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Joyous, evocative – Music Festival opens
THE opening concert for the 20th CIMF would have been very enjoyable except that I, presumably along with many other “single concert” ticket holders, were sent up to the gallery of the Albert Hall,...
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Total lack of planning for Capital Metro funding exposed
THE Property Council has taken to social media alarmed by Andrew Barr flying kites in the Canberra Times over just where he’s going to find the hundreds of millions of dollars needed for the planned...
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Health Check: can you treat the common cold?
By Michael Tam With symptoms including a runny nose, sore throat, sneezing, cough, headaches and fever, the common cold can leave you feeling rotten for up to two weeks. As the name suggests, they’re...
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Socials: At Canberra International Music Festival opening, Albert Hall
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Socials: ClubsACT Awards for Excellence Dinner, Southern Cross Club Woden
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Don’t put your vege box on a hot stove top
Firefighters were forced to break through the front door of a Narrabundah apartment this afternoon after being alerted to a fire inside. ACT Fire & Rescue received an emergency triple zero (000)...
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Loss and lament in World War I music
THE 2014 Canberra International Music Festival moved into top gear today with a performance of music by Frederick Septimus Kelly and Willie Braithwaite Manson, both composers who were cut short by...
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‘Unexpected dimension’ in piano works
HOW good it was to be back in the amazing acoustic of the Fitters’ Workshop? The Fitters’ was the perfect venue choice for this concert, adding an unexpected dimension to the sounds of the piano. “The...
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Pearce Foodworks robbed by a woman with a machete
ACT Policing is seeking witnesses after an aggravated robbery at the Foodworks store in Pearce occurred yesterday afternoon (Saturday, 10 May). Around 5pm, a woman armed with machete entered the store...
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Lyn Mills’ social event of the week / Camp Quality Supper Club: Tales of the...
“TALES of the City” could refer to the eponymous stories by Armistead Maupin of ‘90s San Francisco. But I sure Camp Quality didn’t have that in mind when it chose it as the theme of its annual...
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Bizarre but uplifting music gala
THE 20th Anniversary Gala of the Canberra International Music Festival was presented last night to a packed Albert Hall. Dutch soprano Simone Riksman Without musicological notes, it was difficult to...
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Bob Menzies gets dressed up for the Mothers’ Day Classic
A grand time was apparently had by all at the Mother’s Day Classic fun run around Lake Burley Griffin. Surprisingly for lake goers post race even Sir Robert Menzies appeared to be getting in the...
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A pea green Lake Burley Griffin
SYDNEY may lay claim to being the emerald city, but Canberra’s Lake Burley Griffin is really getting into the spirit of autumnal colour. The swans are showing off tide marks of scum as they forge...
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‘Utterly entertaining’ Mothers’ Day concert
I felt as if I were at a party. There were jokes and laughter, lively and joyous music, entertaining banter from the artists and a light-heartedness that makes a mockery of the seriousness of most...
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Federal Highway blocked by Watson truck fire
ACT Fire & Rescue tonight is responding to a large truck fire at Watson. The Federal Highway has been blocked in both directions. Update to follow. 10:31 PM Fire crews arrived to find a pantec...
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Enlighten numbers on the up
ANDREW Barr is celebrating ever greater numbers turning up for Enlighten. “Enlighten 2014 attracted 131,556 people – an increase of 14.37% on last year’s crowd of 115,031,” Andrew said. “An estimated...
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‘Rare delight’ in Armenian music
IT was a rare delight to hear the Gurdjieff Folk Instruments Ensemble playing music by Georges Ivanavich Gurdjieff/Thomas de Hartmann and Komitas yesterday at the Fitter’s Workshop. Emmanuel...
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Majura Road burn
A private landholder will today, Monday 12 May, 2014, weather permitting, conduct an agricultural burn on the property “Avonley”, Majura Road, Majura. The burn is expected to continue through the day...
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Australia Post brings parcel delivery to Saturdays
AUSTRALIA Post have announced they’re going to extend Saturday parcel delivery beyond the Christmas period. “The extension of weekend trading is a direct response to customer demand. Our customers...
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Cheap lunches. The Blue Olive Cafe on Alinga Street
SOME days for lunch you just want a sandwich. And when that day rolls around, when I’m tired of exotic curries, bored with bento boxen, jaded at the very thought of a wrap, I trot up Alinga Street to...
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