AOS event a tasty treat
16 Feb, 2021 11:15 PM
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Mud Ducks, where the Artists Palate concludes with dining and dessert. Photo / Supplied
Paul Brooks is editor of Whanganui Midweek, in your letterbox every Wednesdaypaul.brooks@nzme.co.nz
All over Whanganui artists are preparing for the event of the year – Artists Open Studios, the largest and longest surviving event of its kind in New Zealand.
For two weekends in March, studios all over town will open to the public and artists will display their wares, their talent, their sweat and very soul. We ve got 87 studios taking part, although the guide has 89, but that includes the Starting Point Exhibition and the Sarjeant Gallery, says event co-ordinator, Ness Radich.
Illness no barrier to hard working Whanganui volunteer
15 Dec, 2020 08:28 PM
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Volunteer of the Month is Allan Willis-Croft. Photo / Paul Brooks
Paul Brooks is editor of Whanganui Midweek, in your letterbox every Wednesdaypaul.brooks@nzme.co.nz
Allan Willis-Croft is not a well man, but that hasn t stopped him being a reliable, hard-working volunteer. He is Volunteer of the Month.
Sandra Rickey, manager of Volunteer Whanganui, says Allan started with them on March 17, 2014. Since then he has done pages and pages and pages of raffle tickets. He joined our raffle team but he had a difficult mobility issue because of his emphysema and COPD, she says. But he wanted to do it to get out and help all those organisations.