The Canberra Short Film Festival turns 30 this year but retiring director John Frohlich is quick to assert that it wasn’t his brainchild, writes HELEN MUSA.
Helen Musa
“CityNews” arts editor
As the 50th anniversary of the dismissal of prime minister Gough Whitlam looms, Shortis and Simpson have something to say (and sing) about it. HELEN MUSA reports on this and other events in this week's Arts in the City column.
"A strong and spirited piece, though it could use a little tightening," is reviewer HELEN MUSA's advice to entertainer Michael Simic.
Thirteen new recipients of the ACT Heritage Grants have been announced, with total funding of $213,103.
The joint is jumping when HELEN MUSA turns up at the Queanbeyan Uniting Church Hall to see Queanbeyan Players rehearsing their next production, Dolly Parton’s musical 9 to 5.
All the arts events, all the venues, all the dates... it's Artsweek, a weekly what's-on-where column by HELEN MUSA.
Arts editor HELEN MUSA talks to John Steel, drummer and the only remaining member of The Animals, soon to appear at The B in Queanbeyan.
Artist, educator and researcher Lucy Irvine has been awarded the 2025 CAPO Fellowship.
Arts editor HELEN MUSA's latest Arts in the City column has news of a Canberra-raised actor performing in a play on Broadway.
SAMARA PURNELL reviews Fortuna, a dance performance by Sugar Kaye Grefaldeo.
The Artists Society of Canberra, our city’s oldest art group, has marked another milestone with the opening of its annual Spring Prize Exhibition at the Fitters Workshop in Kingston on Saturday evening.
On Saturday, a small group of artists from Googong and Burra will honour the late Wendy Christian, a much-loved local personality and long-time resident of Burra, with an exhibition of her work at St Paul’s Church, Googong.
