Wednesday 16th October

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Hello Canberra,

🌦️ Weather: 19° and cloudy. A slight 30% chance of a shower.

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New Eats: 🍽️ A French Bistro

Chris Lucas, who runs the popular Chin Chin restaurants in Melbourne and Sydney, is expanding his hospitality group with the opening of Carlotta, an Italian restaurant set to launch in the city on October 21. In addition, the group has announced plans to take over the space formerly occupied by the short-lived Botswana Butchery in Civic to open a French-style bistro, scheduled to debut in mid-2025.

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Coming Up: 🧑‍🍳 The Canberra Scone-Off

Do you bake the best scones in Canberra? The Canberra Scone-Off is coming this November! Enter for your chance to be crowned Canberra's best scone baker of 2024. There’s also a junior category for school students. Details here.

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Something to do: 👻 Foreshore and Causeway Ghost Tours

Join Sarah Stewart to hear stories of ghosts, history and true crime on a spooky tour of the Kingston Foreshore and Causeway. Details here.

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Reads: 📚 My Own Sort of Heaven

Discover the remarkable story of local artist Rosalie Gascoigne in the new biography My Own Sort of Heaven by Nicola Francis. Imagine not holding your first art exhibition until the age of 57—and then rapidly gaining international acclaim. That's exactly what happened to Gascoigne, a woman who transformed weathered, discarded materials from the Canberra landscape into stunning works of art. Details here.

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Concert: Qais Essar

Critically acclaimed Afghan composer, instrumentalist and producer Qais Essar will be performing at the Ainslie Arts Centre. He is a master of the rabab, a lute-like instrument of Afghanistan. Details here.

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Ainslie to Everest

ACT Fire & Rescue is holding the Ainslie to Everest 2024 charity walk, raising critical funds for Lifeline Canberra. Teams are challenged to climb the elevation of Mt Everest on the Mt Ainslie trail. Details here.

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Something to do: 💐 Ikebana Workshops

Would you like to learn the basics of Japanese flower arranging, Ikebana? The Canberra Museum and Gallery is hosting a workshop with Sachie Terasaki, a Canberra-based Ikebana artist, where you'll create a beautiful flower arrangement using traditional techniques. Details here.

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Eats: 🥟 Woktoberfest at Lazy Su

Funky Pan-Asian eatery Lazy Su has put together a special Oktoberfest-inspired menu for next week including bratwurst bao-dogs and kung pao pork katsu-schnitzel. Details here.