Tuesday 15th July

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Hello Canberra,

📆 Today: A Mongolian Festival + Arts Around Canberra.

☁️ Weather: 11° and cloudy. A low of -5° tonight 🥶.

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This Weekend: 🇲🇳 Naadam Festival

Canberra's one and only Mongolian restaurant, Naadam, is hosting the city's first Naadam Festival in Glebe Park this Sunday. This family-friendly celebration will feature traditional wrestling (with competitors in Mongolian attire), cultural performances, live music, and plenty of delicious food, including Mongolian BBQ. Details here.

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🎨 Arts Around Canberra

This week's arts wrap

Spider’s Web: Canberra Rep's production of Agatha Christie's Spider’s Web opens next week—secrets and lies abound in an English country manor house. No one believes Clarissa's truth, but everyone believes her lies. What could possibly go wrong? Details here.

The Play That Goes Wrong: There are just a handful of tickets remaining for the hilarious The Play That Goes Wrong, coming to The Playhouse in October. Details here.

Mozart's Clarinet: Travel back to the future to 1780s Vienna, when the newly invented clarinet—and its moodier cousin, the basset horn—thrilled audiences and composers alike. Details here.

Julius Caesar: Chaika Theatre's production of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar at ACT Hub brings the political masterpiece into the 21st century. Details here.

The Fold: A new contemporary dance work from The Training Ground will be showing at the Erindale Theatre on July 25 and 26. Details here.

21 Hearts: The first stage show at the Australian War Memorial's new theatre will be 21 Hearts. It tells the tragic story of Australian nurses held captive and killed during WWII. Details here.

Second World War Memorial Concert: Presented by the Australian War Memorial and Flowers of Peace, this concert offers a moving perspective on WWII through music, projected images, paintings, poetry, and narrations by John Bell AO. Details here.

Classical Guitar: Renowned Australian classical guitarist Rupert Boyd returns from New York City for his first solo Australian tour since 2016. He'll be performing at Smith's Alternative on Friday. Details here.

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Canberra Comedy

A couple of upcoming comedy events:

Chuckle Force Comedy: See ten local comedians deliver ten minutes of fresh new comedy for only ten dollars at the new Chuckle Force comedy night at Smith's. Details here.

Luke Kidgell: Known for his viral crowd-work interactions that often lead to some fairly unusual—yet hilarious—encounters, Luke Kidgell will be performing at Llewellyn Hall in August. Details here.

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This Weekend: 🔮 Psychic Fair

The Good Earth Psychic Fair is the longest-running psychic event in Canberra—and it's on this weekend at EPIC. There'll be free workshops and mediumship demonstrations, plus a range of unique stallholders and readers. Details here.

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Classifieds

🎻 The Music of John Williams - LIVE with Full Orchestra: From galaxy-shaking Star Wars themes to the roar of Jurassic Park, the adrenaline of Indiana Jones to the magic of Harry Potter – this concert brings John Williams' greatest scores to life in a symphonic celebration of cinema. July 24/25, 7:00pm. Llewellyn Hall, ANU. Details here.

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Tidbits

Plasma Donation Changes: Rules excluding members of the LGBTIQA+ community from donating plasma have been lifted in the ACT. More.

National Diabetes Week: You may notice some of our buildings lit up in blue this week—that's for National Diabetes Week. More.