Features
Q&A with Ben Ottewell
As the former singer and guitarist of English band Gomez, Ben Ottewell has been carving a solid solo career for himself over the past few years. Ottewell kicks off his...
Alice Springs Beanie Festival
Winters are cold in Alice Springs – but that only partly explains the incredible popularity and inventive loopiness of the Alice Springs Beanie Festival Around seven thousand beanies have been...
Walking with Spirits
This intimate three-day Indigenous culture festival returns in July, with a stellar music line-up including David Bridie and Papuan Songman George Telek. This is something of a musical coup for...
Darwin Carnivale Extravaganza
Our beloved Mindil Beach Sunset Market is turning 30 years young. In 1987, six Darwin entrepreneurs brought to life a collective vision to share a taste of Asia’s night markets...
Barunga Festival
“If you’re wasting your long weekend watching the footy, you should be at Barunga instead,” declares festival director Mark Grosse. He makes a damn fine point. The annual three-day festival...
Art & About – Free Space Studio
Situated in the creative hub that is Darwin Community Arts, the Free Space Studio (FSS) was established in 2013 by Amina McConvell and Brenda Logan, creating a much needed and...
Warehouse to Table
Darwin's Foodbank distributed 240,000 meals last year, yet the number of people who still go hungry in the NT is sobering – one in six NT schoolchildren don’t have breakfast...
Sambal Workshop
Sambal – that fresh, hot, chilli staple of southern and Southeast Asian cooking. You might expect a sambal-making workshop to be strictly culinary, but that would ignore all the storied...
Rapid Creek Market – Karunika Pemarathne
For many Rapid Creek Market shoppers, Karunika Pemarathne's mouthwatering Sri Lankan hoppers are the anticipated end to a crowded Sunday Grocery shop. Toiling over four gas burners, the home-style cook...
Midnight Basketball Grand Final
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...
NT eSports
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...
Heads Up! Youth Forum
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...
Q&A with Richard Frankland
National Reconciliation Week kicks off this month with a free screening of Stone Bros at the Deckchair Cinema. In this road tripping comedy, city-based Eddie sets off to reconnect with...
French Film Night
Droll humour, direct dialogue and high style – French film is proving popular in Darwin, at Alliance Française's French film nights. The monthly Wednesday film screening takes place alongside glasses...
Death In Brunswick – John Clarke Special
The death of John Clarke last April left a gaping hole in Australian satire. Since then, many have revisited Clarke’s witty sketches and pointed comedy. The Deckchair Cinema grants us...
4 Hands At The Piano
After wowing audiences last year with her residency at the Darwin Festival, celebrated pianist Tamara-Anna Cislowska returns to the Top End. Performing this time with renowned multi-award winning Australian composer...
Lee Kernaghan
Lee Kernaghan OAM has been a staple in Australia's country music scene for decades and his championing of rural Australian life has seen him develop a strong community following across...
Laugh It Off
An annual, carefully curated showcase of local talent, Laugh It Off revels in what it means to be ‘Territorian’ – and, in salutation to Territory Day, there’s a special Territory...
Darwin Italian Festival
Spaghetti eating contests, Italian popstars, medieval flag throwing and food, lots of food – is there any wonder 20,000 Darwinites have been known to turn up for this day of...
Rope Burn
Two best mates. One gets cancer. Hilarity ensues. Rope burn is a new Australian play by Ava Karuso about friendship, boys and one of humanity's most frightening diseases. Ben and...
