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Get Jacked on Jackfruit
START LICKING YOUR LIPS for the delicious offerings from Darwin Free University. This month, the discussion and workshops are all about food, culture and community. At the start of the...
Father's Day Festivities
If there’s someone in your life you call Papa Bear, Old Man or just Dad, then you might be freaking out trying to find the best way to show them...
The Art of Therapy
ART THERAPY OFFERS PEOPLE a chance to express themselves visually, rather than dig for words at times they are hard to find. Top End professionals have the opportunity to learn...
Up In The Atmos
THERE ARE TURBULENT TIMES ahead for the next instalment of Atmos. Don the headphones and be taken sky high, as producer Jess Ong explores the turbulence that comes with flying...
Darwin Festival: 40 Year Bloom
Darwin Festival has grown to be one of the hottest attractions on the national festival calendar, with over 100,000 attendances in 2018. But it all started with humble beginnings as...
Music NT Presents: Dave Garnham
AWARD-WINNING SINGER-SONG-WRITER Dave Garnham is having a mammoth 2019. He was recently announced as a recipient of an Arts NT Fellowship, and his band, David Garnham and The Reasons to...
The Fast Five - Sara Storer
MUCH-LOVED AUSSIE MUSO and former Katherine school teacher Sara Storer is bringing her Raindance tour to the Territory, and hopefully with it, some cool rains for our Wet season ahead...
Go Loco for Bingo Loco
BINGO IS APPEALING TO A NEW GENERATION AND IS HITTING UP MITCHELL STREET! Bingo Loco takes the traditional game and spins it on its head. Think a glow stick rave...
30 Years of the Darwin Symphony Orchestra
DARWIN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA (DSO) celebrates a very special milestone this month – we caught up with Artistic Director and Chief Conductor Jonathan Tooby for a chat. What does this milestone...
National Indigenous Music Awards
It’s been a massive year for Indigenous musicians in the Australian music charts. Dr. G won the Australian Music Prize and four ARIAs for Djarimirri (Child of the Rainbow), and...
Darwin Festival Opening Extravaganza
DARWIN FESTIVAL IS SET to kick off their 40th birthday celebrations with an epic opening night show, celebrating old and new. Grab the fam and a picnic blanket, and settle...
From Mangkaja to the Masses
One of the most exciting collaborations in the Australian fashion world will sashay down the catwalk at the From Country to Couture show in Darwin. MANGKAJA ARTS IN Fitzroy Crossing...
What's on at Salon
Returning for a second year, complementing the Salon des Refusés, Salon Indigenous Art Projects presents seven exhibitions by both emerging and established artists representing art centres across Australia. We caught...
Pupuni Jilamara Nginingwula (Our Beautiful Paintings)
TIWI ISLAND ART CENTRES Jilamara Arts and Crafts Association, Munupi Aboriginal Arts and Crafts Association, and Ngaruwanajirri Incorporated have joined forces to present Pupuni Jilamara Nginingwula (Our Beautiful Paintings). This...
Global Positioning
DANCE FANS CAN TAKE a look at the past, present and future as Tracks Dance makes statements with its latest production Global Positioning. Artistic Co-Director David McMicken says audiences will...
Wilegal
FOR COMEDIAN WIL ANDERSON, his run-in with the law back in 2017 was anything but funny. In fact, his arrest on a flight to a gig in Wagga Wagga was...
Comics' Corner - August 2019
SHOWCASING TOP END COMICS AND LOCAL STAND-UP PERFORMERS By Will Crawford It’s August. After work beers, Hanuman curries and wood fired pizzas in the bamboo food village at Festival Park...
An Artistic Exchange
PAIWANESE DANCER AND CHOREOGRAPHER, Aulu Tjibulangan, is offering workshops in Darwin as part of Artback NT’s 2019 Taiwan-Australia Indigenous Artist in Residency program. Tjibulangan has traded countries with Maningrida visual...
Language with a Local - August
Have you ever tried to say an Aboriginal word, perhaps a place name, and kind of felt that you weren’t saying it properly? By Emily Tyaemaen Ford Aboriginal languages use...
Saltwater Sounds
IF YOU MISSED THE SALTWATER DIVAS at their sold-out Darwin Fringe show, you’re in luck! This talented group of emerging Indigenous singer-songwriters bring their soulful tunes to the next Sounds...