Supported by local dance group Kokoloco and artists Mama MadB and DeWayne Huckle, Multicultural Affairs Minister Michael Pettersson launched the program for the 28th National Multicultural Festival on Friday in Petrie Plaza.
In a significant development for Canberra’s younger musicians, Music for Canberra and Woden Valley Youth Choir have announced a partnership, reports HELEN MUSA.
The SoundOut Festival, Australia’s longest-running international festival dedicated to free improvisation, free jazz, and experimental music, will return for its 17th year from January 30 to February 1, at the ANU Drill Hall Gallery.
One of Canberra’s most influential performing arts identities has died at Canberra Hospital through the Voluntary Assisted Dying procedure, following a battle with blood cancer.
Arts editor HELEN MUSA says It’s hard to keep a straight face when talking to comedians Honor Wolff and Patrick Durnan Silva of the queer alternative sketch comedy duo Hot Property, coming to The Q next month – they’re just too funny.
If the art of pantomime is dead, that’s more than jazz singer and music director Leisa Keen knows, and she’s the mover and shaker behind a new Cinderella panto at The Q.
Well-known specialist music photographer Peter Hislop, who gives his time to documenting the musical life of Canberra, will present what he calls an “illustrated lecture”
The side of a historic building in Yass has become the canvas for a large mural dedicated to the memory of local region artist Kim Nelson, reports arts editor HELEN MUSA.