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Aug
Salon des Refusés 18
Now in its sixth year, the highly anticipated Salon des Refusés exhibits works not selected for the Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards, demonstrating the high calibre...
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Visual Arts
35th Telstra NATSIAA winners announced
A renowned Territory artist and veteran finalist of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (NATSIAA) has won the top prize at this year’s competition. Gunybi Ganambarr has...
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award
The winners of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards (NATSIAA) will be announced at a public event as the Awards celebrate 35 years. Museum and Art Gallery...
Books and Film
The bird nerd loves the words
Bell rings in the gongs. by Isabella Mellios The powerhouse behind Spun Johanna Bell has been on a creative winning streak recently. The Darwin-based creative has revamped the beloved community...
Scinema
Science lovers can chill out under the stars and see the best flicks from the 2018 International Science Film Festival. Scinema will be on the outdoor big screen at Casuarina...
Festivals
Darwin Festival
Every year, Darwin Festival appears to magically transform Civic Park into Festival Park overnight – but months of work and hard slog go into the artistic take-over. This year, things...
Freedom Day Festival
52 years ago, a group of aboriginal pastoralists and their families walked off the Wave Hill Station into the unknown – the first powerful steps for Aboriginal land rights. By...
Performing Arts
Comics' Corner - August
DARWIN FESTIVAL FUNNIES By Will Crawford It’s August and the lure of Hanuman dinners and cool breezes at Festival Park is strong. The hypnotic call of the comedy sirens catch...
Biladurang
Joel Bray grew up as a queer, light-skinned Aboriginal in a country town and never felt like he quite fit in. By Tamara Howie Bray turned those feelings of displacement...
Youth
Chasing Smoke Q&A
Samoan performer Natano Fa’anana has taken an unconventional path to performing arts, breaking into the industry in his 30s. By Tamara Howie Now, Fa’anana is the co-founder and creative director...
Get That Job - Event Industry Tips!
Festival time is upon us and a group of young Darwinites had the opportunity to pick the brains of events staff at last month’s panel discussion for Get That Job!...
Music
Buried Country - Darwin Festival Opening Night Concert
While American country music stars were household names in Australia, the powerful songs from Aboriginal country musicians were being played out of earshot of the mainstream radio waves. By Tamara...
National Indigenous Music Awards
Each year, the National Indigenous Music Awards celebrate not just the greatest music being made by Indigenous artists but, quite simply, some of the greatest music being made in Australia...
Food and Drink
Little Miss Korea's new ventures
The team at Little Miss Korea (LMK) have been busy planning the opening of a new bar and a pop-up at Darwin Festival. By Tamara Howie The new hole-in-the-wall bar,...
The Gin Thing
Darwin Festival bar manager Joshua Dolman has given Off The Leash a sneak peek into the cocktails set to wet your whistle this Darwin Festival. There are four gin cocktails...
Around Town
Growing Up Troppo - August
Reviews, tips and advice for travelling the world with kids. By Libby Larsen While lots of families headed out of town for the holidays we stayed local and revisited some...
Les Moutons
Three healthy ewes and a ram from the CORPUS production Les Moutons are preparing to make them-selves at home at Festival Park. By Tamara Howie The show has been an...