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AROUND TOWn | 5 Performing Arts | 10 BOOKS & FILM | 8 ibraries are a treasure trove of knowledge Visual arts aficionados will be busy this month with art Visual Arts | 15 and the key to our past, present and on show from across the NT and beyond. Be sure to Music | 19 future. Set in the stunning surrounds ROM THE visit Godinymayin Yijard Rivers Arts & Culture Centre of Parliament House – with ocean F in Katherine for a retrospective of Wardaman elder FOOD & DRINK | 22 views of Darwin Harbour – our Yidumduma Bill Harney’s lifetime of work, Charles calendaR | PULL-OUT Northern Territory Library (NTL) is Darwin University Art Gallery for prints from the the perfect place to relax, read and Yirrkala Print Space and Nomad Art Gallery for research. From this month, NTL are works from Waralungku Arts in the Boroloola Region. opening their doors on Wednesday evenings – a great or Outstation hosts an exhibition from Mimili in the APY initiative to allow those of us who may be otherwise it Lands and Tactile Arts exhibits works by artists from The occupied during the day to explore the rich corners of Ed Free Space Studio – an inclusive and supportive visual arts NTL – or simply soak up the sunset. To celebrate their studio for artists with disability at Darwin Community Arts change in opening hours, NTL are holding some great events, (see Visual Arts). AROUND TOWn: commencing in June with a Lost Darwin exhibition (see page 4). PINE CREEK GOLD June brings a variety of stunning orchestral performances to Darwin with RUSH FESTIVAL | 5 Festival season continues across all genres with the Barunga Festival, Top Half our very own Darwin Symphony Orchestra performing Pink Floyd’s greatest Folk Festival, Mandorah Ukulele Folk Festival, Pine Creek Gold Rush Festival, hits in their annual rock/symphonic crossover – complete with Pink Floyd Transitions Film Festival and the Human Rights Arts and Film Festival. cover band. The Australian Doctors Orchestra visits Darwin with a programme of Russian favourites, and celebrated soprano Mirusia brings her national tour We celebrate NT architecture and the NT Art Access Awards, and take time ‘This Time Tomorrow’ to the Top End (see Music). to reflect and learn on World Refugee Day and during Reconciliation Week. The Sanderson Neighbourhood Activity Centre is busy with Territory Day is on the horizon and we couldn’t wait to tell you about a programme of events and activities aimed to support and it. With major events across the Territory, including Palmerston’s first enhance the wellbeing of all members of the community (see signature event, this year promises to be bigger and better than VisUAL ARTS: Around Town). ever as we come together to celebrate our history, achievements, ART ACCESS people, self-government and unique lifestyle – and what better way AWARDS | 16 For lovers of performing arts The Royal National Theatre of Jingili to celebrate in Darwin than with Aussie favourite The Cat Empire in a brings a musical comedy of “horrorful” hilarity to Brown’s Mart free concert at Mindil Beach (see page 23). Theatre, the Circa Ensemble visit with a surreal blend of dynamic circus acts and Darwin Middle School present Love At First An explosion of creative colour descends on Darwin this June – I look Bite – a monstrously good time for the whole family (see forward to sharing it with you. Performing Arts). MUSIC: AUSTRALIAN DOCTORS ORCHESTRA | 20

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PINE CREEK WHEN FRI 17 – SUN 19 JUN AT PINE CREEK Images from the 'Lost Darwin' exhibition INFO victoriadaly.nt.gov.au below left to right, Skateworld, Nightcliff, GOLD RUSH FESTIVAL February 1980. Image courtesy of Northern Territory Dept. of the Community IF YOU’RE IN THE MOOD FOR A opportunities, Stake Your Claim and drinks, and see in the night Development Collection, Northern Territory Q&A WEEKEND OF AUSSIE HERITAGE Nugget Hunt and the NT Gold under the stars as you savour the Library. AND GOOD TIMES FOR THE Panning Championships. musical sounds of General Vibe. Back WHOLE FAMILY, THE PINE CREEK it up on Sunday for a day of Indige- Gillian Webb with donkey at on open day WITH PATRICK GREGORY, of Darwin’s East Arm Leprosy Hospital, DIRECTOR NORTHERN ANNUAL GOLD RUSH IS FOR YOU! In a festival first, the crew from nous music. It’ll be as good as gold! better known as the Leprosarium. TERRITORY LIBRARY SPUN will be bringing some Territory Gillian’s husband Dave was responsible Pine Creek is an historic gold mining storytelling, with entry to this special for maintenance of the hospital at one town located 200km down the Stuart event setting festival-goers back – stage. Patients suffering from leprosy were eventually treated in regular hospitals, What was your path to the Northern Territory Library? Highway from Darwin. The Pine wait for it – a gold coin donation. leading the closure of the Leprosarium in The Stuart Highway! I drove up from Victoria with a friend a couple of Creek Annual Gold Rush celebrates How appropriate! 1982. Gillian and Dave still don’t know what years ago – it’s the best road trip I’ve ever done – and as an added bonus the town’s gold rush history with a the donkey was doing there that day. Photo I got to see some Territory libraries along the way. I was at the State range of activities including the Art With the addition of market stalls by Dave Webb Library of Victoria for a few years prior to coming to Darwin (in a range of Exhibition and Prize Night, My Camp and the Chung Wah Lion Dancers, On the roof of Darwin High School, roles) and before that at the Victorian Parliamentary Library. Oven Rules cooking competition and this festival is perfect for the whole image courstesy of Shane Stringer damper making, gold panning family. Bring your picnic rug, food What attracted you to the Territory and the Northern Territory Library? Opposite page: Bloodwood playing at the ‘old’ Gun Turret at East Point, Darwin, in The combination of a great job and the desire to live and explore some- October 1980. Image courtesy of Top End Northern Territory Library at Parliament House,Darwin where different. Australia looks very different from the Territory than it Folk Club Inc does in Melbourne. The role of Director at NTL was really a dream job. The work that NTL does covers many of the areas of library work that IMAGINE LEAVING YOUR HOME most interest me, including the documentation of the Northern Territory’s COUNTRY AND EVERYTHING YOU history and culture and fostering close relationships with public libraries KNEW TO ESCAPE PERSECUTION across the NT. OR WAR, not knowing if you would survive or where you would end up. What can people expect when they visit the Northern Territory Library? Imagine learning to live in a new To learn something new about the Territory. Whether you’ve got a specific country not knowing the language question or research task in mind, you’re interested in your family history, or the law, and struggling to find coming in as a student on a school visit, or you’re visiting for an event or a job. The Top End World Refugee exhibition, or to browse and relax – there’s always something interest- Day gives Top Enders a chance to ing to discover. And as we continue to digitise our historical collections, recognise and celebrate the many there’s an increasing amount of information available to online visitors incredible ways people from refugee Darwin as well. backgrounds contribute to Australian society. What are you reading at the moment? I’m still trying to improve my NT knowledge, so