Back in July this year, ReCooper8 bounded off to meet Greytown based artist Nicki Stewart to talk about her exhibition, Remember to Remember. The Anzac Hall in Featherston is now hosting Nicki’s exhibition till 7th December, so get on down there! If you would like to hear from Nicki about how this fascinating and moving exhibition was … More Remember to Remember… now showing at the Anzac Hall
Following on from their successful engagement and consultation with the people of Featherston, the Victoria University School of Landscape Architecture students are back! And this time with dozens of beautifully crafted ideas for the spaces and places of Featherston, Wairarapa! I, along with many other locals, turned up to the Re:Invent Exhibition the Anzac Hall … More Rethinking Featherston #2
On Friday 7th November 2014, at the gorgeous Anzac Hall in Featherston, the Kokomai Festival and PechaKucha Night Wellington will bring you PechaKucha Night Featherston! The theme for the Night is ‘Once Upon a Time’, and we have an amazing line up of presenters to entertain you! October’s installment of ReCooper8 was dedicated to PechaKucha Night – what is it, … More The PechaKucha Night Edition of ReCooper8
On Wednesday 24th September 2014, Greytown’s Community Response Team held a simulated earthquake disaster exercise to test’s the town’s Readiness Response to a civil emergency. It was Greytown’s contribution to ‘Get Ready Week 2014’ promoted by the Ministry of Civil Defence and supported by the Wellington Regional Emergency Management Office. And Arrow FM 92.7FM was … More Are you prepared? Earthquake Simulation, Greytown
I’ve just learned that Circus Cinema will be screening ‘The Free China Junk‘ starting tomorrow evening until Monday: * Thursday, 28 August @ 80m, * Saturday, 30 August @ 7:45pm * Monday, 1 September @ 3:45pm This is a beautiful film that was shown as a fundraiser a few months back. It’s great to see … More Chance to catch the beautiful film Free China Junk at Circus!
Students from the School of Landscape Architecture at the Victoria University are working in partnership with the community of Featherston, the Community Board and South Wairarapa District Council to develop design scenarios and site-specific design solutions for our town which reflect our community’s desires and are practical and affordable. On 17th July 2014, nearly 100 local Featherston … More Rethinking Featherston
My guest on ReCooper8 this month was Shaun Kirk, über talented Australian blues musician who can make a one man band setup sound like an 8-piece band! Shaun will be playing at King Street Live on 7th September 2014. Click on the sound file below and find out more about Shaun and his latest album, … More Shaun Kirk…. nice guy, big sound & coming to King Street Live in September
Click on the sounds files below to listen again to ReCooper8’s interview with Wairarapa artist, Nicki Stewart, whose fascinating exhibition, Remember to Remember, opens at Aratoi on the 8th August; and arts review with Anne Taylor exploring all the other delicious treats at Aratoi in August-September. Thank you to Anne and Nicki for their contributions … More Knit one, purl one… and other treats!
On ReCooper8 this month, Lucy knits one, purls one with local encaustic artist, Nicki Stewart, whose exhibition, Remember to Remember, opens at the Aratoi on 8th August. As Nicki describes in her publicity for the exhibition, Remember to Remember is “a co-memoration. A community knitting project knitting comforts for soldiers. Each stitch carrying a message, holding … More Coming up on ReCooper8 this Sunday at 8pm….
It’s a packed show, alright! I talk with the director of The Free China Junk, Robin Greenberg, ahead of the film’s premiere at Circus Cinema in Martinborough on 22nd June. It’s the story of “five young men who set out on a journey to find their own version of freedom. With no boat and no sailing … More On ReCooper8 Tonight….
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