CANBERRA EVENTS Winter 2014
Winter events
Warm up with a winter weekend getaway in Canberra, where you can indulge in fine food and cool climate wines on a festival trail, explore new additions to Canberra’s thriving food precincts or immerse yourself in arts and culture. TRUFFLE FESTIVAL
EXHIBITION HIGHLIGHTS
Discover the magic of locally grown black Perigord truffles at the Canberra & Capital Region Truffle Festival from 21 June through to mid August. Learn from internationally renowned celebrity chef and festival patron Antonio Carluccio and other truffle experts about how you can cook with truffles. Join a truffle hunt and find out about the truffle farms in the Canberra Region, join a cooking class to learn how cook with truffles as well as how to spot a good quality truffle. trufflefestival.com.au
No matter the time of year, there are always fascinating exhibitions on show in the national capital. Don’t miss: • Garden of the East: Photography in Indonesia 1850s–1940s at the National Gallery of Australia until 22 June. nga.gov.au • Old Masters: Australia’s great bark artists at the National Museum of Australia until 20 July. nma.gov.au • Behind the Lines 2013: The year’s best political cartoons at the Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House until 16 November. moadoph.gov.au • The powerful Anzac voices at the Australian War Memorial until 30 November. awm.gov.au
A WINTER WONDERLAND An outdoor ice skating rink transforms Garema Place in the city centre into a winter wonderland from 20 June until 27 July. The Skate in the City skating sessions go late into the night. Grab a hot chocolate or bite to eat from nearby cafes and restaurants while watching the frosty fun. Kids can play in the ‘Snow Box’. Don’t miss Stars on Ice performances on Friday and Saturday evenings and special daytime school holiday shows. inthecitycanberra.com.au
This page: Skate in the City, Civic Front cover: Patyegarang, Bangarra Dance Theatre, Canberra Theatre; Skate in the City, Civic; Prosecco Bar, Palace Cinema, NewActon; GIANTS, StarTrack Oval, Manuka; Truffle Hunt, Canberra & Capital Region Truffle Festival; Silo Bakery, Kingston; Fireside Festival, Lerida Estate; Australian Gravity Enduro Racing Series, Stromlo Forest Park; Rapa Nui (Easter Island), Female figure (moai papa) (detail) probably early 19th century, Otago Museum, Dunedin, National Gallery of Australia; The Boathouse by the Lake Restaurant, Canberra & Capital Region Truffle Festival; Perception deception, Questacon — The National Science and Technology Centre
EXPLORE NEWACTON
THE FUN OF SCIENCE
Discover the delights of the NewActon dining precinct. The Parlour Wine Room, a Canberra favourite, is the perfect spot for a quiet drink and bite to eat. It’s located next door to A. Baker which, along with M can & Green Grout, has become a popular spot for a great cup of coffee or meal. Traditional Italian restaurant Bicicletta remains a favourite with a variety of delicious produce sourced from local suppliers as well as from Italy. Movie-lovers can enjoy a drink at the sophisticated Prosecco Bar or a coffee and gourmet tastings from the Electric Espresso Cafe before seeing a film at the Palace Electric Cinema. newacton.com.au
At Questacon — The National Science and Technology Centre, you’ll experience science in extraordinary ways. Free-fall down a six-metre slide, go head over heels on the 360 Swing, experience an earthquake or challenge a robot to a game of air hockey. There’s something for everyone in Questacon’s eight galleries. Explore colour, movement, light and sound in the Wonderworks gallery, where you can play music using light beams or try to escape the ever-watching gaze of an emu. Little scientists, and their carers, will enjoy Mini Q as they play, discover and learn in a gallery just for 0–6 year olds. Discover the power and beauty of Earth’s forces and live to tell the tale in the newly updated Awesome Earth gallery. No visit to Questacon is complete without watching, or starring in, a Spectacular Science Show, presented daily. questacon.edu.au
FIRESIDE FESTIVAL Canberra Region venues turn up the heat in August for the annual celebration of winter — the Fireside Festival. Sip on exquisite cool climate wines, taste the delicacies from the region, meet local artists with a passion for their craft, or just relax and warm yourself on open fires in the company of good friends. thepoachersway.com.au
ENDURO SERIES Stromlo Forest Park will host the brand new Australian Gravity Enduro Racing Series on 24 August. This will be a multi-stage event that combines neutral cross-country climbs and transition zones with fast and flowy technical descends. The Stromlo courses will have a big mix requiring some fitness, technical bike skills and a sense of adventure, providing an equal chance for all types of mountain bikers including crosscountry riders, weekend trail riders and downhillers. rockytrailentertainment.com
Shortys, Civic; Handmade Market, National Convention Centre Canberra; Mocan and Green Grout, NewActon
TO THE MARKET YOU GO Visit Canberra’s award-winning Handmade Market on 7 and 8 June at the National Convention Centre and browse Australian designers. At the multi award-winning Old Bus Depot Markets in Kingston each Sunday you can find handcrafted jewellery, art, clothing, furniture and toys as well as regional food and wine with plenty of food vendors providing tempting treats such as fresh bread, coffee and sweet delicacies. Be tantalised by the array of fruit, vegetables, plants, flowers, seafood, pastries, meats, cheese and more at Canberra’s fresh produce markets: Capital Region Farmers Market at Exhibition Park on Saturdays, Fyshwick Fresh Food Markets from Thursdays to Sunday and Belconnen Fresh Food Markets from Wednesday to Sunday.
