Arts editor
HELEN MUSA shares her latest round-up of the arts in Canberra.
BANGARRA Dance Theatre’s “SandSong: Stories from the Great Sandy Desert” tells the unique story of the Kimberley region and the survival of the Walmajarri people, bringing in the question of country, sacred places and displacement. Canberra Theatre, July 15-17, book here or call 6275 2700.
Linus Lee.
TALENTED young keyboard performer, Linus Lee, appears in the Wednesday Lunchtime Concert series with original compositions and transcriptions of famous classical pieces with European dance-themed elements by composers including Strauss, Saint-Saens, Bartok and Brahms performed on the organ and piano. Wesley Music Centre, Forrest, 12.40–1.20pm, Wednesday, July 14. Book here or call 6232 7248.
Keith Baker, newly elected Wokingham Borough Mayor and Abdul Loyes, Deputy Mayor. Credit: Pauline Jorgensen
A new mayor, deputy mayor and executive has been appointed at a full meeting of Wokingham Borough Council. Councillor Keith Baker, who has served on the council since 2006, was elected Mayor of Wokingham Borough yesterday (Thursday, May 20). Cllr Baker said: “Being the first citizen of the borough is an amazing honour, which very few councillors actually achieve, and I am extremely humbled to become one of this small group. “In many respects I’m quite old fashioned, in that I believe being mayor is something you earn through your contribution to public life, and not simply because it’s your turn.