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Carpeting nature
Debbie Lawson is a Scottish-born artist who plays with the idea of domesticity through her three-dimensional sculptures. In the latest series of pieces the artist uses Persian carpets as coverings,…
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This week’s Spotify playlist
The Spotify playlist this week begins with a choral piece, There will come soft rains, by Ēriks Ešenvalds, a Latvian composer. The short work seems an apt place to begin…
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Left Bank Gallery Choir
This week the Left Bank Gallery choir met, as usual, on Thursday evening at 6:30pm. The choir was originally set-up for six sessions and those six have now been. This…
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This week’s activities
This week is going to be busy in Greymouth Māwhera! On Monday there is a workshop with Aquabella, the Berlin ensemble of women who perform world music acapella. This is…
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This week’s Spotify playlist
Each week a curated playlist is created to go along with the blog. Featuring audio that is either mentioned in the articles on the blog or that relates to current…
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The Korean Hanbok
Hanbok – the name means “Korean clothing” – is an ancient form of dress that is still relevant today. Designated National Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2022 by the Cultural Heritage…
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Crochet a Triops…
Triops are small crustaceans that are sometimes sold as pets (somewhat like Sea Monkeys) and descend unchanged from a line hundreds of millions of years old. Now the crocheters amongst…
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Poor Things
The wildly entertaining, thought-provoking, rollicking, surreal, dark and funny film, Poor Things, has the most wonderful costumes created by Holly Waddington and comes with an amazing soundtrack by Jerskin Fendrix.…
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Shelburne Museum
Having grown up in New York with her parents, Henry and Louisine Havemeyer, and their collection of important Asian and European art, at the age of 19 Electra Havemeyer Webb…
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Waitangi Day
This Tuesday is a holiday in Aotearoa New Zealand for Waitangi Day. The history of this holiday is complex, not to mention contested. It is the day when Te Tiriti…
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