I’m wading through We of Bring the family along for an af- the Never Never and really enjoying Wings of the Kite Hawk by Nicholas Top End ternoon of fun, including cultural PBR Rothwell. I’m indulging my lifelong interest in rocks and paleontology cooking demonstrations, films, story- Blow Out through John McPhee’s Annals of the Former World, and have just started World telling, music, dance, youth chill out our next book club with Coffin Road. I like to have a few books on the go zones, a children’s playground and BULL RIDING ORIGINATED IN at any one time for a bit of variety. more. World Refugee Day coincides OLD MEXICO MANY MOONS AGO Refugee with International Refugee Week to AND IS, CENTURIES LATER, STILL Do you have a favourite corner/section of the library? highlight the plight of refugees and PROMINENT ACROSS THE GLOBE. I love our events area when we’ve got something on – looking out the displaced people around the world, Each year, the country’s best riders By Roslyn Perry windows over the harbour as the sun sets, with a crowd of people in the Day celebrating their courage and resil- test their strength and endurance EVENTS room. We’re particularly looking forward to opening up the balcony space ience. It’s a day to promote mutual atop a bucking bull. The aim of the for future events so people can enjoy the view and evening sunshine WHEN SAT 18 JUN respect by bringing people together game is not to fall off – easier said Lost Darwin even more. And my little secret – whilst I love seeing libraries really busy, AT GOYDER SQUARE, from diverse backgrounds in a day than done! This exhibition features the most there’s also something special about a library at night – and one of the PALMERSTON of festivities – everyone’s welcome! popular photographs shared on INFO melaleuca.org.au privileges in working in a library is the opportunity to soak up the silence The Professional Bull Riders (PBR) popular historical Facebook pages when you’re the only one there. returns to the Top End for the Darwin and groups, such as Lost Darwin Pro Bull Riding Competition – the and Old Darwin. These pages, used final qualifying event before the Syd- by current and former Darwinites, ney Pro Bull Riding Finals. You won’t are a way of preserving collective find any mechanical bulls here – this memories of Darwin places and is the real deal. These riders bring events – many of which are now territory with them intense game, with match ‘lost’ due to Cyclone Tracy and ups between the best bulls and the rapid development. By harnessing most accomplished bull riders from the power of Facebook, NTL has around Australia. Stick around after tracked down 60 photographs from the comp for entertainment into the family albums, private collections night. Yee-haw! A and from the library’s collections. TReasuRe WHEN WED 1 JUN – SUN 14 AUG | WHEN SAT 25 JUN | GATES 5.30PM, LAUNCH PARTY, WED 1 JUN, START 7.30PM 5.30PM AT ROBBIE ROBBINS RESERVE, Northern Territory LIBRARY UNLOCKs THE PAST BERRIMAH Image courtesy of Top End Folk Club Inc from the Lost Darwin exhibtion. COST $39.50 | $19 CHILD 5-17 | I love seeing how ituated in Par- ing many in remote communities. present and future of the NT, making Wikiclub NT $98.50 Family people use libraries, the liament House, Public libraries develop community it the go-to place for researchers, Wikiclub NT is a monthly meet-up INFO pbraustralia.com.au with ocean views literacy and learning, provide access students and family historians. NTL to create and update Wikipedia ntix.com.au Northern Territory Library community energy of a across the Espla- to the internet and other technology, also operates a Parliamentary Library pages about NT people, places and nade to Darwin build digital skills and act as safe Service to support Members of the histories. No previous experience Change of opening hours good public library, and AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS how people are able to Harbour, the and trusted community spaces —­ Legislative Assembly and their staff. is required as full training will be relaxed environ- yep, they're pretty special! NTL is always on the hunt for great provided by Gideon Digby, Presi- Effective 30 May 2016, the Northern Territory Library draw on the documents ment of the Northern Territory new Territory stories through the lit- dent of Wikimedia Australia. will be closed on Mondays. 2016 NT PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD Library (NTL) creates the perfect Set over four floors, NTL has more erary awards and its growing events From 1 June 2016, the Northern Territory Library will open of the past to create new WHEN TRAINING WORKSHOPS space to explore the numerous and than 250, 000 collection items, and exhibitions program. Free Wi-Fi at night on Wednesdays until 8pm. (RECOMMENDED) | INFO architecture.com.au/nt stories. Human creativity rich corners of the library, peruse including books on Territory history, and public access computer facilities WED 22 JUN, 5PM & SUN 26 and ingenuity are my print and online resources, and to culture, photographs, newspapers, are also available at NTL. JUN, 2PM Monday Closed It’s no secret there’s some impressive architecture in the Territory, and now MONTHLY EDIT-A-THONS inspiration. learn more about the Northern maps, films, organisational records, Tuesday 10:00am - 5:00pm it’s up to the good people of the NT to vote on their fave. The entries have Territory through the large and diaries and letters. Many of these In very exciting news, and as a result | THIRD WED OF been shortlisted to just 10 – for both exterior and interior architecture – and varied Northern Territory Collection. items have been digitised and are of extensive community surveys, NTL EVERY MONTH FROM JULY Wednesday 10:00am - 8:00pm the overall winner will be announced at the Awards Presentation evening on Patrick Gregory, Director, Northern INFO wikiclubnt.net Territory Library available online from the NTL web- is undertaking a change in opening Thursday 10:00am - 5:00pm 24 June. NTL has two main roles: to collect site where you can also find digital hours and, from the end of May, will Friday 10:00am - 5:00pm and share information that docu- materials such as ebooks, digital be closed on Mondays and open late Community Reference Group The People’s Choice Award (PCA) was created more than 20 years ago to ments the history and culture of the photographs and online newspapers. on Wednesday nights. NTL is currently planning a Com- Saturday 1:00pm - 5:00pm increase public engagement and awareness of architecture and the built NT; and to support and develop the munity Reference Group and is Sunday 1:00pm - 5:00pm environment. In the past, winners were determined by voting at temporary wider library sector in the NT – espe- One of things that makes NTL so spe- To celebrate the change in opening seeking expressions of interest display stations set up in public areas. But this year things are different! cially the public library network. NTL cial is its people. Staff are available hours, NTL has some special events from the community – if you are All votes will be made online giving more Territorians the opportunity to provides particular support to the 32 at any time to provide extensive sup- commencing in June —­­ check them interested in participating, visit cast their votes. public libraries across the NT, includ- port to those interested in the past, out. ntl.nt.gov.au ntl.nt.gov.au 4 Check out the full list of finalists online – may the best design win! 5 AROUND TOWN CONTINUED DARWIN FESTIVAL PRESENTS

