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Community

VORTEX
Fri 3 Sep 10 - Sat 4 Sep 10 | The Amphitheatre, Charles Darwin University | Price: FREEStep into a world where circus, theatre, music and technology swirl together. Presented by Corrugated Iron Youth Arts and CDU MERGE Project, this unique family event is not to be missed. Warning: This show may contain traces of ninjas. ! Click for more..

Djalkiri: we are standing on their names. Blue Mud Bay
Sat 31 Jul 10 - Sat 4 Sep 10 | 24HR Art NTCCA | Price: FREEPresented by Nomad Art Productions, “Djalkiri” exhibits works by indigenous and non-indigenous artists in a cross-cultural collaborative printmaking workshop at Yilparap on Blue Mud Bay in October 2009. Including Yolgnu artists Djambawa Click for more..

Photographic Exhibition
Mon 28 Jun 10 - Sun 5 Sep 10 | Northern Territory Library | Price: FREECome in to the Library to see Penny Tweedie’s extraordinary photographs which provide a unique visual celebration of Arnhem Land people as they strive to maintain their traditional beliefs and culture. Drawn from Penny’s book ‘ Click for more..
Scottish Country Dancing in Darwin
Sat 30 Jan 10 - Sat 30 Apr 11 | Malak Community Centre | Price: $5S.C.D. is non-competitive social dancing, usually done in teams of 8 dancers, and should not be confused with Highland dances like the Sword Dance or the Fling which are mens solo dances for competition or display AND IT IS GREAT FUN. This form o Click for more..
Craft

Glass Beads Advanced: Creatures & Critters
Sat 4 Sep 10 | Territory Craft | Price: $120Experienced glass students will learn to craft and sculpt fantasy creatures and cartoon critters. Use these skills to create other art pieces in glass. 3 hour workshop. ! Click for more..

King of the Castle - new jewellery collection by Charms Baltis
Fri 3 Sep 10 - Sun 26 Sep 10 | Framed - The Darwin Gallery | Price: FREELocal jeweller and designer Charms Baltis returns home with her new award winning collection "King of the Castle". This intriguing exhibition includes thousands of Toho beads, ancient styled crosses, swords, hidden drawers in rings and pen Click for more..

Djalkiri: we are standing on their names. Blue Mud Bay
Sat 31 Jul 10 - Sat 4 Sep 10 | 24HR Art NTCCA | Price: FREEPresented by Nomad Art Productions, “Djalkiri” exhibits works by indigenous and non-indigenous artists in a cross-cultural collaborative printmaking workshop at Yilparap on Blue Mud Bay in October 2009. Including Yolgnu artists Djambawa Click for more..
Throwing on the Wheel
Sat 31 Jul 10 - Sat 4 Sep 10 | Territory Craft | Price: $295A six week Saturday afternoon workshop learning to use the potter's wheel. Students will make a series of pots and decorate with a glaze finish. ! Click for more..
Dance
DanceSite 2010
Sat 4 Sep 10 | Purkiss Reserve | Price: FREEDanceSite 2010, presented by Artback NT is the Territory's largest display of traditional dance. This year DanceSite will form part of the Desert Harmony Festival in Tennant Creek. Groups from across the Barkly and Top End will be showcased includin Click for more..

Scottish Country Dancing for Beginners
Sat 14 Aug 10 - Sat 30 Oct 10 | Malak Community Centre | Price: $50No experience needed - We will teach you! No need to bring a partner. Good fun, good company, keep healthy, fit and alert. Regular weekly classes available to attend after completion of the course and world-wide dancing available from there Click for more..

Irish Dance School
Sat 30 Jan 10 - Wed 15 Dec 10 | Rehearsal Rooms Darwin Entertainment Centre | Price: $95Welcome to Everyone who wants to learn Irish Dancing. Pleasant atmosphere with competent teachers Where Darwin Entertainment Centre Rehearsal Rooms Rince na h'Eireann Darwin Irish Dance School reopens on the 30th January 2010 at 9am at the R Click for more..
Scottish Country Dancing in Darwin
Sat 30 Jan 10 - Sat 30 Apr 11 | Malak Community Centre | Price: $5S.C.D. is non-competitive social dancing, usually done in teams of 8 dancers, and should not be confused with Highland dances like the Sword Dance or the Fling which are mens solo dances for competition or display AND IT IS GREAT FUN. This form o Click for more..
Film

Robin Hood (M)
Sat 4 Sep 10 - Mon 13 Sep 10 | Deckchair Cinema | Price: $13Robin Hood M 140m 2010 Ridley Scott USA 4, 10, 13 Sep The Aussies have taken Sherwood Forest. Ridley Scott's Robin Hood, with Russell Crowe and Cate Blanchett as Robin and Marion, is a big, satisfying historical epic of a film, a kind of prequel, if Click for more..

