The Weekend Edit

Posted on 26 March, 2021

What’s on in Canberra this weekend? Our Weekend Edit has you covered.

Alanna Sapwell x Analiese Gregory x Bar Rochford

Hold on to your hats, Canberra! Good Food Month presented by Citi is flying Alanna Sapwell, former head chef of ARC Dining (Brisbane) and Saint Peter (Sydney), and Analiese Gregory (who recently departed Hobart’s two-hatter, Franklin) into town for two delicious events at everyone’s favourite watering hole, Bar Rochford—a lunch and a dinner.

$160 per person. Tickets include multiple courses with matched wine. $160 per person. Tickets include multiple courses with matched wine.

Happening Sunday 28 March from 12 pm for lunch and 6.30 pm for dinner at Bar Rochford, 1st floor, 65 London Circuit, City.

Buy tickets here and here

FANGIRLS

FANGIRLS

Fangirls follows the uproarious story of Edna, a misfit scholarship girl who believes that she alone can win the heart of the world’s biggest pop star; Harry.

Sure, he has 38 million other fans, but for Edna, that’s merely a hurdle. Because there’s nothing she won’t do to meet Harry.

With a dazzling cast (including Aydan from The Voice), inexhaustibly witty dialogue, and heart-pumping, infectious songs, it’s an ode to love that smashes all generational generalisations.

After an international bidding war amongst major US and UK producers, this comedy about the ways that the world tries to convince young women that they’re not as worthy as their brothers was poised to take the theatres of the world by storm when suddenly they went dark.

Whether you screamed for The Beatles, One Direction, or your footy team in the Grand Final, you will find something to connect with in Fangirls.

Happening 24-28 March at Canberra Theatre Centre.

See canberratheatrecentre.com.au/show/fangirls for more information.

Australian Love Stories

Wesley Enoch and David McAllister, 2020 by Peter Brew-Bevan.

Family, friends, fanatics and foes (and everything in between!).

Reconnect and reflect with a new major exhibition, Australian Love Stories (in real life!) and explore love, affection and connection in all its guises. From the enduring to the forbidden, romantic to platonic, the unrequited, obsessive, scandalous or creative. Swoon over more than 200 artworks from across photography, painting, works on paper, small sculpture and an immersive glass installation.

Showing from 20 March–1 August 2021 at the National Portrait Gallery.

See portrait.gov.au/exhibitions/australian-love-stories-2020 for more information.

Autoco Car Maintenance Workshop: March 2021

Autoco is hosting a free workshop to ensure you feel empowered when it comes to understanding your vehicle.

Focused on three key components: checking your tyres, getting under the hood, and being prepared for a dark, wet night.

This workshop provides a friendly learning environment for our customers, encouraging you to ask question and gain knowledge from our experienced mechanics and technicians.

This is your chance to meet like-minded members of the Canberra community.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN

All about the tyres.

Tyres are the component that keep your car rolling and can drastically affects the safety and performance of your vehicle. In this workshop, the experienced Autoco technicians will teach you how to check your tyre pressures and treads, along with this you will have the opportunity to change a tyre. This is a great platform to ask any questions you may have surrounding your tyres.

What’s under the hood.

Are you confused with what is going on under the hood of your car? During this session, the team will walk you through the most common features and show you what to keep an eye on.

While most vehicles can vary, this is your opportunity to practice checking the oil/water levels and understand what role your coolant plays.

Preparing for the worst-case scenario. 

Head, brake and taillights are essential components for driving, especially at night time. This is where the Autoco team will show you the basics of buying and replacing these globes, saving you the heartache of an unwanted fine.

During this session, you will also learn when and how to change your wiper blades for a rainy night.

Our aim is that you’ll leave the workshop feeling more confident about driving and also about dealing with your own mechanic.

Cost: Free

Happening Saturday 27 March from 9.30 am (two-hour duration) at Autoco Mitchell, 133 Flemington Road, Mitchell.

See Eventbrite for more information.

The Good Weekend Quiz: Live

A Rockpool spread.