What’s on PERCEPTION DECEPTION
Throughout winter PARTISAN EAGLES AND FASCIST DONKEYS: SOVIET STENCILLED PROPAGANDA POSTERS
QUESTACON — THE NATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTRE
AFGHANISTAN: THE AUSTRALIAN STORY
AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL
Take the kids to discover the world inside their heads and explore how people perceive the same thing in different ways.
Discover the extraordinary efforts of Australians in Afghanistan through the words of our veterans and their families.
The compelling voices of the Anzacs echo through their letters and diaries marking the Centenary of the First World War.
questacon.edu.au 02 6270 2800
awm.gov.au 02 6243 4211
awm.gov.au 02 6243 4211
NORFORCE: TONY ALBERT
AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL
TREASURES GALLERY
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF AUSTRALIA
AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL
Admire art by contemporary artist Tony Albert as a result of his 2012 official war commission to the Army’s North West Mobile Force (NORFORCE).
Browse new additions when you come face to face with some of the Library’s greatest treasures and Australia’s best known stories.
awm.gov.au 02 6243 4211
awm.gov.au 02 6243 4211
nla.gov.au 02 6262 1111
See rare and dramatic posters by the Telegraphic Agency of the Soviet Union studio (TASS) in Moscow during the Second World War.
ANZAC VOICES
AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL
HAPPY AND GLORIOUS
MUSEUM OF AUSTRALIAN DEMOCRACY AT OLD PARLIAMENT HOUSE
Celebrate the 60th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II’s first visit to Australia in 1954. See her dressing room and Crown Jewels reproduced under official royal licence. moadoph.gov.au 02 6270 8222 Glebe Park, Civic; Perception deception, Questacon — The National Science and Technology Centre; Making a Mint, Royal Australian Mint
BEHIND THE LINES 2013
MUSEUM OF AUSTRALIAN DEMOCRACY AT OLD PARLIAMENT HOUSE
Look back on the controversies, crises and sometimes unintentional comedy of the 2013 political year through the eyes of Australia’s best cartoonists. moadoph.gov.au 02 6270 8222
MINT CONDITION
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN MINT
The interactive model Making a Mint invites you to build a mini mint and share stories, photos and memorabilia in the lead up to the Mint’s 50th anniversary in 2015. ramint.gov.au 02 6202 6999
SCIENCE OF SUCCESS
AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT
Ever wondered how Australian champions get that winning edge? Visit Sportex to find out about the secret technology developed by the Sports Science Sports Medicine department. ausport.gov.au/tours 02 6214 1010
canberraglassworks.com 02 6260 7005
BLACK AND DEADLY: INDIGENOUS WOMEN IN MUSIC
A PLACE TO CALL HOME? MIGRANT HOSTEL MEMORIES
NATIONAL FILM AND SOUND ARCHIVE
UNTIL 8 JUNE
PROMO: PORTRAITS FROM PRIMETIME
NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY
CANBERRA GLASSWORKS Learn about glassmaking, tour the gallery and boiler room and see molten glass in the hotshop.
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA
Celebrate the careers of pioneer Indigenous recording artists including Georgia Lee who was the first Indigenous person to release a full record.
Discover the early experiences of migrants to Australia after World War II — the hostels they called home, the friendships, and the beginnings of their new lives.
nfsa.gov.au 02 6248 2000
naa.gov.au 02 6212 3600
UNTIL 9 JUNE
UNTIL 22 JUNE
UNTIL 22 JUNE
NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY
CANBERRA MUSEUM AND GALLERY
NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT PRIZE 2014
ELIOTH GRUNER: THE TEXTURE OF LIGHT
GARDEN OF THE EAST: PHOTOGRAPHY IN INDONESIA 1850S–1940S
Promo takes you into the spotlight and fascinating behind-the-scenes with Australian professional stills photographers and the stars of television, music and comedy.
Browse the best in contemporary portraiture by professional and aspiring Australian photographers. The Gallery offers $25,000 for the most outstanding portrait.
Browse impressionist beachscapes and farmlands to the distinctive modernist 1930s landscapes of the Southern Highlands and south coast.
