Year: 2012

Event Recap: Help from the underground @ Zoo Advertising Basement

Posted by | Jun 20, 2012 | |

Charity fashion show ‘Help from the underground’ was held last night in the basement of the Zoo Advertising offices. More than 400 Canberrans registered for the event, with a huge $13,000 raised going to St Vincent de Paul Society for the homeless.

More than a dozen Canberra businesses such as La Bimbi, Victoria’s Models and Kennards Hire (just to name a few) all joined forces with the man behind the concept, Managing Director of Zoo Advertising Clinton Hutchinson, to put on a free fashion show. These businesses all contributed their time, supplies and creativity at no cost.

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Piazzolla Tango

Posted by | Jun 20, 2012 |

Acclaimed Argentinean pianist Marcela Fiorillo is bringing to life the music of Astor Piazzolla in Piazzolla Tango on Saturday 23rd June 2012.

Piazzolla’s music is for lovers of classical and jazz music worldwide. A hero and cult figure in Argentina, Piazolla Tango also features dance from Jairo Sanchez Rivera and Amy Teuchert and poetry from Geoff Page .

The Ambassador of the Argentine Republic, his Excellency Pedro Villagra Delgado, will officially open the event at The Street Theatre. The show starts at 8pm and costs $35 for adults and $30 for concessions.

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Event Recap: Missy Higgins @ The Canberra Theatre Centre

Posted by | Jun 20, 2012 | , |

I have a confession to make. I have lived in Canberra my entire life and have never been to a concert at the Canberra Theatre. As shameful as this is, I think I have successfully redeemed myself. I was lucky enough to attend a sold-out performance of Australian country rock and roll at the Canberra Theatre Playhouse last Thursday. Two iconic, Australian ladies of country rock brought the theatre alive, dazzling the audience with their soulful vocals, cheeky lyrics and cheerful onstage presence. I am speaking of course of two Aussie gems; Butterfly Boucher and Missy Higgins.

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Middle Eastern spices

Posted by | Jun 20, 2012 | |

When choosing an establishment to dine at, it’s hard to avoid generating preconceived profiles based on the (occasionally eyebrow raising) title of the business. Cream cafe and bar sounds smoothly suave and one expects the decor to reflect the off-white adjective. Tongue & Groove drips with young, quirky and contemporary, I have geographic expectations of Waters Edge, Alto sits approvingly on a mountain and Kingsleys Steakhouse seemed pretty self-explanatory.

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Your top six: Bakeries

Posted by | Jun 13, 2012 |

We went on search for some of the yummiest bakeries in Canberra. This is what you guys voted as the top 6. Congratulations to Cristina Arganese, she is our winner for this week.

Silo Bakery

Best Sourdough in the ‘berra = Silo in Kingston

-Todd Eagles

Ngunnawal Bakery

The best bakery in Canberra is the Ngunnawal Bakery. Great authentic Saigon rolls, and the bonus? The lovely lady behind the counter gives me free stuff near closing time!

-Cath O’Brien

Flute Bakery

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