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PHONE 8931 2555 www.cmaxcinema.com.au 1025939 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 down in Parap PARAP will be alive with the sounds of Motown tonight when visiting DJ Nicola sets up shop at the Darwin Railway Club. Nicola will be playing Motown, Northern Soul and funk featuring the music of Stevie Won- der, The Supremes, Otis Redding, Earth Wind & Fire and Ray Charles just to name a few. Doors open at 7pm. Tickets $10 at the door. Voice stars at Monsoons REALITY TV program The Voice made house- hold names of those singers who reached the finals. Tonight at Monsoons Party Bar, fans can meet Danni Da Ros (Team Delta) and Michael Duchesne (Team Seal) when the pair work be- hind the bar from 5-7pm before performing for the crowd. Artist honours fearless explorer By MEGAN PALIN Auguste Blackman IT’S BEEN 150 years since explorer John McDouall Stuart completed the first European crossing of Aust- ralia from Adelaide to Van Diemen Gulf and back via the centre. To commemorate the re- markable journey which ended in 1862, artist Augu- ste Blackman will open his John McDouall Stuart; An Unsung Hero art exhibition at Darwin’s Framed Gallery tonight. Blackman has created a series of oil paintings on canvas depicting McDouall Stuart with the intent of ‘‘bringing aspects of his per- sonality to light’’. Blackman said he wanted to bring the explorer back to life through his art because McDouall Stuart’s story is an important part of Aust- ralian history and his leg- acy has been forgotten by most. ‘‘If it wasn’t for him South Australia would not have bought the Northern Territ- ory off NSW, so many things happened because of McDouall,’’ Blackman said. ‘‘Outside of the highway, a lot of people don’t know who he is and they don’t know about him as a human.’’ He said the explorer loved his horses and included them in his return journey. ‘‘When he died in London he was forgotten almost straight away, only five peo- ple went to his funeral.’’ Blackman will open the exhibition at 6.30pm tonight and will recite a poem he has written in McDouall Stuart’s honour. You’ve got to keep plugging away and accept that music is not everyone’s sole focus, but that everybody does listen to music, so you can impact a few people Salute to the music Darwin indie outfit Green Stone Garden will play SHAMSTOCK at Browns Mart courtyard tomorrow By CAINE EDWARDS THE Territory’s answer to musical folklore event Woodstock is set to take over Darwin tomorrow. While it may be minus the mudbath and thousands of festival goers souped up on psychedelic drugs, SHAM- STOCK will be an unrivalled showcase of NT music. Presented by the free music ’zine SHAMZINE the all-ages event will feature 26 of the NT’s best bands playing across genres, including rock, metal, reggae, funk, hip hop, folk, electronic, indie and experimental. Frontman of four-piece in- die outfit Greenstone Garden, Mike Meston, said the festi- val was a rare opportunity for music fans and an exciting event for the NT music scene as a whole. ‘‘It’s exciting because it’s Darwin’s music scene com- ing together, and it’s one really important element of the whole live music pic- ture,’’ he said. ‘‘So for us it’s just great to be part of that movement.’’ Meston said he hoped the event would reach those out- side of the local music scene’s inner circle, introducing the vast array of talent to a broader audience. The award-winning singer/songwriter said the scene was prone to being somewhat insular, which produced a close-knit and supportive group but could also restrict potential growth. ‘‘You can become isolated from the fact there’s 99,000 ot- her people in Darwin I sup- pose,’’ he said. ‘‘But you’ve got to keep plugging away and accept that music is not everyone’s sole focus, but that everybody does listen to music, so you can impact a few people.’’ On Greenstone Garden, Meston said the band was in a good place where gigs were regular and recording was the next logical progression. ‘‘It’s a lot of fun being up on stage and we feel really com- fortable with what we do, but we’re really looking to get a recording thing happening,’’ he said. Head down to the Brown’s Mart courtyard from 2pm un- til midnight tomorrow and devour a smorgasbord of the rich vein of talent flowing through the Territory.