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n July 2007 the first edition of Off The Leash landed in your hot little hands, loyal readers. 10 years on, this month sees our biggest edition to date. Want to help us celebrate? Head to page 8 to find out how you could find your work on the cover of our special 10-year anniversary edition in July. This month, Charles Darwin University Art Gallery continues its showcase of a living, breathing art form from across the Timor Sea. Curated by Joanna Barrkman, who came across the elongated wooden figurines of Atauro Island whilst visiting Dili, the exhibition charts more than a century of sculptural tradition – see page 4.
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Keen to strike it rich? Try your luck at the Pine Creek Gold Rush Festival. Malandarri and Barunga Festivals celebrate and share Indigenous culture and the Territory’s Greek community show us a good – and mouth-watering – time at GleNTi – see Festivals. A big shout out to our mates at SPUN, who launched their podcast last month – see Word on the Street. Catch SPUN in
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Palmerston at the live storytelling event Obsession. Congrats also go to Top End Comedy, who’ve scored their first gig at Darwin Entertainment Centre – see Performing Arts.
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In Katherine, the Junk Sculpture Festival sees sculpture of another kind come to life in a competitive quest for junk supremacy. Celebrate Top End World Refugee Day at Goyder Square, our senior Territorians at the Seniors Expo, and revel in all things Italian at the Darwin Italian Festival. Be sure to check out The Green Room, popping up in a number of public spaces most weekdays. Also celebrating a big birthday this year is Mindil Beach Sunset Market. Help them party at their Darwin Carnivale Extravaganza – see Around Town.
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Australians are still mourning the loss of Aussie satirist John Clarke. Pay tribute to this comedy great at a special screening of Death in Brunswick at the Deckchair Cinema – they also mark Refugee Week with a screening of Neruda. Free films continue at Goyder Square and Darwin Waterfront and celebrate all things French at French Film Night – see Books and Film.
Situated in the creative hub that is Darwin Community Arts, The Free Space Studio is the only dedicated, accessible visual arts studio for people with disability in Darwin. We caught up with creative director Amina McConvell ahead of the studio’s pop-up exhibition and the NT Arts Access Awards. The 42nd Katherine Prize showcases the work of Territory artists – see Visual Arts.
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In a long-anticipated event, the Darwin Symphony Orchestra brings the music of one of the biggest rock bands in history to life with a symphonic/rock tribute to Queen – complete with cover band. The much loved MUFF returns, and this diverse month of music sees Missy Higgins, The Necks, Ben Ottewell and internationally renowned artists TamaraAnna Cislowska and Elena Kats-Chernin visit the Top End – see Music.
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The Sculptures of Atauro island By Rosa Ellen
A woman puts on goggles, takes a spear and in skirt and thongs, free dives into a turqoise reef off Atauro Island north of Dili.
She is one of the women-only divers known as the ‘mermaids’ of Atauro, a tiny island population 743 kilometres from Darwin, with an ancient kinship to the sea and an extraordinary sculpture tradition that honours it. Long sold as tourist souvenirs in East Timor’s capital, these striking, elongated wood sculptures are now the subject of a world-first exhibition at Charles Darwin University (CDU) Art Gallery. The Sculptures of Atauro Island lifts the lid on the animistic origins of these carvings and their unique adaptation to the modern world.
Charting more than a century of the tradition, the gallery has assembled rare figurines and masks from private international collections and museums here and in East Timor. WHEN UNTIL SAT 15 JUL AT CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY COST FREE INFO cdu.edu.au/artgallery
Documentaries screen alongside the art, putting it in context and explaining the mythical traditions of the local people, such as David PalozÓn and Enrique Alonso’s
documentary Wawata Topu – TimorLeste’s Mermaids.
island culture they have managed to preserve this tradition.”
CDU Art Gallery curator Joanna Barrkman first came across Atauro Island’s sculptures in Dili in 2002, when she saw a man hawking wooden figures to aid workers and UN staff outside the Tropical Bakery Cafe.
That tradition has transformed from one that worshiped ancient fertility deities and ancestors, to what is now a small industry in its own right – which a small but dedicated number of young men are choosing as a livelihood.
He was Antonio Soares, a master carver, who travelled by boat over the Wetar Strait where he would spend days looking for customers.
A contemporary example of a sculpture shows a fine-featured diver, in thongs and glass goggles, complete with miniature lenses.
“I thought they were very elegant sculptures and they’re very distinctive,” says Barrkman, an expert in Southeast Asian art.
“Antonio is a master carver but there’s also younger men that are carving,” says Barrkman.
“I was aware that wood sculpture had virtually died out in the western part of the island because there’s been a change in recent decades in architectural materials.
“There’s actually a collective from Atauro Island who are based in Dili, and they are producing sculptures and selling them on the esplanade. It’s definitely become a contemporary art practice.”
“To some extent that’s the case in East Timor (as well), but Atauro’s a little island, and somehow being an
Popping out of the ocean just 30 kilometres from Dili, Atauro Island looks magical from the mainland,
says Barrkman, but is in fact incredibly arid and was used as a prison island by the Portuguese and Indonesians. Its 8,000 people survive on subsistence farming and fishing.
“People used to navigate the Wetar Strait from Atauro to Dili, before there were ferries. That’s a very dangerous and deep body of water,” says Barrkman. “There’s a lot of mythology around that crossing…beliefs in mermaids and mermen and eels, and the power of those creatures to take people under water, to drown,” says Barrkman. Bringing to life ancient myths and the challenges of a new nation, The Sculptures of Atauro Island unveils a living, breathing art form to a new and lucky Darwin audience.
Images L–R: Ancestor bust, Lepu-Hmoru (detail), José da Costa, Hhua le’en ceremonial house, Luliopon, Maquili, Atauro Island, Timor-Leste, mid-20th century, wood, red cedar (Toona ciliate), 127 H x 11 W x 13.5 D cm; National Collection of TimorLeste, NCTL00745. Man carrying children, Antonio Soares, Maquili, Atauro Island, Timor-Leste, late 20th century, white hardwood (Wrightia javanica), initim (AD), ai lalar (T) with cloth, 51 H x 11.5 W x 10 D cm; Maria do Céu Lopes da Silva Collection, CF0048. Female figurine with children, Artist unknown, Atauro Island, Timor-Leste, mid-20th century, wood with cloth, 49 H x 13.8 W x 11.5 Dcm; Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, SEA03456. Ancestor bust, Baku-Mau, Artist
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SAT 3 JUN | 5.30PM MIMI ABORIGINAL ART AND CRAFT, KATHERINE GOLD COIN katherineregionalarts.org.au
Junk Sculpture Festival THE ART MAY BE RUBBISH, BUT IN FIVE YEARS KATHERINE’S QUIRKY JUNK SCULPTURE FESTIVAL HAS GROWN FROM A simple idea to spur locals’ creativity, to a competitive quest for junk supremacy – and this year promises to be no different.
Last year’s entries included a centipede made from surgical scissors and a clever harmonograph that used pendulums to create drawings – not to mention a fashion-forward skirt made from recycled copies of Off the Leash. Katherine Regional Arts’ Jacinta Mooney claims the inspiration for the sculpture fest was Marcel Duchamp’s ‘The Urinal’, but the Katherine Tip Shop is closer to the truth.
“The Junk Festival brought people who weren’t artists – your tradies and people who tinker in the shed – who would never consider going to an art exhibition, to think ‘Oh yes, maybe I could make something’,” Mooney says.
While the fest takes from the tip, it aims to give nothing back. This year ’s opening gala will have no disposable plates, a water bubbler rather than bottles, and the fest has purchased carbon credits to cover its footprint.
With cash prizes for first and second place totalling $3000, the competition has hotted up and this year includes a new category for junk headwear, with the ultimate tinker’s prize of a hot glue gun and drill up for grabs.
“Junk sculpture is to get people to have a go at making art, trying to get people to consider how much they consume and think about refusing to buy things,” Mooney says of the festival’s ethos.
Is there a size limit on the sculptures? “No bigger than a buffalo and no smaller than a barramundi,” Mooney says.
Opening night is expected to attract 800 people, with Ngukkur’s Lonely Boys rocking the crowd and buffalo burgers to feed the hungry art lovers.
SENIORS Expo
THE GREY PANTHERS DANCE TROUPE, THE STILL BELTING OUT CHOIR – SENIORS WILL BE LOUD AND PROUD AS THEY TAKE OVER THE LAWNS OF THE MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY OF THE NT FOR THIS YEAR’S SENIORS EXPO.
A seniors’ catwalk will model chic pre-loved clothing, while line dancing and the lively and limber Grey Panthers will get things moving in the Showcase Area. “We also have a demo of Zumba Gold. It’s a cardio-exercise based around Latin American dancing designed for the over-50s,” Council of the Ageing NT’s (COTA) Stephanie Kendall says. For those who’d prefer to stay put, seated aerobics classes will give the upper body a gentle workout.
WHEN SAT 17 JUN | 5-9PM AT GOYDER SQUARE, PALMERSTON COST FREE INFO melaleuca.org.au
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WELCOME NEW AUSTRALIAN CITIZENS AND CELEBRATE THE MANY CULTURES THAT CALL DARWIN HOME, AT THE TOP END REFUGEE DAY.
Part of national Refugee Week, the annual day celebrates the contribution of refugees to Australian society with a free concert, international food stalls and dancing in Palmerston’s Goyder Square.
Natalie Al Khouri is a 22-year-old Syrian refugee who fled the war-torn region with her family, via Jordan, and is now settled in Darwin. “It’s much better. Life is easier, you can study, you can do anything you want, especially working. Back in Jordan we couldn’t work,” she says. Al Khouri’s family eventually chose to move down south where there was a larger Arabic community, but
she has stayed in Darwin and is on her way to studying pharmacy. With the war in Syria now the biggest humanitarian crises since World War II, a small number of Australia’s humanitarian intake is resettled in Darwin. “I think that if there was a bigger Syrian or Iraqi community here, it would be easier for them to stay,” says Al Khouri.
She says Refugee Day is also a good time to reflect on the situations that bring people to seek peace in Australia. “Australians live in comfort here, they don’t see war or bombs or anything like that."
“We’ve got about 60 different stalls offering pain management, free hearing tests, consumer affairs and computer club,” says Kendall. If you feel an adventure is coming your way, be sure to enter COTA NT’s fundraising raffle. The prize is two flights to Colombo, Sri Lanka. Perhaps the best part of the 2017 Expo? Free morning tea overlooking the Arafura Sea, served by students from Darwin High School. “It’s a nice mixture of generations,” says Kendall. Hard to believe it all fits into just four hours. WHEN FRI 2 JUN | 10AM-2PM AT MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY
The Refugee Day celebrations OF THE NORTHERN will kick off with citizenship TERRITORY COST FREE ceremonies taking place from INFO cotant.org.au 5pm. Head over for a warm welcome!
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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 festival? With everything ranging from meats, breads, seafood, grains and desserts to an Italian flavoured A-list entertainment line-up, cooking demonstrations and a showcase of local singing, dancing and art, get ready for this day of deliciousness. WHEN SAT 3 JUN | 12-10PM AT GEORGE BROWN BOTANIC GARDENS COST FREE INFO italiansnt.com.au
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Canapes and Constellations
Did you know Darwin has one of the best rooftops in Australia for urban stargazing? Join astronomer Geoff Carr for an unforgettable tour of the night sky using world-class telescopes from this 16th floor rooftop. Kick off with a spectacular sunset and enjoy canapés and beverages throughout the night. Bookings essential. WHEN FRI 2 & SAT 3 JUN | 6PM AT RAMADA SUITES ZEN QUARTER COST $85 | $35 KIDS INFO zenquarter.com/stars
Mindil Beach Sunset Market
Hosted by the Northern Tango dance community, join fellow tango dancers to practice, refine technique, build musical skill, inspire each other, talk tango and spend another night of the week enjoying tango.
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Learn to make your own handcrafted silver bangle. The techniques of measuring, texturing, sawing, and finishing will be a good starting block if you wish to continue to learn jewellery making. WHEN AT COST INFO
Artists Ahoy! Creative folk of all skill levels and mediums are invited to use the space at the brand new Durack Community Centre. Bring your tools, your work and get inspired over a cuppa with colleagues. WHEN AT COST INFO
Darwin Fringe Festival is building a beast – get the goss hot off the press and stick around afterwards for SwingDance NT and the Hot and Cold Big Band.
