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GYPSY CARAVANFri 17 Sept MELTING MOMENTSMASQUERADE BALL

Weave your way through a maze of exotic dances, traditional rhythms and the soulful hypnotic cultural soundson the gypsy caravan. A cultural remix from African to Klezmer, to the Latin Quarter of Bollywood. Sip MorroccanTea, eat Baklava and look into your future.

Lost within the boundaries of time and space exists exotic diversions and wanton extravagance of the Masquerade Ball.Come as the most delicious masked moment that just about melted in your mouth.Dress Code: High Glitz & MaskedThe

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Cnr Todd Street & Stott TerreaceMONTE’S“It’s Zap Mama, Sheila Chandra, Kate Bush and Billie Holiday being channelled by one woman and one powerful and dynamic voice”. Mihirangi is all grrrrrrl power – commanding, conscious, humourous, carefree, powerful, hypnotic and provocative. Singing in both Maori and English and dubbed the “Maori Princess of Funk” & the “Queen of Loops”. From the foundation of earth-shaking bass lines to intricately layered harmonies, rhythmic ‘ska’ chops, sensuous jazzy riffs and beat boxing – it’s all done with the power of her voice, an incredible vocal range and an exceptional talent for timing, rhythm and dynamic tonality.www.mihirangi.com/

One Africa

6pm-1am montes, cost$20

Mihirangi Sarasvati Tribal, Gypsy Balkan, Flamenco Arabique Fusion

11 Hands play Traditional West African rhythms.. Prepare yourself for some powerful hypnotic beats to move yourbody, soul and mind.

Rusty & The Infidels are renowned as the most vivacious and vibrant gypsy-jazz yiddish band in the red desert. They play klezmer - not just any old country music, but music from The Old Country.

A collaboration between well known African artists Lamine Sonko (Senegal), King Marong (Gambia) and Bec Mathews. The trio share a similar music heritage rooted in the ancient Mandinka traditions of West Africa.

Two dancers from different corners of the world find themselves in the same town. A unique show brought to you by Bollywood guru Kumar and Salsera, Kirsty Nancarrow.

Moonbug, Milli Da moocha and Sista Selecta

Claudia Sangiorgi Dalimore

MC Roman Micairan

Belly Dance

11 Hands Drummers

Rusty & the Infidels

The Latin Quarter of Bollywood

DJ’s

Dance Hall Performance

Sat 18 Sept 7pm-2am, montes, cost$40

Woohoo Revue

Proprietors of punchy folk jazz, gypsy swing and manic tango, this multi-instrumental monster is responsible for wreaking havoc upon dance floors across the country. Described as a “gypsy band,

Woohoo Revue

www.myspace.com/thewoohoorevue

Mister Ohm International Contact Juggler presents ‘Nirvadhi’

Tango dance Violins at Play-Duprada Dance Company

His latest solo performance is a unique exhibition of contact-juggling , drawing the spectator into an awakening dream of unfolding possibilities. Mister Om gracefully harnesses the elegance of this rare discipline to tell an awe-inspiring

Traditional and contemporary Latin tunes, infused with an enthusiasm that will keep you dancing all night.

These twisted sisters were born from the wafty clouds of classical libretto and banished to the thrash metal furnaces. In the spirit of affectionate rivalry and with brute force of fallen angels they have forged the perfect endless melody that can serenade the frost off the steeliest of hearts.

Los Bandeleros Perdidos

Iron Maidens present Metal Head Opera

DJ Mangohig

Mihirangi

His DJ sets are famous for incorporating the freshest new tunes from across the globe with a touch of nostalgia that will take the party to new levels.

Midnight Pirate - DJ Mustaphaaar &

wild-west fiddle contest and a roaring 20’s swing band all rolled into one”, this fiendishly talented sextet of violin, saxophone, trumpet, guitar, bass and drums create an adrenalin-fuelled on-stage celebration fit for dancing, drinking, and ignoring tomorrow.

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If you like pina coladas and getting caught in the rain ...... your going to love watchingthe sunset on our 10th Festival Celebrations whilst listening to the quirky sweetsurrender sounds of our local and live musicians.

