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October 15

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📆 Today: It’s Wednesday, 15 October.

☀️ Weather: 26° and sunny.

Around Canberra: 🔔 St John’s Turns 180

This Saturday, St John’s is hosting its community fair—an ideal chance to explore one of Canberra’s oldest buildings. Consecrated in 1845, the church is now 180 years old.

At the fair you’ll find books, crafts, plants, jams and cakes, a white elephant stall, Devonshire teas, classic cars, bellringing displays, a jumping castle, a medieval tournament, pony rides and much more. Details here.

P.S. If you’ve ever wanted to try bellringing, the public is welcome at the open ringing session on the first Sunday of each month from 5pm to 6pm.

Coming Up: 🕯️ Canberra Nara Candle Festival

The Canberra Nara Candle Festival is back next Saturday. It’s a celebration of the sister-city relationship between Canberra and Nara, Japan, based on the much larger candle festival held in Nara. Expect Japanese art, culture, performances, activities for all ages, and the park will be beautifully illuminated with 2,000 candles. Details here.

📰 Tidbits

Milton Comeback: Twenty years after last competing, local Paralympian Michael Milton is aiming to qualify for the Games in March next year. Milton has won 11 Winter Paralympic medals, including six gold, and is also Australia’s fastest downhill skier. Most recently, he’s been running the popular Quizic Alley store. Details here.

👩‍🎨 Talks and Tours

Some interesting talks and tours coming up:

Braddon Street Art Tour: Community group Braddon Collective is hosting a 90-minute tour of the suburb’s street art. Grab your Braddon Street Art Map (by gold coin donation) and discover the stories, artists and hidden gems behind Braddon’s amazing murals. Details here.

Spooky Stories: Are you a fan of strange tales? Drawn to all things creepy? Gang Gang in Downer is hosting a night of fascinating yet disturbing short story readings. Details here.

Explore Taglietti's Architecture: Take an exclusive bus tour with the Canberra Museum exploring the extraordinary architectural vision of Enrico Taglietti, one of Australia's most distinctive and influential modernist architects. You’ll get access to buildings usually closed to the public. Details here.

David Hunter Memorial Lecture: The 21st annual lecture will explore truth-telling—one of the key principles of the Uluru Statement from the Heart. Keynote speaker Blake Alan Cansdale, National Director of ANTAR, will discuss the practice of truth-listening and its role in reconciliation. Details here.

ArtsNational Talk: Hear how the Crusader Knights settled on islands in the Mediterranean, the exploits of the Hospitallers and Templars, and the notorious Assassins, with UK lecturer Eileen Goulding. Details here.

📚 Canberra Reads

The Mushroom Murders: Award-winning author Greg Haddrick will be in conversation with Michael Brissenden on his new book The Mushroom Murders. A family lunch. Three deaths. What really happened? The shocking story of a weekend lunch laced with a highly toxic mushroom, and a triple murder trial that gripped the world, shattered a family and gave a mother a life sentence. Details here.

The Brindabellas' Big Night Out: Celebrate the release of The Brindabellas’ Big Night Out, a brand-new picture book by Canberra creators Jessica Wright and Ruth Oettle. Perfect for families, book lovers, and anyone who enjoys a great local story. Details here.

Revelation Beach: The Book Cow is welcoming Susan Francis to celebrate the launch of her second novel Revelation Beach—an evocative Australian thriller exposing the Balibo Five cover-up and a decades-old conspiracy about Indonesia's invasion of East Timor. Details here.

Supported By

🪐 Cottis Conducts The Planets: The Canberra Symphony Orchestra performs 'The Planets', an expansive, spine-tingling musical suite that served as a source of inspiration for some of cinema's greatest composers, including John Williams and Hans Zimmer. Don't miss this epic orchestral masterwork that shaped the sound of cinema itself! Details here.

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🎻 DroneArt: Immerse yourself in a magical evening where classical music meets cutting-edge technology. Beneath the starry sky, a talented quartet will perform masterpieces while a breathtaking drone show turns the air into a canvas of light and colour. A unique experience not to be missed. Details here.

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