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DAVID UNWIN/Stuff Rangitāne representative Wiremu Kingi Te Awe Awe, centre, blesses the pou that have returned to Te Marae o Hine. Māori guardians have returned to the central city after taking a break from keeping watch. Erected on the side of the Palmerston North City Council facing Te Marae o Hine/The Square, three pou were welcomed back, and two for the first time, to the heart of the city on Wednesday afternoon. Almost 100 people attended the event, that was monitored due to alert level 2 Covid restrictions, to bless the pou, rededicate the kaupapa, or principles, of Te Marae o Hine...

The Blinding Whiteness of American Art Museums Courtesy guerrillagirls.com In the late eighties, the Guerilla Girls, an anonymous group of female artists founded to expose discrimination in the art world, published a poster that reads, “Only 4 commercial art galleries in N.Y. show black women. Only 1 shows more than 1.” As recent host to some of the most prolific players of the Black Arts Movement of the sixties and seventies, the New York art scene’s culpability in this kind of racist trend was uniquely iniquitous. But perhaps it’s surprising, too, for a second reason. Art museums, t...

Article content The fate of Sir John Franklin’s 1845 expedition was one of the Arctic’s most enduring mysteries, until the wrecks of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror were found in 2014 and 2016. Glanmore National Historic Site is pleased to present The Ones We Met – Inuit Traditional Knowledge and the Franklin Expedition, an exhibition developed by the Canadian Museum of History and the Inuit Heritage Trust, which explores the role of Inuit oral history in solving that mystery. “Without the shared memories passed down through generations of Inuit — stories of sick and starving men, and an ...

Libraries to return to regular hours Special to the Star The Gulf County Public Libraries in Wewahitchka and Port St. Joe will be returning to regular operating hours beginning Tuesday, Feb. 16. The libraries are maintaining Grab and Go Guidelines for all in-person library services to allow visitors to safely browse the stacks. Patrons are encouraged to wear a mask and maintain social distancing at six feet while inside the library. Please do not enter the library if you are sick. Computer use is limited to one-hour per person, per day. The libraries are not booking meeting rooms or offering ...

Donald Little lived in Chippenham his entire life and bequeathed to Chippenham Museum his vast collection of postcards, photographs and ephemera relating to the town. This collection reflects his fulfilling life at the heart of the Chippenham community, from his work at Westinghouse, to his support of Chippenham Carnival, Athletics Club and Civic Society. Councillor Teresa Hutton, Mayor of Chippenham, said: “We are extremely proud of our museum’s exhibition programme, with a new display of Chippenham’s history or local artwork to enjoy with free entry every few months. "It’s i...