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Sep
10 Years At The Top Exhibition
Join the celebration of 10 years of Off The Leash. Take a step back in time at this pop-up exhibition of more than 100 Off The Leash covers featuring iconic...
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Around Town
Growing Up Troppo – September
From the Esplanade to Fannie Bay to Nightcliff, there’s something abuzz on the Darwin foreshore. You may have noticed the explosion of new pop-up food vans this Dry season –...
Argentine Tango workshop
A supremely elegant dance, tango is formal in style and fashion, but humble in its origins. Northern Tango, Darwin’s small but dedicated dance community, was born 13 years ago by...
Music
DSO Kids' Classics – Musical Magic
Designed specifically for younger audiences, the Darwin Symphony Orchestra (DSO) continues their series of kids’ classics concerts this month. On a magical musical journey, you'll explore how music can change...
An Evening With Tex, Don and Charlie
Three of Australia’s most esteemed rock musicians, Tex Perkins, Don Walker and Charlie Owen, return to Darwin this month playing music from their latest album You Don’t Know Lonely. Pianist...
Visual Arts
10 Years At The Top
In July 2007 Off The Leash was launched onto the Darwin arts scene, a timely what’s-on-guide to the Top End full of art, music, theatre, film and community events, all...
SALON17
Australians do love a cheeky renegade – so when the idea for an exhibition of works rejected from the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Awards (NATSIAA) was born, it...
Performing Arts
Comics' Corner – September
The curtains have fallen on the Darwin Festival and Hanuman has cleaned off the last ghee splatter from its bamboo kitchen but, like a phoenix rising from the ashes of...
The Beat Festival
It's where countless Territorians have got their musical start – including Jessica Mauboy, whose appearances at The Beat Festival included a featured solo performance. The annual Beat Festival began in...
Books and Film
Assault Your Ears – September Podcast Review
Welcome to Assault Your Ears, a monthly column dedicated to podcasts. By Jess Ong. The Messenger is a podcast that makes for uncomfortable listening. Produced by The Wheeler Centre and...
Writing Group Online with Sandra Thibodeaux
“Be brief and say everything,” said the poet Charles Simic. That’s one skill poet and playwright Sandra Thibodeaux wants to impart to those joining her writing group, which will cover...
Youth
Q&A with Matt Hammond
Ever wanted to make a set of Spartan armour – or a Viking’s get-up? Matt Hammond will no doubt inspire you with his larger-than-life cosplay heroes. Off The Leash caught...
Maker Cafe
What kind of fabulous work- space combines robotics, halo-halo ice desserts, special FX make up and 3D printing? The Maker Café at GeeCon combines all the skills of STEM (science,...
Food and Drink
Rapid Creek Market: green mangoes
They're green but perfectly ripe, sweet but sour – or just plain sweet. It’s the season for green mangoes, before the big yellow Kensington Pride and blushing R2E2 dominate the...
Darwin Food Diary
During my 10-day workshop residency at Accomplice I cooked a lot and shared dinners with many, many people. Any chance to eat out, I took it – and looked forward...
Festivals
Pride Festival
The rainbow flag will be flying high this month as Darwin pride festival kicks off and the Pride March relaunches itself after a hiatus of more than 10 years. Music,...
Disability Awareness Festival
The Disability Awareness Festival promotes access to all kinds of community activities, educates about disability and empowers people to know their rights and roles in the community. This year the...