2016 NT Art Access Awards K-Town’s Dance Massive PINE CREEK The 2016 Arts Access Awards - Open WHEN SAT 4, 11, 18, 25 JUN | PER WHEN FRI 5 – SUN 7 AUG House Awards recognise the contri- FORMANCE FRI 1 JUL, AT BROWN’S MART THEATRE butions of individuals, groups and or- 5-8PM COST $35 | $32 CONC | $29.75 GOLD RUSH ganisations in the NT who have been AT GODINYMAYIN YIJARD RIVERS FRIENDS working to improve accessibility in ARTS & CULTURE CENTRE MEDIUM INFO darwinfestival.org.au the creative arts for people with dis- INFO gyracc.org.au ability. The awards are a joint project FOLLOWING LAST YEAR’S MUCH temporary dance. Medium is based FESTIVAL of Arts Access Darwin and Incite Arts TALKED ABOUT PRODUCTION, on Javanese ritual but it comes from (Alice Springs), and also acknowledge SANDERSON CRY JAILOLO, Darwin Festival is Banyumas – so it doesn’t come 17-19 JUNE NT based artists with disability who NEIGHBOURHOOD again giving local audiences the from one of the high arts centres of have made an outstanding contribu- ACTIVITY CENTRE chance to see the very best of Solo or Yogyakarta. Although Rianto Friday Night Sunday tion through their creative practice. (NAC) Indonesian contemporary dance studied those high art forms, Medium Art Exhibition The Music continues LISTINGS The awards coincide with the opening sandersonnac.wordpress.com in another powerful and evocative is based on Lengger – which isn’t just Prize Night on Sunday with an of Sightlines – check out Visual Arts world premiere. Off The Leash spoke a dance style – it’s a ritual and enter- SPUN – True Stories Indigenous band for more info. The Sanderson Neighbourhood to Andrew Ross, Artistic Director of tainment that goes on around that told in the Territory. bonanza GENERAL Activity Centre (NAC) is a positive the Darwin Festival, about this particular part of Java. It’s everything WHEN FRI 3 JUN | 5.30PM community-led initiative, working spectacular new work and his pas- – it’s dance, it’s comedy, it’s music, 11am to 4pm at AT TACTILE ARTS Saturday Heritage Park. Reconciliation Week INFO darwincommunityarts. collaboratively with community, sion for Indonesian performing arts. it’s philosophy, it’s a social gathering Goldpanning Held annually nationwide from 27 org.au business and government. There’s place, it’s religion. It epitomises what Nugget hunt May to 3 June, Reconciliation Week Annie Moors with her work at the Free Space Studio a tonne of fun stuff to do including You’ve spent a great deal of time in Indonesians call Kejawen – the fused Damper making is a time for all Australians to learn workshops, fitness classes and activi- Indonesia. Tell us about your experi- spirituality of the Javanese. This work Photo Wannes Cre Vintage car display about our shared histories, cultures ties for the kids – check it out! ences there. is an enormous passion for Rianto and achievements. It’s a time to I’ve seen performances in Indonesia producing the Indonesian Performing who plans to set up a house of Leng- Market stalls think about how we can contribute Community Village since the 1970s. There was quite a Arts Market so it was my responsibil- ger – a study centre where young WHEN SUN 19 JUN | 2-7PM INFO facebook.com/dcacom to the national reconciliation effort, LET’S DANCE There’s a new market in town and strong contemporary dance scene in ity to create links between the artists people study not only the dance but Saturday night AT NIGHTCLIFF FORESHORE munitygardennews | Free entertainment and a reminder that we can make a COST FREE 8945 7347 it’s like a giant lawn sale – with food the 70s and 80s and then there was of the work and foreign buyers. I the whole philosophy and theology difference. INFO kalindi@yogadayfestival. Dance on Monday and good coffee. Need to get rid of a bit of a gap until a new generation focused a lot on dance because that goes with it. at Heritage Park com. au | 0421 710 983 some things lying around at home? appeared. In 2002 I saw an outstand- it’s an international language and I WHEN FRI 27 MAY – FRI 3 JUN WHEN Every Mon | 5.45pm Great music Stallholders are welcome too. ing Indonesian company and since think the highest quality of work in Rianto is collaborating with one of INFO reconciliation.org.au/nrw Malak Marketplace AT Tracks Dance Studio, Frog from General Vibe If spending a late Saturday afternoon then, we’ve seen a burgeoning of performing arts was being done in Indonesia’s leading filmmakers Garin Heads Up! Youth Forum Hollow Centre for the Arts WHEN FIRST SAT EVERY MONTH | 7pm to late, BYO Amazing things are bound to happen discovering delicious, local organic COST $10 Donation 7AM-12PM contemporary dance from Indonesia dance and music. deSingel came on Nugroho. How does that work? City2Surf when you bring dozens of passionate food, sipping on fresh juices, check- INFO [email protected] COST FREE | $10 PER BOOT/STALL and an increasing interest in it from as a partner and then brought on I teamed Rianto up with the interna- Lace up those sneakers and get 15 to 25-year-olds together in the ing out arts and crafts from local HOLDER Europe and North America. Germany’s Hessisches Staatsballett tionally renowned filmmaker Garin INFO ready to hit the pavement. The same room. With young motivation- artisans and listening to live music No Lights No Lycra as the third partner. Nugroho. Incorporating film with For further information time has come to decide whether to al speakers including 2014 Triple sounds good, head to the Malak The Shed (DIY) How did Darwin Festival come to dance narrative in expressing some contact Kathryn Wynne WHEN EVERY WED | 7-8PM p: 89761391 run or walk 4km or 12km at this J Unearthed Indigenous Artist of Marketplace. Get on the tools with these handy be involved in the co-production of Medium is a passionate new work by of the context of Medium will help AT Mayfair Gallery e: [email protected] year’s City2Surf. There’s also the the Year Philly, and performances, hardware workshops. Medium? Rianto. What was his inspiration in the audience to read the work and WHEN EVERY SAT | 4-9PM COST $5 ConocoPhillips Marathon4Kids, skills development and networking This was through a variety of con- creating this? engage with the emotion and ideas AT CHAMBERS CRESCENT INFO [email protected] WHEN EVERY TUE | YOUTH 3.30- which is a nice 1km for those little opportunities, you had better register versations. I was in Jakarta and I Rianto is such a remarkable perform- that are inherent in the work. Joining Proudly supported by Pine Creek Local Authority CAR PARK, MALAK | 0418 318 235 5.30PM | ADULTS 6.30-8.30PM INFO darwincommunityarts. Pine Creek Heritage legs. Participants will get to take a quickly as there are only 80 spots came across Karlien Meganck, the er. In Medium, Rianto is exploring a Rianto in the intimate setting of and Tourism Assoc. org.au well-deserved dip at Nightcliff Pool available. Performing Arts Programmer at new language. It’s a cliché to say it’s Brown’s Mart Theatre is a Kendang Territory Resources after the race. Argentine Tango Saturday Social deSingel in Belgium, and we talked taken Europe by storm – but it has. player. It’s completely live, acoustic Newmarket Gold WHEN SAT 18 JUN | 8.30AM-6PM For those after a bigger sense of a lot about Indonesian dance. I was It’s contemporary, fresh and really and very intimate for the Darwin Minister Bess Price, AT MERCURE HOTEL, DARWIN Milonguita of the Month WHEN SUN 5 JUN | 7AM, 12KM | DARWIN community, get along to Saturday living in Indonesia throughout 2013 new. It doesn’t look like other con- audience. Tourism NT AIRPORT WHEN LAST FRI OF EVERY MONTH 7.15AM, 4KM | 8.45AM, KIDS Social, with activities on offer includ- AT DARWIN ESPLANADE TO COST Free | Includes Catering WATERFRONT | 8-11PM ing games, music, cooking, and even NIGHTCLIFF POOL INFO teamhealth.asn.au | waterfront.nt.gov.au AT COCONUT GROVE HALL COST $5 | TEA, COFFEE AND WATER learning to up-cycle! INFO ntcity2surf.com.au facebook.com/teamhealthnt TERRAPIN PROVIDED Tai Chi WHEN EVERY SAT | 9AM-12PM PUPPET THEATRE Time to release that inner zen, INFO northerntango@gmail. com | 0448 664 593 Darwin Art Trail Glee, Gulches and Gullies and learn how to focus and connect YOU AND The Darwin Art Trail (DAT) gives Top Pick from the 12 or six hour rogaine each breath with every movement Zumba ME AND Enders and visitors the chance to in the gorgeous surroundings of through this Chinese martial art. Aah. Tropical Carnival WHEN EVERY FRI | 5.30-6.30PM visit local artists in their natural habit Litchfield National Park. The terrain THE SPACE WHEN EVERY SAT| 7AM WHEN FRI 3 JUN | 7PM COST $4 at their art studios. Chat directly with is savannah woodland, escarpment COST FREE AT RAILWAY CLUB BETWEEN the artists as they work, and learn country and sandy plains, with some COST $20 | $16 SENIOR/TEEN | about their inspiration, creative rou- rock features in the deeper gullies. $12 CHILD tines and craft. Check DAT out! Suitable for all skill levels. Aqua Zumba INFO darwinbellydance.com.au Join the Zumba pool party for a cool WHEN THIRD SUN OF THE MONTH WHEN SAT 18 JUN calorie burning dance fitness-session DANCE4DASSAN FINUCANE & SMITH RIANTO | UNTIL SEP | 10AM-4PM AT LITCHFIELD NATIONAL PARK, at Darwin’s Wave Lagoon. AT MULTIPLE LOCATIONS, C2 GRAVEL PIT WHEN SAT 4 JUN | 6PM thursdaY 5-10pm AT THE SHAK, CASUARINA DARWIN & RURAL AREA COST $70 INC. 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Territory Made Pop Up School Holiday Fun Free live Big Dance Darwin entertainment Upmarkets DARWIN Enjoy some free family fun during the Free! SANTOS Bring the family along for a fun day COMMUNITY ARTS school holidays. Each day delivers WHEN MON 6, 13, 20 JUN, 5.45-7PM NATIONAL Fire shows in the shady surrounds of George darwincommunityarts.org.au something different, with loads of | REHEARSAL MON 27 JUN, OPENING Free Brown Botanic Gardens. Check out a creative, exciting and energetic ac- 5.45-7PM | PERFORMANCE INDIGENOUS 60+ international WED 29 JUN, 5.30-6.30PM NIGHT wide range of local arts and crafts, Malak Community Dinner tivities to keep the kids entertained Food stalls AT DARWIN ENTERTAINMENT MUSIC CONCERT and nibble on tasty treats from the Everyone’s welcome at this monthly these school holidays. Woohoo! CENTRE 100+ arts & CraFts food truck and stalls. night of entertainment by local com- INFO tracksdance.com.au AWARDS with SARAH BLASKO Mindil VIP WHEN MON 27 JUN – FRI 22 JUL & NABARLEK munity artists and groups, with deli- BYo $12pp WHEN SUN 12 JUN | 10AM-4PM | WEEKDAYS FROM 10AM cious meals prepared by volunteers. AT GEORGE BROWN BOTANIC COST FREE Sanderson SunSet in Style! GARDENS WHEN MON 27 JUN | 6-8.30PM Neighbourhood Activity Centre (NAC) INFO territorymade.net Free! · Private reserved ViP space AT CHAMBERS CRESCENT PEOPLE’S CHOICE BOOK NOW AT THEATRE, MALAK · Styled tables & chairs Living Without Stress – COST $5 | $10 FAMILY | FREE TEDDY darwinfestival.org.au · esky with ice Meditation Evening Class FOR VOLUNTEERS (ByO Drinks) Improve quality of life and develop INFO darwincommunityarts. BEARS’ org.au Full #dfest16 program inner peace through meditation and Micro Macrame PICNIC revealed & on sale 23 June! Buddhist teachings. O K Jewellery: Malak Community Garden W R WHEN SAT 11 JUN | 10AM-12PM WHEN WED 8 JUN | 7-9PM Stringing It All Together COST $70 | $55 MEMB Held twice weekly, the Malak Commu- AT MAL NAIRN AUDITORIUM, CDU WHEN SUN 5 JUN | 10AM-12PM 4 21 AUGUST nity Garden is the place to go if you O S COST $20 SH P COST $45 | $35 MEMB The Artfully Simple Cowel INFO meditationindarwin.org want to hone in on your gardening skills. Donations towards morning or WHEN SAT 18 JUN | 10AM-1PM Silk Painting: COST $75 | $65 MEMB Yoga Day Festival afternoon tea appreciated. Create a Silk Banner Celebrate International Day of Yoga WHEN EVERY TUE 4.30-6.30 PM | tactileARTS WHEN SAT 11, SUN 12 & SAT 18 JUN Introduction To Quilling with festivities including yoga asana EVERY SAT 9.30AM-12.30PM | 1-4PM WHEN SUN 26 JUN | 10AM-1PM www.mindilmarket.com.au classes and workshops, meditation AT DARWIN COMMUNITY ARTS, 19 Conacher Street, Fannie Bay COST $210 | $180 MEMB COST $70 | $55 MEMB sessions, kids yoga, healthy living MALAK 8981 6616 | tactilearts.org.au [email protected] COST FREE 6 workshops and even a marketplace. 7 &