Meet the terrible twins, Madam Hazard and Blade Babe, a diabolical duo fighting against mediocrity the only way they know how … with sequins and staple guns. Spawned from the fiery pits of cabaret sensation Stop it I Love it and Bris-vegas showstoppers The Rude, Vaudevillains bring an intimate physical theatre experience not for the faint hearted. Armed with an assortment of musical weaponry and junk percussion salvaged from city sidewalks, these super villains will steal your soul, drink your tears and lick the sweat from your quivering lips as they tap dance and beat box their way through a world of trickery and tomfoolery … breaking hearts and the occasional fingernail along the way.

Vaudevillians

Music through necessity. The desert is a lonely place and there is little to do except bake (in the heat, not the kitchen). To steer clear of talking to oneself, I sing to myself. If you listen in I am less of a loser. Party on!

pop, blues and folk influence accordion and wurlitzer sounds.

The Transients are Shon, Svet and Eddi. Their soulful sound is created with African percussion, accordion, guitars, vocals and electro-beats. The Transients indie­mix of songs will take your senses through both roaring

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At night, see some of the regions most rare and

elusive animals on a Nocturnal Tour.

11 - 18 SEPTEMBER DESERT ART WORKSHOPS Try your hand at desert art at various

workshops at the Desert Park. Visit the Desert Park during the

Desert Festival and learn from one of the oldest living cultures, and discover

the secrets of the desert.

Larapinta Drive, Alice Springs. Open 7.30am to 6pm daily.Fees apply, for further information please vist the the website or phone (08) 8951 8788.

5pm Sun 19 Sept, Cost$5

Katelnd Griffin Moody ballads with incorporating piano www.myspace.com/katelnd

Transients

and intimate sonic landscapes.

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OCT 22-24

WEARABLE ARTS AWARDS

SUNSET STREET CARNIVALE

POD

TRIPLE J UNEARTHED

GENERATE

BUSH BANDS BASH

IN TUNE EVENTS

DESERT VOICE

KIDS DAY

DAN SULTAN

YOUTH DANCE OFF

CLOCK OFF CLUB

CINEMA IN THE RIVER

HARVEST FARE

ALICE ON THE MENU

GALA DINNER

BUSHFOOD RECIPE COMPETITION

THE WRITINGS ON THE WALL

DESERT MOB

DESERT SMART ECO FAIR

ONE AFRICA WORKSHOP

ASANTE SANA @ TREPHINA

NIGHT MARKETS

WOMBAT STEW

UNDER THE BLOODWOOD TREE

DANCE JAM

HAPPENINGS IN THE MALL

MAVIS WARI & SIRI OMBERG EXHIBITION

BARRUPU IN THE SHOWS DESERT

TERRA INFIRMA

HEAD FULL OF LOVE

LULO REINHEARDT

of of Events

Saturday 18 September, 6.00pm Monday 20 September, 10.00am and 1.00pm

WOMBAT STEW is a “mouth-watering” combination of story-telling, mime, music, dance and puppetry, which is bound to be the highlight of children’s theatre for 2010 and well into the future.

Araluen Arts Centre DESERT MOB 2010

Harry Tjutjuna Wati Ngintaka, Wati Nyiru, Wanka and Kungka Tjuta 2009, 202 x 264 cm, acrylic on linen. Araluen Art Collection, purchased from Desert Mob 2009

FRIDAY 10 SEPTEMBER Desert Mob Symposium 9 am - 3 pm

Desert Mob Exhibition opens for sales 5 pm - 7.30 pm

Opening event celebrating 20 years of Desert Mob 7.30 pm Keynote speaker: Judith Ryan, NGV Launch of the Desert Mob Box Set of prints IAD book preview on Billy Benn Perrurle

SATURDAY 11 SEPTEMBER Desert Mob MarketPlace 10 am – 2 pm

ARALUEN ARTS CENTRE LARAPINTA DRIVE ALICE SPRINGS NT Bookings and Enquiries at Araluen Box Office: Ph: 08 8951 1120 E: araluen@nt.gov.au www.araluenartscentre.nt.gov.au

Image: Pamela Lofts

10 September – 24 October

Based on the book by Marcia K Vaughan and Pamela Lofts. First published by Scholastic Australia Pty Limited in 1984.

