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Women to sing for peace in new work
‘PEACE is not merely the absence of war. Peace is the nurture of human life’, said Jane Addams, President, of the 1915 International Congress of Women. With this in mind, local composer Glenda...
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Rare play about asylum-seekers comes to The Street
AS “CityNews” predicted a couple of weeks ago, The Street Theatre has popped a rare play into its season this week, with “The Process,” a timely work about asylum seekers that has recently had people...
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Big burns in the mountains
ACT Parks and Conservation Service is advising the public that, weather permitting, a 260 hectare hazard reduction burn will be conducted tomorrow (Wednesday 25 March 2015) at Lone Pine to the west of...
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Pereira plays at Aarwun’s 15th birthday
A PERFORMANCE by noted Murrumbateman cellist and former “CityNews” Artist of the Year David Pereira was the centrepiece of a packed 15th birthday celebration at Aarwun Gallery in Gold Creek on Friday...
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Reload Bar to host a cutting edge virtual reality demonstration
RELOAD Bar & Games is partnerering with VR Bits to bring the most advanced virtual reality (VR) technology demonstration ever shown in the ACT on Thursday April 2. Mark Schramm is the principal of...
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Unanimous support for banning puppy farms in the ACT
SHANE Rattenbury says new legislation to prevent puppy and kitten farms and improve animal welfare standards for animals bred in the ACT was passed with unanimous support in the ACT Legislative...
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You have to work on the Monday after Anzac Day but it’s a special bus...
SHANE Rattenbury is warning that ACTION will be providing modified bus services on Monday 27 April 2015 as a result of a service holiday. To help offset any disruption, the services will be free all...
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Review: Lesser-known songs, ‘concentrated perfection’
WITH a title like “Yes, but do you know…?”, it was somewhat inevitable that in introducing the program, soprano Sarahlouise Owens should add the words, “well may you ask.” Soprano Sarahlouise Owens For...
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Katy Gallagher’s facebook tribute to Kate Lundy
FORMER Chief Minister Katy Gallagher has taken to Facebook to pay tribute to Senator Kate Lundy who is ending her long tenure as a Senator for the ACT. Katy, of course, will soon be taking that place...
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Griffiths / Big beasts weaning us off the tablets
REGULAR readers will know that last year I reached an “end-of-history” moment with mobile phones. John Griffiths.I was happy with my Google Nexus 5 phone, so even though I was off contract and could...
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Arts / Farewell to Bell, the man of many parts
John Bell, who plays the gloomy Jacques in “As You Like It”… “I don’t have to work my socks off and I don’t have to lead the charge as I have so often done, so I’m having quite a good time.”IN a superb...
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Review / ‘Leviathan’ (MA) ****
IN a town on the Barents Sea coast, Kolya, second wife Lilya and teenage son Roma, from deceased first wife, live in a timber house overlooking the sea. There is no tree visible in any direction. Nor...
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Dining / The Dynasty returns to Kingston
IT has to be at least a decade ago when the Tang Dynasty restaurant in Kingston closed down. I used to love going there. I found it a mysterious and intriguing place. To the delight of many of its...
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Shane wants anti-abortion protestors moved on
SHANE Rattenbury says the ACT should have privacy zones around fertility control and reproductive health clinics to allow women to freely access safe and legal medical procedures without fear of...
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11 year old missing from Amaroo – Found!
ACT Policing is appealing for the public’s assistance to help locate a missing 11-year-old boy from Amaroo. Police are currently searching Amaroo and surrounding areas after an 11-year-old boy named...
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The Property Council release their vision for Civic
A new discussion paper, Transforming Canberra’s City Centre, has been launched by the Property Council of Australia and Canberra CBD Limited to ‘rev up’ Canberra’s engine room and accelerate progress...
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Don’t panic about tomorrow’s ebola simulation
SIMON Corbell says that ACT Health will tomorrow run an exercise simulating a case of ebola arriving at a Canberra health service. “The functional exercise has been designed to practice and validate...
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Nishi building inspires physics breakthrough at ANU
SCIENTISTS at ANU say the shape of New Acton’s Nishi building has inspired them to create a new light bending material. Researcher Dr Andrey Miroshnichenko said the building inspired the researchers...
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We’re going to have an Active Transport Office
SHANE Rattenbury says the ACT Government will establish an Active Transport Office to enable more Canberrans to choose walking and cycling as their mode of transport and ensure better integration of...
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Tweaks to witness protections at coronial inquests
SIMON Corbell says he is legislating to provide witnesses who give evidence at a coronial inquest or inquiry with additional legal protections. “The changes to the Coroners Act will protect witnesses...
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