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Welcome to the essential guide to your weekend, Canberra. Thanks to Zango, Canberra’s locally owned listing site, we’re bringing you this weekend’s coolest events—and hottest Open Homes.

Every Monday for more than eight years, we’ve published This Week in The Can, our comprehensive guide to everything happening around the city this weekbut sometimes it’s just too epic to get through!

That’s why each Friday we publish our Weekend Edit—a curated selection of events we think you’ll love!

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SHOWROOM CANBERRA 2020

The ShowRoom is Canberra’s fresh new home show jam-packed with design, build and lifestyle goodness—it’s all the home inspiration you need.

Design, build, make, furnish, fix, landscape, buy, sell, decorate, enjoy. Showcasing 100+ professional and quality design, build and lifestyle products and services, it’s a great FREE day out for the whole family.

  • 100 quality exhibitors
  • 20 talks
  • 2 huge days
  • Live displays
  • Fabulous food
  • Unlimited inspiration!

Cost: Free entry. Register now to win great prizes at theshowroomcanberra.com.au

Happening 15–16 February from 10 am–4 pm at Exhibition Park in Canberra, Mitchell.

See theshowroomcanberra.com.au for more information.

VALENTINE’S DAY AT PIALLIGO ESTATE

Let’s get lovey-dovey in the most beautiful setting you’ll find in Canberra.

Bring your partner to Pialligo Estate‘s Pavilion for a lunch or evening that will take you away to another world, surrounded by gorgeous views, a feeling of spaciousness in the Estate’s light-filled pavilion and with live acoustic music that will create an atmosphere to be envious of.

With a special four-course menu designed with love, the Estate will be setting the scene for a special occasion for you and your loved one from the moment you walk in and receive that first glass of sparkling.

Not everyone needs a Valentine’s Day celebration to know that they’re loved, but for some, it’s also the perfect excuse to be reminded that it is important to spoil and be spoilt, regardless of the date it falls on.

Take the opportunity to have some dedicated time together and enjoy some beautiful food and wine without lifting a finger—be spoilt this Fri 14th February for any reason at all, as long as it’s with your favourite person.

Cost: $199 per couple, includes a glass of sparkling each on arrival and 4-course menu.

Happening Friday 14 February 2020 with two sittings—Lunch – 12:30 pm to 2:30 pm and Dinner – 6 pm to 8 pm, or 8:30 pm until 10:30 pm—at Pialligo Pavilion, 18 Kallaroo Road, Pialligo.

See thepialligoestate.com.au for more information.

BUSHFIRE RELIEF GALA

As the devastation of Australia’s bushfire continues, we join together as a community of friends, families and businesses to raise funds and awareness for those who have been deeply affected by the current crisis, as there is a long way to go for recovery.

Join the Royal Hotel Queanbeyan for a Bushfire Relief Gala for the volunteer organisations, BlazeAid and Braidwood Life Centre, as they aim to raise over $50,000 on Friday 14 February.

BlazeAid works with families and individuals in rural Australia after natural disasters such as fires and floods. Working alongside the rural families, the volunteers help to rebuild fences and other structures that have been damaged or destroyed.

BlazeAid are currently based in Braidwood where the volunteers with over 30 campervans, caravans, trailers, tenants located at the Showground with volunteers’ age ranging from 20’s to 70 years old.

Braidwood Life Centre (BLC) is a not-for-profit volunteer organisation within the Braidwood community and surrounds that has been has been running for 8 years helping those in need.

BLC have created a bushfire relief fund to help alleviate burdens of those affected by the bush fires. BLC also has a shop open each week to provide clothing, toiletries and home essential items to those in need, while working closely with Canberra pet rescue, NSW Rural Fire service, local businesses and council for food, vouchers and clothing distribution.

100% of all proceeds will be donated to BlazeAid and the Braidwood Life Centre who have set up a special account with Bendigo bank to support Bushfire Relief efforts.

Tickets are $150 per person and include:

  • Food & Drinks
  • Silent & live auction
  • Lucky Door prize / Raffle
  • Smooth Ops Band

Happening Friday 14 February from 6.30 pm-midnight at The Royal Hotel Queanbeyan – 85 Monaro St, Queanbeyan.