This adaptation created under license from Scholastic Australia Pty Ltd.

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AWARDSWEARABLE ARTS

Dream, Realise and Create…. The amazing Wearable Arts Awards return to unravel yourdisbelief and knit your senses into a frenzy. It’s a spectacle of awe inspiring creations inwearable form and a gala extravaganza not to be missed.Be filled with suspense and wait with bated breath to layyour eyes on new creations that adorn the catwalk.

Adult Wearable Arts Awards Springs Plaza – Top Notch AwardHeadpiece, hat or mask. Alice Springs Airport – New World SustainabilityMade from recycled materials. Gallery Gondwana – Natural Fibres AwardCreated from a minimum of 80% natural fibres. Brian Tucker Accounting – Fantasia AwardImaginations run wild. LJ Hooker – Actually WearableThis creation must be actually wearable. Jen Standish-White - Student Category Year 7 to 12This award has no thematic boundaries and complete freedom with materials. Territory Loans - Master Class Previous category winners. Central Craft - Alice Desert Festival Acquisition Award Territory Chinese Medicine – People’s Choice Awards Plumtec Taps, Tubs & Tiles – Performance Awards

Adult Wearable Arts Awards,Araluen Arts Centre, 7pm Sat 21st August

Cost: $45 / $40 conc. / $140 family

Adult Wearable Arts Awards Matinee,

Araluen Arts Centre, 2pm Sat 21st Au

gust

Cost: $40 / $35 conc. / $130 family

Youth Wearable Arts Awards Loraine Braham – Open Fantasia

Imaginations run wild. desertSMART COOLmob

- Recycled or Found ObjectMade from 80% recycled

or found objects. Arid Lands Environment

Centre (ALEC) - Team entry:Celebrating Biodiversity in the

desert this award is for teams of 3 or more people.

Alice Springs Public LibraryAlice Desert Festival

Acquisition Award Moving Pictures - Student

People’s Choice Award

Youth Wearable Arts Awards, Araluen

Arts

Centre, 1pm Sun 22nd August

Cost:$30 / $25 conc. / $90 family

Tickets on sale at Araluen Box Office 8951 1122

STORM BOY

CINEMAin the River 2010

+ Classic Aussie Shorts FAMILY FILM NIGHT Based on the novel by Colin Theiele, this film focuses on Mike ‘Storm Boy’ Kingsley and his encounter with an Aboriginal youth ‘Fingerbone’ Bill who is banished by his people, the Kunai. Together they rescue three pelican chicks orphaned by hunters and Mike learns about the land, the sea and

the Aboriginal people.

Alice Desert Festival’s signature screen event illuminates the Todd River with three nights of fabulous local,international, new and classic films under the stars. Bring a blanket and a picnic.

Sundown Sat 23 Oct

Banks of Todd River, next to Anzac O

val, Gold coin donation

Sundown Sun 24 Oct

Banks of Todd River, next to Anzac O

val,

Gold coin donation

New International and Australian Indigenous Cinema

Lens Flair Central Australian Short Film Competition and Development WorkshopsChannel your creative passions into a 7 minute short film to enter in the in augural Lens Flair Central Australian Short Film Competition. Categories:

Headspace Youth (up to 20 years)Open–Fiction/dramaOpen-Non-Fiction (including Music Videos)Entry forms and terms and conditions available at www.alicedesertfestival.com.au Deadline 24 September 2010

Lens Flair short film developmentworkshops delivered by award-winninglocal filmmakers: August 8 - Script and production August 15 – Sound recording and design August 22 – Camera August 29 – Editing and post-production Free for Lens Flair entrants. More info/ register: www.alicedesertfestival.com.au 0405 419 412

NEW

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Lens Flair Awards - Central Australian Short Film Competition Winners

