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Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair
Get your finger directly on the pulse of Indigenous arts at the Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair (DAAF). Now in its 11th year, this three-day bonanza of visual arts, workshops, film...
Sustainable House Day
High energy and water prices are just two reasons why a sustainable house is an increasingly attractive prospect for Top Enders. The others are that sustainable homes make the most...
Telstra NATSIAA
With two brand new award categories, Australia's most prestigious and long running Indigenous art award is a star on the country’s cultural calendar that just keeps burning brighter. Since its...
Art & About – Jilamara Arts, Munupi Arts and Ngaruwanajirri
Situated to the north of Darwin, the Tiwi Islands are home to a myriad of artists. Every August three island art centres hold a collaborative exhibition in the Darwin Festival...
Talking Through Walls
Come the Build Up, it seems like Darwin's architecture ranges from the sublime to the ridiculous. An ultra-modern apartment block that shuts its windows to the sea breeze and heats...
Tunnel Number Five
Darwin's WWII Oil Storage Tunnels were built during the war to protect oil stored in Darwin from Japanese bombing. By the time the tunnels were completed the risk from bombing...
Q&A with Uta Uber Kool Ja
You've heard about the famous celebrity after-parties. Well, get the champagne on ice because Uta is inviting you to hers and it's going to be wild. Off The Leash caught...
Leah Flanagan
With a suite of new creations, local soul singer Leah Flanagan returns home this August to play stages big and small. You released your beautiful album Saudades last year –...
Statement Earrings Workshop
Not since the 1980s has there been such a time for statement earrings – those flashy, dashy, shoulder-grazing pieces whose statement might be nothing more than a giant exclamation mark...
Ed Kuepper
ARIA award winning solo artist and founding member of legendary 70s proto-punk outfit The Saints and post-punk originals Laughing Clowns, Ed Kuepper brings his one man request fest to Darwin...
Get It On! Indigenous Textile & Fashion Exhibition
When Injalak Arts sent a call out for 'something wearable' created from three metres of their famous hand printed fabric, the response was resounding. With fans of their Indigenous designed...
National Indigenous Music Awards
It's been a big year for Indigenous music. This month the National Indigenous Music Awards (NIMA) will set the stage on fire with hip-shaking rock n' roll, sublime singing, powerful...
One Tropical Day feat. Grinspoon
We are well and truly into the Dry season and Aussie rock heavyweights Grinspoon are dropping by to help Top Enders celebrate. They visit the NT as a part of...
DSO Kids' Classics – Play me a Story
The first instalment of the Darwin Symphony Orchestra's (DSO) new education series Kids' Classics explores how to tell a story through music. By Chelsea Heaney . Designed specifically for a...
Darwin Festival – Q&A with Acting Artistic Director Felix Preval
Darwin Festival is almost upon us and anticipation is running high. For three weeks in August, Darwin is abuzz with some of the hottest music, theatre, comedy and cabaret –...
Rosella Festival
Rosellas have proven a popular drawcard for this festival in Adelaide River, where the wild, red hibiscus is plentiful and locals make handmade goods year-round. “We do a lot of...
MUSIC on the Big Screen
When the Darwin Entertainment Centre turned 30 last year, the management’s attention turned to the venue’s projector room, which was built but never commissioned, lying dormant and film-less. “So for...
A Midsummer Night's Dream
It's no surprise that Shakespeare's most delightful and fantastical play found further life as a ballet. Set to a romantic score by Felix Mendelssohn, the Melbourne City Ballet brings the...
