Featured / September 2007
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Intense, man!
- The Wellingtonista
- I've been blathering about it all over the place, but the Wellingtonista has thus far remained staunchly unblathered about IntensCITY week, which started yesterday. Downtown Wellington is full of exhibitions, posters, shipping containers, lunchtime talks and video installations, all celebrating and/or critiquing our urban spaces. The official site is on the WCC website, and brochures are available in cafes, libraries and council places, or as a big juicy PDF.
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The Hollow Men at BATS
- The Wellingtonista
- Just a quick note to recommend Dean Parker’s theatrical adaptation of The Hollow Men, which is on now at BATS. My position in the theatre industry prevents me from doing a proper review which means I can't tell you how funny and pointed it is, nor how expertly directed it is (by Jonathan Hendry) or how good many of the performances are (particularly Stephen Papps as Brash).
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Cinephilia: Opening This Week
- The Wellingtonista
- Fully 60% of all the opening films this week are at the Paramount: first up indie thriller Unknown has a great ensemble cast including James Caviezel, Greg Kinnear and Barry Pepper.
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Time to veg out
- The Wellingtonista
- October 1 is World Vegetarian Day, so we'd like you to comment and tell us about your favourite vege-friendly places to eat in Wellington. We'd also like to encourage you to check out the Wellington Vegetarian Food & Lifestyle Festival on Saturday Saturday September 29 at St Johns in the City, Cnr Willis and Dixon Streets.
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Carfree transports - simply no better protection (for the environment)
- The Wellingtonista
- What are you doing tomorrow? I hope it involves walking, or taking the bus, or staying at home in bed all day. Why? Because it's World Car Free Day.
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Say it ain't so - the Chocolate Fish to close
- The Wellingtonista
- Using the wonders of modern technology and the interweb we here at Wellingonsita Towers have discovered that The Chocolate Fish over at Scorching Bay is set to close. Noooooooooooooooooooooo!
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Ahoy me hearties!
- The Wellingtonista
- So it's one week until that most beloved of all days - International Talk Like a Pirate Day. I bet you're wondering how you can celebrate it instead of going to the Driving Government Performance - the development goals at work conference. Luckily, the Museum of Wellington City and Sea has the perfect solution: The Great Pirate Corporate Challenge! The challenge takes place between 12.30-2pm on the day, and will see teams of five compete in a treasure hunt on Somes/Maitu Island, a peg-leg race and a tug'o war.
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RWC: Where to watch the 'breakfast games'?
- The Wellingtonista
- This is a cry for help! Can someone out there leave ideas, suggestions and even actual locations for those people, of a rugby following tendency, that wish to watch the Monday morning pool games. Within the Wellington CBD we mean. The games tend to start around 6am and the Wellingtonista has discovered that most 'rugby-type' venues aren't opening until their normal time of 7am due to licensing restrictions.
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Cinephilia: Opening This Week
- The Wellingtonista
- Our annual opportunity to worship at the feet of Pixar arrives this week in the shape of Ratatouille (I'm a fan, can you tell?).
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Bus woes
- The Wellingtonista
- I've avoided it as long as I can but I'm going to have to start laying into the Wellington buses. This will serve two purposes -- to gather a weight of evidence with which to construct a platform from which I can launch a series of more formal remonstrances; and possibly more importantly, to make me feel better. I have begun a journal of woe -- chronicling my problems and frustrations -- and you can join in too, if you want.
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