takara nipaluna
Every day thousands of people walk the streets of nipaluna/Hobart CBD without understanding the events that shaped this city, or knowing the significance of Aboriginal history.
Community
18 - 21 MarchS
19 – 21 March
Good Silence
Be guided through this sprawling multi-room work that conjures gentle landscapes in a marriage of nature, culture, sculpted clay and mined earth to create a personal monologue, a communal desecration where ritual is sacrosanct.
Community
19 - 21 March
Alder Hey
This work, improvised in the rubble of a hospital as it was being demolished, honours the histories of that place; the lives saved, the lives lost.
Community
19 - 21 March
Tasmanian Writers of Repute
Step into the beautiful surrounds of Black Swan Cafe for an intimate hour of readings by some of Tasmania’s most celebrated authors.
Community
20 March
Catacomb
Visit the National Trust property of Valleyfield, step into its old stone coach house, and listen to New Norfolk’s St Matthew’s Motet deliver an immersive a capella performance of sacred and secular music: songs of longing and redemption from the plague years of 16th century Europe.
Community
21 March
Echo’s Scribe
Step into a singular room at Willow Court’s Barracks to experience Derwent Valley artist Alexander Okenyo’s text-based installation drawn from public documents and private stories, hospital records and forgotten thoughts scrawled on asylum walls.
Community
19 - 21 March
Derwent Valley Concert Band
The Derwent Valley Concert Band is one of Australia’s most highly acclaimed, travelled and successful Community Bands. Relax on the lawns of Willow Court on a Friday afternoon and enjoy this specially curated repertoire by Derwent Valley’s greatest export.
Community
19 - 19 March
THE WEFT
In the tradition of the Moth, the Stoop, and StorySLAM, the Weft is about weaving true stories, told live, on stage, without notes, props, or falsehoods.
Community
21 March
There Is No ‘I’ In Island
There Is No ‘I’ In Island is an eclectic collection of short films cracking open the experience of the COVID-19 lockdown.
Film
5 - 21 March
Collisions
Indigenous elder Nyarri Morgan’s first contact with Western culture came in the 1950s when his traditional worldview collided with a nuclear explosion in the South Australian desert. Through the virtual reality experience, Morgan invites you onto the land of the Martu people in the remote Western Australian desert.
Free
4 - 21 March
Mother Archer’s Cabaret for Dark Times
Brace yourself for wit and wisdom in this new cabaret.
Cabaret
20 March
Awavena
Awavena is a stunning tale of metamorphosis in the Brazilian Amazon told through virtual reality headset. Wallworth was invited to create Awavena during a time of peril and potential for the Yawanawa community.
Free
4 - 21 MarchEat Play Stay
Glen Derwent Heritage Retreat
Discover an iconic B&B steeped in Tasmania's history, this beautiful Glen Derwent sandstone building houses the stables and hay loft and is your perfect getaway to the Derwent Valley.
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Two Metre Tall Brewery
Two Metre Tall Brewery are farmers brewing farm ales & ciders in unique batches using farm grown ingredients from our own property in the Derwent Valley of Tasmania as well as ingredients sourced directly from farmers across the state. Barrel ageing, spontaneous fermentations, experimentation and everything in between. Fruit in ale, sour cherries and more.
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Explorers Lodge
The Explorers Lodge is your home away from home is located just a short stroll from the River Derwent at New Norfolk, your gateway to the Derwent Valley.
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Derwent Estate
Nestled on the banks of The Derwent River, this heritage-listed cottage provided a true unique Tasmanian cellar door experience.
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Fico
Fico offers a casual fine dining experience that they like to think of as fun-dining
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Mantra One Sandy Bay Road
Soak up the heritage and culture of Tasmania's capital from one of Hobart’s most charming hotels built in 1926 and located opposite St David's Park. Easy walking distance to Hobart's city centre and Salamanca place
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