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Recap: Emmylou Harris @ The Canberra Theatre Centre
21/11/2012 by Robbie Allison-Young
It’s not every day you get to see a Country music legend perform, let alone hang out with one, but last Monday I got to do just that. Luck was clearly on my side last week and by sheer coincidence, my parents knew Emmylou Harris’s sound engineer, a great guy by the name of Les (who they’d met in Nashville months prior) and this meant one thing for me – a free backstage pass to her concert!
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Thai Delicacies
21/11/2012 by Katey Baddeley
Baan Latsamy Thai Restaurant in Manuka sets a new standard for Thai Restaurants in the Capital. My dining expectations for the week were surpassed with flying colours and I’m still reeling with wonderment as to why this place isn’t more widely publicised.
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The place to be...
14/11/2012 by Katey Baddeley
Portia's Place on Kennedy St Kingston is one of those select few comfortably unpretentious restaurants which reminds you why you decided to go out seeking an orient inspired meal in the first place. The interior space is wrapped tastefully but boldly in contrasting tones of bamboo forest wallpaper and colour blocks of cool teals, deep greys and warm organic greens.
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Recap: Ben Harper @ The Canberra Theatre Centre
14/11/2012 by Robbie Allison-Young
“God bless the dreamers. Though, when they speak of their dreams they sound so silly”. These were the first of many wise words to come out of Ben Harper’s mouth last Thursday night in the packed auditorium of the Canberra Theatre. As I entered the full arena, the silence was deafening. It’s not often you walk into a room of one thousand plus patrons still able to hear the sound of your own footsteps. It was an eerie scene. Moments later, a cool, calm and collected Harper popped out from behind the curtains as the crowd whistled and wailed in excitement.
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Peoples Choice Awards 2012 winners announced soon!
07/11/2012 by OutInCanberra
The votes for Peoples Choice Awards 2012 are being counted and the winners will be announced on Wednesday 21st November 2012! We had an overwhelming amount of votes for Peoples Choice Awards 2012 and OutInCanberra would like to thank everyone who voted. OutInCanberra would also like to thank all participating venues and their staff for promoting the awards so well. Don’t forget to check www.outincanberra.com.au on Wednesday 21st November to find out the winners!
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Food in art form
07/11/2012 by Katey Baddeley
Hostage Lounge Bar & Tapas only opened their Challis Street doors two months ago, but the concept and location are so perfect it seems almost insane the space is so young. Contemporary furnishings of fire-engine red, jet black and steely grey dot a space unassuming and meek from the outside – but the lay out combination of towering bar tables and low slung lounge-style seating, a striking corner bar and walls of windows create a vast, almost industrial warehouse, open space inside.
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Recap: Mumford & Sons
31/10/2012 by Jessica Willcocks
Mumford & Sons played to a sold out show on Friday night at the Convention Centre. The line-up was not one to miss with Willie Mason and Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros supporting. Willie Mason kicked of the night for those who got there early playing songs from his EPs as well as his two albums Where the Humans Eat and If the Ocean Gets Rough. The American born singer drew the crowd in as he was accompanied on stage to perform songs such as Waiter at the Station.
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Hemmingway's Dream
31/10/2012 by Katey Baddeley
We live in a contemporary haze of fast paced consumerism. Fashions, housing, technologies, hair colours and even weather patterns duck, weave and morph so quickly it’s likely to make one’s head spin. Restaurants and venues, too, have jumped upon the speeding bandwagon and appear driven to update their menu’s and fit-outs every fortnight. Whilst constant evolution can be exciting, walking into the café you went last week only to find the seat you sat in and lunch you ordered no longer exists can be rather trying. Cue Casino Canberra, The Grill Brasserie.
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Greek feast
24/10/2012 by Katey Baddeley
High windows, streams of natural light, stark white walls dotted with vibrant splashes of ultramarine blue, voices dripping with hospitable Greek accents, geometric architectural motifs and the unmistakable, seductive scent of quality Mediterranean cooking. Giving my wistful imagination full reign, I too could have sworn I was lounging in Santorini. Sadly not the case – but fortunately, I was at the next best thing within the confines of Australia’s capital territory – O’Stratos Greek Taverna on Lonsdale Street Braddon.
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Recap: Seth Sentry @ Transit Bar
22/10/2012 by Jessica Willcocks
Seth Sentry played at Transit Bar on Saturday night, and if you weren't there you missed one of the best gigs in a long time. Up and coming Melbourne rapper Seth Sentry played to a sold out crowd and making it like no other with beer sculling, nerf guns, free-styling and water pistols.
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