Author: OutInCanberra

Craft and Design Centre’s inaugural craft and design night market, Modern Market will be held in the award-winning Nishi building on Saturday 25th May at 4pm.

High-end, innovative and emerging makers from Canberra will showcase a diversity of mediums, concepts and approaches to contemporary creativity and will include the work of jewelers, ceramicists, illustrators, as well as textile, product, fashion, industrial and surface pattern designers.

Check out the Rapt in the Felt exhibition fashion parade and bazaar at The Q, Queanbeyan Performing Arts Centre from 21 May to 8 June 2013.

The Canberra Region Feltmakers will open their latest exhibition which features work from 27 contemporary felt makers.

There is a fashion parade at 11am on Saturday 25 May and the felt bazaar in the first week of the exhibition offers a chance to indulge in unique felt pieces.

Entry is free.

For more information, visit www.crfelters.org.au or email [email protected]

The next Handmade Markets will be held next month in June on the 8th and 9th and to gear up for this great event, they are giving away a beautiful Ohm Made Leather valued at $168 handbag.

The Handmade markets are held at the National Convention Centre or you can browse the Shop Handmade store on City Walk Boulevard or by calling 6156 3274.

Ohm make handmade genuine leather wallets and accessories.

For your chance to win a Karen Lee handbag, tell us in 25 words or less who your favourite handbag designer is and why.

A new hole-in-the-wall wine bar in the Melbourne building will be opening up in June by Pasquale Trimboli of Mezzalira and Italian & Sons.

The wine bar will offer wine by the glass, cured meats, Panini and cheese in the early evenings Monday to Friday closing around 7.30-8pm.

The outside paved area has a very European vibe to it.