Socks will be knocked off! Wonder will be struck! So says founder Jo-anna Egart of this year’s NTeen Fashion Festival, where young designers and makers show off their skills to...
In just four lessons, Dixi Bankier can teach someone how to sketch a fashion design, cut it out, sew it and be model-ready for the runway – all from scratch...
Krista Walker's Instagram feed features so much of her elaborate artwork, it's hard to believe the 17-year-old finds the time to produce it, especially as she has to wash it...
Like many of us, Katherine Shaw and Mrinalini ('Merru') Padmanabhan grew up in the era of smartphones. Shaw, who’s just completed her law degree and Padmanabhan, a software engineering student...
Seventeen-year-old Zandro Lagman’s love of cooking has seen him come up trumps in the Dishing Up Darwin competition, show tourists how to cook bitter gourd and now, tell his own...
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...
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...
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...
So what is 3on3? It's the biggest urban team sport in the world and a whole heap of instant fun. Check it out for yourself Saturday nights at the Palmerston...
Whether you're an old hat, haven’t done it for years or are an enthusiastic newbie, Wednesday skate night at Jingili Park is your time to roll with Darwin’s growing skateboarding...
Battle of the School Bands is set to rock, roll and croon the night away as the best of the Territory's young musical talent come out to play. Now in...
Darwin born and bred Jessie Spargo and Mark Munnich are National Youth Week (NYW) Ambassadors for the Darwin, Palmerston and Darwin Rural Region. Off The Leash caught up with Spargo...
Jessie is one of the Territory’s five Youth Week ambassadors. Together with Mark Munnich she covers the Darwin, Palmerston and Darwin Rural Region. As a keen foodie Jessie is excited...
National Youth Week is an annual, week-long celebration of young people aged 12-25 throughout Australia. It kicks off on Friday 31 March. We partnered with City of Darwin to bring...
National Youth Week is an annual, week-long celebration of Australia’s young people. It gives the younger population a chance to express their ideas and creativity, and act on issues affecting...
Looking for a way to celebrate the end of the year? This youth festival features an array of hip hop elements, including breakdancing, spray and stencil art, spoken word and...
Kill the boredom these school holidays with these free movie screenings at Karama and Casuarina libraries. Jurassic World 22 years after the demise of the original Jurassic Park, a new...