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YOUR ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO WHAT’S ON IN CANBERRA THIS WEEKEND!
Every Monday for more than eight 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—a curated selection of events we think you’ll love!
MONET’S TEA SALON @ THE NGA
Celebrate the NGA’s winter exhibition Monet: Impression Sunrise with an unforgettable high tea, and enjoy a selection of French-inspired, sweet and savoury delights.
$43 NGA Member, $48 Guest.
Happening daily at 11 am and 2 pm on Level One, National Gallery of Australia.
Bookings online at nga.gov.au or Ticketek.com.
BANGARRA: 30TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON
Credit: Lisa Tomasetti.
Join Bangarra as the company celebrates its landmark 30th anniversary season with a stunning display of contemporary dance theatre.
As Australia’s only major performing arts company with its origins in the land, Bangarra is inspired by 65,000 years of culture and the continual evolution of Indigenous storytelling.
Proud Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists from all over Australia come together as a creative clan to harness a shared spirit.
The result is Bangarra’s powerful dance language, and utterly unique soundscapes, music and design. With award-winning Artistic Director Stephen Page, they create original and breathtaking experiences. This is your chance to be part of it.
Happening 18-20 July at Canberra Theatre Centre.
See canberratheatrecentre.com.au/show/bangarra-30th-anniversary-season for tickets and more information.
MOON LANDING: 50 YEARS AT THE NFSA
On 20 July 1969, it will be 50 years since Neil Armstrong became the first person to walk on the Moon.
Happening Friday 19 July and Saturday 20 July at various times at the National Film and Sound Archive.
See nfsa.gov.au for more information.
INSPIRE BY THE CANBERRA OUTLET CENTRE
A collection of Canberra bosses, stylists, and business mavens come together to offer you a day of inspiration and insight.
Featuring workshops on style for the real world, financial tips and tricks, social media for small business, healthy eating for busy women, and beauty and wellness, as well as a panel discussion with amazing Canberra businesswomen and a relaxing vinyasa yoga class to finish
It’s the perfect day for the upcoming boss babe or everyday girl looking to shake up their career, side-gig or small business, in a beautifully styled, oh-so-inspirational space.
Tickets are just $20 and include morning tea, lunch, drinks, a goodie bag and a $20 Canberra Outlet voucher!!
Happening Saturday 20 July from 9 am – 4 pm at The Social Club, Kingston.
See Eventbrite for more information.
KIDS OUTDOOR PLAY DAY IN HAIG PARK
Let’s get physical! Join Haig Park Experiments for a fun and active day in our city’s backyard.
Kids can try out a range of play activities designed to get them moving including tree climbing, slacklining, an obstacle course, nature play, circus skills, aerial sports and loads more.
In between all the active fun, take a break to enjoy the arts and crafts, live music and performances.
Visit one of the food stalls to complete your play day with a picnic in the park. Everyone is welcome!
(Play activities recommended for ages 5 to 12.).
Happening Saturday 20 July from 11 am – 3 pm at Haig Park, adjacent to Watson and Masson Streets, Turner.
For exact location, click here.
See Facebook for more information.
CHINESE FESTIVAL DAY
The Historical Expression of Chinese Art. Credit: National Museum of Australia.
Join the National Museum of Australia to celebrate the richness and diversity of Chinese art and culture at this free family festival day.
Visit The Historical Expression of Chinese Art exhibition in its final weeks on show. Enjoy calligraphy, food, music, dragon and lion dancing, and the rituals of a tea ceremony. Take part in family-friendly craft activities with artisans from the Chinese community in Australia.
Free (small costs may apply to some activities).
In collaboration with the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China.
Happening Sunday 21 July from 10 am – 1 pm at the National Museum of Australia.
See nma.gov.au for more information.
GREAT GATSBY GALA BALL
Let your hair down at Hotel Kurrajong Canberra’s Great Gatsby Gala Ball.