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EVERY THU | 6-7.30PM THE HEIGHTS DURACK COMMUNITY CENTRE FREE palmerston.nt.gov.au
Malak Marketplace
Check out the new place to be on a Saturday eve. Darwin’s first organic market includes street bistro from around the world, locally grown produce, handmade arts and crafts, live entertainment, clean living education and a health hub. EVERY SAT | 4-9PM CHAMBERS CRESCENT CARPARK, MALAK malakmarketplace.org.au
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WED 7 JUN | 5.30-8PM RAILWAY CLUB FREE darwinfringe.org.au
Join the Northern Tango community for a night of social Argentine tango dancing. WHEN FRI 30 JUN | 8-11PM AT COCONUT GROVE HALL COST $5 INFO facebook.com/nthntango
No Lights No Lycra
A weekly dance jam in the dark – no teacher, no steps to learn, no alcohol, no talking – no worries! Just dancing and great tunes. Perfect for all ages, shapes and sizes. No need to book either, just turn up when you're in the mood for a boogie. WHEN EVERY WED | 6-7PM AT HAPPY YESS THEATRE, BROWN’S MART COST $7 INFO nolightsnolycra.com
DARWIN WATERFRONT Aqua Zumba
Join the Zumba pool party for a cool calorie burning dance fitness session at Darwin's Wave Lagoon. WHEN EVERY SUN | 9AM COST $12 | $8 U 15
Dry Season School Holiday Fun
Argentine Tango
Tango is a fun, social activity that can be danced by anyone, regardless of age or physical ability. It’s an improvised dance, and one that will exercise your mind as well as your body. WHEN THU 1, 8 & 15 JUN | 7PM BEGINNERS, 8PM FOCUS CLASS AT $12 | $15 TWO CONSECUTIVE CLASSES COST facebook.com/nthntango
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Twilight Toad Busters
Who you gunna call? Toadbusters! Join the team helping to control this environmentally devastating introduced species in various hot spots around Darwin. Learn how to tell a frog from a cane toad and toad-proof your yard. WHEN EVERY TUE | 6.30-9PM AT VARIOUS DARWIN LOCATIONS COST FREE
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2017 Darwin Fringe Festival Program Launch
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EVERY THU, 5-10PM | EVERY SUN, 4-9PM MINDIL BEACH mindil.com.au
Artists’ Craft and Tea
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As the sun dips into the Arafura Sea feast on cuisines such as Thai, Sri Lankan, Greek or Indian, take a wander through the palm lined boulevards for unique pressies and enjoy live entertainment.
There's loads of fun to be had at the Darwin Waterfront this school holidays, with free activities every weekday.
AusKick
WHEN MON 26 JUN | 10AM-12PM
Bubble Sports
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Circus Workshop
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Silent Disco
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Soccer ‘Come and Try’
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Malak Community Garden
Work on those green thumbs with these free garden workshops. WHEN COST INFO
EVERY MON | 10AM-1PM FREE facebook.com/dcacommunity gardennews | 8945 7347
Beats & Clips
Want to improve your audio recording or editing skills? Be it for film, music or digital storytelling, these workshops can help you upskill. WHEN EVERY MON | 3-7PM COST FREE
Malak Community Shed
Promoting creativity, sustainability, social cohesion and a sense of community, head along for some free weekly workshops featuring local and international artists.
Bush Restoration Day
Help restore the ecosystems of Darwin's beautiful coastal areas and wetlands by removing invasive weeds and planting trees to encourage biodiversity. WHEN EVERY THU | 8.30AM AT VARIOUS DARWIN LOCATIONS COST FREE
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WHEN EVERY THU, 1-3PM | EVERY SAT, 9.30AM-12.30PM COST FREE
Say goodbye to quiet libraries! 1-5 year olds and their caregivers will love singing, dancing, listening to stories and engaging with puppets in these fun, interactive sessions.
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Shop 7A, 69 Mitchell St, Darwin conservationvolunteers.com.au | 8981 3206
Beautify Our Beaches - Marine Debris
Help out with weekly debris surveys. Learn about types of debris, where it comes from and what impact it has on our environment. The data is added to the national database – Tangaroa WHEN EVERY MON | 8.30AM-1.30PM AT VARIOUS DARWIN LOCATIONS COST FREE
Nursery Time
You're never too young to enjoy reading. Treat your baby to songs, puppets, nursery rhymes and movement to enhance their early literacy development. Suitable for 0-1 year olds. WHEN EVERY WED | 10-10.45AM COST FREE
Code Club
Coding is a great skill to help kids live in the digital age. This program is part of a nationwide network of volunteer-led, creative coding clubs for kids aged 9-12 years. Code Club is free but places are limited, so bookings are essential. WHEN COST BOOK
EVERY SAT | 10AM & 11AM FREE askus@palmerston.nt.gov.au 8935 9999
Lego Club
Hone your building skills with fortnightly activities and challenges. Create your own masterpiece and display it in the library. Suitable for ages five and above. WHEN WED 7 & 21 JUN | 3.30-4.30PM COST FREE
Gadgets and Games Club
For kids aged 5-12 who like hands-on, problem based learning activities. This fortnightly club is based around STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) learning activities and the equation that learning plus games equals fun. WHEN WED 14 & 28 JUN | 3.30-4.30PM COST FREE
THE GREEN ROOM
facesinspaces.com.au | facebook. com/facesinspacesdarwin Furnished with beanbags, library books and free Wi-Fi, this quirky, roving, outdoor space presents free workshops and live music that brings people together. WHEN EVERY MON–THU | 10AM-2PM AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS COST FREE
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IF YOU’VE NOTICED A ROVING PATCH OF ASTROTURF SET UP IN NIGHTCLIFF, THE CBD OR EAST POINT RESERVE IN THE last month, you may have already come across the Green Room.
Furnished with beanbags, library books and Wi-Fi, the quirky outdoor space is a novel project of the City of Darwin to create a safer, more vibrant Darwin through free workshops and live music that brings people together. “It’s to activate public space,” says program co-ordinator Caroline-Ulys Poirier.
“The idea is to go to all the hot spots, where there is drinking in public and make it safer.” From Monday to Thursday, the Green Room sets up for four hours at either the Nightcliff shops, Nightcliff foreshore, Tamarind Park in the CBD or East Point Reserve, and holds a free one-hour workshops in yoga, craft, painting and dance. Local artists like Aly de Groot might run a woven junk sculpture workshop, or a clay taster workshop with Gerald Clapham will get people using a potters’ wheel.
On Monday at Tamarind Park, local musicians play relaxed acoustic sets to a small crowd. “It’s a different approach,” says Poirier. So far the space, with its shady marquees and vintage TV set, has been a success, attracting people on their lunch break, backpackers and longrassers as well as mums and bubs. Part of the council’s Faces In Spaces program, aimed to bring
people of all ages, cultures and means together to share and enjoy Darwin’s public spaces, The Green Room is a refreshing addition to the city.
WHEN MON – THU | 10AM-2PM AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS INCLUDING TAMARIND PARK, NIGHTCLIFF SHOPS, NIGHTCLIFF FORESHORE & EAST POINT COST FREE INFO facesinspaces.com.au
Recycled Baskets Workshop
Join Aly de Groot, a self-confessed basket case, to weave junk into treasure, making your only little woven keepsake from surprising stuff. WHEN THU 1 JUN | 11AM–12PM AT EAST POINT RESERVE
Sea Pendant Workshop
Learn how to work with sea glass, paint, recycled beads and other treasures to create your own unique pendant. Materials are provided but if you have special pieces you'd like to work with, bring them along. WHEN TUE 6 JUN | 11AM-12PM AT NIGHTCLIFF SHOPS, PROGRESS DRIVE
Pilates Workshop
This mat work Pilates workshop explores traditional Pilates movements and explains the philosophies behind them, with a few fun Pilates facts along the way. WHEN THU 8 JUN | 11AM-12PM AT EAST POINT RESERVE, NEAR SOUTHERN CARPARK
Hawaiian Party and Hula Workshop
Learn to dance the Hula, Hawaii’s traditional dance, and make a hibiscus hair ornament with paper. Aloha! WHEN THU 29 JUN | 11AM-12PM AT EAST POINT RESERVE, NEAR SOUTHERN CARPARK
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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 with the Top End. Setting up shop in Darwin’s Mitchell Street Mall, the stalls soon moved to the coconut palms of Mindil Beach Reserve – and our treasured Mindil Beach Sunset Market was born. Cue the party. To celebrate, Mindil is gifting us with a four-day extravaganza, kicking off at the Thursday night markets with a showcase of local and visiting artists and a taste of carnival. The party raises the roof on Friday night with live music, carnival costumes, a licenced bar, roving performances, Darwin’s finest drag queens, a late-night curfew and, of course, a glitter booth.
Continue the fun on Saturday with Territory Day celebrations including markets, entertainment and the iconic official Territory Day fireworks. The weekend wraps up with a huge community day filled with beach activities, live music and free workshops including art, music, dance, circus and more. Artists, performers and community groups can put their hand up to be involved – contact Lanie on 0447 682 975 or email development@ mindil.com.au. Happy birthday Mindil! Here’s cheers to another 30 years.
WHEN THU 29 JUN, 5-10PM FRI 30 JUN, 5-11PM SAT 1 JUL, 3-10PM SUN 2 JUL, 10AM-9PM AT MINDIL BEACH COST FREE INFO mindil.com.au
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DARWIN FESTIVAL
Experience the aura of Aurora COME THE DRY SEASON, TENTS ARE A TOP END TRADITION, POPULATING THE LIKES OF KAKADU AND LITCHFIELD NATIONAL PARK. This August, things are about to get a bit fancy with the Art Deco-esque Aurora Spiegeltent pitching in Darwin, filled with the finest in cabaret and acrobatic talent from around the world.
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For the duration of the 2017 Festival, the Aurora will house Strut & Fret’s celebrated production Blanc de Blanc. The champagne will flow in this scintillating show, served icy cold with a twist of vintage
glamour. Expect high-end spectacle and titillating acts, big moves, great tunes and more than a few surprises. This illustrious performance adds to the big-ticket events already on sale for this year’s Darwin Festival, including Opera Australia’s The Marriage of Figaro, Circa’s Troppo, Sydney Dance Company’s Frame of Mind and New York’s undisputed queen of the underground, Penny Arcade. Follow the glittery path from Festival Park to Aurora’s pop-up location on Parliament Lawn, and
prepare to be dazzled with flair and breathless abandon. Rit-reow!
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WHEN THU 10 AUG, 8PM (PREVIEW) FRI 11 – SUN 27 AUG, VARIOUS TIMES AT AURORA SPIEGELTENT, PARLIAMENT LAWN COST $68 | $78 PREMIUM | $60 CONC, GROUPS 8+ | $55 PREVIEW INFO darwinfestival.org.au
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FESTIVALS
PINE CREEk GOLD RUSH FESTIVAL
he thirst for gold in the tiny Top End town of Pine Creek hasn’t been quenched. In fact, it’s celebrated every year with the spirited olde time Gold Rush Festival. This year’s festival kicks off on a Friday evening with an art exhibition of works entered by NT residents, with drinks, nibbles and prize-giving. The next morning, kids and grownups can have a crack at panning for gold at a $2 practice panning session – that could be a very lucrative return – before the NT Gold Panning Championship heats begin. “From each heat, the winner will go into the Grand Championship. The prize is $500,” the festival’s Jocelyn Moir explains.
For a real taste of settler life, the ‘stake your claim’ game is a festival favourite, says Moir. Participants buy a wooden stake and strike it into a designated area mapped with pre-determined co-ordinates. The prize? A real gold nugget. Another gold nugget is up for grabs in a competition – to be in the running be sure to fill out a form on the day. Damper making, vintage cars and Adelaide River market stalls will also take place on the familyfriendly day. When you’ve given up on finding a nugget, head to the Lazy Lizard Tavern on Saturday night for a free concert and a glass of liquid gold.
WHEN FRI 16 & SAT 17 JUN AT PINE CREEK COST FREE INFO victoriadaly.nt.gov.au/festivals
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Kurt McKinnon and Ricquelle Richard Dixon performing at DanceSite, Borroloola 2014; photo by Benjamin Bayliss
Walking
Rrawun Maymuru; photo by Marty Philbey
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 the festival, which will see the pair perform their acclaimed album a Bit na Ta with musicians from the Gunantuna, in North East PNG. Other drawcards include Yolngu songman Rrawun Maymuru from Yirrkala, Fiji’s exuberant Rako
Pasefika and singer-songwriter Benny Walker.
to kick off the festival on Friday night.
Walking with Spirits is held on a magical bush site at Melkjulumbu (Beswick Falls) in the community of Beswick, 107 kilometres southeast of Katherine.
Tickets are limited for this one, so be sure to book early. One, two and three night ticket packages are being offered, including camping.
Festival Director Tom E. Lewis will premiere his new short film Finding Mawiranga and traditional dancers from around the region will participate in the raising of Beswick’s own Morning Star pole,
WHEN FRI 14 & SAT 15 JUL AT MALKGULUMBU (BESWICK FALLS) COST VARIOUS INFO djilpinarts.org.au
Malandarri Festival HELD IN BOROLOOLA, THIS EXCITING TRADITIONAL DANCE FESTIVAL ATTRACTS PERFORMERS FROM ACROSS ARNHEM LAND AND FURTHER AFIELD, AS FAR AS TORRES STRAIT.
“All the kids love it, they want to get painted up,” says cultural events officer Marlene Timothy.
This year the Malandarri Festival hosts five dance groups from four language groups, including the coastal Yanyuwa and Mara, Garrawa (freshwater and hills) and Gurrindji (dry land).
Malandarri is community–owned and organised and for those who can’t make the 970-kilometre trip from Darwin, the festival has a production team to record the event.
The two-day dance site sets up on the Boroloola Showgrounds and kicks off with a Friday night show.
“Every year the festival invites another cultural dance group to join in the dance site,” Timothy says.
