You should have lunch at Duke Carvell’s this July

July would be a really good time to have a week­day lunch at Duke Carvell’s on Swan Lane. Why? Because a) it’s deli­cious and warm­ing and b) they’ll donate 20% of your bill to one of a range of char­it­ies. Bloody good work! Our Tom B is the May­or of Duke Carvell’s (well, on Foursquare […]

Craft2.0 is back in the City

Tomor­row, Sat­urday 30th sees the return of Wel­ling­ton’s favour­ite fair Craft2.0 in the sunny and light atri­um of the Chaf­fers Dock Build­ing, down­town Wel­ling­ton City It’s a cel­eb­ra­tion of all things, craft, hand­made and indie design, in one place for just one day.  A cur­ated selec­tion of  crafters, makers and design­ers will offer a world […]

Data without borders

They say that know­ledge is power, and when it comes down to it, know­ledge often comes from data. But how do you get the most out of your data? Or how do you get your hands on someone else’s? Find out on Thursday June 28. Data Without Bor­ders NZ is gath­er­ing a net­work of non-profits, […]

The lemurs, they are attacking

This is an invit­a­tion to attend a very spe­cial event, The Lemur Attack Force Launch Party and Fun­draiser. TONIGHT at the Hop Garden from 7pm, it looks to be hoots of fun – details of the shenanigans are avail­able at http://lemurattackforce.co.nz/the-lemur-attack-force-launch-party-is-on/.   In 18 Days Aimee Whitcroft and Dane Foster are tak­ing a wee drive from […]

Beware, Wild Animals!

Wel­come to the jungle – it’s time to dance. The Jo Sand­wich is proud to present Wild Anim­als, a night of dan­cing and may­hem to raise money for Wel­ling­ton SPCA. On July 20, the Bur­gundy Room under­neath Bar Bodega will be host to a roar­ingly good time. Trust your anim­al instincts on this one and […]

I like the St James theatre but not what was on stage

Last night we – along with a range of oth­er fancy media types were invited by Pos­it­ively Wel­ling­ton Ven­ues to have drinks & canapes and watch Rock the Bal­let at the Saint James Theatre last night .  Based on the lovely people we met, and the amaz­ing food and ser­vice we were offered (Lightly seared tuna on wonton crisps! Veget­ari­an […]

Get creative for Queen’s birthday weekend

Typ­ic­ally a Wel­ling­to­ni­an makes haste for the nearest air­port or road come Queen’s birth­day week­end, but the reverse is start­ing to hap­pen for those of a cre­at­ive bent as Hand­made hap­pens for the second year in a row. Hand­made is home to all sorts of mak­ing related things – from cook­ing to craft­ing they are […]

A super great night with Gamefroot

Last night the City Gal­lery played host to the launch of Game­f­root, a new plat­form on which to build plat­form games – or more spe­cific­ally, a HTML5 Game Cre­ation tool. If you can use a web browser and if you can use mouse to click and drag – then you can use Game­f­root. The bar has […]

Sweetie darling mwah

It was with slight trep­id­a­tion I signed up to cov­er Wel­ling­ton Fash­ion Week. I do love clothes, but I don’t know any­thing about fash­ion shows. I’m will­ing to learn though, and it was a good chance to pull on my best shoes. Joanna and the Fly and I trot­ted off to the open­ing party on […]

Binge Culture takes on Lucrece

“Audi­ence mem­bers will be seated close enough to touch the per­formers and view­ers will be encour­aged to think about the ways they look at women’s bod­ies – both on film and in the flesh.” No, that’s not the press release from Wel­ling­ton Fash­ion Week. Instead, it’s Lucrece: An Adapt­a­tion of Shakespeare’s the Rape of Lucrece, […]