After nearly 25 years at the National Library of Australia, including the past nine years as director-general, Marie-Louise Ayres has announced that she will retire in April 2026.
Helen Musa
“CityNews” arts editor
In the relentless search for freshness and novelty, the Canberra Mandolin Orchestra is embarking on an unusual new presentation called Mandolina Ballerina, reports arts editor HELEN MUSA.
Here's arts editor HELEN MUSA's latest loop around what's happening where in this week's Artsweek.
A lively First Nations musical based on a true story is about to take the stage with a cast of eight and a live band at The Q as part of an east coast tour, reports HELEN MUSA.
GRAHAM McDONALD reviews a "a well thought through and delightfully played concert" by Wagga Wagga trio, the Kurrajong Ensemble.
In her latest Arts in the City column HELEN MUSA reports on a new dance and science show for children.
Greater Love is the epic musical commemoration of the end of the World War II, marking exactly 80 years since the end of hostilities on August 15, 1945, reports arts editor HELEN MUSA.
Here's arts editor HELEN MUSA's latest Artsweek column, a weekly sweep of what's on where and when around the local arts scene.
Lauded Canberra playwright Dylan Van Den Berg is styling his upcoming play at the Street Theatre, The Chosen Vessel, as Aboriginal Gothic, reports arts editor HELEN MUSA.
Here's HELEN MUSA's latest arts news column from around the traps, Arts in the City.
Arts editor HELEN MUSA despairs that the ANU's unpopular organisational changes are not primarily an attack on the Schools of Music and Art and Design, but on the very basis of the ANU as Australia’s national university.
The National Portrait Gallery has commissioned artist Samuel Hodge to create a work that marks the 20th anniversary of the fashion label, Romance Was Born.
