Category: Events

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Wellington Wine & Food & Craft Beer Festival Review

Penned as, ‘An annual addition to the Wellington Summer Calendar’, the Wellington Wine & Food & Craft Beer Festival was a pleasant farewell to the short bout of sunshine that Wellington has been blessed with these past few weeks. Usually…

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NZ Fringe Special Review: Onstage Dating

“Theatre is better than television,” deadpans Bron Batten early in Onstage Dating. “That’s the joke; it’s not.” And then Batten spends an hour thoroughly debunking that idea. Onstage Dating is one of the cleverest, funniest, and most shockingly incredulous experiences…

NZ Fringe Special Review: Biased Beyond Belief

  Biased Beyond Belief, written and directed by Evangelina Telfar, follows an A.I.’s journey towards understanding human thought. As we take our seats a game of chess has already begun between Ernest, an artificial intelligence, and the computer scientist running…

Science, Otters, and Beer at Nerd Nite

Nerd Nite is a global craze, hosted in over 90 cities world wide. The night is held every second month at Leroy’s, a self proclaimed “bar and chikin joint” found on Plimmer Steps. Leroy’s has a sort of crazy-yet-relaxed vibe…

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The best events in Wellington in February 2017

February in Wellington means, summer, festivals, picnics and a sneaky long weekend for Waitangi Day. This month you can be classically suave with Polo and Opera outings or play it chill with street and musical celebrations. February is your month…

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Discovering Zombies – Courtesy of Nerd Nite #35

Nerd Nite already has a dedicated crowd in Wellington, but for this writer, it was my first experience of the event. The venue was changed, due to recent quakes,  and moved from the Hotel Bristol to VK’s Comedy and Blues…

Eye Opening Cinema – Girl Rising Documentary Screening

Girl Rising is a powerful documentary following the stories of nine different girls in nine developing countries, as they fight for their right to an education in the face of poverty, exploitation, and inequality. Each girl was teamed up with…

Enter The Glade with Lux’s latest light event

Glade is Lux’s latest experiment in bringing Wellington a public and immersive light show. They’re making an effort to test out new ideas with a number of spinoff events leading up to next year’s show. The team behind Lux have…