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Meet the Makers: Anita Schwabe
Lecturer, pianist and composer Anita Schwabe is a familiar face in the Aotearoa Jazz scene. She'll be bringing new music to the Wellington Jazz Festival (18 - 22 November) as part of the Jazz Premiere Series. She sits down with ARTicle to talk composition and keeping it in the family.
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Three Picks from the Kāpiti Arts Trail
Celebrating its twentieth year in 2020, the Kāpiti Arts Trail is an annual celebration of art and artists. The self-guided tour takes place over two weekends (7-8 and 14-15 November) and invites arts lovers into galleries, studios and more to explore the region's diverse range of arts and crafts. We get the low down from three of this years artists Studio Reset, Micheline Robinson and Lisa Call on beeswax and Beethoven.
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Three Picks from Verb Wellington
Verb, the capital's coolest indie writers and readers festival, is just around the corner (5-8 November). Here to share her top picks is Verb Director and Curator Claire Mabey.
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Meet the Makers: Kevin Field
Kevin Field is a pianist, lecturer and composer from Pōneke. As one of the recipients of the 2020 Wellington Jazz Festival commissions, Kevin is currently composing new music to be premiered in November. He answers the ARTicle questionnaire and gives us a glimpse into his collaboration process and tells us why Kiwi musicians need risk.
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Five Questions with Jo Randerson
Jo Randerson is a writer, director and performer based in Pōneke. She will be presenting a theatrical lecture Secret Art Powers at literary Festival Verb Wellington. She tells us what to expect from this event, as well as the place of soft powers in parenting.
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Three Picks from Visa Wellington On a Plate
Beth Brash is the Programme Manager for Visa Wellington On a Plate, which is on now until the end of October. She gives us three picks from New Zealand's largest foodie festival.
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Meet the Makers: Riki Gooch
Drummer, composer and founding-member of Trinity Roots, Riki Gooch is busy composing new music for the 2020 Wellington Jazz Festival Jazz Premiere Series. We catch up with him to find out why it's important to be terrible and who's hot on YouTube.
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Five Questions with Ryan McArthur
Ryan McArthur is the Manager of Beervana, Wellington's pinnacle celebration of everything (and anything) beer. We catch up with him and find out why good beer is about risk and respect.
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Five Questions with Bruce Peterson
Bruce Peterson is the Founder and CEO of Grande Exhibitions, which creatives interactive, immersive exhibitions that travel the globe. We catch up with him ahead of the first Wellington iteration of DIGITAL NIGHTS - Van Gogh Alive.
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