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The Wellingtonista / February 2009

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    • The Hutt knows how to throw a party
      • The Petone Fiesta has gone from strength to strength, and this year looks like it will be a bit of a stunner. The action kicks off at 6pm, 7th March, with the The Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra. The Woolshed Sessions also play, and if you fancy something a bit louder to waggle your dags the Wellington Batucada will be out in force. Check the full line up here.
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        • Jackson Street, Petone


    • Heavenly Navigation
      • Fuse Circus have joined The Fringe with The Navigators, a new outdoor show under the sails at Queens Wharf. If you haven't seen their previous shows, Heavenly Burlesque or Gravity and Other Myths, then get down there right now! If you have, then while a few of the moves may be familiar, it's still wonderful entertainment. The "narrative" may be little more than an flimsy framework from
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    • Cinephilia: Opening This Week
      • Another light-ish week of cinema releases to report: Readings have so much confidence in the new Rob Schneider prison-comedy Big Stan that the only evening sessions are at a deadening 9.20pm at night. According to IMDb this is the first film directed by the Deuce Bigelow star which means we now have the phrase "a film by Rob Schneider" to terrify and depress us. Also Sky City Queensgate.
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    • Cuba Street Carnival at a glance
      • We love the Cuba Street Carnival, but their website: not so much. The programme is only available as a Flashy map or as a printable (but not downloadable!) full programme. And with so much stuff to see so many stages at once, it's hard to compare everything and work out what to see when. So, I typed all the acts into a spreadsheet, and turned it into a simple table with all the acts line
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    • Cinephilia: Opening This Week
      • With most Wellington screens growning under the weight of Oscar-bait, only Readings (and Sky City Queensgate if you are so inclined) is opening anything new this week. My Bloody Valentine 3D was well attended at sneak previews last week but sadly isn't much of a film. It's a remake of a beloved horror of the same early-80s (same vintage as last week's Friday the 13th). Apart from the title th
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    • We see 92a and we want to turn it black
      • So you're not attending Webstock or you're willing to skip lunch tomorrow? From the Creative Freedom Foundation: Public Demonstration In Wellington on the steps of Parliament on Thursday 19th at (edit) 12pm with a petition handover at (edit) 12.30pm. This is a postive event where we will hand out hundreds of CDs and thank the politicans that support us - so please keep it friendly and p
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    • Cellar-Vate Winermaker's Dinner: Hunter Wines
      • There are still some places available for the February 18 Cellar-Vate winemaker’s dinner featuring the wines from Hunter’s in Marlborough. You pay $40 and you get to try yummy wine and food matches. Here's the menu: Hunter’s Sauvignon Blanc 2008 On arrival Hunter’s “Miru-Miru” Brut Smoked salmon canapés on rye with preserved lemon and cream ch
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    • Phoenix Foundation: 40 Years
      • The new Phoenix Foundation video, directed and starring Academy Award®-nominated director Taika Waititi is a wee gem, following our energetic protagonist in a one-shot piece of filming that takes him around the western coastline of Lyall Bay.
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        • Lyall Bay, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa (OpenStreetMap)


    • Winds of Change
      • Downstage opens its doors for the first time this summer with three new shows opening in less than a week! This time last year Tim Spite's SEEyD Company thrilled audiences with the paua poaching action adventure Paua (netting Spite the Chapman Tripp Director of the Year Award in the process). Now they're back with a re-working of earlier success Turbine, which blew people away at BATS in 2006: An
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    • Thank god that's over
      • I can't claim to speak for all the Wellingtonista, but I have to say it: Sevens weekend is horrible. There's a lot of gushy talk in the main media outlets about how colourful and vibrant and alive the city becomes, but one could say the same about a nasty fungal rash. Many of us who live in the central city can attest to how colourful and vibrant and alive the city is most of the time, and in an a
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    • Crafty Waitangi
      • Can't wait till craft2.0 in april to get your shopping groove on? Well no worries becuase for those of you in Wellington this is a weekend of crafty awesomness... First up on Waitangi Day itself, why not head out to Pataka and celebrate Waitangi Day and the Festival of the Elements with a spot of crafty shopping. The Festival of the elements is  being held at Te Rauparaha Park & Te Raupa
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    • Cinephilia: Opening This Week
      • More Oscar contenders hit our screens this weekend. Gus Van Sant's biopic of the first openly gay elected politician in the USA, Milk opens today at Readings, Penthouse and Lighthouse Petone. Sean Penn plays San Francisco city supervisor Harvey Milk who was assassinated by fellow city official Dan White in 1978. Penn is supported by Josh Brolin (No Country for Old Men), Emile Hirsch (Int
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    • Walk the line
      • You don't have to be a trainspotter or J-line commuter to be interested in the redevelopment of the Johnsonville Line (though it undoubtedly helps). In any case, you shouldn't miss your one and only opportunity tomorrow to walk the tracks between Crofton Downs station and the Wadestown crossing loop. Highlights include spectacular views of the gorge and a couple of spooky tunnels to explore.
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        • Wadestown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6140, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)


    • Fur Patrol under the stars
      • You will of course remember how last year the Phoenix Foundation's gig in Frank Kitts Park was voted Best Live Performance at the TAWAs? Well this year, the Starry Nights concert on February 19 (during Webstock!) will feature the magnificant Fur Patrol, and of course since Miss Ratpony is such a fan, we have this gif as a gift for you: 
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        • Frank Kitts Park, Wellington


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