“Saturday’s the main night. All the dance groups perform their best. It’s a good night.”
“First we had a Pacific Islander group and the community really loved it. Because people said ‘we want to see other cultures’ and so that’s what we do. “We’re hoping it will get bigger and bigger and get known throughout the Territory.”
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FRI 16 & SAT 17 JUN BOROLOOLA SHOWGROUNDS $5 PER DAY | FREE U 16 artbacknt.com.au
WHEN SAT 10 & SUN 11 JUN | 10AM- MIDNIGHT AT ESPLANADE, DARWIN COST FREE INFO facebook.com/glenti.com. au
GleNTi Festival Alice Springs
BEANIE WINTERS ARE COLD IN ALICE – BUT THAT ONLY PARTLY EXPLAINS THE INCREDIBLE POPULARITY AND LOONY INVENTIVENESS OF THE ALICE SPRINGS BEANIE FESTIVAL.
Around seven thousand beanies have been sent in from Australia and around the world for this year’s beanie extravaganza, including from Canada, Holland, Germany, the US, New Zealand and Japan.
wo and a half tonnes of octopus will be thrown onto the sizzling barbecues of GleNTi 2017, Darwin’s megalo two-day celebration of Greek culture. Then there’s the kleftiko (slow-cooked lamb), local handmade loukaniko sausages and, of course, souvlaki. Though food will always be the drawcard, this year’s GleNTi wants to showcase another strong and stirring tradition of Greece – dance.
“It’s an opportunity to showcase our culture, our music and the tradition of what happened in those eras of dance,” says the festival’s Nick Poniris, president of the Greek Orthodox Community of Northern Australia. Members of Darwin’s five Greek dance groups will perform dances from the islands and regions of mainland Greece, wearing costumes handmade in Greece especially for the festival.
“All the dances are symbolic. They’re there for a reason,” Poniris says.
and the Glenti Band, an ensemble of Australia’s top Hellenic session musicians.
From Kalymnos comes the sponge divers’ dance, while the shepherd’s dance mimics goats wandering the mountains and the Pontian Greeks conjure going into battle.
Also keep an eye out for Darwin’s own teen Greek bands Omorfi Parea and Nisiotiko.
GleNTi’s musical line-up features Maria Stavropoulou, the GreekAustralian songstress who made it onto Greece’s version of The Voice,
“It shows we have depth in our youth, who have maintained those musical traditions and instruments,” Poniris says.
“Japanese beanies are beautiful,” says Chief Beaniologist Jo Nixon. “They’re finely knitted and crocheted and well-finished.” A growing number people from overseas enter the National Beanie Competition every year says Nixon, with the cream of the crocheted crop featuring in a special exhibition, with this year’s theme of ‘weaving the magic’. “From the little old grannies sitting in Daylesford, Victoria, to a textile artist in Cairns doing a Phd, beanie makers are so diverse,” says Nixon. In addition to the competition, Beanie Central at the Araluen Arts Centre remains the hub of all festival activities over the weekend, including more than 20 workshops. For those itching to join the Alice locals sporting wild and wooly headgear for the weekend, Beanie Central has hundreds of handmade beanies priced from $5 to $120. If you want to up the fashion stakes with an outrageous artistic creation from the national comp, prices range from $80 to $1000. “It’s a celebration of love, of handmade items, of textiles, of the arts,” says Nixon of the festival.
Barunga FESTIVAL “IF YOU’RE WASTING YOUR LONG WEEKEND WATCHING THE FOOTY, YOU SHOULD BE AT BARUNGA INSTEAD,” DECLARES FESTIVAL DIRECTOR MARK GROSSE.
“It brings together the community, travellers, beanie makers, crafters. It encompasses a whole range of fantastic ideas – everything you can imagine a beanie can be.”
He makes a damn fine point. The annual three-day festival in the Top End Aboriginal community of Barunga, south of Katherine, is probably the only festival in the country that celebrates sport, music and culture with equal passion.
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Every Queen’s Birthday longweekend, the small community opens its arms to thousands of visitors, who set up camp in its Eucalypt-strewn grounds to spend a weekend among an Aboriginal
FRI 23 – MON 26 JUN ARALUEN ARTS CENTRE, ALICE SPRINGS $15 4-DAY VISITOR PASS | FREE, ALICE SPRINGS LOCALS beaniefest.org
community, listening to top music acts, cheering the footy and enjoying exceptional culture. This year’s musical line-up, headlined by Missy Higgins, includes Coloured Stone (who mark their 40 year anniversary), B2M and Lonely Boys. Many more Indigenous bands from the Territory also play and for kids, Justine Clark returns. “It’s a really social event. I mean that in the context of non-Indigenous people having the opportunity to sit with Indigenous people, and not at a highbrow event,” says Grosse. 10 years have passed since Warumpi Band frontman and icon George
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FRI 9 – SUN 11 JUN BARUNGA COMMUNITY $50 | $15 YOUTH | $5 CHILD | INCLUDES CAMPING barungafestival.com.au
Rrurrambu Burarrwanga died, and a special musical or cultural performance will take place to remember him. As usual, the main stage will be devoted to the big-name acts where dancing is a must, and the smaller APRA stage by the creek will host more intimate acoustic performances. “When community bands come we tell them they have to play an acoustic set on the APRA stage. For the first time in their lives they play for a white audience, listening intently to their songs,” says Grosse. “It gives young Indigenous musicians
the opportunity to try something different in front of a tough but very sympathetic audience.” For the Sunday night finale, Skinny Soundsystem remixes the best little-heard tracks of Skinnyfish Records’ enormous back catalogue into a late night party act, with a live didgeridoo player and back-up singers. “It was a big hit at Perth’s art festival,” says Grosse. “We think it will take Australia by storm.”
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PERFORMING ARTS
Swagman's Ghost
THE SWAGMAN HAS APPEARED UNDER MANY GUISES: HERO, SHEEP THIEF, MARTYR.
Now Darwin playwright Levin Diatschenko offers another version of the fabled itinerant: a travelling mystic who delivers justice and rights wrongs – a swaggie with supernatural powers. In his new play, The Swagman’s Ghost, premiering at Brown’s Mart this month, a legendary swagman (played by Yoris Wilson) pursues a band of outlaws disguising themselves as a group of musicians, hell-bent on hypnotising and robbing locals.
Yoris Wilson & Katharina Fehringer
“I wanted to write a western, but set it in Australia,” says Diatschenko, “to make the classic image of a swagman as something kind of mystical.”
WHEN WED 28 JUN | 7PM AT DARWIN ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE COST $45 | $40 CONC | $20 U 18 INFO yourcentre.com.au
Using a live band and Irish folkinspired music, the play pits the thieving, motorbike-riding villains against the spiritual swagman, who is closer to a sadhu (a Hindu ascetic) than a wandering bushie, says Diatschenko. Yet this swagman still represents an older, traditional code, says the playwright. “Community-based and welcoming. They had a hard-working vibe to them. A swagman would go from town to town and offer work in exchange for a feed.” What became of these values of neighbourly trust, generosity and acceptance is the deeper theme of the work. With a powerful campfire and a ceremonial staff, entering the
theatre of this swaggie’s story will feel like being part of a lively outback pub, albeit with a touch of mysticism. Well-known Sydney director Stephen Helper has come to Darwin to direct, for which Diatschenko is grateful, creating the mood of an outback western, with set design by Katy Moir, Beck Adams on lighting design and visuals by Will Tinapple. The Swagman’s Ghost also stars Kadek Hobman and Katharina Fehringer.
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TUE 13 (PREVIEW) – SAT 17 | TUE 20 – SUN 25 JUN BROWN’S MART $35 | $25 CONC, SENIOR, GROUP 8+ brownsmart.com.au
Andi Egan
Seven Deadly Sins Q&A
with director Gary Abrahams
Jessica Clarke (Thérèse Raquin); image by Sarah Walker
Thérèse Raquin EMIL ZOLA’S SUSPENSEFUL 19TH CENTURY NOVEL THÉRÈSE RAQUIN COMES TO THE DARWIN stage this month in a critically acclaimed play by Melbourne’s Dirty Pretty Theatre. The play follows a young woman unhappily married off to her cousin, who begins a torrid affair – with dangerous results. Off The Leash spoke with director Gary Abrahams about this lavish, costumed production of the classic French novel.
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How did you adapt the novel Thérèse Raquin for the stage? One of the things I did discover is that the book is quite sprawling – there’s a lot of other characters in the book and it goes through various locations and settings, so for
me part of the adaptation process was going, ‘what happens if I just condense everything? Set it in just one room, the Raquins’ apartment, what does that do to the story?’ Through that process of elimination I discovered how fast the story could move and I turned it into a sort of action-packed and swift-moving, tragic melodrama. Has that changed the genre of the story? When Zola wrote Thérèse Raquin, a lot of the books and literature of the time were kinds of soap operas and dealt with upper-class people and wealth and scandal. Zola was one of the first writers of the time to explore real workingclass characters in a working class
setting, and the inner psychology of the human mind. Of course when we read it now, the melodrama and tragedy of it still seems really strong, so I think I heightened that in the adaptation and allowed the melodrama to be front and centre. There’s not many plays like this that tour to Darwin. What can people expect? It is really quite unusual for a show like this to tour around Australia, not just Darwin – it’s expensive, obviously. I think it’s really exciting that we get to bring this world to other parts of Australia. It’s very theatrical: beautiful corsets, costumes, big hooped skirts and a sort of theatrical romanticism. It’s high-end and really entertaining.
even of the best NT comedians – and selfconfessed sinners – lay bare their wretched souls in the biggest NT comedy show yet. Top End Comedy has come a long way, baby. From the Happy Yess and annual Laugh-It-Off, to the Beachfront Hotel, RAW Comedy finals and Darwin Fringe, the Darwin-based comedy group is holding its first stand-up show at the Darwin Entertainment Centre. Featuring Ben Stevenson as Gluttony, Justin Crooks (Greed), Nicole Stevens (Wrath), Andi Egan (Lust), Danielle Andrews (Pride), Ryan McArthur (Envy) and Chris Little (Sloth), the theme initially arose from the magic number of comedians, but was an all-too-easy fit. “It was very easy to work out which sins these comedians were going to be,” admits MC Amy Hetherington. “There was never a doubt that Ben Stevenson would be Gluttony.
That guy eats a lot of chicken nuggets. Ryan Macarthur as envy was a surprise. It made sense though because his material has a lot of self-deprecation.” Landing the Entertainment Centre is an impressive achievement and proof Darwin’s comedy scene is coming of age. “This is the first time we’ve had a show at the Entertainment Centre so we’re really proud of it,” says Hetherington. The addition of Alice Springs comedian Chris Little means this is a Territory-wide show of talent, and looks to be the next step on the comedy ladder. “Each of the shows in Top End Comedy leads to another level,” says Hetherington.
WHEN FRI 9 JUN | 8PM AT DARWIN ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE COST $30 | $25 CONC, MEMB INFO yourcentre.com.au
LISTINGS DARWIN ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE yourcentre.com.au Angus Robson, Ange Wu, Lady Heidi-Maree, Karen Martin-Stone, Jackson Holt and Jason Williams
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 Pride edition heading your way. Expect this year’s six funny men and women to deliver observational wit, R-rated humour, riffs on adult life, getting your car stolen, and a true WHEN AT COST INFO
story about being mistaken for Lord Mayor Katrina Fong Lim. The punchline? “To celebrate everything that is fantastic and quirky about the Territory,” says Top End Comedy’s Nicole Stevens. “If you love stand-up comedy and having a laugh, you should definitely pop along.”
TUE 27 (PREVIEW) – FRI 30 JUN | 7.30PM BROWN’S MART $20 | $18 CONC, SENIOR, STUDENT, GROUP 8+ | $15 PREVIEW brownsmart.com.au
Julia Morris – Lift & Separate
As a woman in her extreme 30s, Morris delivers her signature full tilt, high octane, stand-up storytelling in a delicious and raucous romp through day to day life. WHEN THU 1 JUN | 7.30PM COST $59.90
Judith Lucy & Denise Scott – Disappointments
Scotty and Jude couldn’t be happier; every element of their lives is simply perfect. They love their bodies, their careers, the people they have chosen to be surrounded by and the women that they have become – yep, that’s a crock of you-know-what. WHEN FRI 2 JUN | 7.30PM COST $59.90 | $49.90 CONC
Erth’s Prehistoric Aquarium
SPUN: Obsession
WHEN FRI 9 JUN, 6.30PM | SAT 10 JUN, 11.30AM COST $25 | $20 CHILD | $80 FAMILY
WHEN SAT 3 JUN | 6PM AT THE HEIGHTS DURACK COMMUNITY CENTRE COST FREE INFO spunstories.net
Deep below the surface, submerged below time, swam some of the world’s most amazing prehistoric marine reptiles. You are invited to dive in and get to know the beasts from below the ocean's surface.
