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Friday 17th May

06.  REMARKABLE WOMEN

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06. REMARKABLE WOMEN

Date: Friday 17th May 2013
Time: 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Venue: LOWER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE
Category: ART, MUSIC, POETRY, NON-FICTION
Price: $20 EARLYBIRD $25 STANDARD

Meme Churton , Jacqueline Fahey and Aorewa McLeod are a spirited trio: a Chinese-Italian immigrant and arts and café society queen; an artist, feminist and international traveller; and a lesbian academic.... More
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13.  AN HOUR WITH WAYNE MACAULEY

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13. AN HOUR WITH WAYNE MACAULEY

Date: Friday 17th May 2013
Time: 02:30 p.m. - 03:30 p.m.
Venue: LOWER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE
Category: ART, MUSIC, POETRY, LIFE'S EASY PLEASURES
Price: $20 EARLYBIRD $25 AT DOOR

Deceptively simple, Wayne Macauley’s sly and engaging prose satirises some decidedly first-world preoccupations, including the seeming obsession with food-as-experience and the Antipodean dream of owning a... More
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18.  MR COHEN REVEALED

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18. MR COHEN REVEALED

Date: Friday 17th May 2013
Time: 05:30 p.m. - 06:30 p.m.
Venue: ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE
Category: ART, MUSIC, POETRY
Price: $20 EARLYBIRD $25 STANDARD

Now that Leonard Cohen has declared that he will be eschewing interviews forthwith, Sylvie Simmons is sitting pretty. A rock-music writer par excellence, Simmons has written an acclaimed biography of Cohen. She... More
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Saturday 18th May

27.  EN ROUTE TO VENICE- BILL CULBERT: IAN WEDDE

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27. EN ROUTE TO VENICE- BILL CULBERT: IAN WEDDE

Date: Saturday 18th May 2013
Time: 10:15 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
Venue: AUCKLAND ART GALLERY AUDITORIUM
Category: ART, MUSIC, POETRY, NON-FICTION
Price: $20 EARLYBIRD $25 STANDARD

Ian Wedde , author of Bill Culbert: Making Light Work , explains the marvels of his subject’s work, as 2013 sees the artist going global - exhibiting in London and Sao Paulo and representing New Zealand at... More
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36.  TATTOO AOTEAROA: CHRIS HOULT & STEVE FORBES

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36. TATTOO AOTEAROA: CHRIS HOULT & STEVE FORBES

Date: Saturday 18th May 2013
Time: 01:15 p.m. - 02:15 p.m.
Venue: AUCKLAND ART GALLERY AUDITORIUM
Category: ART, MUSIC, POETRY
Price: $20 EARLYBIRD $25 STANDARD

In New Zealand Tattoo , photographer Chris Hoult and writer Steve Forbes document some of New Zealand's leading tattooists, learning about their history, their craft and their community.  Through photography... More
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51.  SIMMONS & MCGLASHAN SING COHEN, ETC.

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51. SIMMONS & MCGLASHAN SING COHEN, ETC.

Date: Saturday 18th May 2013
Time: 08:30 p.m. - 09:45 p.m.
Venue: LIMELIGHT ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE
Category: ART, MUSIC, POETRY, POETRY AND SPOKEN WORD, SPECIAL EVENTS
Price: $40

Leonard Cohen biographer Sylvie Simmons has her ukulele; New Zealand troubadour Don McGlashan his guitar. Together they’ll sing songs: hers, his, Leonard’s and, in between, talk about songwriting, in the... More
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Sunday 19th May

59.  CHRISTCHURCH: A TRANSITIONAL CITY

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59. CHRISTCHURCH: A TRANSITIONAL CITY

Date: Sunday 19th May 2013
Time: 11:45 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.
Venue: AUCKLAND ART GALLERY AUDITORIUM
Category: ART, MUSIC, POETRY, NON-FICTION
Price: $20 EARLYBIRD $25 STANDARD

Out of the sadness, difficulty, and relentless change that has characterised Christchurch over the past two years, a rich variety of temporary buildings, transitional projects, and art installations has emerged.... More
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64.  THE JOY OF ART: PAT HANLY, BY RON BROWNSON

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64. THE JOY OF ART: PAT HANLY, BY RON BROWNSON

Date: Sunday 19th May 2013
Time: 01:15 p.m. - 02:15 p.m.
Venue: AUCKLAND ART GALLERY AUDITORIUM
Category: ART, MUSIC, POETRY, NON-FICTION
Price: $20 EARLYBIRD $25 STANDARD

Arguably the most beautiful publication of 2012, Pat Hanly takes as its subject one of New Zealand’s great artists. Senior curator and personal friend Ron Brownson will talk about Hanly’s pioneering... More
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