin, Jane Downer on baroque oboes and recorder, and Gabriel Fromyhr on baroque cello. Greenaway Studio, Chapman, November 7.

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