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The finest in jazz  - 138 | Regional News

The finest in jazz

Over 100 gigs will take place throughout the city’s streets, cafés, bars, and music venues.  

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Street art: Mind the Balance - 138 | Regional News

Street art: Mind the Balance

We chat to artist Elise Grangier about her Newtown mural, a collaborative project with James Mitchell.  

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Psychedelic fuzz duo tours new tunes  - 138 | Regional News

Psychedelic fuzz duo tours new tunes

Earth Tongue says audiences should be ready to mosh.

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Raybon Kan and Raybon will touch this in latest show - 138 | Regional News

Raybon Kan and Raybon will touch this in latest show

Raybon Kan first dipped his toes into stand-up in the 90s and has remained at the forefront of the New Zealand comedy scene ever since. 

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Exhibition asks us to embrace discomfort   - 138 | Regional News

Exhibition asks us to embrace discomfort 

Optimism and its afterlives, a new joint exhibition running at Enjoy Contemporary Art Space until the 5th of December, asks us to bask in the disarray of key transitional moments. 

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Giselle Clarkson on illustrating the new Egg & Spoon cookbook - 138 | Regional News

Giselle Clarkson on illustrating the new Egg & Spoon cookbook

Wellington-based illustrator Giselle Clarkson is known New Zealand over – sometimes as “the biscuit girl”, she laughs.

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