Author: OutInCanberra

When La Cantina opened at the Narrabundah shops in February this year, I became an immediate fan. The traditional Italian atmosphere, comprehensive wine list, delicious home style meals and spot on service made it one of my favourite restaurants in Canberra. So when I heard La Cantina had recently unveiled a new summer menu, I couldn’t get there fast enough to try it.

I arrived on one of those hot, Canberra summer nights and found relief in the cool interior, thanks to the famous La Cantina Roman brick walls.

NOTE: Due to rain, Courtyard Cinema screening In Bruges has been postponed to the following week, Tuesday 15th December, 7:30pm arrival for an 8pm film start. Ticket sales are reopen. Those who’ve purchased tickets to the original screening, your tickets are still valid. However, if you are unable to attend next week’s screening, please contact us on (02) 6257 6644.

Beside the track the revellers gathered as the sun threatened to appear behind the clouds. Organisers of the 3rd Trackside festival had prepared many a stage, beverage and wrestler for an eager Canberra crowd.

The challenge had been laid down by Stonefest, and the day promised to be full of good music and great times as winners of the Triple J Unearthed Competition, Hoodlum Shouts opened up on the outdoor stage. Hailing from Canberra, they proved with songs such as ‘History’s End’ that they have the staying power for the Australian music scene.

Canberran designer, Sara Wurcker, has been busy hunting, gathering and sewing, since graduating from Bachelor of Design at CIT last year.

Unlike many of our graduates jumping ship to the bright lights of Sydney and Melbourne, sketchbook in hand, high hopes in mind, Sara has set out to pave her own future, within the landscape of Canbera fashion.

Set in London in 1818 Bright Star is the tender story of first love between John Keats, the romantic English poet and the girl next door, the stylish, headstrong, Fanny Brawne.

From Academy Award winning director Jane Campion (The Piano) it stars Australian Abbie Cornish in an extraordinary performance, that evokes the giddy intoxication of romance.

Bright Star reveals one of the world’s great, untold love stories in this exquisitely beautiful and deeply moving film. In Cinemas December 26, 2009