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Human Rights They Will Have To Kill Us First, documentary Arts & Film Festival

TOURING AUSTRALIA-WIDE, THE HUMAN RIGHTS ARTS & FILM emy Award® winning Australian director Eva Orner. It’s a timely and important FESTIVAL (HRAFF) SHOWCASES HUMAN STORIES FROM AROUND documentary revealing the conditions asylum seekers are living in on offshore Chasing Asylum THE WORLD THROUGH FILM, ART, MUSIC AND FORUMS. HRAFF’s diverse detention centres on Nauru and Manus Island. The film will be followed by a program is composed of award-winning filmmakers and artists, telling the Q&A with director Eva Orner. tales of incredible people and fascinating places through moving stories. The festival closes with a film close to home – Prison Songs – Australia’s Opening the festival is moving documentary They Will Have to Kill Us First: Ma- first-ever musical documentary, where inmates of the notorious Berrimah lian Music in Exile. This documentary follows various musicians in Mali in the Prison share their stories, experiences and feelings through songs they helped wake of a jihadist takeover and subsequent banning of music in the region. create. Stick around after the screening for a Q&A and performance by Also screening is Chasing Asylum – a moving and confronting film from Acad- composer Shellie Morris.

Reconciliation Week JERVOIS ROAD, DARWIN WATERFRONT CINEMA Double Feature InspIrIng people Deckchair Celebrate Reconciliation Week with COST $16 ADU | $12 CON | $10 MEMB | $35 FAM (2 ADU, 2 KIDS) BOOK deckchaircinema.com.au this special Double Decker screening INFO [email protected] | 8981 0700 | GATES OPEN 6.30PM of three films over two sessions on Film Festival hraff.org.au Download the HRAFF iPhone app Mabo Day. Mabo Day is named after Transitions   @humanrightsfest #hraff16 Torres Strait Islander Eddie Mabo THE TRANSITIONS FILM FESTIVAL RETURNS TO DARWIN showcasing whose campaign for Indigenous land inspirational documentaries about social and technological innovations, rights led to a landmark decision on revolutionary ideas and trail-blazing change makers that are leading the way 3 June 1992, which made claiming to a better world. Held over six days and kicking off the school holidays, the LOUISE WADLEY – DIRECTOR, land rights possible for Indigenous festival also includes guest speakers, live music and outdoor solar-powered Q&A Australians. film screenings. ALL ABOUT E (2015) Session 1 Festival co-ordinator Eileen Tuite says the event is important to encourage JUNE IS LGBTQ PRIDE MONTH AND THE DECKIE IS SCREENING ALL Putuparri and the Rainmakers local discussion surrounding sustainability. ABOUT E – A FILM in which the title character is gay, but not what the film Putuparri is a Wangakjunga man is about. We had a chat to the film’s writer and director Louise Wadley. whose life is being ruined by grog. “It’s important to get the positive message out about environmental change He makes the trip to country with his for a more sustainable future. There’s something to engage everyone on a In a nutshell, what is All About E about? grandfather Spider who helps to re- topic that affects everyone – the environment is a global issue but we can It’s about courage, learning to accept who you are, and finding your true north. connect Putuparri with his ancestral address it in our own backyard,” she said. lands and traditional culture. The character of E is gay, Australian and Lebanese – why was it important Screenings will be held at MAGNT, the Deckchair Cinema and at Cafe de la for the film’s protagonist to have these elements? Session2 (2 Films) Plage. Any revenue made from the event goes to the recently defunded You know, when you turn on the TV or an Aussie film you just don’t see mod- Take Heart Environment Centre NT to help in the continuation of their positive work here ern Australia. I was fed up with the fact that unless you turned on a reality TV What starts as a sore throat in in Darwin. show like The Voice or X-Factor, you never saw the multicultural Australia most children but can end with open heart of us live in. And if you do those character’s narratives were often defined surgery, stroke, heart failure and WHEN FRI 24 – WED 29 JUN exclusively by their ethnicity or cultural background. It’s the same with gay premature death? Though prevalent AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS stories. Instead of just being a part of who they are, the character’s sexuality in Indigenous Australian, Maori and COST $10-$16 is often what the whole story is about – it’s so limiting. And very few films Pacific Islander communities, rheu- INFO transitionsfilmfestival.com | deckchaircinema.com.au have complex, interesting and nuanced female protagonists. With All About matic heart disease (RHD) is widely E, I wanted to a make a film for everybody, irrespective of cultural background, unknown in the broader community. age or sexuality; a feel-good story with universal themes about identity, family Take Heart is an informative look at and belonging, but with a modern day Australian heroine. And I think E is just RHD’s causes and solutions. that. When the Dogs Talked GENERAL of the Top End get to see classic film As a film director, you’ve got two docos and two short films under your belt, This film tells the story of an extend- The Wizard of Oz on the big screen. what inspired you to make this feature-length romance/drama/comedy? ed Indigenous family who, faced with Moonlight Movies Grab some dinner nearby and make For me stories are stories, whether documentary or fiction. I really wanted losing their public housing if they in the Botanic Gardens - Minions a night of it! to explore some more interesting themes using the vehicle of a multi-gen- don’t find a missing relative, embark Grab the kids, a picnic rug and some WHEN SAT 25 JUN | 7PM re comedy that would be accessible to a broad audience. E’s story is some- on a journey to find her only to snacks and enjoy those funny little AT DARWIN WATERFRONT thing that many different people can relate to. And I got to direct action, wind up stranded out bush. As their yellow dudes – aka, the Minions. COST FREE comedy and drama, as well as working with children, animals and large crowd parents argue about whether to save There’ll be drinks and popcorn avail- INFO waterfront.gov.nt.au scenes. For a low budget feature that is really unusual. It was a great experi- their government housing or their able for purchase and rumour has it ence even if my producer wanted to kill me sometimes! sacred landscape, a group of young Stuart the Minion will be popping by French Film Night – Party Girl Indigenous kids struggle to decide at 6pm – we hear we loves getting his Angélique is sixty-years-old – she Is writing and directing for film something you’re planning on continuing? how the Dreaming makes sense in photo taken with his new friends! still loves to party and she still loves Definitely – I have the bug! I don’t think I could stop now. their contemporary lives. men. At night she works in a tavern WHEN FRI 10 JUN | 7PM AT COCONUT LAWN, BOTANIC near the German border and over Is there anything else exciting in the pipeline you can tell us about? WHEN FRI 3 JUN | SESSION 1, 7.30PM GARDENS (GARDENS RD time, customers become rare. But Yes! I love series like Broadchurch and Homeland so I’m developing a long | SESSION 2, 9.30PM ENTRANCE) things get interesting when tavern form TV series. I’ve also written a period drama set in England that was a COST SINGLE SESSION – NORMAL COST FREE regular Michael falls in love with her. semi-finalist in the Nicholls Script Competition – that’s the Oscars for unpro- PRICES APPLY | DOUBLE INFO 8999 4418 A night of French drama with French duced screenplays. It needs about $30 million to make, so if you know anyone SESSION $24 | $18 CONC | $15 wine and cheese? Ooh la la! who has some spare cash... MEMB | $55 FAM Movies Under the Stars WHEN WED 8 JUN | 6.30PM at the Waterfront AT MAGNT THEATRETTE WHEN FRI 10 & FRI 17 JUN | 7.30PM For the full Deckchair program, visit You know the songs and love the COST $18 | $12 MEMB 8 deckchaircinema.com.au characters, and now the little ones INFO afdarwin.org 9 PERFORMING ARTS

