The Weekend Edit
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Your essential guide to what’s on in Canberra this weekend!
Every Monday for more than seven years, we’ve published This Week in The Can, our comprehensive guide to everything happening around the city this week – but sometimes it’s just too epic to get through! That’s why each Friday we publish our Weekend Edit… Here are the things you shouldn’t miss!
Democracy. Are you in?
Your voice, your hands and even your feet have the power to be heard. Our freedoms and our way of life have been built on the foundation of democracy. This living system is sustained through the participation of each and all of us. Democracy is sustained by you. Australian democracy is a work in progress. Curiously, at a time of stability and unparalleled economic growth, confidence in our political and social institutions is at its lowest point in decades. But giving up on them is not the answer. Our democracy needs us. Are you in?
Open daily at the Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House. Find out more at moadoph.gov.au.
Venus in Fur
Director Thomas Novachek has adapted the scandalous 19th-century tale Venus in Furs for the stage. An erotic masterpiece, it charts an obsessive relationship between a man and the mistress to whom he becomes enslaved. Thomas is finding it hard to cast his leading lady. Enter Vanda Jordan unannounced to audition, an enigmatic actress desperate to impress. As Thomas reluctantly agrees to audition her, desire twists and turns on itself, blurring the lines between play-acting and reality.
Happening from August 22 to September 2 at The Street Theatre.
CELLAR DOOR
Image via facebook.com/pg/CellarDoorCBR
Cellar Door is a new wine market for Canberra’s wonderful wine scene. Buy wines from local makers every Saturday afternoon in the iconic Nishi Grand Stair, NewActon Precinct.
Grab a souvenir glass, taste the latest drops, and buy at cellar door prices.
Wine stalls rotate each week with complementing stalls like flowers, cheese, chocolate and books. Capital City Soul Club are the resident DJs.
Make a day of it with a film at Palace Electric Cinema and NewActon’s leading food and drink destinations.
Happening Saturday 28 July from 2-5 pm on the Nishi Grand Stair, inside the Nishi Building, Philip Law Street, NewActon.
See Facebook for more details.
THE TRUFFLE FESTIVAL – CANBERRA REGION
Credit: Martin Ollman
Indulge in a feast of the senses and join in the fun as The Truffle Festival – Canberra Region celebrates its 10-year anniversary. Each year from June to August more than 250 individual events are held across the Canberra region showcasing the region’s fresh Black Winter Truffle.
Taste and experience the magic of these highly-prized gems. Indulge in the special flavours and aromas of truffle dishes at local restaurants and cafes. Join a hunt and see for yourself how the talented dogs unearth truffles. Learn from the chefs and other truffle experts at a cooking class or demonstration, or pop along to a market and pick up some truffle delights for yourself.
The Truffle Festival is the ultimate foodie festival, and a fabulous celebration of winter in the Canberra region.
Happening Friday 1 June–Friday 31 August at various locations around Canberra.
Check out the website for more information.
HEATH LEDGER: A LIFE IN PICTURES
Heath Ledger. Credit: Karin Catt.
Audiences around the world know and love Heath Ledger as a charismatic movie star who pushed boundaries and created iconic roles. Now they have a chance to discover Heath’s creative process and deep passion for the film industry and the visual arts, in a unique exhibition curated in collaboration with his family.
Explore a selection of film costumes and props, Heath’s own character research journals, celebrity portraits and acting awards and more. A Life in Pictures offers a rare insight into the man behind the camera.
A program of special screenings and talks will complement the exhibition
Happening 10 August 2018 – 10 Feb 2019, National Film and Sound Archive of Australia, Acton.
See website for more information.
So Fine: Contemporary women artists make Australian history
Credit: The Girls, Zoe Davis and Linde Ivimey, 2018 by Linde Ivimey. Steel armatures, acrylic resin, cast and natural human, sheep turkey, fox, chicken and snake bones, earth, paper, natural fibre, dyed cotton, dyed and sewn viscera. Courtesy of Linde Ivimey.
As conceptually thrilling as it is aesthetically rich, So Fine features new works from ten women artists reinterpreting and reimagining elements of Australian history.
