Since May, when Canberra International Music Festival director Roland Peelman stepped down after a whirlwind 10 years, there's been a changing of the guard, reports arts editor HELEN MUSA.
Helen Musa
“CityNews” arts editor
It’s a far cry from her days treading the stage in Thoroughly Modern Millie for Canberra Philo in 2008, but Georgia Pike-Rowney is playing a vital role in leading and promoting one of the ANU’s treasures – its Classics Museum.
Here's arts editor HELEN MUSA's latest Arts in the City column.
There’s some serious celebrating at Bom Funk Dance Studio, after a top-notch year of success at the 2024 Australasian Dance Education Awards, writes arts editor HELEN MUSA.
Thoughtful quality outshone showbiz pizzazz in this year’s top concerts, exhibitions and plays, says CityNews arts editor HELEN MUSA.
After just a year at the helm, executive director of the Canberra International Music Festival Rachel Whealy will leave to take a similar position with The Song Company in Sydney.
Six months after his death at age 70 in June, one of Canberra's most eccentric personalities threw a posthumous farewell party by the lake on Monday, complete with a fireworks display.
News of Tempo Theatre's annual radio play leads arts editor HELEN MUSA's final Arts in the City column for this year.
A new music-theatre work to mark the 50th anniversary of The Dismissal and a life-saving grant to and experimental music festival are among the 12 projects funded under Round 2 of the 2024 Arts Activities, it has been announced by Arts Minister Michael Pettersson.
After a long period of dormancy, the chimes of the National Carillon are set to ring around Lake Burley Griffin again this weekend, the National Capital Authority has announced.
‘Tis the season for rebranding, with news that two well-known Canberra cultural spaces will have new names, writes arts editor HELEN MUSA.
Melbourne playwright Sarah Matthews is the winner of Canberra Youth Theatre’s 2024 Emerging Playwright Commission.