Effie – the Virgin Bride
Join Australian comedy icon Effie (Mary Coustas) alongside her immaculately conceived daughter Aphrodite and her womanising yet lovable Uncle Vasili at the mother of all weddings. WHEN SAT 24 JUN | 7PM COST $69.90 A RESERVE | $59.90 B RESERVE
GENERAL Rope Burn
Two best mates. One gets cancer. Hilarity ensues. Milkbar Theatre and Darwin Theatre Company present Rope Burn by Ava Karuso – a new Australian play about friendship, life and death, which is both tender and hilariously naughty. WHEN AT COST INFO
THU 1 – SUN 4 JUN BROWN’S MART $25 | $20 CONC, SENIOR, GROUP 8+ brownsmart.com.au
When does an interest become an obsession? And what lengths will people go to for the things they love? Find out at this special SPUN live storytelling event presented by the City of Palmerston.
Feastival
A feast of Darwin’s multicultural theatre featuring three plays including the true story of Hajime Toyashima, the first Australian POW of WWII. PastFuture – Bright-Future is the story of two young people born in a Ugandan refugee camp, and music theatre piece Yatra depicts leaving India for a better life in Darwin. WHEN SUN 18 JUN | 6PM AT DARWIN COMMUNITY ARTS, CHAMBERS CRESCENT THEATRE COST $15 | $10 CONC INFO darwincommunityarts.org.au
The Grey Panthers
The darlings of the over 60s dance world, this dynamic group for women and men meets weekly to learn new dances and rehearse for regular performances and special events throughout the Territory. WHEN EVERY FRI | 9.30-11AM AT TRACKS DANCE STUDIO COST $5 INFO tracksdance.com.au
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LISTINGS
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Trolls
Enjoy moonlit cinema at the Darwin Waterfront this Dry season with free monthly movies. This month, Dreamworks’ animated comedy Trolls is up on the big screen. Bring a blanket or chair and relax on the Waterfront lawns. This is an alcohol and glass free event. WHEN AT COST INFO
SAT 24 JUN | 7PM DARWIN WATERFRONT FREE waterfront.nt.gov.au
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COST $16 | $12 CONC | $10 MEMB | $35 FAM (2 ADU, 2 KIDS) BOOK deckchaircinema.com.au INFO info@deckchaircinema.com.au | 8981 0700 | GATES OPEN 6PM
CINEMA
Death In Brunswick he 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.
Deckchair Cinema’s Alice Body. “He’s a bit of a household name. The program committee had a think about what we could play and Death in Brunswick is really funny. It represents him and remembers his humour.”
The Deckchair Cinema grants us another opportunity to enjoy the man and his work with a tribute screening of the 1991 film Death In Brunswick. It will leave you in no doubt of just how funny Clarke was.
Set in the working-class Melbourne suburb of Brunswick, Sam Neill stars as a grimy but honest cook called Carl, who accidentally kills his drug-dealing workmate Mustafa. Enter John Clarke as his gravedigger mate Dave, whose body-disposal techniques lead to the best-known scene in film.
“Sometimes when someone who’s a standout figure in Australia dies we like to pay tribute to them,” says
Filmed on location in the suburban streets, restaurants and alleyways of a multicultural neighbourhood, the black comedy was widely praised for Neill and Clarke’s performances, as well as Zoe Carides, who plays Neill’s GreekAustralian love interest. Enjoy this gem for its dry, crackling Clarkian humour and for a trip down the memory lane of Australian film. WHEN TUE 6 JUN | 7.30PM
Neruda IN 1948 PABLO NERUDA WAS THE MOST FAMOUS LITERARY FIGURE IN CHILE, AND A VOCAL COMMUNIST POLITICIAN who was expelled from his country’s Senate when the Chilean government made communism illegal. To mark Refugee Week, the Deckie screens Neruda, a glamourous, film-noirish crime caper that sees Neruda become an outlaw. At first glimpse a biopic, the film takes a leap of fantasy and imagines the mischievous Neruda pitted against the opposite, straight-laced inspector Oscar Peluchonneau (Gael Garcia Bernal) who’s never heard of the poet and is determined to ensnare him.
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Directed by Chilean Pablo Larraín, who made Jackie in 2016, Neruda promises to be a vivid thriller of a
film, with a timely message about art in the absence of democracy. For the real-life Neruda, the plight of refugees and political exiles had a lasting impact on his life and poetry. As a diplomat in Spain during the Civil War he helped re-settle hundreds of Spanish refugees to Chile. His own period of forced exile lasted three years, during which he wrote his most famous work Canto General, an epic homage to Chile and Latin America.
Neruda – who was made a Nobel Laureate in 1971 – didn’t live to see the end of the repressive Pinochet regime in Chile but left a legacy of language that stands for those forced to flee war and oppression. On June 16, lawyer Ahmed Dostizada will speak before the film. Dostizada is Hazara, a persecuted minority from Afghanistan, and now represents people seeking asylum. WHEN FRI 16 JUN, 9.20PM | THU 22 JUN, 7.30PM | FRI 24 JUN, 7.30PM
Poetry and Coffee
Connect with fellow poetry lovers and share your favourite verses, or your own originals. No criticism, just enjoyment. Simply turn up and drink coffee in the relaxing company of poetry.
FlicNics
Bring a blanket, chair or rug, pack a picnic and enjoy Dry season Saturday nights with a free movie under the stars. Screening this month is Angry Birds, Dear Eleanor and Shaun the Sheep.
John Clarke Special
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WHEN EVERY SAT | 7PM AT GOYDER SQUARE, PALMERSTON COST FREE INFO palmerston.nt.gov.au
WHEN THU 15 JUN | 10-11AM AT EAT AT MARTINS, COCONUT GROVE COST FREE
Wild Words
The stage is wide open for anyone to perform poetry, prose, song lyrics or even a blog! An afternoon of word-ly appreciation every last Sunday of the month. WHEN SUN 25 JUN | 3-5PM AT RAILWAY CLUB COST $5 | FREE FOR PERFORMERS
French Film Night DROLL HUMOUR, DIRECT DIALOGUE AND HIGH STYLE – FRENCH FILM IS PROVING POPULAR IN DARWIN, AT ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE’S FRENCH FILM NIGHTS.
Besides appealing to Darwin’s small French community and homesick backpackers, French Film Night has been a success with Darwinites , offering an alternative, distinct style of entertaining cinema, says Guillet.
The monthly Wednesday film screening takes place alongside glasses of French wine and cheese. French speakers can mingle or practice their conversation, nonspeakers have the pleasure of listening in.
“Unlike American movies, it’s quite direct and straight to the point. There’s no fluffing around with the characters. It’s quite abrupt sometimes. Very different to American films. I reckon it’s a lot like the English films – English humour is similar.”
With the event set to take off again this Dry, the Alliance has been carefully selecting their cinematic picks for the season. “We think that the comedy will be quite popular,” says Alliance Française president Florence Guillet. “Normally we have a lot of comedies and traditional French movies, to target the people who are into French culture. “Not only do we screen films, we offer food like French cheese and wine. People get the full experience, they get to talk to us (in French) and we get to mingle.”
This month’s film is Le Souvenirs (Memories) a comedy-drama based around a fractious family. If watching the odd film isn’t enough French culture for you, Alliance Française employs a teacher from France to teach its language classes, as well as holding community pétanque at East Point Reserve and free conversation at Café de la Plage. Merveilleux! WHEN WED 14 JUN | 6.30PM AT CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY, BUILDING BLUE 5 COST $20 INFO afdarwin.org
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11 Alice Springs Beanie Festival 12 The Swagman’s Ghost 13 The Grey Panthers 24 Tactile Arts (opening) 25 NCCA (opening) 26 Katherine Prize (opening) 30 NT News Live on Fridays 30 Loud at the Library 30 Open Mic Nite by the Sea
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6 Tango Practica 6 AusKick 6 Malak Community Garden 6 Beats & Clips 6 Beautify Our Beaches 7 The Green Room 11 Alice Springs Beanie Festival 20 Malak Community Dinner 24 Framed (last chance) 30 Monday Music Jam
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6 Twilight Toad Busters 6 Storytime 7 The Green Room 12 The Swagman’s Ghost 30 Darwin City Brass Band Rehearsal
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24 Kaltjiti Arts (last chance)
6 Bubble Sports 6 Twilight Toad Busters 6 Storytime 7 The Green Room 13 Laugh It Off 25 Paul Arnold (last chance) 29 Santa Sabina College 30 Darwin City Brass Band Rehearsal 30 Open Mic Night Katherine
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6 No Lights No Lycra 6 Nursery Time 7 Lego Club 7 The Green Room 12 The Swagman’s Ghost
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6 Malak Marketplace 6 Malak Community Shed 7 Code Club 11 GleNTi 11 Barunga Festival 13 Erth’s Prehistoric Aquarium 14 FlicNics 19 Midnight Basketball 25 NCCA (last chance) 30 Summer Session 2017
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5 Seniors Expo 6 Canapés and Constellations 13 Judith Lucy & Denise Scott 13 Rope Burn 13 The Grey Panthers 23 Our Country in Clay (opens) 24 Framed (opens) 24 Tactile Arts (opening) 28 4 Hands at the Piano 30 NT News Live on Fridays 30 Loud at the Library 30 Open Mic Nite by the Sea 30 Dave Garnham
2 Free Garden Tune Up
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6 Mindil Beach Sunset Market 6 Aqua Zumba 11 GleNTi 11 Barunga Festival
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Calendar JUNE 2017
1 Wed
6 Mindil Beach Sunset Market 6 Artists’ Craft & Tea 6 Argentine Tango 6 Malak Community Shed 6 Bush Restoration Day 6 Storytime 7 The Green Room 13 Julia Morris 13 Rope Burn 30 Sarah Blasko
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6 2017 Darwin Fringe Festival Program Launch 6 No Lights No Lycra 6 Nursery Time 7 Lego Club See Music 27
27 Missy Higgins
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6 Darwin Italian Festival 6 Canapes and Constellations 6 Malak Marketplace 6 Malak Community Shed 7 Code Club 13 Rope Burn 13 SPUN: Obsession 14 FlicNics 19 Midnight Basketball 20 Variety of Wines 25 Outstation (opens) 30 Clowns
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6 Tango Practica 6 Malak Community Garden 6 Beats & Clips 6 Beautify Our Beaches 7 The Green Room 30 Monday Music Jam
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6 Tango Practica 6 Malak Community Garden 6 Beats & Clips 6 Beautify Our Beaches 7 The Green Room 30 Monday Music Jam
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6 No Lights No Lycra 6 Nursery Time 7 Gadgets & Games Club 7 The Green Room 14 French Film Night
12 The Swagman’s Ghost
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6 Silver Bangle in a Day 6 Mindil Beach Sunset Market 6 Aqua Zumba 13 Rope Burn 20 A Menu from our Garden 30 First Sunday Blues
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6 Twilight Toad Busters 6 Storytime 7 The Green Room 12 The Swagman’s Ghost 30 Darwin City Brass Band Rehearsal
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6 Mindil Beach Sunset Market 6 Artists’ Craft & Tea 6 Argentine Tango 6 Malak Community Shed 6 Bush Restoration Day 6 Storytime 7 The Green Room
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14 Death in Brunswick
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6 Twilight Toad Busters 6 Storytime 7 The Green Room 24 Kaltjiti Arts (opens) 30 Darwin City Brass Band Rehearsal
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11 Barunga Festival 12 Seven Deadly Sins 13 Erth’s Prehistoric Aquarium 13 The Grey Panthers 30 NT News Live on Fridays 30 Loud at the Library 30 Open Mic Nite by the Sea 30 Ash Steele
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6 Mindil Beach Sunset Market 6 Artists’ Craft & Tea 6 Argentine Tango 6 Malak Community Shed 6 Bush Restoration Day 6 Storytime 7 The Green Room 12 The Swagman’s Ghost 14 Poetry & Coffee
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FESTIVAL
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Friday Night Art Exhibition and Prize Night Includes Local Art and Photography Station Master’s House, Railway Precinct @ 6pm
Saturday night Free Family Concert Bunny and Bernie on tour Lazy Lizard Tavern @ 6pm
Saturday NT Gold Panning Championships All ages welcome Finders, keepers Practise Panning @ 9am First Heat @10am
INFO
For further information contact Pine Creek Service Centre p: 08 8976 8211
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THE DARWIN ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE
Judith Lucy & Denise Scott
Thurs 1 June
4 Hands at the Piano Fri 2 June
Great children and family show
Best of Local Comedy Fri 9 June
Erth’s Prehistoric Aquarium
Fri 9 – Sat 10 June
Disappointments Fri 2 June DEC CONCERT SERIES
Julia Morris
Sat 24 June 18
Thérèse Raquin Wed 28 June
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TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM Sat 10.00am to 12noon Supported by City of Darwin
NEW MEMBERS AND VISITORS WELCOME Ron Roberts (President) 0418 857 744 darwincitybrassband@gmail.com
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NORTHERN TERRITORY WRITERS’ CENTRE
The Necks Fri 16 June
A thrilling new adaption of Emile Zola’s landmark novel
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REHEARSALS Tue 7.00pm to 9.30pm
Busby Marou Fri 30 June
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YOUTH
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 in Darwin two years ago and now involves up to 70 players aged 12-18, as well as volunteer coaches, caterers and assistants. “There are a good percentage of players that have been involved from start to finish. It’s popular, there’s a waiting list of 50,” says Richelle Hedstrom, Youth Engagement Coordinator at the City of Darwin.
