Clik here to view.
Queenie back in town for a laugh and a song
QUEENIE van de Zandt is one of our Canberra theatre scene’s prize products. Queenie van de Zandt She may be an award-winning actress but she’s also one of the funniest women in Australia, as anyone...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Another Bundanon residency for Field
BURRA artist, Sharon Field has been selected for a second time as Artist-in-Residence at Boyd property Bundanon on the Shoalhaven River in 2015. Field’s “A job complete”Radiata pine seeds – now an...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Hurry: M16 Artspace Drawing Prize entries open
The M16 Artspace Drawing Prize is on again, once again aiming to push the boundaries of what drawing can be. What drawing can be: D Veal, “Anxietycycle Deluxe” (detail) This annual prize has been...
View Article‘Angelic’ screenwriting accolade for Canberra writer
CANBERRA writer Paul Bissett has won third prize in the Page International Screenwriting Awards for his TV comedy script “Above the Angelic”. The Page Awards, which accepted more than 6,000 entries...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Festival calls all early birds
THE National Folk Festival is keen to entice in early birds with its announcement of the first artists for the 2015 Festival to be held next Easter at EPIC. Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas Festival...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Ebola preparations here in Canberra, local cases to be treated locally
WITH the deadly Ebola virus occupying minds we thought it was worthwhile asking what Canberra’s own health authorities have been doing should we be unlucky enough to have a case. An ACT Health...
View ArticleClik here to view.
New statistics on elective surgery waiting times
CHIEF Minister Katy Gallagher says she is encouraged by the latest data on elective surgery waiting times. “The ACT Government has been focusing resources on elective surgery wait times in the public...
View ArticleClik here to view.
This week in beer… New Zealand!
WITH the Australian National Homebrewers Conference successfully concluded, it won’t be long till our attention will switch to another great Canberra beer event; the Beer Day Out and Canberra Beer...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Arrests made after brawl outside Canberra Hospital
ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to a disturbance that occurred outside the Canberra Hospital this morning (Monday, 20 October). About 11.15am, police responded to reports of around six people...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Arts / Surprises in Canberra Theatre’s celebratory season
For kids… Theatre of Image’s hottest new property, “Monkey… Journey to the West”.TO dark-voiced cabaret star and MC Mikelangelo, it was a once-in-50-year opportunity to celebrate. To theatregoers keen...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Gardening / Peonies leaping from the ground
Tree peonies in the Riek’s garden make a spectacular show.HERBACEOUS peonies, Peony lactiflora, are leaping from the ground at the rate of five millimetres a day in our garden and will flower in a few...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Master planning underway for the Botanic Gardens
PARLIAMENTARY Secretary for the Environment, Senator Simon Birmingham, has joined up with Canberra’s Senator Zed Seselja to announce the development of a 20 year Mast Plan for the Australian National...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Seven Days / Katy’s new friends in foreign parts
LABOR Chief Minister Katy Gallagher surprisingly found herself echoing our Liberal PM’s “open for business” mantra during a lightning trip to China to sign an as-yet-unseen “friendship exchange” with...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Kowen forest burn
ACT Parks and Conservation Service is advising the public that, weather permitting, a controlled burn will be conducted tomorrow, Wednesday 22 October 2014. This controlled burn will be undertaken to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Cartoon / Dose of Dorin
The post Cartoon / Dose of Dorin appeared first on Canberra CityNews.
View ArticleClik here to view.
Arts in the City / Musical homage to a painting hero
Chris Latham… paying homage to Arthur Boyd.INDEFATIGABLE 2013 “CityNews” Artist of the Year, Chris Latham, is behind a concert at the NGA called “Invocations: Eight meditations on paintings by Arthur...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Free AIDS/STI testing in November
AROUND 10 per cent of HIV positive people in the ACT may be unaware they are infected, a statistic that the AIDS Action Council and local partners are looking to change. The AIDS Action Council in...
View ArticleA drone’s eye view of Tuggeranong
WHITE Knight UAS have had their amazing drone down over Tuggeranong taking in the Southquay development. Brett White says the development work is “cracking”. You can see more of White Knight’s work on...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Stephanie Corish doing it in a dress
ANU student Stephanie Corish, has met with Anthony Albanese, Matt Kean, Kate Ellis and Andrew Leigh to discuss the issue of girl’s education in Sierra Leone. Stephanie will be wearing a school dress as...
View ArticleClik here to view.
So why was the pig in Jerrabomberra Creek wearing army boots?
THE body found in Jerrabomberra Creek which turned up out to be a pig generated a great deal of excitement in the parish on Sunday night and Monday. On our facebook page “CityNews” reader Aaron posted...
View Article