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Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair Foundation Film Gala
Years after he died, Albert Namitjira's copyright was sold by the Northern Territory public trustee for just $8,500, and is now privately owned by a Sydney family. The story of...
Tracks Dance: Man Made
Tracks’ last Darwin Festival show, Landed, followed three characters returning home to Darwin after a life away from it. Emotions, belonging and connection to place are a crucial theme of...
Cambodia's Golden Era of Rock n Roll
Cambodia's 'golden era' of rock n roll lasted for little more than a decade before it was tragically snuffed out by war and the murderous Khmer Rouge regime, but its...
Hello, Goodbye and Happy Birthday
Two celebrations at the "bookends of life" lead proceedings in Hello, Goodbye and Happy Birthday – birthday parties for an 80-year-old and an 18-year-old. But while the theatre audience is...
Growing Up Troppo – August
Festival frenzy is well underway in the Top End and nothing signals the great vibe of Darwin more than the Darwin Festival – and it’s not just the grown-ups who...
Mahbilil Festival
Jabiru’s annual Mahbilil Festival comes during Gurrung season in Kakadu, when the climate is still hot and dry and flocks of magpie geese are out, but the thunderclouds are building...
Comics' Corner – Darwin Festival Funnies
By Will Crawford. If you like your stand up smart, angry and full of dubious advice to the world's gentrifiers, then the sharp, biting satire of visiting New York comic...
Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair
Get your finger directly on the pulse of Indigenous arts at the Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair (DAAF). Now in its 11th year, this three-day bonanza of visual arts, workshops, film...
Sustainable House Day
High energy and water prices are just two reasons why a sustainable house is an increasingly attractive prospect for Top Enders. The others are that sustainable homes make the most...
Telstra NATSIAA
With two brand new award categories, Australia's most prestigious and long running Indigenous art award is a star on the country’s cultural calendar that just keeps burning brighter. Since its...
Art & About – Jilamara Arts, Munupi Arts and Ngaruwanajirri
Situated to the north of Darwin, the Tiwi Islands are home to a myriad of artists. Every August three island art centres hold a collaborative exhibition in the Darwin Festival...
Talking Through Walls
Come the Build Up, it seems like Darwin's architecture ranges from the sublime to the ridiculous. An ultra-modern apartment block that shuts its windows to the sea breeze and heats...
Tunnel Number Five
Darwin's WWII Oil Storage Tunnels were built during the war to protect oil stored in Darwin from Japanese bombing. By the time the tunnels were completed the risk from bombing...
Q&A with Uta Uber Kool Ja
You've heard about the famous celebrity after-parties. Well, get the champagne on ice because Uta is inviting you to hers and it's going to be wild. Off The Leash caught...
Leah Flanagan
With a suite of new creations, local soul singer Leah Flanagan returns home this August to play stages big and small. You released your beautiful album Saudades last year –...
Statement Earrings Workshop
Not since the 1980s has there been such a time for statement earrings – those flashy, dashy, shoulder-grazing pieces whose statement might be nothing more than a giant exclamation mark...
Ed Kuepper
ARIA award winning solo artist and founding member of legendary 70s proto-punk outfit The Saints and post-punk originals Laughing Clowns, Ed Kuepper brings his one man request fest to Darwin...
Get It On! Indigenous Textile & Fashion Exhibition
When Injalak Arts sent a call out for 'something wearable' created from three metres of their famous hand printed fabric, the response was resounding. With fans of their Indigenous designed...