Begin the evening with a themed cocktail on arrival, three-course meal and four-hour beverage package.
Be transported back to the 1920’s with a 20 piece swing band, live performances and dance lessons from Canberra Swing Katz.
If you love dancing, this is for you. Put on your feather boa and let Hotel Kurrajong take care of the rest!
Happening Saturday 20 July from 8 – 11:30 pm at the Hotel Kurrajong.
See TryBooking.com for more information.
JULY BEERGUSTATION @ PIALLIGO ESTATE
Pialligo Estate is teaming up with Capital Brewing Co. to bring you…DEGUSTATION!
With ten Capital Brewing Co. beers to try and matching plates of Pialligo Estate Food, this event will bring a smile to your face.
Arrive with your mates and find your seat on long tables in the Glasshouse looking over Canberra.
Listen to the Capital Brewing Team and Pialligo Estate’s Chef as they explain the beer and food flavours and why they are paired together.
After trying five beers it will be half time when you could win prizes in the Beer Games! After working up an appetite, finish your final five beers.
Capital Brewing Co. Beers include Coast Ale, Summit Session XPA, Springboard Summer Ale, Trail Pale Ale, Evil Eye, Rock Hopper IPA, Big Drop, Tropical Popsicle, Hang Loose and Oh My Gourd.
Happening Saturday 20 July from 6 pm at Pialligo Estate, 18 Kallaroo Road, Pialligo.
See the website for tickets and more information.
Seating: When you book, please enter the name of your group (eg- “Pialligo Football Team”) and they will ensure that you are sitting with your group. You can always contact the Estate on 02 6247 6060 at any time in the lead up to the day to confirm all of your group are on the seating plan next to each other.
Please note: No refunds are available after purchase. Tickets are for Adults over 18 years old only.
Dietary Requirements: Please see the sample menu to see what may be included in each dish. Please call Pialligo on 02 6247 6060 to discuss your dietary requirements before buying a ticket.
FRIDAY NIGHT DRINK SPECIAL AT PIALLIGO ESTATE
Pialligo Estate is bringing back their much-loved Friday Night Drinks – this time with its winter edition, for three nights only in July!
Grab yourself a plus-one to cosy-up to and share an incredibly tasty and warming enchilada – Pialligo Estate Smoked Brisket wrapped in a silky tortilla and topped with sour cream, garden coriander and jalapenos AND a bottle of wine (or a jug of mulled wine) for only $60.
Enjoy Pialligo Estate’s Friday Night Drinks special, inside the warm Garden Pavilions, listening to live music sure to relax and ease you into the weekend!
Happening Friday 12, 19 and 26 July from 4.30 – 7 pm at Pialligo Estate, 18 Kallaroo Road, Pialligo.
Bookings essential: email reservations@pialligo.estate or call (02) 6247 6060.
MONET: IMPRESSION SUNRISE
Featuring Claude Monet’s pioneering painting Impression, Soleil levant (Impression, Sunrise) 1872, from which Impressionism takes its name, this exclusive exhibition brings together works from the impressionist master and other significant artists to examine the founding of an art movement—a defining moment in art history.
Impression, Soleil levant, which rarely leaves the museum walls in Paris, has landed in a newly designed exhibition space at the NGA this winter, along with some forty impressionist and related paintings from the Musée Marmottan Monet in Paris, the Tate, and Australian and New Zealand collections.
Alongside Monet’s masterpieces are key paintings by JMW Turner, whose early works inspired Monet, James McNeill Whistler, Alfred Sisley and Eugène Boudin, among others.
The works reveal the formative characteristics of Impressionism—depiction of light, purer colour and capturing the momentary view—by a new generation of artists who abandoned their studios for the world outside.
Monet: Impression Sunrise is an unmissable opportunity to see a masterful painting that became emblematic of a cultural movement and trace its influence on the course of art history.
