January 13 2025 | CanberraDigest

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📆 Today: It's Monday, January 13. Canberra Digest is back for another year!

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🎨 Arts Around Canberra

Your weekly wrap of arts around Canberra:

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat: Tickets are now on sale for Canberra Philharmonic's upcoming production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. The musical will run at Erindale Theatre from February 27 to March 15. Details here.

Your Memories of the Canberra Theatre: Canberra Theatre is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year. To mark the occasion, the theatre is launching a memory capture project and is inviting you to share your stories, photos, and memories of past shows. Details here.

The Excellencies of Musick: The National Library's latest exhibition The Excellencies of Musick: Highlights from the Jamie and Michael Kassler Collection, showcases exquisite and intriguing rare prints, rare books and manuscripts dating from seventeenth to early nineteenth century Britain. Details here.

Artist Talk with Sophie Baker: Join local artist Sophie Baker as she shares her experiences of creating 'In the moment', her first solo exhibition at the Botanic Gardens. Details here.

Mojo at ACTHUB: Mojo is a comedic journey through the seedy, amphetamine-fuelled London rock scene of the 1950s. The play follows a gang of would-be power players who, seduced by the promise of fame and fortune, battle for control of hot teen singing idol Silver Johnny. It's on at The Hub from January 22. Details here.

Dionne Warwick: There are just a handful of tickets available to five-time Grammy Award-winning artist Dionne Warwick's concert. It's happening this Sunday. Details here.

Something to do: 🏞️ Become a ParkCare Volunteer

Interested in volunteering with ACT Parks and Conservation? There are different ways to get involved: ParkCare Patch, where you can join local groups to restore ecosystems and manage reserves; RangerAssist, working alongside rangers on diverse environmental tasks; WildlifeAssist, supporting wildlife care and conservation projects with the Threatened Species Team; and VisitorAssist, engaging with visitors at Tidbinbilla, Namadgi, and other information centres. To learn more about ParkCare, you can attend an online information session. The next session is happening on Wednesday evening. Details here.

On Now: The Great Kimberley Experience

There's a new virtual reality experience at the National Museum— The Great Kimberley Wilderness showcases one of the world's greatest landscapes in a 35-minute virtual reality experience narrated by Luke Hemsworth. Details here.

Kids: Activities this Week

Sea of Light: Use a UV torch as your paintbrush to paint, stencil, and steer ships that leave glowing paths of light in their wake. Details here.

Snakes Alive: Get up close and enjoy live displays, feeding and handling of snakes, lizards, frogs, turtles, crocodiles and more fascinating animals at the week-long Snakes Alive exhibition at the National Botanic Gardens. Details here.

Eggsellent Animal Portraits (free): Drop into the foyer of Tuggeranong Arts to help create a wall of cute animal portraits made using recycled egg cartons. Details here.

Storytime Ballet: Be enchanted by The Sleeping Beauty, an interactive Storytime Ballet experience for children aged three years and older. Details here.

Book Workshop Join local author, Jacinta Froud, as she reads The Perfect Book and helps you create a book about yourself. Details here.

Cool Holidays Screenings: The NFSA is screening a number of family favourites including Happy Feet, Frozen and Laputa: Castle in the Sky. Details here.

Family Orienteering (free): Pick up a map from the Visitors Centre at the National Arboretum and head out into the forests and gardens to find the hidden letters. Details here.

Classifieds:

studioMAP Summer Workshops and Term 1 Art Classes for children and teens.

studioMAP has two weeks of Holiday Art workshops during January 13 - 17 / 3-5pm and January 20 – 24 / 3-5pm. Casual sessions or weekly. Join us in our air-conditioned fully equipped art studio, located in M16 Artspace Griffith ACT, Painting Drawing Illustration and craft construction. Also, book now for Term 1 after school and Saturday classes. Details here.

Finding Calm with an Overthinking, Stressed, Busy Mind!

Inner Synergy's popular local mindfulness courses re-start in February. To help you manage overthinking, stress and anxiety, while boosting sleep, focus, calm & health. Suitable for all levels. Join us at Phillip from February 5 or Dickson from February 17 - for a Calmer, Clearer, Happier and Healthier you! Money back guarantee - book now!

Find out more: Intro Course - Dickson - Intro Course - Phillip - Next Level Course - Dickson or www.innersynergy.com.au

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Tidbits and News:

Man Charged After Alleged Attempted Shooting: A 20-year-old man has been charged after a shooting incident near Uriarra Village. More.

Public Transport Fare Increases: Fares on Public Transport increased by 3% on January 4. This is the first increase since 2019. More.