Optus Flix in the Stix Tour

Miss Kitka’s House of Burlesque :

WHAT: Special Valentines Burlesque Bazaar
WHEN: Sun February 5 from 11am to 4pm
WHERE: Canberra Irish Club

All things burlesque can be found at the Burlesque Bazaar, from retro, vintage, pin up, recycled and alternative costumes and accessories, burlesque pasties and tassels, hair fascinators, jewellery, cupcakes, corsets, lashes, lingerie, shoes and much more.

There’ll be raffles and performances every hour, as well as a pin up photo booth with make up and hair artists available for that special moment. Entry is $5 and customers will receive a $5 Kitka discount voucher they can use if they purchase items worth $20 or more in a single transaction. The first 50 people through the door will also receive a free show bag with samples, local business information and more surprises. For more information email burlesquebazaar@hotmail.com .

Fash ‘n’ Treasure Market:

WHAT: Kicking off in 2012
WHEN: Sat Feb 4
WHERE: Old Bus Depot Building

The first Fash ‘n’ Treasure market for 2012 is kicking off on Saturday with a great range of vintage, recycled and designer fashion stalls. The market is held at the Old Bus Depot Building on Wentworth Avenue, Kingston on the first Saturday of each month from 10am to 3pm. As well as fashion there are a number of stalls selling records, magazines, comics and books. International food stalls, great coffee and live music make this a great way to spend a day with friends or just take the time to browse and find a treasure or two. Bypass the malls and the derivativeness of retail shopping and discover the joy of pre-loved and vintage fashion, accessories and collectables. www.fashntreasure.com.au .

Exhibition Transition - A Captured Moment :

WHO: Masahiro Asaka
WHEN: Now until March 15
WHERE: Canberra Glassworks

Recent Thomas Foundation Artist in Residence at Canberra Glassworks and winner of the 2011 Ranamok Prize, Masahiro Asaka is exhibiting his new series of works that includes the winning piece from Ranamok, Surge 12. Masahiro is inspired by nature and the tensions people create with the natural environment. He uses the raw qualities of glass to express fragility, strength, illumination and power as a metaphor for man's relationship with the natural world. His striking work highlights the transparency and the beauty of glass and exposes the notions of energy and gravity which are the fundamental elements for glass to be formed and the effects of which are so essential to his art.

Exhibition Solstice Eyes:

WHO: Lisa Twomey
WHEN: Opening 6pm Fri Feb 3 and continuing ‘til Sun Feb 12 
WHERE: Canberra Contemporary Art Space, Manuka

Solstice Eyes is a work of art that crosses the boundaries between fashion, painting, installation and performance. The gallery space will be transformed into a solstice night’s dream where ritual meets rock royalty and reality is bent, gilded, and made into fantasy. Twomey’s portraits have a feeling of the historical and are filled with symbolism, but unlike traditional portraiture they present the sitters as complex and beautifully flawed. Fruit, flowers and moths are upheld like icons of fecundity against a background of gold. Twomey’s elaborately decorative clothing climbs across the walls of the gallery, saunters in the corners, and floats through the air. On opening night the dream will become reality with a performance where the characters of Twomey’s art will burst to life, exaggerated and wild. Entering Lisa Twomey’s world audiences will be dazzled, dazed, and depart with solstice eyes.

Windows on Europe Film Festival :

WHO: European filmmakers
WHEN: Sat Feb 10 – Fri Feb 16
WHERE: Dendy Canberra Centre

An illuminating and thought-provoking program of award-winning European films will delight audiences when the Windows on Europe Film Festival returns to Dendy Cinemas Canberra from February 10 to 16. Returning for its seventh season, the Windows on Europe Film Festival will showcase films and talent from 14 countries. This year audiences will have the opportunity to explore cinema from Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Greece, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, UK, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden. The versatility of European cinema is reflected in the many genres represented including comedy, drama, thriller, romance and documentary. For a full list of films and synopsis, visit www.dendy.com.au .