This month, the season’s grand final will be an exciting finish to the tournament with the best teams playing off at Marrara Stadium.
running free basketball games, with an educational component, at the times when youth are most at risk – Friday and Saturday nights.
The grand final is a big deal, says Hedstrom. The teams have been playing together every Saturday night for months, all of it building up to a final between the two top teams.
Dedicated volunteers, including members of the Army, Rotary Club and parents of players, help out at the program.
Although registrations have closed, anyone who wants to join the cheering squads is welcome to come along. Midnight Basketball originated in the United States and is now operating right round Australia,
“They give up a Saturday night, which is a refreshing outcome. It’s good to meet people who want to do their bit,” says Hedstrom. WHEN SAT 17 JUN | 7.30-11.30PM AT MARRARA INDOOR STADIUM COST FREE INFO launchdarwin.com.au
Heads Up! YOUTH FORUM THIS 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 a line-up of inspirational speakers including small business people and young Territorians, including National Youth Week Ambassador for the Darwin, Palmerston and Darwin Rural Region Jessie Spargo. Dance fitness entrepreneur Kerryn Luby, who last year won an NT Telstra Micro Business award, joins business owner Avon Collis and health and wellbeing coach Sian Howell to deliver some how-to inspiration. Held at the Mantra Hotel, the daylong forum costs $30, and there’s a limited number of scholarships available to help cover costs.
Katherine singer-songwriter Serina Pech performs for the crowd, and participants take part in activities that get them thinking about enhancing mental health and wellbeing, improving their skills, friendships and sense of community. The forum is for people aged 15-25 years and organised by a committee made up of young people from community organisations including Headspace, Darwin Red Cross, Darwin High School, Multicultural Youth NT and UN Youth NT. Who knows what future entrepreneurs will be unleashed at this year’s forum?
WHEN AT COST INFO
FRI 16 JUN | 8.30AM-4.30PM MANTRA ON THE ESPLANADE $30 | INCLUDES CATERING sacha.king@teamhealth.asn. au | 0422 847 811
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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 of the new NT eSports. The organisation has teamed up with the City of Palmerston to host monthly gaming sessions at Palmerston Library, with two big screens and single-elimination or round-robin competitions of popular games. Last month, the Crows purchased Legacy eSports, a team of worldclass gamers based in Sydney who play the game League of Legends, a Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA).
Serina Pech
“There’s big money going into gaming,” agrees Moore.
“We’re doing it on a smaller scale, we’re putting on some community events to give youth something to do, but also introduce them to games.”
WHEN SAT 24 JUN | 2-6PM AT CITY OF PALMERSTON LIBRARY COST FREE INFO facebook.com/ntesports1
This month the popular MOBA Heroes of the Storm will be on offer, along with Hearth Stone, a virtual card-based video game. Each Heroes of the Storm team has five members, so the atmosphere will be high-energy. Though gaming sessions attract more guys than girls, Moore says popular female characters are making eSports more appealing for girls and all-female professional teams are starting to appear overseas. Find out what all the fuss is about or unleash your competitive gaming passion at this live-action session.
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FOOD & DRINK
Sambal WORKSHOP
ambal – 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 and cultural layers of the condiment.
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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, who spends her weekdays as an IT consultant, whips up the traditional bowlshaped coconut pancakes, centred with a soft fried egg, before spooning out a delicious assortment of spiced fillings. But if you think flavour is the name of the game here, think again. Pemarathne’s cooking follows strict Ayurvedic principles, where every taste is balanced with an earthly element to heal the body and aid digestion.
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Workshop attendees will make sambal and cook with Lewis, while she talks about family recipes and memories associated with homestyle Singaporean cooking, where sambal belacan is a mainstay. “It’s such an important staple. It’s one of those things which is always in the fridge. So for me, holding on to these recipes and making it myself is a kind of ownership around that, saying: this is my household now, I have my recipe now and I have my variations.” After an afternoon of cooking and
good conversation, participants share a meal together at the Accomplice residency space. What to expect from this novel approach to a cooking class? “You will find yourself in quite an intimate sort of space, where you can participate as much as you want to and share as much as you want to, or you can be quiet and listen,” says Lewis. WHEN SAT 17 & SUN 24 JUN | 3-6PM AT ACCOMPLICE, COCONUT GROVE COST $65 INFO creativeaccomplice.com.au
of fruit and vegetables. They’re not only a food, it’s highly tied in with our culture.” According to Ayurvedic medicine, there are three underlying mindbody types, called dosha. Each dosha requires different things from a diet, including correctly balancing the six primary flavours of sweet, sour, salty, bitter, astringent and pungent (spicy). As well as espousing the benefits of holistic cooking, Pemarathne strongly supports using locallygrown vegies, believing them to be fresher and better for our health.
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“As we live in a tropical climate, to heal us, we need to eat the vegetables around us. When we eat produce from our own land, it has a stronger healing power.”
“It’s not only for the taste, it’s for digestion and to avoid unnecessary toxins,” she says.
Forget clean eating, this is a food philosophy that was made for the Top End!
“In Sri Lanka we have around three thousand types of plants. People use around two thousand as medicine and for consuming them, so people are really attached to nature. We are blessed with a lot
WHEN MOST SUNDAYS AT RAPID CREEK MARKET COST $1-15 INFO karunika@hotmail.com
2 cups of fresh grated coconut ½ chopped small red onion or 6-8 shallots 1 medium green chilli ½ tsp red chilli powder ½ tsp paprika ½ lime 1 tsp ground Maldive fish flakes (optional) 2 cloves garlic 1 sprig curry leaves, chopped pinch salt pinch black pepper
“Food being a vehicle for conversation and for people to meet
“Food allows people to be intimate quickly.”
LISTINGS
Rapid Creek
Jamie Lewis is a performance artist who draws on her SingaporeanEurasian heritage to create work centred around stories, conversation and food. Her sambal-making workshop delves into her family traditions around spicy sambal belacan, and hopefully, stories from her guests.
and exchange stories and share space,” explains Lewis.
Put all the ingredients, including the juice of the ½ lime, into a food processor and mix for 2-3 minutes until thoroughly combined. Scrape out sambal into a bowl and add the used lime skin, giving it all another mix with your hands. Remove the lime skin before serving.
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Warehouse 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, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics. To try and turn that figure around, Foodbank is using the profits of its Warehouse to Table fundraiser dinner to supply 28 schools with free breakfasts and fill small stomachs for the school day ahead. Chefs from Saffrron, Rachael’s Seafood and Oka Tepanyaki will scour the many shelves of Foodbank’s Berrimah warehouse for menu inspiration, with meals to be made with 100 per cent donated ingredients.
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Two hundred guests are expected for the banquet, which is held outside on the factory grounds, complete with a three-course meal, champagne and musicians. The entire meal will be made from ingredients that were either donated to the charity or saved from being needlessly thrown out, says Foodbank’s Susan Penfold. With the issue of Australia’s food waste on the agenda, you probably won’t find a more sustainable event to help out needy Territorians. “It will be a fun night,” promises Penfold.
WHEN MON 19 JUN | 6.30PM FOR 7PM START AT 9 MEL RD, BERRIMAH COST $180 INFO foodbanknt.org.au/dinner
Indulge in a relaxed sunset cruise on the Spirit of Darwin whilst enjoying beautiful wines, selected by Piper Collective, and canapés. WHEN SAT 3 JUN | 5.30-8.30PM AT SPIRIT OF DARWIN | DOCK 2, STOKES HILL WHARF COST $98 INFO stickytickets.com.au
A Menu from our Garden
Take a stroll with edible plant expert Lia Gill and collect ingredients to cook a scrumptious green pawpaw curry. Learn how to make a refreshing salad from what you may consider weeds, and try Birut's delicious rosella jam. WHEN AT COST INFO
SUN 4 JUN | 8.30-10.30AM LAKESIDE DRIVE COMMUNITY GARDEN, ALAWA $5 | FREE, MEMB cdu.edu.au/ldgc
Malak Community Dinner
Embrace Darwin’s diverse culture with a night of food and entertainment. WHEN MON 26 JUN | 6-8.30PM AT DARWIN COMMUNITY ARTS, MALAK COST $5 | $10 FAMILY | FREE FOR VOLUNTEERS INFO darwincommunityarts.org.au
WORD ON THE STREET
Assault YOUR Ears WELCOME TO ASSAULT YOUR EARS, A MONTHLY COLUMN DEDICATED TO PODCASTS. This month’s column is a little different, as there’s no reviewing. Instead, there’s high fives and bum pats all round in celebration of a new podcast that comes from Darwin’s own SPUN Stories! Full disclosure, I am involved in both SPUN’s live events and said podcast. I’m really excited, and proud, of SPUN’s latest creation so it feels ok to dedicate this space to a podcast that celebrates the wild and wondrous people and backyards of the NT. Our aim with both SPUN’s live events, and now podcast, is to shine a light on the extraordinary stories of everyday Territorians just doing their thing.
With over 60 stories up our sleeve, we’re in a privileged position to be able to share these with national and international audiences through our podcast. Curated collections of stories from this tropical town are about to go wandering – it’s our hope this podcast will go far and wide, to people riding the subway in New York, to those running on a treadmill in Hobart and trudging to the tube in London. We want our podcast to fall into the ear holes of many, who’ll soon come to know about Darwin, and the NT, and what we all love about this place. To do this, we need your help! Please share the love with your family and friends, and treat them to a little adventure to Australia’s north – they’ll never, never know if they never, never listen!
Jess Ong works as a Communications Manager in the arts and the private sector, and is also the Creative Producer of local storytelling night, SPUN. She is the host of the SPUN podcast and moonlights in the world of freelance. FOLLOW spunstories.net | @jess__ong
You can subscribe to SPUN Stories on iTunes or by searching for SPUN Stories on your favourite podcast app. WITH BARUNGA, WALKING WITH SPIRITS AND SCHOOL HOLIDAYS APPROACHING, THE COMING months see the perfect opportunity to stop off in Katherine for a foray to the famed Katherine Gorge, or Edith Falls in Nitmuluk National Park – there’s also a ton of other fun things to see and do in these parts.
Comics’ Corner
Q&A
SHOWCASING TOP END COMIC WRITING AND LOCAL STANDUP PERFORMERS WHO ARE GRILLED TO REVEAL THEIR INFLUENCES, FAVOURITES AND FOIBLES. Will Crawford is an up-andcrawling comic. He moonlights as a land rights lawyer and policy activist.
with comedian Ange Wu
ANGE WU HAS PERFORMED STAND-UP COMEDY SINCE MOVING TO THE TERRITORY IN 2001. She is a full-time cook, part-time student of Internet Communications, and eternal dabbler in blogging, writing, drawing and podcasting. What generally excites your comedy writing brain? Real life! Truth really is stranger than fiction. Favourite comic writer George Carlin. He makes all sorts of weird and wonderful observations about words and everyday language. Favourite comedy podcast My most recent listening was When Last We Left Our Podcast, and the last podcast I was recommended was My Dad Wrote A Porno.
Favourite International and Australian stand-up comic Does Sarah Kendall count for International? Lawrence Leung for Australian. Favourite Darwin comedy venue Happy Yess, but I do have a soft spot for the old Chippo, because memories. Life’s greatest pleasure Food with friends. Proudest moment Performing in Mr Takahashi and other falling secrets – my first legit acting role. Most embarrassing moment Too many to decide! Probably bending down to lift a drain cover at work one afternoon and busting my pants open at the seams.
Babs (Jenelle Saunders) and Glenda (Ciella Williams) getting ready to take off at SPUN's podcast launch; photo by Helen Orr
Pop Culture guilty pleasure I watch Grey's Anatomy whenever I'm in the mood to cry. What would you tell your 10 yearsago self? Say yes to more things, but also learn that it's okay to say no. Something you wish you had said/ done Told more people the honest truth during my earlier years. Tips for younger players Be yourself; find your thing; find your people – which you can usually do by being real and doing your thing as best you can.
FOLLOW Laugh It Off TUE 27 – FRI 30 JUN | 7.30PM | BROWN’S MART
Fancy staying in an award-winning architect designed pad in an Aboriginal community out of town? How about taking the kids on a bush tucker trip to collect native honey. Or stay local and spend the morning lazing at a pop-up café followed by a soak in the Katherine hot springs? This is just some of what’s on offer, just 300 or so kilometres from Darwin. When those little tummies start to grumble, it’s nice to know that Katherine has some cool kidfriendly joints to grab a bite to eat. The Finch Café on the main drag has a large, enclosed back garden with heaps of room for little people to explore. The Black Russian Caravan, a cute little food van near the Visitor Centre is another great option. They serve up quality coffee, gourmet toasties and decedent baked goodies for the kids. And, the Pop Rocket Café at the top of the local hot springs is the perfect way to while away
the morning. Don’t forget your swimmers! Once those bellies are satisfied you can hire bikes from the Pop Rocket Café and explore the Katherine Riverlink Trail, or perhaps head to the Godinymayin Yijard Rivers Arts and Cultural Centre and Mimi Arts in town. For a fun family dinner under the stars – and some great yarns – you can’t beat Marksie’s Stockman’s Camp Tucker Night. High on our family’s Dry season wish list is a trip to Beswick Aboriginal community to check out Djilpin Arts, and stay overnight in one of their utterly divine looking architect-designed houses. They also run cultural tours. The key drawcard in this neck of the woods is the spectacular Nitmiluk National Park, worthy of many return visits. Whether it’s for a picnic, boat cruise, hike, a refreshing dip, camping or kayaking, there are oodles of activities on offer for families with kids of all ages and stages. So if you’re thinking of weekend getaways this Dry season, Katherine is one for the list, and if you’re passing through, be sure to stop and linger. Thanks to Phoebe Quilty, Maggie McGowan and others for sharing their top tips for families in Katherine.
