Mike Atkinson braved wild, crocodile infested waters and extreme temperatures to recreate the survival of two German aviators lost in the Top End wilderness more than 80 years ago. By...
Welcome to my column where each month I’ll take a book (or two!) from the shelf to share. By Kate Rendell. This month I was inspired by the recently announced...
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...
Two very different Australian films are on the Darwin Festival bill this year, including the ‘neo western’ meets ‘outback noir’ film Goldstone and political revenge fable Terror Nullius . Goldstone...
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...
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...
The 2018 Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair (DAAF) will welcome a record number of Indigenous owned and operated art centres from around the country. This year 76 centres will take over...
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...
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!...
It can be hard to get a gig playing original live music in Darwin, and it’s even harder when you’re still in high school. But the producer for the next...
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...
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...
The annual Salon des Refusés exhibition is set to look a little different this year. Co-organiser Matt Ward says the show will surprise regular viewers of the exhibition, now in...
Canadian artist Anita Rochon is obsessed with the weather and a good challenge – so she created a show with a touring party of zero, finding local actors to perform...
The sports field meets the dance floor at Darwin Festival for Tracks Dance’s latest production. In Your Blood looks across generations, cultures and sporting codes to find what makes people...
It’s the story that gripped – and divided – the nation. By Tamara Howie An infant snatched by a dingo. Her mother, Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton, trialled by the media and jailed...
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...
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...
It's kurrung season in Kakadu. The days are warm, but the nights are cool and the magpie geese are on the move, which means the annual Mahbilil Festival is just...
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,...