Author: accidentalplanner

I co-host a monthly radio show ReCooper8 with my bestie, Katie Abbott, on Arrow FM http://www.arrowfm.co.nz. I am also an unashamed fan of The Archers! I live in Greytown, NZ.

June’s ‘Featured Folks’ – Aurora Designs and Richard Clark

June 21, 2012

Aurora Designs This month on ReCooper8 I took a quick gander at Aurora Designs, Featherston’s bespoke hat shop, two doors up from Craft Country. According to Aurora’s site at http://www.felt.co.nz, “Aurora Designs specialises in felt cloches and crocheted cloches. Designs are based on the traditions and styles of the 1920s and 1930s but items are … More June’s ‘Featured Folks’ – Aurora Designs and Richard Clark

June 2012 – Playlist

June 20, 2012

This month there is a distinct folksy flavour, with a bit of moderate punk thrown in! Tragic Roundabout – Cigarettes and Petrol – two items increasingly unfashionable and unaffordable! If you like modern manifestations of klezmer, and like your whisky straight out of the bottle, then Tragic Roundabout is the band for you!  From Brighton, … More June 2012 – Playlist

Yarns in Barns 2012

May 22, 2012

A big event coming up in the Wairarapa area is the Yarns in Barns Festival of Reading, and the programme looks great this year.  It’s running from 24th May through to 3rd June, and I focused on a couple of events that particularly interested me on ReCooper8 this month. I’m a bit of a foodie, so Thursday 31st … More Yarns in Barns 2012

May’s Featured Featherston Folk – Tania Williams, founder of ArteSpiral

May 22, 2012

Tania Williams is a local artist and founder of ArteSpiral, an arts company offering a range of art classes and tours.  ArteSpiral offers basic drawing and painting skills workshops and courses, courses and classes tailored to the more experienced artist, and Mayan art tours. I was really pleased to see that Tania has two exhibitions … More May’s Featured Featherston Folk – Tania Williams, founder of ArteSpiral