Libby Larsen Travel is, and has always been, Libby’s passion and she believes that this shouldn’t stop when you have kids. Libby knows that the best travel advice and tips come from other parents and so she started Growing up Troppo. It has loads of inspiration about hip places to stay, play and eat with kids that importantly parents love too. FOLLOW growinguptroppo.com | @growinguptroppo
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Friday 23 June 6–8pm Godinymayin Yijard Rivers Arts & Culture Centre Stuart Highway, Katherine East Exhibition dates 23 June – 2 September 2017 Tue–Fri 10am–5pm | Sat 10am–3pm Enquiries: 8972 3751 or projects@gyracc.org.au
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VISUAL ARTS THE FREE SPACE STUDIO
Manoli Lafazanis, ‘Animation Film Still from Escape From Camp’, 2016
Darwin Community Arts, 16 Malak Crescent, Malak | 0416 453 012 artsaccess@darwincommunityarts.org.au
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Talking to the Future
with creative director Amina McConvell 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 dedicated accessible visual arts studio in Darwin. Off The Leash had a chat with creative producer McConvell about this one-of-a-kind Darwin organisation. What is the vision and core values of FSS? To continue to push for increased studio access for artists with disability and to create opportunities for disabilityled visual arts productions and publications. The FSS takes its core values from The United Nations Convention on the Rights of People with Disability and these include respect, non-discrimination, inclusion, equality and accessibility.
William Mareko
How many artists are involved with FSS? We currently represent 19 artists. What programs do you offer? We run facilitated visual arts workshops in a range of mediums including painting, drawing, printmaking, T-shirt design, mosaic and craft projects. In addition to structured projects, artists use the studio space to develop their own works and independent projects. How many exhibitions do you hold each year? In addition to an annual group exhibition of new work by FSS members, we produce publications and support our artists to participate in art prizes, to exhibit in contemporary spaces, and to undertake solo exhibitions.
What sets the FSS apart? FSS is the only dedicated accessible visual arts studio for people with disability in Darwin. What's coming up for FSS in 2017? Getting busy making new work in the studio! We are working on a thematic project this year called 'Talking To The Future' and we have a pop-up exhibition on this theme this month. Also, one of our artists, Annie Moors has her first solo exhibition at BLAK DOT gallery in Melbourne in November - very exciting! How can artists and the public become involved with FSS? The FSS workshop programs follow the NT schools calendar, and we take new enrolments at the start of each school term. People can also volunteer as studio assistants – we love volunteers!
THIS POP-UP EXHIBITION SHOWCASES WORKS BY 16 ARTISTS who share the Free Space Studio at Darwin Community Arts. Developed through a thematic studio project, the works explore the subject of the future from a multitude of perspectives of people with disability and provide an opportunity for all of us to consider the road we're on. Exhibiting artists include Mark Cavanagh, Tara Darcy, William Mareko, John Milikens, Abigail Maralngurra, David Chadum, Manoli Lafazanis, Annie Moors, Steven Conway, Leigh Zarimis, Wendy Lamble, Glen Kerrison, Bol Bol, Alex Gilbert, Joanne van Roden and Samantha Callaghan. WHEN SAT 24 JUN | 4-8PM AT CHAMBERS CRESCENT THEATRE, DARWIN COMMUNITY ARTS INFO darwincommunityarts.org.au
NT Arts Access Awards THE 2017 ARTS ACCESS AWARDS RECOGNISE THE CONTRIBUTIONS of individuals, groups and organisations in the NT who have been working to improve accessibility in the creative arts for people with disability, across all genres of creative endeavor.
The awards are a joint project of Arts Access Darwin and Incite Arts (Alice Springs), and also acknowledge NT based artists with disability who have made an outstanding contribution through their creative practice.
WHEN SAT 24 JUN | 6PM AT MALAK MARKETPLACE, DARWIN COMMUNITY ARTS INFO darwincommunityarts.org.au
NOMAD ART GALLERY
Vickers Street, Parap | 8981 6382 | nomadart.com.au MON–FRI 10AM–5PM | SAT 9AM–2PM
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Nomad Art – FOR PRIVATE SALE Established in 2005, Nomad Art has become synonymous with the development of limited edition prints and cross-cultural projects from remote northern and central Australia. Filling a niche market, the gallery provides high quality but accessible and affordable Indigenous and non-Indigenous art to discerning local, interstate, international and institutional clients seeking high quality affordable art for mementos, gifts, investments and collections.
Interest in art from the Top End of Australia extends internationally. Situated in an exciting art making region – which is well known as a major hub for Australian Indigenous art – Nomad Art is ideally placed to reflect new innovation and generational change. As an established gallery operating from the heart of the region, Nomad Art Gallery complements existing Darwin
galleries by creating a significant point of difference. By specialising in limited edition prints and associated products Nomad Art has developed its own client base and therefore works in collaboration with other likeminded galleries to promote Darwin and Parap as an art destination of note. INFO nomad@nomadart.com.au | 0428 308 793
Tjunkaya Tapaya, 'Ceramic pot'
Our Country in Clay
An exhibition of new ceramic works by Ernabella's leading women artists. The exhibition includes a beautiful body of work by senior women Tjunkaya Tapaya, Carlene Thompson and Niningka Lewis, alongside works by rising stars Elizabeth Dunn and Lynette Lewis, and others. WHEN FRI 2 – SAT 24 JUN
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PAUL JOHNSTONE GALLERY
DARWIN ART TRAIL
Harriet Place, Darwin | 8941 2220 | pauljohnstonegallery.com.au
Various locations | darwinarttrail.com.au
TUE–FRI 10AM–5PM | SAT 10AM–2PM
Taylor Cooper, 'Malara: Wanampi Tjukurpa' (detail), 200 x 200cm
KALTJITI ARTS: CONTINUING OUR STORY The extraordinary talent of Kaltjiti artists is presented in an intensity of colour, scale and mark-making particular to artists from the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands in the far north of South Australia.
Continuing our Story includes works by highly collected artists Manyitjanu Lennon, Taylor Cooper (a finalist in this year’s Telstra NATSIAA), Witjiti George, Imitjala Curley and Matjanka (Nyukana) Norris.
WHEN TUE 6 – TUE 27 JUN
DARWIN Art Trail
Darwin Art Trail showcases local artists in their private studios and provides an opportunity to talk with and purchase work directly from the artists – including glassware, jewellery, garden sculpture, pottery, painting, wood, leather, metal and art made with recycled materials. See where the magic happens. WHEN SUN 18 JUN | 10AM-4PM
FRAMED – THE DARWIN GALLERY
TACTILE ARTS
MON-FRI 9AM-5.30PM | SAT 9AM-4PM | PUBLIC HOLS 11AM-3PM
TUE–FRI 10AM-4PM | SAT & SUN 10AM-4PM
55 Stuart Highway, Stuart Park | 8981 2994 | framed.com.au
19 Conacher Street, Fannie Bay | 8981 6616 | tactilearts.org.au
Textures of the Top End Inspired by the natural world, two artists work with different mediums. Eric Nunn combines silversmithing and precise stone cutting to create one-off and limited edition jewellery pieces, depicting organic stone shapes and scenes from the natural environment.
(L) Eric Nunn, ‘Dreaming of Ubirr’, sterling silver, chrysocolla and tiger-eye (R) Eric Nunn, ‘High tide at Nightcliff’, sterling silver, lapis lazuli and Nightcliff Beach stone
WHEN FRI 23 JUN – SUN 16 JUL | OPENING FRI 23 JUN, 5.30PM
Kylie Frewen-Lord uses the techniques of papermaking, collage and needle arts to bring to life the unique fauna and flora of the Top End. Works in collaged originals, digitally printed home wares and unique lighting will feature.
Geoff Todd, ‘Dodgy’ (detail), 170 x 170cm
Playful by Isabel Lopes
Treasures from the stockroom
An interpretation of life’s highs and lows – and many other aspects in between – through the eyes of local artist Isabel Lopes, this eclectic collection of mixed media works features whimsical illustrations, evocative abstracts, sculptural elements and jewellery. The playfulness of the materials, ideas and stories come together as a narrative of life’s beauty and ugliness, celebrated with moody ‘mark making’, colour and texture.
Recapping various stages of the 33-year evolution of Framed Gallery, this exhibition evokes nostalgic thoughts of yesteryear. Take a walk down memory lane as pieces from blockbuster shows are revisited, including Salt Sand and Driving Rain, Something Fishy, Lennon, the Tea Party, Rainbow Dust and Muster.
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Isabel Lopes, ‘Special Day’, 2017, watercolour on paper, 297 x 210mm
WHEN FRI 2 – SUN 18 JUN | OPENING FRI 2 JUN, 5.30PM
NCCA
POP-UP EXHIBITIONS
Northern Centre for Contemporary Art Vimy Lane, Parap | 8981 5368 | nccart.com.au WED–FRI 10AM–4PM | SAT 10AM–2PM
Karina Coombes, 'Kulama Design', ochre on linen, 100 x 100cm; image coutesy artist
Karina Coombes, 'Kulama Design', ochre on linen, 100 x 100cm; image coutesy artist
GOLDEN YEARS Indigenous artists Karina Coombes and Joanne Nasir commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1967 Australian referendum.
Ancestry
AUSTRALIA,
LONG BEFORE IT HAD A NAME
Curated by Steve Fox, this Artback NT national touring exhibition, presented in association with Maruku Arts, focuses on Anangu wood carving (punu) and sacred expression and includes 80 works, some recently made, from Maruku archive.
Darwin-based artist Katherine Bradley's narrative frieze in oil paints.
WHEN FRI 23 JUN – SAT 22 JUL | OPENING FRI 23 JUN, 5PM
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Wadeye/Port Keats-based artist Jason Rao Sellaiah pays tribute to his late father through 2D and 3D forms.
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Kathy Nungala Inkamala, 'Danger Mines – Ormiston Gorge' (detail), 2016, watercolour on paper, 36 x 54cm
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENDERS OFFICE
Online Auction Now in its third year, the Environmental Defenders Office (EDO) NT art auction showcases works from 15 art centres from across the Territory. Prominent Territory artists have donated the works and money raised goes to support the EDO NT. Get involved with the environment and support Aboriginal artists by bidding in the EDO NT online art auction.
WHEN UNTIL THU 22 JUN INFO art4edont2017.com BID galabid.com/auction/edont
OUTSTATION
2/3 Parap Place, Darwin | 8981 4822 | outstation.com.au TUE 10AM-1PM | WED–FRI 10AM-5PM | SAT 10AM-2PM
Ngayulu Mantangka Walkatjunanyi:
I Am Drawing In The Sand From the heart of the Pitjantjatjara Lands in the Western Desert, this vibrant series of ink drawings made on paper is by the artists from Tjungu Palya art centre. Inspired by traditional sand paintings, these dynamic works have a fluidity and immediacy as the ink stains the
fine cotton rag paper with marks associated with Anangu Tjukurpa (Dreamings). Artists include Ginger Wikilyiri, Keith Stevens, Angkaliya Curtis, Helen Curtis, Kani Tunkin and the Watarru Collaborative.
Paul Arnold
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WHEN SAT 3 – SAT 24 JUN Image courtesy of Tjungu Palya
CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY Building Orange 12, CDU Casuarina Campus | 8946 6621 | cdu.edu.au/artgallery WED–FRI 10AM-4PM | SAT 10AM-2PM
The Sculptures OF Atauro island The Sculptures of Atauro Island presents both contemporary and historical sculptures, and explores continuity and change in the wood-carving and sculptural traditions of Atauro Island. WHEN UNTIL SAT 15 JUL
Man carrying children (detail), Antonio Soares, Maquili, Atauro Island, TimorLeste, late 20th century, white hardwood (Wrightia javanica), initim (AD), ai lalar (T) with cloth, 51 H x 11.5 W x 10 D cm; Maria do Céu Lopes da Silva Collection, CF0048.
NATURE'S WEAR AND TEAR Nature can be erosive and destructive – landscapes emerge from the effects of continuous action. The results can be small, like rust, as large as a winding river, or continuous like crashing waves. In this new photographic exhibition, Paul Arnold examines wear and tear on the landscape.
