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Dec
Spiders
It’s time to face your fears and dance with a peacock spider, or hang out with some social huntsman at the newest interactive exhibition at the Museum and Art Gallery...
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Books and Film
Holiday Reads
Lovin' local. Gathering Sticks Margaret Heffernan with Frances Coughlan and Gerard Waterford A life in transition from traditional culture to a very different world, this new release from IAD Press...
Off The Shelf – Dec/Jan
Reviews for readers. by Kate Rendell Welcome to my column where each month I’ll take a book from the shelf to share. The cover image of Kristina Olsson’s Shell depicts...
Visual Arts
Art & About – Air Raid Arcade
Artist Anna Reynolds has a long history in the Top End – from working on fishing boats to studying art, it’s also where she first met fellow artist and soon...
Cocoon of Prayers
Imagine living in a transparent dome for a month, with only one meal a day, in full view of gallery visitors. It’s a task artist Levin A. Diatschenko will undertake,...
Around Town
Community Tree Planting
Cyclone Marcus ripped through Darwin in March, felling more than 10,000 trees across the city. The landscape changed dramatically and the loss of shade and greenery, and homes for animals,...
Recycled Art Competition
The youngest generation of Top Enders has been thrown a challenge to get creative and make a piece of art about the ways their family is waste-wise and how to...
Performing Arts
Comics' Corner – December
Showcasing Top End comics and local stand-up performers. by Will Crawford. I’ve been struck by the incredibly high calibre of comedians performing in Darwin this year. The highlights for me...
Animal Farm & Love’s Labour’s Lost
Young performers are taking to the stage with two classics to round out a successful year. Talented youngsters from Corrugated Iron Youth Arts will put their spin on Shakespeare’s Love’s...
Music
Indigenous Women in Music
Patsy Coleman may have spent her life writing music, but she has only started sharing her songs with the world this year. Coleman, 31, is one of the Saltwater Divas...
Rage at the Reunion
Featuring Brett Ireland, Bernie Bremond, Shellie Morris, Susan Bisset and The Earth’s Calling, and Perfect Blue Sky, Rage at the Reunion is a festival dedicated to the musos of the...
Youth
Get That Job!
It may come as a surprise that public figure and local comedian Amy Hetherington still gets butterflies in her stomach before her public speaking events. “Every single time,” she says...
Sweatmas
The year is rounding out and skaters have one final night to feast on pizza and skate before the official programs cease for the year. Sweatmas sums it up –...
Food and Drink
The Gift of Giving
Christmas isn’t just a time to share the love with your own family – each year Territorians come together to support others to make sure everyone has the chance to...
Community Cook – December
Connecting people, plants and place. by Gulp NT This month Gulp NT were taken out to enjoy food stories aboard Lloyd Beck’s sailing boat, which is currently anchored in Woods...
Festivals
Darwin Festival review – The Talk
Art as therapy or therapy as art? One of the biggest theatre making faux pas turned into one of the festivals biggest triumphs. Critical Response by Sarah Reuben A drama...
Kate Rendell reviews Darwin Festival
Kate Rendell took a closer look at some Darwin Festival shows for the new Front Row critique program, spearheaded by the Festival. Here are her reviews. Festival Highlights Electric Fields...