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Arts leader Domenic Mico has died in hospital after suffering a brain aneurysm. He was 76.

The medieval town of Hameln (Hamelin) in Germany is world-famous because of its legendary pied piper, but it also numbers among its native daughters one of Australia's (and Canberra’s) leading photographers – Heide Smith.

By Gretchen A. Peck The charming three-bedroom colonial at 24 Boston Post Rd., East Lyme, came to market in late October, with an asking price of $330,000. Realtor Heide Smith, who is affiliated with ...

While philanthropy is rising in Australia, it’s not keeping pace with the rise in wealth. Daniel Petre, Antonia Ruffell and Peter Winneke aim to change that.

Manning Clark had a long association with the Library and much of his research for A History of Australia was carried out in the Library. In the final volume he wrote, ‘The Petherick Room, the Manuscripts Room, and the Newspaper Room are present in every page of this volume, just as they are always present in my heart’. In 1989 he donated the first instalment of his papers under the Taxation Incentives for the Arts Scheme. Further papers were transferred in 1990–91. He bequeathed his rem...

What’s what and who’s who in the arts this week? Here’s HELEN MUSA‘s weekly “Arts in the City” column. FORMER director of the Centenary of Canberra and the National Festival of Australian Theatre, Robyn Archer, has just been awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the University of South Australia. Performing regularly, Archer is now a global mentor for the European Festivals’ Association Festival Academy and an ambassador for the Adelaide Crows. Ian Darling, left, and Greg F...

Heide Smith, “Liftoff at Tuross Head”. PHOTOGRAPHER Heide Smith has once again outdone most other snappers with her “seasonal best wishes” image of pelicans on their watery runway, taken at Tuross Head, where she and husband Brian now live. Famous for “shooting” famous Canberrans, Heide has turned to nature for her inspiration. Former head of the ANU School of Music, Professor Ken Lampl, with his collaborator Kirsten Axelholm, has composed the score and soundtrack for the new Austra...