[ 1 November, 2012 to 31 July, 2013. ]

An intriguing exhibition up on the War Memorial website:

The small French village of Vignacourt was always behind the front lines. For much of the First World War it was a staging point, casualty clearing station and recreation area for troops of all nationalities moving up to and then back from the battlefields on the [...]

[ 2 November, 2012 to 4 November, 2012. ]

We meet again Hive Mind to deliberate on a weekend looming.

What’s worth seeing and doing around Canberra this weekend?

Just leave your brilliant suggestions in the comments.

[ 1 November, 2012 to 30 November, 2012. ] Thursday 1st 9pm
Dahrnoir
Space Party
Dylan Hekimian

Saturday 3rd 9:30pm
Suzie Stapleton (Melb)

Monday 5th 8pm
CMC presents The Bootleg Sessions
The Gordons
Jake and Ange
The New Gods of Thunder
Buck et al

Tuesday 6th 7:30pm
Andrew and Shannon’s Pub Quiz

Wednesday 7th 9pm
Mojo Juju (Melb)
The King Hits

Thursday 8th 9pm
Too Soon! (Melb)
Super Best Friends
Bent Hen
Thrown Up

Saturday 10th 9:30pm
Elliot The Bull (Newcastle)

Sunday 11th 8pm
The Barons of Tang (Melb)

Monday [...]

[ 4 November, 2012 to 10 November, 2012. ] The Woden Valley Festival has been growing steadily over the past five years and 2012 sees it grow bigger still!

It is a week of fun, from 4-10 November with over 200 performers, taking part in 15 events throughout the Woden Valley area, all free, fun and local.

[ 2 November, 2012 to 10 November, 2012. ]

What’s cooler than an exhibition of hand painted skateboards?

A hand painted skateboard show, By local Canberra based contemporary artists, at Canberra City Framing Gallery from the 2nd to 10th of November, One week show! 20 skateboards,
Curated by Adam Kinninmont

Featured artists:
Houl
Swerfk
Byrd
Abyss
Hats
Danny wild
Ditto
Dale Newbery
Sancho
Knes
Yams
Fergus
Raek
Juliette Dudly

[ 19 October, 2012 to 10 November, 2012. ] It is three days from the beginning of Canberra’s very own circus festival, Circus for Life! The festival opens this Friday night, at Warehouse Circus HQ in Chifley, with, the productions Around the World (Circus Style) and Mad as a Hatter.

Around the World (Circus Style) is a magical globe-trotting journey around the wonders of the [...]

[ 2 November, 2012 to 4 November, 2012. ] You can now make plans to invite your friends to enjoy the most entertaining concert of the year. Historic ALBERT HALL is the perfect venue for this exuberant celebration of the JAZZ AGE.

Invite your friends, book your table; pack your dinner and wine.

Come to Albert Hall, enjoy your supper, then settle back for a fun [...]

[ 31 October, 2012 to 11 November, 2012. ]

The Canberra International Film Festival has had its big launch at Dendy this morning, in anticipation of running from 31 October.

Sixty of the best films from around the world including winners at the Cannes, Berlin and Venice film festivals will come to Canberra for this year’s 16th Canberra International Film Festival.

Throw in 14 Australian premieres, [...]

[ 21 September, 2012 to 11 November, 2012. ]

Your correspondent was invited to the launch of the Waterhouse Prize last night at the National Archives and duly trotted along to see what it’s all about.

The Waterhouse Natural History Art prize describes itself thusly:

The Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize™ is Australia’s richest prize for natural history art, boasting a total prize pool of [...]

[ 1 September, 2012 to 11 November, 2012. ]

The National Gallery is giving notice of their new exhibition of Indian painting:

Divine worlds brings together masterpieces of Indian painting from the collection of the National Gallery of Australia. Dating from the 15th to the 20th century, the paintings range from exquisite intimate miniatures to vast hunting scenes, monumental pilgrimage maps and brilliantly coloured devotional [...]

[ 17 August, 2012 to 11 November, 2012. ]

The National Gallery have announced their latest exhibition:

The National Gallery of Australia today opened Sydney Long The Spirit of the Land, the first major gallery retrospective of this important Australian artist. Sydney Long is Australia’s foremost Art Nouveau artist and created a highly distinctive style which often depicted the Australian landscape as haunting and mysterious, [...]

[ 16 August, 2012 to 20 December, 2012. ]

This in from New Acton and sounding very interesting:

Local Feats is a retrospective of local feature films made in Canberra between 1971 and 2010.

Starting 1971, screened from an old 16mm projector, we will travel through the years each fortnight with the director and one of his/her short films. After a talk and the screenings, the [...]