The Good Food Special Edition, designed to test your knowledge of food, drinks and Australia’s dining history.

Good Weekend’s The Quiz trivia masters have teamed up with Good Food’s restaurant critics to present The Good Weekend Quiz: Live.

Good FoodMonth is bringing Rockpool Bar & Grill Executive Chef, Corey Costelloe, to lake-side paradise, The Boat House.

You and your team will graze on Corey’s phenomenal snacks before indulging in a main meal that’s so good, even Parliament will have to take recess. To keep things fair, tickets are on sale for teams of eight only, so choose your brains trust wisely.

$140 per person. Tickets include snacks, main and dessert with premium wine and beer.

Happening Tuesday 23 March from 6.30 pm at The Boat House, Grenville Drive, Barton

Buy tickets here.

Pop Up Boutique by The CBR Woman

This event brings you all your favourite local makers and creators in one place—Kingston’s The Social Club.

Spend your Sunday supporting local and treating yourself. Stallholders include:

Altina Drinks
Amy Creative
Baroque by Bec
Beauty by Rane
Bianca Pavlic the Label
Boujee Bloom
Crystal Zealous
Edible Favours
Jodie Temple Clarke Celebrant
La Luz Candles
Lulu and Sis
Luna and Jungle
Peach Bud Boutique
Real Maple and Co
Splendour and Style
Stone Apothecary
Sweet Serendipity
Sweet Treats by Hannah
The CBR Woman

Happening Sunday 28 March from 11 am–2 pm at The Social Club, Green Square, Kingston.

See Facebook for more information.

Wine Machine

After the souring of 2020, Wine Machine Canberra is finally a go! Peking Duk, Lime Cordiale and Nyxen have been added to an already stacked wine up who’ll descend on the rolling plains of Commonwealth Park on March 27th 2021.

Leading the second batch of acts are party-ready duo Peking Duk who – based on their on-and-off stage antics – are sure to have a killer track list ready for their bonkers DJ set. 2020 ARIA Breakthrough Artist Lime Cordiale will showcase their now-legendary stage show as well as a truly unique DJ set from vibe queen Nyxen.

They join the one of a kind Hot Dub Time Machine, dance royalty Bag Raiders, funk-filled producer Young Franco, blissed out Melbournian Alice Ivy, crooning newcomer Don West and the ever entertaining sommelier Danny Clayton.

These delectable treats will be paired with Wine Machine’s signature gourmet festival fare – a selection of local producers and wine-makers alongside activities and activations for every wine fiend.

Successfully executing one of the world’s first covid-safe events in WA in October it’s safe to say attendees will be in good hands with extra precautions taken to comply with health and safety protocols.

Let’s leave 2020 behind and celebrate with the Best. Chardy. Ever.

Happening Saturday 27 March from 3–11 pm at Commonwealth Park.

See wine-machine.com for more information.

A Road Home: Bozhko Marshall, Baird and Crane

Home is wherever we gather with our family and friends. It can be the city, it can be the coast or somewhere in between. Houses get bought and sold; a home stays with you always.

Three Canberra based artists, Valentyna Crane, Elena Bozhko Marshall and Jennifer Baird explore the feeling of home in this expressive Group Exhibition.

Well known for her panoramic landscapes, Valentyna Crane is passionate about the beauty of Canberra, inviting everyone to fly over her much loved city and hills in her body of work. It is the unique combination of wild nature and urban life, vast horizons and blue hills that nourishes her creative spirit, providing a burning desire to paint and to capture her feelings on canvas every day.

In a gentle visual reminder that we are children of this universe, Elena Bozhko Marshall brings an interpretation of our home on this tiny blue planet called Earth. An imaginative view to the exhibition, her clay vessels are an earthy reminder that home is made of your family, past and present, kids, friends, good people around, gardens, seasons, holidays, rainbows and stars in the sky. Elena hopes her vases and platters will unite people around the table to share food, joy and happiness.

