Where: Avondale LibraryWhen: Tuesday and Sundays in April 2023 during term times:Tuesday, 2-4 PM (April 4)Sundays, 12-1 PM (April 2, 16 + 30) Try your hand at weaving on a Big Loom and recycle your old textiles at the library! Bring in your clean, pre-loved clothing to be cut and woven into a community tapestry, […]
Whau is proud to be funding an immersive theatre/film work called Minema and will be on THIS SUNDAY in New Lynn from 6pm-8pm (30 minute time slots over the 2 hours!)! The work is free/koha and will hopefully bring some joy to people after unprecedented times. WHEN: Sunday 19th Feb, with 30 min session times between
This was the first Bay Art exhibition and event, exhibiting and selling artwork by 45 local artists with live performance, kai and a workshop gathering ideas for a future public artwork. Artists of varying experiences were involved from established practitioners to students from local schools. Highlights: Seeing the community come together to celebrate the arts
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This Project hosted 6 monthly poetry/music/art sharing gigs at the new arts space/shop Dung Beetle in New Lynn. The events focused on giving a platform to locals and marginalised communities, specifically to our LGBTQIA+ communities to perform and express themselves in a safe and supportive environment. Events included; Poetry with Aiwa pooamorn and Gemishka Chetty
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This May the Sargam School of Music presents a mini festival of world music. With taonga pūoro, waiata, contemporary jazz, traditional Scandinavian and French folk music and Indian classical music and dance performances the evening will traverse times and cultures. Conceived as a response to the impact of Covid 19 on world music events An
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Mata Ali’i is Samoan for Matariki, the star cluster that can be witnessed from and celebrated in the Pacific. Stars were integral in the migration voyages that brought the first Māori to Aotearoa. Focussing on Pacific voices, the artists were asked to think about what Matariki means to them and to respond to Matariki as
Weaving Biodiversity Art Project: Artist Tanya Ruka is leading a collaborative project with local community gardens & gardeners. Creating a series of 3 digital weavings promoting Te Ao Māori concepts of Manākitanga, Kaitiakitanga, Māramatanga. Manākitanga is a digital weaving of HD video footage of the soil in the whau. This is one of the most important Te Ao Māori
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Powertool Records presents The Kaleidoscope World Festival Since 2001 Powertool Records has been operating out of New Lynn releasing alternative indie rock from New Zealand and all over the world. In that time, close to 200 releases have come out under their banner. Fiercely independent with a “can-do attitude” that has developed into more than
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Sounding the WhauSaturday 9 April – 5 pm – 6 pmTe Whau Pathway, Archibald Park, Kelston (entrance from Beaubank Road) On Saturday 9 April the Te Whau River Pathway through Archibald Park will come alive with musical sounds starting a short performance by Kelston students created during a workshop on the day led by Phil
“Open Homes is an agriCulture-supported community, building community resilience and regenerating a culture of abundance through growing and sharing food, knowledge and resources. Its vision is to be a generative social sculpture engaged in growing a village. We believe in an alternative economy built on gifting, exchange and sharing. This non-monetary economy is built on
