Past events
300 covers: ART MONTHLY in Australia 1987 – 2017
Exhibition
In 1987 the legendary English editor and sinologist Peter Townsend brought Art Monthly to Australia, changing forever the landscape for art magazine publishing in this country. Townsend, who died in 2006, not only brought the magazine to Canberra (where it has been based at the ANU School of Art…
Festschrift Book Launch: Geography, Power, Strategy and Defence Policy
Book launch
Please join us for the Festschrift book launch,Geography, Power, Strategy and Defence Policy, Essays in the Honour of Paul Dibb.The book will be launched by The Hon Kim Beazley AC. Emeritus Professor Paul Dibb AM has had an extraordinary career. He enjoys an international scholarly…
Canberra Launch of China Story Yearbook 2016: Control
Book launch
The Australian Centre on China in the World invites you to celebrate the Canberra launch of its premier annual publication, China Story Yearbook 2016: Control, to be launched by Dr Andrew Leigh MP and preceded by a panel discussion with selected authors.…
RSSS Public Lecture: Adverse Events - On bad affects and the antidepressant wars
Lecture
In this lecture Professor Wilson will address the issue of psychopharmaceuticals, harm and adverse effects. The lecture will begin by considering the arguments against anti-depressant medications developed by a loose alliance of critics (feminists, anti-psychiatry activists, clinicians) who…
ANU Choral Society presents Haydn's The Creation
Entertainment
The ANU Choral Society is presenting Haydn's The Creation. Leonard Weiss is conducting and the soloists for the performance are Rachael Duncan (soprano), Charles Hudson (tenor) and David Greco (baritone). The three sources of the text of The Creation are Genesis, the Biblical book of Psalms and…
Wonder - A Celebration of Contemporary Australian Music
Entertainment
Presented by: National Capital Orchestra A Celebration of Contemporary Australian Music Join the Canberra Choral Society and the National Capital Orchestra for an all-Australian concert featuring the works of Carl Vine AO, Matthew Hindson AM and Graeme Koehne AO. Commencing with a pre-concert…
Mt Stromlo Public Astronomy Night
Lecture
Mount Stromlo Observatory in conjunction with the Canberra Astronomical Society invite the Canberra community to attend our public observing nights of 2017. Come and see the rings of Saturn, the craters of the moon as well as beautiful star clusters and nebulae. On the night attendees will be…