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Events for 19 August 2010
In Conversation: Head Full of Love
Thu 19 Aug 10 | NT Library | Price: Free
One of Australia’s most respected theatre directors Wesley Enoch talks with the charismatic cast of Head Full of Love, a world premiere play based on Central Australia’s famed Beanie...
Big Screen
Thu 19 Aug - Sat 28 Aug 10 | Deckchair Cinema | Price: TBC
As a travelling film festival, Big Screen brings a mix of classic and new Australian films to the lush outdoor setting of Deckchair Cinema. Crowd favourites such as Bran Nue Dae, the NT Premiere of...
Original Singer/Songwriter Showcase
Thu 19 Aug - Thu 30 Dec 10 | Nirvana | Price: Free
Nirvana has extended it's regular live entertainment playbill to include Thursday nights. Every week will showcase a local talent or two in a singer/ songwriter all original music night. Come along...
Microwave Jenny
Thu 19 Aug 10 | The Lighthouse | Price: $25
From performing on the back of a ute in regional NSW to being broadcast around the world, Microwave Jenny are on a super-fast track to success. Tessa Nuku and Brendon Boney’s musical chemistry...
The Tent
Thu 19 Aug - Sun 22 Aug 10 | Waterfront Footbridge | Price: $25
By Matt Prest. Sitting at the crossroads of installation art, puppetry, video and performance, The Tent allows an intimate group of people to step inside the story of an unlikely male friendship. ...
The Waiting City (M)
Thu 19 Aug 10 | Deckchair Cinema | Price: $20
The Waiting City M 103m 2010 Claire McCarthy Australia NT Premiere – presented by Big Screen 19 Aug Tickets $20 including refreshments. The story of an outwardly happy Australian couple who...
BEHIND THE WIRE
Thu 19 Aug - Sun 05 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...
Christa and Dick Hughes
Wed 18 Aug - Thu 19 Aug 10 | The Lighthouse, Festival Park | Price: TBC
"Join father and daughter duo, legendary jazz pianist Dick Hughes and his infamous daughter Christa, for a glorious performance of early jazz and blues from the twenties and thirties. Blues...
Rak Bulgul Tjaraku-Butung.
Tue 17 Aug - Fri 27 Aug 10 | 'Reflections Gallery | Price: TBC
Bulgul. The Healing Place. Tjala Aboriginal Art is very proud to present this, the first, exhibition in Australia of works by the Women of Bulgul. Situated on the Bonaparte...
Wilkinkarralakutu - Journeys to Lake Mackay
Sat 14 Aug - Fri 03 Sep 10 | Cross Cultural Art Exchange (CCAE) | Price: TBC
CCAE in conjunction with Papunya Tula Artists will present an exceptional body of work by the artists of Kintore and Kiwirrkura. 'Wilkinkarralakutu - Journeys to Lake Mackay' was curated not only to...
'Ian Abdulla - Afghan, Aboriginal, South Australian'
Sat 14 Aug - Fri 03 Sep 10 | Cross Cultural Art Exchange (CCAE) | Price: Free
2010 marks the 12th year that Ian Abdulla has been selected as a finalist in the National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award (NATSIAA). To celebrate this achievement Ian will be...
Freedom and Form - Black and White
Sat 14 Aug - Sat 28 Aug 10 | Woods Street Gallery & DEAF Space | Price: Free
For almost four decades the East Kimberley and adjacent desert regions of north-western Australia have yielded a rich seam of contemporary Aboriginal art. Renowned artists such as Rover Thomas,...
The Cook, The Queen, and The Kelly
Wed 11 Aug - Sun 22 Aug 10 | Frog Hollow Park | Price: $25
Tall Territory Tales! Featuring a cast of 30 dancers and actors, ‘The Cook, The Queen, and The Kelly’ is set under the stars in beautiful Frog Hollow Park. Worlds collide, cultures...