Admire beautiful, distinctive, rich-toned and detailed prints of Jakarta and colonial Indonesia by inventor Walter Woodbury and James Page.
portrait.gov.au 02 6102 7000
portrait.gov.au 02 6102 7000
museumsandgalleries.act.gov.au 02 6207 3968
nga.gov.au 02 6240 6411
NATIONAL GALLERY OF AUSTRALIA
UNTIL 29 JUNE
LUMINOUS WORLD: CONTEMPORARY ART FROM THE WESFARMERS COLLECTION
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF AUSTRALIA
See contemporary paintings, objects and photographs, by leading Australian and New Zealand artists. nla.gov.au 02 6262 1111 UNTIL 20 JULY
OLD MASTERS: AUSTRALIA’S GREAT BARK ARTISTS
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AUSTRALIA
See 120 specially selected barks which celebrate the genius of Australia’s master bark artists. The Museum holds the biggest collection of Indigenous Australian bark paintings in the world. nma.gov.au 02 6208 5000 UNTIL 20 JULY
ON COUNTRY: WORK, CONNECT, CELEBRATE
UNTIL 3 AUGUST
ATUA: SACRED GODS FROM POLYNESIA
UNTIL 3 AUGUST
MICHAEL COOK: THROUGH MY EYES
MUSEUM OF AUSTRALIAN DEMOCRACY AT OLD PARLIAMENT HOUSE
Be inspired by contemporary Indigenous land and sea management practices strengthened through caring for country, being on country, and celebrating country.
Explore Polynesian artefacts created for religious and sacrifical purposes, that survived the Christian missionaries.
NATIONAL GALLERY OF AUSTRALIA
See 27 prime ministers of Australia re-imaged with distinctively Aboriginal features. Presented as part of National Reconciliation Week and NAIDOC Week.
nma.gov.au 02 6208 5000
nga.gov.au 02 6240 6411
moadoph.gov.au 02 6270 8222
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AUSTRALIA
Stiff Gins Nardi Simpson and Kaleena Briggs (detail), 2011, photograph by Nicole Foreshew, National Film & Sound Archive; Asher Keddie, between takes of Offspring by Giovanni Lovisetto, Courtesy of Endemol Australia, National Portrait Gallery; Lah Wah, 2013, Hardy Lohse, National Portrait Gallery; Michael Cook, Through my eyes (Robert Hawke) (detail), 2010, Courtesy of the artist and Andrew Baker art dealer, Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House; Hung Fire (detail), 1995, Rosalie Gasgoine (1917–99), Wesfarmers Collection of Australian Art. © Rosalie Gascoigne, licensed by Viscopy in 2012, National Library of Australia
7 JUNE AND 5 JULY
AFTERDARK FIREFLY TOURS
AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL BOTANIC GARDENS
Enjoy a delicious hot chocolate and construct a handmade lantern that will be lit by a guide for your tour. Bookings essential.
June
anbg.gov.au/gardens/whatson 02 6250 9540
7–9 JUNE
CORIN FOREST OPENING WEEKEND
CORIN DAM ROAD, TIDBINBILLA
7–9 JUNE
THREDBO OPENING WEEKEND
THREDBO
Visit when the snowmaking machine is in action and have fun at Corin Forest Mountain Resort which is open daily.
Enjoy live music and performing acts as well as a flare run and fireworks.
corin.com.au 02 6235 7333
visitthredbo.com.au 02 6459 4100 21 JUNE–MID AUGUST
CANBERRA & CAPITAL REGION TRUFFLE FESTIVAL
VARIOUS VENUES
28–29 JUNE
NATIONAL CAPITAL DANCESPORT CHAMPIONSHIPS
Indulge in a ‘taste of mid-winter magic’ with the local black truffle harvest. Take part in truffle dinners, tastings, cooking demonstrations, truffle hunts and more.
Enjoy the glitz and glamour of Australia’s leading professional and amateur dancers competing in Latin American, Ballroom and New Vogue dance styles.
trufflefestival.com.au
ncdccanberra.com.au 02 9686 9800
AIS ARENA, BRUCE
20 JUNE–27 JULY
SKATE IN THE CITY
GAREMA PLACE, CIVIC
July
For the coolest fun skate on an open air ice skating rink in the city. Hire skates, enjoy school holiday skate shows and night markets. Book online. inthecitycanberra.com.au 0400 505 284
25 JULY–2 NOVEMBER
ABSTRACTION-CRÉATION: JW POWER IN EUROPE 1921–38
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF AUSTRALIA
Explore Australian expatriate Power’s most abstract works of organic and surreal forms that reveal his role in the European avant-garde.
