Texture and Cuba Street
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A Night Market... On Cuba!
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- As of 5pm this Friday, Cuba Street will have its very own night market - a celebration of all things creative and crafty in the most fitting of locations.
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Cuba Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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My Cuba Street (18 Artists) - 30 November, South Coast Gallery on Cuba
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- 18 artists putting together an exhibition inspired by Cuba Street will always tantalise the curiosity of any true Wellingtonian (Even an emigrated one such as myself).
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Cuba Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Exposing the Good Karma Project
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- Wellington’s free street publication, Exposure Lifestyles, is set to embark on an odyssey to the other side of the world, and a place about as far from the cafes & galleries of Cuba Street as you could imagine – Mae Sot in Thailand.
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Cuba Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Indoor, Outdoor Flow
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- Welcome to a new dawn in Cuba Street history.
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Cuba Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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South Coast Gallery on Cuba - 29 June, 169 Cuba Street
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- It’s almost a blink-and-you’ll miss it affair. Hidden away in a little nook down Cuba Street, is the inner-city child of Island Bays finest art space - South Coast Gallery on Cuba. The Island Bay version of the gallery was first established in 2006, a neat little place to view and pick up some local or international artworks - after a little relax time on the beach that is. The Bay version is view by appointment, so it’s kinda nice to just be able to amble in and out of the Cuba premises whilst on the way to/from work or play.
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Cuba Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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The new Espressoholic is pretty fancy…
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- The new Espressoholic has finally opened on Cuba Street… four and half months after they were rudely kicked out of their former premises; three months of backbreaking renovations; one month of potential-opening-slash-staff-wanted-posters… and boy does it look spiffy!
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Cuba Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Slope 2009 – 12 June, Manky Chops Gallery
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- I recall the first time I spotted the haunting portraits of Wellington-based artist, Brad Williams / Slope. It was a couple of years ago at the opening of an Affordable Art Show and they were causing quite the fuss. Since then I have noticed his distinctive works adorning the walls of many Wellington galleries, cafes and bars. So I was uber-stoked when I learnt he was exhibiting at Manky Chops this month.
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166 Cuba Street, Wellington
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Move over Dorothy Patisserie…
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- Dorothy Patisserie started the ball rolling when it ceased serving its delicious sweet treats and smooth hot beverages after eighty years in the business. This was apparently due to their rent sky-rocketing a whooping $67,000 in six years… …THEN… …Many concerned Wellington residents were shocked and outraged by the news that the Courtney Place institution Espressoholic was given a mere month to relocate.
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Cuba Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Mt Victoria's brand new festival
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- Wondering what to do when the Cuba Street Carnival is done and dusted? Look no further than the new kid on the entertainment block – Mount Victoria’s inaugural Inner City Festival, coming in two weeks time on the 28th of February. The Festival’s theme is one of sustainability and organic living, with one and all having a great time, whilst paying respect to the environment we sometimes
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Mt. Victoria, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Kreüzberg Summer Café! Hawt!
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- So… Cuba Street has a new place to nab a fantastic coffee and, by all means, it’s a little unconventional.The Kreüzberg Summer Café is a backyard-style café (so an established caravan parked in an old car park set amongst brightly coloured picnic tables) at the top of Cuba Street… like the very top… like pretty much on Webb Street… The café is named after a district in Berlin, which is renowned fo
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Cuba Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Local Hip-Hop about to go Ballistic
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- It’s time to embrace the future of hip-hop – starting with Wellingtons own prodigy of rhyme-time, that man we call ‘Flowz.’ This local master of the mike can put many overseas lyricists to shame, which you can witness for yourself at his show, The Jam Sessions, at bar Bodega on Friday the 24th of October. Flowz (Whose real name is Fiso Siliota) will be accompanied by the USOS, along with guest stars of a weighty caliber, including hip-hop royalty in Dam Native, DJ CXL (Ill Semantics), the Footsouljahs, Perceieve, Wanderers, Delta Sierra, F4, plus DJ Raw, Kerb1 & ninjasteps in the DJs cockpit. Straight outta Lyall Bay, Flowz is definitely one rising MC to be respected. You add in the power of Dam Native plus the skills of CXL and Raw, and boy, you have one hell of a fiery gig just waiting to go up in smoke. This show will also wet the appetites of those awaiting hip-hop Aotearoa – a celebration in respect of Kaupapa Maori Music Week - which will be shaking the Bodges walls on Thursday the 30th of Oct. This one will be a terrific showcase of the young go-getters in Kiwi hip-hop, so make sure you are amped, primed and pumped after checking out Flowz and company the week before. Oh, and you can also win tickets to Flowz right here on Texture as well. For the rest of you it’s just $20 for tickets to ‘The Jam Sessions,’ which are on sale now from the Wakefield Hotel and Real Groovy on Cuba Street. -Darren
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Lyall Bay, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
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Deck You Out...
