The Royal Australian Mint is commemorating one of the nation's most familiar military traditions with a new coloured $2 coin honouring The Last Post.
Helen Musa
“CityNews” arts editor
The underworld of Depression-era Sydney is the canvas that playwright-director Christopher Samuel Carroll has chosen for his latest theatre work, Crims, reports HELEN MUSA.
Painter Elizabeth Burton has won Best in Show at the Artists Society of Canberra’s 2026 Spring Exhibition for her acrylic work, This Golden Land, reports arts editor HELEN MUSA.
A four-metre-long Murray cod sculpture, created through the combined efforts of more than 60 local artists, welders and weavers, was unveiled at Tuggeranong Arts Centre on Saturday, reports arts editor HELEN MUSA.
This prize-winning, astonishingly realistic painting (not a photo) leads HELEN MUSA's latest Arts in the City column.
At a packed season launch on Friday, Canberra Repertory Society announced that it would celebrate 95 years of community theatre in 2027 with a season of six productions at REP's theatre in Acton, reports arts editor HELEN MUSA.
More than a century of Australian music is being celebrated in a new National Songbook launched in Canberra. Arts editor HELEN MUSA reveals the first 10 selections.
A coloured $2 coin featuring a croc is part of the Royal Australian Mint and Australia Post’s launch on Wednesday of a new collection celebrating Australia’s native animals and Indigenous languages.
James Morrison and Mahalia Barnes swing into town, while Canberra celebrates craft, design and iconic Australian songs, writes arts editor HELEN MUSA in her latest "Artsweek".
One of Australia’s most enduring cartoonists is venturing on to the stage with her cartoons in a show called Everyone on the Bus Fell Down (Not Just Me), reports arts editor HELEN MUSA.
It’s showtime this week for more than 1500 students from across the ACT public school system, as Step into the Limelight brings its annual showcase of young singers, dancers, instrumentalists and performers to the AIS Arena.
"With an adventurous exhibition of contemporary jewellery coming up in the atrium of Canberra Airport, Phoebe Porter seems to be looking to the future, but her artistic style is rooted in the past," writes HELEN MUSA.