Special preview: Dion Beasley’s first-ever etchings on paper
Wed 11 Aug - Fri 20 Aug 10 | Northern Editions | Price: Free
Tennant Creek artist Dion Beasley, of Cheeky Dog fame, has extended his talents to fine art printmaking in a series of delightful and engaging etchings. Scratching his favourite images of dogs,...
Nexus: a collaboration in print from Central Australia and Fiji
Mon 09 Aug - Fri 27 Aug 10 | The Gallery | Price: Free
An intensive printmaking workshop held in Alice Springs early this year was the catalyst for a unique intersection of ideas and artistic expression in print, across cultures. The exhibition Nexus...
Lena Yarinkura & Bob Burruwal
Sat 07 Aug - Sun 29 Aug 10 | Framed - The Darwin Gallery | Price: Free
The charming soft sculptures of Lena Yarinkura and Bob Burruwal from Maningrida in Arnhemland are beautifully crafted works, woven and painted with great care. From cheeky dogs to tales of seduction...
Recent Works by Zhou Xiaoping
Sat 07 Aug - Sun 29 Aug 10 | Framed - The Darwin Gallery | Price: Free
Zhou Xiaoping captures the daily life of an Aboriginal community with great skill and sensitivity. His love and respect for the people of Arnhemland and the country itself is the result of many years...
First Prints: Western Desert Mob
Sat 07 Aug - Sat 18 Sep 10 | Nomad Art Gallery | Price: TBC
The 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...
Paintings From a Wild World by Ray Firth
Sat 07 Aug - Sun 29 Aug 10 | Framed - The Darwin Gallery | Price: Free
Ray Firth gives us an eagle's eye view of beautiful Australia. The splendour of wild, empty places is realised through a palette of shimmering reds and oranges. The complexity revealed in the detail...
Adorn
Fri 06 Aug - Sat 28 Aug 10 | Art Warehouse | Price: Free
Adorn . A wearable Art exhibition. Nothing mass produced nothing boring. Veronica Priestley Gina Trengrove Mandy Perters ...
The Lead and How to Swing it
Thu 05 Aug - Thu 02 Sep 10 | Territory Craft | Price: $215
Students will construct a small stained glass window employing traditional leadlight techniques. They will learn the correct method to cut glass, processes involved in the assembly of the window and...
Civic Centre Community Art Space - Culture Connecting Community, Arts From the Long Grass
Mon 02 Aug - Tue 31 Aug 10 | Civic Centre | Price: Free
An exhibition of works created by artists as part of Larrakia Nation's celebrated HEAL program. ...
Closing Down
Sun 01 Aug - Mon 20 Sep 10 | Alice Sundown Aboriginal Art | Price: Free
Gallery closing down sale. All stock must go by end of September, massive reductions storewide. ...
Djalkiri: we are standing on their names. Blue Mud Bay
Sat 31 Jul - Sat 04 Sep 10 | 24HR Art NTCCA | Price: Free
Presented 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...
Adult Circus Classes
Thu 22 Jul - Thu 09 Sep 10 | Nightcliff Community Centre | Price: $160
Corrugated Iron Youth Arts is pleased to announce we are offering an 8-week adults circus class starting this July. The class is open to ages 16+ and will cover tumbling, acro balance, tissu, static...
Photographic Exhibition
Mon 28 Jun - Sun 05 Sep 10 | Northern Territory Library | Price: Free
Come 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...
Behind the Wire
Wed 19 May - Thu 19 Aug 10 | Fannie Bay Gaol | Price: Free
Emanating from the art education programs at Darwin and Alice Springs Correctional Centres and the Don Dale Juvenile Detention Centre, this exhibition features works of painting, drawing, textiles,...
Irish Dancing Classes
Thu 28 Jan - Sun 12 Dec 10 | Sanderson Middle School (Thursdays) and Masonic Ha | Price: $10
IRISH DANCE-the fun way to get fit for everyone. Social & CLRG syllabus competition classes. All ages 4-104, any age can start! We are the only school in NT to offer both social and...


