November 2019
Greenbush Art Group: Shake, Rattle and Roll
Greenbush Art Group: Shake, Rattle and Roll A History of Central Australian Transport Presented by Araluen Arts Centre Shake, Rattle and Roll: A History of Central Australian Transport by the Greenbush Art Group at the Alice Springs Correctional Centre, pays tribute to and interprets the history of transport in Central Australia. Early transport created a paradigm shift in desert regions, enabling the expansion of settler colonialism, ‘opening up’ the continent’s interior, creating cultural complexity and irrevocably changing the way people live, travel and engage…
Find out more »December 2019
Summer Reading Club for adults & kids – Win prizes for reading!
Summer Reading Club A free club for both ADULTS & KIDS that rewards you for reading! Why not be rewarded for reading over Summer? Alice Springs Public Library’s Summer Reading Club is back and stronger than ever now that it will be open to ALL AGES! Yes you heard right, whole families can register and join in the fun. Club benefits include: A prize for all members for their first 5 hours of reading, plus Weekly prize draws Major prizes at the end of summer A free pool party & BBQ celebration The Summer…
Find out more »January 2020
Samantha Wood Author Talk @ the Library
Join us as Samantha Wood talks about the writing process, shares her insights into the publishing world and how to get inspired to write... After writing her first book Culua: My Other Life in Mexico, a love letter to her mother’s country, Samantha Wood took another decade to release her debut novel, The Bay of Shadows, a psychological thriller set on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula. She joins us at Alice Springs Public Library to talk about her latest offering, Under Ten…
Find out more »Drag Queen Bingo
Drag Queen Bingo at The Rock Bar, Alice Springs every Wednesday night. Featuring fun drag shows, fabulous food and extremely tacky prizes and best of all its FREE - what's not to love - Bookings Essential. Ph: 08 8953 8280 Email: info@therockbar.com.au
Find out more »February 2020
UFC 247 Jones V Reyes
***LIVE ON THE BIG SCREEN*** Get ready for an action packed Sunday Feb 9th with 2 showcase title fights going down at the Toyota Centre in Houston. UFC light heavyweight Champion Jon Jones looks to continue his reign on top as he defends his title against #4 ranked light heavyweight Dominick Reyes. UFC women's flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko comes off an impressive 2019 and puts her belt up for the 3rd time against #1 ranked flyweight Katlyn Chookagian. Catch it ALL right…
Find out more »In My Blood It Runs – Premiere Alice Springs Screening
Premiere Alice Springs Screening and Q & A with the cast and film makers “A wholly original and impactful look at growing up Indigenous in Australia today” The Gate After premiering at Hot Docs, Canada in April 2019, winning a number of awards and screening at festivals around the world In My Blood It Runs now comes home for our Mparntwe / Alice Springs premiere! The film opens in cinemas nationally from February 20, but this will be a special screening to…
Find out more »Alice Springs Fairytale Ring Meeting
Hope you all had a restful and relaxing holiday season. This group as an offshoot of the Australian Fairytale Society group that I was apart of in Adelaide. Meet up and talk about your favourite fairytales. Analyse their themes and discuss their implications on society and how they have been changed by popular culture. Our first fairytale of 2020 is going to be Rapunzel! Please read the story before hand and have a think about your reaction to it,…
Find out more »Permanent Recession Book Launch
Presented by All Conference All Conference is pleased to announce the release of its first major publication Permanent Recession: a Handbook on Art, Labour and Circumstance. Published by Onomatopee Projects, Permanent Recession is an enquiry into the capitals and currencies of experimental, radical and artist-run initiatives in Australia. Excavating a shared history of independent practice stretching back to the 1980s, this publication situates new research within a rich continuum of debate about the Australian artmaking context. Part research, part advocacy…
Find out more »March 2020
FABalice Pool Party- Gap View Hotel
Pull out your kaftans and budgie smugglers for a lazy dip in the pool at the Gap View Hotel with the FABalice DJ tunes.
Find out more »May 2020
Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow
Australia's favourite comedy convoy is locked, loaded and heading to Alice Springs! Join our diverse line-up of the hottest acts direct from the Melbourne International Comedy Festival for a very special show that is sure to tickle everyone’s funny bone. Featuring a cast of Aussie stars, talented newcomers and special guest international performers, we're home-delivering Australia's largest comedy festival to you in one jam-packed night. For over 20 years the Roadshow has presented an all killer, no filler night of…
Find out more »June 2020
Alice Springs Street Art Festival
The walls in the CBD will be transformed into dynamic art as part of the Alice Springs Street Art Festival. An ‘urban artist in residence’, local painters, artists and designers will collaborate with interstate mentors, coming off the back of a highly successful street art season in Darwin. Watch the urban landscape transform into a fresco masterpiece. A DJ Festival is proposed to run alongside the Street Art Festival. We are hoping to attract local, interstate and international DJs which…
Find out more »September 2020
Desert Festival 2020
Presented by Red Hot Arts Central Australia, the Festival shares the stories, songs and the unique lifestyle of the Red Centre’s arid region. Featuring a vibrant program born out of the desert landscape, it celebrates the dynamic exchange between cultures in the heart of Australia. More information to come! #desfest
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