Forming part of the Portrait Gallery’s twentieth birthday celebrations, the exhibition enriches the contemporary narrative around Australia’s history and biography, reflecting the tradition of storytelling in our country.
So Fine’s contributing artists – of various ages and backgrounds, and hailing from different parts of Australia – have all created new works for the exhibition. Aside from gender, their common attributes are a meticulous approach to creation, driven by considered, nuanced thinking. Their works are intricate, refined and affecting objects that reconceive events, people and places from Australia’s past.
The artists involved are Shirley Purdie, Linde Ivimey, Bern Emmerichs, Leah King-Smith, Nusra Latif Qureshi, Nicola Dickson, Pamela See (Xue Mei-Ling), Fiona McMonagle, Valerie Kirk and Carol McGregor. Charged with these makers’ passionate, intensely individual takes, and incorporating themes from pre-history to the present, So Fine challenges and delights, as well as interrogating the boundaries of contemporary portraiture.
Showing until Monday 1 October at the National Portrait Gallery. See the website for more information.
EXHIBITION: GREYBILLY
Credit: Abigail Varney.
Named after the grey, green and cream opal found in the South Australian mining town of Coober Pedy, Greybilly brings together work by Abigail Varney (Melbourne) and Nina Baker (Sydney).
Photographs by Varney present a vivid perspective on depleting resources in Coober Pedy. Conceptual jewellery by Baker sees the transformation of disposable plastic containers into objects of beauty. Curated by Yasmin Masri, Greybilly explores the search for, and creation of, what’s precious; and the reality of finite resources.
Cost: Free
Happening 3 August – 29 September at the Nishi Gallery, 17 Kendall Lane, NewActon.
See the website for more information.
Floating Moon Comedy Experience
FLOATING MOON is a unique stand-up comedy night. Part audio-visual hallucination, part gravitational proof – this Lunar Ritual is open to all lovers of theoretical physics and Spacetime Logic.
Headlined by Canberra Comedy Festival’s Anthony Tomic, the night will feature performances by local stand up heroes Maddy Weeks, Nick Schuller, Taylor Coughtrie, Chris Marlton, James McMahon, Al Thorne – and is hosted/MCed by the charismatic tour de force that is Frances McNair. FLOATING MOON came about as a result of a two very specific desires – the first being to provide a space for local comics, upcoming and established, to do weirder and edgier material, and secondly, to create a unique ambience for these performances to be cultivated. The as yet unproven physics, anti-gravitational experiments, and certificates of participation for all are just a bonus.
Happening August 24 from 7.30pm at Molo Live, tickets $17 via Eventbrite.
Interior Styling with Simone Haag
On Saturday 25 August, Canberra Centre will host celebrated interior decorator, Simone Haag to talk about interior styling. Having worked at one of Australia’s most notable design firms, Simone will take you on a journey behind decorating spaces and creating cosy environments. Simone’s projects have spread across home decorating and editorial, with her work featuring in Belle Magazine, Real Living and Vogue Living to name a few.
Happening Saturday 25 August, from 11am to 12pm at Canberra Centre, level 1, Monaro Mall (near Top3 by Design). Tickets $30.
For more information, or to purchase tickets visit canberracentre.com.au.
High Tea Masterclass by High Tea Society
Join Michelle Milton, Director of High Tea Society, for a High Tea Masterclass at the Pavilion on Northbourne.
After receiving a glass of sparkling on arrival, the masterclass will discuss the history behind High Tea, the elements that make a High Tea experience, as well as etiquette tips.
Both sweet and savory refreshments will be provided to accompany Adore Tea, and each attendee will receive a goodie bag and go into the draw to win amazing prizes.
Happening Saturday August 25 from 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm at the Pavilion on Northbourne, Northbourne Avenue, Canberra. Tickets cost $85.
Visit the website for more details.
FIRESIDE FESTIVAL
From Saturday 18 August to Sunday 2 September, the producers of the Canberra region will hold a series of food and wine events to tempt you out of hibernation— Fireside Festival 2018.
There are bunch of events and special deals happening throughout the festival, so check out the website for the full program.
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