Arts, Culture & Events

This space is dedicated to showcasing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island People's exceptional talents in all the areas of art and culture. If you have any contributions you would like to make - you can contact us via the Message Stick email messagestick@your.abc.net.au

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Cultural Events

• Indigenous artistes at the Woodford Folk Festival 2005 / 2006 (7 June)
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  Community and Society:Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) - Community and Society:Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander):Indigenous Protocols
• Stolen Wages National Day of Action 10 December 2005 (18 January)
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• Kia Ora! Aloha! Ta’nsi! World Indigenous Peoples’ Conference on Education 2005, Hamilton New Zealand 2005 (9 December)
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• Visual arts at the Dreaming Festival, Woodford (30 November)
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• Deadly Awards 2005 (23 September)
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Black Arts Performance Arts

• "Howie the Rookie" directed by Leah Purcell (8 May)
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• Spotlight on Actor Margaret Harvey (RAN) (8 February)
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• Descendance survived Hurricane Wilma......a letter from Disneyworld, Florida (31 October)
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• Yarning with Tom E Lewis (13 October)
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• Headhunter by Ilbijerri Aboriginal & Islander Theatre Cooperative (7 October)
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Black Arts Visual Arts

• The First Eleven: Aboriginal Cricketers ahead of their time (20 January)
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• "Jidmaa Thuwathu - Rainbow Serpent Rising" (28 July)
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Black Arts Book Review

• My Home in Kakadu Jane Christophersen and illustrated by Christine Christophersen (11 July)
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• Watershed by Fabienne Bayet-Charlton (1 April)
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• Smoke Encrypted Whispers by Samuel Wagan Watson (14 February)
  Arts and Entertainment:Books (Literature) - Community and Society:Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander):Indigenous Culture
• The Little Platyplus and the Fire Spirit (25 January)
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• The Pearl: the story of Steve Renouf (18 January)
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Black Arts Film

• 21 Questions with Julie Nimmo - Film Producer/Director (26 October)
  Community and Society:Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander):Indigenous Culture - Arts and Entertainment:Film (Movies):Drama
• ABC's Indigenous Programs Unit honours Christine Jacobs on the National Day of Healing (26 May)
  Community and Society:Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander):Indigenous Culture - Arts and Entertainment:Film (Movies):Drama
• Catriona McKenzie, Director of "Mr Patterns" (6 January)
  Community and Society:Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander):Indigenous Culture - Arts and Entertainment:Film (Movies):Drama

Black Arts Music Review

• "Yabun: Song with a Beat Volume 2" reviewed by Paulette Whitton (10 June)
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• "Jewel of the North" by Toni Janke (5 June)
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• "Ain't No Suckas" by MC Murriz (24 March)
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Black Arts Word

• Melbourne Emerging Writers’ Festival (2 June)
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• The Inaugural National Indigenous Writers Festival a HUGE success (21 July)
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Black Arts Music

• Kineman Karma 'stir it up' in Adelaide (2 June)
  Community and Society:Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) - Arts and Entertainment:Music
• Will the Ladies in the House Please Stand Up! (20 July)
  Community and Society:Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) - Arts and Entertainment:Music
• A Legendary Tour - Vic Simms & his All-star Band with The Jimmy Little Trio tour photographs (15 July)
  Community and Society:Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) - Arts and Entertainment:Music
• "Totemic" perform at the Grand Hotel on Thursday Island (6 July)
  Community and Society:Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) - Arts and Entertainment:Music

Black Arts Film Reviews

• RAN's Just Right (7 February)
  I’d recommend visiting the Cairns Regional Gallery website and reading the blurb on the Torres Strait Islands and its Islanders put together by Ilan Pasin curators Tom Mosby and Brian Robinson.Ilan Pasin
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Black Arts - Black Telegraph

• In Search of The Thunderboys
  
  
• Many Nations One People
  
  
• Community Elders
  
  
• Education Future for My People
  
  
• Resourcing Community Centres