LATEST
■ CREATIVE FIBRE (SPINNERS AND WEAVERS WANGANUI)
What: Spin-In and Open Day for all interested in spinning, knitting, crochet, weaving etc.
When: Saturday, July 31, 10am-3pm.
Where: Whanganui Girls' College Hall, Jones St.
Details: $5 entry (includes morning tea). Traders, demonstrations, stash buster table, raffles, knitted socks and slippers competition. Inquiries to Loretta
022 170 1958, Gill 021 529 753.
■ CONSTITUTION NUTRITION (SOUL DEVELOPMENT)
What: Let thy food be thy medicine and thy medicine by thine food. Discover tools to help understand your own individual food and nutritional needs with speaker Elizabeth Neill, naturopath/medical herbalist.
When: Saturday, July 31, 2pm-3pm.
Where: Wisdom Is Yours Wellbeing Centre, 200B Victoria Ave.
Details: Cost is a koha. Tea and coffee afterwards. Contact Natasha or Kevin, phone 06 345 5002.
■ DANCES OF UNIVERSAL PEACE
What: Simple movement and song honouring the diversity of religious traditions. No experience necessary, suitable for 5 years and above. All welcome.
When: Sunday, August 1, 4pm.
Where: Quaker Settlement, 76 Virginia Rd.
Details: Entry by donation. Followed by optional potluck meal. Enquiries: Peter 345 0634.
■ WHANGANUI POTTERS STUDIO
What: Annual exhibition. Sculptures, homeware and much more are available.
When: Till August 1, open 10am-4pm daily.
Where: The Art Centre, 19 Taupō Quay.
Details: Entry free.
■ 60S UP MOVEMENT WANGANUI BRANCH
What: Second part of AGM for financials.
When: Monday, August 2, 2pm
Where: Eulogy Lounge, Wanganui Racecourse
Details: The meeting will be followed by entertainment with Scottish songs.
■ WHANGANUI FILM SOCIETY
What: Screening of In The Fog - an intense, slow-burning war drama that considers moral choice in the moral vacuum of occupation.
When: Monday, August 2, 7pm.
Where: Davis Theatre, Whanganui Regional Museum, Watt St.
Details: Members only. Membership can be purchased at the door starting from a 3-film sampler for $30, or go to http://www.nzfilmsociety.org.nz/whanganui.html for other membership options.
■ CONTEMPLATION AS A WAY OF SEEING: CONTEMPLATION AS A WAY OF BEING
What: Input in two parts… because the most important part is what goes on between individuals and the Holy Spirit, when there is no talking. With Emeritus Bishop Peter Cullinane.
When: Saturday, August 7, 10am-3pm, $20
Where: Josephite Retreat Centre, Mount Saint Joseph, 14 Hillside Tce, Whanganui.
Details: Koha. To register please call Pam on 3455047 ext 3 or email pam.hopper@sosj.org.au
■ FAITH TRADITIONS
What: A panel consisting of representatives from several different faith traditions will share on the question: 'What's important to you in your day-to-day faith?' This would be a respectful sharing and is intended to help us grow in our understanding of others.
When: Wednesday, August 11, 7-9pm.
Where: Josephite Retreat Centre, Mount Saint Joseph, 14 Hillside Tce, Whanganui.
Details: Koha. To register please call Pam on 3455047 ext 3 or email pam.hopper@sosj.org.au
■ CONTEMPLATING JESUS OF NAZARETH; ENCOUNTERING THE RISEN CHRIST
What: The day's input is in two parts… because the most important part is what goes on between individuals and the Holy Spirit, when there is no talking. With Emeritus Bishop Peter Cullinane.
When: Saturday, August 14, 10am-3pm.
Where: Josephite Retreat Centre, Mount Saint Joseph, 14 Hillside Tce, Whanganui.
Details: $20/koha. Please bring your lunch. To register please call Pam on 3455047 ext 3 or email pam.hopper@sosj.org.au
ON NOW
■ SPACE STUDIO & GALLERY
What: Gallery 1 - Other Than Ourselves by Patrick Cush. Gallery 2 - New Wavers by Ben Dingle.
When: Till August 7.
Where: 18 St Hill St.
Details: Opening Wednesday, July 28, 5.30pm.
■ A GALLERY AND GALLERY 85
What: A Gallery — Lorene Taurerewa — Strangely Beautiful.
In Gallery 85 — Gaynor Mulholland — Hellebores and Other Botanicals.
In the Corridor — Wesley John Fourie — This must be the place.
When: Saturday and Sunday 9am to 3pm. Wednesday & Thursday 9am to 3pm, Friday 9am to 6pm, also by appointment, and when the flags are out.
Where: 85 Glasgow Street Art Centre.
Details: These exhibitions close this week. Entry free. Inquiries to 027 629 2545
■ SARJEANT GALLERY
What: Let's Face It: Portraits from the Collection. This exhibition features a range of portraits from the Sarjeant's permanent collection in a variety of media.
When: Till August 8.
Where: Sarjeant On The Quay, 38 Taupō Quay
■ SARJEANT GALLERY
What: Collection Focus: Ralph Hotere. Collection Focus of the works of Ralph Hotere (11 August 1931 — 24 February 2013, Te Aupōuri and Te Rarawa) from the Sarjeant Gallery collection.
When: Till August 15.
Where: Sarjeant On The Quay, 38 Taupō Quay
■ KNITTING DISPLAY
What: "Knit & Be Calm". The display covers how knitting has regained a resurgence and is therapeutic. Also covers knitting for charity.
When: 10am-3pm daily.
Where: Bulls Museum, 81 High St.
■ SARJEANT GALLERY
What: Julia Morison Head[Case]. An installation of seven hexagonal rooms and 100 ceramic heads, each distinctly different from the next, by one of Aotearoa New Zealand's most inventive artists.
When: Till August 22.
Where: Sarjeant On The Quay, 38 Taupō Quay
■ SARJEANT GALLERY
What: Tender Brick: The Material Epiphanies of Peter Hawkesby.
When: Till September 12.
Where: The Sarjeant's Object Gallery, above the iSite, 31 Taupō Quay.
