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PARking Day Wellington Sculpture Trust, Cuba St, Friday, 9am-5pm Run by the Wellngton Sculpture Trust and Wellington City Council takes place today all along Cuba St. Just for one day car parks are taken over and become temporary public spaces (parks). The event will feature 18 different groups occupying 22 parks in a creative and transformative way. Upper Hutt Brass Band Pukeahu National War Memorial Park, Sunday, 3pm, free The Upper Hutt Brass Band has performed in the Upper Hutt area since 1920 and is active in the national brass band network. The band plays a mix of light entertainment...

HAKO In front of Victoria University’s Library, Te Herenga Waka, Monday to Friday, 9am-8pm, free Visual artist Dr William Franco in collaboration with BARTKRESA studio in Los Angeles is presenting HAKO, a global projection arts festival, a dynamic and playful experience of sight and sound. Sing To Me, Taki Rua Te Whaea Theatre, until Saturday, 7.30pm, $35-$45 Two worlds collide when mild-mannered optometrist Ata and fierce sea maiden Whetū fall in love. Set against the backdrop of a climate in crisis, Sing to Me is a powerful reimagining of pūrākau, stories of old, in the 21st century...

Interview: Andre Smith (Heavy Chest) - Tuatara Open Late Chris Cudby / Photo credit: Kenzie Pigman / Tuesday 19th January, 2021 2:06PM    Tuatara Open Late programme for 2021 with a solo performance from quietly on-the-rise Pōneke songwriter Andre Smith. Stepping out from his Heavy Chest project to premiere tunes from a forthcoming debut EP under his own name Existence, Smith has garnered a dedicated fanbase through an evocative run of releases, including a recent clutch of singles launched via French imprint Nice Guys, and even snuck in a nationwide tour during 2020's notoriou...

Speech from selma this weekend. on the 50th anniversary of bloody sunday. he delivered one of the most powerful speeches of his presidency. celebrating what it means to be american. >> that's what america is. not stock photos or airbrushed history. or feeble attempts to define some of us as more american than others. america's not some fragile thing. we are large in the words of. containing multitudes. we're boisterous and diverse and full of energy perpetually young in spirit. for everywhere in this country there are first steps to be taken. there's new ground to cover. there are nrmore bridg...

Don't pine for the past. we don't fear the future. we grab for it. america's not some fragile thing. we are large in the words of whitton, containing multitudes. we are boisterous and diverse and full of energy young in spirit. that's why someone like john lewis at the ripe old age of 25 could lead a march. that's what the young people here today and listening all across the country must take away from this day. you are america. unconstrained by habit and convention. unencumbered by what is because you're ready to see what ought to be. for everywhere in this country, there are first steps to b...