• Wendy from the deli­cious Cul­tured Petone is run­ning a cheese-mak­ing work­shop. Learn to make your own haloumi and ricotta. Yum!
  • A treat for NZ Music Month: Phoenix Found­a­tion fan fic­tion. Bear cos­tumes sur­pris­ingly do not fea­ture. Please feel free to con­trib­ute your own fan fic­tion stor­ies in the com­ments. 
  • Issue #2 of Fish­Head is out now. We haven’t read it yet so we don’t have fur­ther com­ment to offer at this stage.
  • Richter City Roller Derby is hav­ing a CAR­NI­VALE-themed fun­draiser at the Garden Club on May 29:

    This fab­ulous event fea­tures the tal­ents of The Eye­balls, The Beat Squad, MC Lisa Tom­lins, The Raskolnikovs, DJ Rhys, DJ Forge and DJ Taip. Cheap drinks avail­able until 12am, and a prize will be awar­ded to the Best Dressed.

  • The menu for the Mebus Wine­maker­’s Din­ner at Cel­lar-Vate on May 26 has been released (along with the email addresses of every­one on their mail­ing list, whoops!):  

    Sauvign­on Blanc matched with fresh sal­mon, dill & pre­served lem­on bruschetta.

    Pinot Gris matched with chick­en & mush­room filo

    Rose matched pear & pan­cetta salad with red wine vinai­grette and 5 grain croutons

    Pinot Noir matched with wild hare & juni­per can­nel­loni, pinot reduc­tion, fresh shaved parmes­an

    Caber­net Mer­lot matched with rare ven­ison medal­lion, ber­ries, chocol­ate jus

    I once heard Michael Mebus describe one of his Pinot Noirs as “like angels for­nic­at­ing in your mouth” so I’m sure it will be a very enter­tain­ing night. But if he tries to encour­age you to try rolling on a bar­rel, don’t do it.