nla.gov.au 02 6262 1111
Enjoy an AfterDARK experience of the Australian National Botanic Gardens this winter. Image courtesy of Andrew Tatnell; Corin Forest Mountain Resort; National Capital Dancesport Championships, credit: dancesportphoto.net; Skate in the City, Civic; J.W Power (1881–1943) Marine 1930-31, Mrs Edith Power bequest, 1961, University of Sydney managed by Museum of Contemporary Art, National Library of Australia
August 1–31 AUGUST
FIRESIDE FESTIVAL
VARIOUS VENUES
Distinctive venues will create warming and memorable experiences offering authentic cool climate wines matched with gourmet, seasonally inspired contemporary food, music and entertainment. thepoachersway.com.au
6–9 AUGUST
CIRCA’S S
CANBERRA THEATRE
Explore human strength and flexibility through a daring interplay of complex raw energy and dazzling acrobatics. An ode to the human body and spirit. canberratheatrecentre.com.au 02 6275 2700 14 AUGUST–26 OCTOBER
ARCADIA: SOUND OF THE SEA
14 AUGUST–13 SEPTEMBER
RANAMOK GLASS PRIZE
CANBERRA GLASSWORKS
See photographs, film footage and large seascape paintings exploring surfing’s glory days that bring the ocean to life.
NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY
Browse this exhibition showing creativity, skill and innovation in contemporary glass and learn about glassmaking, tour the boiler room and see molten glass in the hotshop.
portrait.gov.au 02 6102 7000
canberraglassworks.com 02 6260 7005
16–24 AUGUST
NATIONAL SCIENCE WEEK
VARIOUS VENUES
Discover the wonders and benefits of science and find tons of happenings during the annual celebration of science.
scienceweek.net.au
24 AUGUST
AUSTRALIAN GRAVITY ENDURO SERIES RACE
STROMLO FOREST PARK
Challenge your sense of adventure for all types of mountain bikers including cross country, weekend trail and downhillers. rockytrailentertainment.com 02 4353 3961
Mount Majura Vineyard; Fireside Festival, Capital Wines Epicurean Centre, Gundaroo; Lino Tagliapietra commissioned work for Canberra Glassworks, credit: Adam Da Cruz; 360 Swing, Questacon — The National Science and Technology Centre
SATURDAYS
CAPITAL REGION FARMERS MARKET
SUNDAYS
OLD BUS DEPOT MARKETS
KINGSTON
HALL
10am–4pm Special themes 15 June Kids in the Shed 13 July Creative Fibre 17 August Portobello Road in August
7–8 JUNE
3RD SUNDAY
4TH SATURDAY
NATIONAL CONVENTION CENTRE CANBERRA
BUNGENDORE
BRAIDWOOD
EXHIBITION PARK IN CANBERRA
7.30–11.30am 1ST SUNDAY
HALL MARKETS
Markets
10am–3pm
HANDMADE MARKET
10am–4pm
Sport
BUNGENDORE MARKETS
BRAIDWOOD MARKETS
9am–3pm
8am–2pm
NRL: RAIDERS
SUPER 15 RUGBY: BRUMBIES
AFL: GIANTS
GIO STADIUM CANBERRA
GIO STADIUM CANBERRA
STARTRACK OVAL MANUKA
9 June 20 June 28 July 1 August 14 August 28 August
11 July vs Force
9 August vs North Melbourne
vs vs vs vs vs vs
Broncos Bulldogs Rabbitohs Warriors Dragons Tigers
THE STREET THEATRE
CANBERRA THEATRE
THE PLAYHOUSE
3–8 JUNE
13–28 JUNE
28 AUGUST–23 AUGUST
IT’S DARK OUTSIDE
BELL SHAKESPEARE’S HENRY V
24–25 JUNE
ROYAL THEATRE 7 JUNE
JAMES BLUNT: MOON LANDING TOUR
KILA KOKONUT KREW’S: THE FACTORY
27–28 JUNE
MR MCGEE AND THE BITING FLEA
Theatre and music
STATE THEATRE COMPANY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST
28 AUGUST–13 SEPTEMBER
THE DREAM
17–19 JULY
BANGARRA DANCE THEATRE: PATYEGARANG
2 AUGUST
SYDNEY COMEDY FESTIVAL
LLEWELLYN HALL, ANU 21 JUNE
ACO: MAHLER 4 AND SIBELIUS 6
Capital Region Farmers Market; Canberra Raiders, GIO Stadium Canberra; Super 15 Rugby: Brumbies, GIO Stadium Canberra; GIANTS, StarTrack Oval Manuka; Sydney Comedy Festival, Canberra Theatre; The Factory, credit: Stephen Langdon, Metro magazine, Canberra Theatre; The importance of being Earnest, The Playhouse Every effort has been made to ensure that information is current and correct at time of printing.
CANBERRA AND REGION VISITORS CENTRE
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