Green Room: Awe-some art, jazz meets hip-hop

SA arts & culture news in brief: Nature Festival launches a packed program including unique art and music events; American jazz star to return to Adelaide for concerts, classes and a project with DEM MOB; 46 writers shortlisted for 2024 South Australian Literary Awards, and a SALA exhibition showcasing myriad artist abilities.

SA’s top literary awards to be uncoupled from Writers’ Week

South Australia’s most prestigious literary awards have undergone a major revamp, with the winners to be announced at a stand-alone event rather than during Writers’ Week and ‘Adelaide Festival’ dropped from the prize title.