Anna Weekes News Today

Environmental activists have called for an Aboriginal woman to be removed from her volunteer position on the Darwin Festival board because of her links to the mining and gas industries.

A group of philanthropists, artists and First Nations representatives have offered $200,000 if the gas company is dropped by the festival board

A meeting between the board, First Nations representatives and environmental activists fails to resolve tensions over the deal, which has been described as ‘artwashing’

The Marthas Vineyard Times ‘Wild Mountain Thyme’ makes a sweet Christmas gift “Wild Mountain Thyme,” a sugary Irish romance, comes to the M.V. Film Center on Thursday, Dec. 24, with the first in-person screening on Saturday, Dec. 26. Directed by John Patrick Shanley of “Moonstruck” fame, it’s a pleasant candy cane for the Christmas season. The movie is based on Shanley’s play “Outside Mullingar.” After a lovely series of shots of Iri...