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- Manky Chops are at it again. And this time they’ve got downstairs neighbors, ALC clothing, in on the act. Cuba’s most fantastic underground art gallery and its most full-on clothing store have combined to bring the masses an art show with a difference. ‘Decked out,’ is an exhibition of skateboard canvases, which have been ‘art-ed up’ to display the talents of a range of artistic personalities.
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166 Cuba Street, Wellington
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Bake sale!
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- Q What could be better than sweet home-made baking on a Saturday morning? A- Knowing that by purchasing it, you are helping out the Women's Refuge! Yes, that group of filthy rich philanthropists, The New Money Country Club are combining their collective baking powers to entice Wellingtonians with sweet cakes, cupcakes, cookies and muffins.
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Cuba Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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News on new art
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- Thistle Hall currently has il.lus.trate on, art made by Saint Catherine's College students. il.lus.trate; (verb) "to exhibit awesome artworks for you to come and see". The exhibitions of year 12s work is all about street art. The students ideas and inspirations range from the whacky ideas of Banksy, to the characters of the Simpsons.
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Kilbirnie, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)
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Matterhorn comes out on top!
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- It's official. Matterhorn is the best restaurant/bar to eat and drink at! They have just won the Supreme Award and the Best Casual Dining - Metropolitain, at the Cuisine NZ Restaurant of the Year 2008 Awards! And of course they also won the NZ Bar of the Year Award (third year in a row)!
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Cuba Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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2008 NZ Bar Award winners announced - Matterhorn wins! Again!!!
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- For the third year in a row, Wellington’s Matterhorn has been named bar of the year at the 2008 New Zealand bar awards. It has fought off fierce competition from the likes of Auckland and Christchurch (Mainly Auckland), to claim top prize at the awards ceremony held on Wednesday evening, in the ballroom of Auckland’s Hilton hotel.
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106 Cuba Street, Wellington
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New Exhibit at Manky Chops Gallery: Sole
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- Manky Chops gallery is at it again, with locally based artist, Sole, showing off his new exhibition at the home of Wellingtons underground arts scene. Sole is a stencil artist/graphic designer who has produced works for a multitude of well-known performers, retailers, organizations and events.
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Cuba Street, Wellington
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knitted hot-dogs and bunny quilts
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- Even though this winter hasn't been as harsh as Wellington winters of past, keeping warm still should be a number one priority. Sometimes, this means forgoing cocktails for tim-tams and movies under a soft, comforting quilted blanket (maybe with bunnies on it?), but if you are anything like me usually you can't keep still and are not very good at just relaxing- unless it's a terrible hangover. That's why I'm thinking of taking up knitting so movies, blankets and indulgent biscuits are a little justified. Maybe knitting and its sweet purity will even stop my drinking, either way today I found a new store that may inspire this possible new pastime of mine.
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Cuba Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Fashionable Princesses
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- With Wellington now having its own Paper Bag Princess, there is even less reason to visit Auckland. The second hand clothing store has been hiding down in the corner of Left Bank Arcade for a while now, and rumour on the street is that more and more people are discovering its goodness.
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Cuba Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Manky Chops - the new gallery of underground art all-stars
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- There’s a new gallery on Cuba Street which you should feel free to call manky. Manky Chops that is.
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Cuba Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Slowboat essential 50
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- Slowboat records is an absolute Cuba Street institution. I don't actually know how long it has been there, but I can't ever remember it not existing so as far as I know its old. In a good way. Everytime I go past I check out the awesome cardboard cut-out elvis in the window and smile to myself. In an ever changing Cuba Street, Slowboat has been the one constant.
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Cuba Street, Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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