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Sambal Workshop
Sambal – that fresh, hot, chilli staple of southern and Southeast Asian cooking. You might expect a sambal-making workshop to be strictly culinary, but that would ignore all the storied...
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Rapid Creek Market – Karunika Pemarathne
For many Rapid Creek Market shoppers, Karunika Pemarathne's mouthwatering Sri Lankan hoppers are the anticipated end to a crowded Sunday Grocery shop. Toiling over four gas burners, the home-style cook...
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Midnight Basketball Grand Final
Midnight Basketball sees teenagers get together, have dinner, play competitive basketball, get coached and stay up late. Sounds like a pretty fun way to spend Saturday night. The program started...
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NT eSports
Now that major sports clubs like the Adelaide Crows are buying professional eSports teams, you can be sure competitive video gaming is “becoming very, very big,” says David Moore, founder...
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Heads Up! Youth Forum
The year's Heads Up Youth Forum aims to get young people thinking about the future. In a bold way. The theme of ‘using your strengths and unleashing the entrepreneur’ features...
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Q&A with Richard Frankland
National Reconciliation Week kicks off this month with a free screening of Stone Bros at the Deckchair Cinema. In this road tripping comedy, city-based Eddie sets off to reconnect with...
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French Film Night
Droll humour, direct dialogue and high style – French film is proving popular in Darwin, at Alliance Française's French film nights. The monthly Wednesday film screening takes place alongside glasses...
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Death In Brunswick – John Clarke Special
The death of John Clarke last April left a gaping hole in Australian satire. Since then, many have revisited Clarke’s witty sketches and pointed comedy. The Deckchair Cinema grants us...
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4 Hands At The Piano
After wowing audiences last year with her residency at the Darwin Festival, celebrated pianist Tamara-Anna Cislowska returns to the Top End. Performing this time with renowned multi-award winning Australian composer...
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Lee Kernaghan
Lee Kernaghan OAM has been a staple in Australia's country music scene for decades and his championing of rural Australian life has seen him develop a strong community following across...
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Laugh It Off
An annual, carefully curated showcase of local talent, Laugh It Off revels in what it means to be ‘Territorian’ – and, in salutation to Territory Day, there’s a special Territory...
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Darwin Italian Festival
Spaghetti eating contests, Italian popstars, medieval flag throwing and food, lots of food – is there any wonder 20,000 Darwinites have been known to turn up for this day of...
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Rope Burn
Two best mates. One gets cancer. Hilarity ensues. Rope burn is a new Australian play by Ava Karuso about friendship, boys and one of humanity's most frightening diseases. Ben and...
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Seven Deadly Sinners
Seven of the best NT comedians – and self-confessed sinners – lay bare their wretched souls in the biggest NT comedy show yet. Top End Comedy has come a long...
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Mandorah Ukulele and Folk Festival
The picturesque Wagait Beach plays host again to the annual Mandorah Ukulele and Folk Festival – MUFF. By Chelsea Heaney. Performers from across the country are converging at the Cox...
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On the Northern Track
Sydney based Catholic School Santa Sabina College is touring the Northern Territory this month, performing Australian choral and instrumental music in iconic landscapes and venues across the Northern Territory. "Santa...
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Q&A with Ben Evolent
Joshua Tarca is known on the music scene as Ben Evolent – a happy-go-lucky singer-songwriter based in Darwin, who personifies his namesake by ‘doing charitable things for others.’ MusicNT caught...
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Q&A with Missy Higgins
Following a recent hiatus, Missy Higgins has made a much-welcomed return to the stage. Performing at Barunga Festival this month, Off The Leash had a chat with Higgins about what...