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A dazzling spectacle for drag aficionados

1 week ago | citynews.com.au | Helen Musa

Reality TV and drag aficionados are in for a dazzling spectacle when the touring show, Bring Back My Wives, arrives at the Hellenic Club for a one-night-only show. Billed as a crossover merging the glitz and glamour of The Real Housewives with the drama of the popular reality series, RuPaul’s Drag Race, it will be hosted by Justin Hill, host of Drag Race Down Under: The Podcast, for Stan Australia.
Wickedly Mean girls strut their stuff

1 week ago | citynews.com.au | Helen Musa

In her latest Artsweek column, HELEN MUSA wraps up the best in arts and attractions for the coming week. Budding Entertainment has three new, youthful shows: Peter Pan Goes Horribly, Terribly Wrong, written and directed by Kirsty Budding, June 21, A Tribute to Narnia directed by Beya Babyack, June 22 and Wickedly Mean, a parody musical blending Wicked and Mean Girls, June 22. The Overture Hall, Weston.
In art, depicting hands can be a real handful

1 week ago | citynews.com.au | Clive Williams

“Hands often carry deep symbolic meaning in art, representing themes such as power, creation, healing, spirituality, and human connection,” but less so with palms, says Whimsy columnist CLIVE WILLIAMS. I told my doctor: “It hurts when I do this.” He said: “Don’t do that.” –Henny YoungmanHands have always featured prominently in art. Sculptor Auguste Rodin made them oversize to draw attention to them – as can be seen in his works at the Australian National Gallery.
An eclectic place where customers can hang out

1 week ago | citynews.com.au | Wendy Johnson

Dining reviewer WENDY JOHNSON couldn’t get her head wrapped around Lil Mama’s Studio when it opened on the Kingston Foreshore, but she admired its massive outdoor dining area with loads of sun and pretty specky water views. Was this a community hub for creatives? A café combined with a studio space? A capital venue focusing on coffee and simple eats? In the end, Lil Mama’s Studio is all of these things. It’s a coffee and juice bar. It’s a café with a limited but growing menu.
Busy composer Aija has well and truly emerged

1 week ago | citynews.com.au | Helen Musa

Oriana Chorale’s emerging composer in residence, Aija Draguns, whose new work is part of the coming Musica Domestica concert, seems well and truly to have emerged.
Hello to Barr newspeak, goodbye the bush capital

1 week ago | citynews.com.au | Michael Moore

“It is not so easy to pull the wool over the eyes of Canberrans. There are multiple solutions to increasing choice in housing in Canberra,” writes political columnist MICHAEL MOORE. Chief Minister Andrew Barr has blazoned “more housing choice” across his Our Canberra newsletter. He argues: “The ACT government is supporting the delivery of more housing where Canberrans want to live”.
Photographer Heide Smith looks to her legacy

1 week ago | citynews.com.au | Helen Musa

At age 87, legendary photographer Heide Smith, now living at Tuross on the south coast, is looking to her legacy. With that in mind, she and husband Brian, are staging an exhibition, Heide Smith – A South Coast Selection, along with the launch of Brian’s new book, Fotoheide – A Photographers Talebook. The book, he says, is his tribute to Heide’s skill as an artist, but also a reminder to “The Establishment” of her talents.
As the stars come out, so do the home truths

1 week ago | citynews.com.au | Helen Musa

Arts in the City is HELEN MUSA’s weekly wrap of arts news from around the town. In what looks like an arts traffic jam of a weekend, Mockingbird Theatre Company is opening Steve Martin’s absurdist comedy, Meteor Shower, to be directed by Chris Baldock. Jess Beange, Maxine Eayrs, Anto Hermida and Sachin Nayak play two couples planning to watch a rare meteor shower. But as the stars come out, so do the home truths. Belco Arts, June 25-July 5.
Everything an audience would want for a musical evening

2 weeks ago | citynews.com.au | Helen Musa

Music / French Connection, Phoenix Collective Quartet. At Wesley Music Centre, June 13. Reviewed by GRAHAM McDONALD. The Phoenix Collective Quartet, of Dan Russell, 1st violin and artistic director Pip Thompson, 2nd violin and program notes, Ella Brinch playing viola and Andrew Wilson on cello, have established themselves as leading members of the Canberra chamber music community in recent years.
Weiss wins conducting prize in Armenia

2 weeks ago | citynews.com.au | Helen Musa

Canberra conductor Leonard “Lenny” Weiss was on Thursday judged co-winner, with Argentine-Italian conductor Fernando Oscar Gaggini, of the 21st Khachaturian International Competition, held in the Armenian capital, Yerevan. Staged in honour of the celebrated Armenian composer Aram Khachaturian, the competition was staged in the 1400 seat Aram Khachaturian Concert Hall, with the competitors leading the Armenian State Symphony Orchestra.