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T4WA nominees: Wellingtonian of the Year
- The Wellingtonista
- Voting in the Fourth Annual Wellingtonista Awards is open from December 1-15. Then come find out the results at our Awards Night at Mighty Mighty on December 17! Our nominations for Wellingtonian of the Year are all people who make our city a brighter, better place to live. Their contributions are as varied as Wellington itself, and we're so proud of them all. read more
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Crocodiles
- The Wellingtonista
- The dark side of the California sun is about to shine on us as San Diego duo Crocodiles begin a series of shows in NZ this week– kicking off at SFBH this Wednesday with support from Wellington swamp-disco legends Thought Creature.
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Where’s my Jetpack?
- Eye of the Fish
- Seeing as today is the day that the WCC wants to get your feedback on what Wellington will look like in 2040, it got me thinking.
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Wellywood
- Eye of the Fish
- What Wellington needs now, in these troubled times, is a giant Wellywood sign.
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Kia Ora
- The Wellingtonista
- Hello dear readers of the Wellingtonista! This is just a quick note to say hello to you all, as I have recently been enveloped into the fold (?) and will now be informing you all of upcoming events I think are worth your time via this here blog.
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Salmonella Dub: Freak Controller - 25 November, Album Review
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- Coming within weeks of Shapeshifter's too-good-it-can’t-be-legal album, is another new release from a modern kiwi legend – Salmonella Dub’s Freak Controller.
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New Bars and Cafes keep on Coming
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- “Because you can’t, you won’t, and you don’t stop” is the immortal opening line from a Beastie Boy’s song. It also happens to be the best way to sum up Wellington’s fast-growing bar scene of recent times.
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Jarvis Cocker… live… Wellington…
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- Jarvis Cocker the man who, alongside the Gallaghers, the Coombes and Damon Abarn, helped define the Brit-pop movement of the nineties is performing at the Wellington Town Hall next Thursday.
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Mighty Mighty Crack
- The Wellingtonista
- Remind me never to sit on the stools at Mighty Mighty again without wiping down the seat first.
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T4WA nominees: Most Needed
- The Wellingtonista
- Voting in the Fourth Annual Wellingtonista Awards is open from December 1-15. Then come find out the results at our Awards Night at Mighty Mighty on December 17! Wellington is awesome, no doubt about it, but we still have ideas about what would make it even more awesomer. We use this category to gauge public opinion about what's most important. read more
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T4WA nominees: Best Regular Entertainment
- The Wellingtonista
- Voting in the Fourth Annual Wellingtonista Awards is open from December 1-15. Then come find out the results at our Awards Night at Mighty Mighty on December 17! We are creatures of habit, and we like our entertainment to happen regularly, be it weekly or only a couple of times a year. This is how we keep ourselves occupied. read more
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Elastic Solids
- The Wellingtonista
- Tonight at Deluxe Cafe is an opening featuring new works from Paul Bradley.
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Zinefest Saturday
- The Wellingtonista
- Zinefest is approaching fast! It's this Saturday November 21st from noon till 5pm at Mighty Mighty, home to other such great events as the Annual Wellingtonista Awards So if spending a day surrounded by Zines, browsing the Stonkingly awesome Wellington City Libraries Zine collection or taking a workshop, tuning into a talk or panel discussion sounds like you, well you know where to go. There will be a zine swap box which is a great way to get new zines that you have never seen before! And of course at some point during the day the trophy for the Zine-of-the-Fest will be handed out. and you can pick up exclusive Zinefest Schwag including Wellington Zinefest T Shirts 2009 edition
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Season of the SALE
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- There’s nothing that gets the blood pumping like a good ol’ fashioned SALE.
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Bob’s back
- Eye of the Fish
- You may well have noticed already, but an interesting little spat is brewing to enliven the local body elections next year. Apparently, the Mayor Her Worship Kerry Prendergast is being persuaded to run again, as no valid alternatives are coming forward. I find that hard to believe, and note with interest that Bob Jones, as part of Vibrant Wellington, is making moves.
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Vale Wellington’s Volvo trolley buses
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- Unheralded, and almost unnoticed, the last revenue trip of the last of Wellington’s Volvo trolley buses took place today.
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The Cuban Brothers - 13 November, San Francisco Bath House
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- The Cuban Brothers have become something of a mini, global-sensation over the last few years.
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Forget Novemberkinder… HELLO Reel Brazil…
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- Soooooo I was meant to write about Novemberkinder; The German Film Festival this week… except… it finished yesterday. Sigh. Lucky for me however, the Reel Brazil Film Festival was following hot on its heels.
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Jason Munn – 13 November, Massey University
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- There were a number of events listed in the Blow 09 Creative Arts Festival booklet that caught my eye.
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Surf’s Up Too
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- People power rules. Or so it seems today - if the paper is right, then the Maranui may be about to be saved. We discussed the 5th Scenario here, with some reasonably heated dialogue, but it sounds as though a sensible agreement has been reached.
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Maranui Cafe, Lyall Bay Parade, Melrose, Wellington, Wellington Region, 6022, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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The Cuban Brothers will rock you baby
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- Their name was on everybody’s lips after the last Splore festival.
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Short Film Workshop
- The Wellingtonista
- This year the Show Me Shorts film festival is offering a half day workshop in Wellington open to anyone interested in short films.