Purchase tickets here or find more information via Facebook.

Side Project Sessions at KeepCo

Side Project Sessions is a regular event series designed to help people put their projects–and themselves–first.

Offering a unique format of ‘peer-pressured productivity’, it is a space for people to come together to overcome common blocks including procrastination, fear and busyness and find routine, accountability, community and focus.

Whether it’s writing a novel or a resignation letter, starting an illustration series or sending one scary email, Side Project Sessions welcomes any project, big or small!

Coffee, tea, drinks and a range of dietary-friendly snacks will be provided to ensure you maintain your energy and focus on whatever you’ve been putting off.

What to bring: Headphones, notebooks, pens, pencils, whatever you need for focused project time! If it’s your first time attending, here are some notes on what to expect and what not to expect from the event, or visit our website.

Cost: $12 including grazing platters and bottomless coffee and tea.

Happening Sunday 16 February from 10 am – 1 pm at Keep Co CBR, Unit 3, Building 2, 1 Dairy Road, Fyshwick (next to BlocHaus).

Doors open 10 am for a 10.15 am on the dot start. Finishes at 1 pm.

See Facebook for more information.

Find inspiration, advice and more at @sideprojectsessions on Instagram.

SHAKESPEARE BY THE LAKES III – A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM – TUGGERANONG

Credit: Esh Photography.

Shakespeare by the Lakes III: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, one of Shakespeare’s most loved comedies, is presented by Lakespeare & Co. an independent theatre company on a mission to make high-quality theatre accessible to Canberrans

The summer shows are free for everyone and fun for all. They bring the community together and provide an enjoyable, family-friendly event for all ages.

Shakespeare by the Lakes III: A Midsummer Night’s Dream is opening at Tuggeranong Town Park on Valentine’s Day 2020 – Wander past, find a place, grab a glass of champagne, a cup of coffee and some delicious food from the onsite Food Trucks or get a big group together, bring your picnic blankets and baskets, and soak up the serenity.

Happening 14 – 15 February from 5.30-8.30pm at Tuggeranong Town Park, Anketell St, Greenway. 

See lakespeare.com for more information.

COOP AT SOHO VALENTINE’S DAY OUTDOOR CINEMA

A one-night-only Outdoor Cinema for charity AND Valentine’s Day? Sounds like a winner! Playing this Friday at Coop at Soho is one of our favourite romance films, Dirty Dancing.

No need to book a ticket! Just come ready with a donation (amount of your choice) for WIRES Australian Wildlife Rescue Organisation, along with picnic blankets, fold-out chairs, bean bags and whatever else you need to get comfortable.

Food and drinks will be available for purchase from Brodburger, Mr. Papa, MOMOs Taste of Tibet and Lenton bar.

  • Gates open @ 6pm
  • Movie starts @ 8pm

What are you waiting for? Call your pals, partners, parents, pooches, tinder dates…anyone really, and tell them your Friday night is sorted (weather permitting of course – keep an eye on their socials for updates).

Happening Friday 14 February from 6 pm at Coop at Soho—located on the corner of Morphett Street and Northbourne Avenue in Dickson, behind the hoarding and Art Group’s bright purple Mulberry Display suite.

See Facebook for more information.

CELLAR DOOR

Cellar Door is a wine market for Canberra’s wonderful wine scene happening every Saturday from 3-6 pm. Buy wines from local makers every Saturday afternoon in the iconic Nishi Grand Stair, NewActon Precinct.

Grab a souvenir glass, taste the latest drops, and buy at cellar door prices.

Wine stalls rotate each week with complementing stalls like flowers, cheese, chocolate and books.

Make a day of it with a film at Palace Electric Cinema and NewActon’s leading food and drink destinations.

Happening every Saturday from 3-6 pm on the Nishi Grand Stair, inside the Nishi Building, Philip Law Street, NewActon.

See the website for more details.

CANBERRA BEERFEST

BeerFest, Australia’s longest-running and original craft beer festival is coming to Canberra for the first time this February.

