www.ntnews.com.au Friday, July 20, 2012. NT NEWS. 41

PU

B:

NTNE-WS-DA-TE:20-JGE:41 CO-LO-R: C-M Y-K

NOW SHOWING*A SURCHARGE APPLIES FOR ALL 3D SESSIONS.

PHONE 8931 2555

www.cmaxcinema.com.au

10

25

93

9

BATMAN - Dark Knight Rises(M)Daily to Sun 11.35am, 2.45, 6.15, 8.10 & 9.20pm

Ted (MA)15+ Daily to Sun 2.45, 7.15 & 9.15pm

Snow White & The Huntsman (M) Daily to Sun 10am, 12.20 & 4.45pm

Brave [PG] Daily to Sun 9.50am & 2.15pm

3D Brave [PG] Daily to Sun 4.45

Ice Age 4 [PG] Daily to Sun 9.50am & 12.20pm

3D Ice Age 4 [PG] Daily to Sun 6.15pm

Amazing Spiderman (M) Daily to Sun 11.40am & 6.55pm

3D Amazing Spiderman (M) Daily to Sun 2.10 & 9.25pm Mon 2.10pm

3D Katy Perry [PG] Daily to Sun 10am & 4.15pm

Underlined = Cinema with Crying Room

ntnews.com.aul l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l FRIDAY FIX

Get downin ParapPARAP will be alivewith the sounds ofMotown tonight whenvisiting DJ Nicola setsup shop at the DarwinRailway Club.

Nicola will be playingMotown, Northern Souland funk featuring themusic of Stevie Won-der, The Supremes,Otis Redding, EarthWind & Fire and RayCharles just to name afew. Doors open at 7pm.Tickets $10 at the door.

Voice stars atMonsoonsREALITY TV programThe Voice made house-hold names of thosesingers who reachedthe finals.

Tonight at MonsoonsParty Bar, fans can meet

Danni Da Ros (TeamDelta) and MichaelDuchesne (Team Seal)when the pair work be-hind the bar from 5-7pmbefore performing forthe crowd.

ArtisthonoursfearlessexplorerBy MEGAN PALIN

Auguste Blackman

IT’S BEEN 150 years sinceexplorer John McDouallStuart completed the firstEuropean crossing of Aust-ralia from Adelaide to VanDiemen Gulf and back viathe centre.

To commemorate the re-markable journey whichended in 1862, artist Augu-ste Blackman will open hisJohn McDouall Stuart; AnUnsung Hero art exhibitionat Darwin’s Framed Gallerytonight.

Blackman has created aseries of oil paintings oncanvas depicting McDouallStuart with the intent of‘‘bringing aspects of his per-sonality to light’’.

Blackman said he wantedto bring the explorer back tolife through his art becauseMcDouall Stuart’s story isan important part of Aust-ralian history and his leg-acy has been forgotten bymost.

‘‘If it wasn’t for him SouthAustralia would not havebought the Northern Territ-ory off NSW, so many thingshappened because ofMcDouall,’’ Blackman said.

‘‘Outside of the highway, alot of people don’t know whohe is and they don’t knowabout him as a human.’’

He said the explorer lovedhis horses and includedthem in his return journey.

‘‘When he died in Londonhe was forgotten almoststraight away, only five peo-ple went to his funeral.’’

Blackman will open theexhibition at 6.30pm tonightand will recite a poem hehas written in McDouallStuart’s honour.

You’ve got to keep plugging away and accept that

music is not everyone’s sole focus, but that

everybody does listen tomusic, so you can impact

a fewpeople

Salute to themusic

Darwin indie outfit Green Stone Garden will play SHAMSTOCK at Browns Mart courtyard tomorrow

By CAINE EDWARDS

THE Territory’s answer tomusical folklore eventWoodstock is set to take overDarwin tomorrow.

While it may be minus themudbath and thousands offestival goers souped up onpsychedelic drugs, SHAM-STOCK will be an unrivalledshowcase of NT music.

Presented by the free music’zine SHAMZINE the all-agesevent will feature 26 of the

NT’s best bands playingacross genres, includingrock, metal, reggae, funk, hiphop, folk, electronic, indieand experimental.

Frontman of four-piece in-die outfit Greenstone Garden,Mike Meston, said the festi-val was a rare opportunity formusic fans and an excitingevent for the NT music sceneas a whole.

‘‘It’s exciting because it’sDarwin’s music scene com-ing together, and it’s one

really important element ofthe whole live music pic-ture,’’ he said.

‘‘So for us it’s just great tobe part of that movement.’’

Meston said he hoped theevent would reach those out-side of the local music scene’sinner circle, introducing thevast array of talent to abroader audience.

The award-winningsinger/songwriter said thescene was prone to beingsomewhat insular, which

produced a close-knit andsupportive group but couldalso restrict potential growth.

‘‘You can become isolatedfrom the fact there’s 99,000 ot-her people in Darwin I sup-pose,’’ he said.

‘‘But you’ve got to keepplugging away and acceptthat music is not everyone’ssole focus, but that everybodydoes listen to music, so youcan impact a few people.’’

On Greenstone Garden,Meston said the band was in a

good place where gigs wereregular and recording wasthe next logical progression.

‘‘It’s a lot of fun being up onstage and we feel really com-fortable with what we do, butwe’re really looking to get arecording thing happening,’’he said.

Head down to the Brown’sMart courtyard from 2pm un-til midnight tomorrow anddevour a smorgasbord of therich vein of talent flowingthrough the Territory.