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  • Adrienne, Events, Happenings, News, Wellington

    Free Cooking Classes

    12.04.10 | Permalink | Comment?

    Evolve and Motoko Aotearoa present FREE cooking classes for young people!

    Jacinta Saeki is an experienced chef. For 7 weeks she will be teaching young people to cook cheap, healthy and delicious food at Te Ruru Hou (Evolve). Limited to 12 participants – this is a hands-on class where young people 14-24 years make the food and then eat it – YUM!!

    Starts Monday 12 April 4.00-6.30pm

    To register please email simon@evolveyouth.org.nz or phone 801 9150


  • Happenings, Prudence

    Sixth Annual Pre-loved Women’s Fashion Sale …

    04.03.10 | Permalink | Comment?

    … is on Saturday, the 13th of March (2010 of course!), from 9am to 12pm. It will be in the Wesley Church Hall, on Taranaki Street. So go and get yourself some new old clothes! It supports New Horizons for Women Trust and ChangeMakers Refugee Forum; both noble causes.


  • Capt. Walker de Planck, Happenings, Wellington

    Act Right

    12.11.09 | Permalink | Comment?

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    NOTE: This has been delayed! It will now be on Sunday the 6th of December. So update your calendars.

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  • Edna Welthorpe, Happenings

    Gaiman on Gaiman

    04.11.09 | Permalink | Comment?

    Neil Gaiman, multi-award-winning über-author is going to be giving a talk at the next NZ International Arts Festival. He wrote Coraline and many other books and comics for kids, teens, and adults. There’s more information here. And! It’s only 15 bucks if you’re a kid, which seems pretty reasonable.

    (Here’s everything we have by him in the library.)


  • Happenings, Prudence, Wellington

    Wellington’s Cherry Blossom Festival

    18.09.09 | Permalink | Comment?

    The Cherry Blossom Festival is on this Sunday, the 20th of September at the St James Theatre and Te Papa.

    The Sakai Association (Sakai is Wellington’s Japanese Sister City) will be hosting a range of fun activities including: traditional kyudo (Japanese archery) demonstrations, shakuhachi (bamboo flute) and shamisen (three-stringed musical instrument) music, beautiful ikebana (flower arranging) and the peaceful tea ceremony.

    Handle the kyudo bows/arrows and the Japanese musical instruments, create ikebana, make tea, play with traditional Japanese toys and learn origami.

    Read more about it at this link, or download the .pdf brochure.


  • Adrienne, Happenings

    Urban Survival Seminar! This week!

    03.08.09 | Permalink | Comment?

    Urban Survival SeriesGetting and keeping a job is the topic of this week’s Urban Survival Series seminar- Work and Wage. It’s on at the Central Library, Thursday 6th august at 4pm.

    A panel of experts will give tips & tricks to teens on finding work. A fast food restaurant manager will talk about what makes a CV stand out when he is looking for employees, our Work & Income expert will give tips on how to stay off the dole and another panel member will talk about how to write a CV when you haven’t actually got any job experience! There will also be heaps of valuable information to take away.

    Don’t forget: The Urban Survival Series Competition ends this Friday, 7 August at midnight!


  • Competition, Happenings, Library, Simon

    Three Library Week Competitions

    21.07.09 | Permalink | Comment?

    NZ’s Library Week (the 10th to the 16th of August) is nearly upon us, and there are some competitions that you can take part in now. The first is a graphic novel competition;

    Artists have a week to illustrate and upload their own 4 frames to follow on from the story posted to the website so far.  A winner will be chosen at the end of each week and their frames will be made the next permanent line of the story. There are 2 age categories (13 – 18 yrs and 19 yrs +) for this competition meaning there will be 2 versions of the story.

    and the second is a video competition;

    We’re asking amateur film makers of all ages to make a short film in the style of a movie trailer telling us why you love your library or just promoting libraries in general. Videos could incorporate music, comedy, dance or interviews but should be no more than 3 minutes long.

    There’s also a writing competition for year 6, 7, and 8 students.


  • Events, Happenings, Simon, Wellington

    Japan Festival

    06.07.09 | Permalink | Comment?

    japanfestToday is the first day of Wellington’s inaugural Japan Festival, which will run until the 11th of July at the Town Hall and the Ilot theatre. It is ‘one week of Japanese themed activities, including a musical fair, business breakfast and highlighted by a Japan festival day with food stalls, crafts and entertainment.’ The Japan festival is this Saturday, the 11th of July, from 1pm, and there will be loads to do.

    I’m looking forward to the food stalls the most, as when it comes to Japanese food I can’t stop.


  • Adrienne, Happenings, Music

    Holiday Happenings

    02.07.09 | Permalink | Comment?

    We’ve scrounged out some stuff that’s going on in the holidays that you might be interested in… 

    1. School of Rock Holiday Programme

    4 Days of intensive rock training in downtown Wellington for 11-17 year olds.

    Get tips from pro rockers. Prepare for rock competitions. Team up with other teen rockers. Polish your practice and rehearsal skills. Take to the stage and rev it up!

    Vocals! Guitar! Bass! Keyboards! Drums! Orchestral! Its on at ZEAL- 18 Garrett Street, Wgn CBD. Email them to sign up.

    2. Wellington School of Rock and ZEAL present… Holiday Splash! Featuring The Philosphers & The Tangle.

    These guys are going to be hitting the stage at ZEAL (18 Garret St, Wgn CBD)tomorrow night July 3rd at 7.30pm. Also there- The Tommy Guns, Urban Legends, Rock ‘n’ Roll Camelot and Road Kill Inc. Best yet- It’s only $5! Get there! Visit the zeal site for more info.


  • Happenings, Sci Fi, Simon, Space: The Final Frontier

    Intergalactic Planetary

    10.06.09 | Permalink | Comment?

    astrodomeThe astrodome is inflated and open for visits at Central Library. I went in yesterday for a visit and it was very cool – well worth a look. Five stars from me, I reckon. It’s open to the public from 4pm to 8pm (last entry is at 7.30pm) for the rest of this week only, and each visit takes half an hour. There’s an article in today’s Dom Post with more information.


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