The Wellingtonista / October 2009
The Wellingtonista is a blog about Wellington - New Zealand's capital.
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Weight Watchers
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- Congratulations to Parallel Dance Ensemble (and their video making team) for taking out the top award at this year's Handle the Jandal music video awards.
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Under the Southern Cross
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- A safe place to avoid all the ghouls and zombies this Saturday night will be the Film Archive cinema.
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What's the story, old sport?
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- While buzzing around Courtenay Place recently, I noticed that the Sports Café was closed for renovations.
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Climate of Fair
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- I know, I know, super-bad pun but the folks here at Wellingtonista seem to have really really high pun thresholds.... Anyway, this Saturday being part of a long weekend there are a lot of events competing for your attention out there in Wellington.
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Reminder: get your suggestions in for 4TAWA
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- You have one more week in which to make suggestions about who should be nominated in the TAWAs this year, so hop to it!
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Tawa, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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The Smartest Snapper
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- Voted by you the public as winner in the smarten your snapper competition is wave by Yana from Chromatophobic.
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Cinephilia: Opening This Week
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- It's Labour Weekend and, as such, you can pretty much guarantee that the weather will be filthy and the movies will be the place to be.
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Maranui meeting report from Eye of the Fish
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- Over at Eye of the Fish, Maximus has a good report of last night's public meeting about what should be done about the Maranui surf club.
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Maranui Cafe, Lyall Bay Parade, Melrose, Wellington, Wellington Region, 6022, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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A reminder about Beans
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- A quick reminder about Beans, appearing on Sunday night at SFBH in Cuba St. (previous post here.) Support is from fmr-Trinity Roots-man Riki Gooch's Eru Dangerspiel outfit, and DJ Alphabethead! Tickets are $25 and available from Slow Boat Records or Under The Radar... updates and more info from Galesburg.
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Bring your speedos
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- Tomorrow night at the St Catherine's College Hall in Kilbirnie, the WCC is holding a public meeting to gauge community opinion on the fate of the Maranui Surf Lifesaving Club and the adjacent three waterfront buildings, and to discuss the options.
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Maranui Cafe, Lyall Bay Parade, Melrose, Wellington, Wellington Region, 6022, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Humanising the City
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- Among the opening exhibitions at the brand spanking new City Gallery is Regan Gentry's installation Make Way.
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Nothing to See Here
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- As Robyn has rightly pointed out, tonight is Pecha Kucha at Downstage at 7.
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Wastebustas
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- Spotted near the Mt Vic lookout. I dunno about the Greater Wellington guys, but I reckon the Wellingtonista could have put all this information on one sign - the only differnce between the two is the name of the poison, and the colour of the pellet.
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Mt. Victoria, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Rhian Sheehan at Soundstage
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- This Sunday's Soundstage @ Downstage is a goody - Rhian Sheehan plays his album Standing in Silence from start to finish with accompanying filmic elements by Gareth Moon (Nektar).
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Live Brazil Festival this weekend
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- A lot of people don't know that Wellington has quite a sizable Brazilian expatriate community.
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Exposive Expression and Missed Opportunities
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- Our "coverage" of events here at Wellingtonista can be a bit scatter gun at times, like the tagline says "random stuff about New Zealand's capital city since 2005".
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Cinephilia: Italian Film Festival
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- The Italian Film Festival once again surveys the best of recent Italian commercial cinema.
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Review: Biography of My Skin
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- Miranda Harcourt's new one-woman play "Biography of My Skin" has just opened at Downstage, and, crikey, it's good.
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The WOW that was
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- Well WOW's 21st is officially over, although the decorations from the party are still up with the frufru pink tutu posters adorning bus stops around Welly.
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Chris Watson tomorrow night
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- Altmusic is proud to present Chris Watson, a founding member of influential experimental music groups Cabaret Voltaire and The Hafler Trio.
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Cinephilia: Opening This Week
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- As that old war film quote goes, "it's quiet, too quiet": only three films opening this weekend as the mad rush of the last few weeks works its way through the system.
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Announcing 4TAWA and a call for nominations
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- Go get yourself a big thick permanent marker and put this date in your diary right now: Thursday December 17 will be the Fourth (The) Annual Wellingtonista Awards.
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The future of Lyall Bay
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- Right now the Dominion Post is running a public opinion poll on the future of the Maranui Surf Club and Cafe.
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Maranui Cafe, Lyall Bay Parade, Melrose, Wellington, Wellington Region, 6022, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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