Sundown fri 22 Oct Banks of Todd Riv

er, next to Anzac Oval,

Gold coin donation

Supported by the NT Film Office

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WILDBUSHFOODSWILD BUSHFOODSLocal fare is centre stage in the Alice Desert Festival’s Pod. Celebrating the theme of bushfoods, wildfoods and other local produce from Central Australia, this Harvest Fare will showcase the best of the region with displays, tastings, cooking demonstrations, workshops

and bush medicine. Don’t miss part one of the recipe competition, when local foodies of all ages will cook up a storm before a panel of judges, for a chance to become an award winning recipe maker!

“...celebrating bushfoods, wildfoods and other

A chef of over 30 years experience and founder of the Red Ochre Restaurants, Andrew Fielke is widely regarded as Australia’s leading chef and authority on preparing innovative Australian Native Cuisine. He is renowned internationally for his pioneering work since 1985 with Australia’s Indigenous foods. After leaving Red Ochre in 2001, he has travelled extensively promoting his unique cuisine style and presenting numerous TV segments on Australian Food & Wine on ABC’s Asia Pacific Satellite Channel & Foxtel.

In 2010 it’s all about participation and innovation with ‘Alice on the Menu’, where our restaurants and eating houses put their creativity and skills to the test. Let your taste buds be tantalised by ‘festival dishes’ across town during the month of September, where the challenge is to create

a dish (or dishes) to showcase our bushfoods, wildfoods and local produce. Check the website for participating outlets and be in the running to win a prize for the best diner review.

Alice On The Menu

Harvest Fare

Month of September Participating outl

ets: www.wildbushfoods.com.au

10am–4pm Sun 12 Sept The Pod, Anzac Ova

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Bushfoods Recipe Competition Now in its sixth year, this exciting event has captured the hearts and mouths of local foodies, gained worldwide media attention, and wooed the tastebuds of renowned chefs Maggie Beer and Stephanie Alexander. With a focus on creative use of ingredients, this is your chance to try your hand at utilising our unique bushfoods, wildfoods and other local fare

to create an award winning recipe! With only two opportunities to get involved, you’ll need to get in quick. This event is open to all ages and abilities, soget involved in the name of fun, food and innovation! Entry forms available from Afghan Traders, Bean Tree Cafe, RedHOT Arts & www.wildbushfoods.com.au

Heat 1: 10am onward Sun 12 Sept

Harvest Fare, The Pod, Anzac Oval, W

ills Tce

Heat 2: 10am onward Sat18 Sept

DesertSMART Eco Fair, Olive Pink Bot

anic Garden, Tuncks Rd

local produce of Central Australia...”

Chefs love showing off their talents, and one of the ways in which they can best do this is by offering a degustation menu, literally, a multi-course “tasting menu” in which in a single meal, diners sample as many as ten or twelve different courses. These types of menus offer a challenge to any serious chef and also offer an excellent opportunity for diners, because you get, in a single meal, to sample a broad range of the dishes offered by that particular chef. Celebrated native foods chef, Andrew Fielke will produce a spectacular selection of courses, designed to exhibit the very best of Australian Wild and Bush Foods. These menus typically take about 2 ½ to 3 hours to complete. The courses have been designed to be much smaller than on the à la carte menu and you eat them over a longer time, so you should never feel too full. The objective is to experience a range of tastes, aromas, and textures and finish feeling satisfied, happy and extremely content.

Would you love to take your interest and expertise in bush foods to the next level? Andrew Fielke will guide you there at this hands-on workshop. Get tips, stories and new techniques at this 4.5hour session with the guru. All ingredients provided. BYO Apron, chopping board, knife and bottle of wine. We will eat what we have cooked for dinner.

Bookings: bushfoods@redhotarts.com.au

Andrew Fielke

Gala Dinner

5pm- 9pm, Sun 19 Sept

Madigans Restaurant, Alice Springs D

esert Park

Cost: $120 Bookings: Madigans - 8951 8750

– Wild Bush Foods Degustation

Wild Bushfoods Cooking Class with Andrew Fielke

3pm-7.30pm Sat 18 Sept

Kungkas Can Cook, Diarama Village, L

arapinta Drive.

