Front page news today that the Cuba Carnival is canned for next year, and that the future of the whole event is in doubt: Oh No, Say It Isn’t So! That sucks – it really does.
Cuba Carnivale is upon us once more.
But will the showers hold off for us today, or is it time to think of the perhaps inevitable: do we need a SambaDome ?
Carnival night parade is all about being hot and sweaty and (so it seems, near-naked), along with the inevitable music, rhythm and hypnotic samba music beats. Will the crowd break into spontaneous dance and applause this time, or merely look a
Tauranga-based artist Cordula Taiwo is set to open her exhibition, "Of a Wild God," at Thistle Hall, intentionally overlapping with Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds’ Wellington concerts (Feb 5 & 6). This sophisticated body of work is a deeply personal creative response to Nick Cave’s music, his public correspondence (The Red Hand Files), and his published conversations (Faith, Hope and Carnage).
A feijoa. A Witch. A secret. And two children on a mission at midnight in search of magic. With a bloodthirsty hound on their heels the mysteries of the garden begin to unravel before their eyes.
Happy New Year, and welcome to our first E-News for 2026. Talofa lava, Kia ora tatou. It has been a quiet reflective time for me since Christmas, and as we step […]
E-NEWS FRIDAY 30TH JANAURY 2026 Talofa lava, already this year is moving by very quickly. A new month on Sunday and so much has happened in the month of January alone, […]
Reflections & Refractions presents an expansive collection of paintings by Pōneke artist Heather Collie. The interplay of colour and light are a central focus to the artworks that Collie present for this exhibition. Inspired by the Impressionists, Collie's paintings are grounded...