BY C!RCA Wed 15 June - Saturday 25 June LISTINGS

DARWIN ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE Darwin Middle School yourcentre.com.au presents Love At First Bite It’s another new school for Ethel Daas Live and Drake Yula. Things are starting "Near Death Experience" to look up for Drake when he meets ConocoPhillips Death. Sex. Horror. The ingredients Lucy, but her mother, Ms. Stake, Hillbilly Horror for a great night of Doug Anthony who just so happens to be the All-Stars (DAAS) comedy! With their school principal, can smell that Symphony RESENTED BY BROWN’S MART PRODUCTIONS AND trademark bombardment of songs, there is something not quite right THE ROYAL NATIONAL THEATRE OF JINGILI, some- sex, violence, sex, feminism (and with him – and no, it’s not just his thing’s rotten in the Cooters’ backwoods cabin – and sex), Paul McDermott, Paul ‘Flacco’ lack of personal hygiene. With a Presents the music of Pink Floyd it’s not just Grandma’s guts. A blood moon’s soon to Livingston & Tim Ferguson make a hilarious cast of misfits and freaks, rise – once more activating the Cooter curse, caused HILLBILLY triumphant return to Darwin. along with catchy tunes, Love at performed by tribute band by a dire and dreadful secret from the kinfolks dim, First Bite is a monstrously good dark past. 13 chillun’ lie buried in the Cooters family WHEN SAT 4 JUN | 8PM time and fun for the whole family. “ECLIPSE” plot and another one is set to join them. Mama’s missing and Pa’s gone COST $62 INFO RECOMMENDED 16+ (ADULT mad. Will the remaining siblings counter the curse and live to tell the tale, WHEN WED 8 – THU 9 JUN | 6.30PM CONTENT) or will the graveyard bell yet again sound its doleful toll? COST $15 | $10 STUDENT | $40 Sat 25 June, 6.30pm HORROR FAMILY (2 ADULTS, 2 Gardens Amphitheatre, CHILDREN) This physical, musical comedy of horrorful hilarity features members The 52 Storey Treehouse Darwin Botanic Gardens. of The Royal National Theatre of Jingili, a gifted group comprising some A Comedy They’re back – and Andy and Terry’s “…devastatingly brilliant.” The Australian of Darwin’s most talented comedic performers including long term, Treehouse is now 52 storeys high Aunty Donna Conducted by Matthew Wood multi-talented Darwin theatre makers Gail Evans, Nicola Fearn, Tania Of Terrors – with more fantastic inventions: a After a year of wins, Melbourne’s Lieman and Yoris Wilson who have recently welcomed Ciella Williams rocket powered carrot launcher, the own sketch comedy trio Aunty Don- to the fold. Having performed together on many occasions in different WHEN WED 22 JUN – SAT 9 JUL | 7PM Disguise-o-matic 500 and even a na bring their new show to Darwin. www.yourcentre.com.au | Box Office 8980 3333 Entry by Gold Coin Donation www.dso.org.au incarnations, their style is physical comedy, using no set and virtually AT BROWN’S MART THEATRE Ninja Snail Training Academy! Described by Broadway Baby as a no props to create multiple characters, sound effects and story. COST $30 FULL | $20 CONC | $25 Andy Griffiths’ and Terry Denton’s “glorious crossbreed of The Mighty GROUPS 8+ latest bestseller comes to life Boosh and Flight of the Conchords,” The Cooters are just dying to meet you… INFO brownsmart.com.au on the stage as the team behind Aunty Donna has had a big couple the hit adaptations of The 13-Sto- of years. If you like your comedy rey Treehouse and The 26-Storey subversive, hyperactive, witty and Treehouse return with this crazy, fast you’ll love Aunty Donna. imaginative and engaging play. WHEN THU 30 JUN | 8PM WHEN THU 23 JUN | 6.30PM | AT DARWIN ENTERTAINMENT June Events FRI 24 JUN | 10.30AM & CENTRE 12.45PM COST $30 INFO C!RCA BEYOND COST $30 | $25 CONC, MEMB, yourcentre.com.au Dry Season School Holiday Fun GROUP 8+ | $15 UNDER 17 THERE IS A LINE BETWEEN HUMAN AND ANIMAL, BETWEEN MADNESS Monday 27 June to Friday 22 July AND SANITY, BETWEEN LOGIC AND DREAM. STEP OVER THIS LINE GENERAL 10am to 12pm (midday) | Free AND GO BEYOND. Shake-O-Rama! Enjoy loads of free activities for kids Presented by the Australian Katherine Beat 2016 'Riversong' these school holidays at Darwin Beyond is warm, surreal and unexpectedly moving. Blending dynamic Burlesque Festival, this night An exciting and uplifting perform- Waterfront. Archery, circus, arts and craft, circus acts such as trapeze and Chinese pole with cheeky feats of strength of glamorous classic-tease and ing arts showcase featuring the bowling, and much more! and set to a bewitching mix of show tunes, ballads and electronica, this modern neo-burlesque will dazzle, creative talent of primary and creation delights and enchants. delight and stimulate the senses secondary aged students living in WHEN WED 15 JUN – SAT 25 JUN with some of the best and most the Katherine Region. Storytelling, Free Movie Under The Stars Set on multiple stages within stages, small red-curtained worlds offer a AT DARWIN ENTERTAINMENT entertaining international and local dance and drama woven together Wizard of Oz (PG) glimpse of this rich and empathetic world – maybe we are in a cabaret, a CENTRE burlesque performers in a celebra- with music and set in the beautiful Saturday 25 June | from 7pm zoo, or an asylum. Emerge into a strangely beautiful and curiously tender COST $49 – $65 | $45 – $60 MEMB tion of traditional Bump n’ Grind, grounds of Godinymayin. Experience the magic of a moonlite INFO yourcentre.com.au world with Beyond. vintage-flavoured tease, sizzling cinema at the Darwin Waterfront every cabaret and variety entertainment. WHEN FRI 17 JUN | 5:30PM AT GODINYMAYIN YIJARD RIVERS month during the dry season. Beyond WHEN SUN 26 JUN | 7.30PM ARTS AND CULTURE CENTRE COST FREE COST $60 INFO ntms.net.au Health & Wellness Family Fun Day Saturday 4 June | 10am to 3pm The Wiggles - Wiggle Coordinated by the YMCA & Camp Town Tour! Bollywood Dhamaka Quality, the day will provide information Join Emma, Simon, Anthony and Brought to you by the Bollywood and promote wellness to Territorians. Lachy as the Wiggles celebrate their Dance and Culture Academy, expe- Funds raised on the day will be donated 25th birthday with their latest hits rience an explosion of Bollywood to Camp Quality. including ‘Do the Propeller’, ‘Em- as Darwin’s talented young people ma’s Yellow Bow’ and ‘Simon Says’ take their art and skill to the stage. – not forgetting the Wiggle classics Enjoy the tastes of Bollywood with Fusion ‘Blast’ Preview Night ‘Hot Potato’, ‘Rock a Bye Your Bear’ a buffet meal in an evening that will Friday 24 June | 6.30pm to 9pm and ‘Fruit Salad’ of course. The fab tantalise your senses whilst raising Fusion Fireworks will host a free family four of fun will be joined by Dorothy funds for cyclone stricken Fiji. Tick- fun event to showcase fireworks on the Dinosaur, Captain Feather- ets can be pre-ordered or bought offer for Territory Day. sword, Wags the Dog and Henry the at the door. (Note: no fireworks will be sold at the Octopus. event or at the Darwin Waterfront). WHEN SAT 18 JUN | 6.30PM WHEN SAT 4 JUN | 10AM & 12.30PM AT THE ITALIAN SOCIAL CLUB | SUN 5 JUN | 10AM COST $25 | $15 CONC | INCLUDES All events are alcohol and glass free. COST $32.50 | $30.50 GROUP 10 + MEAL | UNDER 12 MONTHS IN INFO 0449 619 724 or waterfront.nt.gov.au ARMS FREE 0450 990 710 10 11 C JUNE 1

See Visual Arts 15 See Music 19 T F S S

6 Reconciliation Week Around one in 6 Tropical Carnival 1 2 seven Darwin 6 Arts Access Awards 6 DANCE4DASSAN 6 homes has 8 Reconciliation Week 6 Malak Marketplace a water leak. Double Feature 6 Malak Community Garden 19 Alex Gow & Dan Kelly Living Water 16 Tactile Arts (Opening) 6 K-Town’s Dance Massive Smart can 19 Hugh McGinlay 6 NAC Community Village help you find 21 Live @ the Studio 6 Saturday Social them! 21 NT News Live on Fridays 10 Near Death Experience 21 Fridays @ the Bowlo 10 Wiggle Town Tour 6 City2Surf livingwatersmart.com.au 21 Hotel Darwin Live Music 11 Health and Wellness 6 Aqua Zumba 6 Dance on Monday 4 Lost Darwin (Opening) 21 Gouldian Bar Family Fun Day 6 Tactile Arts Workshop 6 Big Dance Darwin 6 Reconciliation Week 6 Reconciliation Week Monthly Live Music 21 The Cyclones 7 Mindil Markets 8 Human Rights 6 No Lights, No Lycra 7 Mindil Markets 21 Loud at the Library 21 Hotel Darwin Live Music 10 Wiggle Town Tour Arts & Film Festival 21 Darwin City Brass Band 21 Arafura Wind Ensemble 21 Open Mic Night by the Sea 15 Nomad (Opening) 21 Mirusia 21 First Sunday Blues 21 Malak Jam Night

See Books & Film 8 See Books & Film 8 T Sneaky water leaks at home? 8 French Film Night in Darwin homes have a leak costing $750 per year on average. Book a free Water Efficiency Consultation 6 Living Without Stress 6 No Lights, No Lycra and we’ll help you find and fix them. Based on 680 Living Water Smart Water Efficiency 8 Human Rights NEW PLUMBING REBATES COMING SOON! Consultations in Darwin Arts & Film Festival Mention “Off the Leash” when booking to receive a $30 native plant voucher. 10 Love at First Bite 8 Human Rights 6 Malak Community Garden 21 Caiti Baker Arts & Film Festival 6 The Shed Book online at livingwatersmart.com.au or call 8995 5861. 21 Darwin City Brass Band

