The Best School Holiday Activity Ever

There are loads of great things going on during the school holidays Seasons from Capital E at Downstage Light and Dark Art from Capital E at Carter Observatory Makery Mayhem at the Wellington MakerSpace Come As You Are at The Dowse I am unsure if anything will quite beat the true joy and excitement that will be BOX […]

Drumming up support

In Wellington, which continues to be the cultural capital, no matter what Auckland might try to pretend, there are probably a lot of conversations to be had about Boosted, which was set up by the Arts Foundation as a rewards-free Pledgeme, or another tax-deductable Givealittle, except that they take a cut. Nat Torkington’s thoughts might […]

One Sleep till Bookfair

Saturday  is  Wellington’s most amazing, most awesome, most excellent, book related event of the year – The DCM Annual Bookfair Take 90000+ books, add LPs, CDs, DVDs, Cassettes, Magazines, Jigsaw Puzzles & Games galore. Everyone going to bookfair has a strategy for this is one of those very few shopping events when you can’t spend ‘too […]

WOAP: Bitchinheat

When the amazing people behind Wellington on a Plate offer you tickets at the last minute to the very popular and sold out collaboration between La Boca Loca and Parrot Dog  Brewery, you might be surprised at how hard it is to find someone to go along with you, because apparently there is a plague […]

What to eat during Wellington on a Plate

We didn’t present you with suggestions for events to book, I know. That’s partly because they all sell out so quickly, but mostly because I think the Dine menus are really the best opportunity to truly sample Wellington’s hospitality. So, with things kicking off tomorrow, and 108 options on offer, where should you go and […]

Park(ing) for People

Park(ing) Day is coming around again and this time there’s some official support. Wellington Sculpture Trust is calling for expressions of interest to join them on the day. The closing date is August 12th (sorry for the late posting on this), so get those idea machines cooking. There are a total of 20 locations that will be […]

10 days till DCM Bookfair

I’m officially on DCM bookfair countdown, it’s only  10 days to go until the biggest, most amazing book event of the year in Wellington. Imagine any kind of book/game/puzzle, CD, DVD, LP  you love  and you’ll find it at Bookfair , Saturday & sunday  17 – 18 August 2013 at the  TSB Bank Arena. It’s […]

Somewhere on Planet Earth

In April 2012, Monica Yeoman and Dave Henley set out on a bicycle journey through Asia. Nine months, nine countries and 15,0000km later, they’ve packaged the whole thing up into a live show partly to help fundraise for their next trip around Africa and also to raise funds for Bicycles-for-Humanity.org  Yes Somewhere on Planet Earth is a travel […]

A weekend of old things treated in new ways

It’s shaping up to be an interesting Wellington weekend – sure when is one not, but mine is looking a little like this. Opening Thursday and running for about a month is Phantom of the Opera. I’m a musical theatre nerd girl so I’m excited to see how it’s going to be staged as the production design is […]

Wellington on a Plate is here again, hurrah!

Right now we’re knee-deep in delicious wine and food at the Wellington on a Plate launch at Prefab so if all’s going well, this post will go live right after the media embargo ends. For now, here’s what we’ve written about Wellington on a Plate over the past couple of years, and below is the […]