Vicki Anderson04:55, May 28 2021
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Kiwi metal band Alien Weaponry will partner with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra for a concert in Christchurch this weekend.
VICKI ANDERSON offers a few highlights of events in Ōtautahi Christchurch this weekend and beyond. Did you try to take a photo of the blood moon using your cellphone? Did yours look like an orange pimple on an elephant’s butt too? Never mind. Maybe we can try again in 40 years? Meanwhile, the South Island Moon Festival launches in September. The celestial celebration will add to our popular lantern festival tradition but will also include moon cakes and moon poetry.
Ben Elton performs his latest stand-up show in Christchurch this weekend as part of a national tour.
VICKI ANDERSON offers a few highlights of events in Ōtautahi Christchurch this weekend and beyond. One teenage son was unusually willing to answer the ‘’how was school?’’ question this week. He d used the phrase “hoisted by his own petard” in class and a teacher had responded with another
Blackadder phrase. The teacher asked the rest of the class to raise their hand if they knew of
Blackadder but no-one did. Now, when the teacher drops Blackadder one-liners just for his benefit, it adds a fun element to his day.
New Names, New Wines from Napa
As some readers know, I’ve only recently been able to dedicate more time to writing here on Vinography after a number of years being an entrepreneur and small business owner trying to squeeze in some wine writing around the edges. By virtue of that struggle for time, I have not exactly kept up with new developments in California wine at the level to which I aspite. There was a time that thanks to an endless parade of large public tastings, I was almost sure to hear about new wine projects soon after they popped up.