See Visual Arts 15 See Music 21 T F S S T 15 Outstation 10 (Opening) 11 12 1 1 6 Malak Marketplace 8 All About E 6 K-Town’s Dance Massive 8 Minions 6 Saturday Social 20 Top Half Folk Festival 6 Tactile Arts Workshop 21 The Beards 16 DVAA (Last chance) 21 Barunga Festival 17 Paul Johnstone (Last 6 Territory Made 21 NT News Live on Fridays chance) Pop-Up Upmarkets 7 Mindil Markets 21 Fridays @ the Bowlo 20 Top Half Folk Festival 6 Aqua Zumba 10 Love at First Bite 21 Hotel Darwin Live Music 21 Barunga Festival 6 Tactile Arts Workshop 6 Dance on Monday 21 The Beards 21 Darwin Drum’n’Bass 21 Fanny Lumsden and 7 Mindil Markets 6 Big Dance Darwin 6 Malak Community Garden 21 Open Mic and Jam Night 21 Loud at the Library The Mabel Julies 17 Framed (Last chance) 20 Top Half Folk Festival 6 The Shed 21 Arafura Wind Ensemble 21 Open Mic Night by the Sea 21 Hotel Darwin Live Music 20 Top Half Folk Festival 21 Barunga Festival 21 Malak Jam Night 21 Air Supply

See Around Town 5 See Music 20 T F S S 5 Pine Creek 8 All About E Gold Rush Festival 10 Katherine Beat 1 16 1 2016 ‘Riversong’ 1 6 Saturday Social 1 20 16 DVAA (Opening) 6 Malak Marketplace 17 Framed (Opening) 5 Top End World Refugee Day 17 Paul Johnstone (Opening) 5 Pine Creek Gold Rush Festival 21 Jilliane Jones and 6 Glee, Gulches and Gullies 20 Music from Moscow The Soul Travelers 6 Malak Community Garden 21 Hip Shakin’ Mama 6 K-Town’s Dance Massive 5 Pine Creek Gold Rush Festival 21 NT News Live on Fridays 6 Tactile Arts Workshop 6 Darwin Art Trail 21 Fridays @ the Bowlo 10 C!RCA Beyond 6 Yoga Day Festival 21 Hotel Darwin Live Music 18 Bollywood Dhamaka 6 Aqua Zumba 6 No Lights, No Lycra 7 Mindil Markets 21 Hot Dub Time Machine 21 Hotel Darwin Live Music 7 Mindil Markets 6 Dance on Monday 10 C!RCA Beyond 10 C!RCA Beyond 21 Loud at the Library 21 Boo Seeka 16 Tactile Arts (Last chance) 6 Big Dance Darwin 21 Darwin City Brass Band 21 Arafura Wind Ensemble 21 Open Mic Night by the Sea 6 Heads Up! Youth Forum 21 Jamaican Sun 21 Malak Jam Night

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10 C!RCA Beyond 6 Saturday Social 21 22 2 2 10 Hillbilly Horror 2 6 Malak Marketplace 26 6 Argentine Tango 6 K-Town’s Dance Massive 8 Transitions Film Festival 6 Malak Community Garden 10 The 52 Storey Treehouse 8 Transitions Film Festival 11 Fusions ‘Blast’ Preview Night 8 The Wizard of Oz 6 Aqua Zumba 16 Tactile Arts 10 C!RCA Beyond 6 Tactile Arts Workshop 7 Darwin Festival tickets Exhibition (Opening) 10 Hillbilly Horror 7 Mindil Markets on sale today 21 NT News Live on Fridays 15 NCCA (Last chance) 8 Transitions Film Festival 4 Wikiclub NT 7 Mindil Markets 21 Fridays @ the Bowlo 15 Nomad (Last chance) 10 Shake-O-Rama! 6 No Lights, No Lycra 10 The 52 Storey Treehouse 21 Hotel Darwin Live Music 20 DSO – Pink Floyd 10 Hillbilly Horror 10 C!RCA Beyond 10 C!RCA Beyond 21 Darwin Drum’n’Bass 20 MUFF 20 Mandorah Ukulele Folk 6 Malak Community Garden 10 Hillbilly Horror 10 Hillbilly Horror 21 Loud at the Library 21 Punks for West Papua Festival 10 C!RCA Beyond 6 The Shed 21 Darwin City Brass Band 21 Arafura Wind Ensemble 21 Open Mic Night by the Sea 5 Darwin PBR Blow Out 21 Hotel Darwin Live Music 4 Wikiclub NT

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Although all care is taken to ensure information in Off The Leash is correct, it is subject to change. We recommend checking offtheleash.net.au for updates. Charles Darwin University PARAP GALLERIES Art Gallery Visit and NCCA OUTSTATION Artback NT Northern Centre for Contemporary Arts 2/3 Parap Place, Darwin | 8981 4822 | outstation.com.au with Vimy Lane, Parap | 8981 5368 | nccart.com.au TUE & SAT, 10AM-2PM | WED – FRI 10AM-5PM WED–FRI 10AM–4PM | SAT 10AM–2PM Buku-Larrnggay Mulka Art Centre KANTILYA present NGARANYTJAKU. KURANYU KUTU STAYING STRONG. Balnhdhurr NYAKUNYTJAKU. LOOKING FORWARD.

The maku (witchetty grub) is a symbol of Mimili, a significant figure in the - a lasting songlines that traverse this land. The maku undergoes transformation in its life-cyle, emerging as Piiny-piinypa (moth). In the hands of the artists Koulla Roussos, ‘COnCREtE’ (detail), 2016; from Mimili Maku Arts, their materials – paint, canvas, photography, ink image courtesy of artist and paper – are transformed into something much, much more. impression The community of Mimili is in the far north west of South Australia, at the base of the Everard Ranges, in the APY Lands. Lightning and the rock, Nongirrnga Marawili photographic screenprint, 2014, 59 x 25cm WHEN SAT 11 JUN ­– TUE 5 JUL | OPENING SAT 11 JUN, 11AM Andy Ewing, ‘Chronic Managable Conditions’ (detail), 2016, acrylic paint and collage on Building Orange 12 (ground level) paper; photo: Matthew van Roden COnCREtE Charles Darwin University Emerging artist and curator Koulla Casuarina campus, Darwin Roussos interrogates subjective Chronic manifestations of identity asking the question, “How do I materialise 10am–4pm Wednesday to Friday Manageable my hybrid, fluid subjectivity for the 10am–2pm Saturday Conditions anonymous spectator?” Lisa-Marie Vassilakoglou, ‘Patience’ (detail), 12 May–15 July 2016 WHEN UNTIL SAT 25 JUN Curated by Dr Keri Glastonbury, 2016; image courtesy of the artist www.cdu.edu.au/artcollection-gallery Chronic Manageable Conditions is a turbulent, messy, diaristic expose This exhibition is proudly supported by the Northern Territory Government and the on the life, struggles, aspirations, Australia Council for the Arts reflections and imaginings of The Geography Darwin artist Andy Ewing. Reflecting Patience on a journey of recovery from a Lisa-Marie Vassilakoglou fills the Of Here debilitating medical condition, the NCCA boxset with a handmade work – immediate and raw – is a wedding dress, painstakingly And There kaleidoscope of thought bubbles, embroided with beads, pearls Following a one month residency Limited Edition Aboriginal Art Prints dreamscapes, surreal associations and hand-stitched lace. The dress in Darwin, in association with and queerness, responses to the is a meditation – an example of Darwin Botanic Gardens, in October www.ausaboriginalart.com street, media and screen life, and patience and a reflection on the 2015, Jogjakata-based early-career For the largest range in Australia to the daily complexities we are lives and expectations of Greek artist Dito Yuwono responds to compelled to engage with in the women within the context of ‘betwixt-and-between’ ideas of contemporary world. marriage and family – a lesson and Darwin as Asian/Australian, city/ a legacy. town, natural/built environment.

WHEN UNTIL SAT 25 JUN WHEN UNTIL SAT 25 JUN WHEN UNTIL SAT 25 JUN Robert Fielding, untitled (detail), 2016, digital print on archival paper, 90x90cm Parap Village galleries offer the best of Northern Territory art

NOMAD ART GALLERY Vickers Street, Parap | 8981 6382 MON–FRI 10AM–5PM | SAT 9AM–2PM FRAMED - THE DARWIN GALLERY Now open Sunday 11am to 3pm Marjorie Keighran, ‘Yukularri: Nanny Goats’, 2016, screen print Phyllis Thomas, ‘Gemerre’ (detail) ochre on paper www.framed.com.au Gulf Country New screenprints from Waralungku Arts

Nomad Art and Outstation are commercial galleries with direct See event listings for current Waralungku Arts is set in an associations to remote community art centres from the Top End exhibition details. arresting landscape of rocky hills, and Central Australia. cattle-grazed scrub, billabongs and wide horizons in the The Northern Centre for Contemporary Art (NCCA) brings Borroloola Region in the Gulf of Badem gooyarrg yirranyjende, REHEARSALS NEW MEMBERS AND together diverse communities of artists and audiences to Carpentaria. The screenprints Wed 7.30 to 10pm engage with contemporary ideas and practices. good yirranyjende - VISITORS WELCOME depict both the life and the We collect ochre and grind it history of the community, as Learners’ Classes Ron Roberts well as the distinctive beauty This exhibition brings together new explorations of ochre to works on and Multicultural Youth (President) 0418 857 744 Development Program available Mark Hulsman of the surrounding landscape paper by emerging, mid-career and established Gija artists. Warmun art is (Music Director) 0423 120 014 with bright colours and a sense a contemporary expression of land and culture central to Gija identity and Nomad 1/3 Vickers Street, Parap of past histories and continuing has a national and international reputation. Artists draw on Ngarranggarni Outstation 8 Parap Place, Parap Supported by connections. (Dreaming) stories and contemporary life. City of Darwin darwincitybrassband.org.au (Upstairs, enter via Gregory Street) NCCArt Vimy Lane, Parap WHEN SAT 4 JUN – SAT 25 JUN WHEN SAT 4 – SAT 25 JUN 14 15 VISUAL ARTS