WHEN UNTIL TUE 27 JUN | MON–FRI 9AM-5PM | SAT 9.30AM- 2.30PM AT Paul Arnold Gallery, 56 Smith Street, Darwin INFO paularnold.com.au
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NORTHERN TERRITORY LIBRARY
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory 19 Conacher Street, The Gardens | 8999 8264 | magnt.net.au
Parliament House | Corner Bennett and Mitchell Street, Darwin ntl.nt.gov.au TUE, THU, FRI 10AM–5PM | WED 10AM-8PM | SAT & SUN 1–5PM
MON–FRI 9AM-5PM | SAT & SUN 10AM-5PM
iNsTagrammers
the best of NT photography from Instagram WHEN UNTIL SUN 2 JUL
Of the millions of photos shared on Instagram every day, some of the best come from photographers in the NT. Now, these have been collected in one exhibition, creating a unique picture of life in the NT, bursting with impossible landscapes, distinctive characters and cheeky wildlife. @michaelfranchi, 'Dhunumbu Munuggurr, 5, pictured being painted by grandmother Bawuli Marika, Yirrkala'
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Michael Cook, 'Undiscovered #9' (detail); ©2010 ANMM Collection
Darwin Visual Arts Association Woods Street, Darwin | 8981 9351 | dvaa.net.au
Michael Cook: Undiscovered
WED–FRI 12-5PM | SAT 10AM–3PM
Photographic works by Michael Cook provide a contemporary Indigenous perspective of European settlement in Australia, a land already populated by its original
people. Cook's artworks shift roles and perspectives around the notion of European ‘discovery’ of Australia, reflecting upon our habitual ways of thinking and seeing our history.
WHEN SAT 17 JUN – SUN 27 AUG
Piksa Niugini Photographs by Stephen Dupont Pascale Zufferey, watercolour
FACE FACE Pascale Zufferey exhibits beautiful portraits, painted during her recent travels, capturing the wonderful characters of different cultures. Fascinated by the faces of the people she met, and realising we have similar desires for our families, and ourselves, this exhibition is a celebration of these people
Carolyn Bursa, 'The Angler', 2016, charcoal on canvas, 61 x 46cm
An evocation of landscape, myth and magic In this solo exhibition by Carolyn Bursa, surrealist style works emerge from a reading of poetry and literature. The landscapes in this exhibition, both large and small, have been created following a period of observation or directly from Bursa's imagination.
WHEN FRI 16 JUN – SAT 1 JUL | OPENING FRI 16 JUN, 6PM
Showcasing acclaimed Australian photojournalist Stephen Dupont’s journeys through Papua New Guinea’s most important cultural and political zones – the Highlands, Sepik, Bougainville and capital city Port Moresby. This remarkable body of work captures the human spirit WHEN UNTIL SUN 16 JUL
HOT!
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE MAGNT ART COLLECTION Hot! showcases 52 works from MAGNT's Australian art collection by some of the country's hottest artists, past and present. Featuring works by the likes of Tom Roberts, Brett Whiteley, John Brack, Tony Albert, Emily Kngwarreye and Jeffrey Smart, the exhibition looks at the various meanings we put to the word hot. WHEN UNTIL SUN 13 AUG
2015 Katherine Prize
GYRACC
Godinymayin Yijard Rivers Arts and Culture Centre Stuart Highway, Katherine East | 8972 3751 | gyracc.org.au TUE–FRI 10AM-5PM | SAT 10AM–3PM
HER LIPS BEGAN TO SCORCH An exquisite collection of work by visual artist and Katherine High School art teacher Kim Shanahan, this multidisciplinary exhibition explores the human understanding of temptation using three key themes: Australian fauna, human movement and aesthetics.
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Gapu Water The home of Djilpin Arts, Ghunmarn Culture Centre in the remote community of Beswick, opened in 2007. This is the first time all 112 prints spanning over 10 years of printmaking have been shown together, in a grand culmination of community and collaboration.
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This annual event encourages Indigenous and non-Indigenous residents of the Northern Territory to develop their art practice and showcase their skill to the region. Prizes awarded include the $5,000 Brian and Jeanette Lambert Art Award, the $2,000 Dr Peter and Kathleen Short Craft Award, the Godinymayin Youth Award and the People's Choice Award. WHEN FRI 23 JUN – SAT 2 SEP | OPENING FRI 23 JUN, 6-8PM
MUSIC
Missy Higgins FOLLOWING A RECENT HIATUS, MISSY HIGGINS HAS MADE A MUCH-WELCOMED RETURN TO THE STAGE. Performing at Barunga Festival this month, Off The Leash had a chat with Higgins about what she’s been up to and what she’s looking forward to whilst visiting the NT.
You recently released your first song in five years; why did you decide to write ‘Oh Canada’? I wrote 'Oh Canada' about the photo of the little Syrian boy whose body was found washed up on a beach in Turkey, after the refugee boat his family were on capsized. The photo broke my heart, for many reasons, but even more so because I’d just had a baby boy myself. I thought that in another lifetime it could have been my baby, my family. In the end we all just want a safe place to live, and we’ll go to any length to protect our family. What was it like, taking a break from song writing and performing? It was a good thing to do. I thought that I may never perform again as I’d lost the spark and the Missy Higgins; image by Cybele Malinowski
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How would you describe your sound? I guess my music is a mix of two different facets. One’s a softer folk, country, reggae and the other is what I call the distorted 'drunken blues’. I think that pretty much sums it up!
You mentioned your surroundings have influenced your craft – how big an influence has Darwin and the Territory had on your music? It’s been huge! I’ve always felt like the NT has really given me a go. People listen to you and the opportunities here are better than anywhere. I used to move around a lot, but this part of the world has kept me here the longest since I left home. Speaking of which, your song ‘Next Time’ took out the NT Song of the Year Award for the inaugural Tourism NT Territory Song Award last year – what was that experience like? That was amazing. Tourism NT have also used another couple
Have you been working on any other new music recently? I just released a song that I wrote for a movie called ‘Torchlight’. The film is called Don’t Tell, and it's amazing. Apart from that, I’ve been working on a new album, which we’re just finishing up now, so that’s pretty exciting. What is your song writing process like? Where do your ideas come from? I like to put aside a few months
What are you looking forward to at Barunga Festival? Immersing myself in the great local atmosphere. Making damper, swimming in the creek and listening to music! I went a few years ago and it’s such a lovely festival, you really feel like a local for a few days. And I’m stoked to hear some of the Indigenous bands from around the area play again, I was pretty blown away last time. Will you be doing anything else whilst you’re in the Top End? Yes I think we’ll go camping for a bit, explore Kakadu and the surrounding area. It’s all such beautiful and powerful country, I’m very excited to get back up there.
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of my songs in some marketing campaigns, so that was a nice surprise. I’m honoured they feel that my music represents the area. The prize money I won at NT Song last year has allowed me to work on an EP and release a music video. Honestly, I’m stoked!
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What’s on the cards for 2017? It’s certainly going to be a very musical year for me. I’ve just released my EP and I’d really love to get into playing some festivals. Honestly, I just feel like it’s going to be a good year – and if not, hey mate, there’s always Next Time. Ben Evolent's EP Next Time is out now. WHEN SUN 18 JUN | 5.30PM AT DE LA PLAGE WHEN FRI 23 JUN | 5PM AT BROWN'S MART WHEN SUN 25 JUN @ MUFF AT COX COUNTRY CLUB INFO facebook.com/benevolentnt
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When you’re in the writing process, is there anything that gets your creative juices flowing? I’d have to say my surroundings – I’m a product of my environment. And by that, I don’t just mean
my physical environment, but my psychological environment too. Whatever I’m going through, I write about it. You never know when inspiration will come and it’s something you can’t force. I’ve written songs that have taken 20 minutes to write, I’ve also written some that have taken years.
You toured with leading symphony ensembles across the country late last year. What was that was like? It was pretty epic hearing my music re-interpreted for an orchestra. The songs became so cinematic and beautiful – I felt like I was in a movie! The stage almost rumbles because of all the vibrations going on. I really loved it, I was like a kid in a candy store.
of dedicated writing time. I need to commit to really being in the headspace for an extended amount of time. Usually I’ll just sit down at the piano and make stuff up until something sounds exciting, then I’ll repeat it over and over, expand on it, and start singing over it. My ideas almost always come from personal experiences, whether it is something I’m going through, or something I’ve observed happening to someone else.
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oshua Tarca is known on the music scene as Ben Evolent – a happy-golucky singersongwriter based in Darwin, who personifies his namesake by ‘doing charitable things for others.’ MusicNT caught up with the 2016 NT Song of the Year award winner to chat about the big win and living and writing in the Top End.
motivation. I’d lost contact with the reason why I started doing music in the first place. But after a couple years I gradually came to realise that all I really needed was a break and that I loved performing and writing music more than anything else in the world.
BARUNGA FESTIVAL WHEN FRI 9 – SUN 11 JUN | MISSY HIGGINS, SAT 10, 8.30PM AT BARUNGA COST $50 | $15 U 18 | $5 U 11 | FREE U 5 INFO barungafestival.com.au
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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 Australian tour here in Darwin, before heading out across the country. Off The Leash spoke with the musician ahead of his show at the Darwin Railway Club. What are looking forward to in coming back to Australia for your third solo tour? Just being back in the country – it’s been 18 months and 2016 was the first year I've not toured Australia since 1999. I've missed the place, the cities, the great food and wine, the people. It’s not a bad place to tour. You’ve just released your third album. What was this recording process like? I started recording in Los Angeles last summer. I know a bunch of great players and engineers
and it’s where I recorded both of my previous solo records. I've developed a great relationship with Will Golden, who engineered and tracked most of the bass and drums there with drummer Michael Jerome. I finished the record at MU Studios Sheffield with producer Martin Smith and had John Smith, who is a great guitar player, come and record some tracks. Basically my modus operandi is to surround myself with people who are better than me. Sheffield is a great city and a great music town. I lived there for a while and met Ian Ball from Gomez there – I have deep connections with the place. Does this new release differ from your previous albums Shapes & Shadows and Rattlebag? Shapes & Shadows is a very acoustic record and Rattlebag is perhaps a little heavier, a more blues based album. A Man Apart kind of combines the two – it is a little more dynamic in its range while still a continuation of my
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deep love of Americana. Even after 20 years I'm still learning my craft and this record reflects where I am now. What have you been up to since the release of your last album in 2014? Touring, lots of touring. I also wrote and recorded a song for a video game called ‘Blackwood Crossing’, which was released earlier this year. How has it been working on your solo material, rather than as a part of Gomez, over the past few years? It’s very different, although quite
normal for me now. It’s been three years since Gomez played together and even longer since we were in the studio together. It’s great to have full control, although there’s no safety net of having the other guys around live and in the studio. Song writing is now a little more personal, less ambiguous. I think there was definitely an unconscious feeling that I was writing for the band when with Gomez, writing to represent us all.
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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 multiaward winning Australian composer Elena Kats-Chernin, the pair bring to life their number one ARIA album Butterflying: The Music of Elena Kats-Chernin.
Tamara-Anna Cislowska and Elena Kats-Chernin
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WHEN FRI 2 JUN | 8PM AT DARWIN ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE COST $49 | $44 CONC | $20 UNDER 18 | 3 SHOW PACKAGE $39 PER CONCERT INFO yourcentre.com.au
The concert offers a showcase of the diverse compositional range of Kat-Chernin’s body of work. Having written her first piano piece at the age of six, Kats-Chernin has gone on to have an illustrious career – composing orchestral works, opera, ballet, theatre and film scores. You may have heard her music featured at the Sydney Olympic Games or at the 2003 Rugby World Cup. Her critically acclaimed opera The Divorce made its Australian premiere on the ABC in 2015. Cislowska first played KatsChernin’s music in 1995 and the friendship and mutual admiration
between these two skilful musicians has made them perfect musical partners. Their latest CD release Unsent Loveletters: Meditations on Erik Satie recently reached number one on the ARIA classical charts. Butterflying: The Music of Elena Kats-Chernin was recorded by Cislowska last year. The doubleCD set features solos and duets including the famous Russian Rag, a piano arrangement of ‘Eliza Aria’ from Wild Swans, and also the first composition the six-yearold Kats-Chernin wrote in 1963 – now called ‘Lullaby for Nick’ and named for her youngest son. Working independently and together, the combined skills of Kats-Chernin and Cislowska are something not to be missed. This concert forms part of the Darwin Entertainment Centre’s DEC Concert Series and discounts are offered for those looking to buy tickets to three or more shows.
oined by some of Australia’s finest rock musicians and singers for an evening celebrating the music of one of the biggest rock bands in history, the Darwin Symphony Orchestra (DSO) is bringing the music of Queen to life in a long anticipated event at the Gardens Amphitheatre. It is a daunting task, covering one of the most iconic rock music groups of the last century, however it isn’t the first time the DSO has taken on performing the music of a big name rock and roll ensemble, having covered the Beatles, ABBA, Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd in previous years. Formed in 1970, Queen became one of the greatest stadium rock bands of the early 1980s with hits like ‘We Will Rock You’, ‘We Are The Champions’ and ‘Another One Bites The Dust’. Fronted by the iconic Freddie Mercury, the band’s theatrical music style lends itself easily to operatic and orchestral performances. Freddie Mercury was a huge fan of operatic soprano Montserrat Caballé, collaborating with her for his Barcelona album, recreating his long held dream to combine rock and opera. The evening’s performance is conducted by Matthew Wood and features Concertmaster Monica Naselow, who has been settling in nicely since taking up the position earlier this year. With just a gold coin donation needed for entry – making it an affordable night for the whole family – Darwinites are in for an absolute treat.
