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ACT Budget fails the arts and the artists, says lobby group
IT’S GREAT that the ACT Government has lashed out to refurbish the Canberra Theatre in the Budget, say local arts lobbyists The Childers Group, but what about the rest of the arts? Canberra Theatre...
View ArticleTrout get a break as season ends
THE ACT trout fishing season will close at midnight on Monday , June 8, giving the fish a break to spawn over the cooler months. Executive director of Environment, Dr Annie Lane, said the closed season...
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Review / ‘Marshland’ (MA) *** and a half
IN the late 1980s, adolescent girls are missing from a rural community in southern Spain. Detectives Juan (Xavier Guiterrez) and Pedro (Raul Arevalo) have the task of catching a serial killer. All the...
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Review / ‘Entourage’ (MA) ***
THIS is the second film by writer/director Doug Ellin to deliver a snapshot of a quartet of young New Yorkers enjoying being corrupted by Hollywood’s ambience and its moral environment. The film’s...
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Review / ‘Aloha’ (PG) ***
OF writer/director Cameron Crowe, we may say without rancour or insult that it’s okay to be idiosyncratic. And eccentric. So long as people buy a ticket to his movie, who cares? With those effervescent...
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Flying high: meet the new Wind Symphony
RESPLENDENT in feather-shaped silver brooches symbolising flight, Canberra Wind Symphony launched itself in fine fashion at the ACT Legislative Assembly Reception Room. Grey and the Wind Symphony at...
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Review / Ali turns trash into gold
“You can’t polish a turd, but you can roll it in glitter!” said Ali McGregor of her songlist of the trashiest pop songs she could find from the ’80s and ’90s. And even though the songs weren’t gold in...
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Three new trails for the arboretum
CONSTRUCTION on three new walking and biking trails at the National Arboretum are expected to be completed by month’s end. The trail will cost $140,000 and run from the Village Centre to points of...
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Clubs share the love with Soldier On
The big cheque goes to Soldier On… from left, Max Mercer, president of Clubs ACT; Jeff House, chief executive of Clubs ACT; John Bale, CEO of Soldier On and Rob Pickersgill, ACT Reintegration Manager...
View ArticleRotary clock gets big tick at Kippax Fair
THE Rotary clock, unveiled at Kippax Fair yesterday, is intended to mark the long-time commitment of the Rotary Club of Ginninderra to the community of West Belconnen. Established in 1977, the Rotary...
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First double-demerit dope of the long weekend
POLICE caught a white Holden Clubsport travelling at 180kmh south-bound along Gungahlin Drive, Franklin at about 9pm yesterday. The vehicle was stopped further down Gungahlin Drive just past Mitchell,...
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Review / Players turn out best-in-years performance
Gerard Ninnes as Henry Higgins and Tina Robinson as the flower girl, Eliza Doolittle.CAREFUL casting, a first-class production team, and a clear vision of what she wanted to achieve, has first-time...
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At Canberra Theatre’s 50th anniversary open day, Civic
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Indecent act in store’s lingerie section
A MAN fled Target in the Canberra Centre after being caught masturbating in the store’s lingerie section. An impression of the man police are chasing for an act of indecency.Police are looking for...
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Remembering autumn: dawn’s view from the lake
“This has been one stunning season!” says Paul Jurak, and he should know. Paul is the “Kayakcameraman” who most mornings paddles Lake Burley Griffin in his kayak just as dawn breaks and has built an...
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Helen of the arts gets a gong
HELEN Musa, the “CityNews” arts editor, is among those local residents recognised in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Order of Australia awards. Helen Musa OAMHelen was awarded an OAM in recognition of her...
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Cartoon / Dose of Dorin
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Review / Musical intelligence at its very best
“PEACE is my Drug”, the third song in this set by Katie Noonan, was very much the theme for this quiet, gentle concert of thoughtful, contemplative originals. Katie Noonan… concert for the soul. Photo...
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Review / Demanding score to silent movie
“THE Adventures of Prince Ahmed” is a 1926 silent silhouette animation film directed by Germany’s Lotte Reiniger. The evil African magician in “Prince Achmed”.Considered to be the first...
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Early morning arson attacks in Tuggernong
RICHARDSON, Calwell and Isabella Plains were the targets of multiple incidents of arson early this morning. Police report that between 2.30am and 5am they and the ACT Fire and Rescue attended up to...
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