HerCanberraElaine Obran, Author at HerCanberra

I scream, you scream, we all scream for oat milk ice cream?

Elaine Obran — Sun, 14 Jul 2024 20:25:27 +0000

When Maddi Easterbrook, graduated with a law degree from ANU, creating her own business that championed the future of sustainable food wasn’t what she had on her agenda. Fast forward...

Six Indigenous exhibitions in Canberra you need to know about

Elaine Obran — Thu, 25 Jan 2024 19:25:53 +0000

There's a profound beauty that lives within Indigenous art – a layered and rich history that takes on a colourful path of understanding. But within these visually captivating spaces lives...

Chinese identity and existing between worlds: Michelle Law’s Miss Peony 牡丹小姐 comes to Canberra

Elaine Obran — Sun, 06 Aug 2023 20:20:13 +0000

Michelle Law isn’t waiting around for Asian cultures and experiences to be represented on stage. Instead, she is bringing them to life herself. A talented playwright, author and actor known...

“It’s healing, it’s truth-telling”: How Bangarra is reclaiming Indigenous memories through Yuldea

Elaine Obran — Thu, 13 Jul 2023 20:10:27 +0000

Contemporary dance has long sought to cross boundaries, but very few are able to redefine its limitations and expectations like Bangarra Dance Theatre. As Australia’s first Indigenous dance theatre company,...

How do you choreograph a dance with drones? Lucie in the Sky unites art and technology

Elaine Obran — Wed, 28 Jun 2023 20:25:31 +0000

The debate surrounding the rapid evolution of AI and the increasingly blurred lines between art and the artificial is inherently polarising. But the Australasian Dance Collective's (ADC) latest production Lucie In...

Non-fiction books by Canberra authors to cosy up with this autumn

Elaine Obran — Thu, 20 Apr 2023 20:00:17 +0000

While those final flickers of summer were bittersweet, cooler evenings mean we can unapologetically embrace our inner hermits—book in hand, of course. Put on the kettle, cancel your plans and...

Our Country On Fire: How this Braidwood podcast is finding hope in the ashes

Elaine Obran — Tue, 18 Apr 2023 20:20:50 +0000

Filmmaker Clare Young was working in her studio in Braidwood when the Black Summer Bushfires arrived nearby. It was 2019 and Australia was just a few months shy of...

Nurse to nurse: How this network is creating support for healthcare workers

Elaine Obran — Mon, 10 Apr 2023 20:00:07 +0000

For nurse Ana Vavrek, her burnout came on slowly, tempered at first by the chaos of the pandemic until symptoms of severe exhaustion, anxiety and lingering stress could no...