WHEN SAT 24 JUN | 6.30PM AT GARDENS AMPHITHEATRE, DARWIN BOTANIC GARDENS COST GOLD COIN DONATION INFO dso.org.au
WHEN FRI 16 JUNE | 8PM AT DARWIN ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE COST $49 | $44 CONCESSION | $20 U 18 INFO yourcentre.com.au
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Off The Leash had a chat with drummer Tony Buck, to break down what Darwinites can expect from their performance.
Are there any environmental aspects that affect your performance? The room we play in, the circumstances of the event, the people there, the people who have organised it, the instruments we find ourselves playing, and what has been happening leading up to the performance all contribute to the way the music comes out. These more immediate aspects affect individual performances in the same way that 30 years of playing together and all our other experiences, musical or otherwise, contribute to our performances.
How would you describe your performance or playing style to someone who isn’t familiar with it? Our playing style is one that takes place at perhaps a slower pace than a lot of other music people might be more familiar with. There is not really the idea of soloists or accompanists in the standard sense. The music sometimes sounds static or repetitive, giving the impression of a focus on those types of elements, but in fact is probably more concerned with
Do you have a way of communicating in performances about where things are going or do you just allow the music to flow completely organically? I think the most important thing we do while playing is listening – we communicate through listening. Listening to how the music is unfolding is fundamental to the way we approach music making.
You realised your 19th album Unfold earlier this year. Did the recording process for this one differ from previous albums? This latest record seems to occupy an interesting space between live performance approaches and our studio recordings. The tracks were recorded live in the studio with very minimal post-production. One or two overdubs at most and the final mixing didn’t interfere with the flow of the initial performance. You made the decision to divide Unfold into four vinyl side length sections with no track numbering. Why did you decide to do that? We recorded those tracks with the specific aim of making pieces suitable for release on an LP record. Each track was made as an independent piece of music we felt stood on its own merits as a piece. In a sense, LP records project a certain hierarchy, a side A and side B, an ordering, which has the connotation of order or importance. We felt that we didn’t want to impose that kind of qualitative standard onto the music. It also gives the listener a kind of licence to make their own decisions about how they should listen to the record. A way to curate the record themselves.
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NORTHERN TRACK SYDNEY BASED CATHOLIC SCHOOL SANTA SABINA COLLEGE is touring the Northern Territory this month, performing Australian choral and instrumental music in iconic landscapes and venues across the Northern Territory. "Santa Sabina has a fine tradition in music with a large orchestral and choral program and Australian music is a core component of the music syllabus,” says Artistic Director Karen Carey. The students will collaborate and perform with the Darwin Symphony Orchestra Quartet and the Darwin Vocal Ensemble, as well as with the Tiwi Islands’ Strong Women’s Choir and the Ntaria Choir in Hemannsburg.
“The opportunity to work with different schools, community members and professional musicians will be a very rewarding and collaborative experience for our students," Carey added. The tour includes performances at Christ Church Cathedral, Crocodylus Park (entry fee applies) and Ubirr and culminates in a special sunrise performance near Uluru. WHEN SUN 25 JUN | 3PM AT CROCODYLUS PARK WHEN TUE 27 JUN | 7PM AT CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL WHEN THU 29 JUN | 4PM AT UBIRR
JOB OPPORTUNITY MUSIC DIRECTOR Do you have experience leading, conducting and performing in brass bands? Darwin City Brass Band (DCBB) is on the lookout for a new Music Director to lead the band and act as an advocate for DCBB in the local community. Performing regularly at community events, the DCBB rehearse weekly and run an active training and development program. Keen to take the podium? Hit them up for more info. INFO darwincitybrassband.org.au
Ron Roberts 0418 857 744
Bosko & Honey
his experimental trio, founded in 1987, have been heralded as one of the greatest cult bands in Australia. With an entirely improvisational playing style, The Necks offer a live show that is always unique and transcends most ideas of genre and performance. Following the release of their 19th album Unfold this year, The Necks are back on the road and bring their celebrated live show to the Top End.
MANDORAH UKULELE AND FOLK FESTIVAL THE PICTURESQUE WAGAIT BEACH PLAYS HOST AGAIN TO THE ANNUAL MANDORAH UKULELE AND FOLK FESTIVAL (MUFF). Performers from across the country are converging at the Cox Country Club for the fifth reincarnation of this popular event. This year’s line-up includes NT born and nationally acclaimed performer and ukulele player Benhur Helwend, four-piece group Mirrabooka from the NSW Central Coast and entertainer Ali Mills. Local Darwin ABC identity Richard ‘Margo’ Margetson returns this year as the MC, keeping the show together with his usual quirky wit. Other acts performing over the weekend include Crank Williams, Johnny McIntyre, Tracey Bunn and Ben Evolent. MUFF is a family friendly event, with workshops and competitions designed for everyone. There is spear, boomerang and woomera throwing workshops with Firestone Tours and a Children’s Ukulele Workshop. You can have a go at
hula dancing with demonstrations, workshops and a dance-off competition. There’s also a few open mike sessions, if you are feeling so inclined, for you to have a try at performing. You can spend the weekend and either book a room or bring a tent for free camping. Bookings are essential for the campsites, so get in touch quickly if you haven’t already. There will also be ferry services running regularly if you are just visiting just for the day. Getting to Wagait Beach is pretty easy by sea or road, with the ferry and a shuttle bus between Mandorah Wharf and the Cox Country Club running all weekend. The festival is a free event and is a favourite with locals. With no entry fee and complimentary camping offered (though spaces are limited), MUFF is a real value for money event that offers a wide range of activities and music.
WHEN SAT 24 – SUN 25 JUN AT COX COUNTRY CLUB, WAGAIT BEACH COST FREE INFO mandorahukulelefolkfestival.com
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DARWIN ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE
93 Mitchell Street, Darwin 8980 3333 | yourcentre.com.au
WHEN AT COST INFO
WED 28 JUN | 8PM SKYCITY DARWIN $35 skycitydarwin.com.au
Diesel
In celebration of his new album Americana, Aussie musician Diesel stops by Darwin as part of his national tour. This intimate, stripped back performance is a chance to get up close and personal with the singer-songwriter’s distinctive style and dynamic vocals as he explores the unique sounds of his birthplace.
RAILWAY CLUB
17 Somerville Gardens, Parap 8981 4171 | darwinrailwayclub.org
Clowns
Aussie punk band with support by Acid City. WHEN SAT 3 JUN | 7PM COST $20
Kayoss
Album Launch with support by Acid City and Gaia. WHEN FRI 16 JUN | 7PM COST $5
FINCH CAFE
10 Katherine Tce, Katherine 8972 1990 | facebook.com/ thefinchcafekatherine
Dave Garnham
WHEN FRI 2 JUN | 6.30PM COST FREE
Ash Steel
Summer Session 2017
Client Liaison, Guns X Gold, Judge Jules, Patrix Johnson, Rave Radio, Skytek and Kingswood plus local artists. WHEN SAT 10 JUN | 12PM-LATE AT VESTEYS BEACH, FANNIE BAY COST $59.80 | $89.80 GOLD PASS INFO facebook.com/summerses siondarwin
WHEN FRI 9 JUN | 6.30PM COST FREE
GENERAL LISTINGS WHEN AT COST INFO
The Soloist Tour. WHEN THU 1 JUN | 8PM COST $40
FRI 16 & SUN 18 JUN | XXX DARWIN SKI CLUB FREE darwinskiclub.com.au
Brown’s Mart presents its ever popular Friday afternoon live music showcase from May-October, to help you usher in the weekend. WHEN AT COST INFO
British singer-songwriter with support by US based artist Buddy.
4 Hands At The Piano
Award-winning pianist Tamara-Anna Cislowska and Australian composer Elena Kats-Chernin present Butterflying: the music of Elena Kats-Chernin. WHEN FRI 2 JUN | 8PM COST $49 | $44 CONC | $20 U 18
WHEN SUN 25 JUN | 7PM COST $25
THE GREEN ROOM Various locations facesinspaces.com.au
The Necks
The Green Room is a free open-air learning program with free Wi-Fi, books to read, a comfy place to sit and live performances by local musicians.
WHEN FRI 16 JUN | 8PM COST $49 | $44 CONC | $20 U 18
WHEN 10AM-2PM COST FREE
Aussie cult band bring their improvisational playing style to the Top End.
Tony Robinson
WHEN MON 5 JUN | 12-1PM AT TAMARIND PARK
Queensland based folk/roots duo. WHEN FRI 30 JUN | 7.30PM COST $40
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The DSO, joined by some of Australia’s finest rock musicians, presents the music of one of the most successful rock bands of all time, Queen. WHEN AT COST INFO
SAT 24 JUN | 6.30PM DARWIN BOTANIC GARDENS AMPHITHEATRE GOLD COIN DONATION dso.org.au
Barunga Festival
Featuring Missing Higgins, Bunna Laurie, Justine Clark, Coloured Stone, B2M, The Lonely Boys and more.
Robbie Mills
WHEN WED 7 JUN | 12-1PM AT NIGHTCLIFF FORESHORE, NEAR NIGHTCLIFF POOL
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Jillaine Jones
2017 Mandorah Ukulele Festival
WHEN WED 21 JUN | 12-1PM AT NIGHTCLIFF FORESHORE, NEAR NIGHTCLIFF POOL
Busby Marou
Darwin Symphony Orchestra Conocophillips Symphony: Queen
FRI 9 – SUN 11 JUN BARUNGA COMMUNITY $50 | $15 U 18 barungafestival.com.au
Line-up includes Benhur Helwend, Mirrabooka, Ali Mills, Crank Williams, Johnny McIntyre, Tracey Bunn and Ben Evolent. WHEN SAT 24 – SUN 25 JUN AT WAGAIT BEACH COST FREE | INCLUDES CAMPING INFO mandorahukulelefolkfesti val.com
Whether you are an established or emerging artist, bring your instrument and join like-minded musos. WHEN EVERY MON | 7PM AT DARWIN COMMUNITY ARTS, MALAK COST FREE INFO darwincommunityarts. org.au
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Ben Ottewell
Monday Music Jam
Darwin City Brass Band Rehearsals
Stuart Harcourt
Sarah Blasko
JAM NIGHTS AND OPEN MIC
4.30-7PM BROWN’S MART FREE brownsmart.com.au
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EVERY TUE | 7PM 2 ABALA ROAD, MARRARA $10 ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP | $50 PER SEMESTER LEARNERS' CLASSES darwincitybrassband.org.au
Open Mic Nite by the Sea
Ambient, relaxed open-air setting. Baseline equipment provided or bring your own. WHEN AT COST INFO
EVERY FRI | 7-10PM DINAH BEACH CRUISING YACHT ASSOCIATION FREE dbcya.com.au
Loud At The Library
Enjoy free live music at your local library every Friday lunchtime. WHEN 12-1PM
City Library
2 JUN KEVIN MCCARTHY 9 JUN TRACEY BUNN 16 JUN SALLY BALFOUR 23 JUN METTAPHOR 30 JUN SCOTT MURPHY
Casuarina Library 2 JUN 9 JUN 16 JUN 23 JUN 30 JUN
WAYNE CRISTAUDO SHEL O'TOOLE ALAN BEAZLEY BEV MCSHANAG BEN EVOLENT
Sound engineer, PA system & backline provided. WHEN SUN 4 JUN | 2.30PM AT PINT CLUB COST GOLD COIN DONATION INFO facebook.com/firstsunday blues
Open Mic Night Katherine
Music, poetry, spoken word and storytelling. WHEN TUE 27 JUN | 7-9PM AT KATHERINE COUNTRY CLUB COST FREE INFO katherineregionalarts.org. au
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Malak Marketplace ORGANIC FARMERS MARKET
4-9pm Every Saturday Farmers Market, Food Stalls, Arts & Craft, Entertainment, Health & Education, Yoga & Market Tours Sat 29 April to Sat 28 October Chambers Crescent Car Park, Malak www.malakmarketplace.org.au
June Events Parramatta Eels Signing Day Sunday 11 June | 10am to 11am Get down to the Darwin Waterfront to meet the Parramatta Eels and purchase all of your official merchandise at the signing day. Free Movie Under The Stars Trolls (PG) Saturday 24 June | from 7pm Experience the magic of the moonlight cinema at the Darwin Waterfront every month during the dry season. Dry Season School Holiday Fun Monday 26 June to Friday 21 July 10am to 12pm (midday) | Free There will be loads of fun at the Darwin Waterfront with free acitvities on each weekday for the school holidays. Enjoy bubble sports, circus workshops, archery, Aus Kick, silent disco and more. Fusion ‘Blast’ Preview Night Friday 23 June | 6.30pm to 9pm Fusion Fireworks will host a free family fun event to showcase fireworks on offer for Territory Day. (Note: no fireworks will be sold at the event or at the Darwin Waterfront).
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Undiscovered #4 (2010) © Michael Cook. ANMM Collection.
All events are alcohol and glass free. waterfront.nt.gov.au
National Collecting Institutions Touring & Outreach Program
This exhibition is supported by the National Collecting Institutions Touring and Outreach Program, an Australian government program aiming to improve access to the national collection for all Australians
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