Members of the Federal Parliamentary Press Gallery celebrated 125 years of the gallery at the Old Parliament House Monday night with the launch of a new exhibition curated by the Museum of Australian Democracy’s Amy Lay.
Helen Musa
“CityNews” arts editor
The Australian String Quartet is busy working up a program that combines the very new, the very old, some exciting Russian virtuosity and a dash of the romantic, writes HELEN MUSA.
The Australian National Eisteddfod is about to launch its 2026 season with Bands & Orchestras.
Here's the latest of arts editor HELEN MUSA's weekly Arts in the City columns.
From human drama to sweeping historical epics (and a sidebar), this year's German Film Festival in Canberra is a sweep of quality cinema, writes arts editor HELEN MUSA.
“I call it ‘a daughter’s promise fulfilled’… I want everybody to be on the same page and have a deep understanding of the person I want them to feel for," Lisa Simone tells arts editor HELEN MUSA.
Canberra gets musical, artisanal and more in the latest Artsweek column by arts editor HELEN MUSA
If there’s one thing likely to inspire patriotic enthusiasm in a wide range of Australians, it’s our exceptional talent for invention, writes arts editor HELEN MUSA.
Here's arts editor HELEN MUSA's latest Arts in the City column.
" This was an adventurous program from The Llewellyn Choir of two modern Easter masses mixed in with a couple of shorter choral works and two instrumental breaks from a string ensemble," writes reviewer GRAHAM McDONALD.
Canberra musician, music advocate and composer Michael Sollis died at Clare Holland House early on Friday after a five-year battle with bowel cancer. He was 40.
It was a toss-up between the bling and the perfect autumn weather for centre stage at the launch of International Dance Week by Ausdance ACT atop Mount Ainslie on Wednesday morning, reports HELEN MUSA.