Showing until 1 September 2019 at the National Gallery of Australia, Parkes.
See nga.gov.au/impressionsunrise for more information.
WINTERVENTION
As the mercury continues to fall and Canberra braces itself for a frosty winter, we think everyone could use a Wintervention…
Canberrra’s only open air ice rink is back and bigger than ever in a brand new location.
Nestled in Civic Square in front of the Canberra theatre, it’s the centre piece for Canberra’s winter festival. More than just skating – Wintervention will be bursting with activities including markets, ice shows, a life size snow globe and live entertainment for all ages to enjoy.
Wintervention will run from Friday 5 to Sunday 21 July, with the Food and Makers’ Markets at Wintervention taking place on the opening weekend (5 – 7 July).
Skating at Wintervention will be on every day from 10 am to 8 pm with scheduled performances from the ‘Stars on Ice’ on Fridays and weekends. Hot drinks and snacks will be available day and night.
There will be live music and entertainment every Friday, Saturday and Sunday during the event.
Use this year’s Wintervention to get outside, embrace the cold and enjoy our city during this frosty season.
Happening from Friday 5 July until Sunday 21 July in the Civic Square.
See wintervention.com.au for more information.
TRUFFLE INFUSED WINTER WEEKENDS AT CELLAR DOOR
Truffle season is nearly upon us and Mt Majura are excited to include truffles at the cellar door as part of the winter tasting experience.
Come in to the cellar door at Mount Majura Vineyard to taste a flight of wines matched with truffled brie. Combining Flinders Estate triple cream brie a deliciously rich and creamy brie style cheese with truffles from neighbour Jayson at The Truffle Farm.
Every Saturday and Sunday from early June to late August.
Happening until 25 August from 10 am – 5 pm at Mount Majura Vineyard.
See mountmajura.com.au for more information.
Sunrise Premium sessions
Enjoy an exclusive viewing of the National Gallery of Australia’s Monet: Impression Sunrise before the doors open to the general public with limited numbers of people.
Available every weekend from 9 am–10 am. You can also continue to enjoy the exhibition after 10 am through to 5 pm.
Happening until 1 September at the National Gallery of Australia, Parkes.
See the website for more information.
THE DRESSMAKER COSTUME EXHIBITION
Kate Winslet as Myrtle ‘Tilly’ Dunnage. Image supplied.
From 1950s Dungatar to 2019 Canberra, the original costumes from the hit film The Dressmaker will be on display at the NFSA from 18 April 2019.
Audiences will be able to go ‘behind the seams’ of a diverse range of elegant vintage fashion worn by Hollywood stars and home-grown acting talents including Kate Winslet, Liam Hemsworth, Hugo Weaving, Sarah Snook, Judy Davis, Rebecca Gibney and more.
The exhibition, designed by Marion Boyce, features a spectacular range of haute couture worn by the film’s stars.
The Dressmaker Costume Exhibition celebrates the artistry of the film’s sumptuous designs, as well as the transformational power of fashion.
Showing until Sunday 18 August from 10 am – 4 pm at the National Film and Sound Archive, McCoy Circuit, Acton.
See nfsa.gov.au for more information
The Historical Expression of Chinese Art: Calligraphy and Painting from the National Museum of China
Calligraphy and painting are two treasures of traditional Chinese culture. For thousands of years artists have produced works that have sustained the practice of China’s most revered art and provided cultural nourishment for the Chinese people.
This Australian-first exhibition explores the breadth and tradition of Chinese calligraphy and painting through artworks from the National Museum of China’s collection. See exquisite paintings by three Chinese modern artists — Xie Yun, Xiao Lang and Wang Naizhuang —and an extraordinary 20-metre-long replica 18th-century scroll documenting Emperor Qianlong’s 1751 tour to the southern provinces.
A mesmerising and immersive animation brings the story of the scroll and its historical figures to life in intricate three-dimensional detail.
