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Whanganui Happenings: Whats on this week and regular events 4 May, 2021 11:00 PM 10 minutes to read Sarjeant Gallery curator of collections Jennifer Taylor Moore with the contents of the time capsule on display at Sarjeant on the Quay. Photo / Supplied Sarjeant Gallery curator of collections Jennifer Taylor Moore with the contents of the time capsule on display at Sarjeant on the Quay. Photo / Supplied Wanganui Midweek ■ AMPUTEE SOCIETY OF MANAWATU AND DISTRICTS What: Whanganui amputees and c...

Whanganui Happenings: Whats on this week and regular events 26 Apr, 2021 04:00 PM 9 minutes to read Jazz maestro Rodger Fox is among the performers at the International Jazz Day concert in Whanganui on Friday, April 30. Photo / File Jazz maestro Rodger Fox is among the performers at the International Jazz Day concert in Whanganui on Friday, April 30. Photo / File Wanganui Midweek ■ ESOL HOME TUTORS What: Interested in other cultures, helping new migrants and keen to teach English as a volunte...

Botanical Art coming to Space 20 Apr, 2021 02:26 AM 3 minutes to read Nasturtium 3 by Sandra Morris. Tropaeolum majus - Gouache on black board. Paul Brooks is editor of Whanganui Midweek, in your letterbox every Wednesdaypaul.brooks@nzme.co.nz Space Studio and Gallery has a broad brief when it comes to exhibitions, with Patrick McKennas architectural drawings exhibition, Homes for Servicemen, showing just how different exhibits can be. "Hopefully well open peoples minds as to what they can exh...

Singer/songwriter brings Girl Power to Whanganui for La Fiesta 21 Feb, 2021 10:42 PM 2 minutes to read Melissa Cox is playing at La Fiesta. Photo / Pete Redel Wanganui Midweek Melissa Cox performed La Fiesta four years ago with a show packed full of originals to an enthusiastic sell-out audience. Shes happy to be returning to Whanganui with her new one-woman show. Enjoy an evening of music from the 1990s female folk Renaissance, featuring the best of Sarah McLachlan, Jewel, the Cranberries, Ala...

Spectacular launch for La Fiesta number 12 14 Feb, 2021 09:04 PM 4 minutes to read La Fiesta number 12 launched in spectacular fashion on Saturday with two very different events, both equally captivating. Ruth Tidemann facilitated a first-time workshop in Whanganui encouraging women to take charge of your life which was well received by the very happy participants. Our official launch event later that afternoon, Woven, a concert for piano and flute performed by Ingrid Culliford and Lisa Boessen...

Authors attracted to Whanganui for literary festival 31 Jan, 2021 11:56 PM 4 minutes to read Literary Festival committee members (from left) Linda Johnstone, Kat Schroyens, Mary-Ann Ewing and Joan Rosier-Jones (patron). Photo / Paul Brooks Whanganui Literary Festival will be held later this year. The biennial event attracts authors, writers and readers eager to impart and absorb knowledge of their chosen craft. The 11 members of the Whanganui Literary Festival Trust and committee have been orga...

Since COVID-19 began, Grand Valley State University’s Visual Media Arts Department has had to make significant alterations to most of their courses.  Professors have had to stretch themselves to be innovative and creative in order to accommodate virtual learning, as classes of the arts are typically made for a more hands-on experience. With almost two full semesters of adjusting to this new way of teaching, professors are finally finding their niche.  Associate Professor of Drawing Tim Fish...

Good plans need good people to enact them 20 Dec, 2020 03:01 PM 4 minutes to read "The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members." – Coretta Scott King, activist I have been so encouraged by feedback from my column last week in which I wrote about the compassionate and generous contributions of the "Herspace" women who donated handbags packed with self-care items for us to give away. Folk have called in to donate other items to add to the...

Whanganui: In The Shallows play Space Gallery during debut album tour 14 Dec, 2020 03:01 PM 3 minutes to read Danni Parsons and Lance Shepherd of In The Shallows. Photo / Lance Shepherd Wanganui Midweek By: Elise Goodge In The Shallows is a Wellington based acoustic folk-pop duo formed by Danni Parsons and Lance Shepherd. The Poneke-based act features Danni and Lance along with Andrew Bain (Fur Patrol) and Nick Brown (Eb & Sparrow, Vorn), on their debut album. They offer up an exquisitely silke...

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