Monday 31st March

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Hello Canberra,

📆 Today: What's on this week + a nature group for young adults.

⛅️ Weather: 22° and partly cloudy. 40% chance of showers.

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📆 What's On This Week in Canberra

Here are the highlights:

Government House Open Day: Explore one of Australia's most historic properties and meet the Governor-General at the Government House Open Day this Saturday. There'll be a scavenger hunt, market stalls, and food vendors. Entry is free. Details here.

Canberra Play Outside Day: Canberra Play Outside Day is back — and this time, it's all about power tools for both adults and kids. SALT Ladies Tradies will help you make your own cheese board to take home. There'll be an inflatable obstacle course, hammocks, slacklines, outdoor games, and creative activities like charcoal drawing and crafts. Details here.

Canberra Psychic Fair: Psychics, market stalls, and a magical atmosphere await at the Canberra Psychic Fair, happening at Ainslie Football Club this weekend. Details here.

Mount Stromlo Public Astronomy Night: See the craters of the moon, planets, star clusters and nebulae at Mount Stromlo Observatory in conjunction with the Canberra Astronomical Society. Details here.

Silent Disco: An 80s-themed Silent Disco is happening at the National Museum. Party to three different DJ sets using supplied wireless headphones. Details here.

Mardi Gras Film Festival: The festival comes to the NFSA this week with a lineup of queer films and shorts. Details here.

CDAS Mega Auction: The Canberra and District Aquarium Society is holding a mega auction of aquarium fish, plants, and supplies. Details here.

Swan Lake: There are still some tickets left to the Victorian State Ballet's production of Swan Lake at Canberra Theatre. Details here

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This Weekend: 📚 Woden Seniors Big Book Fair

The Woden Seniors' annual Big Book Fair is on this weekend. With over 25,000 books for sale, there's something for every book lover—including quality fiction, non-fiction, and children's titles. You'll also find jigsaws, DVDs, CDs, board games, and artworks painted by members of the talented Woden Seniors Art Group. Details here.

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🧑‍🎨 Arts Around Canberra

This week's arts wrap:

Are You Lonesome Tonight: Are You Lonesome Tonight combines opera and country music, featuring arias and songs by Puccini, Verdi, Slim Dusty, Troy Cassar-Daley, Dolly Parton and more. After a successful run in Queensland, the show is stopping by The Q in Queanbeyan on its national tour. Details here.

Outdoor Greek Theatre: Outdoor Greek Theatre comes to the Botanic Gardens over the Easter long weekend. Antigone explores divine law vs human law, citizenship vs family loyalty, civil disobedience, and the role of the individual and the collective. It's as relevant today as it was 2,500 years ago in democratic Athens. Details here.

Reginald Mobley & Paul Grabowsky: GRAMMY-nominated American countertenor Reginald Mobley and ARIA-winning Australian pianist, composer, and conductor Paul Grabowsky unite to perform Mobley's latest album Because at The Street. Details here.

Water and Spirit: The CSO presents Water and Spirit — free-flowing music for flute, piano, and cello, inspired by water, breath, spirit, and song — at Albert Hall next Sunday. Details here.

Rainforests: The Botanic Art Group is holding its annual exhibition, with this year's edition focused exclusively on Australian native plants. The major theme: rainforests. Details here.

Kingsland Fellows Recital: The CSO's Kingsland Fellowship supports artistic excellence and creates pathways to professional performance for ACT tertiary and postgraduate students. The 2025 Kingsland Fellows will perform this Saturday at Smith's Alternative. See the next generation of talent! Details here.

Looking Up and Down: Looking Up and Looking Down is an exhibition of mixed media abstract paintings by Eve Fairhall and Lucy Chetcuti at ANCA Gallery. Details here.

High School Musical 2: Musical theatre school Pied Piper presents High School Musical 2, playing during the Autumn school holidays. Details here.

Bungendore Woodworks is Closing: After more than 40 years of showcasing the finest in Australian woodworking, Bungendore Woodworks will be closing its doors. Owner David Mac Laren recently announced the closure after being unable to find a suitable successor to run the gallery.

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Something to do: 🍃 You Me Nature Now

You Me Nature Now is a Landcare ACT community group for young people (aged 18–30) who are passionate about connecting with and caring for the local environment. This Friday, the group will take a guided meander through Gungahlin Hill Nature Reserve at dusk — a perfect chance to meet new people and spend some relaxing time in nature. Details here.

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