Paranormal Activity

MIFF has touched down with a ship full of treats, one of the best being Neptune Frost, a musical of Afrofuturist persuasion set in past, present and future Rwanda. Catch the tale of a dimension-traversing intersex hacker tomorrow at Cinema Novo or stream it online on MIFF Play until August 28.

Take-off: our mid-week, mid-winter dinner with Ravensworth's Bryan Martin. On Thursday, July 21 Bryan will join us to serve our people four courses with matching wines over two sittings (6pm and 8:30pm). The menu, you ask? Only the best of winter. Prepare for warm cod salad, four cheese risotto and roast lamb shoulder with pomme purée, cheffed together by Aidan himself. And these cellar jewels we're referring to? Back vintages is all we'll say. This one is all booked out but keep your eyes peeled for future starry-skied events.

Visiting us from not-Canberra? Welcome. Urban List has collated an itinerary for your pleasure. Find Paz Noz on its list of things to do should you have the time free. Local or not, we highly recommend galactic journeys of discovery.

Are you, dear reader, a fan of our Mallaluka Paranormal Rosé? We don't wish to alarm but the final allocation has landed, and after this, it shall exist no more. As a reminder, our Rosé was our first ever project wine, made in collaboration with friend, Sam Leyshon of Mallaluka! 'Tis a fruity, off-dry, deeper number, with strawberry lolly vibes on the nose, a wild balance of berry acid and a savoury edge on le palate. Not a Provence style pink wine, no siree. Come spring, you will be grateful.

Another tasting? From us? For you? You can count your stars on it. On Saturday 25 June from 2-5pm Tony Zafirakos and Maddie Park-Neilson of Aristotelis Ke Anthoula (formerly Ari's Natural Wine Co) will grace us for a late-afternoon of tasting. On offer? A spy of their newest releases plus some old friends. Come for the complimentary sips, stay for snacks and green parkland views.

Friday June 24 — a Nice Falafel party! Acquaintance Angus Raddon will descend on the ship’s pans to bring us, you, two falafel nights (there’ll be one July 1, too). Falafel wraps, falafel plates, hummus plates and pickles too - all vegetarian and plates are GF. Falafels hot from 5pm!