Cityscape Summer 2020
Welcome to 2020. For our first issue of a new decade, Cityscape has taken up the 5 Ways to Wellbeing as a kaupapa, or set of principles, underpinning our editorial direction for 2020 and beyond. If you haven’t heard of them before, the 5 Ways – Connect, Be active, Take notice, Keep Learning, and Give – have been taken up by mental health agencies and organisations around the world. There is extensive scientific evidence that if practised regularly, the 5 Ways will lift your wellbeing. The challenge is to find ways to introduce these actions into our daily lives. Between the covers of Cityscape we have curated a selection of experts local and international that can help. Supporting local businesses by getting offline and in-store is one way to connect with your community as well as be more active and giving – as consumers, we often make big decisions about where to spend our money on the basis of saving a dollar or two. Remember, when you buy from a small business, an actual person does a happy dance! We have all our regular features and contributors as well, and all that’s hot in beauty, cuisine, home and events.
Welcome to 2020. For our first issue of a new decade, Cityscape has taken up the 5 Ways to Wellbeing as a kaupapa, or set of principles, underpinning our editorial direction for 2020 and beyond. If you haven’t heard of them before, the 5 Ways – Connect, Be active, Take notice, Keep Learning, and Give – have been taken up by mental health agencies and organisations around the world. There is extensive scientific evidence that if practised regularly, the 5 Ways will lift your wellbeing. The challenge is to find ways to introduce these actions into our daily lives. Between the covers of Cityscape we have curated a selection of experts local and international that can help. Supporting local businesses by getting offline and in-store is one way to connect with your community as well as be more active and giving – as consumers, we often make big decisions about where to spend our money on the basis of saving a dollar or two. Remember, when you buy from a small business, an actual person does a happy dance! We have all our regular features and contributors as well, and all that’s hot in beauty, cuisine, home and events.
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UNDER THE RADAR
SWIMMING IN SOUND
If Dolphin Friendly aren’t on your radar, get them there, stat! The uber-cool
Christchurch outfit bring psychedelic rock vibes and will have you singing
along to their catchy tunes in no time. They’ve opened for banging Aussie
bands Lime Cordiale and Skeggs, plus Kiwi legends Shapeshifter, too. Their
new single ‘Find Me’ has just dropped and it is full of good vibes. Lead singer
Sam Mander says, “It’s basically just a summer banger that came to inception
one night over a couple of tins in the garage, and with some fine-tuning we
thought it had the potential to get people frothing”. Known for their
high-energy onstage and messages of sustainability and “unf*ck the world”,
Dolphin Friendly are kings at sweet and intimate shows. Catch them at
Soundsplash Timaru on January 17 or Electric Avenue on February 22.
FB/dolphinfriendly
FESTIVAL
CELEBRATE CULTURE
Throw some colours, dance to
music from various DJs and enjoy
traditional Indian games, cultural
performances and festive Holi
delicacies at Holi-Festival of
Colours, a traditional Indian holiday.
Grab your all-white attire and head
to Hagley Park on February 29. Holi
is widely recognised as a day to
forgive, look ahead and celebrate.
Find it on Facebook
FESTIVE FUN
BANKS PENINSULA FESTIVAL
A festival showcasing Banks
Peninsula’s food, beverages, arts,
produce, crafts, music and more on
February 22 at Orton Bradley Park.
Featuring 70-plus stalls, with six
music acts taking to the Cassels Lil’
Smoke Stage, and celebrity chef
Simon Gault judging a mystery box
cook-off. Get set for a relaxing day,
the Banks Peninsula way!
bankspeninsulafestival.co.nz
WORD CHRISTCHURCH PRESENTS
AN EVENING WITH
JUNG CHANG
Bestselling author Jung Chang will
present a talk at 6pm on Saturday
29 February at Charles Luney
Auditorium. Best known for Wild
Swans, she will present her new
book, Big Sister, Little Sister, Red
Sister: Three Women at the Heart
of Twentieth-Century China.
wordchristchurch.co.nz
FAMILY/PERFORMANCE
SPARKS FLY
Christchurch’s biggest annual
fireworks display will bedazzle the
city when Sparks bangs into action
at Hagley Park on February 15. The
sky will be lit up to the Christchurch
Symphony Orchestra and other
special muso guests as your ears
and eyes are treated to a free
performance of classics and
modern-day jams.
ccc.govt.nz
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