TACTILE ARTS FRAMED – THE DARWIN GALLERY PAUL JOHNSTONE GALLERY 19 Conacher Street, Fannie Bay | 8981 6616 | tactilearts.org.au 55 Stuart Highway, Stuart Park | 8981 2994 | framed.com.au Harriet Place, Darwin | 8941 2220 | pauljohnstonegallery.com.au TUE–FRI 10AM-4PM | SAT & SUN 10AM-4PM MON-FRI 9AM-5.30PM | SAT 9AM-4PM | SUN 11AM-3PM TUE–FRI 10AM–5PM | SAT 10AM–2PM

Amy Davidson, ‘Making THE ARTISTS Katja Mpapa Kaltjateme Patterns’, 2015, acrylic and post on canvas OF KALTJITI Teaching the young ones to paint Ray Firth, ‘Above the pools’, acrylic on board, 122 x 81.5cm Kaltjiti Arts is a community- “I would like to tell you about my painting to his family and lots based art centre located in the grandfather Albert. He was an of other people. My father Oscar Kaltjiti Community at Fregon important man; he met the Queen passed this knowledge on to me.” on the Anangu Pitjantjatjara in 1954. He was the first man from – Lenie Namatjira, 2013. Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands in Ntaria (Hermannsburg) to paint WHEN UNTIL SAT 11 JUN the far north of South Australia. beautiful watercolours. He taught It was established in 1961 as an outstation of the Ernabella mission MEMORY, DREAM, MYTH and focuses on artistic excellence, cultural maintenance and promotes Myths and dreams are thought to be distortions of our memory. The economic sustainability through Warlbowinj and Jumulunj things we see, hear, smell, taste and touch blend together and etch into the arts. our subconscious. What we can retrieve from the corners of our mind are River wallaby and Boab tree WHEN UNTIL SAT 11 JUN rarely perfectly captured like a photograph – rather they are a succession Warmun art is known for its highly unique, aesthetic and graphic of images, ideas, emotions and sensations that collide to create our own depictions of the landscape. Looking simultaneously across and down, personal version of an experience. This exhibition brings together nine artists create expansive representations of Country, imbued with ochres diverse artists – Ingrid Gersmanis, Kate Fernyhough, Linda Joy, Marita which tell of the land and the vast landscape from which the work heralds. Albers, Sugita Wahl, Gerald Clapham, Janet Graham, Kerrie White and Sonia WHEN FRI 17 JUN – SAT 9 JUL | OPENING FRI 17 JUN, 5.30-7.30PM Martignon – working in both 2D and 3D to record their memories, dreams and myths. Tommy Carroll, 220x140cm WHEN FRI 24 JUN – SUN 10 JUL | OPENING FRI 24 JUN, 5.30PM PEACEFUL. SILENCE BENEATH THE SOUND

Silence is the loom on which our turbid lives are woven. New paintings from Ray Firth reflect the forces in every landscape. Through colour and texture Firth’s paintings slowly trace the rolling time that shape our destiny – and hold together the unexpected sounds that piece our world together. Sightlines WHEN FRI 17 JUN – SUN 10 JUL | OPENING FRI 17 JUN, 6PM SIGHTLINES IS AN EXHIBITION seeing the world, with the group original hand printed T-shirt Lorraine Abernethy has exhibited OF NEW WORKS BY ARTISTS of artists covering a wide array of designs. TROPICAL several times in Darwin over FROM THE FREE SPACE STUDIO subject matter related to family, the past 30 years. Her work is – an inclusive and supportive the environment, home, cultural The opening night features the Arts continuously unfolding and visual arts studio based at Darwin identity and abstract expression Access Open House Awards and the developing in different directions, Community Arts, which is focused through mark making. The CD launch of Vincent Tipiloura with Paradise though the tropics has been her on the development of studio skills exhibition showcases works by the special guests Shellie Morris & Dr main focus. Tropical Paradise shows for artists with disability. 17 artists who attend the studio. Flouride. a new approach to her favoured The art works are made using a subject. WHEN FRI 3 JUN ­– SUN 19 JUN | Sightlines is an expression of variety of mediums including mural OPENING FRI 3 JUN, 5.30PM WHEN UNTIL SUN 12 JUN individual and personal ways of works, paintings, drawings and Sonia Martignon, 'Furtive frogmouth hidden in the hills' (detail)

MAGNT DVAA GYRACC CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Woods Street, Darwin | 8981 9351 | dvaa.net.au Stuart Highway, Katherine East | 8972 3751 | gyracc.org.au ART GALLERY 19 Conacher Street, The Gardens | 8999 8264 | magnt.net.au WED–FRI 12-5PM | SAT 10AM-3PM TUE – FRI 10AM-5PM | SAT 10AM – 3PM Building Orange 12, CDU Casuarina Campus | 8946 6621 | MON–FRI 9AM-5PM | SAT/SUN 10AM-5PM cdu.edu.au/artgallery WED–FRI 10AM–4PM | OR BY APPOINTMENT

Dhalmula Burarrwanga, ‘Milkarri’ (tear), 2012, Since 1985, Winsome Jobling has been creating art to reflect the beauty YIDUMDUMA BILL HARNEY: photographic screenprint, 30 x 21 cm and nature of the Northern Territory. Jobling’s earthy and organic work Winsome has earned her a well-deserved place in this three-part exhibition series BUSH PROFESSOR by MAGNT. With a career spanning three decades and a new book of work ART WORKS released in March, don’t miss your chance to see this impressive body of Jobling work by this talented, humble and thoughtful local artist. This annual exhibition for The Art One of the last fully initiated world. Curated by Margie West AM, Educators of the NT showcases a Wardaman elders, Yidumduma Emeritus Curator of Aboriginal Art The Nature Of Paper WHEN UNTIL SUN 21 AUG small but diverse range of works by Bill Harney is regarded by many & Material Culture at the Museum members from varied facets of the as a national living treasure – the and Art Gallery of the Northern arts education spectrum. Varied in quintessential Renaissance man Territory, this retrospective form and medium, come along and using his paintings, carvings, songs of Harney’s lifetime of work check out these creative art works and storytelling to communicate showcases his intimate knowledge by our NT working arts educators. his Indigenous knowledge to the of the stories and history of his people, and his striking efforts to Balnhdhurr share them with the world before – A LASTING WHEN FRI 17 JUN – SAT 2 JUL | oral traditions pass out of memory. OPENING FRI 17 JUN, 6PM IMPRESSION WHEN UNTIL SAT 16 JUL The Yirrkala Print Space celebrates importance of kinship and family. its 20 year anniversary of onsite A display from the CDU Art CONCRETE -CHAPTER 1-EXODUS print production in the Buku- Collection of the Revolution Rita Macarounas, Koulla Roussos and Lisa-Marie Vassilakoglu – three Larrnggay Mulka Centre in suite of 20 limited edition prints contemporary visual artists who share an affinity with their contemporary Northeast Arnhem Land. This complements this exhibition. Hellenic heritage – have collaborated to produce original works which aim Yidumduma Bill Harney, ‘Warling (Young exhibition showcases the Yolngu Revolution commemorates 20 years to challenge contemporary myths and stereotypes about their diasporic Initiate), Warranggin (Ceremonial) Law Man respect for clan and country, of print production at Yirrkala Print and Gujingga (Law Man)’, 2012, natural identity. with many prints relating to the Space 2015. pigments and feathers on wood; Courtesy Winsome Jobling, 'Ark', pendant cases, plastic, metal, bush string, plastic aquarium plants, wire, fabric, railway modelling foliage, foam core, creation stories and law as passed WHEN UNTIL SAT 11 JUN of Ross Bonthorne; Image courtesy of WHEN UNTIL FRI 15 JUL acrylic paint; Gifted by Chips Mackinolty 2014, Charles Darwin University Art Collection Jayne Nankivell. on by ancestors, highlighting the 16 17 MUSIC BOLLYWOOD DHAMAKA 20 RAILWAY CLUB ALEX GOW & DAN KELLY SUN 5 JUN | 7PM | $25 + BF Experience an explosion of Bollywood as 16 Darwin’s talented young people bring their SAT art and skill to the stage whilst you enjoy a 18 JUN Profiles Bollywood buffet meal. A fundraiser for cyclone stricken Fiji, funds raised will help rebuild schools & purchase essential school supplies.Brought to you by the Bollywood Dance and Cultural Academy.