The National Museum of Australia’s Harvest of Endurance pictorial scroll, painted in the traditional gong bi style and representing two centuries of Chinese contact with, and migration to, Australia forms a companion element of the exhibition, with eight of its 50 metres on display.
This exhibition is part of a cultural exchange with the National Museum of China.
Free entry.
Showing until 28 July 2019 at the National Museum of Australia, Lawson Crescent, Acton.
See nma.gov.au/chinese-art for more information.
CELLAR DOOR
Cellar Door is a wine market for Canberra’s wonderful wine scene happening every Saturday from 3-6 pm. 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.
Make a day of it with a film at Palace Electric Cinema and NewActon’s leading food and drink destinations.
Happening every Saturday from 3-6 pm on the Nishi Grand Stair, inside the Nishi Building, Philip Law Street, NewActon.
See the website for more details.
See canberratheatre for more information.
MONSTER’S AFTERNOON DELIGHT
Serene, methodical and exceptionally Monster.
Presenting a new Sunday afternoon blend, Monster Kitchen and Bar is adding a little extra flavour to your signature lazy day with its very own High Tea…
Amidst the hand-crafted furniture, bespoke artwork, and ambient lighting you will find the familiar flavours you have come to appreciate from the team at Monster with a range of exclusive tea flavours by Tea Garden co, tea-inspired cocktails, Champagne all complemented by black and gold fixtures.
Tickets $70 to $120.
Happening every Sunday from 1 pm at Monster Kitchen, Ovolo Nishi.
See Facebook for more information.
Inked: Australian Cartoons
Inked features a selection of the best cartoons from the National Library of Australia’s extensive collections.
The exhibition draws from over 14,000 cartoons by dozens of artists, from before the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788 up to the present. Each work is a time capsule, offering a snapshot of Australian life.
Visitors will be captivated by the works on display by many greats of Australian cartooning, including Will Dyson, Judy Horacek, Michael Leunig, David Low, Phil May, Alan Moir, Bruce Petty, Martin Sharp, Cathy Wilcox and many more.
INKED: PLAY
Come and see the famous Gumnut Babies going off to war. Create your own cartoon or draw a protest sign to hang on our display wall. Get stuck into a book. Find all the hidden Inkie the Echidnas and explore whether the world is doomed or domed.
Inked Play is open daily as part of Inked: Australian Cartoons. Find it by following Inkie the Echidna.
Open 10 am to 5 pm every day until 21 July 2019
SCHOOL HOLIDAYS ACTIVITIES AT MARKETPLACE GUNGAHLIN
Kids are king these school holidays at Marketplace Gungahlin with free activities for the whole family every single day! There’ll be sand and craft play, plus popular children’s characters roaming around the centre to surprise the little ones. All of this entertainment is absolutely free so don’t miss out on the fun! It’ll all happen directly outside Big W throughout the school holidays.
In the first week of the school holidays, there will be sensory play activities happening every day Monday to Friday from 10.30 am – 1.30 pm, including face painting, scratch art with coloured sand and a magic sand table with different sand activities each day.
On the weekend of 13 and 14 July, the Meet Your Favourite Characters event will take place from 11 am – 1 pm. Come say hello and grab a photo with your favourite characters, as princesses, snowmen, ice queens and tigers roam the centre.
The second week of the holidays is all about craft, with different activities on offer from Monday to Friday at 10.30 am – 1.30 pm.
Kids can play with building straws, play dough, collage, sticking and glueing, the sand table and crayon rubbing every day, plus make their own grass heads on Monday, enjoy bug magnet weaving on Tuesday, make their own wind chime on Wednesday, design their own frisbie on Thursday and make their own kaleidoscope on Friday.
On the weekend of 20 and 21 July, the kids will have another chance to meet their favourite characters from 11 am – 1 pm, with cowboys, dinosaurs and superheroes visiting the centre.
Find out more on the Marketplace Gungahlin website.
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