Australian Romantic and Classical Orchestra, playing at the music festival this weekend.
CANBERRA International Music Festival kicks off on Friday, April 30, and runs until May 9, mostly at the Fitters Workshop, Kingston, but it’s also streaming via a 10-concert digital pass here and, as well, there’ll be a “student” rush, one hour before at the door, for all concerts. Book here.
THE Royal Academy of Dance Australia will host a gala evening of performance by students at ACT and Riverina area dance schools this Sunday. RAD, which has a quarter of a million students worldwide, will present a program which spans genres from ballet to Broadway and contemporary to character. Playhouse, 6pm, Sunday, May 2, book here or 6275 2700.
Falling on the second Sunday of May, Mother’s Day celebrates and honours mums, motherhood and the influence of mothers in society. This is a sponsored post.
FALLING on the second Sunday of May, Mother’s Day celebrates and honours mums, motherhood and the influence of mothers in society.
Starting in 1908 by Anna Jarvis in West Virginia, this year the day will be held on May 9.
Anna campaigned for the day following the death of her mum, a peace activist who cared for wounded soldiers on both sides of the American Civil War and created Mother’s Day work clubs to address public health issues.
Head of “The Framers” Scott Bullock with Aarwun Gallery owner Robert Stephens… “I am a great believer in history. Often people forget to record and preserve precious family moments,” Robert says.
Combining his love of art and framing in Aarwun Gallery, owner Robert Stephens, a framer since the ‘80s, says: “Framing is an artform.” This is a sponsored post.
COMBINING his love of art and framing in the Gold Creek Gallery, Aarwun Gallery owner Robert Stephens, a framer since the ‘80s, says: “Framing is an artform.”
After building a career in art and running the gallery for 22 years, Robert says he is a big believer that an artwork always needs to be more important than the frame, and a good frame needs to enhance the artwork, not take the attention away.