One of the joys of the international film festivals is the experience of a different way of life and the Scandinavian Film festival’s screening of The Tundra Within Me is a perfect example, says arts editor HELEN MUSA.
Helen Musa
“CityNews” arts editor
Canberra’s QL2 Dance has been invited by the Australian embassy in Bangkok to perform as part of a large-scale event to celebrate the birthday of Thailand’s King at the weekend.
First Nation artist Tony Albert has been appointed artistic director of the 5th National Indigenous Art Triennial, After The Rain, to open at the National Gallery of Australia in December 2025.
Some Like it Marilyn is Canberra actor-producer Lexi Sekuless’ stage show about Marilyn Monroe's life on the screen, and if the title sounds familiar, it is, writes arts editor HELEN MUSA.
Arts editor HELEN MUSA rolls out a week's worth of arts events, shows and cinema in her latest Arts in the City Column.
David Reedy, one of the most influential figures in the local opera scene, died in a Canberra aged-care facility on July 19.
After three years of presenting contemporary twists on the classics, The Training Ground ballet ensemble in Canberra is taking a leap into a more "conceptual" kind of ballet, based on a true-crime episode.
From big bands to big choirs and big disappointments, HELEN MUSA'S Arts in the City column's got it all.
"44 Sex Acts in One Week depicts the power of sex to lift up humankind or bring it to its knees," writes reviewer SAMARA PURNELL.
TONY MAGEE reviews a vinyl pressing of Abba's Voyage album.
Little Wing Puppets is in town with an interactive puppet show for children and families.
HELEN MUSA wraps up a week of arts events – stage, screen, concert and exhibitions – in her latest Artsweek column.
![Evie Hudson is a woman with amnesia, who forgets the last 13 years. Piecing her life back together, she navigates the harsh realities of coercive control.
Evie is the leading character in local author @emmagreyauthor's second novel Pictures of You.
Her debut book, The Last Love Note, sold more than 100,000 books worldwide within a few months of being published last year.
“I think that using amnesia really helped [show the effects of coercive control] because she had that sense of being completely lost in her own life,” Emma says of her new work of fiction.
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