The Weekend that Was II: Gigs Galore
As well as all the sporting championships and festivals taking place around Wellington over the weekend, there was also an insane number of top gigs. Top local talents The Black Seeds, Paseload, Ghostplane were on show around town, as well as other excellent kiwi bands David Kilgour and the Heavy Eights, and The Fanatics. On […]
The Weekend that Was
The powerboaters, women cyclists and dragonboaters must have been ruing the choice of Wellington as the choice of championship venues as a, er, ‘brisk’ northerly blew in from the Hutt and across the harbour over the weekend. The wind also caused havoc with the Saturday night Neil Diamond concert at the Stadium, where the poor […]
Newtown Festival
The never-ending summer stream of Wellington suburban carnivals and fairs continues on its merry way with the start of the ten day Newtown Festival tomorrow (Fri 4 Mar). The big day is Sunday’s Fair Day, when Riddiford Street will be closed to traffic, allowing a plethora of stalls, entertainers and general mayhem to hit the […]
Tuatara Day
I must admit, I’ve never actually seen a tuatara in the flesh (in the scales?) before. So the Karori Wildlife Sanctuary are having a special Tuatara Day to allow me and the no doubt many other urbanites who haven’t seen our most famous lizard the chance to check out their resident reptile — Oliver — […]
Never mind the statue, what’s in my baggy?
No joy for the Wellingtonista present at today’s Academy Awards in Los Angeles. Taika Waititi’s brilliant short film Two Cars, One Night lost out (as Taika himself predicted in a TV interview we saw a couple of days ago) to British director Andrea Arnold ‘s film Wasp. And the Weta guys had no luck for […]
New Wellington Arts Centre
Just spotted on the excellent Feeling Great website — Wellington is to get a new Arts Centre, on Abel Smith Street (in the old Education Board Building between Cuba and Victoria Streets). We’re not sure if the old Arts Centre (the band rotunda down Oriental Parade, where we go for piano lessons every week, incidentally), […]
Weekend gig action
Moody rocker and increasingly funk-orientated Dimmer and Samoan hip-hopper extraordinaire Tha Feelstyle (it’s not a typo, it is Tha) will be entertaining the students and anyone else who cares to turn up at the Victoria University Union Hall tonight (Fri 25 Feb). Should be an interesting combo of sounds. The latest Dimmer album — You’ve […]
Matt Couper @ Janne Land Art Gallery
Wellington artist Matt Couper’s new exhibition opened earlier this week at the Janne Land Art Gallery (which has recently moved to Unit 1, 13 Jessie Street). According to Wikipedia, his most latest work illustrates imagery from his recent trip to the USA, and is concerned with Masonic symbolism, modern architecture and cultural paranoia. You know, […]
Free Acheh Protest
The Indonesian Ambassador is giving a talk at the Wellington Law School today, giving everyone the chance to voice their disapproval of his government’s ongoing use of violence and torture in Acheh. Bloggreen points out that there’ll be a nice big banner to rally behind, but any other implements of protest (noise-makers, placards, that sort […]
Cuba Street Carnival
Hopefully Wellington’s glorious summer weather will hold on for another few days, and treat the city’s citizens to what promises to be a fantastic Cuba St Carnival, this Saturday (Sat 26 Feb). It’s the last Carnival before the south end of Cuba St will be irrevocably altered by the impending bypass, so there’s bound to […]