$75 – strictly limited numbers

the

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LAGS

Tibetan Buddhists, for centuries, have planted these flags for the wind to carry prayers out to the community. Based on the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, “Flair Flags” is a community engagement project initiated by Red HOT Arts for the 2010 Alice Desert Festival. The project embraces the incredible cultural diversity within our Alice Springs community, through the art of Screen Printing. The non-denominational flags that represent social cohesion, harmony and healthy communities have been thoughtfully created by local schools, multi-cultural groups, community organisations and members of the general public. It has been a huge success and everyone involved created positive messages and images of community unity, which you will see on our Flair Flags at various Festival events. We would like to thank and acknowledge our project supporters Festivals Australia and the Department of Chief Ministers (Multicultural Affairs).

Prayer Flags are inscribed with auspicious symbols, invocations and prayers.

See the Flair Flags at

various Festival events

across Alice Springs.

The Writing’son the Wall

The Writing’s on the Wall showcases temporary sculptures, broadsheet paste-ups, art installations, projections, zines and hybrid performance pieces. These artworks will sit alongside a program of public forums and presentations engaging the local community in discussion around the use of public space. This project will host interstate artists Jacqui Stockdale (VIC), Tom Hall (QLD), and Ross Byers (TAS), alongside local Alice Springs artists including youth artists from Incite Youth Arts, Gap Youth Centre and the Red HOT Arts’ GeNeraTe program.

Exploring definitions and crossovers of Art, Public Art,Graffiti and Street Art. ‘What’s beautiful about street art is the secrets and discovering those hidden things. It’s exploring city, beingurban explorers.’ Tom Civil (interview by Ghostpatrol and Miso, extract from ‘Street/Studio – the place of Street Art in Mebourne’ 2010)

sept 10 onward, locations

around Alice

Writing’s on The Wall program available For more info: www.wts.org.au

or phone 8952 1949

DESERT MOB Celebrating

20 Years Desert Mob MarketPlace is a large indoor/outdoor market spilling over with stalls selling affordable Aboriginal art and crafts and products (such as T shirts, bags, books and calendars) from Desart member Art Centres across Central Australia. Popular with both locals and tourists, MarketPlace offers a chance for a bargain to early browsers. Food and drinks available on site.

The Araluen Arts Centre, in association with Desart, is delighted to present the annual Desert Mob event.

Celebrating the artists behind the art on display at Desert Mob and the place of community, country and culture in the artists’ lives and works. Together with interstate guests, artists from Art Centres across Central Australia present stories, images and films about their country and their art under the theme ‘In Country’. Come and meet the artists and hear about current projects happening in Art Centres across the desert. Registrations: www.desart.com.au fax 08 8953 4517.

Traditionally the Desert Mob exhibition has opened on a Sunday afternoon. However for our 20th Anniversary year, the exhibition will open to the public for sales from 5pm on Friday 10 September and opening celebrations will be in the Araluen Foyer and Theatre from 6.30pm.

This year’s exhibition will display more than 300 recent works from around 40 Aboriginal Art Centres in Central Australia, with works by artists living and working in remote areas of the Northern Territory, South Australia and Western Australia. This exhibition provides a unique opportunity to view and purchase artworks from both new and established artists, all in one place, directly from the Art Centres. As members of Desart, the participating Art Centres are owned and governed by Aboriginal people in their own communities.

9am-3pm Fri 10 Sept, Araluen Theatre

$20 donation for catering

Desert Mob Symposium: Stories from the Artists

Desert Mob Market place

2010

5pm-9pm Fri 10 Sept,Araluen Gallerie

s,

Foyer and Theatre

10am-2pm, Sat 11 Sept, Araluen Arts

Centre

a Desert Mob Exibition

walls, text, sound

Wombat StewThe children’s book Wombat Stew, with illustrations by Lulo Reinhardt

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Asante Sana, Alice’s own musical Tour de Force, will perform its now familiar brand of music in the magical Trephina Gorge. Seventy voices will be joined in harmony, building bridges across cultures in the community through their singing and their song. Asante Sana will offer their rendition of stirring African harmonies, ballads, and songs inspired by life in the Red Centre and led by powerhouse Morris Stuart. The choir will also share the bill with other local performers and there may even be a surprise or two!