For Jennifer Baird, the body of work included in the exhibition is an intimate expression of her thoughts about Home. From her first home with her husband Marcus to feeling at home by the sea. Whether this is in Sydney or by the coast, she particularly embraces the feeling of being hugged by Jervis Bay, South Coast NSW.

Earth, City or Sea. Together three artists will provide a rich and diverse experience for the patrons of the gallery. Come and explore the feeling of home with three Canberra Artists.

Showing 10-28 March at Humble House gallery, 93 Wollongong Street, Fyshwick, Canberra.

Official Opening Saturday 13 March from 2 pm. Gallery hours: Wednesday – Sunday 10 am – 4 pm

Cost: Free

Botticelli to Van Gogh: Masterpieces from the National Gallery

Jacopo Tintoretto. The Origin of the Milky Way. c. 1575. © The National Gallery, London.

Botticelli to Van Gogh: Masterpieces from the National Gallery, London draws exclusively from one of the greatest collections of European paintings in the world.

This unprecedented exhibition includes 500 years of art in 60 paintings and comprises the largest group of works ever to travel outside of Britain in the National Gallery’s 192-year history.

Botticelli to Van Gogh features 55 of the world’s most famous and admired artists from the fifteenth to the turn of the twentieth century, including Botticelli, Titian, Rembrandt, Vermeer, El Greco, Velazquez, Goya, Turner, Constable, Van Dyck, Gainsborough, Renoir, Cézanne, Gauguin and Van Gogh.

Exclusive to the National Gallery of Australia—only in Canberra

Showing until 14 June at the National Gallery of Australia.

See nga.gov.au/masterpieces for more information.

Piinpi: Contemporary Indigenous Fashion

Seedpods dress, 2019, Grace Rosendale, silk organza, elastic and sequinned fabric, Hopevale Arts and Cultural Centre and Queensland University of Technology. Model: Magnolia Maymuru. Photo: Bronwyn Kidd.

This stunning exhibition shines a light on Australia’s leading First Nations creatives and a design movement that is fast becoming a national fashion phenomenon.

Featuring the work of Indigenous artists and designers from the inner city to remote desert art centres, Piinpi highlights the strength and diversity of the rapidly epanding Indigenous fashion and textile industry.

Exhibition organised by Bendigo Art Gallery.

Showing until 8 August 2021 at the National Museum of Australia.

See nma.gov.au/exhibitions/piinpi-contemporary-indigenous-fashion for more information.

Magic of Marion: 150 Years of Marion Mahony Griffin

Happy Birthday Marion Mahony Griffin! Join the National Capital Authority and other National Cultural Partners as they celebrate a year of Marion Mahony Griffin in the national capital.

This year marks Marion’s 150th Birthday, a woman that played such in integral part in architectural designs across two continents.

Marion is known to have produced some of the finest architectural drawings in Australia and America but was also instrumental in the award-winning design plans with her husband Walter for the design of Australia’s Capital, Canberra.

From walks to lectures, launches to talks, see the full program at nca.gov.au/marion.

Various events happening until 10 August.

See nca.gov.au/marion for more information.

Make Your Own at Canberra Glassworks

Create your own artwork with one-on-one guidance from a highly skilled Teaching Artist at the Canberra Glassworks.

Make your own paperweight, bird, tumbler or vase in a short one-on-one session from 20 to 40 minutes long.

Saturday or Sunday sessions available at Canberra Glassworks. Book online at canberraglassworks.com/create/myo

Haig Park Village Markets

The Haig Park Village Markets are about creating a vibrant farmers market filled with fresh, nutritious, quality produce and products at reasonable prices, with the added bonus of supporting and promoting our regional farmers and businesses.

Rosie and Alex are born and raised Canberrans who love all things markets. Their markets will be an evolving collaboration of many farmers, bakers, artisans and talented people, seeking to share their crafted specialties. They want to support local creative talent and nurture local businesses.

Working together with regional growers and local business they can create a lively and community-driven market that seeks to become a destination for locals and visitors alike.

Happening Sundays from 8 am at Haig Park, Braddon.

See Facebook for more information.