Features
Growing Up Troppo – February
Reviews, tips and advice for travelling the world with kids. By Libby Larsen. What’s on Your Travel Bucket List for 2018? One of the things I love about the beginning...
Comics' Corner – February
The holidays are over, the demoulding rituals complete and New Year’s dietary resolutions made and jettisoned – now is the time to venture into the world and explore the cultural...
Flix in the Wet
As the rain pours down, and the city steams up – there’s nothing better than grabbing some popcorn and sitting back in the air-conditioned comfort of Darwin’s BCC Cinemas to...
Travelling Film Festival
Bunker down for some quality Wet season screenings as Sydney Film Festival’s annual regional tour – the Travelling Film Festival (TFF) – returns this February. Complementing Darwin Film Society’s indoor...
Autobiographical Stories of the Tummy
Have you got a story about the best BBQ ever? The finest camping one pot wonder? Or perhaps your first taste of a new dish when travelling? For many, food...
Taste of the Top End – Pineapples
I love pineapples so much, their form is amazing and nothing says “tropical fruit” quite as well. By Emma Lupin. I have to admit that, growing up in a non...
Deadly 60 Downunder
One of television’s busiest presenters, award-winning wildlife expert Steve Backshall, brings his new stage show Deadly 60 Downunder to Darwin this February. You may know him from the BBC’s Down...
Franck Gohier:
a thousand miles from everywhere. Franck Gohier’s bold artwork has made him a stalwart of the Darwin art scene, and the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MAGNT)...
Holiday Reads
My Home in Kakadu Author: Jane Christophersen | Illustrator: Christine Christophersen Through the eyes of her granddaughter, Tarrah, respected Bunitj Elder Jane Christophersen reveals the beauty of life in Kakadu...
Deluge: Mary Handsome, Double Dinghy & Horse Trank
The Studio Theatre plays host to three local bands who know how to celebrate this sweaty, stinking, crazy time of year in the Top End. With tales of salty Top...
DSO At The Movies + Kids' Classics
If you haven’t seen the Darwin Symphony Orchestra perform this year – then you’ve got no excuse for missing them this December, with not one but two shows to delight...
The East Pointers
While their name might suggest they are a local outfit – don’t be fooled! The East Pointers are travelling a long way to bring their music to Darwin this month...
Christmas Fantasia
The Darwin Chorale finishes a performance packed year with a beautiful program in Christmas Fantasia. Again displaying its ability to perform different styles of music, the chorale leaps from the...
The Fast Five – Caiti Baker
Darwin’s genre-bending soulstress Caiti Baker released her debut solo album ZINC to huge acclaim in October. With producer and Sietta collaborator James Mangohig, she’s bringing the album to the Beachfront...
Butterfingers
Emerging from Brisbane in 2001, and making a mark on the Australian hip-hop scene with the tracks ‘Yo Mama’, ‘I Love Work’ and ‘Fig Jam’, ARIA nominated Butterfingers have never...
Mukulubena Baskets
Meaning ‘beautiful’, Mukulubena Baskets using ghost nets and bush dyed fabric by the Groote Eylandt Ghost Net Weavers will be displayed in Darwin for the first time this December. Every...
Young Designer of the Year
Young fashion designer and Darwin Middle School student Maneeza Rahmany first learned to sew in 2015. She hasn’t looked back, recently taking out the top gong at the 2017 Apex...
Volunteering
Volunteering is a great way for young people to get involved in their community. Off The Leash chatted with some young volunteers for LAUNCH Darwin who gave three thumbs up...
Comics' Corner – Dec/Jan
Comedy, like all art, is subjective in its appeal. Unlike other art forms, however, comedy seeks to elicit a particular and visceral response from its audience: the involuntary diaphragmatic spasm...
Growing Up Troppo – Dec/Jan
Reviews, tips and advice for travelling the world with kids. By Libby Larsen. The holidays are on their way! The end of the year is looming – no doubt you’ve...
