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Weaving stories though words, bodies through dance, and wreaths from those pesky tฤซ kลuka leaves ๐ด
Published about 2 months agoย โขย 4 min read
Kia Ora Dabblers!
Well, I have THOUGHTS about Death Cafe(and all things related), but I'm going to have to formulate them into coherence (and also chat to Melanie) and tell you later...
Quick check though, do you WANT my thoughts on death, dying, how it relates to hobbies etc?! (I won't take it personally if you don't!)
OTHER STUFF COMING UP SOON THAT YOU MIGHT WANNA BOOK ASAP:
๐พ Wreath Making Workshopโ Fashion tฤซ kลuka (cabbage tree) into twine and wrangle that into a decorative wreath (while also learning some European string-making techniques). This Sunday's class is already booked, and there's one left for the year after that (6th Dec), so get a wriggle on, if you're keen! โWhere: CWEA (Glouster St) โWhen: 10am-12pm, Saturday 6th December โEntry: $45 โTickets:https://www.rekindle.org.nz/collections/workshops/products/wreath-otautahiโ
CELEBRATING RAD PEOPLE DOING RAD THINGS (that's you)
I had the pleasure of meeting โจKateโจ from Without Waste at the beginning of the year, at another Green Drinks event (monthly chit-chats hosted by Christchurch EnviroHub), who, at the time, was gearing up for Electric Ave- not to partake, but to pilfer people's trash and HAND SORT it ๐คฏ At the time, I knew it was going to be a big task, but didn't quite comprehend the MAMMOTH effort she and the team were about to put in - check this out, 78% of all the waste from the entireweekend was able to ditch a ride to the dump. Just think, even 1 piece of trash per person, per day = 70,000 bits...at least. โSeriously impressive.
Anyway, Kate is an absolute stellar human (I haven't met the others, but they prob are too) and obviously extremely fizzed about all-things sustainability, so I'd recommend heading along to her Green Drinks chat ๐ง๐ โ โWhere: Space Academy (371 Saint Asaph Street) โWhen: 6pm-8pm (2hrs) โEntry: FREE โTickets:https://events.humanitix.com/green-drinks-beyond-the-binโ
๐ Shoutout to โจKieranโจ who helps oversee stuff and things across the Selwyn Libraries(Rolly, Leeston, Darfield and Lincoln), and passed on the memo about a bunch of stuff that happens regularly or as one-off events. โhttps://www.selwynlibraries.co.nz/whats-on/eventsandprogrammesโ Honourable mentions: ๐ฅฝ Virtual Reality - Wed 19th 3:30pm-4:30pm ๐งฑ LEGO Advanced - Sat 22th, 10:30am-11:30am (Do those over 8 need to be supervised?)โ ๐ฒ Board Games - Sat 22th, 11am-1pm ๐ Adults' Book Club - Tue 25th, 11am-12:30pm โ
I'm trying to convince Kieran that a Library Crawl would go hard (like a Pub Crawl, but less booze and more behind-the-scenes book-nerdery)... What do you reckon?
๐ค I'm off to see/hear Tool in AKL this weekend, and will also attempt to scoff all the Wise Boys burgs, smoosh clay at the art gallery, and stroke all of the carpet samples at Residium(interiors is one of my other loves, but tell me I'm not the only weirdo who has to touch everything?!). As always, love to hear what you're up to! Catch you next week!
"ลtautahi locals - This newsletter will RUIN your free time... in the best way" ๐ฅ
*NEW FREE LOCAL NEWSLETTER* โก๏ธ Fresh workshops & events, weird hobbies & advice, creative deals & career possibilities, and meeting local legends doing cool sh*t along the way. ๐ก Plan your weekend, accidentally reinvent your life. ๐ Inspiration drops every Wednesday at noon.
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