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25.01.2022 We're curious to join this conversation on Thursday with Darwin artist Levin A. Diastchenko, who last year spent a month in a small dome - no gardening, no breadmaking, no Zoom webinars, no House Party, no backgammon! What were the tools he found helpful in his isolation, and what did he learn? Hosted by Darwin Community Arts, join via Zoom in the event link below!

25.01.2022 An important conversation coming up next Saturday 4 July at the Darwin Workers Club - it will be a chance to hear from Thomas Mayor about why he supports the Uluru Statement and in particular, a constitutionally enshrined First Nations Voice.

24.01.2022 We're very excited about this series hosted by GULP NT and Taste of The Top End. Some of you may have come along to hear from Larrakia Traditional Owner Leslie Gordon at last year's DFU session on bush tucker and tropical foods - this is a wonderful opportunity to learn more! Connecting with our natural surroundings is just what we need right now Click interested and you'll get the links to the short videos when they're ready.

24.01.2022 Today 2pm at the Rails for Darwin Fringe Festival!

21.01.2022 A helpful how-to workshop coming up from COOLmob to help you understand your carbon footprint and the things you can change to reduce it! RSVP via the link below

17.01.2022 MusicNT is helping you to make your COVID-response creative dream a reality tomorrow. There are a few creative grants floating around right now and they can be a great way of sharing your talents with the rest of us. The process can be a bit daunting, it's true, so great that you have these professionals giving you all their tips of the trade gratis!

16.01.2022 This Thursday! Come and Zoom into Melbourne Free University's lecture on China in the Australian National Imagination in the times of the Coronavirus. Free at Mayfair Gallery but a bit earlier than usual to account for the time different at 5pm!

16.01.2022 Who came along to our jackfruit workshop last year?! You can catch the wonderful Karunika Pemarathne sharing her recipe for young jackfruit curry on Jimmy Shu's new cooking series Taste of the Territory on SBS @ 8.30pm tonight! So many familiar faces coming up in future episodes, making us very proud of the Darwin community! Make sure you check it out

15.01.2022 Art in the Times of Survival is our second DFU event for Darwin Fringe Festival and tickets are booking fast! So much has been shared about arts grant funding, staying afloat and the wider precarity of artists within the COVID-19 crisis ... but what about the fundamental role of the arts in surviving our amounting crises? Who do we need to convince of the important role the arts plays within other frontine services? Join Erica McCalman, Kelly Lee Hickey and Sean Angeles as they share their insights with us. Hosted by Stephanie Martin and Crystal Schwarz-Silber. Tickets are free but bookings are limited.

14.01.2022 Another great workshop with CoolMob coming up!

14.01.2022 Starting soon! Join us via Zoom by following this link: https://zoom.us/j/562289767

13.01.2022 Hi everyone, we hope everyone is doing ok. The past few weeks have been turbulent - we've been taking some time to reset and consider how DFU can be of most use to our community during this time. We want to provide space for reflection and critical thinking about the many interwoven challenges we are facing, and ways that we can express solidarity and build power across the community to create a better future on the other side. We'll share a program with you soon, but in the... meantime, we'll post links to other free workshops/training/resources that might be of interest! (Remember you can always email us with your ideas or resources to share at [email protected]) *COMMUNITY ORGANISING COURSE - Starts this Friday* First up is this *free* community organising training being run by a group of Australian organisers, including Amanda Tattersall, who co-founded GetUp, founded the Sydney Alliance and produces ChangeMakers podcast. One of the positive things about the current situation is that a whole lot of things that were previously out of reach due to cost and distance are now being made accessible - the Sydney Alliance community organising training usually costs a lot of money and involves a trip to Sydney! We'd encourage anyone interested in how we can generate social change through this moment we're living through to sign up. The course content will grow based on participants' ideas. The first session is this Friday 11.30am-1pm NT time via Zoom - register via the link below. https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/the-public-dimensions-of-ou *DIGITAL ORGANISING TRAININGS - Different times this week and next depending on topic* The Australian Conservation Foundation is running a whole series of webinars starting this week on practical digital tools like Zoom and Slack that can help us stay connected. You can check out the topics and times here: https://www.acf.org.au/digital_organising_web_series

12.01.2022 Interested in getting your head into some radical reading? For a while now, Brisbane Free University has been running a Radical Reading Group. With the COVID-19 shut down, they have moved the weekly discussions online - which is good news for those of us in Darwin interested in joining! The theme for the readings from March-June this year is solidarity - ...Continue reading

12.01.2022 COOLmob and the Environment Centre NT are hosting some great virtual workshops starting this week! (Note correct date for the first workshops is this Wed 15 April). You can register at https://www.ecnt.org.au/events

07.01.2022 Tonight! Shaun Angeles won't be making it sadly but we will still present a thought-provoking panel of Kelly Lee Hickey, Erica McCalman and Crystal Schwarz-Silber on how the arts can be instrumental to survival of catastrophic events now and into the future. Presented in partnership with Darwin Fringe Festival

07.01.2022 Who's joining the first COOLmob and Environment Centre NT virtual workshop tomorrow at 10.30am!? Georgia Glen from Lakeside Drive Community Garden will be teaching us some small space gardening tricks and sharing her composting tips Register at www.ecnt.org.au/events to get the Zoom link

06.01.2022 This afternoon! 5pm! 'Unmasking the Epidemic' dial in with Melbourne Free University.

05.01.2022 Time to book your Darwin Fringe Festival line up - don't forget our two DFU events - Is Politics In the NT F*cked? A Darwin Free Uni Comedy Debate and Art in Times of Survival: A Darwin Free University Discussion They are going to be great, all our organisers have put in heaps of work to deliver you something unforgettable!

05.01.2022 The Reset Reading Group is starting up across the country next week. COVID-19 has disrupted business as usual in ways that are still unfolding and we are still coming to understand. Through this disruption, different futures are opening up: in one direction deepening inequality, injustice and climate impacts, in the other the chance to recover from this crisis and build worlds based on social and ecological justice. Many of us are having conversations about the kind of world... we want to build together through this crisis - the Reset reading group is a chance to give some structure and dedicated time to that thinking. The reading group provides a free, fortnightly program of readings, films and podcasts, curated by a range of impressive thinkers and change makers. It draws upon the ideas of philosophers, political theorists, educators, agitators and artists as well as the collective wisdom of participants. The program will run for three months from May to July, but you can dip in and out as you wish. You can start up your own reading/discussion group with friends, family or colleagues. Alternatively you are welcome to send DFU a message and we can invite you to be part of an existing group. Register via the link below

05.01.2022 Hi everyone, looking forward to seeing many of you tonight for this important discussion! We'll be meeting via Zoom - click on the link below to join us at 6pm. https://zoom.us/j/562289767 If you have any issues connecting via Zoom, send us a message or text 0416 075 187.... See you all soon!

01.01.2022 It's almost Fringe time and DFU is back to tackle the big questions! As we tentatively step out of the shadows of COVID-19 and head to the ballot box, should we hold on to hope for the Territory's recover, rebuild and rebound moment - or is NT politics just plain f*cked? Will Crawford and MC Robbie Hoad leading an all-star Darwin debating line up at the Rails! Tickets free but bookings required to manage venue numbers.

01.01.2022 This Saturday - come and hear a fantastic and diverse panel community panel featuring Kirsty Howie, Tony Duwun Lee and Jason Fowler regarding local water campaigns, set against the backdrop of the exhibition Groundswell: Recent movements in art and territory. Entry is free - bring your questions!