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April 2010 Events in Canberra and the ACT

• See what's on at the Australian National Botanic Gardens this month
   
• See Parliamentary sitting dates 2010
   
• to 5 April 2010 - Masterpieces from Paris - Post-Impressionist works by Vincent van Gogh, Paul Gauguin, Paul Cézanne, Georges Seurat, Pierre Bonnard, Claude Monet, Maurice Denis, Henri Toulouse-Lautrec, and Edouard Vuillard. Tickets are $25 for adults, $16 for concession and members, and $6 for children. Open daily from 10.00 am to 5.00 pm at the National Gallery of Australia. To book tickets visit the National Gallery.
   
• 19 March to 19 April 2010 - Run With the Law - The inaugural 2010 Run with the Law fun run aims to promote equality, acceptance and friendship of people with an intellectual disability. Join police officers as they take the 'Flame of Hope' through 40 cities across six states and territories in 29 days to support Special Olympics Australia, the charity that transforms the lives of people with an intellectual disability through regular sports participation and social inclusion. Register to run a full leg, half leg or last 100 metres in any of the 40 events across Queensland, New South Wales, ACT, Victoria, Tasmania, and South Australia.
   
• to 5 May 2010 - Of Love and War - Exploring the impact of war on relationships and the ways in which Australians incorporate affairs of the heart into their wartime lives. Open daily from 10.00 am to 5.00 pm at the Australian War Memorial, Treloar Cres, Campbell.
   
• to 14 June 2010 - Emerging Elders - Honouring senior Indigenous artists. Open daily from 9.00 am to 5.00 pm at the National Gallery of Australia, Lawson Crescent, Acton Peninsula.
   
  
• 1 April (Thursday) 2010 - April Fool's Day
   
• 1 to 5 April 2010 - The National Folk Festival - Gourmet food and wine, markets, music, dancing, comedy, and theatre at Exhibition Park.
   
• 1 to 30 April 2010 - 40th Anniversary of the National Carillon - The National Carillon is celebrating its 40th birthday. Join the celebrations with a month of activities at Aspen Island, Lake Burley Griffin. There will be free tours of the Carillon, children’s activities and a Sunday picnic, as well as special recitals through out the month.
   
• 2 April (Friday) 2010 - Good Friday - Public holiday. (see AU school and public holiday dates.)
   
• 2 to 11 April 2010 - Easter Twenty10 Australian Orienteering Carnival - The carnival is open to all ages and abilities. Challenges will be held at the following locations: The Australian Defence Force Academy, Orroral Tracking Station, Kowen East, Collector, Buckenderra Holiday Village, and Glenbrook.
   
• 3 April (Saturday) 2010 - Easter Saturday - Public holiday.
   
• 4 April (Sunday) 2010 - Easter Sunday
   
• 4 April (Sunday) 2010 - Daylight saving ends 3.00 am - put your clocks back 1 hour. See time zones for more information.
   
• 5 April (Monday) 2010 - Easter Monday - Public holiday.
   
• 5 April (Monday) 2010 - Change Your Smoke Alarm Battery Day - Under Australian law, all owners of homes and units are required to install at least one 9V battery-operated smoke alarm designed to last a year or longer. This national awareness day aims to highlight the importance of general fire safety and the role smoke alarms play in house fires.
   
• 8 to 17 April 2010 - When He Was Famous - Presented by the Canberra Dramatics. A play written by local playwright Seth Robinson. Robert Taylor is America’s favourite B-list celebrity. His abilities to pull, to drink and to forget his less palatable actions are matched only by his inexplicable ability to schmooze his way out of just about anything (such as crashing a stolen Corvette into a Mexican restaurant on Sunset Boulevard). Luckily, his agent has everything under control and Robbie is about to meet the woman who will change his life forever (or at least for the next week). Tickets are $20 for adults and $15 for concession. Performing at the Tuggeranong Arts Centre.
   
• 9 April (Friday) 2010 - School Term 1 ends in ACT schools - (see AU school holiday dates.)
   