Trephina Gorge is one of Central Australia’s best kept secrets: beautiful, majestic, ancient, a magnificent soundshell and an all-around wonderful place in which to celebrate the end of the festival with this much anticipated annual event, which has become a favourite of locals and visitors alike.

at Trephina GorgeAsante Sana 3pm Sun 19 Sept T

rephina Gorge

Taste entries from the solar oven bake-off, check out interactive displays, speak to the experts, be intrigued and inspired by local inventors and innovators. Arrive early for bird watching and the best of the huge native plant sale. Enjoy breakfast in this exquisite setting. Participate in the free workshop program from gardening tips to bush foods and solar options. There is a craft fair, children’s activities and much more. Linger

over lunch in the beautiful surrounds of the Olive Pink Botanic Garden with an acoustic line up of Alice Desert Festival sounds from Mik Cafe, Jeannette Wormald and Scozzie presenting Thonglines. Learn. Participate. Create. Enjoy. www.alec.org.au

DesertSMARTDesertSMARTEco Fair

7am–2pm Sat 18 Sept Olive Pink Botanic

Garden, Tuncks Rd

Learn about local sustainability and desertSMART living in the arid zone. iNTuneMusic Conference

ALICE SPRINGS

The theatre production by Gary Ginivan. Attractions is a “mouth

-watering” combination of story-telling, mime, music, dance and puppetry.

The story has been cleverly developedinto a “true-blue-dinky-di-big-aussie

-musical” complete with blobs of mud, very fine feathers, creepy crawlies,

fliesss, gum-nuts and a big bubbling

Part of the NT Music Month and coinciding with the Alice Desert

Festival, iNTune Alice Springs is a music conference that brings

together local and interstate music industry representatives to

participate in forums, workshops, showcases and roundtable

sessions focused on the growth and development of CentralAustralian Music.

More info: www.intune.net.au, Music NT 08 89520322.iNTune

Pamela Lofts is the simple story of a dingo who catchesa wombat and decides to make wombat stew.

10-12, Sept Totem Theatre, Snow Kenn

a Park

$25 including tea and coffee.

Tickets on the door.

6pm Sat 18 Sept,

10am,1pm, Mon 20 Sept

Araluen Theatre,Larapinta DrAdults:$20

Araluen Members:$18

Concession:$18Students:$15

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Terra infirma: an exhibition of sculptures and photographs

opening 11am sat 11 sept.

runs until 30 sept. 8 hele gallery

5-9pm thurs 16 sept, todd mall

Saunter down and absorb the night market ambience with stalls, an exhibition Celebrating 2010 Family Men and live music featuring a Music NT showcase including: the Town Band playing a medley from the Shrek soundtrack, The Good Time Family Band, and a DJ set of new music from Central Australia and beyond from Mili da Moocha and Snez, a multi award winning artist and an inspiring talent in the independent music scene.

Alice Springs Town Council Night Markets

An exhibition of raw and dynamic works on bark by Yolgnu artist Barrupu Yunipingu of Buku Larrngay Mulka Art Centre, Yirrkala NE Arnhemland. +

‘Mimil Maku, a survey show’ - featuringvibrant new works by Puna Yanima, Tuppy Goodwin, Ngupulya Pumani and Milatjari Pumani of Mimili community SA.

Knowledge that Central Australia is only sparsely populated provides false reassurance of a heartland that is self-protecting and inert. Beyond the national radar, epic wildfires produce carbon emissions that compare with the industrial outputs of cities. Vast areas of defacto wilderness further extinctions are inevitable. But life goes on.