Sat 18 Jun | 6.30pm | The Italian Social Club | $25 Adult, $15 Conc Oh Mercy front man Alex What was the first concert you ever went to? (meal incl.) Pre-order tickets or buy at the door Neil Young, Sidney Myer Music Bowl, 2003. I was 15. Mum took me. She bought Gow teams up with Dan me a t-shirt – it was awesome. | Savita 0449 619 724 or Sita 0450 990 710 Kelly for the Australian Dreamers Tour playing What’s your favourite album of all time? The Triffids’ Born Sandy Devotional. Why? Well, it’s hard to put it into words. old and new tracks, But I’ll try. Firstly, falling in love with this album coincided with falling in love Music sharing stories, and paying with songs, and the idea of writing them myself. I was probably 16 and I had prescribes homage to some of their been listening to Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen nonstop for a year or so. I The Australian from adored them. It struck me that The Triffids were into Dylan and Cohen as well Doctors Orchestra Australian heroes. From but had managed to introduce their own individual style into their music. Born Moscow Neil Young to the Triffids, Sandy Devotional is Dylan meets the Talking Heads meets Television married this "part time Rainmain” with icy cold ‘80s chorus guitars and reverb soaked synths. It’s mysterious, Conductor romantic, menacing, evocative and smart. I’m 28 now – David McComb was 23 Matthew Wood spills the beans on some when he wrote that album. Soloist of his musical influences. Veronique Serret Finish this sentence. My friends would describe me as... Repertoire Part time Rainman. I tend to sway between easy-breezy and creative, into Shostakovich: Symphony No 5 Spock/Rainman territory. Sleep, exercise and latte consumption dependent. Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto Whose posters did you have stuck to the wall when you were a teenager? Applegate: Dysdiadochokinesis Blondie. Do I still have them? I sure as hell do.

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for warmer weather, beautiful dream of mine to come to fruition outback escarpments, sunset and it finally happened in January markets, the amazing mix of cultures this year! My self-titled EP has five and food and more importantly the tracks on it that were produced by vibrant live music scene. Rod McCormack (Sony) and co- written with Gina Jeffreys and Max Melanie Gray Got any tips for young musicians Jackson. They are songs that reflect DARWIN SINGER SONGWRITER My music is very much a celebration about performing and writing music? my love for the beautiful landscapes MELANIE GRAY EMBODIES THE of the landscapes, histories and Where there’s a will – there’s a way! I of our country, my home and lifestyle AUSTRALIANA GENRE. HER cultures that make up our beautiful have often found myself at the base in the NT and the Aussie spirit. MUSIC CELEBRATES THE BEAUTY country. It falls into the modern of some very big hills as each new OF AUSTRALIA AND SHE HAS A country genre easily although it is chapter of my music career unfolds – Tell us about your upcoming tour – STUNNING ABILITY TO SHARE not strictly country – that’s why I call it can be very daunting at times but I where are you going and who are THIS PASSION BOTH LYRICALLY it modern-Australiana. have learned through all the ups and you playing with? AND MUSICALLY. SHE’S ABOUT downs that if you are determined you Yay, my first tour! It’s starting on WE’RE BACK FROM RENOVATIONS TO HIT THE ROAD, BUT BEFORE How does living in Darwin affect can achieve anything, all you have June 30 in Armidale, NSW, which is SHE HEADS OUT ON HER FIRST your music and song writing? to do is take one step at a time and pretty important to me as it is where TH NATIONAL TOUR, SHE TOOK While my music is Australiana based, believe in yourself and you will be I completed my music degree. It FRIDAY 17 OF JUNE A MOMENT TO CHAT WITH a lot of my songs have been inspired amazed at the doors that open for includes stops in North Qld then it’s MUSICNT. specifically by the Northern Territory. you. back to Darwin where we’ll be hitting 1 2 SM I T H S T R E E T , D A R W I N INFO melaniegrayaustralia.com When I moved interstate I was ready up places like the Humpty Doo Hotel, | facebook.com/ For those who haven't heard of for a change but I never knew just Tell us about your latest EP. Noonamah Tavern and Tourist Park as melaniegrayaustralia. Melanie Gray before what is your how much I took the Territory for My EP is another first for me! I have well as our main ticketed event at the 18 music like? granted and was always homesick waited many years for this little Hotel Darwin on Friday 22 July. 19 JUNE

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Territory suspects include the Darwin be a river cruise on the Monday to Ceili Band, Sally Balfour, Scotty wrap up the festival – where do we From fireside sessions and informal Balfour, Chris Pemberton, South of sign up? singalongs by the bar, to poets’ the Berrimah Line, Paul Stewart, Ted breakfasts, a folk music quiz, song Egan and Nerys Evans, Dave Evans WHEN FRI 10 – MON 13 JUN WHEN SUN 5 JUN | 2-7PM writing workshops and concerts, THFF and Dave Oakes. 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AFTER YEARS OF FAITHFUL Ruby G’s Canteen sprung to fame a lot of sentimental value to us,” much produce as possible locally SERVICE AS A HOLIDAY CAMPER, earlier this year as the new eatery at Mel said. at the local markets and stretch the WELL-TRAVELLED TRAILER the Darwin Bowlo with their Suckling ingredients to the max to minimise JAMES THE FIRST HAS FOUND Pig Sundays and exciting menu – but The warehouse is set up with waste. We’d also one day love to A FOREVER HOME. TUCKED IN owners Mel and Shane always had industrial decor, vintage lights and stock great Aussie produce like AN INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSE AT big plans for their beloved trailer, bright pops of colourful furnishings. cheese, olives and olive oil,” Shane COCONUT GROVE THE TRAILER James the First, after they bought it If you’d like to sip on your latte added. IS THE BEATING HEART OF from their dear friend James years and devour your peanut butter tart THE GROVE’S NEWEST FOODIE ago. outside, milk crates and wooden Having been raised on trips to food OFFERING RUBY G’S CANTEEN tables are plotted at the entrance. markets throughout their lives, CelebrateTerritory Day & BAKERY. Originally from South Australia, The baking machinery is located market culture is important to the the owners quit their jobs (both upstairs – this is where the magic pair. qualified chefs), rented out their happens. WITH THE CAT EMPIRE home, packed up their two young “When my friends would go to children and family dog and hit the “Our family has always had an town on a Friday night, I’d be at the road on a quest for a new life in obsession with bakeries. I’m Italian, Adelaide Central Markets with my Cairns. After visiting Ayers Rock, they so bread has always been a big thing Dad. The seed to own a food truck GET READY FOR TERRITORY DAY 2016 ‘CAUSE THIS ONE’S A CRACKER Dance Massive returns, backed up by a fireworks display at the Katherine had a change of heart and bee-lined in our family – my parents would was firmly planted when I worked at – PUN INTENDED! Show Grounds. In Tennant Creek there’s a family-friendly music event with for Darwin. The family then spent never have day old bread – it always a friend’s trailer in SA. I just can’t get Opera Australia and local artists Rayella, with fireworks at the Purkiss Reserve six weeks living in the trailer before had to be fresh. Our kids are bakery- enough of markets – I love them!” Ah, Territory Day. The only day in Australia when it’s legal to buy fireworks Football Oval. finding jobs and a place to live. mad too. Upstairs is where we create Mel said. and release them into the night’s sky. Or the day’s sky for those who can’t FREE Suffice to say, James the First holds our pastries and breads including wait. On 1 July each year, we celebrate the Territory’s self-governance, history, In Darwin, the Free Territory Day Concert at Mindil Beach draws around 25,000 a special place in their hearts. pies, pasties, kranskys and our Mel and Shane live by the motto achievements and unique lifestyle. people – with camping chairs and picnic rugs in tow. Spend the afternoon CONCERT specialty – donuts,” Shane explained. “everyday’s a school day.” For this with friends and family, munching on picnics and sipping drinks as our iconic “We would borrow the trailer from duo, learning, developing and Major Territory Day events are held across the Territory, and smaller events Territory sunset fades into the night. The afternoon is backed up with an our friend James and went on a few Up for grabs is a large range of growing with their experiences has like backyard BBQs bring Territorian friends and families together. Whether evening of entertainment by local and visiting acts. This year, colourful, make- WHEN FRI 1 JUL | FREE family holidays. When he wanted to baked goods and specialty coffee helped them achieve their food truck letting off a few crackers, turning up the telly to block the sound out, or you-wanna-dance, ska and jazz band The Cat Empire are hitting centre stage. TERRITORY DAY CONCERT FROM 5PM sell it, we jumped at the chance – it from Dawn Patrol in SA. But big and dream. reflecting on the long journey to self-governance, everyone’s got their own They’ll have you out of that camping chair and having a boogie-woogie in no AT MINDIL BEACH ended up being our home for a while exciting things are in the pipeline for way of celebrating. time. Hchello hchello! The night is capped off with the mother of all fireworks INFO territoryday.nt.gov.au but we always knew we wanted to Ruby G’s Canteen & Bakery. So if you’re up for a great cup of displays in the NT – it truly is a sight to behold. | facebook.com/ convert it into a food truck. 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