• 9 April (Friday) 2010 - Youth InterACT Conference LIVE IT LOUD - The free conference is for youth aged 12 to 25 as part of National Youth Week. The five forum topics to be addressed during the conference include: Environment-A Climate for Change, Arrive Alive Young Drivers and Their Passengers, Body Image, An Inclusive Community-Living Together, and Transition Out. 8.45 am to 3.00 pm at the Ainslie Arts Centre, Elouera St, Braddon.
   
• 10 April (Saturday) 2010 - Bach and Beyond - Presented by the Australian Chamber Orchestra. The program includes one mass, one motet and one cantata from Bach, as well as works from composers that have been influenced by Bach such as Schoenberg and Pärt. 8.00pm at the Llewellyn Hall, Australian National University, Canberra. For more information or to book tickets visit the ACO.
   
• 10 to 18 April 2010 - National Youth Week
   
• 11 April (Sunday) 2010 - Tidbinbilla Extravaganza - Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve Free Open Day. A great day out in Canberra’s wilderness backyard, including a traditional smoking ceremony, Aboriginal dance displays and craft activities. The Great Aussie Bush Show is sure to keep children entertained as well as the amazing reptile display. There's also live music, face painting, train rides, and food. Shuttle buses will be running throughout the day to take you to the feature sites. For more information visit www.tams.act.gov.au or call Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve on 13 22 81.
   
• 13 April (Tuesday) 2010 - Canberra Skeptics Event -  A review of a book written by Harry Frankfurt, an Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at Princeton University. Featuring guest speaker Craig McDonald, Associate Professor of Information Systems at the University of Canberra. 6.00 pm, Lecture theatre, Innovations Building, Eggleston Rd, ANU. Dinner will follow the lecture. To RSVP for dinner, email act1 [at] skeptics.com.au
   
• 15 to 18 April 2010 - Jane Austen Festival - Events celebrating the life of author Jane Austen held at various venues around Canberra.
   
• 16 April (Friday) 2010 - National Carpenter's Day
   
• 17 April (Saturday) 2010 - ACT Cat 10th Anniversary Show - 10.00 am to 6.00 pm at the Tuggeranong Community and Function Centre, 245 Cowlishaw St, Greenway.
   
• 21 April (Wednesday) 2010 - Secretary's Day - Visit our Secretary's Day page.
   
• 22 April to 12 May 2010 - Pink Bun - An annual national fundraiser for breast cancer. Purchase a pink finger bun or a paper Pink Lady and 100% of the profits will be donated to the Breast Cancer Network Australia.
   
• 25 April (Sunday) 2010 - Anzac Day
   
  • 25 April (Sunday) 2010 - Anzac Day Dawn Service and 2010 National Ceremony - In 2010 we remember the 95th anniversary of the first landing at ANZAC Cove. The Dawn Service at 5.30 am and the National Ceremony will be at 10.15 am.
   
• 26 April (Monday) 2010 - Anzac Day Public Holiday - (see AU school and public holiday dates.)
   
• 27 April (Tuesday) 2010 - School Term 2 begins in ACT schools - (see AU school holiday dates.)
   
• 29 April (Thursday) 2010 - Wish Day - An annual national event hosted by the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Help raise funds to grant wishes to children with life-threatening medical conditions by making a donation or holding a Wish Day fundraising event.
   
• 30 April (Friday) 2010 - Save the Frogs Day - Aims to raise awareness about the disappearance of frogs.
   
• 30 April to 15 May 2010 - Moon Over Buffalo - Presented by the Canberra Repertory Society. A comedy about George and Charlotte Hay, fading stars of the 1950s. Tickets are $35 for adults and $27 for concession and preview, matinee and twilight performances. Performing at Theatre 3, 3 Repertory Lane, Acton. To book tickets contact 6257 1950.
   
• To be confirmed 2010 - Sutton Country Fair and Inaugural Ute Muster
   
• To be confirmed 2010 - Annual Women and Girls' Fun Run/Walk
   
• To be confirmed 2010 - Intensive Care Appeal - Care wristbands, key tags and pens will be on sale to raise money for intensive care patients.
   
• See May events in Canberra & the ACT

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