Friday 2nd August

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Hello Canberra,

📆 Today: It’s Friday 2nd August.

⛅️ Weather: 14° and mostly sunny. Down to -5° tonight.

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🍺 International Beer Day: 3 Lesser Known Brands

Today is International Beer Day. While everyone knows about Bentspoke and Capital Brewing, I thought I would highlight some of the lesser-known brands that are also made locally:

Ale Mary

Ale Mary was founded in 2022 by three locals. They handcraft small-batch beers and, as part of their commitment to sustainability, deliver the byproducts to farms around Canberra to use as feed. More.

Mountain Yeti

Mountain Yeti is Canberra's very own Nepalese beer. It's brewed by co-founders Rajesh Adhikari and Sudarpan Shrestha, who met at uni and bonded over their Nepalese heritage. Their flagship beer is the Wild Citrus IPA, and it goes great with spicy food. More.

Cypher

Cypher is looking to replicate the success of Bentspoke's in Braddon with their own brewpub in Gungahlin. The open layout means you can watch the brewers hard at work creating their award-winning brews. More.

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This Weekend in Canberra

Find out what's happening this weekend in Canberra with the full rundown here.

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News: 🖼️ The Gallery Has Bought a Gauguin

The National Gallery has spent nearly $10 million on a Paul Gauguin painting. It will be the first painting by the artist in an Australian public collection. More.

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Coming Up: 🗳️ Politics on the Edge

Rory Stewart, the co-presenter of the hit podcast The Rest is Politics will be in Canberra for Politics on the Edge this November. It will be an evening of no-holds barred discussion on crisis, politics, and the world order. Details here.

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This Weekend: Winter Clothes Swap

This event was scheduled to take place a little while ago but was cancelled due to staff illness. The Winter Clothes Swap is back this weekend in Tuggeranong. Bring along 5 clean, laundered clothes that you no longer wear to swap or purchase clothes with a gold coin donation. It's happening this Saturday at Tuggeranong Uniting. Details here.

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Classifieds

Vinyl LP Records Sale: music, 1930s to 1980s, new & used. 15 crates, private collection. Mostly African-American genres: Blues, Funk, Soul, RnB, Rock n' Roll. Eftpos: Cards all Ok. ATM on site. Saturday 3rd August, from 1:00 pm to 4:00pm.

At: Harmonie German Club, 49 Jerrabomberra Avenue, Narrabundah, Canberra South. Sale is Inside.

This is part of the International Blues Music Day, 9 acts of Live music, 3pm to 11pm. Free entry to Records sale. Live music, entry fees apply.

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News: Susan Ryan Statue Unveiled

40 years ago the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 was passed. A statue of Susan Ryan AO has been unveiled in the Old Parliament House Rose Gardens to commemorate one of the key voices who pushed for the legislation. Susan Ryan, the first female Labour senator, ran on the campaign slogan, "A woman's place is in the Senate". She passed away in 2020, aged 77. More.

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Tidbits:

Jet will Headline Summernats 37: Australian rock band Jet has been confirmed as the headline performer at next year's Summernats.

Evatt Shops Upgrade: The final designs for future upgrades to Evatt shops have been released. More.