Saturday
Gamma.Con
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10am: Exhibition Park in Canberra is the venue for this weekend of cosplay and other pop culture. gammacon.com.au.
Canberra Glassworks Marbellous Open Day
10am: At 11 Wentworth Avenue, Kingston. Will include behind-the-scenes tours and more. Free entry. Until 6pm. canberraglassworks.com.
Gardens
11am: Marian Hosking's exhibition at Bilk Gallery in Griffith is a collection of jewellery inspired by the environment and landscape, particularly gardens. It's on until August 31. bilk.com.au.
Stronger than Fiction
Various times: The Canberra-based documentary film festival continues. Dendy. dendy.com.au.
Seventh Annual Blues Day
Noon: Canberra Blues Society is celebrating with more than eight hours of live blues from The Bellhops and many more musicians. Harmonie German Club. eventbrite.com.au.
National Capital Orchestra
7pm: At Llewellyn Hall the NCO conducted by Leonard Weiss will perform Berlioz's Harold in Italy, Respighi's Pines of Rome and Canberra composer Dante Clavijo's Images of Obsession. nationalcapitalorchestra.com.au.
Sunday
Kambri Family Film Festival
11am: This is a screening at the ANU's Kambri Cultural Centre of short films by Little Big Shots and The House With A Clock on its Walls. Vouchers - one per ticket bought - must be redeemed by 11am for a $10 food voucher to be spent that day at any Kambri food retailer. Vouchers to be redeemed at 11am, films begin at 12.30pm. eventbrite.com.au.
The Art of Coarse Acting
2pm: A series of short plays in which madness and mayhem reign. Also Saturday at 2pm and 8pm. Theatre 3. canberrarep.org.au.
Drill Hall Gallery: Lecture 5
3pm: Jennifer Milam will talk about Sir Joshua Reynolds and the language of the academy at the ANU School of Art and Design Lecture Theatre. Tickets: $10 / $5 (student), Friends of the Drill Hall Gallery and National Gallery of Australia members free.
The Beauty of Living Sound
4.30pm: Miroslav Bukovsky (trumpet) and Simone de Haan will perform jazz at the ANU Drill Hall Gallery. General admission $15, students and Friends of the Drill Hall $10. eventbrite.com.au.
Super Rats Romanian Band
7pm: Super Rats bring their giant 145-string dulcimer, World Master accordion, fleamarket violin, and double bass to Smith's Alternative for an evening of Romanian and Rroma (gypsy) folk music. smithsalternative.com.
Next week
Thursday
Filling the Space
7pm: QL2's Quantum Leap Ensemble explores the relationship between the body and architecture, running until Saturday. At the Playhouse, Canberra Theatre Centre. canberratheatrecentre.com.au or 6275 2700.
School of Music fundraisers
Thursday: At 7pm at the Hungarian Embassy. Tickets available only at: https://www.trybooking.com/BDNVZ. Then on Monday August 12, catch Seeing Jazz, Hearing Art at 7.30pm in the Big Band Room, Peter Karmel Building, ANU.trybooking.com/book/event?eid=529110&.
Friday
Nicole Car and Etienne Dupuis
7.30pm: This married operatic couple will perform a recital of European songs and opera duets accompanied by pianist Jayson Gillham. Canberra Theatre. canberratheatrecentre.com.au or 6275 2700.
New films
Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw (M): Lawman Luke Hobbs and outcast Deckard Shaw form an unlikely alliance when a cyber-genetically enhanced villain threatens the future of humanity. Stars Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham.
Here Comes the Grump (PG): Animated film in which Terry discovers his grandmother's fairy tales are real and not as cheerful as he remembered.
Ophelia (M): A retelling of Hamlet from the point of view of Ophelia.
The Public (M): A standoff with police is sparked when homeless people take over the public library to seek shelter from the cold. Stars Emilio Estevez and Christian Slater.
Who You Think I Am (MA): Claire (Juliette Binoch) creates a fake Facebook profile to keep tabs on her lover, leading to complications.