Selwyn_Times: March 27, 2024

26 Selwyn Times Wednesday March 27 2024
Email daniel.alvey@starmedia.kiwi
by 5pm each Wednesday
Pottery Workshop: Plates and
Bowls
Sunday April 7, various times
In his installation, Room, artist
Steven Junil Park encourages
us to treasure the everyday
objects we fill our homes with.
Potter Emma Turner will teach
you to make and decorate
your own clay dinnerware in
this workshop. She will guide
you through building a pair
of stacking dishes or a cereal
bowl using slab hand-building
techniques. You will use a
selection of coloured slips
and stencils to decorate your
vessels. For 16+ years. 10.15am-
12.15pm at Darfield Library
and Service Centre and 2-4pm
at Te Ara Ātea. Cost: $20 for
library members, $40 for nonmembers.
Bookings required.
selwynlibraries.co.nz/events
Darfield Library and Service
Centre and Te Ara Ātea
Poetry Writing Workshop
with Claudia Jardine
Saturday April 6, 1-2.30pm
Practice turning everyday
speech into poetry at this
workshop hosted by Claudia
Jardine, author of recently
published BITER (2023). Using
eavesdropped phrases and
other found language patterns,
this workshop explores two
poetic forms – triolets and
pantoums. Come along and join
Claudia in a series of guided
writing exercises, no poetry
experience required. For 13+
years. Free, bookings required.
selwynlibraries.co.nz/events
Arthur’s Pass Community
Centre
Indian Cooking
Demonstration – Spices and
Lentils
Saturday April 6, 11am-
12.30pm
Discover how to spice up your
autumn with aromatic Indian
cooking. Join chef Monika
from Food Art Science and
learn how to combine Indian
spices and lentils to create a
hearty meal at home. For 13+
years. Free bookings required:
selwynlibraries.co.nz/events
Te Ara Ātea
Bonsai Refresher Workshop
Saturday, April 6, 9.30am-
1.30pm
Presented by Tony Bywater,
Christchurch Bonsai Society.
If you have already done a
beginner’s workshop, or have
some bonsai of your own at
home, here is a chance to get
further input into the styling and
care of your trees. The workshop
focuses on further development/
refinement and care of existing
bonsai, so bring one or more of
Greek Mythology 101: Why Myth Matters, Thursday 6.30-7.30pm at Te Ara Atea:
Even after 3000 years ancient Greek myths still have the capacity to captivate us. In
the great epics of Homer, in the tragedies of ancient Athens, in art and architecture,
we encounter the brilliant stories of figures we still know today and find all over
the world — the gods and goddesses of Olympus, Amazon warriors, Heracles (a.k.a.
Hercules), Oedipus, Helen of Troy, Achilles, Odysseus and more. This talk looks at a few
key myths the Greeks created to explain the world around them as they constructed
meanings for themselves and addressed fantasies, phobias and taboos in ways
that resonate powerfully with us now. Themes of this talk include war, violence,
psychology, emotion, sexuality and desire. For 16+ years. Free, bookings required:
selwynlibraries.co.nz/events
your trees along for advice and
assistance. There is a registration
fee of $20. To register Contact
Ruth, at ruth.wood@xtra.co.nz
or phone 021 074 3905
Lincon Baptist Church, 109
Carnavernon Dr, Lincoln
Wāhine Series
Tuesday, 9.30am-2.30pm
Gain confidence about
what you have to offer
yourself and the workforce.
Explore employment and
self-employment options
and listen to local employers’
presentations. It will
cover dressing for success,
employment support, and
local employers. Free bookings
required: selwyn.govt.nz/events
Rolleston Community Centre
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