Kicking-off Canberra’s 2020 state-wide event program, over 20 craft brewers, cider makers, winemakers and distillers will set up in Commonwealth Place to share craft brews and other one-off creations.

There will be a huge range of all things crafted and complimented by the finest in local produce and craft beer.

More than just a celebration of artisan-crafted beer, festival-goers can also expect a huge line-up of entertainment from comedy acts, roving entertainment and live music (all included in the ticket price).

Happening Saturday 15 February from 1 pm-8 pm at John Dunmore Lang Place, King Edward Terrace, Parkes.

See canberra.beerfestivals.com.au for more information.

EYE TO EYE

Credit: Miranda Otto, 1997, Montalbetti+Campbell

Eye to Eye is a summer Portrait Gallery Collection remix arranged by degree of eye contact – from turned away with eyes closed all the way through to right-back-at-you – as we explore artists’ and subjects’ choices around the direction of the gaze. The progression of visages is designed to prompt the senses, tapping into the endless subjectivity of being human.

Where one viewer sees a subject’s distant stare as baleful, another perceives a fatalistic cheer; here’s a face in three quarter profile pondering past triumphs, or perhaps you sense a layer of barely-there regret? Does the full stare with smouldering countenance shock or seduce, or is it a bit of both?

Whether sparking familiarity, empathy, diffidence or reverence, our summer collection show invites you to slow down – to see eye to eye with another life and imagine that lived experience. Eye to Eye features portraits of Natalie Imbruglia, Kev Carmody, Miranda Otto, David Williamson, a marble bust of Peter Garrett and many more, including several works new to the collection.

Happening until 16 February 2020 at the National Portrait Gallery.

See portrait.gov.au/exhibitions/eye-to-eye-2019 for more information.

THIS WEEK’S OPEN HOMES

If you’re hunting for your dream home, weekends are the perfect time to browse. We’ve rounded up six of this week’s hottest Open Homes from across Canberra, thanks tZango, Canberra’s locally owned listing site.

4 Howmans Street, Harrison

Impressive 4 bedroom + Study—589sqm block

 

Designed across a single spacious level, this well presented 4 bed + study home provides a life of superb privacy, tranquillity and convenience.

OPEN HOME: Saturday 15 February | 10.45-11.15 am | 4 Howmans Street, Harrison

See it here.

6 Welsh Place, Chifley

 Luxury home nestled in sought-after location

Enjoying a light-filled north to rear aspect, this deluxe contemporary residence offers stylish modern living in a prized locale.

OPEN HOME: Saturday 15 February | 10-10.30 am, Auction at 10.30 am | 6 Welsh Place, Chifley

See it here.

28 Perunga Rise, Throsby

 A perfect home for the multi-generational family!

As if straight from the pages of a magazine, this brand new architecturally designed is guaranteed to delight and is an ideal home for a family with multiple generations.

OPEN HOME: Saturday 15 February | 9-9.30 am| 28 Perunga Rise, Throsby

See it here.

13 Muskett Place, Conder

Truly Remarkable Home

Luke Evans invites you to inspect this truly remarkable five-bedroom family home in one of Conder’s most tightly held and sought after locations.

OPEN HOME: Saturday 15 February | 11.30 am-12.30 pm | 13 Muskett Place, Conder

See it here.

22 Mary Hall Circuit Dunlop

The perfect family home!

  

Located in the popular suburb of Dunlop on a quiet loop street is this superb family home, all the work has been done for you, all you need to do is move in.

OPEN HOME: Saturday 15 February | 1.20-1.50 pm | 22 Mary Hall Circuit, Dunlop

See it here.

9 Ellis Place, Cook

Bring the chic to family living

Creatively designed and perfectly suited to contemporary living, this north-facing, light-filled home has expansive garden views with 3 pairs of French doors superbly placed to maximise your indoor/outdoor lifestyle; from the living room onto the private front deck; from the chic navy and white kitchen onto the spacious entertainer’s rear deck and from the large master suite to a sun-drenched nook just perfect for your morning coffee.

OPEN HOME: Saturday 15 February | 9.30 am-10 am | 9 Ellis Place, Cook

See it here.

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