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Fortuitous week of dance for Mirramu
AS we told you in our arts pages earlier this week, “Fortuity” is a project by Mirramu Dance Company and visiting Taiwanese dancers, celebrating 50 years of contemporary Australian dance in this 50th...
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Review / ‘Unfriended’ (M) ** and a half
NELSON Greaves has concocted a screenplay for director Leo Gabriadze to deliver on a PC monitor. A year ago, Laura Barns, beleaguered by incessant abuse on social media, killed herself. Today, after...
View ArticleReview / ‘Frame of Mind’ by the Sydney Dance Company at the Canberra Theatre
“Frame of Mind”, presented by the Sydney Dance Company as part of the Canberra Theatre Centre’s 50th Anniversary celebrations, consists of two ravishing dance works. Raphael Bonachela choreographed the...
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The future of Civic Pool in the balance
SHANE Rattenbury says that leak investigation works carried out at the Canberra Olympic Pool (COP) in Civic this week are complete, and the indoor 50m pool has been reopened. “Over the course of this...
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Woman charged over suspected ecstasy pills in Wright
ACT Policing has seized a substance suspected to be MDMA during the search of a vehicle in Wright yesterday (1 May 2015). About 11.10pm, police intercepted a female driving a Mazda sedan. The vehicle...
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Review / Beethoven sonatas kick off the Canberra International Music Festival
IT was a fitting opening to the 21st anniversary of the Canberra International Music Festival, being at the Fitters’ Workshop, resplendent in its rather nice facelift (including having the apostrophe...
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Review / ‘Crucible’ still has the power to speak loudly
ARTHUR Miller’s 1953 play, “The Crucible”, dramatised the Salem Witch Trials in Massachusetts in the late 17th century and was written as a pointed allegory of the 1950s McCarthy Communist hearings in...
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Review: stars align for Bach’s Universe at gala
THE STARS were all in alignment last night for the official gala opening of the 2015 Canberra International Music Festival. With The Fitters’ Workshop glamorously outfitted with gilded chairs set in a...
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Touch of the silly season at the Glassworks’ 8th birthday party
THERE was a touch of the silly season around the Canberra Glassworks last night as former board members, artists, workers and supporters gathered to help celebrate its 8th birthday. Glass Skywhale by...
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Car vandalism rampage across Gungahlin
ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to multiple vehicle break-ins, damage and vehicle contents theft in Canberra’s North over the past two nights (between Saturday 2 and Sunday 1 May). Over the past two...
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Lyn Mills’ social event of the week
WHEN science and music collide the result is sometimes just a bit hard to reconcile, and when cast glass is created in the image of a violin and a cello, then played in the kiln confines of the...
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Fatal accident in Holt
ACT Policing is investigating a single-vehicle collision in Holt this evening (Sunday 3 May) in which a male driver has died. About 5.40pm, police responded to a report that a car had collided with a...
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Review / Hands floating across the keyboard in Beethoven finale
BY the end of the first piece in the penultimate concert in the 7-concert series of Beethoven’s 32 piano sonatas at the Canberra International Music Festival, I knew it was going to be the best. Kotaro...
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Alleged car thief to face court
AN 18-year-old Bonner man will face the ACT Magistrates Court today (Monday, May 4) charged with a number of traffic offences. Police will allege that on Thursday 11 March 2015, the man stole a silver...
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‘One Punch’ attack in Civic
ACT Policing is investigating a one punch assault that occurred on Mort Street in Braddon in the early hours of Sunday 3 May. About 1.47am police were approached by a male who informed them a male had...
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Drugs, fence jumpers, and drunk kids, but Police generally happy with...
ACT Policing was pleased with the overall behaviour of the crowd at the annual ‘Groovin the Moo’ festival which is held at the University of Canberra. Police dealt with a small number of underage...
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A public meeting to discuss the Telopea Park land grab
THE Telopea Park School Parents and Citizens Association (Telopea P&C) is inviting the local community to participate in an information meeting about the loss of land from the school....
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Cartoon / Dose of Dorin
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View ArticleBehold the Icon Water brand launch video
Like a Phoenix from the flames ACTEW Water has been rebranded as Icon Water and they’ve released a video to explain the new name and brand. Welcome to Icon Water. This video is your introduction to...
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Tackling Ice, calls for more drug treatment services in the ACT
THE ACT’s peak drug body, Alcohol Tobacco and Other Drug Association ACT (ATODA) has released a paper advising the ACT Government to strengthen its response to rising methamphetamine harms by giving...
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