Animal Kingdom (MA15+)
Sat 21 Aug 10 - Sat 11 Sep 10 | Deckchair Cinema | Price: $13Animal Kingdom MA15+ 113m 2010 David Michod Australia 21, 27, 30 Aug, 4, 11 Sept A powerful thriller about the battle between a Melbourne crime family and the police and the young man who finds himself caught in the crossfire. Excellent performances Click for more..
Multimedia

Djalkiri: we are standing on their names. Blue Mud Bay
Sat 31 Jul 10 - Sat 4 Sep 10 | 24HR Art NTCCA | Price: FREEPresented by Nomad Art Productions, “Djalkiri” exhibits works by indigenous and non-indigenous artists in a cross-cultural collaborative printmaking workshop at Yilparap on Blue Mud Bay in October 2009. Including Yolgnu artists Djambawa Click for more..
Music

Long Way To The Top End Fundraiser
Sat 4 Sep 10 | Railway Club | Price: $10The Festival is over... but the party has just started! Join The Bloody Marys, Country Town Collective, Coconut Groove and Kim Orchard at the Railway Club on Saturday 4th September to help raise funds towards the 2011 Long Way To The Top End tour to Click for more..
Red Plum and Snow, Celador, Steggapussy
Sat 4 Sep 10 | Happy Yess | Price: $5Red Plum and Snow are fresh from the release of an album, and team up with some relatively fresh line-ups to the Darwin scene - sparse,beautiful, moving music. ! Click for more..
Performing

VORTEX
Fri 3 Sep 10 - Sat 4 Sep 10 | The Amphitheatre, Charles Darwin University | Price: FREEStep into a world where circus, theatre, music and technology swirl together. Presented by Corrugated Iron Youth Arts and CDU MERGE Project, this unique family event is not to be missed. Warning: This show may contain traces of ninjas. ! Click for more..

Djalkiri: we are standing on their names. Blue Mud Bay
Sat 31 Jul 10 - Sat 4 Sep 10 | 24HR Art NTCCA | Price: FREEPresented by Nomad Art Productions, “Djalkiri” exhibits works by indigenous and non-indigenous artists in a cross-cultural collaborative printmaking workshop at Yilparap on Blue Mud Bay in October 2009. Including Yolgnu artists Djambawa Click for more..
Theatre

VORTEX
Fri 3 Sep 10 - Sat 4 Sep 10 | The Amphitheatre, Charles Darwin University | Price: FREEStep into a world where circus, theatre, music and technology swirl together. Presented by Corrugated Iron Youth Arts and CDU MERGE Project, this unique family event is not to be missed. Warning: This show may contain traces of ninjas. ! Click for more..
Visual Arts

Theatre of Life by Marek Wilinski
Fri 3 Sep 10 - Sun 26 Sep 10 | Framed - The Darwin Gallery | Price: FREEMarek Wilinski was born in Poland and trained as a surveyor but painting has always been his passion. He conveys the essence of everyday life in his paintings, his mastery of expressive contour; graceful curves of tables laden with food and wine, an Click for more..

Joy Enever (Woods St) The Pandanus Project (DEAF Space)
Fri 3 Sep 10 - Sun 26 Sep 10 | DVAA Wood St and DEAF Space Galleries | Price: FREESince arriving in the N.T. I have been a guest at a colourful feast. The diversity and colour in the natural environment here has been a great source of inspiration. Like the changes in the surrounding landscape, my style and medium have varied ov Click for more..

TOGART Contemporary Art Award
Thu 2 Sep 10 - Thu 7 Oct 10 | Chan Contemporary Arts Space | Price: FREEThe fourth Togart Award showcases some of the finest artists from the northern regions of Australia. The works on display have been selected from a strongly contested field and the exhibition includes a diverse range of artsits and media. ! Click for more..
BEHIND THE WIRE
Thu 19 Aug 10 - Sun 5 Sep 10 | FANNIE BAY GAOL | Price: FREE'Behind the Wire' is an annual event that is eagerly anticipated by art enthusiasts. The vibrant and expressive artwork often surprises the observer, who will wonder at the results of creative expression by prisoners at Correctional Centres in the N Click for more..

First Prints: Western Desert Mob
Sat 7 Aug 10 - Sat 18 Sep 10 | Nomad Art Gallery | Price: FREEThe Western Desert Mob is a powerful coalition of Aboriginal art centres, painters, woodcarvers and weavers from the Ngaanyatjarra Lands in Western Australia. This exhibition showcases the first prints by some of the artists from Tjarlirli Art, Kayi Click for more..
Closing Down
Sun 1 Aug 10 - Mon 20 Sep 10 | Alice Sundown Aboriginal Art | Price: FREEGallery closing down sale. All stock must go by end of September, massive reductions storewide. ! Click for more..

Djalkiri: we are standing on their names. Blue Mud Bay
Sat 31 Jul 10 - Sat 4 Sep 10 | 24HR Art NTCCA | Price: FREEPresented by Nomad Art Productions, “Djalkiri” exhibits works by indigenous and non-indigenous artists in a cross-cultural collaborative printmaking workshop at Yilparap on Blue Mud Bay in October 2009. Including Yolgnu artists Djambawa Click for more..

Photographic Exhibition
Mon 28 Jun 10 - Sun 5 Sep 10 | Northern Territory Library | Price: FREECome in to the Library to see Penny Tweedie’s extraordinary photographs which provide a unique visual celebration of Arnhem Land people as they strive to maintain their traditional beliefs and culture. Drawn from Penny’s book ‘ Click for more..
Writing

2011 Chief Minister's Northern Territory History Book Award
Wed 1 Sep 10 - Thu 31 Mar 11 | Northern Territory Library | Price: FREEEntries Now Open - 2011 Chief Minister's Northern Territory History Book Award. The Award is administered by The Northern Territory Library, in conjunction with the NT Literary Awards. 2011 marks the 8th year of the award and it is encouraging to se Click for more..

2011 Northern Territory Literary Awards
Wed 1 Sep 10 - Mon 28 Feb 11 | Northern Territory Library | Price: FREEENTRIES NOW OPEN for 2011 Northern Territory Literary Awards. The Northern Territory Awards recognise written works of outstanding literary merit and highlight the achievements of Northern Territory writers. The Awards contribute to public recognit Click for more..






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