[ 25 January, 2013 to 27 January, 2013. ]

It’s a long long weekend coming up.

What’s worth seeing and doing around Canberra?

Just leave your suggestions in the comments.

[ 26 January, 2013; ]

The 2013 Nike SbA Am Series rocks up to Canberra this Saturday with the ACT qualifier being held at Australia’s largest park: Belconnen.

A couple of announcements we’re stoked to be able to share as part of the 2013 Series launch, is that all winners (Open & Juniors) of the State Qualifiers will receive, on top [...]

[ 25 January, 2013 to 26 January, 2013. ] Andrew Barr is letting us all know about the bread and circuses being doled our way for Australia Day:

In Canberra’s Centenary year, Australia Day 2013 has particular significance, providing a great opportunity for our community to celebrate how far our city has come over the past 100 years, and its significance to the shaping of [...]

[ 18 January, 2013 to 18 February, 2013. ]

With the 10th anniversary of the 2003 bushfires tomorrow there’s a lot happening on top of Mount Stromlo.

The Centenary of Canberra in 2013 coincides with the ten year anniversary of the 2003 bushfires that devastated Canberra.

Scope Mount Stromlo is hosting an exhibition from January 18 2013 that will commemorate the destruction, recovery and renewal of [...]

[ 18 January, 2013 to 20 January, 2013. ]

The year is stepping up into high gear and the weekend is upon us.

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

Just leave your thoughts in the comments.

[ 18 January, 2013; 25 January, 2013; 1 February, 2013; 8 February, 2013; 15 February, 2013; 22 February, 2013; 1 March, 2013; 8 March, 2013; 15 March, 2013; 22 March, 2013; 29 March, 2013; ]

This in from the National Gallery:

Rain, hail or shine the National Gallery of Australia Sculpture Bar in association with Veuve Clicquot re-opens for the summer this Friday 18 January in the new location of the Sculpture Garden Restaurant.

[ 25 January, 2013; 8:00 pm; ]

Canberra’s hottest bands and burlesque night, Tease and Tearaways, is back with their second killer event and a never before seen line up of Australia’s best psychobilly bands!

Tease And Tearaways presents: The Psychobilly Freakout!
Featuring:
The Casino Rumblers (NSW);
Captain Reckless and the Lost Souls (NSW);
Little Mac and the Monster Men (ACT);

And burlesque by Canberra’s own…
The Velvet Vixens!

Friday [...]

[ 16 January, 2013; 7:30 pm; ]

Facebook has a warning for all your souls:

BAD!SLAM!NO!BISCUIT! is inside the Phoenix Pub for 2013, which means you get two microphones, a stage, plenty of sound, prizes and more prizes, audience, clapping, prizes, judges, cheering, heckling, and the chance of glory! With MCs too, and scoring along with adding, prizes, conflicting, and poetry, especially poetry, [...]

[ 14 January, 2013 to 3 April, 2013. ] The Centenary team are letting people know about the foundation treasures of the city which are going on display at Parliament House:

Centenary of Canberra History and Heritage Advisor Dr David Headon today unveiled some of the treasures related to Canberra’s 1913 foundation stones and naming ceremonies.

Dr Headon acquired the items on loan from the [...]

[ 11 January, 2013 to 13 January, 2013. ]

A fresh year lies before us dear reader.

But what is worth seeing and doing around town this weekend in Canberra?

Just leave your suggestions in the comments!

[ 8 January, 2013 to 31 January, 2013. ] This just in:

Tuesday 8th 7:30pm
Andrew Galan’s Our Dystopian Futures Trivia

Thursday 10th 9pm
Chainsaw Hookers
Johnny Roadkill
Renegade Peacock

Saturday 12th 9:30pm
The Mouldy Lovers (Bris)
Underscore Orkestra (USA)
The Brass Knuckle Brass Band

Sunday 13th 8pm
Wil Wagner (The Smith Street Band, Melbourne)
Lincoln LeFevre (Hobart)
Isaac Graham (Sydney)
Ben David (Adelaide)

Tuesday 15th 7:30pm
Arc Cinema Presents
Liz and Bolings Quiz of Fortune

Wednesday 16th 8pm
BAD!SLAM!NO!BISCUIT!

Saturday 19th 9:30pm
Bob Log III
Crash [...]

[ 10 January, 2013; 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ]

A stand-up comedy show featuring one of the UK’s most acclaimed and experienced comedians and 3 of Australia best up-and-coming comedic talent will hit Canberra in January.

The Must See Comedy tour features the UK’s Jeff Green, known by many for his appearances on television shows such as Good News Week and Spicks and Specks.

“The funniest [...]

[ 14 January, 2013; 7:00 pm; ] Facebook brings word of an impending hoop workshop!

How can we say no to hooping?

[ 14 December, 2012 to 13 January, 2013. ]

This just in:

Presenting the fourth annual College Express exhibition, with outstanding artworks by Year 11 & 12 students from eight colleges and schools in the Belconnen region: Dickson, Gungahlin, Hawker, Radford and St Francis Xavier Colleges, Burgmann Anglican School, Melba Copland Secondary School Copland College and UC Secondary College Lake Ginninderra. In a stunning array [...]

[ 1 December, 2012 to 19 January, 2013. ] December

Saturday 1st 9:30pm
Topnovil
Bladder Spasms
Rather be Dead

Sunday 2nd 8pm
Lloyd Spiegel
Jonno Zilber
$15

Monday 3rd 8pm
CMC presents The Bootleg Sessions
She & I
Cuddlefish
Fats Homicide
The Wanninashvilles

Tuesday 4th 7:30pm
Andrew and Shannon’s Pub Trivia

Wednesday 5th 9pm
CIT end of year Jam

Thursday 6th 9pm
Sean McMahon’s Western Union
Hannah Gillespie

Saturday 8th 9:30pm
Waterford’s 5th Birthday
Owen M Carroll (Voss)
Shoeb Ahmad

Monday 10th 8pm
2XX Local n Live presents The Bootleg Sessions
Fun [...]

[ 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 [...]

[ 3 January, 2013 to 6 January, 2013. ]

We’ve been getting a lot of google traffic from people looking for the summernats dates next year.

Just to help everyone out it’s going to be 3 January to 6 January. More details on their website.

Enjoy.

[ 14 December, 2012 to 2 April, 2013. ]

The National Gallery has announced Toulouse-Lautrec: Paris & the Moulin Rouge is the big summer drawcard coming up.

‘The National Gallery of Australia is excited to bring together Australia’s first Toulouse-Lautrec retrospective exhibition, showing only in Canberra. Together with our own collection of works, the exhibition will provide a comprehensive insight into the artistic life of [...]