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Category Archives: Theatre
Wellington woven and wearable
If you’re anywhere near the Beehive over the next couple of days, there’s a couple of small exhibitions to check out at Parliament and the National Library. The exhibition on the first floor of Bowen House offers a monochrome Muka … Continue reading
Posted in Artists, Classes, Craft, Education, Exhibitions, Libraries, Maori, Students, Theatre, Weaving, Wellington, Workshops
Tagged Handmade, National Library, Parliament, Queen Margaret College, Raukura Weavers Collective
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That Bloody Petition
It’s a sound that reaches through New Zealand history: 28 July 1893, when the bulk of the women’s suffrage petition hit the back wall of the debating chamber after being unrolled by John Hall from the broomstick on which it … Continue reading
Singing, dancing, frocks and books
Madeleine St John’s novel, The Women in Black, was released quietly in the 1990s, when the nostalgia for mid-century style was yet to hit its peak but since it was re-released by Text Publishing in 2012, it’s been readily available … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Books, Fashion, Favourite things, History, International, Theatre
Tagged Carolyn Burns, David Jones, Dior, Flowers for Mrs Harris, Ladies in Black, Madeleine St John, Mrs 'Harris Goes to Paris, musicals, Paul Gallico, Simon Phillips, Sydney, The Women in Black, Tim Finn
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