• Pint of Science x National Science Week: Wildlife Tales

    Canberra City Walk, 131, Canberra, ACT

    Pint of Science Australia brings research out of the lab and into venues around the country. Join us for "Wildlife Tales: Marine Megafauna, Fairywrens & Conflict Resolution (Animal Style)". Dive into the secret lives of animals, from ocean-roaming giants to heat-beating fairywrens and the drama of group decisions in the wild. This National Science Week, […]

  • Science Week Online Learning Peculiar Parents Author Talk

    Parkes Parkes Place West, Parkes, ACT

    This Science Week, learn about the features, habitat and behaviours of some truly peculiar Australian animals! In this interactive online learning session, your students will join author Stephanie Owen Reeder and illustrator Ingrid Bartkowiak and engage closely with the text and artwork of their engaging and informative new book Peculiar Parents. The session will include […]

  • Science. Art. Film.: Under the Skin | Screening and Panel Discussion at the NFSA

    Acton McCoy Circuit, 1, Acton

    MA15+ | 108 Mins | Science.Art.Film | 2013| DCP | UK | D: Jonathan Glazer An alien invader, played by Scarlett Johansson, harvests men from the streets of Glasgow until she begins to experience human emotions. Jonathan Glazer’s moody and stylish sci-fi horror explores loneliness, sex and gender roles. Don't miss the post-screening panel discussion […]

  • Pint of Science x National Science Week: Bioreactors & The Brain

    Canberra City Walk, 131, Canberra, ACT

    Pint of Science Australia brings research out of the lab and into venues around the country. Discover how engineered fungi could power the future, how Parkinson’s disease might be diagnosed before it starts, and why brains on the autism spectrum respond differently to trauma. It’s an evening of bold ideas, brilliant minds, and science that […]

  • The environmental vision of Judith Wright with Prof John Morrissey at the National Library

    Parkes Parkes Place West, Parkes, ACT

    Join Prof John Morrissey for a discussion about his recent Fellowship research focused on the environmental writing of renowned Australian poet and author Judith Wright. Prof John Morrissey is a 2025 National Library of Australia Fellow, supported by the Stokes family. During his Fellowship, Prof John Morrissey explored Wright’s archives to uncover her writing on […]

  • Hot Fuzz | Screening at the NFSA

    Unnamed Venue McCoy Circuit, 1

    MA15+ | 121 Mins | 2007 | DCP | UK | D: Edgar Wright Swaggering London cop Nicholas Angel (Simon Pegg) is so good at his job that he is reassigned to sleepy Sandford, where he won’t make everyone else look so bad. The village is obsessed with the Best Kept Village competition, but Angel, […]

  • Chicago | Screening at the NFSA

    Unnamed Venue McCoy Circuit, 1

    M | 113 Mins | 2002 | DCP | US | D: Rob Marshall When vaudeville star Velma (Catherine Zeta-Jones) and ambitious chorus girl Roxie Hart (Renee Zellweger) meet in jail, they both want slick attorney Billy Flynn (Richard Gere) to get them on the front page. Packed with razzle-dazzle, satire, and show-stopping numbers, Chicago […]

  • Waltzing the Wilarra

    Queanbeyan Crawford Street, 253, Queanbeyan, NSW

    Interspersed with edgy, ‘black’ vaudeville humour and political satire with bite, Waltzing the Wilarra is a multi-award winning Aboriginal music theatre work, written and composed by playwright David Milroy (Windmill Baby), one of Australia’s most exciting and successful Indigenous writers.

  • Digital Photography Fundamentals Workshop

    Griffith Manuka Circle, 30, Griffith, ACT

    In this hands-on workshop, you will gain a practical understanding of your camera’s functions – aperture, shutter speed and ISO – together with manual focus techniques and the basics of creative composition. You’ll apply these practical techniques and newly established skills over the course of the day and have the opportunity to ask questions and […]

  • Roustabout | Screening at the NFSA

    Acton McCoy Circuit, 1, Acton, ACT

    G | 101 Mins | 1964 | 35mm | US | D: John Rich Elvis rides into town on his motorbike with trouble written all over him, but he’s given a chance by tough carnival owner Maggie Morgan (Barbara Stanwyck) and her demure daughter, Cathy. Packed with Elvis songs and carnival colour, Elvis’ 16th movie […]