Arts editor HELEN MUSA reviews American violinist Gary Levinson and pianist Magdalene Ho captivate a packed audience at Wesley Music Centre.
Helen Musa
“CityNews” arts editor
Canberra’s National Carillon will ring out with an unusual blend of Indonesian and Australian musical traditions on Monday, August 17, writes arts editor HELEN MUSA.
A former Kambah volunteer firefighter who once earned his Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award is now helping bring the stories of Ukraine's LGBTQIA+ soldiers to international audiences from his base in Berlin, writes arts editor HELEN MUSA.
Canberra writer, scholar and curator Helen Ennis has won the $25,000 National Biography Award for her acclaimed biography of iconic Australian photographer Max Dupain.
Twenty-nine local arts organisations will share in a 25 per cent boost to ACT arts funding recently announced in the 2026-27 ACT Budget.
Ranging from a Panamanian romcom to a family movie from Costa Rica, there are 13 films screening in the Latin American Film Festival until August 27, and they're all free to see, reports arts editor HELEN MUSA.
Three of Canberra's brightest young musicians are heading to Melbourne later this month after becoming the only ACT ensemble selected for the finals of Musica Viva Australia's 2026 Strike A Chord competition, reports HELEN MUSA.
In her latest Artsweek column, arts editor HELEN MUSA lays out the Canberran arts and entertainment landscape for the week including a wickedly funny high school satire that comes calling to Canberra.
One of Canberra’s best-known stage performers, Janie Lawson, is about to make her directorial debut with the boutique musical I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, reports arts editor HELEN MUSA.
The Drover's Wife, the first First Nations opera to be staged at the Sydney Opera House, was "like nothing else", reviews arts editor HELEN MUSA.
Here's arts editor HELEN MUSA's latest Arts in the City column.
The sixth Canberra Art Biennial, with a program of new commissions, public artworks and international collaborations, was announced at the Australian National Botanic Gardens on Thursday by ACT Arts Minister, Michael Pettersson.