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Show Me Shorts
- The Wellingtonista
- Show Me Shorts Film Festival rolls into town this Thursday for 6 days with a fine selection of the New Zealand and Australian short films that were contenders for the 8 awards.
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West Hollywood lounge experience
- The Wellingtonista
- Today's Dom Post reports that the Loaded Hog will, intriguingly, be redeveloped into a "west Hollywood lounge experience".
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Short Film Workshop
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- This year the Show Me Shorts film festival is offering a half day workshop in Wellington open to anyone interested in short films.
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Show Me Shorts
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- Show Me Shorts Film Festival rolls into town this Thursday for 6 days with a fine selection of the New Zealand and Australian short films that were contenders for the 8 awards.
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West Hollywood lounge experience
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- Today's Dom Post reports that the Loaded Hog will, intriguingly, be redeveloped into a "west Hollywood lounge experience".
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Variation 11 to go ahead?
- Eye of the Fish
- In a possibly controversial move, the City Council variation 11 has been recommended to proceed, by the independent commissioners. The Council itself will make a decision on whether or not to accept the commissioners decision on Wednesday.
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The Brunettes – 6 November, San Francisco Bathhouse
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- The Brunettes, with their super sweet lyrics and copious boy-meets-girl duets, are an impressive force and have established quite the following both locally and abroad.
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Spartacus R rounds off Soundstage for 2009
- The Wellingtonista
- The debut season of Downstage’s Sunday music programme ‘Soundstage’ has been a tearaway success.
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Collapsing Creation – 5 November, Downstage Theatre
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- This year marks the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth and the 150th anniversary of his work On the Origin of Species.
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Spartacus R rounds off Soundstage for 2009
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- The debut season of Downstage’s Sunday music programme ‘Soundstage’ has been a tearaway success.
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The best NZ International Arts Fest line-up ever?
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- Death-defying acrobatic monks? Check.
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Handle the Jandal – 29 October, Embassy Theatre
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- The Embassy Theatre foyer was packed solid for the 2009 Radio Active 89FM Handle the Jandal D.
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City council and its commissioners ignore what the public wants
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- Waterfront Watch deplores the Wellington City Council’s Variation 11 plan to stop public involvement with any future new buildings in the Kumutoto area of the waterfront.
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Fat Freddy's Drop - 31 October, The Front Room
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- The city was awash with an influx of costumed weirdness for Halloween.
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It’s a total K.O…!
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- The adorable Auckland-based Brunettes, Jonathan Bree and Heather Mansfield, have returned to New Zealand after an extensive and incredibly successful two year globe-trot and are playing at the San Francisco Bathhouse this Friday!The Brunettes have been charming crowds with their unassuming, sincere pops songs since 1998 and have a whopping discography… Mars Loves Venus EP (1998), Holding Hands, Feeding Ducks (2002), The Boyracer EP (2002), Mars Loves Venus (2004), When Ice Met Cream (2005), Structure & Cosmetics (2007) and Paper Dolls (2009)… plus they have supported the likes of Rilo Kiley, The Postal Service, Broken Social Scene, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah and Beirut. Neato!BUT… it gets better… they will be joined on the night by Australian singer-songwriter Sarah Blasko and local bevy The Family Cactus.Don’t miss out on an evening of pure joy! Tickets on sale now from Undertheradar.co.nz for twenty bucks!- Karyn
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fun day at the Airport
- The Sidestrip
- thesidestrip visited the open day of Wellington Airport last November 1
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Wellington International Airport, Coutts Street, Rongotai, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6023, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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You're fly-erred
- The Wellingtonista
- Plenty of Wellingtonians would have spat out their flat whites on Saturday morning when the Dom Post cover revealed that our old friend Terry Serepisos is going to host New Zealand's version of The Apprentice. As I'm sure you're all aware, the American version Donald Trump is famous for putting his name on all sorts of ridiculous things: read more
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Halloween in Capital E
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- A halloween event in Civic square in Wellington.
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Te Ngākau Civic Square, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Downstage is 45 Years Young
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- This November will mark Downstage’s 45th birthday - that's right, FOURTY FIVE.
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Handle the Jandal 2009
- The Sidestrip
- The category winners for the 2009 Handle the Jandal DIY Music Video Awards are: Producer’s name, Band Song Best Use of Exploitative Tactics to Promote A Band: Judah Finnigan and Ben Forman: Highlife,Berserk Best Editing: Joe Fish: James Duncan, A Obvious Best Cinematography: Kimberley Brown: Electric Wire Hustle, Perception Best Concept: Lisa Dunn: Parallel Dance Ensemble, Weight Watchers Best Animation: Preston McNeill: Isaac Aesili, With You In My Bed Rising Star 2009: Greg Pawsey: Cougar Cougar Cougar, Satans Blues And the Golden Jandal for the peoples’ favourites: First: Lisa Dunn for Parallel Dance Ensemble’s Weight Watchers. Second: Mike Gray for El Schlong’s The Baddies Are Coming Third: Judah Finnigan and Ben Forman for Highlife’s Berserk Posted in Arts and Music, News and Events, Peoples and Society Tagged: cultures, music, new zealand, wellington
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Beans – 25 October, San Francisco Bathhouse
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- Galesburg is pretty slick bringing Beans, aka Mr Ballbeam, to town.
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