A collaboration in sterling silver. Mavis draws & bends silver wire , Siri cuts out shapes , Mavis puts the bits together, Siri blasts it with the flame, Mavis hammers, files & sandpapers, Siri finishes off the piece on the buffing machine. To and fro is the way it is made.

Mavis Wari & Siri Omberg Handmade Jewellery

10-19 September 11am-6pm

or by appointment

Siri omberg studio / exhibition spac

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3 Mueller st , Old Eastside

Barrupushows up

Desertin the

Both shows open 3pm Saturday 11 Sept

Raft Artspace, runs until 2 oct

UNDER Expect the unexpected, see Alice with new eyes. You have trudged the Todd Mall for years hoping that something exciting would happen, anything! Finally you make the big decision to leave Alice. You have a lawn sale (and get rid of your entire mismatched tupperware collection for an outrageous price), sell your 4 wheel drive and buy a property on the East Coast. Just as you are about to conclude that Alice Springs is a seriously predictable town (whist sipping your last coffee near the sails) you experience an Ccentrick!

HAPPENINGS

12.30pm Mon 13 - Fri 17 Sept

under the sails, Todd Mall

in the Mall

Poets and storytellers gather on the rural fringe of town. Beneath the canopy of a bloodwood tree they speak. A scrub of seeds is sown. A forest of words is planted. Minds and souls are regenerated. Bring a rug or a chair, and open your ears to the cream of Alice Springs’ award-winning writers and poets.

Look out for sign on Kurrajong Drive and then follow directions along a 200m walking track to the largest bloodwood tree and natural bush stage

5.30 pm Wed 15 Sept

a bloodwood tree she spoke..

JAMBrought together by local dance collective, DustyFeet, Dance Jam 2010 will showcase works choreographed by local and interstate dancers in a range of styles including contemporary dance, classical ballet, hip-hop, circus-arts and many more!

DANCE7pm 13, 14 Sept, C

harles Darwin

University Theatrette

Cost $15. cons/ $10

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West African drum and dance

workshops with

Head Full of Love is an intricately warm play drawing a portrait of the relationships that develop and flourish at the Alice Springs Beanie Festival. This renowned Central Australian event is an annual pilgrimage for women as diverse and distant as the Anangu and Tjanpi weavers, and Western women from all over the world. As secrets are shared and struggles are faced, a tendril of trust begins to develop into an unlikely friendship and the distance between worlds diminishes. Directed by Wesley Enoch and starring Colette Mann and Roxanne McDonald,this remarkable production is an invitation to look differently at the possibilities of the beanie: a much-loved everyday item and by extension, our everyday lives. This project is produced by Darwin Festival and commissioned with the support of Red Dust Theatre and 32’ Browns Mart Producing Hub. Supported by Eva Besen AO and Marc Besen AO, the Australia Council for the Arts and Festivals Australia. From Fri 17 to Sun 19 Sept.

Written by Alana Valentine Extraordinary friendships. Extraordinary women.

Head Full

Fri 11am and 7.30pm. Sat 7.30pm. Sun

5pm

Totem Theatre, Snow Kenna Park

Book: 08 8951 1122

$20 adult, $15 conc, $10 student

Kids Drum and Dance Up to 10yrs 4pm–5pm Thur 16 Sept, Cost: $15

Introduction to West African Drum and Dance all ages and abilities

Dance Workshops10pm - 11.30pm Sat 18 Sept, Drum Workshops 12am- 2pm Sat 18 Sept Cost: $25.00

West African Drumming & DanceBeginners to advanced, private tutorial by negotiation.

Dance Workshop 2pm-4pm Sat 18 Sept, Cost: $25

All drum & dance w/shops, Red HOT Arts, 67 Bath St Bookings: Red HOT Arts 8952 2392

Founders of the Melbourne based ‘One Africa’ school of drum and dance King Marong and Lamine Sonko will be offering a series of West African drum and dance workshops catering for all ages and abilities.

ONE AfricaExperience the high energy grooves of traditional West African percussion and dance with Gambian Master Drummer King Marong and Senegalese dance extraordinaire Lamine Sonko. www.oneafrica.com.au

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